European Patent Office

T 1621/08 (Sanitizing and cleaning compositions/ECOLAB) of 17.09.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T162108.20100917
Date of decision
17 September 2010
Case number
T 1621/08
Online on
20 October 2010
Petition for review of
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Application number
02784458.8
IPC class
C11D 3/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Acid sanitizing and cleaning compositions containing protonated carboxylic acids
Applicant name
ECOLAB INC.
Opponent name
Diversey, Inc.
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Admissiblity of new documents and experimental evidence submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal: yes
Inventive step (all requests): no - experimental evidence that the alleged technical problem is not solved throughout the whole extent of claim 1
Catchword
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Cited cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.