T 0055/99 (Nizatidine/ELI LILLY) of 29.09.1999
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1999:T005599.19990929
- Date of decision
- 29 September 1999
- Case number
- T 0055/99
- Online on
- 22 October 1999
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95306049.8
- IPC class
- A61K 31/425
- 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
- Process for treating nizatidine
- Applicant name
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty -yes
Inventive step - yes - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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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 with the order to grant a patent with the title "process for treating nizatidine" in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 11 filed on 26 August 1999.
Description: pages 2, 4, 9 to 13 as originally filed.
page 1 filed on 28 September 1999
pages 3, 5 to 8 filed on 26 August 1999.