T 1185/17 of 01.06.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118517.20210601
- Date of decision
- 1 June 2021
- Case number
- T 1185/17
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 10169558.3
- IPC class
- B32B 3/30A61F 13/15
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Feminine hygiene article with printed pattern and embossed pattern
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Opponent name
- Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2) (2020)
- Keywords
- Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims - Catchword
- See Reasons 3.3; auxiliary requests 7 to 10 not admitted into the proceedings due to a new lack of convergence caused by the filing of auxiliary requests 1 and 2, the latter not being taken into account under Article 13(2) RPBA 2020.
- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.