T 0118/20 of 11.01.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T011820.20240111
- Date of decision
- 11 January 2024
- Case number
- T 0118/20
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 08781983.5
- IPC class
- A61M 39/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- T 0118/20 2024-06-27
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- VENOUS ACCESS PORT ASSEMBLY WITH X-RAY DISCERNABLE INDICIA
- Applicant name
- Medical Components, Inc.
- Opponent name
- BAUER WAGNER PRIESMEYER
- 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 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 124(1)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request and auxiliar request 5 (yes)
Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - main request and auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - main request (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary request 5 (no)
Minutes of oral proceedings - request to correct minutes - Catchword
- -
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 in the following version:
- claims 1 to 5 filed as auxiliary request 5 with the letter dated 13 March 2023
- description: pages 2 to 4 filed as "AMENDED DESCRIPTION AR 5 - AR 10" with the letter dated 17 March 2023
- drawings of the patent specification