European Patent Office

T 0835/21 (LRP6 antibodies/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 28.03.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T083521.20230328
Date of decision
28 March 2023
Case number
T 0835/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
12188230.2
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
Molecules and methods for modulating low-density-lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6)
Applicant name
Novartis AG
Opponent name
Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG /
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (opposition withdrawn)
Merck Patent GmbH
Board
3.3.08
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - could-would approach
Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes)
Divisional application - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Catchword
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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 with claims 1 to 9 of the main request, filed as auxiliary request 1 with the reply to the appeal, and a description possibly to be adapted thereto.