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
- -
- Application number
- 97928123.5
- IPC class
- A61K 38/28
- 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
- Insulin preparations containing a halogenide
- Applicant name
- NOVO NORDISK A/S
- Opponent name
- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84
- 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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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.