T 0978/18 of 14.12.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097818.20201214
- Date of decision
- 14 December 2020
- Case number
- T 0978/18
- Online on
- 25 February 2021
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 10011789.4
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Tamper-resistant oral opioid agonist formulations
- Applicant name
- EURO-CELTIQUE S.A.
- Opponent name
- Krka, d.d., Novo mesto
- Board
- 3.3.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 76(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes)
Divisional application - main requests and auxiliary requests I to IV
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Description:
Paragraphs [0001] to [0277] of the patent specification
Claims:
Claims 1 to 10 of auxiliary request V filed with the reply to the statement setting out the grounds of appeal
Drawings:
Figures 1 to 3 of the patent specification.