T 0270/97 (Air filled microballoons/BRACCO) of 20.12.1999

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T027097.19991220
Date of decision: 20 December 1999
Case number: T 0270/97
Application number: 91810366.4
IPC class: A61K 49/00
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 34 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Polymeric gas or air filled microballoons usable as suspensions in liquid carriers for ultrasonic echography
Applicant name: BRACCO International B.V.
Opponent name: Schering AG
Nycomed Imaging AS
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 83
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 54
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52(4)
European Patent Convention 1973 R 67
Keywords: Main request - novelty (yes): claimed product not inevitably obtained when repeating the process in the prior art
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
T 0012/81
Citing decisions:
T 0737/00
T 0583/01
T 0246/04
T 0648/13

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t970270eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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