European Patent Office

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)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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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.