T 0445/04 (Homegeneous assay system/F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG) of 24.05.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T044504.20050524
- Date of decision
- 24 May 2005
- Case number
- T 0445/04
- Online on
- 11 May 2006
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91917050.6
- IPC class
- C12Q 1/68
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Homogeneous assay system
- Applicant name
- F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
- Opponent name
- The Secretary of State for Defence in her Britannic Majesty's Government of United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: added subject-matter (no)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 matter is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 55 submitted as main request at the oral proceedings on 24 May 2005, and the description and figures as granted.