| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1996:T038694.19960111 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 11 January 1996 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0386/94 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 82201272.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C12N 15/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | DNA molecules comprising the genes for preprochymosin and its maturation forms, and microorganisms transformed thereby | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | UNILEVER N.V., et al | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Celltech Limited Chr. Hansens Laboratorium A/S |
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| Board: | 3.3.04 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | Inventive step may be acknowledged in the field of gene technology if there is no reasonable expectation of success that the cloning and expression of a given gene can be carried out. However, in a case where, at the priority date, a skilled person can expect to perform the cloning and expression of a gene in a fairly straightforward manner, and the cloning, although requiring much work, does not pose such problems as to prove that the expectation of success was ill-founded, inventive step cannot be acknowledged. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no) |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t940386ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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