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T 1746/12 (Water-disintegratable cleaning paper/KAO) of 08.12.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T174612.20141208
Date of decision
8 December 2014
Case number
T 1746/12
Petition for review of
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Application number
05018161.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
BULKY WATER-DISINTEGRATABLE CLEANING ARTICLE AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING WATER-DISINTEGRATABLE PAPER
Applicant name
KAO CORPORATION
Opponent name
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
SCA Hygiene Products AB
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Keywords
Amended claims - Added matter (yes: main and first auxiliary requests; no: second auxiliary request)
Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - shift of burden of proof (no)
Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 1076/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The case is remitted to the department of first instance for further prosecution of the case on the basis of the claims according to the second auxiliary request, filed with the grounds of appeal.