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
- -
- Application number
- 93909875.2
- 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
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- 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
- -
- 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 1973Paris Convention Art 4a(1)Paris Convention Art 4c(1)Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 8(2)(a)Patent Cooperation Treaty R 17(1)
- 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
- -
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.