European Patent Office

T 0817/05 vom 17.10.2007

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T081705.20071017
Datum der Entscheidung
17. Oktober 2007
Aktenzeichen
T 0817/05
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
99939612.0
IPC-Klasse
A23L 1/30
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Antioxidant composition comprising Acetyl L-Carnitine and alpha-Lipoic Acid
Name des Antragstellers
Sigma-Tau Healthscience S.p.A.
Name des Einsprechenden
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Kammer
3.3.09
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Main request, auxiliary requests 1-3: Novelty established by disclaimer (no)
Auxiliary request 4: Deletion of disclaimer: Reformatio in peius (no), Novelty (yes)
Orientierungssatz
An amendment to a claim as allowed by the Opposition Division, by which a disclaimer was deleted together with the omission of an embodiment from which the disclaimer intended to exclude a novelty-anticipating disclosure in a document according to Article 54(3) EPC, does not put the Opponent and sole Appellant in a worse situation than if it had not appealed. The principle of the prohibition of "reformatio in peius" is not violated in accordance with G 1/99.
Zitierte Akten
G 0001/99
Zitierende Akten
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the set of Claims 1 to 12 of the 4th auxiliary request as filed during the oral proceedings after any necessary consequential amendments of the description.