T 0998/97 (Perfumed products/QUEST) of 11.07.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T099897.20010711
- Date of decision
- 11 July 2001
- Case number
- T 0998/97
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 91200560.0
- IPC class
- A61K 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
- Perfumed products
- Applicant name
- QUEST INTERNATIONAL B.V.
- Opponent name
- Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Patent revoked on ground of insufficiency; insufficiency alleged but not supported; Burden of proof; Determination of functionally defined ingredients of a composition of matter: no undue burden; alternatives to explicitly disclosed ingredients available on the basis of the disclosure in the specification
- 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 for further prosecution.