European Patent Office

T 0704/98 of 25.07.2002

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T070498.20020725
Date of decision
25 July 2002
Case number
T 0704/98
Online on
25 September 2002
Petition for review of
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Application number
88311643.6
IPC class
A61N 1/365
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
Rate-responsive, distributed-rate pacemaker
Applicant name
TELECTRONICS N.V.
Opponent name
BIOTRONIK Mess- und Therapiegeräte GmbH & Co Ingenieurbüro
Berlin
Board
3.4.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Extension of protection (yes; main request)
Inventive step (yes; first auxiliary request)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 on the basis of the respondent's first auxiliary request, as follows:

Claim 1 filed in the oral proceedings of 25 July 2002;

Columns 1 and 2 of the description filed in the oral proceedings and columns 3 to 12 of the description as maintained by the opposition division;

Figures: sheets 1/4 to 4/4 of the patent as granted.