| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1995:T058592.19950209 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 09 February 1995 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0585/92 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 79300039.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 7/32 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | The use of a deodorant detergent composition and a method for suppressing human body malodour | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | UNILEVER PLC, et al | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | (01) Bayer AG (02) PROCTER & GAMBLE E.T.C. (03) Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien |
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| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | 1. Where a patent application is published early by a government agency as a result of an error, this is not of necessity an abuse in relation to the applicant within the meaning of Article 55(1)(a) EPC, however unfortunate and detrimental its consequences may turn out to be. 2. In order to determine whether there is an abuse in the sense of Article 55(1)(a) EPC, the state of mind of the "abuser" is of importance. |
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| Keywords: | Sufficiency - yes - in light of Appellant's further experiments Clarity and support - yes Priority - in order Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes Evident abuse in relation to Applicant - early publication by Brazilian Patent Office not considered to be so |
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Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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