European Patent Office

T 0302/02 (Automated amplification/APPLERA) of 12.03.2004

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T030202.20040312
Date of decision
12 March 2004
Case number
T 0302/02
Petition for review of
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Application number
87301669.5
IPC class
G05D 23/19
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Apparatus and method for performing automated amplification of nucleic acid sequences and assays using heating and cooling steps
Applicant name
Applera Corporation
Opponent name
Techne (Cambridge) Ltd
Whatman International Ltd
Boehringer Mannheim GmbH Patentabteilung
Biometra biomedizinische Analytik GmbH
MWG-Biotech AG
Biozym Diagnostik GmbH
MJ Research, Inc.
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Art. 114(2) - late submitted material - evidence admitted (no)
Art. 56 - Inventive step - neighbouring field (no)
Catchword
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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 patent is revoked.