T 0943/13 of 25.06.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T094313.20150625
- Date of decision
- 25 June 2015
- Case number
- T 0943/13
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 06824315.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- 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
- COMPOSITION COMPRISING OLIGOSACCHARIDES AS SOLUBLE DIETARY FIBRES FOR USE AGAINST MUSCLE WASTING
- Applicant name
- N.V. Nutricia
- Opponent name
- Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative - Catchword
- The causal relationship between the substance or composition on the one hand and the therapeutic effect achieved on the other hand is decisive for the assessment of inventive step of further-medical-use claims (see point 4.1.5).
- Citing cases
- T 2012/22
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is maintained unamended.