European Patent Office

T 1766/22 (Emulsification Process/NUTRICIA) of 15.01.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T176622.20240115
Date of decision
15 January 2024
Case number
T 1766/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
16709435.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
TWO-STEP EMULSIFICATION PROCESS FOR PREPARING INFANT FORMULA
Applicant name
N.V. Nutricia
Opponent name
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Main Request: added-subject matter - (no); Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 0379/23

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: No. 1 to 24 according to the main request filed as auxiliary request 2 with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal

Description: paragraphs 1 to 171 as filed during the oral proceeding before the board

Figures: the sole figure of the patent specification