T 0591/01 (Ascorbic acid/DUKE UNIVERSITY) of 16.3.2005

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T059101.20050316

Date of decision:

16 March 2005

Case number:

T 0591/01

Application number:

90906651.6

IPC class:

A61K 31/34

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 114Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Stable ascorbic acid compositions

Applicant name:

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Opponent name:

SociÃ©tÃ© anonyme dite: L'OREAL
BIODERM, INC.
Cellex-C Cosmaceuticals, Inc.

Board:

3.3.02

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 69
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 106
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 107
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 108
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 64

Keywords:

Main request and first auxiliary request: novelty (no) the feature"topic"
cannot serve to distinguish the claimed composition from identical compositions used in the state of the art for administration per os
Second and third auxiliary requests: inventive step (no)- inclusion of a second, commonly used pharmaceutically accepted carrier into aqueous solutions of a known medicament cannot render the use known per os of such modified solutions inventive

Catchwords:

Cited decisions:

T 0020/81
T 0289/84
T 0080/96

Citing decisions:

T 1008/11

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t010591eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021