European Patent Office

T 0084/19 (Methods for determining the presence or risk of developing FSHD/FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER/LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER/UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER) vom 21.10.2022

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008419.20221021
Datum der Entscheidung
21. Oktober 2022
Aktenzeichen
T 0084/19
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
11818806.9
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Methods for determining the presence or risk of developing facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD)
Name des Antragstellers
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Leiden University Medical Center
University of Rochester
Name des Einsprechenden
Müller Fottner Steinecke Rechtsanwalts- und Patentanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
Kammer
3.3.08
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
Art_2and 3 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 6(4)European Patent Convention R 6(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules relating to fees Art 2item 11
Schlagwörter
Appeal deemed validly filed - (yes)
Main request - admission (yes), sufficiency of disclosure (no)
Amended auxiliary request 1 after summons - admission/cogent reasons (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - admission (yes), requirements of the EPC met (yes)
Orientierungssatz
Eligibility requirements for paying a reduced appeal fee by an appellant - opponent in case of opposition filed as a straw man (Reasons 1 to 9.2).

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal is deemed to have been validly filed.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 13 of auxiliary request 2 filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal and a description to be adapted thereto.