T 0025/09 (Capsular polysaccharide/NOVARTIS) of 23.12.2009

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T002509.20091223
Date of decision: 23 December 2009
Case number: T 0025/09
Application number: 02755452.6
IPC class: A61K 39/02
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 53 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Capsular polysaccharide solubilisation
Applicant name: Novartis AG
Opponent name: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 56
European Patent Convention Art 113(2)
Keywords: Main request - inventive step (no); auxiliary request - added subject-matter (no), clarity, novelty, inventive step (yes)
Withdrawal of auxiliary requests (yes); opinion on withdrawn auxiliary requests (no)
Catchwords:

-

Cited decisions:
G 0002/91
G 0008/91
G 0003/04
J 0019/82
T 0032/84
T 0073/84
T 0060/91
T 0473/98
T 0240/01
T 1033/04
T 1409/05
Citing decisions:
-

Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t090025eu1.html

Date retrieved: 17 May 2021

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