European Patent Office

T 1348/16 of 12.01.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134816.20210112
Date of decision
12 January 2021
Case number
T 1348/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
02762777.7
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
2-CHAMBER TYPE PREFILLED SYRINGE
Applicant name
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Opponent name
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4) (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2) (2020)
Keywords
Review of a decision of opposition decision to admit a late-filed document
Feature disclosed solely in a drawing
Novelty
Discretion not to admit a request
Amendments - added subject-matter
Inventive step
Catchword
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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 as amended in the following version:

- claims 1-5 according to the first auxiliary request filed on 5 August 2016 with the appellant's statement setting out the grounds of appeal

- paragraphs [0001]-[0074] of the description of the patent specification

- Figures 1-12 of the patent specification