| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T141604.20061214 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 December 2006 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1416/04 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 95120675.4 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61F 13/15 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Absorbent sheet and process for producing the same | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | KAO CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.06 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Main and first to third auxiliary requests (lack of inventive step) Fourth auxiliary request; presence of five independent claims considered allowable in respect of Rule 57a EPC; applicability of Rule 29(2) EPC (not required) |
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A request containing a plurality of independent product claims may be allowable under Rule 57a EPC in order to provide an amendment of a granted set of claims containing only one independent product claim, if the amended independent claims arise from deletion of previous claims. (see Reasons 5.1) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t041416eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021