European Patent Office

T 1389/23 of 19.11.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T138923.20251119
Date of decision
19 November 2025
Case number
T 1389/23
Online on
17 February 2026
Petition for review of
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Application number
09788918.2
IPC class
A61F 2/24
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
COLLAPSIBLE AND RE-EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE CUFF DESIGNS AND COMPLEMENTARY TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Applicant name
St. Jude Medical, LLC
Opponent name
Boston Scientific Corporation
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 6 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 (yes)
Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 - auxiliary requests 1-2 admitted (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - auxiliary requests 3-5 (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.