European Patent Office

T 0170/20 (Bioactive bone graft substitute/Orthovita) of 12.12.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T017020.20221212
Date of decision
12 December 2022
Case number
T 0170/20
Online on
18 January 2023
Petition for review of
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Application number
15155133.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Bioactive bone graft substitute
Applicant name
Orthovita, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.10
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown
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 examining division with order to grant a patent in the following version:

Claims:

No. 1 to 9 filed with the letter of 7 December 2022

Description:

pages 1-31 filed with the letter of 7 December 2022