T 0592/99 (Matrix-formulation/EURO-CELTIQUE) of 1.8.2002

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T059299.20020801
Date of decision: 01 August 2002
Case number: T 0592/99
Application number: 94303128.6
IPC class: A61K 31/135
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: B
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Decision text in EN (PDF, 40 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Controlled release formulation containing tramadol
Applicant name: Euro-Celtique S.A.
Opponent name: Krewel-Meuselbach GmbH
Nycomed DAK A/S
Bioglan Laboratories Ltd
Lannacher Heilmittel Ges.m.b.H.
Hexal Aktiengesellschaft
Arzneimittelwerk Dresden GmbH
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 100(c)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 84
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 112(1)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(2)
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 123(3)
Keywords: Subject-matter of claim 1 of the patent in suit as granted extends beyond the application as filed - claimed subject-matter covers products not originally disclosed - technical contribution according to G 0001/93
Catchwords:

In the view of the Board, in the typical example given in point 16 of the decision G 0001/93, the expression "inventive selection" in the phrase "where the limiting feature is creating an inventive selection not disclosed in the application as filed or otherwise derivable therefrom" cannot mean anything other than a potential (inventive) selection - obviously, an opponent cannot be requested to demonstrate the potential character of the selection without making or preventing itself from making a further selection invention (Reasons No. 2.5)

Cited decisions:
G 0001/93
T 0860/93
Citing decisions:
T 0985/06
T 1457/06

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