T 0591/01 (Ascorbic acid/DUKE UNIVERSITY) of 16.03.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T059101.20050316
- Date of decision
- 16 March 2005
- Case number
- T 0591/01
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 90906651.6
- IPC class
- A61K 31/34
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Stable ascorbic acid compositions
- Applicant name
- DUKE UNIVERSITY
- Opponent name
- Société anonyme dite: L'OREAL
BIODERM, INC.
Cellex-C Cosmaceuticals, Inc. - Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100 1973European Patent Convention Art 106 1973European Patent Convention Art 107 1973European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 69 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 64 1973
- Keywords
- Main request and first auxiliary request: novelty (no) the feature"topic"
cannot serve to distinguish the claimed composition from identical compositions used in the state of the art for administration per os
Second and third auxiliary requests: inventive step (no)- inclusion of a second, commonly used pharmaceutically accepted carrier into aqueous solutions of a known medicament cannot render the use known per os of such modified solutions inventive - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- T 1008/11
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.