European Patent Office

T 1965/23 (Aripiprazole cake composition/OTSUKA) of 23.10.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T196523.20251023
Date of decision
23 October 2025
Case number
T 1965/23
Petition for review of
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Application number
12703898.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAINING A CAKE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ARIPIPRAZOLE AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT, AND A CAKE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ARIPIPRAZOLE AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT
Applicant name
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Opponent name
Instone Terry/ Read Howard Graham/Appleyard Lees IP LLP
Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB
Maiwald GmbH
ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A.
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(6)
Keywords
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step - closest prior art
Inventive step - combination invention (yes)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)
Catchword
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.