European Patent Office

T 0466/20 vom 14.07.2021

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T046620.20210714
Datum der Entscheidung
14. Juli 2021
Aktenzeichen
T 0466/20
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
08001713.0
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Sample analyzer and computer program product
Name des Antragstellers
SYSMEX CORPORATION
Name des Einsprechenden
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Beckman Coulter GmbH
Kammer
3.4.02
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Admissibility of both appeals - (yes)
Objection under Rule 106 EPC - (dismissed)
Flaw in the decision under appeal - (yes) - change in the composition of the opposition division - written decision issued on behalf of an opposition division whose chairman was not present at the first oral proceedings and on the first day of the second oral proceedings
Remittal - (yes)
Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings
Remittal to an opposition division in a different composition and under the responsibility of another Director of the opposition division
Remittal - (no)
Remittal to an opposition division in a different
composition - (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Reimbursement of both appeal fees - (yes)
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierende Akten
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeals of the patent proprietor and opponent 2 are

admissible.

2. The request for referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is

refused.

3. The objection under Rule 106 EPC is dismissed.

4. The decision under appeal is set aside.

5. The case is remitted to the department of first instance for

further prosecution.

6. Both appeal fees are to be reimbursed.