T 1898/07 (Interferon Formulations/BIOGEN) of 17.6.2010

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T189807.20100617
Date of decision: 17 June 2010
Case number: T 1898/07
Application number: 97952621.7
IPC class: A61K 47/18
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 89 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Stable liquid interferon formulations
Applicant name: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
Opponent name: 01: Sandoz AG
02: BIOCEUTICALS Arzneimittel AG
03: BioGeneriX AG
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 54
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 84
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention Art 123(3)
European Patent Convention R 80
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
Keywords: Admissibility of auxiliary requests 13 and 14 - (no)
Main request and auxiliary requests 1-10 amendments - Article 123(2) (yes), Article 123(3) (no)
Auxiliary requests 11, 12 and 15 amendments, clarity (yes), novelty (no)
Auxiliary request 16 amendments, clarity, novelty, inventive step - yes
Catchwords:

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G 0002/88
R 0002/08
R 0011/08
R 0003/09
R 0012/09
T 0059/87
T 0148/87
T 0049/89
T 0402/89
T 0506/91
T 0686/91
T 0190/99
T 0835/00
T 0579/01
T 0604/01
T 0352/04
T 0221/06
T 0316/08
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T 1644/08
T 0154/10
T 0698/10
T 0057/12

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