| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T033993.19960418 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 18 April 1996 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0339/93 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 82402380.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C12N 15/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Modified vaccinia virus and methods for making and using the same | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | HEALTH RESEARCH, INCORPORATED | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Katinger, Prof. Dr. H. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.04 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of opposition - identifiability of opponent - presumption (yes) - no doubt as to opponent - hearsay evidence (no) Reference to Enlarged Board of questions on admissibility (no) Admissibility of the appeal (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step of main and first auxiliary request - no Second auxiliary request - no unambiguous basis Third auxiliary request referred back to the first instance |
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True identity of opponent held established, thus no reason to refer questions to Enlarged Board of Appeal. Remittal of third auxiliary request to first instance appropriate in this case, so that parties can direct their arguments knowing reasoning on which other requests refused. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t930339eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021