European Patent Office

T 1590/21 of 07.05.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T159021.20240507
Date of decision
7 May 2024
Case number
T 1590/21
Online on
6 August 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
13794846.9
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT WITH THERMAL DISINFECTION AND THERMAL DISINFECTION METHODS
Applicant name
Gambro Lundia AB
Opponent name
Bauer, Clemens
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
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 patent is maintained as granted.