European Patent Office

T 0527/17 (Muscle Derived Cells/PITTSBURGH) of 01.02.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T052717.20220201
Date of decision
1 February 2022
Case number
T 0527/17
Online on
3 May 2022
Petition for review of
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Application number
07862321.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
MUSCLE DERIVED CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC PATHOLOGIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
Applicant name
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Opponent name
Innovacell AG
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 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Admittance - main request (yes) - first auxiliary request (no) - second auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure (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:

- Claims 1 to 5 of the second auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings on 1 February 2022