European Patent Office

T 1716/08 of 04.10.2011

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T171608.20111004
Date of decision
4 October 2011
Case number
T 1716/08
Online on
19 December 2011
Petition for review of
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Application number
97944751.3
IPC class
A61F 5/443
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
An ostomy appliance
Applicant name
Coloplast A/S
Opponent name
Hollister Incorporated
Board
3.2.08
Headnote
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Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Allowability of amendments (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step - main request - (no)
Inventive step - 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:

The decision under appeal is set aside.

The case is remitted to the Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims 1 to 6 according to auxiliary request B submitted with letter dated 2 June 2009, description pages 2 to 15 as submitted during oral proceedings and figures 1 to 18 as granted.