T 1718/18 of 12.08.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171818.20200812
- Date of decision
- 12 August 2020
- Case number
- T 1718/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 11706973.2
- IPC class
- A61C 19/06A61K 9/70A61K 9/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- 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
- DENTAL STRIP FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL TREATMENT
- Applicant name
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Opponent name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Board
- 3.2.08
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 100(b) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0003/14
- Citing cases
- -
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 the following form:
- Claims 1 to 15 of auxiliary request 4, filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal dated 15 January 2019,
- Description: paragraphs [0001] to [0034], submitted via email during the oral proceedings before the Board,
- Drawings: Figures 1 to 3 of the patent specification.