European Patent Office

T 0974/20 (HVT-vectored ND-IBD vaccine/INTERVET) of 23.09.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T097420.20220923
Date of decision
23 September 2022
Case number
T 0974/20
Petition for review of
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Application number
15817860.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Improved HVT-vectored ND-IBD vaccine
Applicant name
Intervet International B.V.
Opponent name
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 7 of the main request filed by letter dated 21 June 2022, received on 22 June 2022, and a description and drawings to be adapted thereto.