T 0474/04 (Declaration in lieu of an oath/ALTHIN MEDICAL) of 30.6.2005

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T047404.20050630
Date of decision: 30 June 2005
Case number: T 0474/04
Application number: 94901465.8
IPC class: B01D 61/32
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 77 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: Apparatus for kidney dialysis
Applicant name: ALTHIN MEDICAL, INC.
Opponent name: B. Braun Melsungen AG
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Board: 3.3.07
Headnote: If assertions made in an unsworn witness declaration ("eidesstattliche Versicherung") remain contested, as a rule a request from a party to hear the witness must be granted before these assertions are made the basis of a decision against the contesting party.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 113(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 117(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 67
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10
Keywords: Declaration in lieu of an oath (eidesstattliche Versicherung)
Affirmations made in a declaration contested, witness offered but not summoned - substantial procedural violation
Remittal (yes)
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0003/97
T 0674/91
T 0472/92
T 0927/98
T 1070/98
T 0838/02
Citing decisions:
T 0190/05
T 0313/05
T 0780/05
T 0716/06
T 1186/06
T 0448/07
T 1100/07
T 1306/07
T 0564/12
T 1363/14
T 2238/15
T 1604/16
T 2659/17

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t040474ex1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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