T 0226/85 (Stable bleaches) of 17.3.1987

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1987:T022685.19870317
Date of decision: 17 March 1987
Case number: T 0226/85
Application number: 79302043.9
IPC class: C11D 3/14
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Pourable scouring cleanser compositions
Applicant name: Unilever
Opponent name: Henkel
Blendax
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: Even though a reasonable amount of trial and error is permissible when it comes to the sufficiency of disclosure, e.g. in an unexplored field or, - as it is in this case - , where there are many technical difficulties, there must then be available adequate instructions in the specification or on the basis of common general knowledge which would lead the skilled person necessarily and directly towards the success through the evaluation of initial failures or through an acceptable statistical expectation rate in case of random experiments (following decision T 14/83, "Vinylchloride resins", OJ EPO 1984,105).
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 57
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - fortuitous results
Unknown reasson causing high failure rate
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