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)
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- Decision in English
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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.