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T 0500/91 (Alpha-interferon II/BIOGEN) of 21.10.1992

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1992:T050091.19921021

Date of decision:

21 October 1992

Case number:

T 0500/91

Application number:

IPC class:

Language of proceedings:

EN

Distribution:

B

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 1Â MB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

DNA sequences, recombinant DNA molecules and processes for producing human interferon-alpha like polypeptides

Applicant name:

Biogen N.V.

Opponent name:

01) F. Hoffmann-La-Roche & Co.
02) The Upjohn Company
03) Boehringer Ingelheim Zentrale GmbH
04) Bender & Co Ges mbH
05) Cetus Corporation/Triton Biosciences Inc.
06) Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt
07) Boehringer Mannheim GmbH
09) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Ges mbH

Board:

3.3.02

Headnote:

-

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)

Keywords:

Inventive step (yes) - No realistic expectation of success - Activities to be expected from the notional person skilled in the art
Assessment of evidence not a question of law

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

T 0005/81
T 0141/87
T 0301/87
T 0060/89
T 0877/90

Citing decisions:

T 0455/91
T 0886/91
T 0223/92
T 0296/93
T 0412/93
T 0441/93
T 0480/93
T 0207/94
T 0387/94
T 0530/95
T 0639/95
T 0475/96
T 0479/97
T 0338/00
T 1253/04
T 1380/05
T 0178/16

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t910500eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

20 references found.

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Case Law Book: I Patentability

X CLR I D 7.2 Try and see situation

X CLR I D 8.1.3 Definition of the person skilled in the art in the field of biotechnology

General Case Law

X T 0005/81 (Production of hollow thermoplastic objects) of 4.3.1982

X T 0141/87 () of 29.9.1988

X T 0301/87 (Alpha-interferons) of 16.2.1989

X T 0060/89 (Fusion Proteins) of 31.8.1990

X T 0877/90 (T-cell growth factor/HOOPER) of 28.7.1992

X T 0455/91 (Expression in yeast) of 20.6.1994

X T 0886/91 (Hepatitis B virus/ BIOGEN INC.) of 16.6.1994

X T 0223/92 (HIF-Gamma/GENENTECH) of 20.7.1993

X T 0296/93 (HBV antigen production) of 28.7.1994

X T 0412/93 (Erythropoietin/KIRIN-AMGEN) of 21.11.1994

X T 0441/93 (Cloning in Kluyveromyces/GIST BROCADES) of 27.3.1996

X T 0207/94 (Human beta-interferon) of 8.4.1997

X T 0387/94 (Chimeric genes in plant cells/MONSANTO) of 7.3.1997

X T 0530/95 (XmaI/NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS) of 10.6.1997

X T 0639/95 (Biopolymers/MIT) of 21.1.1998

X T 0479/97 (Expression system/NOVARTIS AG) of 6.9.2001

X T 0338/00 (Multimeric Receptors/SALK INSTITUTE) of 6.11.2002

X T 1253/04 (Embryonale Herzmuskelzellen/INSTITUT FÃR PFLANZENGENETIK) of 7.6.2005