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
- -
- Application number
- 87310363.4
- IPC class
- C12Q 1/68
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Nucleic acid probes for detection and/or quantitation of non- viral organisms
- Applicant name
- Gen-Probe Incorporated
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 87 1973European Patent Convention Art 88 1973European Patent Convention Art 89 1973
- 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
- -
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.