T 0824/12 of 20.10.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T082412.20151020
- Date of decision
- 20 October 2015
- Case number
- T 0824/12
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 99920265.8
- IPC class
- A23L 1/29
- 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
- NUTRITIONALLY COMPLETE LOW pH ENTERAL FORMULA
- Applicant name
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES
- Opponent name
- NESTEC S.A.
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)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 - (yes)
Inventive step - claim 1 as granted (no)
Inventive step - claim 1 of auxiliary request I (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request II (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 1002/92
- Citing cases
- -
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:
- claim 1 of auxiliary request II as submitted during the oral proceedings before the board together with
- the adapted description pages 2 to 33 as submitted during the oral proceedings before the board.