European Patent Office

T 0824/94 (LAV/INSTITUT PASTEUR) of 18.11.1999

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T082494.19991118
Date of decision
18 November 1999
Case number
T 0824/94
Petition for review of
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Application number
85401799.3
IPC class
C12N 15/49
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Cloned DNA sequences, hybridizable with genomic RNA of lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV)
Applicant name
Institut Pasteur, et al
Opponent name
Chiron Corporation
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request - added subject-matter (no)
Insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0626/91
Citing cases
T 0188/97T 0351/98

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 the auxiliary request as filed in the oral proceedings on 12. May 1999.