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

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T008005.20081119
Date of decision: 19 November 2008
Case number: T 0080/05
Application number: 95305602.5
IPC class: C07K 14/82
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 72 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Method for diagnosing a predisposition for breast and ovarian cancer
Applicant name: The University of Utah Research Foundation, et al.
Opponent name: 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
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 52(2)
European Patent Convention Art 53(a)
European Patent Convention Art 53(c)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 57
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention Art 88
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 89
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)(a)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 114(2)
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention R 29(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 87
Keywords: 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)"
Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:
G 0002/98
G 0001/04
T 0081/87
T 0118/89
T 0082/93
T 0272/95
T 0633/97
T 1213/05
Citing decisions:
T 0156/08

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