T 2197/11 (Size-reduced L-carnitine acid fumarate/SIGMA-TAU) of 17.02.2016
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T219711.20160217
- Date of decision
- 17 February 2016
- Case number
- T 2197/11
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 00961529.5
- IPC class
- A61K 31/205A61K 9/14A23L 1/305
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- ULTRAFINE L-CARNITINE, METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME, COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
- Applicant name
- SIGMA-TAU Industrie Farmaceutiche
Riunite S.p.A. - Opponent name
- Lonza Ltd
Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. - Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12
- Keywords
- Requests and documents filed with the statement of grounds of appeal: admitted (yes)
Document admitted by opposition division: discretion correctly exercised (yes)
Oral submission by inventor (yes)
Main request and first to third auxiliary requests: Novelty (yes)
Main request and first to third auxiliary requests: Inventive step (no) - obvious modification
Fourth to sixth auxiliary requests: Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Seventh auxiliary request: admitted (no) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.