T 1774/07 (Water-soluble pouch/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 23.09.2009
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T177407.20090923
- Date of decision
- 23 September 2009
- Case number
- T 1774/07
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 01987100.3
- IPC class
- C11D 17/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Detergent products, methods and manufacture
- Applicant name
- THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
- Opponent name
- Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 107 1973European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal (yes): erroneous argumentation has no bearing on the admissibility of the appeal
Admissibility of late filed documents (no) - late submissions of party as of right to the proceedings not within the legal and factual frame of the admissible appeal
Admissibility of requests filed during oral proceedings (yes)
Inventive step (main request and first to third auxiliary requests): no
Inventive step (fourth auxiliary request): yes - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the fourth auxiliary request with the description to be adapted.