T 3024/18 of 15.12.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T302418.20221215
- Date of decision
- 15 December 2022
- Case number
- T 3024/18
- Online on
- 9 March 2023
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 13197251.5
- IPC class
- A61M 16/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- 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
- Mask system
- Applicant name
- ResMed Pty Ltd
- Opponent name
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) - 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:
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 1 to 14 of auxiliary request II filed with letter dated 24 October 2019
- description and drawings of the patent specification