| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T131904.20080422 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of decision: | 22 April 2008 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1319/04 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 94306847.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 31/445 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | A | ||||||||
| Download and more information: |
|
||||||||
| Title of application: | Nicotinic acid compositions for treating hyperlipidemia | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Kos Life Sciences, Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | - | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for decision: 1. Where it is already known to use a particular medicament to treat a particular illness, can this known medicament be patented under the provisions of Articles 53(c) and 54(5) EPC 2000 for use in a different, new and inventive treatment by therapy of the same illness ? 2. If the answer to question 1 is yes, is such patenting also possible where the only novel feature of the treatment is a new and inventive dosage regime ? 3. Are any special considerations applicable when interpreting and applying Articles 53(c) and 54(5) EPC 2000 ? |
||||||||
| Relevant legal provisions: |
|
||||||||
| Keywords: | Allowability of dosage regimen - under Articles 52(4) and 54(5) EPC 1973 and under Articles 53(c) and 54(5) EPC 2000 - referral to Enlarged Board | ||||||||
| Catchwords: |
- |
||||||||
| Cited decisions: |
|
||||||||
| Citing decisions: |
|
||||||||
Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t041319ex1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
17 references found.
Click X to load a reference inside the current page, click on the title to open in a new page.EPC Articles
Offical Journal of the EPO
XOJ EPO SE 1/2021, p179 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2020)
XOJ EPO SE 1/2020, p174 - Annex 1 - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2019)
XOJ EPO SE 1/2019, p158 - XVI. - Index of published decisions of the boards of appeal and the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (as at 31 December 2018)