European Patent Office

T 1456/09 (Proteins in plant seeds/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) of 04.12.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T145609.20121204
Date of decision
4 December 2012
Case number
T 1456/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
98949710.2
IPC class
C12N 15/82
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Production of proteins in plant seeds
Applicant name
The Regents of The University of California
Opponent name
BASF Plant Science GmbH
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Main request - not admitted
1st auxiliary request - inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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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 as amended in the following version:

- claims 1 to 12 of the new 1st auxiliary request, filed as 5th auxiliary request with the statement of grounds of appeal;

- amended pages 2 to 24 of the description (version II) filed at the oral proceedings;

- figures 1 to 7 of the published patent specification.