T 0420/13 of 17.01.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T042013.20170117
- Date of decision
- 17 January 2017
- Case number
- T 0420/13
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03719897.5
- IPC class
- A61F 13/15B26F 1/44
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- CROSS-MACHINE-DIRECTION NESTED ABSORBENT PADS WITH MINIMAL WASTE GEOMETRIES
- Applicant name
- KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
- Opponent name
- THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
- Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84
- Keywords
- Claims - clarity (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 opposition division with the order to maintain the European patent on the basis of the following documents:
- claims: 1 to 39 of auxiliary request 3 filed with the letter of 8 December 2016;
- description: pages 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the patent specification and pages 3, 7 and 8 as filed at the oral proceedings before the Board on 17 January 2017; and
- figures: 1 to 5 of the patent specification.