T 1664/07 (Zolpidem controlled-release/SANOFI) of 23.02.2012
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T166407.20120223
- Date of decision
- 23 February 2012
- Case number
- T 1664/07
- Online on
- 19 April 2012
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 99968394.9
- IPC class
- A61K 31/415
- 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
- Controlled-release dosage forms comprising zolpidem or a salt thereof
- Applicant name
- SANOFI
- Opponent name
- Synthon BV
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
- Keywords
- Inventive step (no): absence of comparative examples, solution of less ambitious problem obvious in view of the state of the art
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.