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
- IPC class
- A61K 9/19A61K 31/496A61M 5/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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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.