European Patent Office

T 1554/23 (Microfluidic system/ROCHE) of 21.03.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T155423.20250321
Date of decision
21 March 2025
Case number
T 1554/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
18189498.1
Language of proceedings
English
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION OF A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE, AND RESPECTIVE METHOD
Applicant name
1.F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
2.Roche Diagnostics GmbH
Opponent name
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Board
3.3.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision under appeal is set aside. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form according to the set of claims of the main request (previously filed with the statement of grounds of appeal as auxiliary request 1a) and a description to be adapted.