European Patent Office

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)
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
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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.