European Patent Office

T 1537/09 (Treatment of transgenic corn seeds with thiamethoxam/MONSANTO) of 22.09.2011

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T153709.20110922
Date of decision
22 September 2011
Case number
T 1537/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
01979933.7
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
Treatment of transgenic corn seeds with thiamethoxam
Applicant name
Monsanto Technology LLC
Syngenta Participations AG
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Added matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - Inventive step (no) - Improvement expected in view of the prior art
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0068/85
Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal is dismissed.