T 0279/20 (Cellulase containing detergent composition/P & G) of 22.02.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T027920.20230222
- Date of decision
- 22 February 2023
- Case number
- T 0279/20
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06124858.9
- IPC class
- C11D 3/386C11D 3/22
- 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
- Detergent compositions
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Opponent name
- Dalli-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 153(5)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56Guidelines_H-V, 4(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Novelty (main request and auxiliary request 4)
Novelty - (no)
Novelty - earliest priority of the patent not extending to specific compositions disclosed in a cited document benefiting from such a priority
Inventive step (main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 4)
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - experimental reports not apt to prove alleged improvement at least across the entire scope of claim 1
Admissibility of a disclaimer (auxiliary requests 2 and 3) - (no) - disclaimer removes more than necessary to restore novelty
Admissibility of new auxiliary requests 5 to 15 - (no) - auxiliary requests could have been filed during opposition and are not prima facie allowable - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.