European Patent Office

T 0555/13 (Laundry detergent composition/Procter & Gamble Company) of 31.08.2016

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055513.20160831
Date of decision
31 August 2016
Case number
T 0555/13
Online on
17 August 2017
Petition for review of
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Application number
05018028.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
A solid laundry detergent composition comprising alkyl benzene sulphonate, carbonate salt and carboxylate polymer
Applicant name
The Procter & Gamble Company
Opponent name
01) Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
02) UNILEVER N.V. / UNILEVER PLC
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54EPC2000 Art 108 Sentence 3European Patent Convention R 99(2)European Patent Convention R 101(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Novelty - (no)
Novelty - claim request upheld by the Opposition Division (Sixth Auxiliary Request)
Auxiliary claim request filed at the oral proceedings not admitted - no justification fpr late filing (Eighth Auxiliary Request)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.