T 2129/14 du 01.06.2016
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T212914.20160601
- Date de la décision
- 1 juin 2016
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 2129/14
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 02766098.4
- Classe de la CIB
- A61M 1/00A61M 27/00
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents et aux membres des chambres de recours (B)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- VACUUM ASSISTED TISSUE TREATMENT SYSTEM
- Nom du demandeur
- KCI Licensing, Inc.
- Nom de l'opposant
- Smith and Nephew, Inc.
- Chambre
- 3.2.02
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 21(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Mots-clés
- Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - main and first auxiliary
request (yes), second auxiliary request (no)
Late-filed request - admitted (yes)
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - second auxiliary request (yes)
Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance
(no)
Reformatio in peius - exception to the prohibition (yes)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) - Exergue
- Exception to the prohibition of the reformatio in peius - conditions established in G 1/99 - order of application - plurality of amendments (point 5.5 of the Reasons).
- Affaires citantes
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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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of:
- claims 1 to 4 of the second auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings;
- adapted description (columns 1 to 11) filed during the oral proceedings; and
- figures 1 to 5 of the patent as granted.