T 1413/23 (Composition for straightening keratin fibers/L'OREAL) of 03.07.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T141323.20250703
- Date of decision
- 3 July 2025
- Case number
- T 1413/23
- Online on
- 16 October 2025
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 14719334.6
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- COMPOSITION FOR STRAIGHTENING KERATIN FIBRES, COMPRISING A UREA AND/OR A UREA DERIVATIVE AND A NONIONIC, CATIONIC, AMPHOTERIC OR ANIONIC ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERIC THICKENER, PROCESS AND USE THEREOF
- Applicant name
- L'OREAL
- Opponent name
- Beiersdorf AG
- Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
- -
- 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)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Admission of the main request and auxiliary requests 1-4 (Yes)
Admission of new submissions (No)
Admission of new arguments based on D8-D12 (No)
Main request - Invnetive step (Yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims of the main request filed on 16 February 2024 with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal and a description to be adapted thereto.