European Patent Office

T 0223/11 (Ibandronic acid/HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE) of 22.05.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T022311.20120522
Date of decision
22 May 2012
Case number
T 0223/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
03722591.9
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
Ibandronic acid for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis
Applicant name
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Opponent name
Laboratorios Liconsa, S.A.
Alfred E. Tiefenbacher GmbH & Co. KG
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LTD.
Gedeon Richter Plc.
Generics [UK] Limited
Synthon BV
Intervener:
Sandoz Farmacêutica, Lda.
Board
3.3.02
Headnote
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Keywords
All requests: added subject-matter (yes)
Admissibility of intervention (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)
Catchword
-
Cited cases
T 0016/05
Citing cases
T 0689/19

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The intervention is inadmissible.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The patent is revoked.

4. The request for a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.