T 0080/05 (Method of diagnosis/UNIVERSITY OF UTAH) du 19.11.2008

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence: ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T008005.20081119
Date de la décision: 19 novembre 2008
Numéro de l'affaire: T 0080/05
Requête en révision de: -
Numéro de la demande: 95305602.5
Classe de la CIB: C07K 14/82
Langue de la procédure: Anglais
Distribution: Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
Téléchargement: Décision en anglais
Versions JO: Aucun lien JO trouvé
Autres décisions pour cet affaire: -
Résumés pour cette décision: -
Titre de la demande: Method for diagnosing a predisposition for breast and ovarian cancer
Nom du demandeur: The University of Utah Research Foundation, et al.
Nom de l'opposant: Institut Curie
Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris
Institut Gustave Roussy - IGR
Belgian Society of Human Genetics et al.
Associazione Angelaserra per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Chambre: 3.3.04
Sommaire: -
Dispositions juridiques pertinentes: European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 114(2) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 52(2)European Patent Convention Art 53(a)European Patent Convention Art 53(c)European Patent Convention Art 54 1973 European Patent Convention Art 56 1973 European Patent Convention Art 57 1973 European Patent Convention Art 83 1973 European Patent Convention Art 84 1973 European Patent Convention Art 87 1973 European Patent Convention Art 88 European Patent Convention Art 89 1973 European Patent Convention R 29(1)
Mots-clés: Admission of late-filed document into the procedure (no)
"Main request -
Clarity and support by the description (yes);
Added subject-matter (no);
Extension of scope of protection (no);
Priority (yes);
Referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no);
Novelty (yes);
Inventive step (yes);
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes);
Patentable invention (yes);
Exception to patentability (no);
Industrial applicability (yes)"
Exergue: -
Affaires citées: G 0002/98 G 0001/04 T 0081/87 T 0118/89 T 0082/93 T 0272/95 T 0633/97 T 1213/05
Affaires citantes: T 0156/08

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:

Description: Amended pages 3, 3a, 3b, 4 to 24 and 126 of the patent specification as granted, submitted at the oral proceedings on 19 November 2008; pages 25 to 125 of the patent specification as granted.

Claims: 1 to 7 of the main request, submitted at the oral proceedings on 19 November 2008.

Figures: 1 to 10 on pages 132 to 150 of the patent specification as granted.