T 0172/07 () of 22.3.2011

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T017207.20110322
Date of decision: 22 March 2011
Case number: T 0172/07
Application number: 99125322.0
IPC class: A61K 7/06
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 248 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Hair cleansing composition
Applicant name: KAO CORPORATION
Opponent name: 01) Wella GmbH
02) L'OREAL
Board: 3.3.07
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention Art 123(3)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
Keywords: Procedural matters - Party status as opponent - Representation (yes)
Extension of protection conferred (yes) - Main request
Alleged divergence between two decisions of the Boards of Appeal - Referral (no)
Amendments - Allowable (yes) - Auxiliary Request 1
Inventive step (no) - Obvious solution - Auxiliary Request 1
Claim requests filed during the oral proceedings - Admissible (no) - Auxiliary requests 2 and 3
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
T 0197/86
T 1188/00
T 1556/07
T 2017/07
Citing decisions:
T 0287/11
T 1360/11
T 0295/16

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t070172eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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