T 1487/17 (Danisco/enzyme-substrate) of 29.07.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148717.20200729
- Date of decision
- 29 July 2020
- Case number
- T 1487/17
- Online on
- 9 September 2020
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09756878.6
- IPC class
- C11D 3/386C11D 17/00
- 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
- DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CO-FORMULATED ENZYME AND SUBSTRATE
- Applicant name
- Danisco US Inc.
- Opponent name
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
NOVOZYMES A/S - Board
- 3.3.06
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(3) (2020)
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes)
Admissibility of appeal
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Inventive step - could-would approach
Late filed request - admitted (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0074/10
- 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 based on the claims of the new main request (former auxiliary request 4 filed with letter of 2 June 2020) and a description to be adapted thereto.