T 0555/07 (Method for washing clothes/KAO) of 18.06.2010
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T055507.20100618
- Date of decision
- 18 June 2010
- Case number
- T 0555/07
- Online on
- 13 September 2010
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97905476.4
- IPC class
- C11D 17/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Detergent composition for clothing
- Applicant name
- KAO CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main request and first auxiliary request): no - obvious alternative
Article 123(3) EPC (second auxiliary request): protection extended - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.