T 0308/23 du 03.06.2024
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T030823.20240603
- Date de la décision
- 3 juin 2024
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0308/23
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 13002630.5
- Classe de la CIB
- A61F 2/24
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Non distribuées (D)
- 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
- PROSTHETIC VALVE
- Nom du demandeur
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Nom de l'opposant
- Meril GmbH
- Chambre
- 3.2.01
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 105(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention R 80European Patent Convention R 89Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Mots-clés
- Intervention of the assumed infringer - in appeal proceedings
Intervention of the assumed infringer - date of intervention
Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Claims - clarity main request
Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)
Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Requested amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) - Exergue
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- Affaires citantes
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The intervention is rejected as inadmissible.
2. The decision under appeal is set aside.
3. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Description:
Paragraphs 1-54 of the patent specification
Claims:
No. 1 - 6 according to the auxiliary request 6'' filed with letter of 24 May 2024
Drawings:
Figures 1-17 of the patent specification