T 0074/03 (Nicotine preparations for transdermal delivery/AVEVA DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS) du 10.05.2005
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T007403.20050510
- Date de la décision
- 10 mai 2005
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0074/03
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 88303918.2
- Classe de la CIB
- A61K 31/465
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- Method for the treatment of withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking cessation and preparations for use in said method.
- Nom du demandeur
- Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc.
- Nom de l'opposant
- LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
- Chambre
- 3.3.02
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973
- Mots-clés
- Admissibility of late filed requests (yes): direct response to objections raised for the first time
Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3: novelty (no)
The functional feature in claim 11 cannot serve to delimit the product vis-à-vis known products
Auxiliary request 4: not allowable under Article 84 since the set of claims taken as a whole lacks clarity
Auxiliary request 5: formal requirements met; subject-matter claimed novel vis-à-vis the prior art cited by the appellant (opponent)
Remittal (yes): inventive step not within the framework of the appeal proceedings - Exergue
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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 on the basis of the 5th auxiliary request.