European Patent Office

T 1722/14 of 02.03.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T172214.20180302
Date of decision
2 March 2018
Case number
T 1722/14
Petition for review of
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Application number
07110028.3
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
Packaged concentrate for preparing a bouillon, soup, sauce, gravy or for use as a seasoning, the concentrate comprising modified starch
Applicant name
Unilever N.V.
Unilever PLC
Opponent name
NESTEC S.A.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
New main request - admitted into the proceedings
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0608/07
Citing cases
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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 on the basis of the following documents:

- claims 1 to 11 submitted as a new main request during the oral proceedings of 2 March 2018,

- description pages 2 to 5 equally submitted during the oral proceedings of 2 March 2018.