European Patent Office

T 0886/03 of 26.01.2006

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T088603.20060126
Date of decision
26 January 2006
Case number
T 0886/03
Petition for review of
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Application number
96906553.1
IPC class
B26B 21/22
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Elastically suspended blade shaving system
Applicant name
Warner-Lambert Company LLC
Opponent name
The Gillette Company
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Keywords
Late filed evidence - not admitted
Auxiliary request filed during oral proceeding - admitted
Clarity objection - only admitted against claim amendments
Added subject-matter - yes (main request), no (auxiliary request
Novelty - yes
Inventive step - yes
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0367/96
Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:

Claims: 1 - 24 filed during the oral proceedings on 26 January 2006;

Description: columns 1 - 6 filed during the oral proceedings on 26 January 2006, and column 7 as granted;

Drawings: figures 1 - 8, 9A, 9B as granted.