European Patent Office

T 0740/18 (Fabric laundering method / UNILEVER) of 16.04.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074018.20200416
Date of decision
16 April 2020
Case number
T 0740/18
Online on
21 July 2020
Petition for review of
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Application number
12707100.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Method of laundering fabric
Applicant name
Unilever PLC
Unilever N.V.
Opponent name
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(1) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)
Keywords
Inventive step (main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 5) : (no)
Admissibility of auxiliary requests 3 and 4 : (no)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.