European Patent Office

T 0921/17 (Bispecific antibody/CHUGAI) of 24.03.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T092117.20220324
Date of decision
24 March 2022
Case number
T 0921/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
06730769.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Antibody substituting for function of blood coagulation factor VIII
Applicant name
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
Opponent name
Novo Nordisk A/S
Baxalta Innovations GmbH
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - main request (no)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Late-filed argument - admitted (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request
Sufficiency of disclosure - claim 3 (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 opposition division for further prosecution.