T 0792/24 (Combination of plinabulin and taxane / BEYONDSPRING) of 25.07.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T079224.20250725
- Date of decision
- 25 July 2025
- Case number
- T 0792/24
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 13895342.7
- IPC class
- A61K 31/496A61P 35/00A61K 31/337
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- CANCER TREATMENT WITH COMBINATION OF PLINABULIN AND TAXANE
- Applicant name
- BeyondSpring, Inc.
- Opponent name
- Synthon BV
- Board
- 3.3.07
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83
- Keywords
- Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 1 (yes)
Amendments - allowable
Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of auxiliary request 1 filed on 19 November 2024 and a description to be adapted thereto.