European Patent Office

T 0259/23 (Small intestinal delivery of norovirus antigen / VAXART) of 06.02.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T025923.20250206
Date of decision
6 February 2025
Case number
T 0259/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
16808196.6
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
FORMULATIONS FOR SMALL INTESTINAL DELIVERY OF RSV AND NOROVIRUS ANTIGENS
Applicant name
Vaxart, Inc.
Opponent name
iosBio Ltd
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
Keywords
Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Inventive step - no reasonable expectation of success
Catchword
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Cited cases
G 0002/21
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 2 filed with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal on 18 August 2023 and a description to be adapted thereto.