T 0311/20 of 18.10.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031120.20211018
- Date of decision
- 18 October 2021
- Case number
- T 0311/20
- Online on
- 20 December 2021
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 15192606.0
- IPC class
- A61M 1/00
- 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
- DELIVERY-AND-FLUID-STORAGE BRIDGES FOR USE WITH REDUCED-PRESSURE SYSTEMS
- Applicant name
- KCI Licensing, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 76(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 126(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Divisional application - added subject-matter (no)
Amendment to appeal case after notification of the summons (no)
Lack of clarity (no)
Inventive step (yes) - 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 opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Claims: claims 1-11 of the main request filed with the submission dated 6 January 2021
Description:
- paragraphs [0001]-[0004] and [0006]-[0048] of the patent specification
- paragraph [0005] as filed during the oral proceedings before the Board
Drawings: drawings of the patent specification