European Patent Office

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)
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
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.