CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO) has ruled in favor of the opposing parties in oral proceedings before the European Opposition Board related to the ’945 (EP 1214945) patent in its Kreutzer-Limmer patent estate. This ruling does not affect other granted claims of the Kreutzer-Limmer patent series, nor does it affect the ongoing examination of other applications in this patent family, which the company expects will result in new granted patents. In addition, the ruling of this Opposition Hearing is not considered final and can be appealed.
