T 1033/02 (Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons/SCIMED) of 26.4.2006

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T103302.20060426
Date of decision: 26 April 2006
Case number: T 1033/02
Application number: 95913555.9
IPC class: A61L 29/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 89 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons
Applicant name: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Opponent name: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
Board: 3.3.10
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Main and first auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - improvement not credible - unfair comparative tests - arbitrary selection - obvious to try
Second auxiliary request: inventive step (yes) - purposive selection
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0002/98
T 0020/81
T 0301/87
Citing decisions:
T 0593/09
T 0608/12

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