European Patent Office

T 0074/03 (Nicotine preparations for transdermal delivery/AVEVA DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS) vom 10.05.2005

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T007403.20050510
Datum der Entscheidung
10. Mai 2005
Aktenzeichen
T 0074/03
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
88303918.2
IPC-Klasse
A61K 31/465
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Method for the treatment of withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation and preparations for use in said method.
Name des Antragstellers
Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
Kammer
3.3.02
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Admissibility of late filed requests (yes): direct response to objections raised for the first time
Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3: novelty (no)
The functional feature in claim 11 cannot serve to delimit the product vis-à-vis known products
Auxiliary request 4: not allowable under Article 84 since the set of claims taken as a whole lacks clarity
Auxiliary request 5: formal requirements met; subject-matter claimed novel vis-à-vis the prior art cited by the appellant (opponent)
Remittal (yes): inventive step not within the framework of the appeal proceedings
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierende Akten
T 0463/06T 1399/06

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the first instance for further prosecution on the basis of the 5th auxiliary request.