T 0195/96 (Sonicated microbubbles/FEINSTEIN) of 17.09.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T019596.19990917
- Date of decision
- 17 September 1999
- Case number
- T 0195/96
- Online on
- 22 October 1999
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 86116943.1
- IPC class
- A61K 49/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Contrast agent, process for its preparation and its use for ultrasonic imaging
- Applicant name
- Feinstein, Steven B.
- Opponent name
- Andaris Limited
- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty (yes) - no explicit or implicit disclosure of the claimed subject-matter
Inventive step (yes) - underlying technical problem: providing an improved contrast agent not simply an alternative - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.