European Patent Office

T 0593/11 of 15.07.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T059311.20140715
Date of decision
15 July 2014
Case number
T 0593/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
97943165.7
IPC class
A23D 9/007
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
EDIBLE FATS CONTAINING ARACHIDONIC ACID AND FOODS CONTAINING THE SAME
Applicant name
Suntory Holdings Limited
NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
Opponent name
Martek Bioscience Corp.
DSM IP Assets B.V.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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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 on the basis of:

(a) claims 1 to 8 according to auxiliary request 2 as filed with the proprietors' letter dated 13 June 2014;

(b) the amended description pages numbered 3 to 11 as filed during the oral proceedings of 15 July 2014.