T 0956/03 (NMR/ABBOTT LABORATORIES) of 19.07.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T095603.20060719
- Date of decision
- 19 July 2006
- Case number
- T 0956/03
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 96940448.2
- IPC class
- G01N 33/50
- 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
- Use of nuclear magnetic resonance to identify ligands to target biomolecules
- Applicant name
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES
- Opponent name
- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
Bayer AG
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE & CO.
Pfizer Health AB
Combinature Biopharm AG - Board
- 3.3.08
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 108 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Restitutio in integrum (yes)
Transfer of right to appeal against decision in opposition proceedings: only acknowledged when evidence of transfer filed
Main request (claims 1 to 4 as granted) - novelty (yes)
Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The appeal filed by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH is inadmissible.
2. The decision under appeal is set aside.
3. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 4 as granted, the amended description filed during the oral proceedings and the drawings as granted.