European Patent Office

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
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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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.