T 0655/24 (Inert Fc region/GENMAB) of 20.01.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T065524.20260120
- Date of decision
- 20 January 2026
- Case number
- T 0655/24
- Online on
- 17 April 2026
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 14700200.0
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Inert format
- Applicant name
- Genmab A/S
- Opponent name
- Ampersand Partnerschaft von Rechanwälten mbB
- Board
- 3.3.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
- Considerations in view of G 2/21 on taking an improvement of a technical effect into account for assessing inventive step (points 58 to 72 of the Reasons)
- Cited cases
- G 0001/03G 0002/10G 0002/21T 1791/11T 0787/14T 1322/17T 1989/19T 2716/19T 0314/20T 0364/20T 1913/21T 0446/22T 0840/22T 1135/22
- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of the set of claims of the main request, originally filed as auxiliary request 6 with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal, and a description and drawings to be adapted as necessary.