T 0582/94 (W/O-Dispersion/UNILEVER) of 18.07.1997
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T058294.19970718
- Date of decision
- 18 July 1997
- Case number
- T 0582/94
- Online on
- 13 August 1997
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 90201123.8
- IPC class
- A23D 7/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Water-in-oil dispersion and process for preparing such dispersion
- Applicant name
- UNILEVER N.V., et al
- Opponent name
- N.V. Vandemoortele International
Koninklijke Brinkers Margarinefabrieken B.V. - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- 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 1973
- Keywords
- Main request and first to fourth auxiliary requests - claim 9 - novelty (no)
Fifth auxiliary request - claim 9 - inventive step (no)
Sixth auxiliary request - claims 1 to 8 - novelty (yes), inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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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 sixth auxiliary request as filed at the oral proceedings on 23. February 1996 and a description to be adapted.