T 0626/95 (Detergent composition/KAO) of 24.11.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T062695.19991124
- Date of decision
- 24 November 1999
- Case number
- T 0626/95
- Online on
- 17 March 2000
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 87117903.2
- IPC class
- C11D 3/386
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Detergent composition for clothing
- Applicant name
- Kao Corporation
- Opponent name
- PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTER N.V.
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC.
Unilever N.V. - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Amendment (not admissible) - omission of essential features
Novelty (yes) - prior art not disclosing claimed subject-matter while possibly rendering it obvious
Inventive step (acknowledged) - selection of specific cellulases not obvious - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is maintained on the basis of Claim 1 of the auxiliary request, as single claim, with a description yet to be adapted.