T 0542/96 (Xylitol-Fluoride/COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 11.05.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T054296.20000511
- Date of decision
- 11 May 2000
- Case number
- T 0542/96
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 90201676.5
- IPC class
- A61K 7/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Dental remineralization
- Applicant name
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Opponent name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty: (yes) - Remineralisation of teeth as novel therapeutic application
Inventive step: (no) - synergistic effect irrelevant to the assessment of the inventive step of a composition, which is clearly suggested in the prior art
Grounds of opposition in appeal proceedings - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.