T 0660/02 (Enzyme mutants/NOVOZYMES) of 09.06.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T066002.20050609
- Date of decision
- 9 June 2005
- Case number
- T 0660/02
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 92901590.7
- IPC class
- C12N 9/56
- 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
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Enzyme mutants having a low degree of variation of the molecular charge over a pH range
- Applicant name
- Novozymes A/S
- Opponent name
- Genencor International, Inc.
- Board
- 3.3.08
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 5: inventive step (no)
Auxiliary request 6: added matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0537/02
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:
Claims 1 to 6 of auxiliary request 6 filed during oral proceedings;
Description pages 4 to 6, 8, 10, 13, 14 and 19 as filed during the oral proceedings, description pages 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 15 to 18 as granted;
Figures 1 to 4 (pages 23 to 40) as granted.