T 0287/99 (Aerosol medicaments/GLAXO) of 12.03.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T028799.20030312
- Date of decision
- 12 March 2003
- Case number
- T 0287/99
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 91919751.7
- IPC class
- A61K 9/12
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Aerosol medicaments
- Applicant name
- GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
- Opponent name
- SkyePharma AG
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
Astra Zeneca AB - Board
- 3.3.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Main request: inventive step (no) - technical teaching of a prior art document which renders the claimed invention obvious is not confined to the detailed information given in the examples of how the invention is carried out but embraces any reproducible technical teaching described in that document
Auxiliary requests: inventive step (no) - idem - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- T 0012/81T 0032/82T 0424/86T 0250/87T 0279/89T 0522/90T 0722/94T 0839/95T 0610/96T 0743/96T 0623/98T 0799/98
- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The Patent is revoked.