T 0238/08 (Microdevice/BATTELLE) of 05.04.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T023808.20110405
- Date of decision
- 5 April 2011
- Case number
- T 0238/08
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03710781.0
- IPC class
- B01L 3/00
- 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
- Methods of making devices by stacking sheets and processes of conducting unit operations using such devices
- Applicant name
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
- Opponent name
- INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Novelty: (main request and first to fourth auxiliary request): no
Novelty: (fifth auxiliary request): yes
Inventive step (fifth auxiliary request): yes - technical solution not suggested by cited prior art - Catchword
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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 case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 26 according to the fifth auxiliary request filed under cover of a letter dated 1 April 2011, the figures as originally filed and a description to be adapted.