| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T113906.20090219 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 19 February 2009 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 1139/06 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 93922577.7 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 49/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Preparation of microcapsules | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Quadrant Drug Delivery Limited | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Advanced Inhalation Research Inc BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GmbH & CO. KG |
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| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility - (no): auxiliary request IV late filed Added matter - (yes): combination of 2 ranges not originally disclosed Extension of protection conferred - (no): change of category from product to method of preparation allowable Priority - (yes): Priority document constitutes the first disclosure of the subject-matter of auxiliary request V Clarity, sufficiency - (yes): determination of human circulation t1/2 common general knowlegde Novelty - (yes): Subject-matter of auxiliary request V not specifically disclosed in prior art Inventive step - (yes): opponent's argumentation solely based on post-published document |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t061139eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021
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Case Law Book: II Conditions to be met by an Application
XCLR II E 2.6.2 From product or product-by-process claim to a claim directed to a process for manufacturing/preparing the product, and vice versa