T 2492/22 of 21.01.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T249222.20260121
- Date of decision
- 21 January 2026
- Case number
- T 2492/22
- Online on
- 21 April 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 19154544.1
- IPC class
- A61F 2/24
- 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
- PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE
- Applicant name
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Opponent name
- Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
Meril GmbH - Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - main request (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary request (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes)
Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
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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:
- claim 1 of auxiliary request 1a filed with the patent proprietor's submission of 15 January 2026
- description and drawings of the patent specification