T 2166/22 of 06.06.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T216622.20240606
- Date of decision
- 6 June 2024
- Case number
- T 2166/22
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 15813465.0
- IPC class
- A61F 13/84A61B 5/20A61F 13/42
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- WEARABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE
- Applicant name
- ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
- Opponent name
- Maiwald GmbH
- Board
- 3.2.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- sufficiency of disclosure - yes
Main request - novelty - yes
Main request - Inventive step - no
Auxiliary request 2 - inventive step - no
Auxiliary request 3 - Inventive step - yes - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the following documents:
Claims:
1 to 11 according to auxiliary request 3 filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal,
Description:
page 5 as filed today in the oral proceedings before the board, pages 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 of the published patent specification,
Figures:
1 to 6 of the published patent specification.