European Patent Office

T 1147/02 (Antibiotic resistance/PASTEUR) of 31.05.2006

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T114702.20060531
Date of decision
31 May 2006
Case number
T 1147/02
Petition for review of
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Application number
93909875.2
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
Rapid detection of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Applicant name
INSTITUT PASTEUR, et al
Opponent name
Innogenetics N.V.
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Added matter (no)
Sufficiency, novelty, inventive step (yes)
Admission of late filed documents (no)
Validity of priority claim based on third priority document (yes)
Catchword
see points 12 to 18
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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 29 of the new main request filed at the oral proceedings and a description yet to be adapted thereto.