European Patent Office

T 1761/10 of 11.04.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T176110.20130411
Date of decision
11 April 2013
Case number
T 1761/10
Petition for review of
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Application number
02762401.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Nutritional composition preventing bacterial overgrowth
Applicant name
SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
Opponent name
Friesland Brands B.V.
N.V. Nutricia
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Admissibility of new inventive step attack (no)
Admissibility of late-filed documents (no)
Catchword
Amendment to appellant's case consisting of new inventive step attack not admitted into the proceedings (point 5)

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.