European Patent Office

T 1677/11 ((-)-Omeprazole Na/ASTRAZENECA) of 27.11.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T167711.20121127
Date of decision
27 November 2012
Case number
T 1677/11
Petition for review of
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Application number
00108479.7
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
The sodium salt of the (-)-enantiomer of omeprazole
Applicant name
AstraZeneca AB
Opponent name
Farmaprojects, S.A.
Wittkopp, Alexander
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Actavis Group hf.
LEK Pharmaceuticals d.d.
Hörnchen, Ulrich, Dr.
Board
3.3.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Admissibility of partiality objections (no)
Main request, allowable
Added matter (no)
Sufficiency (yes), starting material retrievable from Chemical Abstracts
Novelty (yes), specific salt
Inventive step (yes), post-published evidence (yes), unexpected advantage
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is maintained unamended.

3. The objections under Article 24(3) EPC are rejected as inadmissible.