European Patent Office

T 0702/22 (Apixaban I/BRISTOL-MYERS) of 21.12.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070222.20231221
Date of decision
21 December 2023
Case number
T 0702/22
Petition for review of
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Application number
17175864.2
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
APIXABAN FORMULATIONS
Applicant name
Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland
Unlimited Company
Pfizer Inc.
Opponent name
SANDOZ AG
Zentiva k.s.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A.
Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner
von Seebach, Malte
Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG)
Wittkopp, Alexander
Generics (U.K.) Limited
STADA Arzneimittel AG
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 112(1)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
Keywords
Amendment to case
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.