European Patent Office

T 1458/15 of 10.10.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145815.20191010
Date of decision
10 October 2019
Case number
T 1458/15
Online on
14 February 2020
Petition for review of
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Application number
03812298.2
IPC class
A61F 13/56
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
DISPOSABLE DIAPER
Applicant name
UNI-CHARM CO., LTD.
Opponent name
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Board
3.2.06
Headnote
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Keywords
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure
Grounds for opposition - main request (yes), auxiliary request 1 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Catchword
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Cited 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 in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 9 according to the first auxiliary request dated 10 October 2019 and a description to be adapted.