European Patent Office

T 1241/03 (Human growth hormone/GENENTECH) of 01.09.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T124103.20050901
Date of decision
1 September 2005
Case number
T 1241/03
Petition for review of
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Application number
93918499.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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
Human growth hormone aqueous formulation
Applicant name
GENENTECH, INC.
Opponent name
01. Grandis Biotech GmbH
02. Novo Nordisk A/S
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 4 - sufficiency of disclosure (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - admissibility (no)
Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step (no)
Ultimate claim request - added subject-matter (no), sufficiency, novelty, inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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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 department of the first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the claim 1 of the "ultimate claim request" filed with the letter of 18 August 2005 and a description to be adapted thereto.