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: R 0008/17
Application number: 01114582.8
IPC class: A61M 25/00
A61M 25/01
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: D
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 959 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Versions: Unpublished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-Märk 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:

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T 0155/85
T 0570/91
T 0439/92
T 1040/93
T 0817/94
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T 1574/05
T 0468/09
T 2125/10
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T 0801/13
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Citing decisions:
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