European Patent Office

T 0425/23 (Meat substitute/IMPOSSIBLE FOODS) of 20.12.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T042523.20241220
Date of decision
20 December 2024
Case number
T 0425/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
14737766.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AFFECTING THE FLAVOR AND AROMA PROFILE OF CONSUMABLES
Applicant name
Impossible Foods Inc.
Opponent name
Reiser & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)
Keywords
Auxiliary request AR1A: admission - (yes); added subject-matter and extension of the scope of protection - (no), sufficiency, novelty, inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0038/11
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision of the opposition division is to be set aside, and the patent is maintained on the basis of:

- claims 1 to 9 of auxiliary request 1A (AR1A) filed by letter dated 18 January 2024

- pages 1 to 54 of the description as filed by letter dated 10 December 2024

- Figures 1 and 2 of the patent specification