| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T015195.19980618 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 18 June 1998 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0151/95 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 89103091.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | A61K 9/16 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | C | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Polylactic acid type microspheres containing physiologically active substance and process for preparing the same | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Biomaterials Universe, Inc. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Boehringer Mannheim GmbH Hoechst AG |
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| Board: | 3.3.02 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Novelty: yes claim distinguished by the physical structure of the product from the prior art Inventive step: yes, microspheres having a water soluble active substance incorporated into the polylactic acid matrix in a molecularly dispersed state not obviously derivable from the state of the art |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t950151eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021