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Date of decision 16 April 97
Case number T 0514/92 - 3.2.2
Application number 85305391.6
IPC A61B17/08
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application Coated surgical staple
Applicant name ETHICON INC.
Opponent name United States Surgical Corporation
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - (confirmed)
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features (yes)
Burden of proof - inventive step - opponent
Cited Decisions T 0219/83
T 0037/85
Catchwords:
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