T 0308/23 vom 03.06.2024
- Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T030823.20240603
- Datum der Entscheidung
- 3. Juni 2024
- Aktenzeichen
- T 0308/23
- Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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- Anmeldenummer
- 13002630.5
- IPC-Klasse
- A61F 2/24
- Verfahrenssprache
- Englisch
- Verteilung
- Nicht verteilt (D)
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- Entscheidung auf Englisch
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- Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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- Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
- PROSTHETIC VALVE
- Name des Antragstellers
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Name des Einsprechenden
- Meril GmbH
- Kammer
- 3.2.01
- Leitsatz
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- Relevante Rechtsnormen
- European Patent Convention Art 105(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80European Patent Convention R 89Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Schlagwörter
- Intervention of the assumed infringer - in appeal proceedings
Intervention of the assumed infringer - date of intervention
Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Claims - clarity main request
Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)
Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Requested amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) - Orientierungssatz
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- Zitierende Akten
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The intervention is rejected as inadmissible.
2. The decision under appeal is set aside.
3. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Description:
Paragraphs 1-54 of the patent specification
Claims:
No. 1 - 6 according to the auxiliary request 6'' filed with letter of 24 May 2024
Drawings:
Figures 1-17 of the patent specification