European Patent Office

T 2119/15 of 17.07.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T211915.20190717
Date of decision
17 July 2019
Case number
T 2119/15
Online on
24 September 2019
Petition for review of
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Application number
10164907.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Packaging assembly
Applicant name
The Procter & Gamble Company
Opponent name
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary requests - (yes)
Admissibility of late-filed documents - (yes)
Late-filed document - remittal to the department of first instance
Late-filed document - (no)
Main request and auxiliary requests 2, 3, 5 and 6 - novelty or inventive step (no)
Auxiliary requests 1, 4, 7 and 8 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 9 - inventive step (yes)
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:

The appeals of both the patent proprietor and the opponent are dismissed.