European Patent Office

T 0752/19 (Ticagrelor, acetylsalicylic acid and a computer program/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENABLER STOCKHOLM) of 04.04.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T075219.20220404
Date of decision
4 April 2022
Case number
T 0752/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
12702463.6
IPC class
G06F 19/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT AND COMMUNICATION TOOL
Applicant name
Intellectual Property Enabler Stockholm AB
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 009Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no)
Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Late-filed request - admitted (no)
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Catchword
Improved patient compliance to a pharmaceutical formulation cannot be used to establish an overall technical effect if it is the result of a "broken technical chain", namely an alleged chain of technical effects starting with information provided to a patient which is then broken by the patient's mental activities (see points 2.4 and 2.5).
Citing cases
T 3119/19T 0647/21

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.