European Patent Office

T 2111/09 (Fluorometric method/THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE) of 28.08.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T211109.20140828
Date of decision
28 August 2014
Case number
T 2111/09
Petition for review of
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Application number
98955810.1
IPC class
C12Q 1/68
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Fluorometric method for monitoring and detecting nucleic acid amplification
Applicant name
The Secretary of State for Defence
Opponent name
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(4)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Admission of new ground for opposition - (no)
Admission of new evidence - (yes)
Admission of new main request - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0305/87
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 based on the following documents:

- claims 1 to 26 of the new main request filed during oral proceedings;

- description pages 2, 3, 5 - 8 of the patent as granted;

- description page 4 filed during oral proceedings;

- figures of the patent as granted.