T 3109/19 (Crosslinked gel/TEOXANE) of 25.03.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T310919.20220325
- Date of decision
- 25 March 2022
- Case number
- T 3109/19
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 10726239.6
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CROSSLINKED GEL
- Applicant name
- Teoxane
- Opponent name
- Laboratoires Fill-Med Manufacturing/Laboratoires
Fill-Med - Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1)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 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - closest prior art
Inventive step - non-obvious modification
Right to be heard - violation (no)
Late filed evidence and request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Late-filed evidence - submitted with the reply to the appeal
Amendment to case
Remittal - (no)
Postponement decision pending G 2/21 - (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0116/18
- Citing cases
- G 0002/21
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 on the basis of the main request filed with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal and a description to be adapted.