T 2160/18 (Beta-glucosidase/ROAL OY) of 20.10.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216018.20211020
- Date of decision
- 20 October 2021
- Case number
- T 2160/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 12151852.6
- 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
- Treatment of cellulosic material and enzymes useful therein
- Applicant name
- Roal Oy
- Opponent name
- Novozymes A/S
- Board
- 3.3.08
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Admittance of the new main request - (yes)
Added matter - (no)
Admittance of new evidence not admitted in opposition proceedings - (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Admittance of new evidence filed in appeal proceedings - (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 15 of the main request filed on 20 May 2019 and a description consisting of description, sequence listing and figures of the patent as granted, except for pages 10 and 11 of the description to be replaced by amended pages 10 and 11 as filed at the oral proceedings before the board.