European Patent Office

T 1005/22 (Mycoplasma pneumoniae/TAUNS) of 22.05.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T100522.20240522
Date of decision
22 May 2024
Case number
T 1005/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
14838384.7
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
Mycoplasma pneumoniae immunological detection method and kit
Applicant name
Tauns Laboratories, Inc.
Opponent name
Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)
Keywords
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no)
Amendment to case - need for procedural economy
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The request for referral of a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is rejected.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside and the patent is revoked.