European Patent Office

T 1134/22 (Vanillin production) of 13.08.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T113422.20240813
Date of decision
13 August 2024
Case number
T 1134/22
Online on
23 August 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
12199502.1
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Recombinant host cell for biosynthetic production of vanillin
Applicant name
SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
Opponent name
Ennolys
Lesaffre International
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.