T 0636/97 (Erythropoietin II/KIRIN-AMGEN) of 26.03.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T063697.19980326
- Date of decision
- 26 March 1998
- Case number
- T 0636/97
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 84308654.7
- IPC class
- C12N 15/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- 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
- Production of erythropoietin
- Applicant name
- Kirin-Amgen, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Genzyme Corportion
Elanex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Merckle GmbH Chem.-pharm. Fabrik
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH Patentabteilung
Hoechst AG
Akzo Pharma B.V. - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 27 1973
- Keywords
- Adaptation of description missing
Res judicata - no
Referral to Enlarged Board - no - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The requests by appellants II to V (opponents 2 to 5) including the requests for referral of questions to the Enlarged Board are refused.
3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 31 as referred to in the order of the board in decision T 412/93 of 21 November 1994, amended pages of the description numbers 8, 9, 10, 29, 44 and 45 and Annex A as submitted at the oral proceedings on 25. March 1998 and the remaining pages of the description and the drawings as granted.