| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T089002.20041014 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 October 2004 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0890/02 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 96920888.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C12N 15/82 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | FR | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Bayer CropScience S.A. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.08 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | Whilst not being stricto sensu encyclopaedias or handbooks, databases (a) which are known to the skilled person as an adequate source for obtaining the required information, (b) from which this information may be retrieved without undue burden and (c) which provide it in a straightforward and unambiguous manner without any need for supplementary searches represent the common general knowledge of the skilled person as defined in the case law (see reasons, point 9), and can be taken into account as such in deciding whether the teaching of a document which prima facie destroys novelty is sufficient to be reproducible. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Main request - novelty (no) Auxiliary request - novelty (yes) - inventive step (yes) - sufficient disclosure (yes) Question referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - no Substantial procedural violation - (no) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t020890ep1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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