European Patent Office

T 2149/19 (Dabigatran etexilate/KRKA) of 25.06.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214919.20210625
Date of decision
25 June 2021
Case number
T 2149/19
Online on
14 July 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
11732405.3
IPC class
A61K 9/50
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
PHARMACEUTICAL ORAL DOSAGE FORMS COMPRISING DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE AND ITS PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS
Applicant name
KRKA, tovarna zdravil, d.d., Novo mesto
Opponent name
Generics [UK] Ltd
Eder, Michael
Georg Kalhammer/Stephan Teipel
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 filed as auxiliary request 1 with the statement of grounds of appeal on 28 October 2019 and a description to be adapted.