T 0485/95 (Combination dosage forms/AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS) of 22.03.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T048595.19990322
- Date of decision
- 22 March 1999
- Case number
- T 0485/95
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 87306174.1
- IPC class
- A61K 31/565
- 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
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Combination dosage form for premenopausal women
- Applicant name
- American Home Products Corporation
- Opponent name
- Akzo Pharma B.V.
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- 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 84 1973
- Keywords
- Main, first and second auxiliary request - inventive step (no) - reasonable expectation of success
Third auxiliary request - novelty and inventive step (yes)- solution of the technical problem not obvious - inventive alternative - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0219/83
- 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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the set of claims entitled 3rd Auxiliary Request submitted at the oral proceedings on 19 March 1999 and a description to be adapted.