T 0379/96 (Aerosol formulations/RIKER) of 13.1.1999

European Case Law Identifier:

ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T037996.19990113

Date of decision:

13 January 1999

Case number:

T 0379/96

Application number:

89312270.5

IPC class:

A61K 9/12

Language of proceedings:

Distribution:

Download and more information:

Decision text in EN (PDF, 53Â KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in:	EN
Versions:	Unpublished

Title of application:

Medicinal aerosol formulations

Applicant name:

Riker Laboratories, Inc.

Opponent name:

(01) Norton Healthcare Ltd
(02) Schering Corporation
(03) Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
(04) Professor Sylvain RAULT
(05) SmithKline Beecham plc
(06) Fisons plc

Board:

3.3.02

Headnote:

Relevant legal provisions:

European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123

Keywords:

Inventive step - no - for all admitted requests - obvious substitution of a compound of a composition
Request on the basis of Article 125 EPC or Article 32 TRIPS to refer a question of law to the Enlarged Board of Appeal or to the European Court of Justice - not admitted into the proceedings

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Cited decisions:

T 0560/89
T 0092/93

Citing decisions:

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t960379eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021