T 0283/24 (Hard Confectionary/INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS) of 02.02.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T028324.20260202
- Date of decision
- 2 February 2026
- Case number
- T 0283/24
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 13777432.9
- 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
- HARD CONFECTIONARY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
- Applicant name
- Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
- Opponent name
- Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
- Board
- 3.3.09
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84
- Keywords
- Main request: added subject-matter - (no); clarity, sufficiency of disclosure, novelty and inventive step - (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0003/14
- 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 as amended in the following version:
- claim 1 to 17 of the main request, filed as auxiliary request 1 with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal
- the description and the drawings according to the Druckexemplar annexed to the decision under appeal in which paragraphs [0013] and [0018] are replaced with the version of those passages filed by the appellant with its letter dated 15 September 2025