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T 1722/23 of 04.02.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T172223.20250204
Date of decision
4 February 2025
Case number
T 1722/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
10796244.1
IPC class
B26B 21/40
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
RAZOR CARTRIDGE WITH NON-CUTTING ELEMENT
Applicant name
The Gillette Company LLC
Opponent name
Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
Board
3.2.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 6 (no)
Late-filed auxiliary requests 1 to 5
Late-filed auxiliary requests - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)
Inventive step auxiliary request 7
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.