|
Date of decision
|
09 September 98
|
|
|
Case number
|
T 0900/94
- 3.3.2
|
|
|
Application number
|
87309468.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Title of the application
|
Apparatus & process for sterilization of spices and leafy herbs
|
|
|
Applicant name
|
McCormick & Company, Inc.
|
|
|
Opponent name
|
Compagnie Gervais Danone
CPC Maizena GmbH
|
|
|
|
|
Keywords
Admissibility of the appeal: yes, appellants adversely affected
Admissibility of amendments into appeal proceedings: yes,
amendments and alternative requests filed with the statement of
grounds
Allowability of the amendments under Articles 123 and 84: yes,
compliance with the requirements of the EPC
Remittal to the department of first instance
|
|
|
|
|
