T 1060/07 of 26.05.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T106007.20110526
- Date of decision
- 26 May 2011
- Case number
- T 1060/07
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 01902015.5
- IPC class
- A61K 7/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Optical make-up composition comprising an interference pigment and a metal oxide pigment
- Applicant name
- Color Access, Inc.
- Opponent name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
- Keywords
- Opposition grounds - Extension of subject-matter (yes) - Fresh ground (no) - already considered by the opposition division (yes) - Main Request
Amendments - clear (no) - Extension of protection (yes) - added subject-matter (yes) - Subsidiary Request 1
Procedural matters - late filed claim requests - admissible (yes) - Subsidiairy Requests 2 and 3
Amendments - allowable (yes) - Subsidiary Requests 2 and 3
Novelty (yes) - Subsidiary Requests 2 and 3
Inventive step (no) - Subsidiary Request 2 - obvious solution
Inventive step (yes) - Subsidiary Request 3 - non-obvious solution - Catchword
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- 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 on the basis of the claims of Subsidiary Request 3 filed during the oral proceedings before the Board and a description yet to be adapted thereto.