| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T035808.20090709 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 09 July 2009 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0358/08 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 99946652.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61F 13/15 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Fastener device and disposable product using the same | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | SCA Hygiene Products AB 3M Innovative Properties Company |
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| Board: | 3.2.06 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility - yes Inventive step - no |
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(1) Rule 99 EPC 2000 has not altered the previous law as to the requirements of either the notice of appeal or the statement of grounds of appeal as regards the appellant's requests. Rule 99(1)(c) EPC is satisfied if the notice of appeal contains a request, which may be implicit, to set aside the decision in whole or (where appropriate) only as to part. Such a request has the effect of "defining the subject of the appeal" within the meaning of Rule 99(1)(c) EPC. (2) In the case of an appeal by an applicant or proprietor, it is not necessary that the notice of appeal should also contain a request for maintenance of the patent in any particular form. This is something which relates to "the extent to which [the decision] is to be amended", and which is therefore a matter for the statement of grounds of appeal under Rule 99(2) EPC. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t080358eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021