T 0836/93 (Harvest of food crops/UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA) of 13.03.1996
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T083693.19960313
- Date of decision
- 13 March 1996
- Case number
- T 0836/93
- Online on
- 1 April 1996
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 87301966.5
- IPC class
- A01N 59/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Methods for facilitating the harvest of food crops
- Applicant name
- UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The impugned decision is set aside
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the claims filed with the letter dated 26 September 1990, the description being amended to take into account the restrictions which have been introduced into the claims.