T 1213/05 (Breast and ovarian cancer/UNIVERSITY OF UTAH) of 27.9.2007

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T121305.20070927
Date of decision: 27 September 2007
Case number: T 1213/05
Application number: 95305601.7
IPC class: C07K 14/82
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 117 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: 17q-Linked breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene
Applicant name: The University of Utah Research Foundation, et al.
Opponent name: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SP Schweiz)
Greenpeace e.V. et al.
Institut Curie
Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris
Institut Gustave Roussy-IGR
Belgian Society of Human Genetics et al.
Die Erben von Herrn Dr. Wilhelms, Rolf E.
De Staat der Nederlanden Minister van Volksgezondheid,
Welzijn en Sport
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 53(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 57
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 87
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 88
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 89
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 111(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 23b
European Patent Convention 1973 R 23e
Directive 98/44/EC
Resolution of the European Parliament P6 TA(2005) 407
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10a
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b
Keywords: Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request I - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request II - admissibility (yes)
Auxiliary request II - priority (no)
Auxiliary request II - novelty (no)
Auxiliary request III - patentable invention (yes)
Auxiliary request III - exception to patentability (no)
Auxiliary request III - industrial applicability (yes)
Auxiliary request III - sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Auxiliary request III - priority (yes)
Auxiliary request III - novelty (yes)
Auxiliary request III - inventive step (yes)
Referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)
Catchwords:

See points 46 to 70.

Cited decisions:
G 0001/98
G 0002/98
G 0001/03
G 0002/03
T 0144/83
T 0123/85
T 0133/87
T 0073/88
T 0118/89
T 0065/92
T 0923/92
T 0082/93
T 0249/93
T 0296/93
T 0464/94
T 0272/95
T 0223/96
T 0633/97
T 1147/98
T 0351/01
T 0030/02
T 0870/04
T 0070/05
T 0898/05
T 1134/06
Citing decisions:
G 0003/19
T 0080/05
T 0666/05
T 0902/07
T 1100/10
T 1711/11
T 1165/13

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t051213eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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