T 1286/05 (Use of a Lipophilic surfactant/R.P. SCHERER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.) of 01.04.2008
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T128605.20080401
- Date of decision
- 1 April 2008
- Case number
- T 1286/05
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 95911394.5
- IPC class
- A61K 9/48
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Use of a lipophilic surfactant in a pharmaceutical composition
- Applicant name
- R.P. Scherer Technologies, Inc.
- Opponent name
- LTP Lipid Technologies Provider AB
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 54 1973
- Keywords
- Main, second and fourth auxiliary requests: novelty (no)
First and third auxiliary requests: allowability of amendments (no) - no basis for the disclaimer in the original application - Catchword
- If a claim drawn up as a "Swiss-type" claim relates defacto to a further non-therapeutic use, the feature defining the non-therapeutic use is of a merely illustrative character and, as a consequence, not suitable for establishing novelty.
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.