T 0915/94 (Carbonyl hydrolases/GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC.) of 06.07.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T091594.19990706
- Date of decision
- 6 July 1999
- Case number
- T 0915/94
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 84304252.4
- IPC class
- C12N 15/00
- 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
- Procaryotic carbonyl hydrolases, methods, DNA, vectors and transformed hosts for producing them, and detergent compositions containing them
- Applicant name
- Genencor International, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
Novo Nordisk A/S - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Main request sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - yes - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0964/92
- Citing cases
- T 1484/11
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 following documents:
(a) claims 1 to 20 submitted as main request during oral proceedings on 6 July 1999,
(b) description pages 3 to 20 submitted during oral proceedings on 6 July 1999,
(c) Figures 1 to 16 of the patent as granted.
3. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee by appellant I is refused.