T 1420/11 (Detergent additive particles/Kao) of 16.05.2014
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T142011.20140516
- Date of decision
- 16 May 2014
- Case number
- T 1420/11
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 00939055.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- PARTICLES FOR DETERGENT ADDITION
- Applicant name
- KAO CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Late-filed document - admitted (yes)
Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes)
Late-filed request - claim request clearly allowable (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of features - Catchword
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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 set of claims of the main request (Claims 1 to 3) filed during the oral proceedings and the description to be adapted thereto, the figures remaining unchanged.