European Patent Office

T 2842/18 (Rituximab for use in a method for treating joint damage/ HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 01.10.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T284218.20201001
Date of decision
1 October 2020
Case number
T 2842/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
06837634.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Application title
Method for treating joint damage
Applicant name
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Biogen Idec Inc.
Genentech, Inc.
Opponent name
Richter Gedeon Nyrt.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG/
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
Merck Serono S.A.
European Oppositions Limited
Taylor Wessing LLP (opposition withdrawn)
Hexal AG
Celltrion, Inc.
Mundipharma GmbH
Mundipharma Pharmaceutical s.r.l
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention R 106 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13 (2007)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(2) (2020)
Keywords
Main request, auxiliary request 1: amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes);
auxiliary requests 2 and 3: admitted (no);
Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0002/10
Citing cases
T 1513/17T 2719/19

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.