T 0351/18 (Instant Coffee/DOUWE EGBERTS) of 08.03.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T035118.20220308
- Date of decision
- 8 March 2022
- Case number
- T 0351/18
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11807810.4
- IPC class
- A23F 5/40
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- INSTANT COFFEE
- Applicant name
- Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
- Opponent name
- Strehlke, Ingo Kurt
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Novelty - prior disclosure
Novelty - implicit features (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - closest prior art
Inventive step - non-obvious solution - Catchword
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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 patent is maintained as granted.