T 1146/02 (Vaccines containing a saponin and a sterol/SMITHKLINE BEECHAM) of 08.03.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T114602.20050308
- Date of decision
- 8 March 2005
- Case number
- T 1146/02
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96910019.7
- IPC class
- A61K 39/39
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Vaccines containing a saponin and a sterol
- Applicant name
- SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS S.A.
- Opponent name
- Chiron Corporation
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention R 35(12) 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: added subject-matter (no)
Broadening of the scope of protection (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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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 maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
- description: pages 2 and 13 filed at the oral proceedings, pages 3 to 12 of the patent specification;
- claims 1 to 12 filed as "new main request" at the oral proceedings.