T 0270/07 (Pyridinemethanol, Mirtazepine/SUMITOMO) of 04.09.2009
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T027007.20090904
- Date of decision
- 4 September 2009
- Case number
- T 0270/07
- Online on
- 28 January 2010
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 00962909.8
- IPC class
- C07D 401/04
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Process for the preparation of a pyridinemethanol compound
- Applicant name
- Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Opponent name
- Dr. Dominique J.M. Trösch
Krka, Tovarna Zdravil, d.d. - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Main request: inventive step (yes) - improvements not obvious
- Catchword
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- Cited cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The appeal of Appellant II is dismissed.
3. The case is remitted to the department of first
instance with the order to maintain the patent as
amended in the following version:
Description:
Amended pages 2-11 of the patent specification received
during oral proceedings of 4 September 2009
Claims:
No. 1-5 of the main request filed with letter of
14 November 2007