T 1000/02 of 08.07.2004
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T100002.20040708
- Date of decision
- 8 July 2004
- Case number
- T 1000/02
- Online on
- 12 August 2004
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97202436.8
- IPC class
- A61F 2/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Expandable stents
- Applicant name
- ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
- Opponent name
- TRE ESSE PROGETTAZIONE BIOMEDICA S.r.l.
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 7 of the second auxiliary request;
- columns 1 to 9 of the description;
- Figures 1 to 10
all filed at the oral proceedings.