European Patent Office

T 0477/15 of 18.12.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T047715.20181218
Date of decision
18 December 2018
Case number
T 0477/15
Petition for review of
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Application number
00989548.3
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
RELEASE OF LIPOPHILIC ACTIVE AGENTS FROM CHEWING GUM
Applicant name
WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
Opponent name
Gumlink A/S
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request: novelty (no)
Auxiliary request 1: added subject-matter (yes)
New auxiliary request 2: clarity (yes), added subject-matter (no), inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0003/14
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 claims 1 to 21 of the new second auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings before the board on 18 December 2018 and a description to be adapted thereto.