T 0174/14 of 13.10.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T017414.20161013
- Date of decision
- 13 October 2016
- Case number
- T 0174/14
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 02754594.6
- 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
- Bouillon powder
- Applicant name
- Nestec S.A.
- Opponent name
- Unilever N.V. / Unilever PLC
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Admission of fresh experimental evidence E8 to E10 (no)
Admission of third auxiliary request filed at the oral proceedings (yes)
Clarity (yes)
Amendments - extension of protection conferred (no)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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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 in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 7 filed as third auxiliary request in the oral proceedings before the board, after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.