T 1409/16 (Blocky CMC I / Procter & Gamble) of 19.4.2018

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T140916.20180419
Date of decision: 19 April 2018
Case number: T 1409/16
Application number: 10188928.5
IPC class: C11D 3/22
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Laundry composition
Applicant name: The Procter & Gamble Company
Opponent name: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Novozymes A/S
Board: 3.3.06
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)
European Patent Convention Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention Art 54
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords: Proper construction of "either ... or" (Reasons, 1.3 ff.)
Insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Novelty - (yes) "extrinsic characteristic" (G 1/92) of an allegedly novelty-destroying commercial composition only accessible by subjecting said prior art composition to a kind of reverse engineering (by fractionation) based on hindsight (Reasons, 6)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:
G 0001/92
Citing decisions:
-

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