European Patent Office

T 0657/10 (Stearidonic plant delta desaturases/CALGENE) of 19.12.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T065710.20131219
Date of decision
19 December 2013
Case number
T 0657/10
Petition for review of
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Application number
99928700.6
IPC class
C12N 15/82
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
POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN PLANTS
Applicant name
Calgene LLC
Opponent name
BASF Plant Science GmbH
Bayer S.A.S.
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention Art 114European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 103Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Substantial procedural violation (no); Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - Main Request and Auxiliary Requests 1 to 6 (no)
Admissibility of new documentary evidence (no); Admissibility of Auxiliary Requests 7 and 8 (no)
Catchword
Sufficiency of disclosure of elite events (see points 12.1 to 12.4 of the Reasons)
Citing cases
T 0326/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.

3. The requests for reimbursement of the appeal fees are rejected.