European Patent Office

T 0341/14 (MONSANTO / GLYPHOSATE/AUXIN HERBICIDES) of 19.10.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T034114.20181019
Date of decision
19 October 2018
Case number
T 0341/14
Online on
14 December 2018
Petition for review of
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Application number
05725288.4
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
HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING N-PHOSPHONOMETHYL GLYCINE AND AN AUXIN HERBICIDE
Applicant name
Monsanto Technology LLC
Opponent name
SYNGENTA LIMITED
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests I to IV (no)
Inventive step - obvious alternative
Inventive step - auxiliary request V (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request V filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal, and a description to be adapted thereto.