T 0084/19 (Methods for determining the presence or risk of developing FSHD/FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER/LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER/UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER) du 21.10.2022
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008419.20221021
- Date de la décision
- 21 octobre 2022
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0084/19
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 11818806.9
- Classe de la CIB
- C12Q 1/68A61K 48/00G01N 33/68C12N 15/11
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Non distribuées (D)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
- Résumé de EPC2000 R 006Résumé de Art 13(2) RPBA 2020
- Titre de la demande
- Methods for determining the presence or risk of developing facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD)
- Nom du demandeur
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Leiden University Medical Center
University of Rochester - Nom de l'opposant
- Müller Fottner Steinecke Rechtsanwalts- und Patentanwaltspartnerschaft mbB
- Chambre
- 3.3.08
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- Art_2and 3 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention R 6(4)European Patent Convention R 6(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules relating to fees Art 2item 11
- Mots-clés
- Appeal deemed validly filed - (yes)
Main request - admission (yes), sufficiency of disclosure (no)
Amended auxiliary request 1 after summons - admission/cogent reasons (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - admission (yes), requirements of the EPC met (yes) - Exergue
- Eligibility requirements for paying a reduced appeal fee by an appellant - opponent in case of opposition filed as a straw man (Reasons 1 to 9.2).
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal is deemed to have been validly filed.
2. The decision under appeal is set aside.
3. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 13 of auxiliary request 2 filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal and a description to be adapted thereto.