European Patent Office

T 0500/91 (Alpha-interferon II/BIOGEN) of 21.10.1992

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T050091.19921021
Date of decision
21 October 1992
Case number
T 0500/91
Petition for review of
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Application number
81300050.2
IPC class
C12N 15/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
DNA sequences, recombinant DNA molecules and processes for producing human interferon-alpha like polypeptides
Applicant name
Biogen N.V.
Opponent name
01) F. Hoffmann-La-Roche & Co.
02) The Upjohn Company
03) Boehringer Ingelheim Zentrale GmbH
04) Bender & Co Ges mbH
05) Cetus Corporation/Triton Biosciences Inc.
06) Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt
07) Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
09) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Ges mbH
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step (yes) - No realistic expectation of success - Activities to be expected from the notional person skilled in the art
Assessment of evidence not a question of law
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.