European Patent Office

T 0997/06 (Insulin Preparation/NOVO NORDISK) of 14.12.2009

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T099706.20091214
Date of decision
14 December 2009
Case number
T 0997/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
97928123.5
IPC class
A61K 38/28
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
Insulin preparations containing a halogenide
Applicant name
NOVO NORDISK A/S
Opponent name
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Main request: added matter (no), clarity (yes), inventive step (no)
First auxiliary request: added matter (no), inventive step and sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1045/09T 1435/09

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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the first auxiliary request as filed during the oral proceedings before the board (claims 1 to 5) and a description yet to be adapted thereto.