T 0366/96 (Fabric bleaching/NOVO NORDISK) of 17.02.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T036696.20000217
- Date of decision
- 17 February 2000
- Case number
- T 0366/96
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89905395.3
- IPC class
- C11D 3/395
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A detergent additive for bleaching fabric
- Applicant name
- NOVO NORDISK A/S
- Opponent name
- Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
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 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: novelty - no
Auxiliary requests: inventive step - no (obvious to try) - Catchword
- If in the case of selecting two components of a composition from two known lists of possible ingredients a skilled person has, as soon as one component is taken from the first list, no choice in selecting the second component from the second list in view of compelling technical necessities which made the particular second component mandatory, then this cannot be considered to be a "twofold" selection which could render the resulting combination novel (cf. reasons point 2.1).
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.