European Patent Office

T 0074/19 (Octo- or decagonal detergent tablet/DALLI-WERKE) of 27.09.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T007419.20210927
Date of decision
27 September 2021
Case number
T 0074/19
Online on
8 November 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
10005125.9
IPC class
C11D 17/00
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
Detergent tablets having more than four side surfaces
Applicant name
Dalli-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
Opponent name
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2) (2020)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
Keywords
Admittance of new auxiliary request 2 filed during oral proceedings - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Inventive step (new auxiliary request 2)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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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 amended form based on the claims of the new auxiliary request 2 filed during oral proceedings of 27 September 2021, and a description to be adapted where appropriate.