T 0144/95 (Dishwashing process) of 26.02.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T014495.19990226
- Date of decision
- 26 February 1999
- Case number
- T 0144/95
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88301755.0
- IPC class
- A47L 15/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Machine dishwashing process
- Applicant name
- Unilever N.V.
- Opponent name
- Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
Chemische Fabrik Dr. Weigert (GmbH & Co.)
Epenhuysen Chemie N.V. (Intervener) - Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 105 1973European Patent Convention Art 107 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 117(1)(d) 1973European Patent Convention Art 134 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Intervention (section 2) - inadmissible - no remittal to first instance - no right or obligation to pay appeal fee (reimbursed)
Intervener's professional representative also authorised for an appellant - no abuse (section 2.9)
Taking of evidence
Public prior use - distinction between machine and process used thereby (section 5.3)
Theoretical possibility of access to information - source of information must first be identified (section 5.3) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The intervention is inadmissible.
2. The appeal fee paid by the intervener will be reimbursed.
3. The case is not remitted to the first instance.
4. The appeals are dismissed and the patent is maintained on the basis of the opposition division's interlocutory decision.