European Patent Office

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)
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
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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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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Citing cases
T 0192/06T 2168/11

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.