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Date of decision
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02 July 2002
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Case number
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T 1091/00
- 3.3.2
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Application number
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91903945.3
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Title of the application
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Docosahexaenoic acid, methods for its production and compounds
containing the same
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Applicant name
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MARTEK CORPORATION
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Opponent name
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OmegaTech, Inc.
Aventis Research & Technologies GmbH
Monsanto Company
Nagase Biochemicals, Ltd.
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Keywords
Main request - added matter (no) - basis in the application as
filed
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - respondent's misinterpretation
of the product's features
Novelty (no) -
not a limiting feature over the prior art
First auxiliary request - added matter (no) basis in the
application as filed
Novelty (yes) - features of the product claim and of the process
claims not to be found in the available prior art
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