T 0315/98 (S(+)ibuprofen/STERLING) of 07.07.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T031598.19990707
- Date of decision
- 7 July 1999
- Case number
- T 0315/98
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88906506.6
- IPC class
- A61K 31/19
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen and members (B)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A pharmaceutical composition containing S(+)ibuprofen substantially free of its R(-)antipode
- Applicant name
- Sterling Winthrop Inc.
- Opponent name
- (01) Spirig AG
(02) The Boots Company PLC Patent Dept. R4
(03) Zambon Group S.p.A.
(04) Gebro Broschek Gesellschaft m.b.H.
(05) Knoll AG
(07) PAZ Arzneimittelentwicklungsgesellschaft GmbH - Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention R 57(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 57a 1973European Patent Convention R 58(2) 1973
- Keywords
- No extension of the claims as granted beyond the content of the application as filed - normal understanding of the release function of a carrier or diluent of a pharmaceutical composition
Novelty - no - prior art describes the same subject-matter in other words
Amendments - agreed by the board
Novelty of use - second medical use
Novelty - disclosure corresponding to the invention as such - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.