T 0656/94 (Colony-stimulating factor/KIRIN-AMGEN) of 16.07.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T065694.19980716
- Date of decision
- 16 July 1998
- Case number
- T 0656/94
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86905530.1
- IPC class
- C12N 15/27
- 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
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Production of pluripotent granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
- Applicant name
- Kirin-Amgen, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd.
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH Patentabteilung - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments extending originally filed disclosure or scope of granted claims (no)
Clarity (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1820/18
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 the claims for the Contracting States BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL and SE filed as New Main Request at the oral proceedings on 15 July 1998 and the claims as granted for the Contracting State AT, and amended page 4 of the description as filed as New Main Request at the oral proceedings on 15 July 1998 and the remaining pages of the description and drawings as granted.