European Patent Office

T 0344/08 of 09.10.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T034408.20121009
Date of decision
9 October 2012
Case number
T 0344/08
Online on
26 November 2012
Petition for review of
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Application number
02078806.3
IPC class
A61M 1/16
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
Controller for a blood treatment equipment
Applicant name
Gambro Lundia AB
Opponent name
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
Keywords
Insufficiency of disclosure (no), novelty (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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:

- claims 1 to 31 of the main request filed during the oral proceedings on 9 October 2012,

- columns 1 to 6 and 11 to 13 of the description of the patent as granted and columns 7 to 10 of the description filed on 23 November 2007, and

- Figures 1 to 7 of the patent as granted.