European Patent Office

T 2471/13 (Cleansing composition/UNILEVER) of 13.01.2016

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T247113.20160113
Date of decision
13 January 2016
Case number
T 2471/13
Petition for review of
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Application number
05744764.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
PERSONAL PRODUCT LIQUID CLEANSERS COMPRISING COMBINED FATTY ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE OR WATER SWELLABLE STARCH STRUCTURING SYSTEM
Applicant name
Unilever PLC / Unilever N.V.
Opponent name
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Prior art document filed with the statement of grounds and objections based thereon could and should have been filed in first instance proceedings - not admitted irrespective of the potential relevance thereof
Novelty - main request (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 2270/17T 1826/18

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.