T 2451/13 () of 14.1.2016

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245113.20160114

Date of decision:

14 January 2016

Case number:

T 2451/13

Application number:

IPC class:

A23L 1/29
A23L 1/30
A23L 1/212

Language of proceedings:

EN

Distribution:

C

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 468Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

SENSORIC IMPRINTING

Applicant name:

N.V. Nutricia

Opponent name:

NESTEC S.A.

Board:

3.3.09

Headnote:

-

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention Art 53(c)
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention Art 56
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)

Keywords:

Review of first-instance decision to admit late-filed ground
Ground for opposition under Article 100(a)/53(c) EPC
Admissibility of new objection under Article 123(2) EPC
Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request
Admissibility of document filed in response to the statement of grounds of appeal
Public availability of commercial brochure from opponent - standard of proof
Kit of parts - inventive step

Catchwords:

If the publication date of a document originating from an opponent (or a subsidiary thereof) is in dispute, the opponent must prove that date "up to the hilt". The yardstick for this proof is that of "beyond reasonable doubt" rather than "absolute certainty" (point 3.2).

Cited decisions:

G 0007/93
T 0743/89
T 0472/92
T 0782/92
T 0097/94
T 0055/01
T 1257/04
T 0804/05
T 1553/06
T 0002/09
T 1635/09

Citing decisions:

T 1107/12
T 0842/14
T 1262/15
T 1625/17
T 0552/18
T 0734/18

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t132451eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

28 references found.

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EPC Articles

X A.53 EPC Exceptions to patentability

X A.56 EPC Inventive step

X A.123 EPC Amendments

EPO Guidelines - G Patentability

X GL G IV 7.4 State of the art made available to the public in writing and/or by any other means

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p91 - ANNEX 2

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p2 - BOARDS OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2017

X OJ EPO SE 4/2017, p129 - ANNEX 1

Case Law Book: I Patentability

X CLR I C 3.5.2.A General

X CLR I C 3.5.2.B Public prior use

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III G 1 Introduction

X CLR III G 4.3 Standard of proof

X CLR III G 4.3.1 General – "Balance of probabilities"

X CLR III G 4.3.2.B Evidence within the sphere of the opponent: beyond any reasonable doubt

X CLR III G 4.3.4.A Commercial brochures

X CLR III G 4.3.4.B Convincing the board and discussion on the standard of proof

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0007/93 (Late amendments) of 13.5.1994

General Case Law

X T 0743/89 () of 27.1.1992

X T 0472/92 (Joint Venture/SEKISUI) of 20.11.1996

X T 0782/92 () of 22.6.1994

X T 0097/94 (Procedural timetable) of 15.7.1997

X T 0055/01 (Satellite broadcast recording/SONY) of 11.2.2003

X T 1257/04 () of 19.6.2006

X T 0804/05 () of 16.10.2007

X T 1553/06 (Public availability of documents on the World Wide Web/PHILIPS) of 12.3.2012

X T 0002/09 (Public availability of an e-mail transmitted via the Internet/PHILIPS … of 12.3.2012

X T 1635/09 (Zusammensetzung fÃ¼r EmpfÃ¤ngnisverhÃ¼tung/BAYER SCHERING PHARMA AG) of 27.10.2010

X T 1107/12 (Zinklegierungsbad/ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH) of 19.9.2017

X T 0842/14 (PCR anti-foam reagents/QIAGEN) of 23.1.2019