T 1193/18 (Levothyroxine solution / HELM SWISS) of 08.02.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119318.20210208
- Date of decision
- 8 February 2021
- Case number
- T 1193/18
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11711688.9
- IPC class
- A61K 9/08A61K 31/055
- 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
- METHOD FOR THE PREPARATON OF A LEVOTHYROXINE SOLUTION
- Applicant name
- HELM SWISS GmbH
- Opponent name
- Uni-Pharma Kleon Tsetis
Pharmaceutical Laboratories S.A. - Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 54 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 83 (2007)
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1-11 (no)
Novelty - auxiliary request 18 (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 12-17 (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request 18 (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary request 18
Amendments - intermediate generalisation (allowable)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 18
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:
Claims 1-11 according to auxiliary request 18 filed with the letter dated 16 January 2019.