European Patent Office

T 1381/15 of 08.03.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T138115.20190308
Date of decision
8 March 2019
Case number
T 1381/15
Petition for review of
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Application number
09766866.9
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
INFANT MILK FORMULA WITH FAT GRADIENT
Applicant name
N.V. Nutricia
Opponent name
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nestec S.A.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1914/12
Citing cases
T 1875/15

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 claims and a description to be adapted thereto:

Claims 1 to 9, filed as corrected auxiliary request 1 during oral proceedings before the board on 8 March 2019.