European Patent Office

T 1856/16 (Antibodies with variant Fc regions/MACROGENICS) of 24.08.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185616.20200824
Date of decision
24 August 2020
Case number
T 1856/16
Petition for review of
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Application number
04701279.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Identification and engineering antibodies with variant Fc regions and methods of using same
Applicant name
MacroGenics, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the examining division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the set of claims of the main request filed with the letter dated 27 December 2019 and a description to be adapted accordingly.