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Date of decision 27 October 2004
Case number T 0609/02 - 3.3.8
Application number 91917435.9
IPC G01N33/74
Proceedings Language EN
Title of the application Methods mediated by the proto-oncogenic protein complex AP-1
Applicant name THE SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Opponent name Karo Bio AB
Astra AB
Headnote
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Articles and Rules EPC . Art 83
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - no
Cited Decisions T 0409/91
G 0009/92
G 0005/83
G 0002/88
G 0006/88
T 0158/96
T 0241/95
Catchwords:
If the description of a patent specification provides no more than a vague indication of a possible medical use for a chemical compound yet to be identified, later more detailed evidence cannot be used to remedy the fundamental insufficiency of disclosure of such subject-matter.

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