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
- -
- Application number
- 12002626.5
- IPC class
- A01N 43/56A01N 51/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
- T 0116/18 2021-10-11T 0116/18 2021-10-11T 0116/18 2021-10-11T 0116/18 2021-10-11
- Abstracts for this decision
- Abstract on Art 13(2) RPBA 2020Abstract on EPC2000 Art 112(1)(a)Abstract on EPC2000 Art 056
- 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.