European Patent Office

T 2475/16 of 03.03.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247516.20210303
Date of decision
3 March 2021
Case number
T 2475/16
Online on
29 March 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
08709016.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
DEVICE FOR PREPARING A LIQUID BEVERAGE FROM A CARTRIDGE
Applicant name
Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Opponent name
Grey, Ian Michael
Patentwerk B.V.
Schramm, Michael / Schneider, Günther
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)
Catchword
Reasons 3
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 on the basis of claims 1-3 of auxiliary request 1, as filed during oral proceedings before the Board, and a description to be adapted.