T 0774/99 of 19.11.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T077499.20021119
- Date of decision
- 19 November 2002
- Case number
- T 0774/99
- Online on
- 31 January 2003
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88116407.3
- IPC class
- A61N 1/365
- 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
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Rate-responsive pacemaker with variable hysterisis rate
- Applicant name
- Pacesetter AB
- Opponent name
- BIOTRONIK Mess- und Therapiegeräte GmbH & Co Ingenieurbüro
Berlin - Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Lack of clarity (yes) - main request
Inventive step (yes) - auxiliary request - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- -
- 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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the following documents according to the respondent's auxiliary request:
Claims: 1 to 4 filed in the oral proceedings on 19. November 2002;
Description: columns 1 to 15 of the patent specification with column 6, lines 14, 15. and column 7, line 34 as amended and maintained by the opposition division;
Figures: sheets 1/5 to 5/5 of the patent specification