T 0813/09 of 29.03.2012
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T081309.20120329
- Date of decision
- 29 March 2012
- Case number
- T 0813/09
- Online on
- 3 April 2012
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 00943418.4
- IPC class
- G05B 19/418G01N 35/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- AUTOMATED LABORATORY SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
- Applicant name
- Beckman Coulter, Inc.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1)European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter (no - amended claims)
Clarity (yes - amended claims)
Novelty and inventive step (yes - amended claims) - 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 grant a patent on the basis of the following application documents:
- claims: claims 1 to 18 amended according to the third auxiliary request filed with the letter dated 19 March 2012,
- description: pages 1 to 3, 5 to 9, 11 to 13 and 16 to 22 of the application as published, page 10 filed with the letter dated 3 September 2008, and pages 4, 4a, 14, 15 and 23 to 36 filed with the letter dated 19 March 2012, and
- drawings: sheets 1/28, 2/28, 4/28, 5/28, 18/28 to 23/28 and 28/28 of the application as published, sheet 3/28 filed with the letter dated 3 September 2008, and sheets 6/28 to 17/28 and 24/28 to 27/28 filed with the letter dated 19 March 2012.