T 1245/18 (Delivery particle/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 21.01.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124518.20210121
- Date of decision
- 21 January 2021
- Case number
- T 1245/18
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09753282.4
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- BENEFIT AGENT CONTAINING DELIVERY PARTICLE
- Applicant name
- The Procter & Gamble Company
- Opponent name
- UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V.
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA - Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious solution
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 2 as filed with the reply dated 18 December 2018 and a description to be adapted if necessary.