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)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- 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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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- 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.