T 0316/97 (Pharmaceutically active ionizable substance/ASTRA) of 23.05.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T031697.20020523
- Date of decision
- 23 May 2002
- Case number
- T 0316/97
- Online on
- 13 June 2002
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91920634.2
- IPC class
- A61K 9/18
- 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
- New pharmaceutical formulations containing a pharmacologically active ionizable substance as well as process for the preparation thereof
- Applicant name
- AstraZeneca AB
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments to main request - not allowable - lack of disclosure for a functional feature
First auxiliary request - clear and supported by the description - remittal to the first instance - Catchword
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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 for further prosecution.