European Patent Office

T 0262/23 of 31.07.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T026223.20250731
Date of decision
31 July 2025
Case number
T 0262/23
Online on
5 August 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
08833456.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
REAGENT CONTAINER
Applicant name
FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation
Opponent name
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH
Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Amendments - auxiliary request 2
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary requests 1, 2A, 3, 3A
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.