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Date of decision 09 March 2000
Case number T 0737/96 - 3.3.4
Application number 88903778.4
IPC C12N1/16
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application Astaxanthin-producing yeast cells, methods for their preparation and their use
Applicant name DSM N.V.
Opponent name (1) Burns Philp & Co. Ltd.
(2) Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
(3) K I Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.,
Tokyo Office/ Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co.
(4) Igene Biotechnology, Inc.
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 56
. Art 83
Keywords
Main request - inventive step (no)
Auxiliary request - inventive step (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Cited Decisions T 0694/92
Catchwords:
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