European Patent Office

T 1912/09 (Methods for detection of virus/ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCE) of 16.01.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T191209.20140116
Date of decision
16 January 2014
Case number
T 1912/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
98935359.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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 FOR DETECTING OR ASSAYING VIRUS
Applicant name
Advanced Life Science Institute, Inc.
Opponent name
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
EPC2000_Art_108_(2007)_Sent_3European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords
Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes)
Late-filed request - request not examined by the opposition division
Late-filed auxiliary requests - procedural economy
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Inventive step - obvious solution
Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.