European Patent Office

T 0871/14 of 18.01.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T087114.20190118
Date of decision
18 January 2019
Case number
T 0871/14
Petition for review of
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Application number
08798790.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING A SELECTABLE BEVERAGE
Applicant name
The Coca-Cola Company
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - after amendment
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
-
Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 0943/17

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to grant a patent as follows:

Claims:

- claims 1-17 of the main request as filed during oral proceedings before the board on 18 Janu­ary 2019,

Description:

- pages 6-8, 10-13, 15, 18-25 as published,

- pages 1 and 4 as filed with letter of 11 Janu­ary 2011,

- pages 2, 3, 9, 14, 16, 17 as filed during oral proceedings before the board on 18 January 2019,

Drawings:

- sheets 1/2-2/2 as published.