T 0179/01 (Herbicide resistant plants/MONSANTO) of 06.04.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T017901.20050406
- Date of decision
- 6 April 2005
- Case number
- T 0179/01
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 91917090.2
- IPC class
- C12N 15/54
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Glyphosate tolerant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthases
- Applicant name
- MONSANTO COMPANY
- Opponent name
- GREENPEACE DEUTSCHLAND e.V.
Syngenta Limited
Dr. Christoph Then und Thomas Schweiger - Board
- 3.3.08
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 53(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention R 23c(b) 1973European Patent Convention R 64(b) 1973
- Keywords
- - exception to patentability under Article 53(b) - plant varieties - no
- novelty, inventive step - sufficiency of disclosure - yes
- referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - no - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The request to refer questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.
3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the main request filed during the oral proceedings and the description and figures as granted.