European Patent Office

T 0526/15 (Laundry domestic method/UNILEVER) of 21.09.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T052615.20180921
Date of decision
21 September 2018
Case number
T 0526/15
Online on
13 November 2018
Petition for review of
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Application number
10150161.7
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
Surfactant ratio in dye formulations
Applicant name
Unilever PLC
Unilever N.V.
Opponent name
The Procter & Gamble Company
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious solution
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 patent on the basis of the set of claims according to the new main request (claims 1 to 10) as filed during the oral proceedings on 21 September 2018, and a description to be adapted thereto.