European Patent Office

T 0842/18 of 17.09.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T084218.20210917
Date of decision
17 September 2021
Case number
T 0842/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
11182622.8
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Analyte sensor
Applicant name
DexCom, Inc.
Opponent name
Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
Board
3.2.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
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 Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:

- Claim 1 of auxiliary request 2, filed with the letter

dated 29 May 2018,

- description: pages 1 and 3 to 73 of the patent as

granted, pages 2 and 74 as filed during the oral

proceedings before the Opposition Division on 14

September 2017, and page 2a as filed during the oral

proceedings before the Board,

- Figures 1 to 27 of the patent as granted.