T 0445/97 (Detergent blocks/UNILEVER) of 01.04.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T044597.19980401
- Date of decision
- 1 April 1998
- Case number
- T 0445/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 89203144.4
- IPC class
- C11D 17/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Solid detergent block
- Applicant name
- Unilever N.V., et al
- Opponent name
- Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
The Procter & Gamble Company - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973European Patent Convention R 64 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal (yes) - new claims filed for removing the grounds for revocation - partial reinstatement of the scope of the claims restricted during the opposition proceedings
Amendments (new main claim, auxiliary and second auxiliary main claims) - added subject-matter (yes)
Third auxiliary main claim not allowable under Rule 57a - amendment not removing any ground for opposition
Late filed fourth auxiliary main claim not admitted into the proceedings - not allowable under Articles 83 and 84 EPC - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.