European Patent Office

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
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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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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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.