T 0677/22 of 27.05.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T067722.20250527
- Date of decision
- 27 May 2025
- Case number
- T 0677/22
- Online on
- 17 July 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12704972.4
- IPC class
- G01N 15/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- PARTICLE SORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD
- Applicant name
- Cytonome/ST, LLC
- Opponent name
- Blum, Erwin
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary requests (no)
Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (yes)
Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) - Catchword
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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.