| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T108699.20041110 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 10 November 2004 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1086/99 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 92202859.2 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A23D 9/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Edible oil/fat compositions | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | KAO CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | UNILEVER N.V. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of new opposition ground (yes): correct use of the discretionary power by opposition division Main request: Article 123 EPC (yes): support in the application as originally filed Clarity (yes): term 'cooking' taken in its broadest meaningful sense Novelty (no): the use claim encompasses the use of the olive oil known from prior art First auxiliary request: Article 123 EPC (no): the disclaimer is not allowable since the prior art is not so remote to disappear for the assessment of inventive step Second auxiliary request: inventive step (no): obvious method steps for the preparation of a known product Third auxiliary request: inventive step (no): further conventional steps |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t991086eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021