European Patent Office

T 0197/06 of 18.11.2008

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T019706.20081118
Date of decision
18 November 2008
Case number
T 0197/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
00915745.4
IPC class
A61F 2/06
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Partial encapsulation of stents
Applicant name
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
Opponent name
Boston Scientific Corporation
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Late-filed submissions (admitted)
Priority rights
Novelty and inventive step (yes, after amendments)
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0002/98
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

- claims 1 to 6 filed during the oral proceedings, and

- a description and drawings to be adapted to these claims.