T 1054/96 (Transgenic plant/NOVARTIS) vom 13.10.1997
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T105496.19971013
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 13. Oktober 1997
- Aktenzeichen
- T 1054/96
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 91810144.5
- IPC-Klasse
- A01N 63/00
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
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- Entscheidung auf Englisch
- Amtsblattfassungen
- Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
- T 1054/96 Anti-pathogenic compositions/NOVARTIS III 2000-12-06
- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- Anti-pathogenically effective composition comprising lytic peptides and hydrolytic enzymes
- Name des Antragstellers
- NOVARTIS AG
- Name des Einsprechenden
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- Kammer
- 3.3.04
- Leitsatz
The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision:
1. To what extent should the instances of the EPO examine an application in respect of whether the claims are allowable in view of the provision of Article 53(b) EPC that patents shall not be granted in respect of plant varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants, which provision does not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof, and how should a claim be interpreted for this purpose?
2. Does a claim which relates to plants but wherein specific plant varieties are not individually claimed ipso facto avoid the prohibition on patenting in Article 53(b) EPC even though it embraces plant varieties?
3. Should the provisions of Article 64(2) EPC be taken into account when considering what claims are allowable?
4. Does a plant variety, in which each individual plant of that variety contains at least one specific gene introduced into an ancestral plant by recombinant gene technology, fall outside the provision of Article 53(b) EPC that patents shall not be granted in respect of plant varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants, which provision does not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof?
- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 112(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 164(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 172 1973European Patent Convention Art 33(1)(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 53(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 64(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Schlagwörter
- Claims encompassing plant varieties
Genetically engineered plant varieties
Essentially biological processes for the production of plants
Varieties as products of microbiological processes
Contravention of prohibition of Article 53(b) EPC
Referral to Enlarged Board (yes) - Orientierungssatz
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision:
1. To what extent should the instances of the EPO examine an application in respect of whether the claims are allowable in view of the provision of Article 53(b) EPC that patents shall not be granted in respect of plant varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants, which provision does not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof, and how should a claim be interpreted for this purpose?
2. Does a claim which relates to plants but wherein specific plant varieties are not individually claimed ipso facto avoid the prohibition on patenting in Article 53(b) EPC even though it embraces plant varieties?
3. Should the provisions of Article 64(2) EPC be taken into account when considering what claims are allowable?
4. Does a plant variety, in which each individual plant of that variety contains at least one specific gene introduced into an ancestral plant by recombinant gene technology, fall outside the provision of Article 53(b) EPC that patents shall not be granted in respect of plant varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants, which provision does not apply to microbiological processes or the products thereof?