T 1579/09 (COMPOSITE ARRAYS UTILIZING MICROSPHERES/ILLUMINA) of 23.01.2014
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T157909.20140123
- Date of decision
- 23 January 2014
- Case number
- T 1579/09
- Online on
- 13 March 2014
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 99967670.3
- IPC class
- G01N 33/543
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- COMPOSITE ARRAYS UTILIZING MICROSPHERES
- Applicant name
- Illumina, Inc.
- Opponent name
- BioArray Solutions Ltd
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Novelty and 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 case is remitted to the department of first instance
with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the main request (claims 1 to 30 submitted as auxiliary request 4 on 9 April 2010), and a description to be adapted thereto.