European Patent Office

T 2437/13 (Coronavirus/AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE) of 19.06.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T243713.20190619
Date of decision
19 June 2019
Case number
T 2437/13
Petition for review of
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Application number
04077342.6
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
Coronavirus, nucleic acid, protein and methods for the generation of vaccine, medicaments and diagnostics
Applicant name
Amsterdam Institute of Viral Genomics B.V.
Opponent name
Pathofinder B.V.
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Keywords
New main request - admission into the proceedings (yes)
Admission of documents D12 and D49 to D51 (no)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Exceptions to patentability - (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Priority - (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Catchword
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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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 39 of the main request filed at the oral proceedings and a description to be adapted.