T 1517/13 of 13.10.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T151713.20171013
- Date of decision
- 13 October 2017
- Case number
- T 1517/13
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 04809198.7
- 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
- ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES OF HANDLING LOW-VISCOSITY FECAL MATERIALS
- Applicant name
- SCA Hygiene Products AB
- Opponent name
- Paul Hartmann AG
- Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
D9 - newly argued concerning lack of novelty - not admitted in this respect - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0252/02
- Citing cases
- T 0056/21
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 with claims 1 to 9 of auxiliary request 3 filed with letter dated 8 September 2017 and a description to be adapted.