European Patent Office

T 1686/21 vom 23.01.2024

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T168621.20240123
Datum der Entscheidung
23. Januar 2024
Aktenzeichen
T 1686/21
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
14163073.1
IPC-Klasse
A61F 2/24
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
Zusammenfassung von Art 13(2) RPBA 2020
Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Minimally invasive valve replacement system
Name des Antragstellers
Medtronic 3F Therapeutics, Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
Boston Scientific Corporation
Kammer
3.2.01
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 76(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Schlagwörter
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Orientierungssatz
Exceptional circumstances may justify the admissibility of a request filed for the first time at the oral proceedings before the board even when the amendment to the case is made in response to an objection of added subject-matter raised long in advance (see Reasons, 1.5).
Zitierte Akten
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Zitierende Akten
T 1773/22

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:

Description: paragraphs 1-44, 46-158 of the patent specification, paragraph 45 as amended during the oral proceedings before the opposition division,

Claims: No. 1-9 according to the main request filed as auxiliary request 1f'' during the oral proceedings before the board, and

Drawings: 1-49 of the patent specification.