European Patent Office

T 1571/19 (Feed composition for fish/EWOS) of 09.11.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T157119.20221109
Date of decision
9 November 2022
Case number
T 1571/19
Online on
19 January 2023
Petition for review of
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Application number
13803287.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
Abstract on EPC2000 Art 056
Application title
FEED COMPOSITION FOR FISH
Applicant name
Ewos Innovation AS
Opponent name
Nutreco IP Assets BV
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(5)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(1)
Keywords
Sufficiency (yes): therapeutic effect rendered plausible by the tests shown in the patent; no counter-evidence that the effect cannot be attained
Novelty (yes): no convincing evidence that the invention was made available to the public by public prior use or oral disclosure
Inventive step (yes): claimed therapeutic use not obvious over the cited prior art
Catchword
Most promising springboard toward the claimed invention too short to allow the skilled person to reach out to cited secondary document and to overcome the considerable gap separating the closest prior art from the claimed subject-matter (reasons 3.35 to 3.39)
Citing cases
G 0002/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed