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EP2981271 - THERAPEUTIC USES OF EMPAGLIFLOZIN [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Opposition rejected Status updated on 20.03.2024 Database last updated on 03.04.2025
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 12.10.2018
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 30.05.2018
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 29.09.2017
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 01.09.2017
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 05.04.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	03.10.2024	Change - lapse in a contracting state State(s) deleted from list of lapses: AL	published on 06.11.2024 [2024/45]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH Binger Strasse 173 55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
	[2018/46]
Former [2016/06]	For all designated states Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH Binger Strasse 173 55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
Inventor(s)	01 / BROEDL, Uli Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Corporate Patents Binger Strasse 173 55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
	02 / VON EYNATTEN, Maximilian Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Corporate Patents Binger Strasse 173 55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
	03 / MACHA, Sreeraj Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp. c/o VP IP Legal, 900 Ridgebury Road, P.O. Box 368 Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877-0368 / US
	04 / WOERLE, Hans-Juergen Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Corporate Patents Binger Strasse 173 55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
	[2016/06]
Representative(s)	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB Arabellastraße 30 81925 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2016/06]	Simon, Elke Anna Maria, et al Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Binger Strasse 173 55216 Ingelheim am Rhein / DE
Application number, filing date	14715578.2	03.04.2014
	[2016/06]
	WO2014EP56657
Priority number, date	US201361808804P	05.04.2013 Original published format: US 201361808804 P
	CA20132812519	10.04.2013 Original published format: CA 2812519
	US201361908991P	26.11.2013 Original published format: US 201361908991 P
	[2016/06]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2014161919
	Date:	09.10.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/41]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2981271
	Date:	10.02.2016
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 09.10.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2016/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2981271
	Date:	14.11.2018
	Language:	EN
	[2018/46]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	09.10.2014
Classification	IPC:	A61K31/7048, A61P3/10, A61P13/12	[2016/06]
	CPC:	A61K31/7048 (EP,KR,MX,US); A61K31/7034 (US); A61K9/2018 (US); A61K9/2866 (US); A61P13/00 (EP); A61P13/12 (EP); (+) A61P3/00 (EP); A61P3/10 (EP,KR) (-)
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2016/06]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	THERAPEUTISCHE VERWENDUNGEN VON EMPAGLIFLOZIN	[2016/06]
	English:	THERAPEUTIC USES OF EMPAGLIFLOZIN	[2016/06]
	French:	USAGES THÉRAPEUTIQUES D'EMPAGLIFLOZINE	[2016/06]
Entry into regional phase	05.11.2015	National basic fee paid
	05.11.2015	Designation fee(s) paid
	05.11.2015	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	30.10.2015	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	05.11.2015	Examination requested [2016/06]
	06.04.2017	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	19.07.2017	Observations by third parties
	02.08.2017	Observations by third parties
	14.08.2017	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
	16.08.2017	Fee for grant paid
	16.08.2017	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	28.09.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	06.02.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.05.2018	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	01.10.2018	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
	11.09.2019	Observations by third parties
Divisional application(s)	EP18197967.5 / EP3456332
Opposition(s)	Opponent(s)	01 02.08.2019 07.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto Smarjeska cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto / SI Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
		02 09.08.2019 21.10.2019 WITHDRAWN Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG) Van-der-Smissen-Straße 1 22767 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB Jungfernstieg 38 20354 Hamburg / DE
		03 12.08.2019 15.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE EGIS Gyógyszergyár Zártkörüen Müködö Részvénytársaság Keresztúri út 30-38 1106 Budapest / HU Opponent's representative Stolmár & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Blumenstraße 17 80331 München / DE
		04 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 124 Dvora HaNevi'a St. 6944020 Tel Aviv / IL Opponent's representative Kraus & Lederer PartGmbB, et al, et al Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15 80539 München / DE
		05 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Stada-Arzneimittel Aktiengesellschaft Stadastrasse 2-18 61118 Bad Vilbel / DE Opponent's representative Kernebeck, Thomas Kernebeck Patentanwalts GmbH Stiftstraße 2 60313 Frankfurt am Main / DE
		06 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Generics (U.K.) Limited Building 4, Trident Place Mosquito Way Hatfield Herts AL 10 9UL / GB Opponent's representative Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Nymphenburger Straße 4 80335 München / DE
		07 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A. ul. Pelplinska 19 83-200 Starogard Gdanski / PL Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		08 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Gillard, Richard Edward Elkington and Fife LLP Thavies Inn House 3-4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA / GB Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		[N/P]
	Former [2024/04]
	Opponent(s)	01 02.08.2019 07.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto Smarjeska cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto / SI Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
		02 09.08.2019 21.10.2019 WITHDRAWN Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG) Van-der-Smissen-Straße 1 22767 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB Jungfernstieg 38 20354 Hamburg / DE
		03 12.08.2019 15.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE EGIS Gyógyszergyár Zártkörüen Müködö Részvénytársaság Keresztúri út 30-38 1106 Budapest / HU Opponent's representative Stolmár & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Blumenstraße 17 80331 München / DE
		04 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 124 Dvora HaNevi'a St. 6944020 Tel Aviv / IL Opponent's representative Kraus & Weisert Patentanwälte PartGmbB, et al, et al Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15 80539 München / DE
		05 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Stada-Arzneimittel Aktiengesellschaft Stadastrasse 2-18 61118 Bad Vilbel / DE Opponent's representative Kernebeck, Thomas Kernebeck Patentanwalts GmbH Stiftstraße 2 60313 Frankfurt am Main / DE
		06 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Generics (U.K.) Limited Building 4, Trident Place Mosquito Way Hatfield Herts AL 10 9UL / GB Opponent's representative Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Nymphenburger Straße 4 80335 München / DE
		07 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A. ul. Pelplinska 19 83-200 Starogard Gdanski / PL Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		08 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Gillard, Richard Edward Elkington and Fife LLP Thavies Inn House 3-4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA / GB Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	Former [2021/47]
	Opponent(s)	01 02.08.2019 07.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto Smarjeska cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto / SI Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
		02 09.08.2019 21.10.2019 WITHDRAWN Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG) Van-der-Smissen-Straße 1 22767 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB Jungfernstieg 38 20354 Hamburg / DE
		03 12.08.2019 15.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE EGIS Gyógyszergyár Zártkörüen Müködö Részvénytársaság Keresztúri út 30-38 1106 Budapest / HU Opponent's representative Stolmár & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Blumenstraße 17 80331 München / DE
		04 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 124 Dvora HaNevi'a St. 6944020 Tel Aviv / IL Opponent's representative Lederer & Keller Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, et al, et al Unsöldstraße 2 80538 München / DE
		05 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Stada-Arzneimittel Aktiengesellschaft Stadastrasse 2-18 61118 Bad Vilbel / DE Opponent's representative Kernebeck, Thomas Kernebeck Patentanwalts GmbH Stiftstraße 2 60313 Frankfurt am Main / DE
		06 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Generics (U.K.) Limited Building 4, Trident Place Mosquito Way Hatfield Herts AL 10 9UL / GB Opponent's representative Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Nymphenburger Straße 4 80335 München / DE
		07 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A. ul. Pelplinska 19 83-200 Starogard Gdanski / PL Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		08 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Gillard, Richard Edward Elkington and Fife LLP Thavies Inn House 3-4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA / GB Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	Former [2021/02]
	Opponent(s)	01 02.08.2019 07.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto Smarjeska cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto / SI Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
		02 09.08.2019 21.10.2019 WITHDRAWN Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG) Van-der-Smissen-Straße 1 22767 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB Jungfernstieg 38 20354 Hamburg / DE
		03 12.08.2019 15.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE EGIS Gyógyszergyár Zártkörüen Müködö Részvénytársaság Keresztúri út 30-38 1106 Budapest / HU Opponent's representative Stolmár & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Blumenstraße 17 80331 München / DE
		04 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 5 Basel Street 49131 Petach-Tikva / IL Opponent's representative Lederer & Keller Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB, et al, et al Unsöldstraße 2 80538 München / DE
		05 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Stada-Arzneimittel Aktiengesellschaft Stadastrasse 2-18 61118 Bad Vilbel / DE Opponent's representative Kernebeck, Thomas Kernebeck Patentanwalts GmbH Stiftstraße 2 60313 Frankfurt am Main / DE
		06 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Generics (U.K.) Limited Building 4, Trident Place Mosquito Way Hatfield Herts AL 10 9UL / GB Opponent's representative Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Nymphenburger Straße 4 80335 München / DE
		07 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A. ul. Pelplinska 19 83-200 Starogard Gdanski / PL Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		08 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Gillard, Richard Edward Elkington and Fife LLP Thavies Inn House 3-4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA / GB Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	Former [2019/48]
	Opponent(s)	01 02.08.2019 07.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto Smarjeska cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto / SI Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
		02 09.08.2019 21.10.2019 WITHDRAWN Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG) Van-der-Smissen-Straße 1 22767 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB Jungfernstieg 38 20354 Hamburg / DE
		03 12.08.2019 15.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE EGIS Gyógyszergyár Zártkörüen Müködö Részvénytársaság Keresztúri út 30-38 1106 Budapest / HU Opponent's representative Stolmár & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Blumenstraße 17 80331 München / DE
		04 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 5 Basel Street 49131 Petach-Tikva / IL Opponent's representative Best, Michael, et al, et al Lederer & Keller Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Unsöldstrasse 2 80538 München / DE
		05 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Stada-Arzneimittel Aktiengesellschaft Stadastrasse 2-18 61118 Bad Vilbel / DE Opponent's representative Kernebeck, Thomas Kernebeck Patentanwalts GmbH Stiftstraße 2 60313 Frankfurt am Main / DE
		06 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Generics (U.K.) Limited Building 4, Trident Place Mosquito Way Hatfield Herts AL 10 9UL / GB Opponent's representative Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Nymphenburger Straße 4 80335 München / DE
		07 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A. ul. Pelplinska 19 83-200 Starogard Gdanski / PL Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		08 14.08.2019 21.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Gillard, Richard Edward Elkington and Fife LLP Thavies Inn House 3-4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA / GB Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	Former [2019/38]
	Opponent(s)	01 02.08.2019 07.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto Smarjeska cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto / SI Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
		02 09.08.2019 15.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Alfred E. Tiefenbacher (GmbH & Co. KG) Van-der-Smissen-Straße 1 22767 Hamburg / DE Opponent's representative Hamm&Wittkopp Patentanwälte PartmbB Jungfernstieg 38 20354 Hamburg / DE
		03 12.08.2019 15.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE EGIS Gyógyszergyár Zártkörüen Müködö Részvénytársaság Keresztúri út 30-38 1106 Budapest / HU Opponent's representative Stolmár & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB Blumenstraße 17 80331 München / DE
		04 14.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 5 Basel Street 49131 Petach-Tikva / IL Opponent's representative Best, Michael, et al, et al Lederer & Keller Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB Unsöldstrasse 2 80538 München / DE
		05 14.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Stada-Arzneimittel Aktiengesellschaft Stadastrasse 2-18 61118 Bad Vilbel / DE Opponent's representative Kernebeck, Thomas Kernebeck Patentanwalts GmbH Stiftstraße 2 60313 Frankfurt am Main / DE
		06 14.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Generics (U.K.) Limited Building 4, Trident Place Mosquito Way Hatfield Herts AL 10 9UL / GB Opponent's representative Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner Patentanwälte mbB Nymphenburger Straße 4 80335 München / DE
		07 14.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE ZAKLADY FARMACEUTYCZNE POLPHARMA S.A. ul. Pelplinska 19 83-200 Starogard Gdanski / PL Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
		08 14.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE Gillard, Richard Edward Elkington and Fife LLP Thavies Inn House 3-4 Holborn Circus London EC1N 2HA / GB Opponent's representative Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR / GB
	Former [2019/37]
	Opponent(s)	01 02.08.2019 07.08.2019 ADMISSIBLE KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto Smarjeska cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto / SI Opponent's representative Kutzenberger Wolff & Partner Waidmarkt 11 50676 Köln / DE
	30.08.2019	Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition
	09.03.2020	Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition
	18.12.2020	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 12.01.2021
	12.01.2021	Date of oral proceedings
	18.05.2021	Date of oral proceedings
	25.06.2021	Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings
	25.06.2021	Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked
	09.02.2024	Legal effect of rejection of opposition [2024/17]
	20.03.2024	Date of despatch of rejection of opposition
Appeal following opposition	01.09.2021	Appeal received No. T1437/21
	01.09.2021	Payment of appeal fee
	05.11.2021	Statement of grounds filed
	09.02.2024	Result of appeal procedure: maintenance in unamended form
	20.03.2024	Despatch of the decision of the Board of Appeal
	09.02.2024	Date of oral proceedings
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	02.05.2016	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.05.2017	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.04.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	SM	14.11.2018
	[2024/45]
Former [2019/37]	AL	14.11.2018
	SM	14.11.2018
Former [2019/26]	AL	14.11.2018
Cited in	International search	[A]WO2011039337 (BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INT [DE], et al);
		[A]WO2013007557 (BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INT [DE], et al);
	Opposition	WO2006117359
		WO2009022007
		WO2014161919
		WO2011039337
		WO2013007557
		CA2812519
		EP2981271

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