https://www.epo.org/en/law-and-practice/boards-of-appeal/communications/oral-proceedings-case-t-106318-5-december-2018

Oral proceedings in case T 1063/18 on 5 December 2018

The proceedings in case T 1063/18 concern the appeal of the patent applicant against the decision of an examining division to refuse the European patent application No. 12 756 468.0 (publication No. EP 2 753 168) for the sole reason that the claimed subject-matter falls within the exception to patentability according to Article 53(b) and Rule 28(2) EPC (here: plants exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process). Public oral proceedings have been arranged for 5 December 2018.