European Patent Office

T 0291/96 of 19.10.2000

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T029196.20001019
Date of decision
19 October 2000
Case number
T 0291/96
Petition for review of
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Application number
91103956.8
IPC class
A61M 25/10
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Balloons for medical devices and fabrication thereof
Applicant name
Cordis Corporation
Opponent name
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha Head Office
Schneider (Europe) AG
Guidant Corporation
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step (yes) after amendment
Public prior use: (no) - insufficient probative value of evidence submitted
Catchword
-
Cited cases
T 0021/81
Citing cases
T 1550/06

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 with the following documents:

Claims: 1 to 7 submitted as 2nd auxiliary request at the oral proceedings

Description: pages 2a, 2b, 2c and 3 as submitted at the oral proceedings;

page 4 as granted;

page 5 as underlying the decision under appeal;

pages 6 to 10 as granted;

Figures: 1 to 7 as granted.