European Patent Office

T 0528/11 (Selection Lactobacillus menstrual discharge administration/ELLEN) of 19.11.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T052811.20151119
Date of decision
19 November 2015
Case number
T 0528/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
02780211.5
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
LACTIC ACID PRODUCING BACTERIA FOR USE AS PROBIOTIC ORGANISMS IN THE HUMAN VAGINA
Applicant name
Ellen Aktiebolag
Opponent name
SCA Hygiene Products AB
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Admissibility of new evidence (no)
Admissibility of the Main Request (yes)
Main Request
added subject matter (no); sufficiency of disclosure (yes);
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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and a description to be adapted:

Claims No. 1 - 11 of the Main Request received during the oral proceedings of 19 November 2015.