| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T079602.20040401 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 01 April 2004 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0796/02 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 82304513.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C12N 15/81 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Preparation of hepatitis B surface antigen in yeast | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | GENENTECH, INC. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Akzo Pharma B.V. Pasteur Merieux Serums et Vaccins Institut Pasteur |
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| Board: | 3.3.08 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Decision re appeals - contravene ratio decidendi (no) Late submitted requests (yes) Abuse of proceedure (yes) |
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It amounts to an abuse of procedure to withdraw a request with broader claims in proceedings before the board of appeal, in order to avoid that a negative decision be taken on it by the board, but then to re-introduce those broader claims before the opposition division, having obtained remittal of the case for further prosecution on the basis of much more limited claims. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t020796eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021