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T 1167/09 (Dietary fructooligosaccarides/Mississippi State University) of 13.12.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T116709.20131213
Date of decision
13 December 2013
Case number
T 1167/09
Online on
18 February 2014
Petition for review of
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Application number
01985674.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
INHIBITION OF SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS IN HUMANS AND VERTEBRATES BY DIETARY FIBERS
Applicant name
Mississippi State University
Tiense Suikerraffinaderij N.V.
Opponent name
CARGILL, INCORPORATED
N.V. Nutricia
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13European Patent Convention Art 111European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Late-filed auxiliary requests - partly admitted (response to objections of the board; rest not admitted
Late-filed auxiliary requests - objections not cleared)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4A (no) obvious modification
Catchword
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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 department of first instance for further prosecution.