European Patent Office

T 1093/02 (Nucleic acid probes/GEN-PROBE INC.) of 25.02.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T109302.20050225
Date of decision
25 February 2005
Case number
T 1093/02
Petition for review of
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Application number
87310363.4
IPC class
C12Q 1/68
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Nucleic acid probes for detection and/or quantitation of non- viral organisms
Applicant name
Gen-Probe Incorporated
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Added subject-matter (no)
Right to priority, sufficiency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0002/98
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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of

- claims 1 to 169 (for all designated states) of the main request filed at the oral proceedings

- amended pages 3 to 5 of the description filed at the oral proceedings and pages 2 and 6 to 66 (line 46) of the description as granted

- figures 1 to 11 as granted.