T 0278/03 (Antibody production/WELLCOME) of 18.01.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T027803.20050118
- Date of decision
- 18 January 2005
- Case number
- T 0278/03
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91309595.6
- IPC class
- C12N 15/13
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Antibody production
- Applicant name
- THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION LIMITED
- Opponent name
- 1. F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE & CO. Aktiengesellschaft
2. Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Patente
3. Cambridge Antibody Technology Limited
4. Novartis AG Patent and Trademark Dept.
5. IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corpn
6. Schering AG
7. SmithKline Beecham plc, Corporate Intellectual Property,
SB House
8. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. - Board
- 3.3.08
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request and first to fifth auxiliary requests: inventive step (no)
Sixth auxiliary request: admissible (no), abuse of procedure (yes) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.