T 0460/03 (Gaseous Ultrasound Contrast Media/GE HEALTHCARE) of 07.03.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T046003.20060307
- Date of decision
- 7 March 2006
- Case number
- T 0460/03
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 92919150.0
- IPC class
- A61K 49/00
- 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
- Gaseous ultrasound contrast media
- Applicant name
- GE Healthcare AS
- Opponent name
- Acusphere, Inc.
BRACCO S.p.A. - Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Admissibility of late-filed request (yes): direct response to a late raised objection
Novelty (yes): state of the art does not disclose in an individualized form a compostion encompassed by claim 1
Inventive step (yes): the proposed solution is not obvious in the light of the prior art - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0176/84
- 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 in amended form on the basis of the main request filed in the oral proceedings and a description to be adapted.