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GAT Microencapsulation Gmbh and Syngenta Ltd [2008] UKIntelP o03908 (13 February 2008)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/039/08
Concerning rights in
EP 0824313
Hearing Officer
Mr P Back
Decision date
13 February 2008
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
GAT Microencapsulation Gmbh and Syngenta Ltd
Provisions discussed
Section 72
Keywords
Amendment, Inventive step, Revocation, Sufficiency
Related Decisions
None

Summary

An application for revocation of the patent was made by GAT Microencapsulation Gmbh. Syngenta did not attempt to defend the patent as granted. Instead, it proposed amendments to the claims and sought to defend the patent as amended from the allegations of lack of inventive step and insufficiency. GAT objected to the attempt to amend, and also maintained that the amendments did not overcome its objections in any event. The Hearing Officer found the amendments to be allowable and that the attacks based on insufficiency and lack of inventive step failed. He accordingly found the patent as amended to be valid.


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