T 0577/98 (Medical implants/US SURGICAL CORP.) of 07.05.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T057798.20030507
- Date of decision
- 7 May 2003
- Case number
- T 0577/98
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 92102261.2
- IPC class
- A61L 27/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Bioabsorbable medical implants
- Applicant name
- United States Surgical Corporation
- Opponent name
- Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Stuttgart
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100 1973European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step: (no) - addition of a further obvious process step to a process known per se is in the present case not inventive; first and second auxiliary requests: idem
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- T 0789/89
- Citing cases
- -
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal is dismissed