T 1661/21 of 15.01.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T166121.20240115
- Date of decision
- 15 January 2024
- Case number
- T 1661/21
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 09828171.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- DYNAMIC, REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEMS
- Applicant name
- KCI Licensing, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Smith and Nephew, Inc.
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54
- Keywords
- Contextual claim interpretation (yes)
Novelty - (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0367/20
- Citing cases
- -
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:
- claims 1 to 7 of the main request filed on
25 November 2021;
- Figures 1 to 8 of the patent specification; and
- a description to be adapted.