T 0412/95 of 04.11.1998
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T041295.19981104
- Date of decision
- 4 November 1998
- Case number
- T 0412/95
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 86300574.0
- IPC class
- A61B 5/14
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- A vacuum blood-collection tube
- Applicant name
- Sekisui Kaguku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Opponent name
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 104 1973European Patent Convention Art 114 1973European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 55 1973
- Keywords
- Claim 1 - inventive step (yes)
Late-filed documents; remitted to the first instance (yes)
Apportionment of costs (no) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0156/84
- Citing cases
- -
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 for further prosecution.
3. The request for apportionment of costs is rejected.