T 0103/17 of 14.07.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010317.20210714
- Date of decision
- 14 July 2021
- Case number
- T 0103/17
- Online on
- 17 August 2021
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11156201.3
- IPC class
- A61M 1/00A61F 13/02
- 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
- Dressing for applying reduced pressure to and collecting and storing fluid from a tissue site
- Applicant name
- KCI Licensing, Inc.
- Opponent name
- BSN medical GmbH
Smith & Nephew Research Centre - Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54(3) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - 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:
- claims: 1-17 according to the main request filed with the statement of grounds of appeal
- description: paragraphs 1-2 and 11-110 of the patent specification and paragraph 3 as filed during the oral proceedings before the Board
- drawings: figures 1-20 of the patent specification