T 0834/15 (Blocky CMC II / Procter & Gamble) of 19.04.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T083415.20180419
- Date of decision
- 19 April 2018
- Case number
- T 0834/15
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 08158707.3
- IPC class
- C11D 3/22
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Laundry composition
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Opponent name
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Proper construction of "either ... or" (Reasons, 2.3 ff.)
Fresh ground for opposition raised by the Respondent (not considered) - no approval of the patentee
Sufficiency of the disclosure (yes)
Novelty - (yes) "extrinsic characteristic" (G 1/92) of an allegedly novelty-destroying commercial composition only accessible by subjecting said prior art composition to a kind of reverse engineering (by fractionation) based on hindsight (Reasons, 7)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The patent is maintained as granted.