European Patent Office

T 2535/18 (Hair Care Composition comprising zinc-based anti-dandruff agent/ UNILEVER) of 18.11.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253518.20211118
Date of decision
18 November 2021
Case number
T 2535/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
10713340.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Hair Care Composition comprising zinc-based anti-dandruff agent, conazole fungicide and cationic deposition polymer
Applicant name
Unilever IP Holdings B.V.
Unilever Global IP Limited
Opponent name
The Procter & Gamble Company
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 87(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Disclaimer and entittlement of priority (Yes)
Admission of a new objection of lack of novelty (No)
Admission of new arguments on inventive step (No)
Main request - Inventive step (Yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0001/03
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.