European Patent Office

T 0399/11 (dsRNA feeding delivery method RNAi/DEVGEN) of 26.01.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T039911.20150126
Date of decision
26 January 2015
Case number
T 0399/11
Online on
11 March 2015
Petition for review of
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Application number
01129274.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Characterisation of gene function using double stranded RNA inhibition
Applicant name
Devgen NV
Opponent name
BASF SE
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 114(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Main Request - admissibility (yes);
Main Request - added subject-matter (no)
Main Request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Main Request - priority entitlement (yes)
Main Request - novelty and inventive step (yes)
Admissibility fresh case (no)
Catchword
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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:

Description:

pages 5 - 10 and 12 - 74 of the patent specification as granted;

pages 3, 4, 11 and 75 of the amended patent specification as filed during the oral proceedings on 26 January 2015.

Claims:

claims 1 - 12 of the Main Request, filed under cover of a letter dated 24 December 2014.

Drawings:

Figures 1 - 19 of the patent as granted.