European Patent Office

T 1109/18 (Consumables/GIVAUDAN) vom 06.10.2022

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110918.20221006
Datum der Entscheidung
6. Oktober 2022
Aktenzeichen
T 1109/18
Online am
16. November 2022
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
07816204.7
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
CONSUMABLES
Name des Antragstellers
Givaudan SA
Name des Einsprechenden
Geitz, Holger
Cargill, Incorporated
Kammer
3.3.09
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)
Claims - conciseness (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)
Opposition division's alleged "suggestion" to delete claims
Orientierungssatz
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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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent based on the claims 1-13 of the main request filed as the thirteenth auxiliary request with the reply to the opponents' grounds of appeal, and a description to be adapted thereto.

3. The request of the appellant (opponent 2) for reimbursement of the appeal fee is refused.