European Patent Office

T 1526/16 of 04.05.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152616.20210504
Date of decision
4 May 2021
Case number
T 1526/16
Online on
1 June 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
11156322.7
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Substance delivery device
Applicant name
Owen Mumford Limited
Opponent name
Ypsomed AG
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 25(2)European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Late-filed auxiliary requests
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
Inventive step
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 as amended in the following version:

- Claim 1 of auxiliary request 6 filed with letter dated 23 January 2017

- Description pages 2-10 of the patent specification

- Figures 1-18 of the patent specification.