European Patent Office

T 1849/09 (Alpha-amylase/GENENCOR) of 08.12.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T184909.20101208
Date of decision
8 December 2010
Case number
T 1849/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
98109967.4
IPC class
C12N 9/28
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
Oxidation-stable alpha-amylase
Applicant name
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Opponent name
NOVOZYMES A/S
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Claim 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 the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:

- claims 1 to 24 filed on 1 November 2010;

- pages 2 to 16 of the description filed during the oral proceedings;

- pages 17 to 52 of the description as granted (sequence listing);

- figures 1 to 15 as granted.