According to established principles of patent law, the protection conferred by a product claim is absolute (see decision G 2/88, OJ EPO 1990, 93, point 5 of the reasons) and the patent proprietor has in particular the right to exclude others from making or using the patented product (see decision G 2/06, OJ EPO 2009, 306, point 25 of the reasons; Article 28.1(a) TRIPS Agreement and the correspondi