European Patent Office

T 1846/10 (Attenuated Lawsonia/BOEHRINGER) of 12.03.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T184610.20150312
Date of decision
12 March 2015
Case number
T 1846/10
Petition for review of
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Application number
05023400.4
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
Lawsonia intracellularis cultivation, anti-Lawsonia intracellularis vaccines and diagnostic agents
Applicant name
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
Opponent name
Intervet International B.V.
Wyeth
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request, auxiliary requests I to V:
sufficiency of disclosure - (no)
Auxiliary request VI: requirements of the EPC fulfilled-(yes)
Catchword
see points 28 to 29
Cited cases
T 0019/90
Citing cases
T 1270/12T 2623/19

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to grant a patent on the following basis:

(1) Claims 1 to 11 according to auxiliary request VI filed during the oral proceedings on 12 March 2015;

(2) The amended description pages numbered 2 to 21 as filed at approximately 19:45 h during the oral proceedings of 12 March 2015.