Key points
- PCT filed in 2001, EP entry in 2003, communication in 2004, 2nd communication in 2011 (!), summons in 2017, appeal in 2017, decision of the Board in 2022, intention to grant in 2022 (same primary examiner as in 2002, by the way)
There is one application with a filing date in 2003 and grant in 2022: EP1463945. EP entry in 2004, communications in 2007 and in 2010, summons in 2012, appeal in 2013, decision Board in 2020 with an order to grant the patent with a description to be adapted, intention to grant in 2021, request for correction (wrong drawing used by the EPO), second intention to grant in 2022.
There are 8 appeal cases filed in 2014 and with a decision published in 2022, e.g. T 0550/14, T 1621/14, T 0144/14, T 2327/14, T 0611/14, T 1499/14, T 0082/14, T 0909/14.
Disclaimer: there could be an interruption of proceedings in a case that is not visible in the public part of the file (not sure about this).
There are 46 patents that were granted in 2022 and have a filing date (or priority date) in 2021. At least one of them indeed relates to treatment for a coronavirus (EP395330).
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