RE: JPM4 Jan 2026 15:46
The Written Opinion reduced the claims to "The subject-matter of claims 48-50 and 87 therefore meet the requirements of the PCT with respect to novelty and inventive step."
48. The compound of claim 1, wherein the compound is selected from those in Table 4, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
49. A compound, wherein the compound is selected from those in Table 5B, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
50. A construct, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, comprising a compound selected from those in Table 5B, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, conjugated to a binding moiety.
87. The construct of claim 11, wherein the construct is selected from those in Table 5A.
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Here's hoping that AVA6103 is amongst these allowed compounds! It is normal to make very broad claims as well as for what you want to specifically cover. The broader the claims that are accepted, the better the protection, but it's usual for many of them to be rejected. That's not such a bad thing - and is integral to why broad claims are made - as all the compounds described in the application, whether ultimately allowed or not, are now in the public domain and so have lost 'novelty', which will therefore bar other companies from working in those areas.
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Who'd be a patent agent, patent examiner, or patent attorney, eh?!