European Patent Office

T 0352/22 of 09.01.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T035222.20250109
Date of decision
9 January 2025
Case number
T 0352/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
15793590.9
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
BLOOD PURIFICATION DEVICE
Applicant name
Nikkiso Company Limited
Opponent name
B. Braun Avitum AG
Fresenius Medical Care AG
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no)
Auxiliary requests 1 to 5 - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.