European Patent Office

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)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
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.