European Patent Office

T 0188/97 (NANBV/CHIRON CORPORATION) vom 08.02.2001

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T018897.20010208
Datum der Entscheidung
8. Februar 2001
Aktenzeichen
T 0188/97
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
88310922.5
IPC-Klasse
C12N 15/00
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
NANBV diagnostics and vaccines
Name des Antragstellers
CHIRON CORPORATION, et al
Name des Einsprechenden
(4) Dade Behring Marburg GmbH
(5) The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka
(6) F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE & CO. Aktiengesellschaft
Kammer
3.3.04
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Admissibility of the interventions (no)
Admissibility of Appellant's II appeal (yes)
Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary requests A to D - sufficiency of disclosure (no)
Auxiliary request E - inventive step (yes)
Orientierungssatz
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The interventions are rejected as inadmissible.

2. The request of the Intervener for questions to be referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.

3. The request for the reimbursement of the opposition and appeal fees for the notice of intervention filed on 23. July 1999 is refused.

4. The request that the proceedings be suspended is refused.

5. The request by Appellants I that the opposition of Appellants II be declared inadmissible is refused.

6. The request by Appellants I for questions to be referred to the Enlarged Board of appeal is refused.

7. The decision under appeal is set aside.

8. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of

- claims 1 to 5 of Auxiliary Request E for Contracting States AT,BE,CH,DE,FR,IT,LI,LU,NL and SE, filed on 30. June 2000,

- claims 1 to 12 of Auxiliary Request E for Contracting State GR, filed on 30 June 2000,

- claims 1 to 9 of Auxiliary Request E for Contracting State ES, filed on 30 June 2000,

- pages 1 to 5, 8, 10 to 12, 14 to 23, 25, 26, 28 to 71 as granted,

- pages 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 9, 9a, 13, 24 and 27 as filed with the submissions dated 29 August 2000, pages 5a and 5b being inserted between pages 5 and 6, pages 9a and 9b being inserted between pages 9 and 10,

- Figures 1 to 47-8 as granted.