T 0693/19 of 07.02.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069319.20220207
- Date of decision
- 7 February 2022
- Case number
- T 0693/19
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 10840071.4
- IPC class
- A61M 25/00A61M 25/16
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- CATHETER ASSEMBLY/PACKAGE UTILIZING A HYDRATING/HYDROGEL SLEEVE AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
- Applicant name
- C.R. Bard Inc.
- Opponent name
- Dentsply IH AB
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0172/17
- Citing cases
- -
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 1-9 filed as auxiliary request 3 in the oral proceedings before the Board
- description: pages 2-5 and 12 of the patent specification and pages 6-11 as filed in the oral proceedings before the Board
- drawings: figures 1-14 of the patent specification