T 0104/96 (Enzymatically treated feed/FINNFEEDS) of 21.05.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T010496.20010521
- Date of decision
- 21 May 2001
- Case number
- T 0104/96
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88105409.2
- IPC class
- A23K 1/165
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Procedure for treating feed raw material, feed raw material, and feed mix
- Applicant name
- FINNFEEDS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
- Opponent name
- N.V. Vandemoortele International
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 23a 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
- Keywords
- Appellant absent from oral proceedings: right to comment under Article 113(1) safeguarded
Novelty: yes, after limitation; invention step: yes, product exhibits unexpectedly advantageous properties as the result of the inventive process for its preparation - 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the claims in the respondent's request filed on 27 March 2001 and any adaption of the description considered necessary by the opposition division.