T 0135/98 (Fish feed/NORSK HYDRO) of 20.11.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T013598.20021120
- Date of decision
- 20 November 2002
- Case number
- T 0135/98
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91201092.3
- IPC class
- A23K 1/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Fish feed
- Applicant name
- NORSK HYDRO A/S
- Opponent name
- Nutreco International B.V.
Ewos Limited - Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 104 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(5) 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Late-filed evidence not admissible: appellant's silence for four month, knowing it would not be able to comply with a direction of the Board given in response to its own adjournment request - abuse of the procedure
Novelty (no): no first medical (veterinary) use - in the absence of any specific proplylactic or therapeutic effect to be achieved, use of a known fish feed in the optimal satisfaction of the nutritional requirements of farmed fish is no use for a method referred to in Article 52(4) EPC - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0780/89
- Citing cases
- T 0815/22
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.