T 1642/22 of 27.03.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T164222.20250327
- Date of decision
- 27 March 2025
- Case number
- T 1642/22
- Online on
- 19 May 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 16706151.4
- IPC class
- A61L 27/52A61L 27/20A61L 27/50
- 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
- IMPLANTS FOR SCULPTING, AUGMENTING OR CORRECTING FACIAL FEATURES SUCH AS THE CHIN
- Applicant name
- Allergan Industrie, SAS
- Opponent name
- Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Board
- 3.3.10
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)
First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - 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 case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 1, filed with the reply to the statement setting out the grounds of appeal, and a description to be adapted.