European Patent Office

T 1395/09 of 03.04.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T139509.20130403
Date of decision
3 April 2013
Case number
T 1395/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
04712604.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Safety razors
Applicant name
The Gillette Company
Opponent name
Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Keywords
Admissibility of amendments made in claim 1 of the main request: clarity - no
Admissibility of claim 1 of the first auxiliary request - yes
Inventive step - yes
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 with the following documents:

• description:

columns 1-4 filed in the oral proceedings

columns 5-10 of the patent specification

• claims:

1-20 filed as first auxiliary request with letter dated 12 January 2012

• figures:

1-9 of the patent specification.