T 0724/96 of 21.01.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T072496.19980121
- Date of decision
- 21 January 1998
- Case number
- T 0724/96
- Online on
- 20 March 1998
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 85112715.9
- 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 and apparatus of automatic continuous analysis using analytical implement
- Applicant name
- Kabushiki Kaisha Kyoto Daiichi Kagaku
- Opponent name
- Boehringer Mannheim GmbH Patentabteilung
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 102(3) 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: clarity (no)
Auxiliary request 1: clarity (yes); novelty (yes); inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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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 with the order to maintain the patent in amended form as follows:
claim 1 of auxiliary request 1 presented at the oral proceedings;
claims 2 to 9 filed with respondents's letter dated 19. December 1997 as first auxiliary request;
with the description to be adapted and the drawings as in the patent specification.