| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T016793.19960503 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 03 May 1996 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0167/93 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 83200938.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C11D 3/39 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Bleaching compositions | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Unilever PLC / Unilever N.V. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | A decision of a Board of Appeal on appeal from an Examining Division has no binding effect in subsequent opposition proceedings or on appeal therefrom, having regard both to the EPC and 'res judicata' principle(s). | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Res judicata (no) - decision of a Board of Appeal in examining proceedings up to grant not binding for Opposition Division Novelty (main request, no) Closest prior art Inventive step (auxiliary request, yes) - non-obvious alternative |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t930167ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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