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T 0992/22 (FUMARATES / Alkermes) of 28.02.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T099222.20250228
Date of decision
28 February 2025
Case number
T 0992/22
Online on
15 May 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
14767892.4
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
PRODRUGS OF FUMARATES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING VARIOUS DESEASES
Applicant name
Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
Opponent name
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Hexal AG
Generics (UK) Ltd
Board
3.3.10
Headnote
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Keywords
Amendments - combinations of substituent definitions in Markush formula
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - overlapping Markush formulae
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious alternative
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0012/90
Citing cases
T 0469/23

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.