European Patent Office

T 0719/18 of 28.06.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071918.20220628
Date of decision
28 June 2022
Case number
T 0719/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
11161916.9
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
Method and apparatus for monitoring a treatment of a patient, preferably for monitoring hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and/or peritoneal dialysis
Applicant name
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Opponent name
B. Braun Avitum AG
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1758/22

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 the following version:

- claims 1 to 15 of the new auxiliary request I,

filed as auxiliary request III by letter

dated 18 May 2018,

- description: pages 2 to 5 and 7 to 12 of the

patent specification and page 6 as filed during

the oral proceedings before the Board, and

- drawings of the patent specification.