T 1909/23 (RNA cancer vaccines II/BIONTECH) of 17.12.2025

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T190923.20251217
Date of decision: 17 December 2025
Case number: T 1909/23
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 18199105.0
IPC class: A61K 39/00 C12Q 1/68 A61P 35/00 G01N 33/50
Language of proceedings: English
Distribution: No distribution (D)
Download: Decision in English
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Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: Individualized vaccines for cancer
Applicant name: BioNTech SE
TRON - Translationale Onkologie an der
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-
Universität Mainz gemeinnützige GmbH
Opponent name: Withers & Rogers LLP
Board: 3.3.04
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 54 European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords: Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no)
Catchword: -
Cited cases: T 2084/11 T 1270/20 T 2168/21
Citing cases: -

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.