| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T204409.20140211 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 11 February 2014 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 2044/09 | ||||||||
| Petition for review: | R 0009/14 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 00929313.5 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C12M 1/36 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | U-SHAPE AND/OR NOZZLE-U-LOOP FERMENTOR AND METHOD OF CARRYING OUT A FERMENTATION PROCESS | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Larsen, Ebbe Busch | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | NORFERM AS | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Inventive step - non-functional modification Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) |
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Even if there is no pointer or suggestion in the prior art towards the addition of a distinguishing feature, if said modification is not linked to a particular functionality, then it cannot per se constitute the basis for acknowledging an inventive step. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t092044eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021