European Patent Office

T 1169/17 (Process for making a detergent base composition/Procter & Gamble) of 21.11.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116917.20191121
Date of decision
21 November 2019
Case number
T 1169/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
11715377.5
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
PROCESS FOR MAKING A DETERGENT BASE COMPOSITION
Applicant name
The Procter & Gamble Company
Opponent name
UNILEVER PLC / UNILEVER NV
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Late-filed documents
Late-filed document - not admissible
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.