T 2302/17 of 09.03.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T230217.20220309
- Date of decision
- 9 March 2022
- Case number
- T 2302/17
- Online on
- 2 May 2022
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10188227.2
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A method of providing a patient-specific dental fixture-mating arrangement
- Applicant name
- Dentsply IH AB
- Opponent name
- Nobel Biocare Services AG
- Board
- 3.2.08
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - 4th auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - 6th auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - 7th auxiliary request (yes)
Claims - clarity (no)
Claims - 1st to 3rd auxiliary requests (no)
Claims - 5th auxiliary request (no)
Claims - 5a auxiliary request (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) - 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:
The decision under appeal is set aside. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the following basis:
- Claims 1 to 12 according to the 7th auxiliary request and a description to be adapted