T 1042/23 (Chocolate and hard butter/NISSHIN OILLIO) of 23.09.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T104223.20250923
- Date of decision
- 23 September 2025
- Case number
- T 1042/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14832764.6
- 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
- CHOCOLATE AND HARD BUTTER
- Applicant name
- The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
- Opponent name
- Arnold & Siedsma B.V.
AAK AB - Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.