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
- IPC class
- A61M 5/32A61M 25/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- -
- 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.