European Patent Office

T 1068/07 (Enzymatic DNA/SCRIPPS II) of 07.03.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T106807.20120307
Date of decision
7 March 2012
Case number
T 1068/07
Petition for review of
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Application number
98920015.9
IPC class
C12Q 1/68
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Enzymatic DNA molecules
Applicant name
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
Keywords
Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
Catchword
In line with the decision G 2/10 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal, for a disclaimer that diclaims from a claim subject-matter disclosed in the application as filed to fulfil the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC, the subject-matter of the disclaimer introduced in that claim has to be - either explicitly of implicitly - directly and unambiguously disclosed in the application as filed, and the subject-matter remaining in this claim after the introduciton of the disclaimer in this claim has to be - either explicitly or implicitly - directly and unambiguously derivable from the application as filed (see points 1 and 2 of the Reasons for the decision).

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision under appeal is set aside and the case is remitted to the first instance for further prosecution on the basis of the Main Request (filed on 25 May 2010 as Auxiliary Request II).