T 0140/94 (Heat processing treatment/NESTLE) of 23.04.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T014094.19980423
- Date of decision
- 23 April 1998
- Case number
- T 0140/94
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86100531.2
- IPC class
- A23B 7/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Treatment of fruit and vegetable material
- Applicant name
- Société des produits Nestle S.A.
- Opponent name
- CPC Maizena GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 27(1)(b) 1973
- Keywords
- Sufficiency (yes) - functional terms in the claims acceptable
Novelty (yes) - new technical effect
Inventive step (yes) - technical effect not obvious - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- T 2192/22
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Claims 1 to 18 and description pages 2 to 6, both submitted as the main request during oral proceedings.