T 1129/97 (benzimidazoles/) of 26.10.2000

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T112997.20001026
Date of decision: 26 October 2000
Case number: T 1129/97
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 92911098.9
IPC class: C07D 235/18
Language of proceedings: French
Distribution: Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
Download: Decision in French
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Application title: Composés dérivés de benzimidazole, leur procédé de préparation et leur utilisation dans les domaines thérapeutique et cosmétique
Applicant name: CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES DERMATOLOGIQUES GALDERMA
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: "Explicit disclosure of the exact meaning of the term "lower alkyl" in the description alone and not in the claims is not sufficient per se for the claims to meet the clarity requirement.
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 69(1) 1973 European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
Keywords: -
Catchword: -
Cited cases: T 0002/80 T 0409/91 T 0860/93 T 0337/95
Citing cases: T 0925/96 T 0274/98 T 0425/98 T 1048/98 T 0049/99 T 0410/99 T 0488/99 T 0107/00 T 0556/02 T 0992/02 T 0064/03 T 0412/03 T 0056/04 T 0210/04 T 0417/04 T 1139/04 T 1394/06 T 1541/06 T 1736/06 T 0190/07 T 0486/07 T 1395/07 T 0725/08 T 1088/08 T 1810/08 T 2111/08 T 2115/08 T 2006/09 T 2361/09 T 1251/10 T 1253/11 T 1665/11 T 0480/12 T 0621/12 T 1842/12 T 2063/12 T 0623/13 T 1227/13 T 1265/13 T 0513/15 T 0786/16 T 0624/17 T 0663/18 T 0515/19 T 0056/21 T 1531/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the set of claims submitted by letter of 31 October 1997 and entitled "Third auxiliary request", with the corrected claims 3 for ES and GR as submitted by fax of 5 September 2000.