T 0863/96 (Deprenyl/SOMERSET PHARMACEUTICALS) of 04.02.1999

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T086396.19990204
Date of decision: 4 February 1999
Case number: T 0863/96
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 89903719.6
IPC class: A61K 31/135
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
Download: Decision in English
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Other decisions for this case: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: Deprenyl for systemic transdermal administration
Applicant name: Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Opponent name: Hexal-Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
Board: 3.3.02
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 123 1973 European Patent Convention Art 54 1973
Keywords: Disclaimer - exclusion of subject-matter from citation - highly questionable
Novelty - no - same use of the same drug for the same group of patients treated in the same application route with a drug having the same pharmaceutical effect
Catchword: The disclaimer to be formulated on the basis of a disclosure is only allowable if the cited document containing the said disclosure has no relevance for any further examination of the claimed invention and it must then disappear from the prior art field to be taken into consideration (see point 3 of the Reasons for the Decision).
Cited cases: G 0005/83 G 0002/88 T 0004/80 T 0170/87 T 0143/94 T 0270/94
Citing cases: G 0001/16 T 0917/94 T 0159/95 T 0478/95 T 0448/96 T 0596/96 T 0608/96 T 0013/97 T 0323/97 T 0447/97 T 0934/97 T 1071/97 T 1217/97 T 0318/98 T 0339/98 T 0043/99 T 0268/99 T 0451/99 T 0507/99 T 0525/99 T 0944/99 T 0974/99 T 0989/99 T 0118/00 T 0285/00 T 0827/00 T 1128/00 T 0208/01 T 0346/01 T 0790/03 T 1820/18 T 0689/19

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.