European Patent Office

T 1577/11 (Estrogen synthesis inhibitor anastrozole in early breast cancer/ASTRAZENECA) of 03.06.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T157711.20150603
Date of decision
3 June 2015
Case number
T 1577/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
02783305.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
USE OF ANASTROZOLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN HAVING EARLY BREAST CANCER
Applicant name
AstraZeneca AB
Opponent name
Hexal AG
Alfred E. Tiefenbacher GmbH & Co. KG
STADA Arzneimittel AG
Helm AG
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13
Keywords
Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.