T 0727/95 (Cellulose) of 21.05.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T072795.19990521
- Date of decision
- 21 May 1999
- Case number
- T 0727/95
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 86308092.5
- IPC class
- C12P 19/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
- Download
- Decision in English
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Produit à base de cellulose réticulée, films formés à partir de ce produit, procédé et micro-organismes pour sa préparation
- Applicant name
- WEYERSHAEUSER COMPANY
- Opponent name
- Ajinomoto Co.
Inc. - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
Relying on chance events for reproducibility amounts to undue burden in the absence of evidence that such chance events occur and can be identified frequently enough to guarantee success (see point 11).
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 83 1973
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - no
- Catchword
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The patent is revoked.