T 1791/22 of 14.01.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T179122.20250114
- Date of decision
- 14 January 2025
- Case number
- T 1791/22
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14739842.4
- IPC class
- A61P 1/06A61P 1/00A61K 31/11
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Compositions and methods using p-anisaldehyde
- Applicant name
- Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
- Opponent name
- N.V. Nutricia
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - after amendment
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 6 of the new auxiliary request 1 submitted at the oral proceedings before the board, and, if appropriate, a description and drawings adapted thereto.