T 2444/16 of 09.09.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T244416.20190909
- Date of decision
- 9 September 2019
- Case number
- T 2444/16
- Online on
- 4 October 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12174373.6
- IPC class
- B65D 85/804A47J 31/36
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- System, capsule and method for preparing a beverage
- Applicant name
- Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
- Opponent name
- UNILEVER PLC/ UNILEVER N.V.
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:
Claims:
Claims 1 - 15 of the First Auxiliary Request, filed on 23 December 2016;
Description:
Description for the First Auxiliary Request,
pages 1 -10, filed on 23 December 2016, and
Drawings:
Figures 1 - 4 of the patent specification.