European Patent Office

T 0015/15 of 16.03.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T001515.20170316
Date of decision
16 March 2017
Case number
T 0015/15
Petition for review of
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Application number
10009191.7
IPC class
A61C 7/00
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
Method for fabricating a dental appliance
Applicant name
Align Technology, Inc.
Opponent name
Otho Caps GmbH
RKSOrtho GmbH
Board
3.2.08
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - after amendment
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 in amended form on the basis of the following documents:

Claims:

Claims 1 and 2 according to auxiliary request IVb filed during the oral proceedings

Description:

Pages 1 to 27 of the "Druckexemplar" with handwritten amendments as filed during the oral proceedings

Figures:

1a to 11 of the patent as granted.