European Patent Office

T 0514/92 of 16.04.1997

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T051492.19970416
Date of decision
16 April 1997
Case number
T 0514/92
Petition for review of
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Application number
85305391.6
IPC class
A61B 17/08
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Coated surgical staple
Applicant name
ETHICON INC.
Opponent name
United States Surgical Corporation
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
-
Keywords
Inventive step - (confirmed)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features (yes)
Burden of proof - inventive step - opponent
Catchword
-
Citing cases
T 1007/95T 0131/01

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.