T 1108/22 (Method/ROCHE) of 18.11.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T110822.20241118
- Date of decision
- 18 November 2024
- Case number
- T 1108/22
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10740823.9
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method to improve virus removal in protein purification
- Applicant name
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
- Opponent name
- Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
PartG mbB
König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse
Potter Clarkson LLP
Maiwald GmbH
Neuefeind, Regina
Pohlman, Sandra M.
Leeming, John Gerard
MorphoSys AG
Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH/Bayer Pharma
Aktiengesellschaft/Bayer Animal Health GmbH
Michalski Hüttermann & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
Strawman Limited - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Main request - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings - claims - clarity (no)
Auxiliary request - admitted (yes) - claims - clarity (yes)
Remittal - special reasons for remittal - 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 for further prosecution.