European Patent Office

T 0266/16 of 29.03.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026616.20210329
Date of decision
29 March 2021
Case number
T 0266/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
09790146.6
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
RAZOR BLADES
Applicant name
The Gillette Company LLC
Opponent name
Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 113(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 116(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(3) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(8) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2) (2020)
Keywords
Late-filed facts - admitted (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1853/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision is set aside

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

Description:

- page 2 filed with the letter of 25 February 2021

- page 3 filed with the letter dated 23 March 2021

- page 4 of the patent specification,

Claims:

- 1 to 11 according to the main request filed with the

statement setting out the grounds of appeal

dated 12 April 2016,

Drawings:

- Figures 1 and 2 of the patent specification.