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T 1311/13 (LPS binding peptides/ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE) of 17.01.2018

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T131113.20180117
Date of decision
17 January 2018
Case number
T 1311/13
Petition for review of
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Application number
00970414.9
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
RECOMBINANT PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES FOR ENDOTOXIN BIOSENSORS, ENDOTOXIN REMOVAL, AND ANTI-MICROBIAL AND ANTI-ENDOTOXIN THERAPEUTICS
Applicant name
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Opponent name
Ström & Gulliksson AB
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Keywords
Admissibility of the appeal (yes)
Admission of the main and first auxiliary requests (yes)
Admission of objection raised under Article 123(2) EPC (yes)
Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (no)
Admission of objections raised under Articles 83 and 54 EPC (no)
First auxiliary request - inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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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 with the following claims and a description to be adapted:

Claims:

Nos. 1 to 22 of the first auxiliary request filed under cover of a letter dated 5 January 2018.