European Patent Office

T 0935/21 vom 12.12.2023

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T093521.20231212
Datum der Entscheidung
12. Dezember 2023
Aktenzeichen
T 0935/21
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
07007950.4
IPC-Klasse
A61C 8/00
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Dental implant having a surface made of a ceramic material
Name des Antragstellers
Straumann Holding AG
Name des Einsprechenden
Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co. KG
Kammer
3.2.08
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 015(3)
Schlagwörter
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Oral proceedings - held in absence of party
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (no)
Late-filed request - admitted (yes)
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
G 0003/14
Zitierende Akten
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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 as amended in the following version:

Claims:

No. 1 to 4 according to auxiliary request 4 filed with the letter of 27 August 2021

Description:

Pages 2 to 9 received during oral proceedings of 12 December 2023

Drawings:

Figures 1 to 15 of the patent specification