T 0746/94 (Polypeptide isolation/BERLEX) of 05.11.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T074694.19981105
- Date of decision
- 5 November 1998
- Case number
- T 0746/94
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 85902779.9
- IPC class
- C12P 21/00
- 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
- A process for isolating a substantially insoluble polypeptide using non-ionic detergents
- Applicant name
- Berlex Laboratories, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Boehringer Mannheim GmbH Patentabteilung
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: added subject-matter - yes
Auxiliary request: novelty - yes, inventive step - yes - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1118/98
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:
(a) claims 1 to 3 filed during oral proceedings as auxiliary request
(b) cover page and pages 2, 2a and 2b of the description submitted during oral proceedings
(c) page 3 and page 4, lines 1 to 50 of the description as granted
(d) drawings, Figures 1 to 4 as granted