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T 2251/14 () of 10.7.2018

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T225114.20180710

Date of decision:

10 July 2018

Case number:

T 2251/14

Application number:

IPC class:

A23K 1/16
A23L 1/29
A23L 1/30
A23L 1/302
A23L 1/308

Language of proceedings:

EN

Distribution:

D

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 460Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

METHOD FOR MODIFYING GUT FLORA IN ANIMALS

Applicant name:

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.

Opponent name:

THE IAMS COMPANY

Board:

3.3.09

Headnote:

-

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention Art 54(5)
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)
European Patent Convention Art 114(2)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)

Keywords:

Added subject-matter - no
Admittance of late-filed document - no
Sufficiency of disclosure - yes
Novelty - yes
Inventive step - yes

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

G 0005/83
G 0010/91
T 0254/93
T 0241/95
T 0836/01
T 0609/02
T 0466/05
T 0406/06
T 1549/07
T 0923/09
T 1685/10
T 0734/12

Citing decisions:

-

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t142251eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

15 references found.

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EPC Articles

X A.54 EPC Novelty

X A.56 EPC Inventive step

X A.100 EPC Grounds for opposition

X A.114 EPC Examination by the European Patent Office of its own motion

Case Law Book: I Patentability

X CLR I C 7.2.4.C New technical effect

Case Law of the Enlarged Board

X G 0005/83 (Second medical indication) of 5.12.1984

X G 0010/91 (Examination of opposition/appeals) of 31.3.1993

General Case Law

X T 0254/93 (Prevention of skin atrophy) of 14.5.1997

X T 0241/95 (Serotonin receptor/ELI LILLY) of 14.6.2000

X T 0836/01 (Interferon-beta2/YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.) of 7.10.2003

X T 0609/02 (AP-1 complex/SALK INSTITUTE) of 27.10.2004

X T 0466/05 () of 19.12.2006

X T 0406/06 (Stimulation of beta cell proliferation/NOVO NORDISK) of 16.1.2008

X T 1685/10 (RAS-inhibitors/ARK THERAPEUTICS LTD., ET AL) of 6.6.2011

X T 0734/12 (Arthritis patients with an inadequate response to a TNF-alpha … of 17.5.2013