T 0386/10 of 28.05.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T038610.20150528
- Date of decision
- 28 May 2015
- Case number
- T 0386/10
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 96116149.4
- IPC class
- A61M 25/00A61M 29/02A61M 25/10
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- 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
- Catheter balloon and balloon catheter
- Applicant name
- Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Opponent name
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 114(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 101Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
- Keywords
- Admissibility of appeal - (yes)
Main and first auxiliary requests disregarded (no)
Late-filed document - admitted (no)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) - Catchword
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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 maintain the patent on the basis of:
- claims 1 to 16 of the main request filed with letter dated 3 August 2012; and
- the description and figures of the patent as granted.