T 1090/21 of 20.10.2023
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T109021.20231020
- Date of decision
- 20 October 2023
- Case number
- T 1090/21
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 12815930.8
- IPC class
- C08F 283/12C08G 77/442C08F 290/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- SILICONE HYDROGELS HAVING A STRUCTURE FORMED VIA CONTROLLED REACTION KINETICS
- Applicant name
- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Alcon Inc.
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - auxiliary requests 3 and 6
Inventive step - improvement not credible
Inventive step - obvious alternative
Inventive step - auxiliary request 8
Inventive step - non-obvious improvement shown - Catchword
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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 on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 8 filed with the rejoinder to the statement of grounds of appeal and after any necessary consequential amendments to the description.