| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T002310.20110118 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 18 January 2011 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0023/10 | ||||||||
| Petition for review: | R 0013/11 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 02007397.9 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 9/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Powder for use in dry powder inhalers | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Vectura Limited | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Norton Healthcare Limited | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Admissibility of the appeal - statement of grounds of appeal  assessment of the appeal as a whole New claim requests filed with the statement of grounds of appeal  admission into proceedings - procedure proper to an administrative court |
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A patentee withholding claim requests in opposition proceedings is precluded, under Article 12(4) RPBA, from having those requests admitted on appeal, since the patentee would otherwise be permitted to disadvantage the adverse parties by conducting appeal proceedings contrary to its actions before the opposition division. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t100023eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021