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Date of decision
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26 April 2006
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Case number
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T 1033/02
- 3.3.10
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Application number
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95913555.9
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Title of the application
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Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons
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Applicant name
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Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
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Opponent name
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Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Main and first auxiliary request: inventive step (no) -
improvement not credible - unfair comparative tests - arbitrary
selection - obvious to try
Second auxiliary request: inventive step (yes) - purposive
selection
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