T 0451/99 (AIDS-related disease/BIO-RAD LABS.) of 13.01.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T045199.20050113
- Date of decision
- 13 January 2005
- Case number
- T 0451/99
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 86902998.3
- IPC class
- C12Q 1/70
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- T 0451/99 Synthetische Antigene/GENETIC SYSTEMS 2003-03-14T 0451/99 Antigènes synthétiques/GENETIC SYSTEMS 2003-03-14T 0451/99 Synthetic antigens/GENETIC SYSTEMS 2003-03-14T 0451/99 Synthetic antigens/GENETIC SYSTEMS 2003-03-14
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Synthetic antigens for the detection of AIDS-related disease
- Applicant name
- GENETIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Opponent name
- Dade Behring Marburg GmbH
Roche Diagnostics GmbH - Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main, first and second auxiliary requests - novelty - no
Third auxiliary request - inventive step - yes - Catchword
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:
- claims 1 to 12 of the New Third Subsidiary Request
- pages 3 to 20 of the Adapted Description filed at the oral proceedings.