Recently published decisions 2022
All board of appeal decisions released for publication in the last three months are shown in the list below (newest first). The website checks for new decisions daily and updates the list accordingly. For full lists per year, please access the subpages.
December 2022
Recevabilité du recours - mémoire de recours
Recevabilité du recours - déposé dans les délais (oui)
Droit d'être entendu - procédure d'opposition
Nouveauté - (oui)
Activité inventive - (oui)
Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (ja)
Zulassung - Hilfsantrag (nein)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
amendment of the party's appeal case - new request limited to one alternative (yes)
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Exceptional circumstances (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of department of first instance
Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Request filed after summons - auxiliary request (not admitted)
Admissibility of patent proprietor's appeal - statement of grounds - filed within time limit (no)
Admissibility of appeal - (no)
Admissibility of appeal - Prohibition of reformatio in peius
Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Antrag auf Überprüfung (offensichtlich unbegründet)
Verstoß gegen Art. 112a (2) c) (nein)