| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2004:G000302.20040426 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 26 April 2004 | ||||||||
| Case number: | G 0003/02 | ||||||||
| Referral: | J 0010/98 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 96908415.1 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C07K 14/35 C12N 15/81 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | - | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | AstraZeneca AB | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | EBA | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The TRIPS Agreement does not entitle the applicant for a European patent application to claim priority from a first filing in a state which was not at the relevant dates a member of the Paris Convention but was a member of the WTO/TRIPS Agreement. | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | International applications - priorities from India Applicability of Article 87(5) EPC The position under the PCT The EPO not party to TRIPS Interpretation of Article 87 EPC - according to principles of public international law - in the light of obligations of contracting states under TRIPS |
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
for the fulltext please refer to G 0002/02
