T 1839/18 of 19.03.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183918.20210319
- Date of decision
- 19 March 2021
- Case number
- T 1839/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 11702622.9
- IPC class
- A47J 31/44A47J 31/60
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- BEVERAGE DISPENSER WITH HYGIENIC CLEANING CYCLE
- Applicant name
- Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
- Opponent name
- González Posada, Luis
- Board
- 3.2.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Art 6.1European Patent Convention Art 100(a) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 99(1) (2007)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of opposition - (yes)
Novelty - (no)
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
- Reasons 2: admissibility of straw man oppositions
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:
- Claims 1 - 15 of Subsidiary Request 4 filed with letter dated 6 February 2019 and a description to be adapted thereto.