T 1360/11 du 11.11.2014
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T136011.20141111
- Date de la décision
- 11 novembre 2014
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 1360/11
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 00944806.9
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- TOPICAL ANTI-MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS
- Nom du demandeur
- THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Arch Chemicals, Inc. - Nom de l'opposant
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Chambre
- 3.3.07
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Mots-clés
- Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - extension of protection conferred (no)
Inventive step - (yes) - Exergue
- Where a granted claim directed to a composition defined in an open manner and including the presence of a component belonging to a class or list of compounds in a quantity defined by a range is later amended by limiting the definition of the class or list of compounds, a possible infringement of the requirements of Article 123(3) EPC may be avoided by including in the amended claim a quantitative condition on the limited class or list of compounds and an additional constraint on the total amount of compounds belonging to the broader class or list (point 3.11).
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims according to auxiliary request 7 filed by letter of 19 July 2013 and a description to be adapted.