European Patent Office

T 1252/11 (Bead arrays/ILLUMINA) of 19.01.2016

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T125211.20160119
Date of decision
19 January 2016
Case number
T 1252/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
00926204.9
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
DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID REACTIONS ON BEAD ARRAYS
Applicant name
Illumina, Inc.
Opponent name
Roche Diagnostics GmbH
BioArray Solutions Ltd
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
-
Keywords
New main request - admitted into the proceedings
Amendment occasioned by a ground for opposition (yes)
Clarity (yes)
Added matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Remittal for adaptation of the description
Catchword
-
Cited cases
T 1808/06
Citing cases
T 0697/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent upon the basis of claims 1 to 24 of the main request filed at the oral proceedings before the board on 19 January 2016 and a description to be adapted.