European Patent Office

T 0676/21 (Pharmaceutical dosage form for immediate release of an indolinone derivative / BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 15.06.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T067621.20230615
Date of decision
15 June 2023
Case number
T 0676/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
09757601.1
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 DOSAGE FORM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AN INDOLINONE DERIVATIVE
Applicant name
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
Opponent name
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Generics (U.K.) Limited
Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - (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:

The decision under appeal is set aside.

The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of auxiliary request 1 filed during the oral proceedings on 15 June 2023.