European Patent Office

T 3048/19 (Propyl-methyl-phenol compound for treating fish/EWOS) of 26.09.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T304819.20220926
Date of decision
26 September 2022
Case number
T 3048/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
11717046.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Carvacrol/thymol composition for the treatment of salmonid rickettsial septicemia and infectious salmon anemia
Applicant name
Ewos Innovation AS
Opponent name
Nutreco IP Assets BV
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 54(5)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 025Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Main request - non-medical use - Novelty (no)
Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Novelty (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - Inventive step (yes)
Auxiliary request 2 - Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Late filed experimental evidence - not admitted
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

- The decision under appeal is set aside. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:

claims 1 to 11, filed as New auxiliary request 2 during the oral proceedings of 26 September 2022