European Patent Office

T 1513/17 (Prolongation of survival of an allograft/ALEXION) vom 28.01.2022

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151317.20220128
Datum der Entscheidung
28. Januar 2022
Aktenzeichen
T 1513/17
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
05779924.9
IPC-Klasse
C07K 16/18
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Im Amtsblatt des EPA veröffentlicht (A)
Amtsblattfassungen
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Prolongation of survival of an allograft by inhibiting complement activity
Name des Antragstellers
Alexion Pharamaceuticals, Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
Novartis AG
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG / Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Kammer
3.3.04
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
BGH 16 April 2013 case X ZR 49/12 (Fahrzeugscheibe)European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 118European Patent Convention Art 153(2)European Patent Convention Art 87(1)European Patent Convention R 139European Patent Convention R 99(2)Gerechtshof Den Haag 30 July 2019ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2019:1962KCI Licensing Inc and others v. Smith & Nephew PLC and otherscase HC09c02624 of 23 June 2010Paris Convention Art 004Patent Cooperation Treaty Art 11(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Schlagwörter
Priority
Correction of error
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
Orientierungssatz
The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:
I. Does the EPC confer jurisdiction on the EPO to determine whether a party validly claims to be a successor in title as referred to in Article 87(1)(b) EPC?
II. If question I is answered in the affirmative
Can a party B validly rely on the priority right claimed in a PCT-application for the purpose of claiming priority rights under Article 87(1) EPC
in the case where
1) a PCT-application designates party A as applicant for the US only and party B as applicant for other designated States, including regional European patent protection and
2) the PCT-application claims priority from an earlier patent application that designates party A as the applicant and
3) the priority claimed in the PCT-application is in compliance with Article 4 of the Paris Convention?
Zitierende Akten
T 0419/16

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The following questions are referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal:

I. Does the EPC confer jurisdiction on the EPO to determine whether a party validly claims to be a successor in title as referred to in Article 87(1)(b) EPC?

II. If question I is answered in the affirmative

Can a party B validly rely on the priority right claimed in a PCT-application for the purpose of claiming priority rights under Article 87(1) EPC

in the case where

1) a PCT-application designates party A as applicant for the US only and party B as applicant for other designated States, including regional European patent protection and

2) the PCT-application claims priority from an earlier patent application that designates party A as the applicant and

3) the priority claimed in the PCT-application is in compliance with Article 4 of the Paris Convention?