European Patent Office

T 2316/19 (Emulsifier system/NESTLÉ) of 11.01.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T231619.20230111
Date of decision
11 January 2023
Case number
T 2316/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
13817687.0
IPC class
A23L 29/10
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
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Application title
EMULSIFIER SYSTEM
Applicant name
Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Opponent name
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts BV
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Protection conferred extended - (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
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 case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:

- claims 1 to 12, filed as auxiliary request 3' with the letter dated 25 May 2022

- description:

- paragraphs 1 to 38 and 40 to 94 as filed during oral proceedings before the opposition division

- paragraph 39 as filed by email during the oral proceedings before the board

- drawing sheets 1/3 to 3/3 of the patent specification.