T 1691/15 () of 27.7.2016

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T169115.20160727
Date of decision: 27 July 2016
Case number: T 1691/15
Application number: 09765878.5
IPC class: B65B 69/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 613 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Unpublished | Published
Title of application: USE OF A CAPSULE TREATMENT APPARATUS
Applicant name: Nestec S.A.
Opponent name: Franssen, Guy Jacques
Board: 3.2.07
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 113(1)
European Patent Convention R 79(1)
European Patent Convention Art 112(1)
European Patent Convention Art 108
European Patent Convention R 81(2)
European Patent Convention R 99
European Patent Convention R 128
European Patent Convention R 144(d)
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention Art 83
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 54
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Procedural violation - (no)
Inspection of files - Exclusion of documents from file inspection (no)
Notification of all correspondence to all parties in inter partes proceedings
Referrals to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Catchwords:

Exchanges between an opponent and the EPO which have a substantive and/or procedural bearing on the case in opposition proceedings, even if dealt with by the Directorate Quality Support in the context of a complaint handling system, should be communicated without delay to the other party/parties, as any other submission of a party or communication of the EPO in opposition proceedings. Such an exchange with a substantive and/or procedural bearing on the case should figure, by definition, in the public part of the file (see reasons, point 3).

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R 0004/09
R 0015/09
R 0021/10
R 0019/11
R 0008/12
T 1799/08
Citing decisions:
T 0174/16
T 2893/18

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