T 0056/99 (Change of claim category: from sanitary napkin to method of installing a sanitary napkin in an undergarment/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 11.01.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T005699.20010111
- Date of decision
- 11 January 2001
- Case number
- T 0056/99
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91908548.0
- IPC class
- A61F 13/15
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Sanitary napkin having improved flap disposition
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Opponent name
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation
SCA Molnlycke AB
Johnson & Johnson
Paul Hartmann AG - Board
- 3.2.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 112 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Referral to Enlarged Board (no)
Amendments - change of category from product claim to process claim
Main request: extension of protection (yes)
Auxiliary request: novelty (yes), inventive step (no) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The request for referral of a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.
3. The patent is revoked.