T 0049/83 (Propagating material) of 26.7.1983

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1983:T004983.19830726
Date of decision: 26 July 1983
Case number: T 0049/83
Application number: 79103164.4
IPC class: -
Language of proceedings: DE
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Applicant name: Ciba Geigy
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Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: A claim directed to a propagating material, treated with chemical agents, for certain genera of plants (in this case cultivated plants) without specific varieties being claimed individually, does not contravene the prohibition on the patenting of plant varieties in Article 53(b) EPC.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 53(b)
Strasbourg Convention Art 002(b)
Keywords: Plant varieties
Chemically treated plants
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Citing decisions:
G 0001/98
T 0356/93
T 1054/96

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