T 2181/17 of 06.04.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T218117.20220406
- Date of decision
- 6 April 2022
- Case number
- T 2181/17
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06795186.3
- IPC class
- A61B 19/00A61B 10/00
- 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
- MEDICAL APPARATUS SYSTEM HAVING OPTICAL FIBER LOAD SENSING CAPABILITY
- Applicant name
- St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r.l.
- Opponent name
- Aechter, Bernd
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no) - Catchword
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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 with the following claims and a description and drawings to be adapted thereto:
- claims 1-20 of the main request filed with the patent proprietor's statement of grounds of appeal