European Patent Office

T 0321/21 of 29.02.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T032121.20240229
Date of decision
29 February 2024
Case number
T 0321/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
06789408.9
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
SYSTEM FOR SPINAL IMPLANT PLACEMENT
Applicant name
Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
Opponent name
Roth, Sebastian
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(5)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Substantiation requirement - general applicability
Amendment after notificiation of a communication under Article 15(1) RPBA - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendments - broadening of claim (no)
Catchword
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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 1 to 11 filed as 14th auxiliary request by letter dated 22 December 2023

- description and drawings of the patent specification