European Patent Office

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)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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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