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)
- Download
- Decision in English
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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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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeals are dismissed.