European Patent Office

T 0932/94 (Dye composition/WELLA) of 13.01.1998

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T093294.19980113
Date of decision
13 January 1998
Case number
T 0932/94
Petition for review of
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Application number
84109141.6
IPC class
A61K 7/13
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Colouring shampoo
Applicant name
Wella Aktiengesellschaft
Opponent name
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
Wella AG
Société anonyme dite: L'Oreal
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request - novelty (yes); inventive step (no); obvious choice of colouring shampoo components
Auxiliary request 1 unallowable under Article 123(2) EPC
Auxiliary request 2 - novelty (yes); inventive step (yes); improvement not based on a straightforward situation
Catchword
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Cited 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 auxiliary request no. 2 as submitted during the oral proceedings and a description to be adapted.