T 0843/04 (Gas driven fermentation/PRAXAIR) of 08.11.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T084304.20051108
- Date of decision
- 8 November 2005
- Case number
- T 0843/04
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97115946.2
- IPC class
- C12M 1/04
- 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
- Gas driven fermentation system
- Applicant name
- PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Opponent name
- Linde Aktiengesellschaft
Koninklijke DSM N.V. - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Main request - clarity of product claims (no)
Auxiliary request - clarity (yes)
Added matter (no); sufficiency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- G 0009/91T 0301/87T 0227/88T 0472/88T 0182/89T 0019/90T 0418/91T 0922/94T 0998/97T 0356/01T 0500/01T 0061/03
- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 6 of the first auxiliary request filed at the oral proceedings
- description pages 2 to 4 filed at the oral proceedings
- drawings as granted