T 0107/09 (CD40 counter receptor/BMS) of 12.07.2012
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T010709.20120712
- Date of decision
- 12 July 2012
- Case number
- T 0107/09
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 93102279.2
- IPC class
- C07K 14/725C12P 21/08A61K 39/395
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- 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
- The CD40CR receptor and ligands therefor
- Applicant name
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Trustees of Dartmouth College doing bussiness as
Dartmouth College
The General Hospital Corporation doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital - Opponent name
- Biogen Idec MA Inc.
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 87 1973European Patent Convention R 28(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 28(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Right to priority (no) - deposit of biological material after the filing date of the earlier application
Inventive step (no)
Decisions and legal literature cited:
G 0002/93, G 0002/98, G 0001/03, T 0542/95, T 0939/92, T 0133/01, T 0512/02, T 0931/04, T 1589/05;
"In re Lundak", 773F.2d 1216, Fed.Cir. 1985
BGH X ZR 89/07 "Olanzapin"
Europäisches Patentübereinkommen: Münchner Gemeinschaftskommentar, eds.: Beier, Haertel, Schricker;
15th edition, April 1991, Art. 53, Moufang, R.
Patentgesetz mit EPÜ, ed.: Schulte, R.; 8th edition, 2008
"Notice of the European Patent Office dated 18 July 1986 concerning European patent applications and European patents in which reference is made to microorganisms", EPO OJ 1986, 269-275
"Notice from the European Patent Office dated 7 July 2010 concerning inventions which involve the use of or concern biological material", EPO OJ 2010, 498-513 - Catchword
- See points 6 to 26 of the Reasons
- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.