T 2082/19 (RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING GELATINOUS COATED TABLETS/Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.) of 13.12.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T208219.20221213
- Date of decision
- 13 December 2022
- Case number
- T 2082/19
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 05722417.2
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- 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
- RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING GELATINOUS COATED TABLETS
- Applicant name
- Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
- Opponent name
- Pfizer Inc.
- Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Admission of new documents (No)
Alleged prior use (No)
Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes)
Main request - Inventive step (No)
Admission of auxiliary request 1 during oral proceedings (Yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step (Yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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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 decision with the order to maintain the patent with the set of claims of the auxiliary request 1 filed during the oral proceedings and a description to be adapted thereto.