T 0962/18 of 02.02.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096218.20210202
- Date of decision
- 2 February 2021
- Case number
- T 0962/18
- Online on
- 3 March 2021
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10819241.0
- 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
- COMPOSITE LAYERED HEMOSTASIS DEVICE
- Applicant name
- Ethicon, Inc
- Opponent name
- Baxter Healthcare S.A.
- Board
- 3.3.10
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 84 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Novelty - (no)
Novelty - main request
Clarity - (no) - auxiliary requests 1 to 3
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 4
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 - Catchword
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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 as follows:
Claims 1-11 of auxiliary request 5, filed with letter of 24 October 2018, with a description and figures still to be adapted.