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)
- 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
- 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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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 101(1)European 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 13(1)
- 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.