T 0410/03 (Alginate coating/UNILEVER) of 20.07.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T041003.20050720
- Date of decision
- 20 July 2005
- Case number
- T 0410/03
- Online on
- 23 September 2005
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96933370.7
- IPC class
- C11D 17/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- Encapsulated bleach particles
- Applicant name
- Unilever PLC, et al
- Opponent name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes): no incentive in the prior art to use a cross-linked alginate for encapsulating a solid core particle of bleach
- Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.