T 2237/14 of 21.01.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T223714.20160121
- Date of decision
- 21 January 2016
- Case number
- T 2237/14
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10009582.7
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- 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
- Needle tip guard for hypodermic needles
- Applicant name
- B. Braun Melsungen AG
- Opponent name
- Becton Dickinson GmbH
Becton Dickinson Austria GmbH (intervener) - Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Late-filed argument - admitted (no)
Added subject-matter (no)
Fresh ground for opposition - admitted (yes)
Remittal (no)
Prior use - admitted (yes)
Prior use - admitted (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal is dismissed.
2. The intervention is rejected.