European Patent Office

T 1038/08 of 04.05.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T103808.20120504
Date of decision
4 May 2012
Case number
T 1038/08
Online on
4 June 2012
Petition for review of
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Application number
04781418.1
IPC class
G01N 35/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
COMPACT, INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TEST SAMPLES
Applicant name
bioMerieux, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Clarity - Claims 1, 13 (yes)
Inventive Step - Claims 1, 13 (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 case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:

Description:

Pages 1-6 and 8-47 as originally filed.

Page 7 including three attached insertion pages received during oral proceedings of 4 May 2012.

Claims:

No. 1-17 received during oral proceedings of 4 May 2012.

Drawings:

Sheets 1/34-34/34 as originally filed.