T 0624/04 of 08.11.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T062404.20061108
- Date of decision
- 8 November 2006
- Case number
- T 0624/04
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 94306553.2
- IPC class
- G01N 29/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and apparatus for ultrasonic detection of air bubbles
- Applicant name
- Gambro, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
1. The duty to attach copies of papers referred to in the statement of grounds of appeal, as imposed by the original version of Article 10a(2), third sentence, RPBA, does not constitute a requirement for the admissibility of an appeal.
2. From the entry into force of the amended version of that provision, i.e. from 1 January 2005, copies of such papers are deemed to have been filed.
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10aRules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10b
- Keywords
- Admissibility of the appeal (yes)
Admission of documents that became available late (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.