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Date of decision 16 March 2006
Case number T 1018/03 - 3.3.10
Application number 94903267.6
IPC A61L2/20
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application A method of enhanced penetration of low vapor pressure chemical vapor sterilants during sterilization
Applicant name American Sterilization Company
Opponent name Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 52(1)
. Art 54
. Art 56
. Art 83
. Art 84
. Art 111(2)
. Art 123(2)
. Art 123(3)
Keywords
Decision re appeal - res judicata
Amendments (allowable) - res judicata
Clarity (yes) - objected expression already present in the claims as granted
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - res judicata
Novelty (yes) - res judicata
Inventive step (yes)
Cited Decisions T 0301/87
T 0027/94
T 0993/98
Catchwords:
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