EPO decision G2/13 – patentability of plant or animal

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27 March 2017

The ex officio decision by the EPO to stay proceedings in which the decision depends entirely on the patentability of a plant or animal obtained by an essentially biological process is unjustified and has no legal basis.

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Date Published: 27 March 2017

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