T 0626/17 (Arachidonic acid for enhancing cognitive abilities / SUNTORY) of 09.02.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T062617.20210209
- Date of decision
- 9 February 2021
- Case number
- T 0626/17
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03748553.9
- IPC class
- A61P 25/28A23L 1/30A61K 31/202
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- COMPOSITION CONTAINING ARACHIDONIC ACID ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID FOR ENHANCING COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN ADULTS
- Applicant name
- Suntory Holdings Limited
- Opponent name
- N.V. Nutricia
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 87Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Main request - novelty of use - second (or further) non-medical use (yes)
Main request - inventive step (yes)
Late-filed objection under Article 100(b) EPC
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)
Late-filed documents
Late-filed document - admitted (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 2607/16
- Citing cases
- -
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 documents:
- claims 1 to 24 of the main request filed as auxiliary
request 2A with the letter of 15 September 2016
- a description and drawings to be possibly adapted