T 0697/23 (PROCESS FOR TREATING KERATIN FIBRES USING AN AQUEOUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF PARTICULAR ALKOXYSILANES/L'Oréal) of 08.11.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T069723.20241108
- Date of decision
- 8 November 2024
- Case number
- T 0697/23
- Online on
- 6 February 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 16810382.8
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- PROCESS FOR TREATING KERATIN FIBRES USING AN AQUEOUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF PARTICULAR ALKOXYSILANES
- Applicant name
- L'OREAL
- Opponent name
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Admission of new documents
Main request and auxiliary requests 1-8 - Inventive step (No)
Auxiliary request 9 - Inventive step (Yes) - Catchword
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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 on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 9 filed on 6 November 2023 and a description to be adapted if necessary.