T 0722/94 (Gel ointment/TOKYO-YAKUHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA) of 16.12.1997
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1997:T072294.19971216
- Date of decision
- 16 December 1997
- Case number
- T 0722/94
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 88100205.9
- IPC class
- A61K 9/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- -
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Ointment base and ointment
- Applicant name
- Toko Yakuhin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Opponent name
- The B.F Goodrich Company
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 69(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Main request - Inventive step (no)
Auxiliary request - change of category (yes) - second non-medical use
Novelty (yes) - Inventive step (yes) - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0002/88
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to maintain a patent with the following claim and a description to be adapted:
Claim 1 received during oral proceedings (Auxiliary request).