T 0083/05 (Broccoli/PLANT BIOSCIENCE) du 22.05.2007
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T008305.20070522
- Date de la décision
- 22 mai 2007
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0083/05
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 99915886.8
- Classe de la CIB
- A01H 5/10
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Publiées au Journal officiel de l'OEB (A)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- Method for selective increase of the anticarcinogenic glucosinolates in Brassica species
- Nom du demandeur
- Plant Bioscience Limited
- Nom de l'opposant
- Syngenta Participations AG
Groupe Limagrain Holding - Chambre
- 3.3.04
- Sommaire
The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision:
1. Does a non-microbiological process for the production of plants which contains the steps of crossing and selecting plants escape the exclusion of Article 53(b) EPC merely because it contains, as a further step or as part of any of the steps of crossing and selection, an additional feature of a technical nature?
2. If question 1 is answered in the negative, what are the relevant criteria for distinguishing non-microbiological plant production processes excluded from patent protection under Article 53(b) EPC from non-excluded ones? In particular, is it relevant where the essence of the claimed invention lies and/or whether the additional feature of a technical nature contributes something to the claimed invention beyond a trivial level?
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- Directive 98/44/EC of 6 July 1998 Art 2(2)European Patent Convention Art 100 1973European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 53(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 87 1973European Patent Convention Art 88 1973European Patent Convention R 23b(5) 1973Strasbourg Patent Convention Art 2(b)
- Mots-clés
- Added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Entitlement to priority (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Exclusion of essentially biological processes for the production of plants - important point of law - referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - Exergue
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision:
1. Does a non-microbiological process for the production of plants which contains the steps of crossing and selecting plants escape the exclusion of Article 53(b) EPC merely because it contains, as a further step or as part of any of the steps of crossing and selection, an additional feature of a technical nature?
2. If question 1 is answered in the negative, what are the relevant criteria for distinguishing non-microbiological plant production processes excluded from patent protection under Article 53(b) EPC from non-excluded ones? In particular, is it relevant where the essence of the claimed invention lies and/or whether the additional feature of a technical nature contributes something to the claimed invention beyond a trivial level?