European Patent Office

T 0622/23 vom 30.04.2025

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T062223.20250430
Datum der Entscheidung
30. April 2025
Aktenzeichen
T 0622/23
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
11713597.0
IPC-Klasse
A61F 2/24
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
TRANSCATHETER PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DELIVERY DEVICE WITH STABILITY TUBE
Name des Antragstellers
Medtronic Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
Boston Scientific Corporation
Kammer
3.2.02
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Schlagwörter
Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (no)
Novelty - 5 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - auxiliary request 5 (no)
Amendment to case - reordering of requests (yes)
Amendment to case - admitted
(no) - auxiliary request 5 (no) - admitted (yes)
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierte Akten
T 1192/22T 2564/22
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 in the following version:

- claims 1 to 6 of auxiliary request 5 as filed with the patent proprietor's statement setting out its grounds of appeal,

- description: paragraphs [0001] to [0009], [0011] to [0050] and [0052] to [0068] of the patent specification, paragraph [0010] as filed during the oral proceedings before the Opposition Division on 25 January 2023, and paragraph [0051] as filed during the oral proceedings before the Board on 30 April 2025, and

- the drawings of the patent specification.