T 0793/17 (Detergent water-soluble pouch / Procter & Gamble) of 12.02.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T079317.20190212
- Date of decision
- 12 February 2019
- Case number
- T 0793/17
- Online on
- 7 May 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11174624.4
- IPC class
- C11D 17/04B65D 65/46
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Process for making a water-soluble pouch
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Opponent name
- Rideau Machinery Inc.
Colgate-Palmolive Company - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main request)
Inventive step - no
Inventive step - improvement not credible (second auxiliary request)
Inventive step - yes
Inventive step - credible improvement
Late-filed first auxiliary request - no convincing justification for late filing - 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:
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 of the Second Auxiliary Request (filed as "Fifth Auxiliary Request" with the grounds of appeal) and a description to be adapted where appropriate.