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Date of decision
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26 April 2006
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Case number
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T 0999/01
- 3.3.02
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Application number
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91913705.9
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Title of the application
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Stabilized retinoid-containing skin care composition
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Applicant name
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC.
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Opponent name
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L'OREAL
The Procter & Gamble Company
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Keywords
Late-filed evidence: not admitted into the proceedings
First auxiliary request; novelty (no) - no proper selection
Secondary auxiliary request: limitation of claim 1 violates
Article 123(2) EPC
Third auxiliary request: novelty (yes) - no specific disclosure
of the active ingredient in the prior art; inventive step (yes) -
solution to the problem of providing a stable skin care
composition including retinol as the active ingredient not
obvious
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