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

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T110500.20031021

Date of decision:

21 October 2003

Case number:

T 1105/00

Application number:

94109734.7

IPC class:

D21H 27/30

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Decision text in EN (PDF, 66Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
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Title of application:

Soft tissue product and process of making same

Applicant name:

KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.

Opponent name:

The Procter & Gamble Company

Board:

3.3.06

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Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 R 57a

Keywords:

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

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