T 0634/02 (Apparatus for the surgical treatment of tissues by hyperthermia with cooling means) of 27.07.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T063402.20070727
- Date of decision
- 27 July 2007
- Case number
- T 0634/02
- Online on
- 10 August 2007
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91113481.5
- IPC class
- A61N 5/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Apparatus for the surgical treatment of tissues by hyperthermia, preferably the prostate, with cooling means
- Applicant name
- UROLOGIX, INC.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 76(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter (no, after amendment)
Novelty and inventive step (yes, after amendment) - Catchword
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- Cited 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 examining division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following application documents:
claims: 1 to 19 filed in the oral proceedings;
description: pages 1 and 2 of European patent application
No 91 113 481 as filed;
pages 3, 3a and 4 to 14 filed in the oral proceedings;
drawings: Figure 1 filed on 18 June 1996;
Figures 2, 2a and 3 to 7 of European patent application
No 91 113 481 as filed