T 0373/94 (Prefilled plastic syringe/MALLINCKRODT) of 31.7.1998

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T037394.19980731
Date of decision: 31 July 1998
Case number: T 0373/94
Application number: 86309761.4
IPC class: A61L 2/06
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Method of producing prefilled sterile plastic syringes
Applicant name: Mallinckrodt, Inc. (a Delaware corporation)
Opponent name: Arzneimittel GmbH Apotheker Vetter & Co.
Bracco S.p.A.
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
Keywords: Novelty, yes
Sufficiency, yes
Inventive step, no: the same level of skill has to be applied when, for the same invention, the two questions of sufficient disclosure and inventive step have to be considered
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
T 0062/82
T 0192/82
T 0254/86
T 0060/89
T 0163/89
T 0641/89
T 0219/90
T 0005/91
T 0943/92
Citing decisions:
-

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t940373eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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