European Patent Office

T 0407/10 (Detergent with enhanced amylase/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 26.09.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T040710.20120926
Date of decision
26 September 2012
Case number
T 0407/10
Petition for review of
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Application number
02714975.6
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
Liquid detergent composition exhibiting enhanced alpha-amylase enzyme stability
Applicant name
The Procter & Gamble Company
Opponent name
Unilever N.V. et al.
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
Keywords
Added subject-matter (Main and 1st to 4th Auxiliary Requests: yes - combination of alternative and preferred features
Added subject-matter (5th Auxiliary Request): no - combination of preferred features
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0068/99

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 for further prosecution upon the basis of claims 1 to 9 of the 5th Auxiliary Request filed at the oral proceedings before the Board.