European Patent Office

T 0098/16 of 12.03.2019

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T009816.20190312
Date of decision
12 March 2019
Case number
T 0098/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
04728250.4
IPC class
A61J 1/05
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
DRUG SOLUTION FILLING PLASTIC AMPOULE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
Applicant name
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY, INC.
Opponent name
B. Braun Melsungen AG
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
Board
3.3.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 107European Patent Convention Art 108European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 101(1)European Patent Convention R 126(2)European Patent Convention R 99(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(3)
Keywords
Admissibility of appeal of opponent 1 (no)
Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds
Admissibility of appeal - party as of right
Auxiliary requests 2 and 3 submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted into the proceedings
Auxiliary requests 2 to 4 - inventive step (no) - obvious alternative
Auxiliary requests 5 to 8 - justification for late filing (no) - prima facie allowable (no) - not admitted into the proceedings
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal of opponent 1 is rejected as inadmissible.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The patent is revoked.