| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245113.20160114 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 January 2016 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 2451/13 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 07715867.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/212 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | SENSORIC IMPRINTING | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | N.V. Nutricia | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | NESTEC S.A. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.09 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| 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 |
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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). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t132451eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021