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Date of decision
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12 June 2002
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Case number
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T 0048/00
- 3.3.2
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Application number
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91310627.4
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Title of the application
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Process for the production of chocolate
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Applicant name
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CERESTAR HOLDING BV
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Opponent name
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ROQUETTE FRERES, S.A.
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Keywords
Substantial procedural violation - yes - inadmissibility of late
filed request in oral proceedings at the opposition stage
immediately followed by revocation of the patent -
unsatisfactory wording before final decision - meaning of
of main request
Remittal to first instance - (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) - not equitable in the
circumstances of the case
Apportionment of costs - more appropriate for decision in
resumed first instance proceedings
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