T 0667/92 (Lactation/ELI LILLY) of 27.11.1996

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T066792.19961127
Date of decision: 27 November 1996
Case number: T 0667/92
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 82301996.3
IPC class: A23K 1/17
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: Distributed to board chairmen (C)
Download: Decision in English
OJ versions: No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case: T 0667/92 Re-establishment/ELI LILLY 1994-03-10
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: Ruminant lactation improvement
Applicant name: ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
Opponent name: SmithKline Beecham Corporation et al.
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 115 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
Keywords: Res judicata (no)
Observations by third parties in appeal proceedings disregarded
Inventive step (yes) - no reasonable expectation of success
Catchword: -
Cited cases: G 0004/88 G 0007/91 G 0008/91 G 0009/91 G 0010/91 G 0004/92 T 0582/88
Citing cases: J 0001/07 J 0002/07 J 0003/07 J 0004/07 J 0003/13 J 0005/13 J 0023/14 J 0014/16 J 0001/22 T 0381/93 T 0777/98 T 0578/14 T 1256/14

ORDER

for these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 3 and pages 2 to 4, 9 and 13 of the description as submitted in the oral proceedings on 27 November 1996, and the remainder of the description as granted.