T 0803/01 of 09.09.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T080301.20030909
- Date of decision
- 9 September 2003
- Case number
- T 0803/01
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 97202586.0
- IPC class
- C08G 63/90
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Purified polylactide and pharmaceutical composition thereof
- Applicant name
- Novartis AG
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention R 29(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Claims - clarity (yes)
Novelty - purity of a polymeric compound a new element (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
- The question of whether a degree of purity of a compund provides a new element over the prior art must be sought in the concrete technical context concerned (reasons, point 4.6)
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 with the order to grant a patent on the basis of Claims 1 to 8 filed as the sole request at the oral proceedings and after any necessary consequential amendment of the description.