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
- IPC class
- A61K 35/74C12N 1/20
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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.