T 0546/98 of 20.10.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T054698.19991020
- Date of decision
- 20 October 1999
- Case number
- T 0546/98
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86115473.0
- IPC class
- A61F 2/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- 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
- Expandable intraluminal graft, and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft
- Applicant name
- Palmaz, Julio C.
- Opponent name
- Advanced Surgical Intervention, Inc.
Boston Scientific Corporation - Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 104(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 69(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 78(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 27(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 29(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Inadmissibility of reconsidering patentability of the claims after appeal decision T 0818/93 ordering remittal to the first instance for adapting the description
Description properly adapted to amended claims
Apportionment of costs - refused
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - refused - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- G 0009/91G 0010/91G 0004/92G 0001/93T 0055/90T 0757/91T 0843/91T 0113/92T 1063/92T 0167/93T 0818/93
- 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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form on the basis of the documents defined in the decision under appeal, provided that page 3a of the description is replaced by page 3a of the description submitted at the oral proceedings of 20 October 1999.
3. Both requests for apportionment of costs are rejected.