European Patent Office

T 1241/22 of 07.05.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T124122.20240507
Date of decision
7 May 2024
Case number
T 1241/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
18152598.1
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
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING/LOADING STENT-VALVES
Applicant name
Symetis SA
Opponent name
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to facts on which decision was based (yes)
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.