T 0109/23 (Oligosaccharide mixture/NESTLE') of 26.03.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T010923.20250326
- Date of decision
- 26 March 2025
- Case number
- T 0109/23
- Online on
- 14 May 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09793909.4
- IPC class
- A61K 45/06A23L 2/52A23L 33/22A61P 43/00A23L 33/135A61K 35/744A61K 35/747A61K 31/702A61K 35/745A23L 33/125
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING OLIGOSACCHARIDE MIXTURE
- Applicant name
- Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
- Opponent name
- Reckitt Benckiser Health Limited
N.V. NUTRICIA - Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(5)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
- Keywords
- Main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 3: added subject-matter - (no); sufficiency of disclosure - (yes); inventive step - (no)
Auxiliary request 4: added subject-matter - (no); sufficiency of disclosure - (yes); inventive step - (yes) - 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 as amended in the following version:
- claims 1-11 of auxiliary request 4 filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal
- description paragraphs [0001]-[0008] and [0011]-[0045] of the patent specification and paragraphs [0009] and [0010] as filed during the oral proceedings before the board
- drawings of the patent specification