| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T045199.20030314 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 March 2003 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0451/99 | ||||||||
| Decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal: | G 0002/03 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 86902998.3 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | C12Q 1/70 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Synthetic antigens for the detection of AIDS-related disease | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | GENETIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Roche Diagnostics GmbH Dade Behring Marburg GmbH |
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| Board: | 3.3.04 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal: Is the introduction into a claim of a disclaimer not supported by the application as filed admissible, and therefore the claim allowable under Article 123(2) EPC, when the purpose of the disclaimer is to meet a lack-of-novelty objection pursuant to Article 54(3) EPC? If yes, what are the criteria to be applied in assessing the admissibility of the disclaimer? |
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| Keywords: | Allowability of disclaimers - under Article 123(2) EPC - delimitation against Article 54(3) EPC prior art - criteria to be applied - referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal | ||||||||
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t990451ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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