T 1242/06 (Tomatoes II/STATE OF ISRAEL) of 31.5.2012

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T124206.20120531
Date of decision: 31 May 2012
Case number: T 1242/06
Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal: G 0002/12
Application number: 00940724.8
IPC class: A01H 5/10
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 246 KB)
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Versions: OJ | OJ v2 | Unpublished v3 | Published | Published v2
Title of application: Method for breeding tomatoes having reduced water content and product of the method
Applicant name: State of Israel - Ministry of Agriculture
Opponent name: Unilever N.V.
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 53(a)
European Patent Convention Art 53(b)
European Patent Convention Art 53(c)
European Patent Convention Art 64(2)
European Patent Convention Art 84
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention Art 164(2)
European Patent Convention R 26(4)
European Patent Convention R 26(5)
European Patent Convention R 27(b)
European Patent Convention R 27(c)
European Patent Convention R 28(c)
European Patent Convention R 43(2)
European Patent Convention R 80
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
Directive 98/44 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (Biotech Directive) Art 002(3), 6(2)(c)
Strasbourg Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention (Strasbourg Convention) Art 002(b)
Council Regulation (EC) No. 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community Plant Variety Rights (CPVR Regulation) Art 005(2),(3), 13(2),(6)
UPOV Convention 1991 Art 001(vi)
UPOV Convention 1991 Art 014(1)
UPOV Convention 1991 Art 014(2)
UPOV Convention 1991 Art 014(5)(b)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 28(1)(a)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Art 28(1)(b)
French Intellectual Property Code Art L613-5-3
German Patent Law § 11 No. 2a
European Court of Justice C-34/10 of 18 October 2011 (Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V.)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 53(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 53(b)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 64(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 23b(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 23b(5)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 23c(b)
Keywords: Exclusion of essentially biological processes for the production of plants - possible effect on allowability of product claim for plants or plant material - important point of law - referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0005/83
G 0002/88
G 0010/91
G 0001/95
G 0001/98
G 0001/03
G 0002/06
G 0001/07
G 0001/08
G 0002/08
G 0002/10
T 0083/05
T 0263/05
T 0275/05
T 1384/06
T 1854/07
Citing decisions:
G 0002/07
G 0001/08
G 0003/19
T 0083/05
T 1729/06
T 0915/10
T 0452/19

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t061242eu3.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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