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EP 3 660 397 B1 relates to  a device, a system, a program, and a method for estimating the composition of waste in a waste treatment plant.

Claim 1 as granted defines a device comprising a “training data generation unit“, a “model construction unit”

EP 3 220 752 B1 relates to relates to a composition comprising polysaccharides and whey protein micelles (WPM) for use in improving postprandial insulin levels in a subject.

The polysaccharide used has a negative zeta potential at a pH value in the range of 2.5 to 4.5 and is selected from the group consisting of alginate,

EP 3 356 068 B1 relates to a system and method for real-time statistical process control in additive manufacturing.

It relies on monitoring the “spark plume” created during sintering. An image of the spark plume is taken, image data is extracted from the image,

EP 3 331 921 B1 relates to an inulin product.

Brief outline of the procedure

The patent was revoked by the OD for lack of sufficiency as the subject-matter of claims 1 and 7 of all requests was characterized by an amount of chains of fructose units with a terminal glucose of formula GFn with n>=10 which could not be measured.

EP 3 121 274 B1 relates to a method for predicting responsiveness to the treatment of cancer with a compound inhibiting p300.

Brief outline of the case

The patent was revoked for lack of sufficiency for the patent as granted as well as for AR1-7.