T 0188/97 (NANBV/CHIRON CORPORATION) of 08.02.2001

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T018897.20010208
Date of decision: 8 February 2001
Case number: T 0188/97
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 88310922.5
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: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: NANBV diagnostics and vaccines
Applicant name: CHIRON CORPORATION, et al
Opponent name: (4) Dade Behring Marburg GmbH
(5) The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka
(6) F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE & CO. Aktiengesellschaft
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 105 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention Art 83 1973 European Patent Convention Art 84 1973 European Patent Convention Art 87 1973 European Patent Convention Art 88 1973 European Patent Convention Art 89 1973 European Patent Convention R 13 1973 European Patent Convention R 57a 1973 European Patent Convention R 67 1973
Keywords: Admissibility of the interventions (no)
Admissibility of Appellant's II appeal (yes)
Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary requests A to D - sufficiency of disclosure (no)
Auxiliary request E - inventive step (yes)
Catchword: -
Cited cases: G 0001/93 G 0009/93 G 0004/97 J 0008/81 J 0002/87 J 0003/87 J 0027/92 T 0201/83 T 0025/85 T 0292/85 T 0081/87 T 0073/88 T 0060/89 T 0905/90 T 0187/91 T 0289/91 T 0288/92 T 0124/93 T 0296/93 T 0412/93 T 0824/94 T 0343/95 T 0460/95 T 0923/95
Citing cases: T 1143/00 T 0378/02 T 2001/07 T 1746/15 T 0304/17

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The interventions are rejected as inadmissible.

2. The request of the Intervener for questions to be referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.

3. The request for the reimbursement of the opposition and appeal fees for the notice of intervention filed on 23. July 1999 is refused.

4. The request that the proceedings be suspended is refused.

5. The request by Appellants I that the opposition of Appellants II be declared inadmissible is refused.

6. The request by Appellants I for questions to be referred to the Enlarged Board of appeal is refused.

7. The decision under appeal is set aside.

8. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of

- claims 1 to 5 of Auxiliary Request E for Contracting States AT,BE,CH,DE,FR,IT,LI,LU,NL and SE, filed on 30. June 2000,

- claims 1 to 12 of Auxiliary Request E for Contracting State GR, filed on 30 June 2000,

- claims 1 to 9 of Auxiliary Request E for Contracting State ES, filed on 30 June 2000,

- pages 1 to 5, 8, 10 to 12, 14 to 23, 25, 26, 28 to 71 as granted,

- pages 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 9, 9a, 13, 24 and 27 as filed with the submissions dated 29 August 2000, pages 5a and 5b being inserted between pages 5 and 6, pages 9a and 9b being inserted between pages 9 and 10,

- Figures 1 to 47-8 as granted.