European Patent Office

T 0460/18 of 18.10.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T046018.20211018
Date of decision
18 October 2021
Case number
T 0460/18
Online on
20 December 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
11714148.1
IPC class
A61M 1/00
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
DELIVERY-AND-FLUID-STORAGE BRIDGES FOR USE WITH REDUCED-PRESSURE SYSTEMS
Applicant name
KCI Licensing, Inc.
Opponent name
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Request submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes)
Added subject-matter (no)
Lack of clarity (no)
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0725/18
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: claims 1-13 of the main request filed with the submission dated 6 January 2021

Description: description of the patent specification

Drawings: drawings of the patent specification