T 1671/18 of 09.06.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T167118.20220609
- Date of decision
- 9 June 2022
- Case number
- T 1671/18
- Online on
- 25 July 2022
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 08865227.6
- IPC class
- A61M 1/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- BREAST PUMP FOR EXPRESSING MILK FROM A BREAST
- Applicant name
- Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Opponent name
- Medela Holding AG
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request and auxiliary request I
Novelty - (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request II
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
- taken into account (no) - 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:
- claims 1 to 11 of auxiliary request II filed with
the letter dated 18 December 2018
- description pages 2 to 5 as filed during the oral
proceedings before the Board and page 6 of the patent
specification
- drawings of the patent specification