T 0495/12 (Bread improver/DUPONT) of 03.05.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T049512.20180503
- Date of decision
- 3 May 2018
- Case number
- T 0495/12
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 02774763.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A LIQUID BREAD IMPROVER, THE USE AND THE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF
- Applicant name
- DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApS
- Opponent name
- Steinecke, Peter
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(3)
- Keywords
- Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant
Late-filed evidence - not admitted
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes: auxiliary request 7)
Claims - clarity after amendment (no: auxiliary request 6; yes: auxiliary request 7)
Amendments - allowable (yes: auxiliary request 7) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal is dismissed.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 17 of the seventh auxiliary request filed at the oral proceedings before the board, and a description to be adapted thereto.