T 0818/00 (Detergent composition/UNILEVER) of 18.07.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T081800.20030718
- Date of decision
- 18 July 2003
- Case number
- T 0818/00
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 94915116.1
- IPC class
- C11D 3/12
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Detergent compositions
- Applicant name
- UNILEVER PLC, et al
- Opponent name
- Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
The Procter & Gamble Company - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request and second auxiliary request: added subject- matter (yes) - inadmissible generalisation
First auxiliary request: inventive step (no)
Third auxiliary request: inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
- T 0030/01
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the third auxiliary request with its single claim filed with the letter of 16 May 2003 and of the description to be adapted.