T 0498/21 (Continuously coating confectionary product/INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS) of 14.07.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049821.20220714
- Date of decision
- 14 July 2022
- Case number
- T 0498/21
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12726541.1
- 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
- SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY COATING CONFECTIONARY PRODUCT
- Applicant name
- Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
- Opponent name
- Mars, Incorporated
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention R 99(1)(c)European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal (yes)
Amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 (yes)
Claim request should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendments - general technical teaching in the description (yes) - Catchword
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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 for further prosecution.