European Patent Office

T 1462/16 of 12.07.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146216.20210712
Date of decision
12 July 2021
Case number
T 1462/16
Online on
20 July 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
03734294.6
IPC class
A61M 1/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
WOUND TREATMENT APPARATUS
Applicant name
KCI Licensing, Inc.
Opponent name
Smith and Nephew, Inc.
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(3)
Keywords
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely (no)
Catchword
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Cited 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:

No. 1 to 17 according to the main request filed with the letter of 29 September 2016

Description:

paragraphs [0001] to [0003] and [0005] to [0119] of the patent specification and paragraph [0004] filed with letter of 5 May 2021

Drawings:

Figures 1 to 48 of the patent specification.