European Patent Office

T 0212/22 (Apixaban II/BRISTOL-MYERS) of 30.01.2024

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T021222.20240130
Date of decision
30 January 2024
Case number
T 0212/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
15190823.3
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
APIXABAN FORMULATIONS
Applicant name
Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland
Unlimited Company
Pfizer Inc.
Opponent name
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Sandoz AG
Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB
ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A.
Generics (U.K.) Limited
Zentiva, k.s.
STADA Arzneimittel AG
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - (yes)
Novelty - implicit disclosure (no)
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - comparative example suitable starting point for assessing inventive step
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1179/23

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal is dismissed.

2. The request for referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal is refused.