T 0484/12 of 10.01.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T048412.20180110
- Date of decision
- 10 January 2018
- Case number
- T 0484/12
- Online on
- 3 April 2018
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 04731882.9
- IPC class
- A61M 5/142
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- INTERNAL NEEDLE INSERTER
- Applicant name
- NOVO NORDISK A/S
- Opponent name
- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention R 115(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(3)
- Keywords
- Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant
New document filed with statement setting out the grounds of appeal - admitted (yes)
Auxiliary requests filed with reply - admitted (yes)
Novelty - main, first and second auxiliary requests (no)
Third auxiliary request - allowable (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:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and the description and drawings to be adapted thereto:
Claims 1 to 16 of the auxiliary request 3 filed with letter dated 14 September 2012.