T 2049/23 (Watermelon/Nunhems) of 11.07.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T204923.20250711
- Date of decision
- 11 July 2025
- Case number
- T 2049/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 13703094.6
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Triploid watermelon plants with a bush growth habit
- Applicant name
- Nunhems B.V.
- Opponent name
- Then, Christoph/"Keine Patente auf Saatgut!" e.V.
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 52(2)(a)European Patent Convention Art 53(b)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 26European Patent Convention R 27European Patent Convention R 28European Patent Convention R 31
- Keywords
- Patentable invention - discovery (no)
Exceptions to patentability - claims comprising but not limited to plant varieties (yes)
Exceptions to patentability - essentially biological process for the production of plants (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.