European Patent Office

T 0470/04 (Deprotection agent/AFFYMETRIX) of 12.06.2007

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T047004.20070612
Date of decision
12 June 2007
Case number
T 0470/04
Petition for review of
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Application number
96300860.2
IPC class
B01J 19/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Printing molecular library arrays
Applicant name
Affymetrix, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation)
Opponent name
PamGene B.V.
Board
3.3.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b(1)(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11(3)
Keywords
Admissibility of request submitted during oral proceedings: yes
Inventive step (yes): not obvious modification of prior art method
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain a patent with claims 1 to 15 as filed during oral proceedings before the Board and a description to be adapted.