T 1319/04 (Hyperlipidemia/KOS LIFE SCIENCES, INC.) of 30.12.2010
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T131904.20101230
- Date of decision
- 30 December 2010
- Case number
- T 1319/04
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 94306847.8
- IPC class
- A61K 31/445
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
- T 1319/04 Dosierungsanleitung/KOS LIFE SCIENCES, INC. 2008-04-22T 1319/04 Posologie/KOS LIFE SCIENCES, INC. 2008-04-22T 1319/04 Dosage regimen/KOS LIFE SCIENCES, INC. 2008-04-22T 1319/04 Dosage regimen/KOS LIFE SCIENCES, INC. 2008-04-22
- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Nicotinic acid compositions for treating hyperlipidemia
- Applicant name
- Kos Life Sciences, Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(5)
- Keywords
- Articles 54(5) does not excluded that a known medicament be patented for use in a different treatment by therapy of the same illness, also where a dosage requirement is the only feature not comprised in the prior art
- Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The Examining Division's decision of 25 September 2003 is set aside.
2. The matter is remitted to the department of first instance with the order that a patent be granted on the basis of the main request and a description to be adapted.