European Patent Office

T 2048/19 (Glycopyrrolate for treating tachycardia /TEVA) of 20.07.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T204819.20230720
Date of decision
20 July 2023
Case number
T 2048/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
12709151.0
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
Use of glycopyrrolate for treating tachycardia
Applicant name
Heptares Therapeutics Limited
Opponent name
Teva Pharmaceuticals International GmbH
Board
3.3.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules 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 - novelty (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - late-filed - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)
Auxiliary request 2 - novelty (no)
Auxiliary request 3 - late-filed - admitted (yes)
Auxiliary request 3 - sufficiency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0134/11
Citing cases
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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 with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the set of claims of auxiliary request 3 filed during the oral proceedings before the board and a description to be adapted thereto as necessary.