European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T136011.20141111 | ||||||||
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Date of decision: | 11 November 2014 | ||||||||
Case number: | T 1360/11 | ||||||||
Application number: | 00944806.9 | ||||||||
IPC class: | A61K 8/06 A61K 8/27 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/49 A61Q 5/00 |
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Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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Title of application: | TOPICAL ANTI-MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS | ||||||||
Applicant name: | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Arch Chemicals, Inc. |
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Opponent name: | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | ||||||||
Board: | 3.3.07 | ||||||||
Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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Keywords: | Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension of protection conferred (no) Inventive step - (yes) |
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Catchwords: |
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). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t111360eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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Offical Journal of the EPO
Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application
XCLR II E 2.4.14 Narrowing down a generic class or list of chemical compounds; open claims ("comprising"); sequential drafting ("cascade")