T 1105/00 (Soft tissue/KIMBERLY) du 21.10.2003

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence: ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T110500.20031021
Date de la décision: 21 octobre 2003
Numéro de l'affaire: T 1105/00
Requête en révision de: -
Numéro de la demande: 94109734.7
Classe de la CIB: D21H 27/30
Langue de la procédure: Anglais
Distribution: Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
Téléchargement: Décision en anglais
Versions JO: Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire: -
Résumés pour cette décision: -
Titre de la demande: Soft tissue product and process of making same
Nom du demandeur: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Nom de l'opposant: The Procter & Gamble Company
Chambre: 3.3.06
Sommaire: -
Dispositions juridiques pertinentes: European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention Art 84 1973 European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
Mots-clés: Eighth to tenth auxiliary request: added subject-matter (yes)
Late filed evidence in relation to the appellant-opponent's prior use: (not admitted) - not prima facie relevant
Main and first to seventh and eleventh to thirteenth auxiliary request: novelty (yes)
Main and first to seventh auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - obvious desiderata
Eleventh auxiliary request: inventive step (yes) - the product of an inventive process is itself based on an inventive step
Exergue: -
Affaires citées: T 0595/90 T 0472/92 T 0233/93 T 0793/93 T 0363/96 T 0823/96 T 0329/99 T 0131/01
Affaires citantes: -

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of Claims 1 to 12 of the eleventh auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings, a description to be adapted thereto and the drawings 1 to 10 as granted.