T 0983/98 (Liquid cleaning products/UNILEVER) of 05.12.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T098398.20021205
- Date of decision
- 5 December 2002
- Case number
- T 0983/98
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 92203220.6
- IPC class
- C11D 17/00
- 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
- Liquid cleaning products
- Applicant name
- UNILEVER N.V., et al
- Opponent name
- PROCTER & GAMBLE EUROPEAN TECHNICAL CENTER N.V.
- Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes) - general applicability not demonstrated of a technical effect (here: Farris effect) for predicting a property (here: viscosity of a liquid cleaning product; point 2.6.3)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0606/89
- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed