European Patent Office

T 1627/22 (Compositions/GERVAIS DANONE) of 22.07.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T162722.20240722
Date of decision
22 July 2024
Case number
T 1627/22
Online on
13 September 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
15839068.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING WHEY PROTEIN AND GUM ARABIC
Applicant name
Compagnie Gervais Danone
Opponent name
Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited 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 as amended in the following version:

- claims 1-15 according to auxiliary request 4 filed with the statement of grounds of appeal

- description of the patent specification with the exception of paragraphs [0015], [0037] and [0066], which are replaced with the amended paragraphs of the description for auxiliary requests 4 & 18 filed with the submission dated 15 April 2024