European Patent Office

T 0116/18 of 28.07.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T011618.20230728
Date of decision
28 July 2023
Case number
T 0116/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
12002626.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Application title
Insecticide compositions
Applicant name
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
Opponent name
SYNGENTA LIMITED
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
-
Relevant legal provisions
- Bundesgerichtshof X ZB 15/67 (Rote Taube)- Generics (UK) (trading as Mylan) vs. Warner-Lambert Company Ltd. [2018] UKSC 56- Gerechtshof Den Haag - 200.327.532/01 and 200.328.173/01- Sandoz vs. BMS [2023] EWCA Civ 472BMS - Sandoz e.aDecisions of national courts citedEuropean Patent Convention Art 56GermanyRules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)The NetherlandsUnited Kingdom
Keywords
Interpretation of G 2/21
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Catchword
- Binding effect of a referring decision (see Reasons, points 9 to 9.4.5)
- Interpretation of order no. 2 of G 2/21 (see Reasons, points 10 to 11.14, in particular points 11.10 and 11.14)
- Submissions based on earlier decisions of the boards of appeal - admittance into the appeal proceedings (see Reasons, points 32 to 32.4, in particular point 32.3)

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.