European Patent Office

T 0722/24 (Enzalutamide/MEDIVATION) of 09.07.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T072224.20250709
Date of decision
9 July 2025
Case number
T 0722/24
Online on
14 August 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
20177837.0
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
FORMULATIONS OF ENZALUTAMIDE
Applicant name
Medivation Prostate Therapeutics LLC
Astellas Pharma Inc.
Opponent name
SANDOZ AG
Zentiva k.s.
Dr. Schön, Neymeyr & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB
STADA Arzneimittel AG
Synthon BV
Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG)
Maiwald GmbH
Accord Healthcare Ltd
Bülle Dr., Jan
Elkington and Fife LLP
Board
3.3.07
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 115European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 76(1)European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 87(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Late-filed evidence - admittance
Observations by third parties - admittance (no)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Priority - basis in priority document (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 1965/23

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeals are dismissed.