T 1617/23 (Procter & Gamble / Concentrated Surfactant) of 22.07.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T161723.20250722
- Date of decision
- 22 July 2025
- Case number
- T 1617/23
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 14731122.9
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- CONCENTRATED SURFACTANT COMPOSITION
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Opponent name
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Main request - Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Main and first auxiliary request - Inventive step - (no)
Third auxiliary request - Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1223/23
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims according to auxiliary request 3 re-filed with the reply to the grounds of appeal, and a description to be adapted where appropriate.