European Patent Office

T 1525/19 (Linagliptin-empagliflozin/BOEHRINGER) of 12.04.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T152519.20240412
Date of decision
12 April 2024
Case number
T 1525/19
Online on
23 July 2024
Petition for review of
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Application number
10703474.6
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
Abstract on EPC2000 Art 056
Application title
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING LINAGLIPTIN AND A SGLT2 INHIBITOR,AND USES THEREOF
Applicant name
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
Opponent name
Generics (U.K.) Limited
STADA Arzneimittel AG
ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Hexal AG
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 87(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Main request - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - admitted (yes) - priority (yes) - novelty (yes) - inventive step (yes)
Late-filed document - admitted (no)
Consideration of post-published evidence (yes)
Reopening the debate (no)
Staying the appeal proceedings (no)
Referring questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 0314/20

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 in amended form with claims 1 to 14 of auxiliary request 1 as filed with the reply to the statements of grounds of appeal, and a description and drawings to be adapted thereto, if necessary.