European Patent Office

T 1904/16 (Assay for toxinogenic C. difficile strains/KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS) of 20.11.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190416.20201120
Date of decision
20 November 2020
Case number
T 1904/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
10713524.6
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
Method for the detection and characterization of a toxinogenic Clostridium difficile strain
Applicant name
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Opponent name
Leeming, John Gerard
Nederlandsch Octrooibureau N.V.
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2) (2020)
Keywords
Admission of new evidence and a new line of argument submitted at oral proceedings due to a change of representative - (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - requirements of the EPC met - (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1585/05

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.