T 0890/94 (Cellulase-containing detergent composition/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 07.07.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T089094.19980707
- Date of decision
- 7 July 1998
- Case number
- T 0890/94
- Online on
- 15 September 1998
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 87202190.2
- IPC class
- C11D 3/386
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Detergent compositions containing cellulase
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company, et al
- Opponent name
- Unilever N.V.
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (auxiliary request, yes) - non-obvious solution of the problem underlying the patent in suit
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the set of claims filed as auxiliary request at the oral proceedings on 7 July 1998 and a description yet to be adapted