European Patent Office

T 0765/23 of 01.10.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T076523.20251001
Date of decision
1 October 2025
Case number
T 0765/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
17155371.2
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
INJECTION DEVICE
Applicant name
ALLERGAN, INC.
Opponent name
Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA
Board
3.2.01
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76European 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 012(6)
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Divisional application - added subject-matter (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0184/17
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.