T 0164/83 (Antihistamines) of 17.7.1986

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T016483.19860717
Date of decision: 17 July 1986
Case number: T 0164/83
Application number: 80104372.0
IPC class: C07D 473/08
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: A
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
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Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: OJ | Published
Title of application: -
Applicant name: EISAI
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: 1. Technical progress shown in comparison with marketed products as an alleged support for inventive step cannot be a substitute for the demonstration of inventive step with regard to the relevant closest state of the art. (Following T 181/82 "Spiro-Compounds/Ciba- Geigy", OJ 9/1984,401).
2. The possibility of a prohibition of experiments with animals in one Contracting State of the EPC is not a sufficient reason for declining the submission of test results in comparison with the closest state of the art if the inventive step can only be demonstrated in this manner.
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
Keywords: Inventive step
Quantitative improvement
Technical progress
Comparative tests
Novelty of selection
Experiments with animals
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
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