T 2007/23 (PCR apparatus/IT-IS INTERNATIONAL LTD) of 12.01.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T200723.20260112
- Date of decision
- 12 January 2026
- Case number
- T 2007/23
- Online on
- 8 April 2026
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 13151696.5
- IPC class
- G01N 21/25B01J 19/00G01N 21/64
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Optical System for Detecting Light from Polymerase Chain Reactions
- Applicant name
- IT-IS International Limited
- Opponent name
- Roche Diagnostics GmbH
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 7
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed request - admitted (yes)
Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 1 to 12
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary requests 8 to 16
Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely (no)
Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - auxiliary request 17 to 45
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Amendment after summons - auxiliary requests 46 to 51 - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 1756/16
- Citing cases
- -
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside
2. The patent is revoked.