T 0135/98 (Fish feed/NORSK HYDRO) of 20.11.2002

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T013598.20021120
Date of decision: 20 November 2002
Case number: T 0135/98
Application number: 91201092.3
IPC class: A23K 1/16
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Fish feed
Applicant name: NORSK HYDRO A/S
Opponent name: Nutreco International B.V.
Ewos Limited
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54(5)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 104
Keywords: Late-filed evidence not admissible: appellant's silence for four month, knowing it would not be able to comply with a direction of the Board given in response to its own adjournment request - abuse of the procedure
Novelty (no): no first medical (veterinary) use - in the absence of any specific proplylactic or therapeutic effect to be achieved, use of a known fish feed in the optimal satisfaction of the nutritional requirements of farmed fish is no use for a method referred to in Article 52(4) EPC
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Cited decisions:
T 0780/89
Citing decisions:
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