| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T212914.20160601 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 01 June 2016 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 2129/14 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 02766098.4 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61M 1/00 A61M 27/00 |
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| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | VACUUM ASSISTED TISSUE TREATMENT SYSTEM | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | KCI Licensing, Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Smith and Nephew, Inc. | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main and first auxiliary request (yes), second auxiliary request (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Reformatio in peius - exception to the prohibition (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) |
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Exception to the prohibition of the reformatio in peius - conditions established in G 1/99 - order of application - plurality of amendments (point 5.5 of the Reasons). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t142129eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021