Patent decision

BL number
O/346/07
Concerning rights in
EP1343750
Hearing Officer
Mr P Back
Decision date
21 November 2007
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Sandoz AG and Mewburn Ellis LLP
Provisions discussed
Section 74B
Keywords
Inventive step, Opinions and Reviews
Related Decisions
03/06

Summary

The proprietor of the patent, Sandoz AG, requested a review of opinion number 03/06. That opinion found claims 1-6, 11, 12, 17 and 19 of the patent to be invalid through lack of inventive step. The hearing officer found that the Opinion examiner had not wrongly concluded that the patent was invalid and declined to set aside the Opinion.

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