T 1477/15 () of 23.2.2017

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T147715.20170223

Date of decision:

23 February 2017

Case number:

T 1477/15

Petition for review:

Application number:

IPC class:

A61M 25/00
A61M 25/01

Language of proceedings:

EN

Distribution:

D

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 959Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

A ready-to-use urinary catheter assembly

Applicant name:

Coloplast A/S

Opponent name:

Hollister Limited
Dansac A/S
Kain-MÃ¤rk Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Medical4You B.V.

Board:

3.2.02

Headnote:

-

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 69
European Patent Convention Art 84
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)
European Patent Convention Art 100(b)
European Patent Convention Art 111(1)
European Patent Convention Art 112(1)
European Patent Convention Art 113(2)
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention R 80
European Patent Convention R 99
European Patent Convention R 101(1)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
European Patent Convention Art 69 Protocol Interpretation

Keywords:

Admissibility of the appeals (yes)
Insufficiency of disclosure - admitted (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Novelty - main request (no)
Admissibility - auxiliary requests 3 and 9 (yes)
Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)
Admissibility of a new line of argument during oral proceedings (no)
Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 3 (no)
Clarity - auxiliary request 3 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes)
Amendments to description occasioned by ground for opposition (no)
Right to withdraw requests (yes)

Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:

R 0013/13
T 0155/85
T 0570/91
T 0439/92
T 1040/93
T 0817/94
T 1149/97
T 0190/99
T 1192/02
T 1574/05
T 0468/09
T 2125/10
T 0012/11
T 0801/13
T 1155/13

Citing decisions:

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t151477eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

31 references found.

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EPC Articles

X A.56 EPC Inventive step

X A.69 EPC Extent of protection

X A.84 EPC Claims

X A.100 EPC Grounds for opposition

X A.111 EPC Decision in respect of appeals

X A.112 EPC Decision or opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

X A.113 EPC Right to be heard and basis of decisions

X A.123 EPC Amendments

EPC Implementing Rules

X R.80 EPC Amendment of the European patent

X R.99 EPC Content of the notice of appeal and the statement of grounds

X R.101 EPC Rejection of the appeal as inadmissible

Offical Journal of the EPO

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p91 - ANNEX 2

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p82 - ANNEX 1

X OJ EPO SE 3/2018, p2 - BOARDS OF APPEAL AND ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL CASE LAW 2017

Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application

X CLR II A 6.1 General principles

Case Law Book: III Amendments

X CLR III I 9 Appeal procedure

X CLR III B 3.1 General

General Case Law

X R 0013/13 (Fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC) of 10.2.2014

X R 0008/17 (Violation of right to be heard/HOLLISTER) of 18.6.2018

X T 0155/85 (Passivation of catalyst) of 28.7.1987

X T 0570/91 () of 26.11.1993

X T 0439/92 (Trennwand/ALTURA) of 16.5.1994

X T 1040/93 () of 16.5.1995

X T 0817/94 () of 30.7.1996

X T 1149/97 (Fluid transducer/SOLARTRON) of 7.5.1999

X T 0190/99 () of 6.3.2001

X T 1192/02 () of 19.4.2005

X T 0468/09 () of 28.9.2011

X T 0012/11 () of 21.4.2015

X T 0801/13 () of 27.2.2014

X T 1155/13 () of 7.5.2014