| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T036696.20000217 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 17 February 2000 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0366/96 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 89905395.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C11D 3/395 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | A detergent additive for bleaching fabric | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | NOVO NORDISK A/S | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC. Unilever N.V |
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| Board: | 3.3.06 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Main request: novelty - no Auxiliary requests: inventive step - no (obvious to try) |
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If in the case of selecting two components of a composition from two known lists of possible ingredients a skilled person has, as soon as one component is taken from the first list, no choice in selecting the second component from the second list in view of compelling technical necessities which made the particular second component mandatory, then this cannot be considered to be a "twofold" selection which could render the resulting combination novel (cf. reasons point 2.1). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t960366eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021