T 2406/10 (Tamsulosin/SYNTHON) of 13.01.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T240610.20150113
- Date of decision
- 13 January 2015
- Case number
- T 2406/10
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 02780143.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- MODIFIED RELEASE TAMSULOSIN TABLETS
- Applicant name
- Synthon B.V.
- Opponent name
- ETHYPHARM
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. et al.
KRKA, tovarna zdravil, d.d., Novo mesto - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 88(2)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request (no)
Novelty - as the priority is not valid, the examples disclosed both in the priority document and in the prior art under Article 54(3) EPC deprive the subject-matter of the claims of novelty
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Citing cases
- T 0557/13
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 with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:
Claims no. 1 to 37 of auxiliary request I filed during the oral proceedings of 13 January 2015.