European Patent Office

G 0003/02 (Priorities from India/ASTRAZENECA) of 26.04.2004

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2004:G000302.20040426
Date of decision
26 April 2004
Case number
G 0003/02
Petition for review of
J 0010/98 2002-12-02
Application number
96908415.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
"New DNA molecules" "A DNA molecule for expression of bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL)"
Applicant name
AstraZeneca AB
Opponent name
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Board
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Headnote

The TRIPs Agreement does not entitle the applicant for a European patent application to claim priority from a first filing in a State which was not at the relevant dates a member of the Paris Convention but was a member of the WTO/TRIPs Agreement.

Relevant legal provisions
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 1Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 2(1)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 150(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 172 1973European Patent Convention Art 23(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 33 1973European Patent Convention Art 66 1973European Patent Convention Art 87(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 87(5) 1973European Patent Convention Art 88 1973Paris Convention Art 001-012Paris Convention Art 004a(2)Paris Convention Art 019Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 8Patent Cooperation Treaty R 4.10Statute, International Court of Justice Art 38Universal Declaration of Human Rights Art 27Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 26Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 34Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 38Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) Art 5Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1986) Art 34Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1986) Art 35Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1986) Art 38
Keywords
International applications - priorities from India
Applicability of Article 87(5) EPC
The position under the PCT
The EPO not party to TRIPs
Interpretation of Article 87 EPC - according to principles of public international law - in the light of obligations of Contracting States under TRIPs
Catchword
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