European Patent Office

T 2182/17 of 19.05.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218217.20200519
Date of decision
19 May 2020
Case number
T 2182/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
12728340.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CELLULOSE ETHER
Applicant name
Dow Global Technologies LLC
Opponent name
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(b) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2) (2020)
Keywords
Documents not admitted by opposition division - not admitted - discretion exercised in appropriate manner
New document submitted on appeal - not admitted - lack of justification
New document submitted on appeal - admitted - legitimate and direct submission
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.