European Patent Office

T 0168/24 (MRI-Safe Implantable Disk Magnet /MED-EL) of 21.01.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T016824.20250121
Date of decision
21 January 2025
Case number
T 0168/24
Petition for review of
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Application number
16189856.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
MRI-SAFE DISK MAGNET FOR IMPLANTS
Applicant name
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH
Opponent name
Advanced Bionics AG
Board
3.4.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 84
Keywords
Adaptation of the Description - Auxiliary request 2 (allowable)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 0697/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form upon the basis of the claim found allowable in decision T 732/21 and a description amended according to auxiliary request 2 filed on 6 October 2023 and the figures as granted.