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Date of decision
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14 December 2006
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Case number
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T 1416/04
- 3.2.06
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Application number
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95120675.4
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Title of the application
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Absorbent sheet and process for producing the same
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Applicant name
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KAO CORPORATION
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Opponent name
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Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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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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Catchwords:
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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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