European Patent Office

T 1598/16 (Bacteriophage for acne treatment/MICREOS) of 25.01.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T159816.20220125
Date of decision
25 January 2022
Case number
T 1598/16
Online on
14 April 2022
Petition for review of
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Application number
06755735.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
BACTERIOPHAGE AND THEIR USES
Applicant name
Micreos B.V.
Opponent name
Potter Clarkson LLP
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Amendments - added subject-matter (MR: yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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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 with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:

Claims 1 to 15 of auxiliary request 2, filed as auxiliary request 5 with the letter of reply dated 2 February 2017.