Reference to a hybridoma does not limit a product-by-process antibody claim (T 0032/17)
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/06/reference-to-hybridoma-does-not-limit.html Antibodies were recently awarded their own section in the latest EPO Guidelines for Examination (IPKat). This reflects that the complex and specific case law pertaining to antibody inventions. One such complexity are the provisions provided for the definition of an antibody by reference to a deposited hybridoma (Rule 31 EPC).... Continue reading