European Patent Office

T 2005/16 (Compositions comprising high amounts of micellar casein/NUTRICIA) of 30.04.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200516.20210430
Date of decision
30 April 2021
Case number
T 2005/16
Online on
1 June 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
11712031.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
CONTROLLING THE TEXTURE OF HIGH-PROTEIN NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MICELLAR CASEIN
Applicant name
N.V. Nutricia
Opponent name
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Board
3.3.09
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request: added subject-matter - (yes)
Auxiliary request 1: added subjet-matter - (yes)
Auxiliary request 2: clarity - (no)
Auxiliary request 3: added subject matter - (no); clarity, sufficency of disclosure, inventive step - (yes)
Partial reimbursement of the appeal at 25% - (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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended according to the claims of auxiliary request 3 filed with the letter dated 7 November 2017, and a description to be adapted accordingly.

3. The appeal fee is reimbursed at 25%.