T 0085/07 of 01.09.2009
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T008507.20090901
- Date of decision
- 1 September 2009
- Case number
- T 0085/07
- Online on
- 9 October 2009
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 02706247.0
- IPC class
- A61L 31/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Bioabsorbable polymeric implants and a method of using the same to create occlusions
- Applicant name
- The Regents of The University of California
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.10
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes): - improvement made credible by comparative tests - solution not obvious
- Catchword
- -
- 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 department of first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of claims 1 to 7 received during the oral proceedings of 1 September 2009 and a description yet to be adapted thereto.