T 1360/13 of 21.09.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T136013.20180921
- Date of decision
- 21 September 2018
- Case number
- T 1360/13
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 04716557.6
- IPC class
- A61M 5/315A61M 5/32A61M 5/24
- 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
- IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO A PEN-TYPE INJECTOR
- Applicant name
- DCA Design International Limited
- Opponent name
- Ypsomed AG
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- EPC2000_Art_069_Protocol_InterpretationEuropean Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 64European Patent Convention Art 69Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary requests filed in the written phase - admitted (yes)
Auxiliary requests - extension of protection (yes)
Auxiliary requests filed at the oral proceedings - admitted (no) - Catchword
- In view of Article 69(1) EPC which states that the description and the drawings shall be used to interpret the claims when determining the extent of the protection conferred by a European patent, after grant, any information in the description and/or drawings of a patent directly related to a feature of a claim and potentially restricting its interpretation cannot be removed from the patent without infringing Article 123(3) EPC.
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.