Recently published decisions 2023
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 2023
Neuheit - ja
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja
Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen
Spät eingereichter Einwand - ja
Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - novelty - (yes)
The implementation of non-technical requirements on a technical prior art system might require modifications which, at first glance, appear non-obvious, as there is no technical reason for them in view of the prior art alone. However, since according to the principles of "Comvik" non-technical features cannot contribute to inventive step, the non-technical requirements must be seen as a given, and the skilled person implementing them must make the necessary modifications to the prior art.
(See point 17 of the reasons).
Inventive step - (no
Inventive step - all requests)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Amendment to case - auxiliary request
Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no)
Claim construction
Claims - clarity
Claims - main request (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no)
Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein)
Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund
Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein)
Neuheit - (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)