European Patent Office

T 1764/17 of 22.09.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176417.20200922
Date of decision
22 September 2020
Case number
T 1764/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
08855060.3
IPC class
A62B 17/04
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
RESPIRATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING REMOVABLE HEAD SUSPENSION
Applicant name
3M Innovative Properties Company
Opponent name
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Board
3.2.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - (yes)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 1807/18

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 in amended form as follows:

Claims:

Claims 1-5 of auxiliary request 29, filed with the letter dated 27 February 2018

Description:

pages 2 and 3 as filed during oral proceedings before the Board on 22 September 2020,

pages 4-6 as in the published patent specification

Drawings:

Figures 1-9 as in the published patent specification.