T 0418/91 (Hair Conditioner/UNILEVER) of 23.08.1994

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1994:T041891.19940823
Date of decision: 23 August 1994
Case number: T 0418/91
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 83303910.0
IPC class: A61K 7/06
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: Distributed to board chairmen (C)
Download: Decision in English
OJ versions: No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: Hair conditioning preparation
Applicant name: UNILEVER N.V.
Opponent name: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - definitions considered to be adequate
Inventive step (yes) - comparative data acceptable
Catchword: -
Cited cases: T 0014/83 T 0226/85 T 0340/88 T 0435/91
Citing cases: T 0462/98 T 0356/01 T 0843/04 T 0067/10

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the first auxiliary request, according to which the reference "quarternised poly(vinyl alcohol) in the sentence bridging pages 2 and 3 and the reference poly(N- vinylpyrollidone) in line 6 of page 3 are to be deleted.