BackDate of JudgmentDecember 20, 1999Issuing AuthorityBoards of Appeal: Enlarged Board of AppealLevel of the Issuing AuthorityFinal InstanceType of ProcedureJudicial (Administrative)Subject MatterPatents (Inventions)Keywords
Claims comprising but not identifying plant varieties,
Plant varieties as products of recombinant gene technology,
Article 64(2) EPC not relevant for examination of product claims