T 0857/06 (TNF binding protein II/YEDA) of 5.6.2008

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T085706.20080605
Date of decision: 05 June 2008
Case number: T 0857/06
Application number: 90109337.7
IPC class: C12P 21/02
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 114 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Tumor necrosis factor binding protein II, its purification and antibodies thereto
Applicant name: YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Opponent name: ABBOTT GmbH & Co. KG
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 54(3)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention Art 106(2)
European Patent Convention Art 112a(2)(b)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 19(1)
European Court of Human Rights judgements Borgers v. Belgium of 30 October 1991, Kress v. France of 7 June 2001 and Martinie v. France of 12 April 2006, England and Wales Court of Appeal judgement Parker v. The Law Society of 4 December 1998
Keywords: Presence of assistant at deliberations (yes)
Appealability of interlocutory decision (yes)
Added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Catchwords:

1. The discretion under Article 19(1), second sentence, RPBA may be exercised to allow the board's assistant to attend and to take part in the deliberations (see points 1 to 6).

2. A first interlocutory decision which does not allow a separate appeal can be appealed together with a second interlocutory decision which does not leave any substantive issues outstanding and which allows a separate appeal (see points 7 to 11).

Cited decisions:
G 0001/88
R 0001/08
T 0762/90
Citing decisions:
T 1954/14

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