European Patent Office

T 0857/06 (TNF binding protein II/YEDA) of 05.06.2008

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T085706.20080605
Date of decision
5 June 2008
Case number
T 0857/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
90109337.7
IPC class
C12P 21/02
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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
Tumor necrosis factor binding protein II, its purification and antibodies thereto
Applicant name
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Opponent name
ABBOTT GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Court of Human Rights judgements Borgers v. Belgium of 30 October 1991, Kress v. France of 7 June 2001 and Martinie v. France of 12 April 2006, England and Wales Court of Appeal judgement Parker v. The Law Society of 4 December 1998European Patent Convention Art 106(2)European Patent Convention Art 112a(2)(b)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 83 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 19(1)
Keywords
Presence of assistant at deliberations (yes)
Appealability of interlocutory decision (yes)
Added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Catchword
1. The discretion under Article 19(1), second sentence, RPBA may be exercised to allow the board's assistant to attend and to take part in the deliberations (see points 1 to 6).
2. A first interlocutory decision which does not allow a separate appeal can be appealed together with a second interlocutory decision which does not leave any substantive issues outstanding and which allows a separate appeal (see points 7 to 11).
Citing cases
T 1954/14

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decisions under appeal are 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 claims 1 to 33 of the new main request filed with the grounds of appeal of appellant I and a description yet to be adapted.