European Patent Office

T 0845/19 (Anti-PCSK9 antibodies/AMGEN) of 29.10.2020

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084519.20201029
Date of decision
29 October 2020
Case number
T 0845/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
08798550.3
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Antigen binding proteins to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9)
Applicant name
Amgen Inc.
Opponent name
Sanofi
Strawman Limited
Eli Lilly and Company
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH/Sanofi-Aventis
Groupe S.A./Sanofi Winthrop Industries S.A.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
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Keywords
Main Request - Maintenence in amended form (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 1513/17T 2719/19

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 with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and a description and drawings adapted thereto:

Claims 1 to 15 of the main request, filed as auxiliary request 7 with the patent proprietor's reply of 3 December 2019.