Yes, I agree this would be the only change - it might also affect  some of our cases, such as severed broccoli. Thus worth mentioning.

Am 14.05.20 um 13:36 schrieb Bram de Jonge:

Thanks for the notice, that means action!

 

I probably need to include the last para from EPO’s press release into account in our own:

In order to ensure legal certainty and to protect the legitimate interests of patent proprietors and applicants, the Enlarged Board ruled that the new interpretation of Article 53(b) EPC given in G 3/19 had no retroactive effect on European patents containing such claims which were granted before 1 July 2017, or on pending European patent applications seeking protection for such claims which were filed before that date.

 

From: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de> On Behalf Of Christoph Then
Sent: Thursday, 14 May 2020 13:25
To: npos_2018@testbiotech.de
Subject: [Npos_2018] Decision of Enlarged Board is published

 


 

https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/communications/2020/20200514.html