T 1784/14 of 12.05.2016

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178414.20160512
Date of decision: 12 May 2016
Case number: T 1784/14
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 01932104.1
IPC class: A23L 1/236 C07H 15/04 C07H 3/04
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: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: SYRUP-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Applicant name: Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.
Opponent name: Cargill, Incorporated
Südzucker Aktiengesellschaft
Mannheim/Ochsenfurt
Board: 3.3.09
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords: Inventive step - (main request, no)
First to third auxiliary requests - not deemed to have been validly filed
Catchword: If no substantiation is provided, at any stage during the appeal proceedings, for claim amendments which are not self-explanatory, the requests containing those amendments may be considered not validly filed (point 3 of the Reasons, T 1732/10 followed)
Cited cases: T 2033/09 T 0217/10 T 1732/10
Citing cases: T 0568/14 T 1090/14 T 1515/15 T 2068/15 T 0478/16 T 2133/16 T 0558/17 T 0750/18 T 1776/18 T 2393/18 T 2964/18 T 0321/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.