T 0331/15 of 11.11.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T033115.20211111
- Date of decision
- 11 November 2021
- Case number
- T 0331/15
- Online on
- 19 January 2022
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06752435.5
- IPC class
- A61B 19/00B25J 9/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses
- Applicant name
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Opponent name
- KUKA Roboter GmbH
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011
- Keywords
- Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes)
Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.