T 0388/16 (Pet food composition/HILL'S) of 31.01.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038816.20200131
- Date of decision
- 31 January 2020
- Case number
- T 0388/16
- Online on
- 10 March 2020
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04758686.2
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- PET FOOD COMPOSITION AND METHOD
- Applicant name
- Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
- Opponent name
- The IAMS Company
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Late-filed request - admitted (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- 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 in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
Claims:
Claims 1 to 3 of the second auxiliary request, filed at the oral proceedings before the board
Description:
Description pages 2 to 8, filed at the oral proceedings before the board.