T 0010/24 of 16.12.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T001024.20251216
- Date of decision
- 16 December 2025
- Case number
- T 0010/24
- Online on
- 16 April 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14815077.4
- IPC class
- A61K 45/06A61K 31/4415A61P 25/02A61K 31/7068A61K 31/355A61P 25/14A61K 31/14A61K 33/04A23L 33/10A61K 31/519A61K 31/714A61K 31/7072A61P 25/16A61K 31/375A61P 1/10A61K 31/202
- 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
- COMPRISING A URIDINE SOURCE AND AN OMEGA-3 PUFA FOR IMPROVING COORDINATION, BALANCE, GRIP STRENGTH OR FINE MOTOR SKILLS
- Applicant name
- N.V. Nutricia
- Opponent name
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Ground for opposition under Article 100(b) EPC - new ground for opposition (no)
Main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - sufficiency of disclosure (no)
Auxiliary request 3 - sufficiency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - clarity - objection not permissible in accordance with G 3/14
Late-filed lines of argument - submitted during oral proceedings - admitted (no) - 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 in amended form with claims 1 to 17 of auxiliary request 3 filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal, and a description and drawings to be adapted thereto if necessary.