T 0444/16 (Method of achieving drying through the wash / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 17.01.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T044416.20190117
- Date of decision
- 17 January 2019
- Case number
- T 0444/16
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09178677.2
- IPC class
- C11D 1/825C11D 1/72C11D 1/66
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and use of a dishwasher 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 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main request
Inventive step - first to third auxiliary request) : no
Inventive step - all features of claim 1 disclosed in the closest prior art (fourth auxiliary request) : yes
Inventive step - unexpected advantage - Catchword
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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 in amended form on the basis of the claims according to the fourth auxiliary request filed with letter of 26 August 2016 and a description to be adapted.