European Patent Office

T 1270/12 (Lawsonia intracellularis cultivation vaccine infection rate/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 21.07.2016

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127012.20160721
Date of decision
21 July 2016
Case number
T 1270/12
Petition for review of
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Application number
96921391.7
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
LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS CULTIVATION, ANTI-LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS
Applicant name
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC.
Opponent name
Akzo Nobel N.V.
Wyeth LLC
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Main Request, Auxiliary Requests I-IV; admissibility (yes)
Main Request, Auxiliary Requests I-III; sufficiency disclosure (no)
Auxiliary Request IV; meets all requirements of the EPC (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 thereto:

Claims 1 to 12 of Auxiliary Request IV filed under cover of a letter dated 14 July 2016.