T 1601/23 of 01.12.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T160123.20251201
- Date of decision
- 1 December 2025
- Case number
- T 1601/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 19189293.4
- IPC class
- A61F 2/24A61M 29/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY DEVICE
- Applicant name
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Opponent name
- Meril GmbH
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. - Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)
- Keywords
- New requests filed on appeal - admitted (yes)
New objection filed on appeal - admitted (no)
Added subject-matter
Clarity
Sufficiency of disclosure
Novelty
Inventive step - 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:
- claims 1 to 14 of auxiliary request 7 filed with the patent proprietor's statement of grounds of appeal
- description and drawings of the patent specification