European Patent Office

T 0147/23 (Coffee Particles/NESTLÉ) of 27.11.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T014723.20241127
Date of decision
27 November 2024
Case number
T 0147/23
Online on
3 December 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
16779040.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
PROCESS FOR MICRONIZING COFFEE PARTICLES
Applicant name
Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Opponent name
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request: novelty - (yes); inventive step - (no)
Auxiliary request 1: novelty and inventive step - (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 with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims according to auxiliary request 1 as filed with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal and a description to be adapted thereto, if necessary.