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
- Online on
- 24 March 2014
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 98935359.4
- IPC class
- G01N 33/576G01N 33/569
- 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
- METHODS FOR DETECTING OR ASSAYING VIRUS
- Applicant name
- Advanced Life Science Institute, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Roche Diagnostics GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- EPC2000 Art 108 Sentence 3European 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)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- 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.