European Patent Office

T 2179/22 of 06.03.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T217922.20250306
Date of decision
6 March 2025
Case number
T 2179/22
Online on
28 May 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
11769171.7
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
POLYMERIC CATHETER NEEDLE TIP SHIELDING DEVICE
Applicant name
Greiner Bio-One GmbH
Opponent name
Poly Medicure Limited
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Late-filed facts - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (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 as amended in the following version:

- Claims 1 to 8 of auxiliary request 2F filed on

3 January 2022,

- Description: paragraphs 1 to 18, 20 to 37 and 39 to

103 of the patent specification, and paragraphs 19

and 38 filed on 3 January 2022,

- Figures 1 to 9 of the patent specification.