Let $n$, $t \in \mathbb N$ two natural numbers such that $0<t<n$, and let $A$ be a set of $n$ elements. We call a *quasi-partition* or *q-p* of $A$ a subset $W \subset \mathcal P(A)$ such that we have: - $|A_i|=t$ for every $A_i\in W$; - $|A_i\cap A_j|\leq 1$ for every $A_i, A_j\in W$ with $i\neq j$; - $W$ is maximal with respect to $\subset$. (Sorry for the name quasi-partition but I didn't know how to name this kind of sets) I would like to determine (or to give an upper bound) the number $$a_{n,t}:= \max_{W \;q-p\; of \; A } |W| $$ Note: This problem should be equal to finding the clique number $\omega(G)$ of the graph $G$, where $G$ is the generalized Kneser graph $KG(n,t,1)$. An upper bound could be given by its chromatic number $\chi(G)$. If $n=(t-1)s+r$ with $0\leq t < t-1$ $$ \chi(G) = (t-1)\dbinom{s}{2}+rs,$$ (see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgt.3190090204/abstract, but unfortunately I don't have the permission to get it) but I don't think it is an optimal bound. Could anybody help me? Thanks in advance for every comment.