T 1073/19 of 11.01.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T107319.20230111
- Date of decision
- 11 January 2023
- Case number
- T 1073/19
- Online on
- 8 February 2023
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14177702.9
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- Degradable implantable medical devices
- Applicant name
- Elixir Medical Corporation
- Opponent name
- BIOTRONIK AG
- Board
- 3.2.08
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - common general knowledge
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) - 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 amended in the following version:
Claims 1-13
filed with letter dated 9 December 2022;
Description columns 1-2, 11-12, 15-20, 25-33
of the patent specification;
Description columns 3-10, 13-14 and 21-24
filed with letter dated 09 December 2022;
Figures 1-21
of the patent specification.