The short answers to these questions is, unsurprisingly perhaps, “no” and “yes”, respectively. G 2/19 arose because the EBA was asked following questions following decision T 831/17 : Is the right to oral proceedings in appeal proceedings...
The Broad Institute (Broad) manages a patent portfolio on behalf of several collaborating institutions, including Broad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) which contains several European patents for...
A recent case from the EPO Boards of Appeal, T 0725/14, sees the Board consider again the issue of priority entitlement and what constitutes a valid transfer of priority rights. Of course, it is not the first time these issues have been considered but where this case...
Background As previously reported, in G 2/12 (Broccoli and Tomatoes II), the Enlarged Board of Appeal found that Article 53(b) EPC did not exclude plants produced by essentially biological processes from patentability. Nevertheless, following guidance from the...
The Broad Institute (Broad) manages a patent portfolio on behalf of several collaborating institutions, including Broad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard) which contains several European patents for...
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