T 0687/24 of 09.07.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T068724.20260709
- Date of decision
- 9 July 2026
- Case number
- T 0687/24
- Online on
- 5 August 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 16852693.7
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- DENTAL ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS OF MAKING THEREOF
- Applicant name
- Implant Direct Sybron International LLC
- Opponent name
- Talladium España, S.L.
- Board
- 3.2.08
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Main request; auxiliary requests 1a-1d, 4, 4a-4d, 5, 5a-5d, 6, 6a-6d: amendments - allowable (no)
Auxiliary requests 2, 2a-2d: claims - clarity (no)
Auxiliary request 3: amendments - allowable (yes)
Auxiliary request 3: inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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:
No. 1 to 13 according to Auxiliary Request 3 filed with the letter of 10 July 2024.
Description:
Columns 1 to 6 of the patent specification.
Drawings:
Figures 1 to 8D of the patent specification.