G 0001/98 (Transgenic plant/NOVARTIS II) vom 20.12.1999

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator

ECLI:EP:BA:1999:G000198.19991220

Datum der Entscheidung

20. Dezember 1999

Aktenzeichen

G 0001/98

Antrag auf Überprüfung von

T 1054/96 1997-10-13

Anmeldenummer

91810144.5

IPC-Klasse

A01N 63/00

Verfahrenssprache

Englisch

Verteilung

Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)

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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung

Anti-pathogenically effective compositions comprising lytic peptides and hydrolytic enzymes

Name des Antragstellers

Novartis AG

Name des Einsprechenden

Kammer

Leitsatz

I. A claim wherein specific plant varieties are not individually claimed is not excluded from patentability under Article 53(b), EPC even though it may embrace plant varieties.

II. When a claim to a process for the production of a plant variety is examined, Article 64(2) EPC is not to be taken into consideration.

III. The exception to patentability in Article 53(b), 1st half-sentence, EPC applies to plant varieties irrespective of the way in which they were produced. Therefore, plant varieties containing genes introduced into an ancestral plant by recombinant gene technology are excluded from patentability.

Relevante Rechtsnormen

European Patent Convention Art 52 1973 European Patent Convention Art 53(b) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54 1973 European Patent Convention Art 64(2) 1973 European Patent Convention R 23b 1973Strasbourg_Patent_Convention_Art_002(b)UPOV_Convention_1961_Art_002UPOV_Convention_1991_Art_001(vi)

Schlagwörter

Claims comprising but not identifying plant varieties
Plant varieties as products of recombinant gene technology
Article 64(2) EPC not relevant for examination of product claims

Orientierungssatz

Zitierte Akten

G 0005/83 T 0049/83 T 0292/85 T 0320/87 T 0361/87 T 0019/90 T 0356/93

Zitierende Akten

G 0001/07 G 0002/07 G 0001/08 G 0002/12 G 0002/13 G 0003/19 J 0002/01 T 0380/94 T 1054/96 T 0903/97 T 0149/98 T 0098/00 T 0103/00 T 0274/00 T 0025/01 T 0179/01 T 0475/01 T 0866/01 T 0315/03 T 0992/03 T 1020/03 T 0154/04 T 0200/04 T 1262/04 T 1374/04 T 0083/05 T 1213/05 T 1242/06 T 1729/06 T 1854/07 T 2006/07 T 2239/08 T 0569/10 T 0915/10 T 2461/10 T 1208/12 T 2420/13 T 0056/21 T 2049/23

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The questions of law referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal are answered as follows:

1. See answers to questions 2 to 4.

2. A claim wherein specific plant varieties are not individually claimed is not excluded from patentability under Article 53(b) EPC, even though it may embrace plant varieties.

3. When a claim to a process for the production of a plant variety is examined, Article 64(2) EPC is not to be taken into consideration.

4. The exception to patentability in Article 53(b), 1st half-sentence, EPC applies to plant varieties irrespective of the way in which they were produced. Therefore, plant varieties containing genes introduced into an ancestral plant by recombinant gene technology are excluded from patentability.