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Date of decision
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03 November 1993
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Case number
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T 0456/91
- 3.3.2
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Application number
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81305426.9
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Title of the application
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Microencapsulation of water-soluble polypeptides
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Applicant name
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Syntex (USA) Inc.
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Opponent name
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01) Debiopharm S.A.
02) Ipsen Biotech société au nom collectif
03) The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
05) Deghenghi, Roman
08) Ferring Arzneimittel GmbH
09) Ares-Sereno N.V.
10) Stolle Research & Development Corporation
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Keywords
Amendments - extension of original disclosure (no)
Extension of protection (no)
Clarity (yes) - claims supported by description - broad claim
not unclear
Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - no undue burden to skilled
person
Priority right (yes) - no previous disclosure of claimed
invention
Novelty (yes) - claimed invention not part of the state of the
art
Inventive step (yes) - claimed solution not foreshadowed by
state of the art
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