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Date of decision 31 January 2007
Case number T 0852/04 - 3.3.10
Application number 95939598.9
IPC A61L15/34
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application Diaper having a lotioned topsheet
Applicant name THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Opponent name SCA Hygiene Products AB
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 56
. Art 123(2)
Keywords
Main request and auxiliary requests 3 and 4: inventive step (no) - improvement not shown - reformulation of problem - obvious alternative
Auxiliary request 1: amendments (not allowable) - fresh combination
Auxiliary requests 2, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5, 5a (not admitted): late filed - not clearly allowable - added subject-matter
Cited Decisions T 0020/81
T 0789/89
T 0800/91
T 0099/93
T 0068/95
T 0401/95
Catchwords:
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