T 0496/20 of 08.11.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049620.20221108
- Date of decision
- 8 November 2022
- Case number
- T 0496/20
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10184868.7
- IPC class
- G01N 15/14
- 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
- APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEX-SORTED ANIMAL SPERM
- Applicant name
- Inguran, LLC
- Opponent name
- ABS Global, Inc.
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main and auxiliary requests 1 to 3: no)
Added subject-matter (auxiliary request 4: yes)
Requests not substantiated - admittance (auxiliary requests 5 to 7: no)
Late filed request - to be taken into account (auxiliary request 8: no) - 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 patent is revoked.