T 0381/17 of 09.08.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T038117.20190809
- Date of decision
- 9 August 2019
- Case number
- T 0381/17
- Online on
- 6 November 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10075151.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and apparatus for continuous tempering of chocolate mass
- Applicant name
- Aasted ApS
- Opponent name
- Sollich KG
Bühler AG - Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)
- Keywords
- Added matter: auxiliary request 1 - no
Sufficiency of disclosure: auxiliary request 1
Sufficiency of disclosure - yes
Novelty: auxiliary request 1
Novelty - yes
Inventive step: auxiliary request 1
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 as amended in the following version:
- Claims 1 to 4 filed as auxiliary request 1 with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal of 19 April 2017.
- Description pages 2 to 6 as filed during oral proceedings before the board on 9 August 2019.
- Drawing sheets 8 to 11 (Figures 1 to 6) of the patent specification.