T 0442/94 (Cacao butter substitutes/KAO) of 17.12.1997
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T044294.19971217
- Date of decision
- 17 December 1997
- Case number
- T 0442/94
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86302163.0
- IPC class
- A23D 7/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Cacao butter substitute composition
- Applicant name
- Kao Corporation
- Opponent name
- Unilever PLC / Unilever N.V.
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 87 1973
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Priority validly claimed (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - 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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the set of claims 1 to 3 and the adapted description both filed at oral proceedings as main request.