Decisions in 2004

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2004 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2004

December 2004

T 0508/00 () of 29.6.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B 12/00	Application no. 94400636.0
Keywords: Location équivalent à une vente pour un usage antérieur Mauvaise communication entre sociétés filiales ne constitue pas une excuse valable pour admettre des documents déposés tardivement Admission des attestations fournies en réponse à une décision de la division d'opposition Renvoi à l'instance du premier degrée				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 50.209K)
T 0603/00 () of 22.12.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/06	Application no. 90104717.5
Keywords: Patentability - (no) Novelty - (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.680K)
T 1102/00 (Mammalian membrane receptors/CNRS) of 1.6.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C12N 15/81	Application no. 89400768.1
Keywords: Main request and auxiliary request 1 - disclaimer not allowable Auxiliary requests 2 to 4 - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 5 - not admitted in the appeal proceedings				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.591K)
T 0537/02 (Detergent composition/UNILEVER) of 19.10.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 19.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/56	Application no. 92900769.8
Keywords: Main request: sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no) First auxiliary request: inventive step (no) Second auxiliary request: inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.475K)
T 0951/02 (Unterhaltungs- und Geldspielgerät/NSM) of 9.11.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 17/32	Application no. 98119132.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Formulierung einer objektiven technischen Aufgabe aus einer nichttechnischen Aufgabenstellung in der Anmeldung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.625K)
T 1090/02 (Luciferase/PROMEGA) of 30.9.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/66	Application no. 91919421.7
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 53.157K)
T 1136/02 () of 9.11.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F 15/14 E04F 15/02 E04F 13/08	Application no. 98106535.2
Keywords: Main and first auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes) Second auxiliary request - added subject-matter (no) - disclosure - sufficiency (yes) - novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 57.427K)
T 1142/02 () of 10.11.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F 15/14 E04F 15/02 E04F 13/08	Application no. 98201555.4
Keywords: Main request - added subject-matter (no); Disclosure sufficiency (yes); Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 58.158K)
T 0241/03 () of 22.11.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16G 11/10	Application no. 97121738.5
Keywords: Novelty - public prior use (yes) Inventive step (no) - main request Inventive step (yes) - auxiliary request				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.753K)
T 0370/03 () of 18.11.2004
Online on 30.12.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G21C 9/06	Application no. 96934265.8
Keywords: Inventive step (no) Admissibility of late-filed request (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.160K)
T 0926/01 () of 30.11.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 30.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/368	Application no. 91300085.7
Keywords: Novelty, inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.248K)
T 0011/02 () of 18.10.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N 1/05	Application no. 93118003.8
Keywords: Neuheit - nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.402K)
T 0488/02 () of 10.12.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A63B 43/00	Application no. 98947687.4
Keywords: Extension of subject-matter - yes Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.069K)
T 0761/02 () of 18.11.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 54/38	Application no. 93924483.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.666K)
T 0823/02 () of 17.12.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.12.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A45B 23/00	Application no. 00410029.3
Keywords: Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 63.616K)
T 1075/02 () of 3.12.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 13/00	Application no. 96112202.5
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Zulässigkeit der Änderungen in Anspruch 1, Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (ursprüngliche Offenbarung und Klarheit) (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 68.146K)
T 1135/02 (Amortissement des bruits/HPI) of 9.11.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC F04C 15/00	Application no. 96401657.0
Keywords: Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 73.055K)
T 0486/03 () of 12.11.2004
Online on 29.12.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017	Application no. 95202251.5
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 64.859K)
T 0426/00 () of 27.6.2003
Online on 28.12.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.6.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/20	Application no. 94117307.2
Keywords: Main request: Novelty - (yes) Auxiliary request I: Suspension of the appeal proceedings				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.354K)
T 0735/00 (Anti-CRP antibodies/IATRON LABORATORIES, INC.) of 23.3.2004
Online on 28.12.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/08	Application no. 90906370.3
Keywords: Late filed auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - admissibility - (yes) Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 - (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 56.885K)
T 0348/02 () of 7.12.2004
Online on 28.12.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G 21/04	Application no. 94902681.9
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit(ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.937K)
T 1143/02 () of 29.9.2004
Online on 28.12.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A42B 3/14	Application no. 94107187.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 66.127K)
T 0249/03 () of 30.11.2004
Online on 28.12.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V 11/02	Application no. 96901087.5
Keywords: Inventive step - no (main and auxiliary request)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.648K)
T 0386/03 () of 27.10.2004
Online on 28.12.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A43C 3/00	Application no. 95117772.4
Keywords: Revendication modifiée de manière à étendre son objet au-delà de la demande telle que déposée à l'origine (requêtes principale et auxiliaire) (non) Activité inventive (requête principale) (non), (requête auxiliaire) (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 79.990K)
T 0361/00 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 27.12.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B 7/60	Application no. 92402140.5
Keywords: Recevabilité du recours (oui) Nouveauté (oui) : objet du prétendu usage public non défini Activité inventive (oui) Audition de témoin (non) Renvoi pour poursuite de la procédure (non) Vice(s) substantiel(s) de procédure (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 67.078K)
T 0856/01 () of 9.11.2004
Online on 27.12.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/365	Application no. 91116269.1
Keywords: Opposition grounds - lack of patentability Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.220K)
T 0148/02 () of 30.11.2004
Online on 27.12.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H01B 17/28	Application no. 94113592.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.162K)
T 0533/02 () of 26.10.2004
Online on 27.12.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F42B 12/72 F42B 15/34 C04B 37/00	Application no. 97935567.4
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.635K)
T 0508/04 () of 21.12.2004
Online on 27.12.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/44	Application no. 95610027.5
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.789K)
T 1086/99 (Edible oil/fat compositions/KAO CORPORATION) of 10.11.2004
Online on 27.12.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 9/00	Application no. 92202859.2
Keywords: Admissibility of new opposition ground (yes): correct use of the discretionary power by opposition division Main request: Article 123 EPC (yes): support in the application as originally filed Clarity (yes): term 'cooking' taken in its broadest meaningful sense Novelty (no): the use claim encompasses the use of the olive oil known from prior art First auxiliary request: Article 123 EPC (no): the disclaimer is not allowable since the prior art is not so remote to disappear for the assessment of inventive step Second auxiliary request: inventive step (no): obvious method steps for the preparation of a known product Third auxiliary request: inventive step (no): further conventional steps				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 63.661K)
T 1025/01 () of 23.11.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/08	Application no. 94906554.4
Keywords: Form of opponent's appeal - admissible (yes) Inventive step (main request) - yes (exclusion of hindsight)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.356K)
T 0141/02 () of 14.12.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61H 33/02	Application no. 95103609.4
Keywords: Änderungen - Erweiterung (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.165K)
T 0172/02 ("Inhalationspulver/BOEHRINGER") of 18.11.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/00	Application no. 92924673.4
Keywords: Zukässigkeit der während der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Anträge (ja):"bona fide" - Versuch der Beschwerdeführerin Einwendungen der Kammer während der mündlichen Verhandlung Rechnung zu tragen Hauptantrag: Klarheit (nein), Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (ja) Hilfsanträge 1 und 2: Verstoß gegen Artikel 123 (2) EPÜ durch Aufnahme einer speziellen Ausführungsform eines in den Erstunterlagen generell definierten Merkmals aus einem Beispiel in die Ansprüche (ja), Klarheit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 55.130K)
T 0833/02 (Cis-Cyclopropanes/CHEMINOVA) of 16.11.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 16.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 61/35	Application no. 96924795.6
Keywords: Main request: inventive step (yes) - non-obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268.285K)
T 1154/02 () of 5.10.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 47/00	Application no. 95111549.2
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit, ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit, nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.566K)
T 1081/03 () of 16.12.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E05C 3/04 E05B 13/10 E05B 3/06	Application no. 95117749.2
Keywords: Einspruch - Zulässigkeit (nein) Mangelnde Substantiierung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.432K)
T 0272/04 (Betrieb einer Einrichtung zur Datenübertragung/CM Electronic) of 5.10.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 3/54	Application no. 93106866.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint) Zurückverweisung (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.903K)
T 0303/04 () of 13.12.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/02	Application no. 92111701.6
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.410K)
T 0661/04 () of 20.12.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 5/30	Application no. 99925813.0
Keywords: Missing statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.210K)
W 0016/04 (Muscle acetylcholine receptor/HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE) of 2.12.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/12	Application no. -
Keywords: Lack of unity a posteriori (yes) Protest dismissed (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 72.476K)
W 0036/04 () of 10.12.2004
Online on 23.12.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 21/68	Application no. -
Keywords: Einheitlichkeit (nein) Kammer nicht kompetent über die Höhe der vorgeschriebenen zusätzlichen Gebühren zu entscheiden				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 73.397K)
T 0251/01 () of 13.10.2004
Online on 22.12.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/12	Application no. 92304269.1
Keywords: Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty (yes) Remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.440K)
T 0402/02 () of 23.11.2004
Online on 22.12.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 5/14	Application no. 95931227.3
Keywords: Große Beschwerdekammer - Befassung durch die Beschwerdekammer (nein) Klärende Änderungen - zugelassen				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.756K)
T 0206/03 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 22.12.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B43K 1/12	Application no. 97113369.9
Keywords: Extension beyond the application as filed - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.035K)
T 0454/03 (vecteur viral/TRANSGENE) of 6.10.2004
Online on 22.12.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C12N 15/86	Application no. 95941755.1
Keywords: Requête principale - activité inventive - non Requête subsidiaire - admissibilité - oui Requête subsidiaire - renvoi à la première instance - non Requête subsidiaire - activité inventive - oui				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 59.938K)
T 0664/03 () of 20.10.2004
Online on 22.12.2004	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/08	Application no. 92917586.7
Keywords: Main request and 1st to 5th auxiliary requests: amendments - added subject-matter (yes) - correction of obvious error (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.607K)
T 0296/04 () of 17.12.2004
Online on 22.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 41/34	Application no. 02013299.9
Keywords: Extension of subject-matter beyond content of parent application (no); remittal to first instance for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.816K)
T 0860/00 (Particulate detergent composition/UNILEVER) of 28.9.2004
Online on 21.12.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/10	Application no. 91305058.9
Keywords: Inventive step (main request - no): surprisingly improved property not credible in respect of the whole range of the claimed compositions Inventive step (first auxiliary request - yes): surprisingly improved property				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 59.979K)
T 0003/03 (Cold flow Additives/INFINEUM) of 19.10.2004
Online on 21.12.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/02	Application no. 93905284.1
Keywords: Main request: admissibility of amendment - no; no generalisation of an effect obtained for particular embodiments First auxiliary request: novelty - yes; use in a different process - process of a prior art document according to Article 54(3) EPC requiring a particular process step excluded by means of a disclaimer				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.572K)
T 1063/03 () of 16.12.2004
Online on 21.12.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.12.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 38/48	Application no. 97919487.5
Keywords: Rétablissement dans le délai de quatre mois exposant les motifs du recours (non) Cessation de l'empêchement - date				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 20.059K)
T 0123/02 (Fuel additive/CHEVRON) of 1.10.2004
Online on 20.12.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/18	Application no. 95917106.7
Keywords: Remittal for further prosecution of inventive step on the basis of a different interpretation of the claims				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.115K)
T 1059/02 () of 4.10.2004
Online on 20.12.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/737	Application no. 97105449.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes): no clear disclosure in the prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.371K)
T 1098/02 (Wafer polishing/SHIN-ETSU) of 15.10.2004
Online on 20.12.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/306	Application no. 94303951.1
Keywords: Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Claimed upper limit - not an arbitrary limit				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.987K)
T 0183/03 () of 13.12.2004
Online on 20.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/18	Application no. 96250030.2
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.742K)
T 0740/98 (Dioxazines/SUMITOMO) of 9.11.2004
Online on 20.12.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C09B 62/503	Application no. 90101890.3
Keywords: Applicability of G 1/03 - (yes) Allowability of disclaimer - requirement of accidental anticipation - added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.750K)
T 0485/00 (Calcium carbonate filler/MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES) of 22.9.2004
Online on 17.12.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C01F 11/18	Application no. 95118362.3
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure: yes - measuring methods not expressly indicated in patent Novelty: yes Inventive step: yes - non obvious alternative				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 59.336K)
T 0929/02 () of 9.12.2004
Online on 17.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 5/08 G02B 1/10	Application no. 95810679.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht) Verfahren aus dem Stand der Technik stellen keine äquivalenten Alternativen dar.				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 86.323K)
T 0918/03 () of 7.12.2004
Online on 17.12.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/34	Application no. 94303387.8
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step (yes, after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.620K)
T 0384/00 () of 21.10.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F 6/46	Application no. 94110503.3
Keywords: Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (yes) - problem and solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.788K)
T 0765/01 () of 2.11.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D06C 7/02	Application no. 95810058.8
Keywords: Einspruchsgründe - Erweiterung (Hauptantrag) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht (Hilfsantrag) Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 73.620K)
T 0787/01 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B 27/14	Application no. 94907035.3
Keywords: Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Document late filed in opposition - discussed in the written submission of the parties during the appeal proceedings - admitted in appeal (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 78.991K)
T 1161/01 (Erfassung des Verhaltens eines Fahrschülers/Oerlikon Contraves AG) of 8.12.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B 9/05	Application no. 97115242.6
Keywords: Keine vom Patentinhaber gebilligte Fassung des Patents				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 16.114K)
T 0337/02 (Blondiermittel für menschliche Haare/KPSS-Kao Professional Salon … of 16.12.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 16.12.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/135	Application no. 94101350.0
Keywords: Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag: Neuheit (nein): Die Angabe des pH-Wertes in der gebrauchsfertigen Mischung wirkt nicht einschränkend für die Mischung in Pulverfom. Die Pulvermischung aus dem Stand der Technik ist von Anspruch 1 umfaßt				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.164K)
T 0611/02 () of 9.11.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 1/40	Application no. 95118292.2
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 68.181K)
T 0970/02 () of 25.10.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23D 59/00	Application no. 91919168.4
Keywords: Disclaimer - no Admissibility of amendments - yes Novelty and inventive step - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.144K)
T 0634/03 () of 25.11.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C03B 23/03	Application no. 99202168.3
Keywords: Extension beyond the content of the parent application (main and auxiliary request - yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.255K)
T 0813/04 () of 8.12.2004
Online on 16.12.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 61/00	Application no. 96908984.6
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.889K)
T 0964/01 (IgG antibodies/THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION LIMITED) of 3.12.2004
Online on 15.12.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/06 C12P 21/08	Application no. 91917891.3
Keywords: Added subject-matter - new main request and auxiliary request - (no) Remittal to first instance department - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.671K)
T 0067/03 () of 8.12.2004
Online on 15.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.12.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC G01B 7/02	Application no. 97935594.8
Keywords: Activité inventive (requête principale - non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 41.291K)
T 0002/01 () of 20.10.2004
Online on 14.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 23/02	Application no. 91104029.3
Keywords: Disclaimer - Zulässigkeit (Hauptantrag - verneint) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (abgelehnt) Neuheit (Hilfsantrag - bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 67.256K)
T 0208/01 () of 2.10.2003
Online on 14.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.10.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 299/06	Application no. 90304243.0
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.279K)
T 0241/02 () of 24.9.2004
Online on 14.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 2/28	Application no. 94919818.8
Keywords: Reinsertion of portion of description				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.305K)
T 0909/02 () of 23.11.2004
Online on 14.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 7/00	Application no. 97903326.3
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.652K)
T 0845/99 (Hostile interference/DIGI-MEDIA VISION) of 4.11.2004
Online on 14.12.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/08	Application no. 91907056.5
Keywords: Admissibility of amended main and first auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - admissible second auxiliary request (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.442K)
J 0016/03 (Withdrawal of international application/ASTEX) of 26.11.2004
Online on 13.12.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 26.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 64.288K)
T 0299/00 () of 10.11.2004
Online on 13.12.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/04	Application no. 95100967.9
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Exclusion of hindsight				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.833K)
T 0779/02 () of 24.11.2004
Online on 13.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 21/90	Application no. 94924822.3
Keywords: Neuheit: bejaht (Neuheit einer Anzahl) Erfinderische Tätigkeit: bejaht (Überwindung eines Vorurteils)				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 35.731K)
T 1194/02 () of 19.11.2004
Online on 13.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 19.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B23P 15/14	Application no. 96103849.4
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Haupt- und Hilfsantrag 1) - nein Hilfsantrag 2 als verspätet nicht zugelassen (mit Merkmal aus Beschreibung, am Ende der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereicht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.072K)
T 0508/02 () of 9.11.2004
Online on 10.12.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F16N 11/08	Application no. 96914917.8
Keywords: Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs (bejaht) Änderungen - Zulässigkeit (bejaht) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.725K)
T 0006/03 () of 28.10.2004
Online on 10.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 13/02	Application no. 97921804.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint Einreichung des 1. Hilfsantrag - als unzulässig zurückgewiesen Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 71.258K)
T 1142/01 () of 26.10.2004
Online on 09.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 5/22	Application no. 95105620.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.260K)
T 0613/02 () of 3.12.2004
Online on 09.12.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K 3/037	Application no. 96938370.2
Keywords: Admissibility of the amendments (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.340K)
T 0935/02 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 09.12.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B60S 1/34	Application no. 93401828.4
Keywords: Activité inventive - requêtes principale et subsidiaire (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 35.866K)
T 0592/04 () of 30.11.2004
Online on 09.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 30.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 23/00	Application no. 97912612.5
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no) Auxiliary requests - substantial amendments - remittal to first instance				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.470K)
T 0528/00 () of 8.12.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F 7/09	Application no. 93918462.8
Keywords: Inventive step - no (main and five auxiliary requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.061K)
T 0579/00 (Glycinderivate/AVENTIS) of 9.9.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D 239/46	Application no. 95103333.1
Keywords: Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1 - Klarheit (nein) - widersprüchliche Merkmale Hilfsantrag 2: Klarheit (ja) - Widerspruch gelöst, Neuheit (ja) - Merkmale nicht in Kombination offenbart, Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - willkürliche Auswahl Rückzahlung Beschwerdegebühr (nein) - kein Verfahrensfehler				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 45.408K)
T 1075/01 () of 22.10.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04	Application no. 93921509.1
Keywords: Late-filed material (partially admitted) Priority (not valid) Interpretation of parameter Novelty (yes) Inventive step - remittal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 68.874K)
T 0381/02 () of 26.8.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 33/12	Application no. 94904623.9
Keywords: Große Beschwerdekammer - Befassung (verneint) Einspruchsgründe Neuheit - (Hauptantrag: verneint, Hilfsantrag: bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe und Lösung (Hilfsantrag: bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416.006K)
T 0434/02 () of 9.11.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G08G 1/0968	Application no. 95250281.3
Keywords: Klarheit - (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 22.069K)
T 0567/02 () of 14.10.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C08F 265/06	Application no. 94910444.2
Keywords: Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 76.112K)
T 0868/02 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 25/02	Application no. 94201636.1
Keywords: Extension of protection (no) - deletion of disclaimer (yes) Novelty (no) - selection criteria not met Late request - not admitted				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 55.295K)
T 0924/02 (Fluorierte Alkane/BAUSCH & LOMB) of 4.11.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 19/08	Application no. 98106109.6
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Neuheit (nein) - Einzelverbindung vorbeschrieben Hilfsanträge 1 und 2: Neuheit (ja) - Merkmalskombination nicht offenbart - mehrfache Auswahl aus Listen; erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - Verbesserung nicht für gesamte Breite - Beweislast - umformulierte Aufgabe - naheliegende Lösung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.757K)
T 1060/02 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 96810653.4
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.754K)
T 0658/03 () of 7.10.2004
Online on 08.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/00	Application no. 96913550.8
Keywords: Amendments - Art. 123(2) and (3) - added subject-matter (yes) (main request, auxiliary requests I, IV, V) extension of protection conferred (yes) (auxiliary request VI)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 49.986K)
T 0981/01 () of 24.11.2004
Online on 07.12.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 5/00	Application no. 92921310.6
Keywords: Parties to appeal - entitlement to appeal Adversely affected (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20.844K)
T 1150/02 (Redispersible composition with reactive epoxide groups/Elotex) of 7.12.2004
Online on 07.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/24	Application no. 96100581.6
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Parties to appeal - entitlement to appeal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 100.414K)
T 1166/02 (Heat sink/SAINT-GOBAIN) of 23.11.2004
Online on 07.12.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/433	Application no. 95201765.5
Keywords: Request for a decision on the basis of the documents presently on file The reasons for the non-allowability of the application incorporated in the decision by reference to the communication under Article 11(1) RPBA				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.182K)
T 0638/04 () of 4.11.2004
Online on 07.12.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 417/12	Application no. 99108192.8
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.217K)
T 0639/04 () of 30.11.2004
Online on 07.12.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 417/06	Application no. 95101489.3
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.363K)
T 1135/01 () of 11.10.2004
Online on 06.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B 13/04	Application no. 94400699.8
Keywords: Renvoi de l'affaire à la première instance (oui) Répartition des frais (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 52.559K)
T 0490/02 () of 27.10.2004
Online on 06.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 90/04	Application no. 97110715.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.306K)
T 1184/02 () of 29.11.2004
Online on 06.12.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/03	Application no. 94925997.2
Keywords: Claim 1 - inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.222K)
T 0115/03 () of 19.10.2004
Online on 06.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 7/14	Application no. 96914182.9
Keywords: Neuer Einspruchsgrund zum ersten Mal im Beschwerdeverfahren vorgebracht - nicht zugelassen Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Haupt- und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 - nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 51.777K)
T 1089/03 () of 6.8.2004
Online on 06.12.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 29/076	Application no. 99972245.7
Keywords: Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty (yes) Remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 53.470K)
T 1120/00 (Soybean desaturase/DU PONT) of 22.10.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 22.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/53	Application no. 91909981.2
Keywords: Main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - novelty (no) Auxiliary request 3 - added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no) Novelty (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 57.993K)
T 1028/01 (Immunglobulinlösungen/OCTAPHARMA) of 16.8.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 39/395	Application no. 92111947.5
Keywords: Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs - (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.417K)
T 0215/02 () of 22.10.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 7/24	Application no. 94117033.4
Keywords: Lack of approval with text of patent; revocation of the European patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 16.027K)
T 0425/02 () of 21.10.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/56	Application no. 95916091.2
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments in appeal proceedings - late filed request (no) Change of claim category from product to method of manufacturing the product - allowable Remittal (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.086K)
T 0213/03 () of 7.10.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F 11/14	Application no. 95927342.6
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments and of disclaimer with respect to Article 54(3) and (4) documents (yes) Clarity of amendments (yes) Enabling disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Remittal to first instance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.487K)
T 0867/03 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 41/04	Application no. 98909299.4
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja, nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.675K)
T 1234/03 () of 29.11.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 17/00	Application no. 99119536.3
Keywords: Interlocutory revision - substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Extension of subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.607K)
W 0032/04 () of 3.12.2004
Online on 03.12.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.12.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Non-unity a posteriori (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.405K)
T 1000/01 (Image decoding method/MATSUSHITA) of 8.10.2004
Online on 02.12.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 8.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 11/04	Application no. 98118076.3
Keywords: Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.716K)
T 0564/02 () of 30.9.2004
Online on 02.12.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08	Application no. 93307190.4
Keywords: Novelty (main request) - no Product-by-process - feature not distinguishing Sufficiency (auxiliary request) - yes Novelty (auxiliary request) - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 163.209K)
T 0888/02 () of 12.8.2004
Online on 02.12.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41C 1/10	Application no. 97919526.0
Keywords: Main request: added subject-matter (no), validity of priority (no), novelty (no) Auxiliary requests: not admitted, insufficient substantiation, abuse of process				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.394K)
T 0366/99 () of 27.9.2004
Online on 01.12.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 9/00	Application no. 88304241.8
Keywords: Clarity: objected expression already present in claims as granted - no opposition ground Sufficiency: - (yes) Novelty: - with respect to objections in first instance proceedings - (yes), with respect to objections in appeal proceedings - (remittal) Remittal - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.094K)

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November 2004

T 0384/02 (Milk separation/MAASLAND) of 1.7.2004
Online on 30.11.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 9/00	Application no. 94201622.1
Keywords: Clarity of the amendments				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.588K)
T 0643/02 (Deflecting/MAASLAND) of 16.9.2004
Online on 30.11.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 7/00	Application no. 94203288.9
Keywords: Subject-matter extending beyond the content of the grandparent application as filed				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.645K)
T 0795/02 (Insulated gate semiconductor device/MITSUBISHI) of 21.5.2003
Online on 30.11.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.5.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/72	Application no. 94116733.0
Keywords: Restitutio in integrum - granted Isolated mistake in a normally satisfactory system				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.802K)
T 0029/03 () of 6.10.2004
Online on 30.11.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC F02M 35/10	Application no. 96928500.6
Keywords: Activité inventive (seconde requête subsidiaire) (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 35.610K)
T 0205/00 (Imidazole N-benzyldioxol/AVENTIS PHARMA) of 10.11.2004
Online on 29.11.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.11.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C07D 405/06	Application no. 96938266.2
Keywords: Requête unique : modifications - admissibles (oui) Nouveauté (oui) - composés individuels non explicitement décrits dans l'état de la technique cité Renvoi à la première instance afin de poursuivre la procédure				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 114.029K)
T 1118/00 () of 17.11.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02C 7/06	Application no. 92901906.5
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.995K)
T 0014/01 (Reduced dye release/UNILEVER) of 3.11.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/00	Application no. 91305515.8
Keywords: Main request - (no): disclaimer aiming at removing overlap with a non accidental anticipation violates Article 123(2) EPC First and second auxiliary requests - (no): not novel				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.623K)
T 0318/01 () of 18.11.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/02	Application no. 93301783.2
Keywords: Series of fundamental procedural deficiencies resulting in unclear legal and factual framework of the case on appeal - remittal for further prosecution (yes) - substantial procedural violations - reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.532K)
T 0056/02 () of 19.11.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 28/04 B21B 28/02 B23B 5/08	Application no. 95109638.7
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.304K)
T 0534/02 () of 16.9.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 13/004	Application no. 97106049.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.859K)
T 0222/03 () of 27.10.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 1/06 G02B 5/08 G02B 1/10	Application no. 95109548.8
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.895K)
T 0719/03 () of 14.10.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/41	Application no. 93810258.9
Keywords: Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - (nein) Sorgfaltspflicht des Vertreters - (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.559K)
T 0095/04 () of 29.9.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 27/108	Application no. 98913144.6
Keywords: Request for an opportunity of being heard Refund of the appeal fee				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.446K)
W 0028/03 (Iridium compounds/DU PONT DE NEMOURS) of 15.11.2004
Online on 26.11.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/06	Application no. -
Keywords: Protest - inadmissible				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 54.607K)
J 0001/03 (Re-establishment of rights) of 6.10.2004
Online on 25.11.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 6.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. 00967695.8
Keywords: All due care required by the circumstances				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.936K)
T 0174/02 () of 25.11.2004
Online on 25.11.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N 1/365	Application no. 93919017.9
Keywords: Neuheit (nein, Hauptantrag) Klarheit (verneint, Hilfsanträge)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.213K)
T 0849/00 () of 21.10.2004
Online on 24.11.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/10	Application no. 93203354.1
Keywords: Main request, Article 100(c) EPC, opposition grounds - extension of subject-matter - divisional application Auxiliary requests, Article 123(2) EPC, amendments added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.626K)
T 1004/01 () of 1.9.2004
Online on 24.11.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/24	Application no. 95904810.9
Keywords: Extension of subject-matter - all requests (yes) Disclosure (no) - exemplified parameter value - lower limit of an open ended claimed range Amendments (auxiliary requests) - features closely associated to the exemplified parameter value - not allowable Undisclosed feature - technical contribution - yes				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 58.515K)
T 0382/03 (Wireless ground link/HARRIS) of 20.7.2004
Online on 24.11.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/40 G05D 1/00	Application no. 96308035.3
Keywords: Inadmissible opposition - ambiguous identity of opponent Sub-authorisation of professional representative - standard of proof Novelty (yes), inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 74.152K)
W 0026/04 () of 17.11.2004
Online on 24.11.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 1/14 H02K 17/26 H02K 17/18 H02K 21/46	Application no. -
Keywords: Einheitlichkeit a posteriori (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 58.268K)
T 0052/00 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 23.11.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 7/09	Application no. 95401268.8
Keywords: Utilisation antérieure publique - admissible (oui) Nouveaux éléments de preuves - admissible (non) Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui) Saisine de la Grande Chambre de Recours (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 70.347K)
T 0276/00 (Quinuclidinenes/PFIZER) of 28.10.2004
Online on 23.11.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 453/02	Application no. 93910521.9
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) - non-obvious alternative compounds Remittal to the first instance				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 189.378K)
T 0285/00 (Dissolution aid/UNILEVER) of 22.10.2004
Online on 23.11.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/06	Application no. 94903842.6
Keywords: Admissibility of a disclaimer (no): disclaimer largely not based on disclosure of prior art document cited under Article 54(3) EPC and thereby providing more distance of the remaining claimed subject-matter from relevant prior art document cited under Article 54(2) EPC				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.955K)
T 0405/00 (Bleaching tablet/UNILEVER) of 14.10.2004
Online on 23.11.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00	Application no. 91309597.2
Keywords: Main and first auxiliary request (no): amendment in the claim extending protection Second auxiliary request - (yes): amendments in the claims extending protection (no) - introducing unclarity (no) supported by the original disclosure (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 57.438K)
T 0373/01 (Decodieren von Binärsignalen/BOSCH) of 14.10.2004
Online on 23.11.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 1/66	Application no. 92118663.1
Keywords: Änderung - Erweiterung (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.136K)
T 0066/98 () of 17.11.2004
Online on 23.11.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/68	Application no. 91301509.5
Keywords: Patentee's agreement of the text (no) - revocation				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 17.900K)
J 0007/04 () of 9.11.2004
Online on 22.11.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. 03004171.9
Keywords: Application of Rule 25(1) EPC Filing of divisional application time limit				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.563K)
T 0225/01 (Detergent compositions/PROCTER) of 18.6.2004
Online on 22.11.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37	Application no. 93870155.4
Keywords: Main request (no): not novel Auxiliary requests I and II (no): added subject-matter Auxiliary request III (no): obvious alternative Auxiliary request IV (yes): non-obvious modification of the prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.861K)
T 0951/01 () of 24.9.2004
Online on 22.11.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 4/02	Application no. 92304926.6
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) - no implicit disclosure in the prior art Inventive step (yes) after amendment				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 56.131K)
T 0737/02 (Personal care composition/UNILEVER PLC, et al) of 23.9.2004
Online on 22.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/48	Application no. 97901057.6
Keywords: Main, first to fourth auxiliary requests - inventive step - no: claimed combination of features obvious over a prior art example in combination with a preferred embodiment of the description				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.157K)
T 0427/03 (Delivery device/ALZA CORPORATION) of 13.10.2004
Online on 22.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 15/16	Application no. 89907896.8
Keywords: Remittal to the first instance - yes: insufficiently reasoned decision and no legal basis for the decision Reimbursement of the appeal fee - no: not equitable				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.528K)
T 0309/99 (Ultrasonic imaging agent/MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS) of 17.9.2004
Online on 22.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 49/00	Application no. 88120371.5
Keywords: Auxiliary request containing amended claims prima facie inadmissible for late-filing but capable of maintaining patent revoked at first instance - right of other party to be heard - interest of third parties in certainty - suspensive effect of appeal - admissibility of request conditional as patentee's undertaking not to bring infringement proceedings until board's decision issued Main request, first and second auxiliary requests: inventive step (no) - insufficient evidence that the objective problem was solved over the whole range claimed Third auxiliary request - inventive step (yes) - problem solved over the whole range claimed, proposed solution was not obvious				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 64.151K)
T 0932/99 () of 3.8.2004
Online on 22.11.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 71/02	Application no. 93114421.6
Keywords: Appeal - admissible (yes) Late filed evidence - admitted (yes) Decision re appeals - remittal (yes) Costs - apportionment of future costs (no) - apportionment of part of costs (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 72.535K)
T 0460/01 () of 21.10.2004
Online on 19.11.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/00	Application no. 94909274.6
Keywords: Withdrawal of opposition by sole opponent/respondent Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.053K)
T 0344/02 () of 20.7.2004
Online on 19.11.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 1/30	Application no. 94305972.5
Keywords: Appeal of one party inadmissible Implicit abandonment of subject-matter (no) Amendments occasioned by grounds of appeal (main and first to third auxiliary requests, no; fourth and fifth auxiliary requests, yes) Prohibition of reformatio in peius extending to individual arguments (no) Inventive step (fourth and fifth auxiliary requests, no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.896K)
T 0986/02 (Anticytokine/YEDA) of 21.10.2004
Online on 19.11.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00	Application no. 92107685.7
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.165K)
T 0155/03 () of 5.10.2004
Online on 19.11.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F21K 7/00 F21V 8/00 G02B 6/42	Application no. 94113820.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht (unzulässige ex-post-facto- Analyse)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.538K)
T 0603/03 () of 3.11.2004
Online on 19.11.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H01B 7/02	Application no. 97107614.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.941K)
T 1169/03 () of 10.11.2004
Online on 19.11.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.11.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 39/106	Application no. 95914428.8
Keywords: Irrecevabilité (oui) Motifs de recours non déposés				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 17.678K)
T 0182/02 () of 27.10.2004
Online on 18.11.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 9/26	Application no. 94106797.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.203K)
T 0442/02 (Lithium tert-alkoxide/FMC) of 26.10.2004
Online on 18.11.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 31/30	Application no. 94929124.9
Keywords: All requests: inventive step (no) - alleged unexpected effect not shown - obvious process parameter				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.928K)
T 0379/03 () of 28.10.2004
Online on 18.11.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61F 2/44	Application no. 97919466.9
Keywords: Activité inventive (oui, après modifications)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 29.552K)
J 0013/02 () of 26.6.2003
Online on 17.11.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 26.6.2003	Proc. language DE	IPC F28D 20/00	Application no. 00710010.0
Keywords: Zuständigkeit der Eingangsstelle nach EPÜ 2000 - verneint Zuständigkeit der Prüfungsabteilung nach EPÜ 2000 - bejaht Korrektur des Prioritätsdatums - nein				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.120K)
T 0903/00 (Benefit of therapy/NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL) of 27.10.2004
Online on 17.11.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/20	Application no. 90914375.2
Keywords: Protection of legitimate expectations Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.013K)
T 1169/01 () of 5.11.2004
Online on 17.11.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B 19/16	Application no. 97115245.9
Keywords: Antrag des Patentinhabers auf Widerruf				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.819K)
T 1227/01 () of 12.10.2004
Online on 17.11.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 10/64 E21B 10/40 E21B 7/20	Application no. 94900844.5
Keywords: Additional subject-matter (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.197K)
T 0151/02 (Système sélectif d'accès/GIFILA) of 29.10.2004
Online on 17.11.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 29.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 3/033	Application no. 91900692.4
Keywords: Système connu effectivement adapté à l'utilisation revendiquée (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 27.924K)
T 0398/03 () of 4.11.2004
Online on 17.11.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F23R 3/40	Application no. 95105173.9
Keywords: Revocation in effect requested by both parties - patent revoked				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 17.265K)
T 0993/00 () of 21.10.2004
Online on 16.11.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 1/00	Application no. 93119058.1
Keywords: Disclosure - sufficiency (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.370K)
T 0474/01 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 16.11.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 G01N 21/47 G01N 35/02	Application no. 89113614.5
Keywords: Interpretation of claim, closest prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 53.482K)
T 0846/02 () of 29.7.2004
Online on 15.11.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 29.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29B 17/02	Application no. 95942651.1
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde der Beschwerdeführerin II (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.337K)
T 0380/03 () of 28.10.2004
Online on 15.11.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC G07B 17/02	Application no. 92403468.9
Keywords: Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 29.036K)
T 0851/99 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 15.11.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G21C 17/022	Application no. 94307893.1
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Remittal for further prosecution (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.726K)
T 0687/00 () of 5.10.2004
Online on 12.11.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/08	Application no. 96115692.4
Keywords: Änderungen - Streichung von unklaren Merkmalen nach Aufnahme beschränkender Merkmale (bejaht) Klarheit der Ansprüche (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.978K)
T 0298/01 (Dérivés oxysulfurés et fluorés/RHODIA CHIMIE) of 7.10.2004
Online on 12.11.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C07C 313/04	Application no. 96400624.1
Keywords: Requête unique : disclaimer - admissibilité (oui) - divulgation fortuite Nouveauté (oui) - renvoi pour poursuite de la procédure				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 35.980K)
T 0210/02 (Use of deprenyl in dogs/DEPRENYL ANIMAL HEALTH, INC.) of 1.10.2004
Online on 11.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 1.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/135	Application no. 96103701.7
Keywords: Since the immune system is very complex, the mere allegation that an effect occurs is not sufficient to support an inventive step as required by Article 56 EPC				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.650K)
T 0672/04 () of 14.10.2004
Online on 11.11.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/40	Application no. 99903076.0
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.552K)
T 0728/99 (Faktor-VIII/IMMUNO AG) of 14.5.2004
Online on 11.11.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/86	Application no. 92890015.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 57.332K)
T 0440/02 (Semifluorierte Alkane/MEINERT) of 30.9.2004
Online on 10.11.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 19/08	Application no. 96927711.0
Keywords: Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1: Verwendungsanspruch nicht im gesamten Umfang ausführbar Hilfsantrag 2: von Einspruchsumfang nicht umfaßt - keine Entscheidungsbefugnis der Kammer				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.962K)
T 0536/02 (Omeprazole/ASTRA) of 19.10.2004
Online on 10.11.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 19.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/12	Application no. 96922339.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes after amendment) - no pointer to the particular process features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 79.778K)
T 0874/02 (Fluorine-doped silicon oxide layer/APPLIED MATERIALS) of 30.9.2004
Online on 10.11.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/316	Application no. 98107039.4
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) - after amendments				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.841K)
T 0943/99 (Fabric softening composition/UNILEVER) of 6.10.2004
Online on 10.11.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/835	Application no. 92306336.6
Keywords: Novelty (no): all features disclosed in combination - physical characteristics of different batches of product commercialised under a specific trade name and according to given specifications cannot diverge to a great extent (point 1.2.3 of the Reasons for the Decision)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 115.129K)
T 0356/01 () of 30.9.2004
Online on 09.11.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 1/04	Application no. 94115368.6
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - burden of proof not discharged Inventive step (yes) - formulation of the technical problem				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 76.515K)
T 1146/01 () of 2.9.2004
Online on 09.11.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04	Application no. 91122310.5
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (main and 1st auxiliary requests: yes) Allowability of a disclaimer - delimitation against state of the art under Article 54(2) - accidental anticipation (2nd auxiliary request: no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303.430K)
T 0696/02 () of 2.11.2004
Online on 09.11.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.11.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G03D 13/00	Application no. 95108409.4
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit: bejaht Der Verzicht auf die Teilnahme an der mündlichen Verhandlung kommt der Rücknahme des Antrags auf die mündliche Verhandlung gleich Allein durch die Eröffnung des Konkursverfahrens erlischt die Einsprechenden- bzw. Beschwerdeführerstellung nicht				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.969K)
T 0769/02 () of 20.9.2004
Online on 09.11.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/04	Application no. 96113925.0
Keywords: Clarity (yes) - definition by data to be calculated from the results of routine analyis not objectionable Sufficiency - no undue burden				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 175.241K)
T 1049/99 (Composition cosmétique fitrante/L'OREAL) of 9.11.2004
Online on 09.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.11.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 7/42	Application no. 91905300.9
Keywords: Requête principale, requête subsidiaire n° 1, nouveauté (non) - faute d'une définition précise, la caractéristiquephotostable ne permet pas de distinguer le produit revendiqué de l'art antérieur Requêtes subsidiaires n° 2, 2A et 2B, recevabilité du disclaimer (non) Requêtes subsidiaires n° 3, 4, 4A, 5, 5A, 8, activité inventive (non) - l'objet revendiqué découle d'une simple combinaison des enseignements de l'état de la technique Requête subsiaidire n° 6, nouveauté (non) - effet technique revendiqué déjà connu Les critères énoncés dans G 0002/88 et G 0006/88 ne peuvent être purement et simplement transposés à des revendications de procédé				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 161.769K)
T 0204/01 () of 18.8.2004
Online on 08.11.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/08	Application no. 93924638.5
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.041K)
T 0026/02 () of 13.10.2004
Online on 08.11.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H03K 17/18	Application no. 93113943.0
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.417K)
T 0476/03 () of 30.9.2004
Online on 08.11.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B24D 13/14	Application no. 95929427.3
Keywords: Amended claims filed about one month before date of oral proceedings - admitted Extension of subject-matter (auxiliary request 2 - yes, auxiliary request 4 - no) Enabling disclosure (yes) Novelty (auxiliary request 4 - yes) Inventive step (auxiliary request 4 - no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 5 and 6 (no - amendments to the claims of the patent as granted not occasioned by the grounds of appeal) Request for remittal to first instance for further examination of auxiliary requests 5 and 6 - rejected				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.823K)
W 0018/03 (Use of statins/NOVIMMUNE S.A.) of 3.11.2004
Online on 08.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/22	Application no. -
Keywords: Consolidation request granted: same claims, analogous argumentation The different pathways are not reflected in distinguishable technical effects				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 75.729K)
W 0023/03 (Use of statins/NOVIMMUNE S.A.) of 3.11.2004
Online on 08.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/22	Application no. -
Keywords: Consolidation request granted: same claims, analogous argumentation The different pathways are not reflected in distinguishable technical effects				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 75.729K)
T 0644/01 (Iodine solution/PIFFERI) of 2.9.2004
Online on 05.11.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 7/00	Application no. 94923035.3
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) Claimed teaching -not a result of routine trials with a reasonable expectation of success				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.582K)
T 0477/02 () of 29.10.2004
Online on 05.11.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.10.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C22C 38/18	Application no. 98917279.6
Keywords: Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 22.950K)
T 0140/03 (PTFE/GORE) of 29.9.2004
Online on 05.11.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/50	Application no. 96117537.9
Keywords: Remittal (yes) - claims substantially amended				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.478K)
J 0002/03 () of 21.10.2004
Online on 04.11.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 21.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 5/20	Application no. 99941029.3
Keywords: Correction of priority number (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.043K)
T 0417/02 () of 14.9.2004
Online on 04.11.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 1/22	Application no. 94926999.7
Keywords: Inventive step - main request - (no) Non-admittance of the first auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings Inventive step - further auxiliary requests (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.742K)
T 0734/03 () of 13.10.2004
Online on 04.11.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 13/10	Application no. 98905309.5
Keywords: Formale Zulässigkeit der Ansprüche - ja Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 63.874K)
T 0274/00 (Process for cooking/browning food/WHIRLPOOL) of 16.6.2004
Online on 03.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/00	Application no. 91905180.5
Keywords: Amendment of claim 1 after grant: infringement of Article 123(3) EPC (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.420K)
T 0481/00 ("Fabric protectants"/SUMITOMO) of 13.8.2004
Online on 03.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 25/34	Application no. 93304910.8
Keywords: Admissibility of opposition (yes): requirements of Rule 55(c) fulfilled Admissibility of late-filed evidence of public prior use (yes): evidence is prima facie highly relevant in the sense that is highly likely to prejudice maintenance of the patent Main request, novelty (no): public prior use destroys novelty of the claimed subject-matter Auxiliary request idem				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 71.219K)
T 0566/02 (Cutting insert/SANDVIK) of 30.4.2004
Online on 03.11.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 30.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 35/81	Application no. 95907184.6
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 55.547K)
T 0584/02 () of 12.10.2004
Online on 03.11.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 14/32	Application no. 95117528.0
Keywords: Enabling disclosure (yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.082K)
T 0010/03 () of 8.10.2004
Online on 03.11.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B60G 21/055	Application no. 96201993.1
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no) Decision re appeals - exercise of discretion				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.352K)
T 0144/03 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 03.11.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 5/02 G05D 9/12	Application no. 89112397.8
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.543K)
T 0146/03 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 03.11.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 5/54 B67D 5/02 G01F 23/18	Application no. 94100592.8
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.644K)
T 1133/00 (Tumor suppression/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) of 27.4.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 48/00	Application no. 91307791.3
Keywords: Added subject-matter - main request and auxiliary request I - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests II, III, IV and V - (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.954K)
T 0083/01 (Plastic reduced fat spread/UNILEVER) of 10.8.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 7/00	Application no. 95909790.8
Keywords: Insufficient disclosure, how to measure a parameter, forming a feature of the claimed product				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.614K)
T 0522/01 () of 8.9.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 95900785.7
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.857K)
T 0858/01 () of 13.7.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC E06B 9/11	Application no. 95400379.4
Keywords: Opposition-recevabilité (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 33.336K)
T 1194/01 () of 7.10.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 7.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/30	Application no. 95936338.3
Keywords: Inventive step - yes, after amendment				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.150K)
T 0020/02 () of 27.9.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 45/00	Application no. 96103997.1
Keywords: Nächstkommender Stadt der Technik ; erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.194K)
T 0205/02 () of 23.9.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 23/00	Application no. 94919344.5
Keywords: Extension of protection (yes) Inventive step (no) Clarity of claim (to some extent lacking)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.863K)
T 0870/02 (Transmembrane potentials/REGENTS CALIFORNIA) of 16.9.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/50	Application no. 96921410.5
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no) First auxiliary request - novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 49.179K)
T 0305/03 () of 12.10.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D 31/00 F28D 7/12 F28F 1/14	Application no. 98906117.1
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step - (yes) after amendment				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.735K)
T 0258/04 () of 24.9.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A63C 11/00	Application no. 00120635.8
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.460K)
W 0014/03 (Uneinheitlichkeit a posteriori; Bestimmung des nächstliegenden … of 27.10.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B23D 1/00	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 64.948K)
W 0026/03 (Binding peptides/NOVARTIS) of 27.10.2004
Online on 02.11.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Invitation to pay additional fee - not based on invention first mentioned in the claims - defective reasoning - refund - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.980K)

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T 0955/00 () of 25.10.2004
Online on 29.10.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 13/20	Application no. 94106829.8
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit(ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.312K)
T 0090/02 (Selectively encrypting or decrypting/CONTROL LOGIC) of 29.9.2004
Online on 29.10.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 92307041.1
Keywords: Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.084K)
T 0146/02 () of 22.7.2004
Online on 29.10.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 49/00	Application no. 90312858.5
Keywords: Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.109K)
T 0521/02 () of 8.10.2004
Online on 29.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L 3/00	Application no. 96114693.3
Keywords: Admissibility of the amendments (yes) Novelty and inventive step after amendment (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.084K)
T 0809/03 (Manufacture of filled Wafers/UNILEVER PLC, ET AL) of 29.10.2004
Online on 29.10.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D 13/08	Application no. 96928390.2
Keywords: Inventive step - no obvious extension of a known process to other known filling materials				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.582K)
T 0431/99 () of 9.9.2004
Online on 29.10.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 20/32	Application no. 90118896.1
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Neuheit (verneint) Hilfsantrag 1: Disclaimer (unzulässig) Hilfsantrag 2: erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint) Zurückverweisung (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 54.132K)
T 0208/01 () of 28.10.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 299/06	Application no. 90304243.0
Keywords: Disclosure of prior art under Article 54(2) EPC - accidental (no) Disclaimer - allowable (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 150.383K)
T 0577/01 () of 5.10.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D 5/34	Application no. 92309807.3
Keywords: New argument under Article 100(c) EPC: filed only one month before oral proceedings Ground of opposition under Article 100(c): already raised in the notice of opposition - remittal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.709K)
T 0906/01 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/58	Application no. 91111328.0
Keywords: Alleged prior use not made available to the public Prima facie assumption to confidentiality				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.833K)
T 1024/01 (Isolation of nucleic acid/AKZO) of 6.4.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 1/08	Application no. 90200678.2
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.689K)
T 0446/02 (Second enzyme/THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) of 20.4.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386	Application no. 93924343.2
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.787K)
T 0507/02 () of 27.7.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 1/30	Application no. 94106561.7
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.362K)
T 0963/02 (Electromigration/IBM) of 29.9.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/532	Application no. 99301767.2
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) Abstract and claim in contradiction to the description in a prior art document				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.034K)
T 0769/03 (Ileal bile acid transporter/WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY) of 23.9.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 23.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/00	Application no. 95907214.1
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.830K)
T 0732/04 (Complement system/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) of 5.10.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/12	Application no. 92303826.9
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal Appeal inadmissible (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.497K)
T 0515/99 (Gelled concentrate/ECOLAB) of 23.9.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00	Application no. 89909084.9
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.450K)
W 0010/04 (Nucleic acid integration/UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN) of 20.10.2004
Online on 28.10.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/90	Application no. -
Keywords: Lack of unity (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 71.416K)
J 0027/03 () of 15.9.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C05F 17/02	Application no. 00830271.3
Keywords: Failure in postal delivery within the time period set out by Rule 78(2) EPC (no) Request for restitutio in integrum for payment of examination fee and designation fee (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.607K)
T 1006/01 (Manually operable milking implement/MAASLAND N.V) of 18.6.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 7/00	Application no. 93201776.7
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.288K)
T 0628/02 () of 29.9.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q 3/02	Application no. 94810421.1
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen - ja Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 64.612K)
T 1138/02 () of 30.6.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017 A01J 7/04	Application no. 95935612.2
Keywords: Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) - immaterial to the Board's decision Admissibility of the main request (no) First auxiliary request - novelty (yes) - inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.315K)
T 0151/03 () of 19.10.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C 17/00	Application no. 95919167.7
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.184K)
T 0255/03 () of 31.8.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/00	Application no. 95100876.2
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.356K)
T 1110/03 (Beweiswürdigung/GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) of 4.10.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H02P 9/00	Application no. 92908256.8
Keywords: Als Beweismittel für ein technisches Vorurteil vorgelegte und von der Einspruchsabteilung nicht berücksichtigte Nachveröffentlichungen - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Zurückverweisung Computergenerierte Diavorführung in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Gefahr einer unfairen Behandlung				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 106.043K)
T 1110/03 (Evaluation of evidence/GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) of 4.10.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H02P 9/00	Application no. 92908256.8
Keywords: Postpublished documents submitted as evidence of technical prejudice disregarded by opposition division - substantial procedural violation - remittal Computer-generated slideshow presentation in oral proceedings - danger of unfairness				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 97.332K)
T 1110/03 () of 4.10.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H02P 9/00	Application no. 92908256.8
Keywords: Postpublished documents submitted as evidence of technical prejudice disregarded by opposition division - substantial procedural violation - remittal Computer generated slideshow presentation in oral proceedings - danger of unfairness				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.980K)
T 1110/03 (Appréciation des moyens de preuve/GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) of 4.10.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H02P 9/00	Application no. 92908256.8
Keywords: Refus de la division d'opposition de prendre en considération des documents publiés postérieurement et produits comme preuve d'un préjugé technique - vice substantiel de procédure - renvoi Présentation d'un diaporama créé par ordinateur lors d'une procédure orale - risque de traitement inéquitable				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 102.364K)
T 0201/99 (Granulation process/UNILEVER) of 10.9.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00	Application no. 89202706.1
Keywords: Main and second auxiliary request - novelty (no) First and third auxiliary request - inadmissible amendment (disclaimer not allowable)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.875K)
W 0020/04 () of 14.10.2004
Online on 27.10.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/39 H01S 5/18 H01L 33/00	Application no. -
Keywords: Invitation to pay additional fees - sufficiently reasoned (no) Common general concept - broad formulation not justified				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 57.837K)
T 0137/00 (Yeast formulation/DSM IP) of 26.10.2004
Online on 26.10.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D 2/00	Application no. 94200697.4
Keywords: Appeal not admissible because of wrong, contradictory and partially missing information in the notice of appeal; correction under Rule 65(2) EPC - not successful				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 63.530K)
T 0496/00 (Clay/UNILEVER) of 21.6.2004
Online on 26.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/12	Application no. 94304403.2
Keywords: Novelty - no Second non-medical use - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.934K)
T 0878/02 () of 11.2.2004
Online on 26.10.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/66	Application no. 96101230.9
Keywords: Inventive step - no (main request, 1st to 5th auxiliary requests) Amendment - subject-matter not contained in application as filed (4th and 5th auxiliary request)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.656K)
T 0843/03 (Human papillomavirus/THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER) of 25.10.2004
Online on 26.10.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 25.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12	Application no. 94912186.7
Keywords: Right to priority (yes) Remittal to first instance (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.179K)
T 1114/03 () of 20.9.2004
Online on 26.10.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 75/28	Application no. 97115542.9
Keywords: Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.994K)
T 0217/04 () of 20.10.2004
Online on 26.10.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 4/00	Application no. 97300414.6
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.536K)
T 0760/01 (Flexible telecommunications switching network/LUCENT) of 22.10.2004
Online on 25.10.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56	Application no. 99307100.0
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.727K)
T 0002/02 () of 12.10.2004
Online on 25.10.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/028	Application no. 99108146.4
Keywords: Claims formally acceptable, after amendments Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 19.226K)
T 0319/02 (Prokinetics oxadiazole/JANSSEN) of 28.9.2004
Online on 25.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 413/04	Application no. 96903000.6
Keywords: Main and sole request: claim 1 - inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution Remittal to the first instance for further prosection				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 77.536K)
T 0529/02 () of 5.10.2004
Online on 25.10.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 2/34	Application no. 94115991.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja, nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.762K)
T 0773/02 (Paclitaxel analogs/XECHEM) of 8.10.2004
Online on 25.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 305/14	Application no. 96945192.1
Keywords: Main request: novelty (yes) - diastereoisomers not disclosed unambiguously by a prior art describing the racemate Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.425K)
T 0468/04 () of 30.9.2004
Online on 25.10.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 9/00	Application no. 99110313.6
Keywords: Basis of decision - opportunity to comment (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.472K)
T 1127/02 (Soluble and insoluble form of an antigen/CONNAUGHT) of 14.9.2004
Online on 22.10.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00	Application no. 93307185.4
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no) Auxiliary request - sufficiency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.210K)
T 1133/02 () of 6.7.2004
Online on 22.10.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/175	Application no. 94301508.1
Keywords: Inventive step, main request (no), first auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.873K)
T 1092/04 () of 6.10.2004
Online on 22.10.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/00	Application no. 00109027.3
Keywords: Amended appeal claims not subject to objection of added subject-matter made by first instance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.002K)
T 0014/00 (Adhesive composition/MINNESOTA MINING) of 20.7.2004
Online on 21.10.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/00	Application no. 93900781.1
Keywords: Main request, claims as granted - novelty (yes), inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests - novelty (yes), inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.484K)
T 1206/01 (Isostanol/RAISIO BENECOL) of 23.9.2004
Online on 21.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07J 9/00	Application no. 91908435.0
Keywords: Main request and first auxiliary request: added subject- matter (yes) Second auxiliary request: added subject-matter (no) - extension of protection (no) - clarity (yes) Remittal to first instance				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.532K)
T 0543/02 (Zementklinker/Polysius) of 31.8.2004
Online on 21.10.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 31.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 7/43	Application no. 96114186.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja, Zeitfaktor als weiteres Indiz				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.436K)
T 0685/04 () of 4.10.2004
Online on 21.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 231/02	Application no. 97938489.8
Keywords: Missing Statememt of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.356K)
T 0426/00 () of 20.10.2004
Online on 20.10.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/20	Application no. 94117307.2
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Added subject-matter (disclaimer) (no) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 82.529K)
T 0942/01 (Detergent/PROCTER) of 12.8.2004
Online on 19.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/00	Application no. 94923580.8
Keywords: Admissibility of amendment - yes: allowable reintroduction of subject-matter wrongfully deleted during the examining proceedings Novelty - yes Inventive step - no: obvious to try commercially available products recommended for detergents in order to provide further detergent compositions				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.452K)
T 0830/04 () of 30.9.2004
Online on 19.10.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A47K 3/22	Application no. 99103376.2
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.008K)
T 0604/01 () of 12.8.2004
Online on 18.10.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 9/00	Application no. 93307708.3
Keywords: Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no), protection extended (no) Late-filed arguments not duly considered by Opposition Division Substantial procedural violation (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.915K)
T 1125/01 (Removing carbon dioxide/KANSAI) of 28.7.2004
Online on 18.10.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/14	Application no. 93103027.4
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes, non-obvious solution to the problem				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.381K)
T 0201/02 () of 14.9.2004
Online on 18.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/02	Application no. 96304868.1
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 68.227K)
T 0478/02 () of 3.9.2004
Online on 18.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 94923981.8
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments - yes Novelty of amended claim 1 - yes Remittal to the first instance - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.431K)
T 0798/02 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 18.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 26/14	Application no. 95920246.6
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (main request: no; auxiliary request: yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 67.055K)
J 0006/03 (Suspension of proceedings/HEATH) of 29.9.2004
Online on 15.10.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B08B 9/093	Application no. 00301180.6
Keywords: Suspension under Rule 13 EPC (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.985K)
T 0782/00 () of 27.7.2004
Online on 15.10.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC H05H 1/34	Application no. 93402814.3
Keywords: Activité inventive (requête principale (non) - requête subsidiaire (oui))				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.076K)
T 0806/01 (Mixing/WATSON BROWN) of 11.10.2004
Online on 15.10.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 5/06	Application no. 96910129.4
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes, non-obvious alternative				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.167K)
T 0820/00 (Citrate/UNILEVER) of 7.9.2004
Online on 14.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/06	Application no. 95900109.0
Keywords: Novelty (main request) - no Inventive step (auxiliary requests 1 to 4) - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.031K)
T 0619/01 (Immunotoxins/RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION) of 20.8.2004
Online on 14.10.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395	Application no. 93912143.0
Keywords: Main request and auxiliary request: sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.222K)
T 1112/01 () of 14.9.2004
Online on 14.10.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 8/34	Application no. 96110790.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.125K)
T 0239/02 () of 4.10.2004
Online on 14.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 1/32	Application no. 99401627.7
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes), (amended) Clarity - (yes), (amended)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.304K)
T 1104/02 () of 9.9.2004
Online on 14.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D01D 4/00	Application no. 94924972.6
Keywords: Zulässigkeit des geänderten Anspruchs - nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.407K)
W 0027/03 () of 26.8.2004
Online on 14.10.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00	Application no. -
Keywords: Protest: inadmissible				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 61.794K)
T 0637/02 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 13.10.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/26	Application no. 99113716.7
Keywords: Novelty: yes (multiple selection of parameters and materials) Inventive step: no (definition of an invention by way of a correlation between parameters; the skilled person would obtain subject-matter falling under this definition by merely applying the teaching of a prior art document not disclosing this correlation)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.209K)
T 0646/02 (Umfang des Einspruchs) of 21.9.2004
Online on 13.10.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 11/00	Application no. 98907829.0
Keywords: Keine Prüfungsbefugnis der Kammer bei Beschränkung der Ansprüche auf einen vom Einspruch nicht umfaßten Gegenstand				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.037K)
T 0659/03 () of 4.10.2004
Online on 13.10.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 7/00	Application no. 00110354.8
Keywords: Anzahl der unabhängigen Ansprüche - Knappheit (nach Änderung, bejaht) Zurückweisung zur weiteren Prüfung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.824K)
T 1116/98 (Storage of materials/NEKTAR) of 30.6.2004
Online on 13.10.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 30.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 1/14	Application no. 92305769.9
Keywords: Inventive step - no, obvious solution to a technical problem				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.432K)
T 0182/00 (IgE response/SCHERING) of 7.1.2004
Online on 12.10.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.1.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395	Application no. 89300872.2
Keywords: Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.132K)
T 0808/00 (Hydraformylation/MITSUBISHI) of 12.10.2004
Online on 12.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 45/50	Application no. 93115384.5
Keywords: Novelty (yes) - no implicit disclosure Inventive step (yes) - non-obvious alternative process				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.018K)
T 0144/02 () of 12.10.2004
Online on 12.10.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 5/165	Application no. 94925547.5
Keywords: Novelty (main request, no) Inventive step (first to third auxiliary requests, no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 70.882K)
T 0164/02 () of 12.10.2004
Online on 12.10.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/37	Application no. 91105271.0
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.001K)
T 0618/02 () of 23.9.2004
Online on 12.10.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 19/05	Application no. 97310229.6
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.650K)
T 0671/02 (Wiedereinsetzung) of 10.8.2004
Online on 12.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D21C 9/10	Application no. 97113174.3
Keywords: Geringere Anforderungen an Einzelpersonen Gebotene Sorgfalt - nicht erfüllt Wiedereinsetzung - nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.556K)
T 1024/02 () of 12.5.2004
Online on 12.10.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/00	Application no. 93103013.4
Keywords: Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - ja Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 42.944K)
T 0737/01 () of 30.9.2004
Online on 11.10.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC F16H 1/28 F16H 1/46	Application no. 93810640.8
Keywords: Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.943K)
T 0615/02 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 11.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/66	Application no. 98910868.3
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.844K)
T 0616/03 (Mercaptans and/or hydrogen sulfide removal/CHEMICAL RESEARCH & … of 15.9.2004
Online on 08.10.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 67/00	Application no. 95922129.2
Keywords: Clarity and sufficiency of disclosure (main request) - no: insufficient characterization of the invention - undue burden Clarity and sufficiency of disclosure (auxiliary request) - yes Novelty and inventive step (auxiliary request) - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.475K)
T 0830/03 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 08.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01T 13/52	Application no. 96306891.1
Keywords: -				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.933K)
T 0783/00 (Purines/BIOCHEM) of 26.8.2004
Online on 07.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 473/00	Application no. 95921669.8
Keywords: Amendments (allowable) - proper basis in original application Remittal (yes) - fresh case				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.800K)
T 0046/02 () of 29.9.2004
Online on 07.10.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 3/00	Application no. 96109925.6
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no), support by the description (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.660K)
T 0786/02 () of 30.9.2004
Online on 07.10.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 30.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 6/125	Application no. 97909128.7
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Neuheit (verneint) Hilfsantrag: Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz zur weiteren Prüfung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.409K)
T 1025/02 (Lubricating Oil/IDEMITSU) of 21.7.2004
Online on 07.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 161/00	Application no. 94109169.6
Keywords: Inventive stp (yes) - improvement - credible within whole scope claimed - non-obvious				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.385K)
T 0080/04 (Optical information recording medium/MITSUI) of 5.10.2004
Online on 07.10.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.10.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 7/24	Application no. 93119238.9
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.861K)
T 0920/02 () of 8.9.2004
Online on 06.10.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 6/14	Application no. 94307163.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes) - product-by-process claim not unmistakably anticipated Inventive step - main request (no) - routine modification Second auxiliary request (yes) - transfer of prior art method to different chemical environment not obvious				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 49.722K)
T 0210/01 (IL-4 Mutantenproteine/BAYER) of 12.5.2004
Online on 05.10.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/24	Application no. 92923502.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.794K)
T 1081/01 (Acetals/NEW JAPAN CHEMICAL) of 27.9.2004
Online on 05.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 493/04	Application no. 90912467.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes) - information not made available to public				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.353K)
T 0009/02 () of 15.7.2004
Online on 05.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D07B 1/06	Application no. 94113835.6
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 70.636K)
T 0473/02 () of 16.9.2004
Online on 05.10.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G08G 1/0968	Application no. 96910905.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 21.661K)
T 0688/02 () of 23.7.2004
Online on 05.10.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 10/00	Application no. 91117170.0
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) - Merkmal nicht implizit offenbart Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - Merkmalskombination nicht nahegelegt - keine Auswahlsituation				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 151.319K)
T 0294/03 () of 28.9.2004
Online on 05.10.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 11/00	Application no. 95116984.6
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no, after amendment) Remittal for further prosection (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.684K)
T 0595/03 (Adheson variants/GENENTECH) of 27.9.2004
Online on 05.10.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/00	Application no. 88309194.4
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.999K)
T 0162/01 (Dihydroxypyrimidine/SYNGENTA) of 1.7.2004
Online on 04.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 239/54	Application no. 97919544.3
Keywords: Amendments (allowable) Inventive step (yes, after amendment) - unforeshadowed combination of process features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.481K)
T 0872/01 () of 14.7.2004
Online on 04.10.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/10	Application no. 94901604.2
Keywords: Main request - added subject-matter (yes) First auxiliary request - novelty (no) Second/third auxiliary request - late-filed (admitted) - added subject-matter (yes) Fourth auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 80.723K)
T 1143/01 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 04.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 95905284.6
Keywords: Amendments - added, subject-matter (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.386K)
T 0075/02 (Bisphenol A/BAYER) of 7.6.2004
Online on 04.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 37/20	Application no. 96110886.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - Verbesserung nicht für gesamte beanspruchte Breite - Beweislast - umformulierte Aufgabe - naheliegende Lösung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.283K)
T 0275/02 () of 17.9.2004
Online on 04.10.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 93116645.8
Keywords: Revocation at the instigation of the patent proprietor				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.194K)
T 0349/03 (Recording apparatus/CANON) of 29.7.2004
Online on 04.10.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 20/10	Application no. 92102686.0
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no) Form of appeal - missing statement of grounds (Appeal II)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.484K)
T 0778/99 () of 12.5.2004
Online on 04.10.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F 2/00	Application no. 94915636.8
Keywords: Amendments - allowable (yes) Disclosure - sufficiency (yes) Novelty - (no) main request - (yes) first and second auxiliary requests Inventive step - obvious solution (yes) (first auxiliary request) Inventive step - (yes) (second auxiliary request)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 184.413K)
T 0550/02 () of 8.9.2004
Online on 02.10.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 23/088	Application no. 96105033.3
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.616K)
T 0796/00 (Fuzzy-Schriftzeichenerkennung/IBM) of 1.10.2004
Online on 01.10.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.10.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 9/68	Application no. 95912226.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs - Hilfsanträge (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.983K)
T 1285/01 (Acrylsäure/BASF) of 6.7.2004
Online on 01.10.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 57/04	Application no. 96116469.6
Keywords: Hauptantrag: zugelassen obwohl verspätet - Einschränkung auf erteilten abhängigen Anspruch - keine neue Sachlage Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - nächster Stand der Technik bei Verfahrensansprüchen - Verbesserung - kein Hinweis auf Lösungsmerkmal				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.347K)
T 0072/03 () of 27.7.2004
Online on 01.10.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H 3/093 B60K 17/08	Application no. 95916066.4
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.982K)
T 0710/04 () of 27.9.2004
Online on 01.10.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/10	Application no. 98305654.0
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.451K)

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J 0017/03 (Re-establishment/LUCATELLO) of 18.6.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 18.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B 1/05	Application no. 97122882.0
Keywords: Refusal of oral prodeedings before Receiving Section - procedural violation (no) Request for re-establishment - all due care (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.408K)
T 0525/00 (Wasserlösliche Beutel/HENKEL) of 25.5.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 17/04	Application no. 93115693.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - naheliegende Ausnutzung bekannter Eigenschaften (hier: Lösungsgeschwindigkeiten) bekannter Materialien (hier: PVA-Filme unterschiedlicher Hydrolysegrade)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.482K)
T 0622/00 (Multi-view imaging system/CANON) of 2.7.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/01	Application no. 95306297.3
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.778K)
T 0453/01 (Controlled release formulation/ABBOTT LABORATORIES) of 29.7.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20	Application no. 96940616.4
Keywords: Inventive step - no: obvious combination				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.712K)
T 0930/01 () of 6.7.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D03D 47/27	Application no. 96106051.4
Keywords: Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - nein - Gegenstand der Vorbenutzungen nicht ausreichend substantiiert				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.476K)
T 0935/03 () of 15.9.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 16/00	Application no. 98934193.8
Keywords: Interlocutory revision - reimbursement of appeal fee (no) - remittal to the first instance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.633K)
T 0964/03 () of 22.9.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/32	Application no. 97926339.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes, after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.115K)
T 0668/99 (Antrag auf Entscheidung der Einspruchsabteilung über die … of 14.9.2004
Online on 30.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 1/18	Application no. 85100275.8
Keywords: Einziger Antragsteller Verbot der reformatio in peius (bejaht) Rechtskraft Entscheidung Einspruchsabteilung über Kostenverteilung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.312K)
T 1101/00 (Blood coagulation disorders/DAHLBÄCK) of 5.2.2004
Online on 29.09.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/56	Application no. 92913443.5
Keywords: Appeal by appellant III - admissible Opportunity to present comments - in opposition - (yes) Added subject-matter and extension of the scope of protection - (no) Clarity of claims - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 74.425K)
T 0822/01 () of 13.7.2004
Online on 29.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 1/00	Application no. 91307355.7
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no) Reformatio in peius Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.545K)
T 0032/02 () of 15.6.2004
Online on 29.09.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 13/004	Application no. 94810752.9
Keywords: Klarheit (ja) Ursprüngliche Offenbarung (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.219K)
T 0217/02 () of 29.6.2004
Online on 29.09.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 92115710.3
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.866K)
T 0257/02 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 29.09.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41N 10/04	Application no. 96102285.2
Keywords: Main request and first auxiliary request: novelty (yes), inventive step (no) Second auxiliary request: clarity (no) Third auxiliary request: added subject-matter (no), inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.702K)
T 0511/03 () of 25.8.2004
Online on 29.09.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.8.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC H01L 25/04	Application no. 97402894.6
Keywords: Activité inventive (oui) Clarté (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 27.426K)
T 0803/98 () of 1.7.2004
Online on 29.09.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 1.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H01S 3/00	Application no. 92101315.7
Keywords: Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag I (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 53.907K)
T 0316/01 (Identifizieren eines Sendebeitrags/BOSCH) of 15.7.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04H 01/00	Application no. 94913563.6
Keywords: Neuheit, erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.518K)
T 0414/01 (Parenterale Ernährung/FRESENIUS) of 28.9.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L 1/305	Application no. 94107191.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - naheliegende Optimierung bekannter Nährlösung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 35.882K)
T 0537/01 () of 22.9.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.9.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC G02B 6/44	Application no. 98402243.4
Keywords: Nouveauté et activité inventive (oui - après modification) Vices substantiels de procédure (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 42.623K)
T 0778/01 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 91102759.7
Keywords: Basis of decision - no longer approval of the text of the patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 17.333K)
T 1126/01 () of 7.9.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/04	Application no. 93923860.6
Keywords: Clarity (no) Missing of essential features				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.083K)
T 0420/02 () of 30.6.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04	Application no. 96923157.0
Keywords: Reformatio in peius (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Priority - same invention (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 85.712K)
T 0438/02 (Protease/THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) of 6.5.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386	Application no. 94926670.4
Keywords: Novelty (main request, first auxiliary request): no Disclaimer (second auxiliary request): not allowable since anticipation was not accidental Inventive step (third auxiliary request) - yes: ex post facto analysis not allowable				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.482K)
T 0522/02 () of 20.7.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 69/48	Application no. 96925540.5
Keywords: Main request - inventive step (no) Reformulation of technical problem in less ambitious terms First, second, third auxiliary requests - extension of content (yes) Oral proceedings in appellant's absence				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371.614K)
T 0466/03 () of 21.9.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G08G 1/0967	Application no. 97912055.7
Keywords: Zurücknahme einer Entscheidung nach Zustellung durch die Einspruchsabteilung (nicht möglich) Zweite Entscheidung in derselben Sache (nichtig) Vertrauensschutz hinsichtlich der Fristen und der Begründung der Beschwerde				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.066K)
T 0698/03 () of 8.7.2004
Online on 28.09.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 21/00	Application no. 99914571.7
Keywords: Neuheit - (bejaht) product-by-process-Anspruch Zurückverweisung (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 41.385K)
T 1054/00 (Security module/NEC) of 17.6.2004
Online on 27.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/20	Application no. 91106678.5
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes) after amendment				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.814K)
T 0306/01 () of 27.9.2004
Online on 27.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 27.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/02	Application no. 95929314.3
Keywords: Jurisdictional measure in response to a request based on the alleged fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC in the course of appeal proceedings and aimed at the revision of a final decision taken by a Board of Appeal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20.646K)
T 1037/01 (Faktor VIII/IMMUNO) of 12.8.2004
Online on 27.09.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K 14/435	Application no. 93890076.8
Keywords: Zulassung verspätet vorgebrachter Entgegenhaltungen - (nein) Klarheit, Neuheit, erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 41.508K)
T 1131/01 () of 18.11.2003
Online on 27.09.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.11.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02	Application no. 94110168.5
Keywords: Novelty - main request (no) - interpretation of feature - auxiliary request (disclaimer) - proceedings wait for G 1/03 and G 2/03				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.497K)
T 1215/01 () of 14.9.2004
Online on 24.09.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M 7/10	Application no. 96202672.0
Keywords: Bedingte Zurücknahme der Anmeldung (nicht wirksam) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 22.131K)
T 0044/02 () of 8.11.2002
Online on 24.09.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.11.2002	Proc. language FR	IPC C07C 31/26	Application no. 95402491.5
Keywords: Rétablissement de l'opposant dans le délai du dépôt du mémoire exposant les motifs de son recours (oui).				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 20.196K)
T 0165/02 (Emulsion triple/L'OREAL) of 10.8.2004
Online on 24.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.8.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 9/113	Application no. 96402492.1
Keywords: Nouveauté - oui : caractéristique implicite dans l'antériorité - non Activité inventive - oui - La solution du brevet attaqué va à l'encontre de l'enseignement de l'antériorité				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 31.341K)
T 0361/02 () of 1.7.2004
Online on 24.09.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 1.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 47/00	Application no. 96929255.6
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (erster und zweiter Hilfsantrag, ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung (dritter Hilfsantrag, ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und dritter Hilfsantrag, nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.083K)
T 0479/02 () of 23.6.2004
Online on 24.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 1/01	Application no. 95118569.3
Keywords: Late-filed request (no) - admitted Amendments - allowed Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.572K)
T 0390/03 () of 1.7.2004
Online on 24.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E03C 1/06 B05B 15/06	Application no. 99124701.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.112K)
T 0284/99 (Bread Improver/DSM) of 14.7.2004
Online on 24.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D 8/04	Application no. 93202197.5
Keywords: Appeal of opponent I inadmissible: appeal filed by another company was not an error under Rule 65(2) Article 84 EPC: claim 1 of all the requests lacks clarity				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.286K)
T 0970/00 () of 15.9.2004
Online on 23.09.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/335	Application no. 96109616.1
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) - ex-post facto assessment of the disclosure of the closest prior art				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.646K)
T 0051/02 () of 4.5.2004
Online on 23.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC F25J 3/04 F27D 17/00	Application no. 94402427.2
Keywords: Activité inventive (requête principale et requête auxiliaire 1 : non) Requêtes auxiliaires 2 et 3 refusées				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 43.095K)
T 0167/02 (Composition alimentaire stabilisée/Raffinerie Tirlemontoise) of 5.8.2004
Online on 23.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.8.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A23L 1/0528	Application no. 94909878.4
Keywords: Clarté (non) : l'adjonction de deux définitions relatives conduit à un manque de clarté en l'espèce				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 28.175K)
T 0601/00 () of 19.8.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N 1/05	Application no. 94100796.5
Keywords: Neuheit (Hauptantrag) (verneint) Entscheidung über die Beschwerde zurückverweisung (1. Hilfsantrag) (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.412K)
T 0192/01 () of 22.6.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 94928197.6
Keywords: Konflikt zwischen den Erfordernissen der Absätze 2 und 3 des Artikels 123 EPÜ				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.491K)
T 0882/01 (Protein Expression System/CELLTECH) of 1.7.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/13	Application no. 93917891.9
Keywords: Main request: novelty (no) First auxiliary request: admissibility (yes) Remittal to the first instance (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.464K)
T 1050/01 () of 1.7.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 1.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/34	Application no. 95110612.9
Keywords: Neuheit - Hauptantrag, 1. und 2. Hilfsantrag (verneint) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkiet - 3. Hilfsantrag (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.189K)
T 1158/01 (Teilung einer Teilanmeldung/TRIDONIC) of 13.7.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 41/392	Application no. 99126075.3
Keywords: Zulässigkeit einer Teilanmeldung zu einer Teilanmeldung (grundsätzlich bejaht) Gültigkeit der Teilanmeldung zweiter Generation (verneint) Vertrauensschutz (verneint)				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.983K)
T 1158/01 () of 13.7.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 41/392	Application no. 99126075.3
Keywords: Zulässigkeit einer Teilanmeldung zu einer Teilanmeldung (grundsätzlich bejaht) Gültigkeit der Teilanmeldung zweiter Generation (verneint) Vertrauensschutz (verneint)				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.704K)
T 1158/01 (Division of a divisional application/TRIDONIC) of 13.7.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 41/392	Application no. 99126075.3
Keywords: Allowability of divisionals from divisionals (yes in principle) Validity of second-generation divisional (no) Legitimate expectations (no)				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.115K)
T 1158/01 (Division d'une demande divisionnaire/TRIDONIC) of 13.7.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 41/392	Application no. 99126075.3
Keywords: Recevabilité d'une demande divisionnaire relative à une demande divisionnaire (en principe oui) Validité de la demande divisionnaire de seconde génération (non) Protection de la confiance légitime (non)				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 35.813K)
T 0404/02 () of 17.6.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 13/22	Application no. 95112446.0
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.403K)
T 0832/99 () of 17.9.2004
Online on 22.09.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 44/00	Application no. 89112434.9
Keywords: Antrag auf Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand bezüglich Beschwerdefrist und Frist zur Begründung der Beschwerde Bei Wegfall des Hindernisses - Frist zur Begründung der Beschwerde noch nicht abgelaufen Zahlung nur einer Wiedereinsetzungsgebühr - Antrag bezüglich beider Fristen gilt als gestellt (bejaht) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand bezüglich der Frist zur Begründung der Beschwerde - fehlende Sorgfalt (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 41.122K)
T 0742/00 () of 12.8.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 95901627.0
Keywords: Novelty (yes, after amendment) Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.828K)
T 0823/01 (Radiotelephone/MOTOROLA) of 21.7.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/72	Application no. 89120988.4
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Disclosure - sufficiency - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.016K)
T 0050/02 (Pentafluoroethane refrigerant/DAIKIN) of 29.6.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 19/08	Application no. 94908493.3
Keywords: Main request: inventive step (no) - juxtaposition of two known steps First, second, (new) fourth, fifth, sixth auxiliary requests: amendments - supported by the application as filed (no) Former third and fourth auxiliary requests: withdrawn Sixth auxiliary request (version 2): inventive step (no) - juxtaposition of two known steps Seventh auxiliary request: admissibility (no) - substantially modified request filed for the first time during oral proceedings raising new issues Eighth auxiliary request: inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 138.661K)
T 0287/02 () of 3.9.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04D 13/16 E04B 1/76	Application no. 95107020.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.788K)
T 0680/02 () of 31.8.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 31.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 96118498.3
Keywords: Fehlende Zustimmung zur Fassung des Patents Widerruf des europäischen Patents				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 16.096K)
T 0718/03 () of 15.9.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 8/12	Application no. 96910913.1
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step, (yes, after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.184K)
T 1196/03 () of 8.9.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 25/01	Application no. 98945182.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht, nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.339K)
W 0017/03 (Radio frequency identification/3M) of 20.9.2004
Online on 20.09.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 7/00	Application no. -
Keywords: Invitation to pay additional fees sufficiently reasoned (yes) Investigation of technical relationships with the aid of common problems underlying the inventions				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 90.316K)
T 0574/00 (Synchronized operation of machine tool/FANUC) of 9.6.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/18	Application no. 89908860.3
Keywords: Inventive step - state of the art - availability sufficiently proved Inventive step - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.506K)
T 0611/01 (Cellular therapy/SLEPIAN) of 23.8.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/00	Application no. 94930606.2
Keywords: Applicants given misleading impression as to treatment of application - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to first instance (yes) To be considered by differently composed Examining Division (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.246K)
T 0933/01 () of 28.6.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 94924145.9
Keywords: Patentable invention - technical features defined by test parameter Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Burden of proof Remittal (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.149K)
T 1036/01 () of 2.7.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 95109130.5
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments - yes; (reformatio in peius - no) Sufficiency of disclosure - yes Clarity of claim 1 - yes Novelty and inventive step - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.319K)
T 1157/01 (Hydrotreating catalyst/SUMITOMO) of 1.9.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 45/08	Application no. 96919968.6
Keywords: Proper representation of the Appellant (yes) - deficiency under Article 133(2) overcome Novelty (yes) - no clear and unambiguous overlap with products of the prior art Inventive step (yes) - unexpected benefits in spite of a warning in the prior art to the contrary Substantial procedural violation (yes) - no appealable decision on the Appellant's higher-ranking requests Remittal for further prosecution (no) - examining proceedings already delayed - decision about patentability without undue investigation by the Board				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.097K)
T 0091/02 () of 7.7.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 1/44	Application no. 95400676.3
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.147K)
T 0383/02 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D02G 1/18	Application no. 95900222.1
Keywords: Novelty (no) Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.760K)
T 0476/02 () of 9.6.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 94107422.1
Keywords: Novelty (main request) - no Inventive step (auxiliary request) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.600K)
T 0283/04 () of 3.9.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 41/00	Application no. 99964350.5
Keywords: Zurückweisungsgründe ausgeräumt (ja) Zurückverweisung zur Fortsetzung des Verfahrens				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 19.559K)
T 0431/04 (Endogenous gene expression/APPLIED RESEARCH SYS) of 13.9.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/67	Application no. 91903051.0
Keywords: Appeal against a decision of a board of appeal - inadmissible				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.514K)
T 0292/99 () of 6.7.2004
Online on 17.09.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 7/06	Application no. 92401690.0
Keywords: Activité inventive : oui				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 37.781K)
J 0018/03 (Frist zur Zahlung der Wiedereinsetzungsgebühr) of 3.9.2004
Online on 16.09.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 3.9.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/348	Application no. 99942851.9
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.270K)
T 0053/00 (Medium earth orbit satellites/NORTHROP GRUMMAN) of 19.5.2004
Online on 16.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/195	Application no. 92300781.9
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.844K)
T 0839/01 (Non-A/non-B hepatitis virus/GENELABS TECHNOLOGIES) of 31.3.2004
Online on 16.09.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/51	Application no. 89907985.9
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 11 (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.784K)
T 0161/02 (Transgenic Zea mays plants/SYNGENTA) of 13.9.2004
Online on 16.09.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/04	Application no. 92111827.9
Keywords: Main and auxiliary requests - disclaimer - offence against Article 123(2) EPC (yes) - unclear (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.640K)
T 0416/03 () of 13.9.2004
Online on 16.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 39/20	Application no. 96850124.7
Keywords: Clarity (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.383K)
T 0849/03 (Ablaufumgebungssystem/SIEMENS) of 19.8.2004
Online on 16.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04Q 3/00	Application no. 96930159.7
Keywords: Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs - wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler (ja) Zurückverweisung - Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 20.544K)
T 0522/99 () of 18.5.2004
Online on 16.09.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/35	Application no. 90914243.2
Keywords: Product-by-process claims - main request - novelty (no) Product-by-process claims - first, second and third auxiliary requests - clarity (no), added subject-matter (yes) Fourth auxiliary request - novelty (yes); inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 59.191K)
T 0260/00 (Composition cosmétique/L'OREAL) of 6.7.2004
Online on 15.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 7/48	Application no. 96400057.4
Keywords: Recevabilité du recours (oui) Recevabilité de la requête principale de la requérante (oui) Suffisance de l'exposé (oui) Renvoi à l'instance du premier degré Répartition des frais en faveur de l'intimée (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 46.858K)
T 0990/00 () of 29.7.2004
Online on 15.09.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 29.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 167/00	Application no. 95111318.2
Keywords: Neuheit - Hauptantrag - bejaht Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe und Lösung - verneint				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 53.829K)
T 0382/02 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 15.09.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D02G 1/18	Application no. 95900223.9
Keywords: Novelty (no) Postponement of the proceedings (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.648K)
T 0309/01 () of 22.7.2004
Online on 14.09.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R 25/08	Application no. 95115746.0
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 44.089K)
T 0767/01 () of 7.7.2004
Online on 14.09.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C01B 33/193	Application no. 89401306.9
Keywords: Activité inventive (oui) - modification non évidente				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 41.719K)
T 0553/02 (Stain removal method/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 14.7.2004
Online on 14.09.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/39	Application no. 97933429.9
Keywords: Exclusion from patentability (Article 52(2)d) of the subject- matter of claim 7 (main and first auxiliary request) - no Novelty of claim 7 (main and first auxiliary request) - no Inventive step (second auxiliary request) - no: obvious application of a known method to different substrates Inventive step (third auxiliary request) - yes: improved performance of the selected bleach on the specific substrate treated				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.473K)
T 0260/03 () of 22.6.2004
Online on 14.09.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 11/00	Application no. 95106694.3
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.574K)
T 0189/01 (IFN-beta 2/IL-6R/YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.) of 15.6.2004
Online on 13.09.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/02	Application no. 90110487.7
Keywords: G 0009/91, G 0001/92, G 0001/03, T 0952/92, T 0728/98				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 63.251K)
T 0366/01 (Information recording and reproducing device/SHARP) of 27.7.2004
Online on 13.09.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 20/10	Application no. 91310364.4
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.541K)
T 0857/01 (Herpes simplex virus/GENERAL HOSPITAL) of 13.7.2004
Online on 13.09.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 48/00	Application no. 91303387.4
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.741K)
T 0497/02 (Insulinotropic hormone/GENERAL HOSPITAL) of 27.5.2004
Online on 13.09.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 7/10	Application no. 93203087.7
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.281K)
T 0090/00 () of 10.8.2004
Online on 10.09.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N 5/06	Application no. 93915744.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.034K)
T 1280/01 (Ligands and metal complexes thereof/BRACCO) of 29.4.2004
Online on 10.09.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 233/91	Application no. 94108968.2
Keywords: Main request: amendments supported by the application as filed (no) First auxiliary request: inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 83.068K)
T 1180/02 () of 21.7.2004
Online on 10.09.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 13/08 B29C 44/18 B62D 29/00	Application no. 96300895.8
Keywords: Costs - apportionment - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.603K)
T 0150/03 (Channel proteins/CHIBA UNIVERSITY) of 25.6.2004
Online on 10.09.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 25.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/12	Application no. 96114884.8
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.719K)
T 0184/02 (Material for covering food products/MEESTER B.V.) of 9.9.2004
Online on 09.09.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.9.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A23B 4/10	Application no. 91202693.7
Keywords: Remittal to the first instance - yes: new feature in the claims to be asessed for inventive step				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.231K)
D 0007/02 () of 24.8.2004
Online on 08.09.2004	Board DBA	Decision date 24.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 20.386K)
D 0008/04 () of 23.8.2004
Online on 08.09.2004	Board DBA	Decision date 23.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.466K)
T 1048/02 (Flow aids/PROCTER) of 15.6.2004
Online on 08.09.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/06	Application no. 93870059.8
Keywords: Inventive step (main request) - no; obvious alternative Inventive step (first auxiliary request) - yes: non-obvious improvement				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.014K)
T 1154/03 () of 10.8.2004
Online on 08.09.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 39/24	Application no. 00122467.4
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.448K)
T 0355/02 () of 15.6.2004
Online on 07.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E05D 5/02	Application no. 94830579.2
Keywords: Inventive step (main request: no; auxiliary request: yes) Apportionment of costs (refused)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.099K)
T 0569/02 () of 2.6.2004
Online on 07.09.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B24D 11/00	Application no. 90108486.3
Keywords: Insufficiency - no Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes Late filed comparative tests - not admitted				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.486K)
T 0068/02 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 06.09.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J 9/08	Application no. 96102642.4
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes Return to the patent claims as granted after filing new main request - admissible Late filed documents - some allowed Partiabilty of Opposition Division - no Correction of minutes of oral proceedings before Opposition Division - procedure adopted not transparent but not substantial procedural violation - correction by Board not possible Referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - not necessary for deciding appeals				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.396K)
T 0126/02 () of 27.7.2004
Online on 06.09.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 4/04	Application no. 95810684.1
Keywords: Inventive step -yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.572K)
T 0169/03 () of 25.8.2004
Online on 06.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 19/04	Application no. 98111379.8
Keywords: Klarheit, ja nach Änderung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 22.783K)
T 0649/03 () of 20.8.2004
Online on 06.09.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C03B 23/055	Application no. 94910794.0
Keywords: Novelty - yes Remittal - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.819K)
T 0696/03 () of 31.8.2004
Online on 06.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 31.8.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC F25J 3/04 C21B 5/00	Application no. 99900984.8
Keywords: Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 31.391K)
J 0023/03 (Berichtigung nach Patenterteilung/GO) of 13.7.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 21/02	Application no. 98962229.5
Keywords: Berichtigung nach Patenterteilung - nein Anhängigkeit des Patenterteilungsverfahren Anwendung des Vertrauensgrundsatzes - nein				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 107.487K)
T 0462/00 () of 11.8.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 5/00	Application no. 92907533.1
Keywords: Basis of decisions - patentee (request for revocation)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.682K)
T 0927/00 (Oxydation de N2O/CLARIANT) of 7.4.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.4.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C01B 21/24	Application no. 93400042.3
Keywords: Clarté : oui, expression"alcanes inférieurs" suffisamment claire au vu d'une indication complémentaire dans la revendication 1 de procédé Extension de la protection conférée : non Nouveauté : oui Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 43.677K)
T 0173/01 (Thiols/DU PONT DE NEMOURS) of 19.8.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 19.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 319/06	Application no. 97918568.3
Keywords: Main and sole request: amendments - supported by the application as filed (yes); novelty (yes); inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.312K)
T 0444/01 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 13/02	Application no. 91110707.6
Keywords: Inventive step - main request (yes) Distinguishing feature - not a design feature void of technical effect				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.148K)
T 0646/03 (Abgasreinigung/FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT) of 31.8.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 31.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/32	Application no. 94120588.2
Keywords: Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - ja, Umfang, Gründe und Beweismitteln klar erkennbar				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.520K)
T 1123/03 () of 20.7.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 39/14	Application no. 88302739.3
Keywords: Proprietor no longer approves the text as granted - revocation of the patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.988K)
T 0762/99 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 03.09.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/06	Application no. 93913585.1
Keywords: Disclosure - sufficiency (no) (main request) Disclosure - sufficiency (yes) (first auxiliary request) Amendments - allowable (yes) (first auxiliary request) Late filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) (first auxiliary request) Inventive step - (yes) problem and solution (first auxiliary request)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 60.053K)
T 0349/02 () of 25.5.2004
Online on 02.09.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K 35/00	Application no. 96901241.8
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der verspätet vorgebrachten Tatsachen und Beweismittel (bejaht) Neuheit, Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.586K)
T 0726/02 (Fluidized bed/THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) of 20.8.2004
Online on 02.09.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00	Application no. 97931059.6
Keywords: Inventive step - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.983K)
T 0098/04 () of 20.8.2004
Online on 02.09.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.8.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC E06B 3/273	Application no. 97402065.3
Keywords: Nouveauté (reconnue)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 27.439K)
T 1070/01 () of 30.8.2004
Online on 01.09.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00	Application no. 93121042.1
Keywords: Inventive step - yes (main request)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 82.800K)
T 0327/02 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 01.09.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/46	Application no. 93300785.8
Keywords: Disclosure - sufficiency (yes) - undue burden (no) - skilled person				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 49.659K)
T 0934/02 () of 29.4.2004
Online on 01.09.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16D 69/02 C08J 5/04	Application no. 95304228.0
Keywords: Appeal of the patent proprietor based on a new request for amendment (admissible) Main request rejected in the opposition division decision- formulation attempt, not partial surrender Inventive step (yes)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.866K)
T 1110/02 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 01.09.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 9/24	Application no. 95900528.1
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.582K)

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T 0955/02 () of 29.7.2004
Online on 31.08.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 8/04	Application no. 94104628.6
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 19.916K)
D 0006/04 () of 30.8.2004
Online on 30.08.2004	Board DBA	Decision date 30.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 17.256K)
T 0557/02 (Method for treating substrates/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 14.7.2004
Online on 30.08.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/39	Application no. 97933428.1
Keywords: Inventive step (main request) - no: application of a known method to different substrates - improved performance of the selected bleach not shown for the whole range of substrates to be treated according to the claimed method Inventive step (auxiliary request) - yes: improved performance of the selected bleach on the specific treated substrate				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.812K)
W 0011/04 () of 23.8.2004
Online on 30.08.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 29/02	Application no. -
Keywords: Einheitlichkeit (verneint) Besondere technische Merkmale weder gleich noch entsprechend				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 69.001K)
J 0014/03 (Admissibility/AIDA) of 20.8.2004
Online on 27.08.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 20.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B30B 15/14	Application no. 00127117.0
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - no request, evidence or argument by appellant in first instance proceedings - whether party adversely affected by inevitable decision resulting from its own actions (no) Admissibility of evidence available or obtainable prior to first instance decision but only filed on appeal (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.465K)
J 0040/03 (Divisional/YAZAKI) of 18.8.2004
Online on 27.08.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 18.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/627	Application no. 02025660.8
Keywords: Designation in divisional application of a state not validly designated in earlier application (no) Referral of a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.722K)
T 0225/00 () of 15.7.2004
Online on 27.08.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/36	Application no. 96911251.5
Keywords: EPC Art. 56 - Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.667K)
T 0106/02 () of 20.7.2004
Online on 27.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B26D 3/16	Application no. 94100377.4
Keywords: Added subject-matter new ground - no Added subject-matter - no Inventive step - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.963K)
T 0535/02 () of 9.6.2004
Online on 27.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC F28D 15/04	Application no. 96918533.9
Keywords: Nouveauté (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 33.181K)
T 0094/03 () of 6.7.2004
Online on 27.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C23G 1/08	Application no. 93111528.1
Keywords: Late submitted material - documents partly admitted Amended requests filed about one month before date of oral proceedings - admitted Disclosure - enabling (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.438K)
T 0836/01 (Interferon-beta2/YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.) of 7.10.2003
Online on 26.08.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.10.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/21	Application no. 97119173.9
Keywords: Second/further medical use format (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Remittal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.243K)
T 0186/02 () of 29.6.2004
Online on 26.08.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 7/00	Application no. 97116644.2
Keywords: Basis for decisions: opportunity to comment (no) Procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.472K)
T 0222/02 () of 7.7.2004
Online on 26.08.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/06	Application no. 95301147.5
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) - problem and solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 162.724K)
T 0011/04 () of 6.8.2004
Online on 26.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 23/06 B29C 44/12	Application no. 98966636.7
Keywords: Neuheit und errfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.227K)
T 0492/99 (Combined anti-inflammatory agent/NIPRO) of 22.6.2004
Online on 26.08.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/725	Application no. 90123628.1
Keywords: Novelty (yes): anti-inflammatory composition comprising hyaluronic acid and either diclofenac or ibuprofen not disclosed in the prior art Inventive step (no): replacement of indomethacin by diclofenac or ibuprofen, to obtain further anti-inflammatory composition, obvious Use of the claimed composition for the treatment of arthropathy, belonging to the class of inflammatory diseases, obvious				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 135.313K)
T 1065/01 () of 8.7.2004
Online on 25.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/02	Application no. 95925704.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Haupt- und Hilfsanträge - verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 45.875K)
T 0653/02 () of 9.7.2004
Online on 25.08.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 64/30	Application no. 94919850.1
Keywords: Extent to which patent is opposed - transcended by amendment				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.077K)
T 0987/01 () of 15.6.2004
Online on 24.08.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B26F 3/02	Application no. 94107580.6
Keywords: Änderung (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht) verspätet vorgebrachte Tatsachen und Beweismittel - Zulässigkeit der Dokumente Entscheidung in mündlicher Verhandlung auf Basis neuer Ansprüche in Abwesenheit einer Partei - rechtliches Gehör (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 80.674K)
T 1283/01 () of 26.7.2004
Online on 24.08.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 5/00	Application no. 93117734.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.242K)
T 0363/01 () of 15.7.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 16/34	Application no. 94202508.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag - verneint) Während mündlicher Verhandlung erstmals vorgelegter Hilfsantrag - (prima facie nicht gewährbar - nicht zugelassen)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 44.975K)
T 1035/01 () of 24.5.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 93913782.4
Keywords: Inventive steep (main request) - no Admissibility of amendments (auxiliary request) - yes Novelty and inventive step (auxiliary request) - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.340K)
T 0288/02 () of 22.4.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/00	Application no. 97106589.1
Keywords: Definition of individual product features in a product claim by process features Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.636K)
T 1070/02 () of 22.7.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 1/44	Application no. 99850059.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes); remittal to first instance for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.127K)
T 0167/03 () of 21.7.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E01F 13/02	Application no. 98201826.9
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.920K)
T 0357/03 () of 3.8.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 8/00	Application no. 98123681.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.208K)
T 0421/03 () of 5.8.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 2/06	Application no. 95922468.4
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (Hauptantrag - bejaht; 1. Hilfsantrag - verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.811K)
T 0433/03 () of 5.8.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B24D 9/08	Application no. 96942067.8
Keywords: Novelty - yes, after amendment Remittal to first instance - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.359K)
T 0497/04 () of 18.8.2004
Online on 23.08.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B 27/14	Application no. 99306157.1
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds - inadmissible appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.329K)
T 0285/01 (Bone resorption/WASHINGTON RESEARCH FOUNDATION) of 3.6.2004
Online on 20.08.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 3.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 88909905.7
Keywords: Main request: allowable amendments (yes) Clarity (yes) Inventive step (no) First auxiliary request: clarity (no) Second auxiliary request: sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 67.904K)
T 0321/01 ((R)(-)Flurbiprofen/PAZ) of 5.8.2004
Online on 20.08.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/19	Application no. 91914752.0
Keywords: Neuheit (ja): quantitative Zusammensetzung des für die Schmerztherapie verwendeten Arzneimittels aus dem Stand der Technik nicht herleitbar. Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.322K)
T 0811/01 (IL-1 inhibitor/BIOGEN) of 6.8.2004
Online on 20.08.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/435	Application no. 88908512.2
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the first instance - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.555K)
T 0750/02 () of 27.5.2004
Online on 20.08.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 1/19 F16L 1/20 F16L 1/225	Application no. 94305860.2
Keywords: Opposition grounds - extension of subject-matter (no) Decision re appeals - remittal (yes) Amendments - opposition proceedings				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.266K)
T 0808/01 () of 11.5.2004
Online on 19.08.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00 B60T 17/02	Application no. 96905676.1
Keywords: Zulässigkeit einer Beschwerde, die sich auf neue Entgegenhaltungen stützt (ja) - Reaktion auf die Begründung der angefochtenen Entscheidung Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 46.998K)
T 0277/01 () of 13.7.2004
Online on 18.08.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/378	Application no. 90122538.3
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.878K)
T 0321/03 () of 4.8.2004
Online on 18.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.8.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 92921805.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.393K)
T 0999/03 (CD protein/State University of New York) of 27.2.2004
Online on 18.08.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 36/14	Application no. 94930490.1
Keywords: New request: clarity (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.281K)
T 0078/01 (Insect resistant plants/MYCOGEN) of 3.6.2004
Online on 17.08.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 3.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/05	Application no. 84306494.0
Keywords: Main and auxiliary requests - sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 62.097K)
T 0287/01 (Hybrid distribution network/AMPERION) of 13.5.2004
Online on 17.08.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 3/54	Application no. 95915934.4
Keywords: Inventive step - yes (after amendment) Late filed material - admitted (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.555K)
T 0799/02 () of 27.7.2004
Online on 16.08.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A43D 25/18	Application no. 94830598.2
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (main request) (yes) Inventive step (main request) (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.651K)
T 1137/02 () of 23.6.2004
Online on 16.08.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 7/00	Application no. 94202259.1
Keywords: Novelty (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.408K)
T 1222/03 () of 5.8.2004
Online on 16.08.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D 53/88	Application no. 99914428.0
Keywords: Änderungen - Anspruchserweiterung nach weiterer Änderung (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.243K)
T 0987/99 () of 12.5.2004
Online on 16.08.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/365	Application no. 91304485.5
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.064K)
T 0662/01 () of 20.7.2004
Online on 13.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/30	Application no. 94500193.1
Keywords: Clarity (yes, after amendment) Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.855K)
T 1141/01 () of 29.6.2004
Online on 13.08.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 1/46 C21D 9/00	Application no. 96116411.8
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) after amendment				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.674K)
T 0871/02 (Wiedereinsetzung/SVEDALA) of 9.10.2003
Online on 13.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.10.2003	Proc. language DE	IPC B07B 1/42 B06B 1/16	Application no. 97113308.7
Keywords: Fristenüberwachungssystem Alle gebotene Sorgfalt (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.709K)
T 1001/02 () of 6.7.2004
Online on 13.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F24D 19/06 F28D 1/04 F28D 1/03	Application no. 96908050.6
Keywords: Klarheit der Ansprüche und ausreichende Offenbarung (bejaht) Unzulässige Erweiterung und Schutzbereichserweiterung (verneint) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.417K)
T 0713/03 () of 8.7.2004
Online on 13.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 41/28 B22D 41/26	Application no. 00104312.4
Keywords: Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.661K)
T 1080/03 () of 14.7.2004
Online on 13.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 9/52 E04F 17/06	Application no. 00100893.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (anerkannt)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.194K)
T 0159/04 () of 10.8.2004
Online on 13.08.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B08P 9/28 G01P 13/00	Application no. 98919225.7
Keywords: Klarheit der Ansprüche (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.333K)
J 0022/03 (Sprache der Anmeldungsunterlagen/N.N.) of 22.6.2004
Online on 12.08.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Einsprachigkeit von Anmeldeunterlagen/der Beschreibung Zuerkennung eines Anmeldetages Vertrauensschutz				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.417K)
T 1000/02 () of 8.7.2004
Online on 12.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/06	Application no. 97202436.8
Keywords: Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.314K)
T 0142/04 () of 12.8.2004
Online on 12.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 81/05	Application no. 94107400.7
Keywords: Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.458K)
T 1167/01 () of 22.6.2004
Online on 11.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C22F 1/053	Application no. 95420049.9
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 84.147K)
T 0572/02 () of 28.7.2004
Online on 11.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/12	Application no. 96913297.6
Keywords: Novelty (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.678K)
T 1171/02 () of 26.7.2004
Online on 11.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/10	Application no. 95202755.5
Keywords: Clarity (yes, after amendments) Novelty (yes, after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.211K)
T 1019/99 (Contrast enhancement/AGFA-GEVAERT) of 16.6.2004
Online on 11.08.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 5/00	Application no. 92202360.1
Keywords: Closest prior art - old document Formulation of objective technical problem Inventive step - all request (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.744K)
T 0500/00 () of 17.6.2004
Online on 10.08.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 157/10	Application no. 93305382.9
Keywords: Disclaimer - originally disclosed (no) Disclosure of prior art under Article 54(2) EPC - accidental (no) Disclaimer - relevant to the assessment of inventive step (yes) - allowable (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.439K)
T 0229/01 (Water dispersible granules/SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY) of 29.6.2004
Online on 10.08.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 25/14	Application no. 91301522.8
Keywords: Inventive step - no: arbitrary choice				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.526K)
T 0393/01 (Synergistic combination/BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC.) of 13.7.2004
Online on 10.08.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/64	Application no. 91310106.9
Keywords: Inventive step - no: improvement expected in the light of the prior art; optimisation				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.947K)
T 0977/02 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 10.08.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC H02K 1/02	Application no. 96924007.6
Keywords: Nouveauté - (oui) utilisation d'un matériau dans un but nouveau Activité inventive (oui) Changement de catégorie d'une revendication - extension (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 56.939K)
T 1063/02 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 10.08.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC H02K 1/02	Application no. 96924007.6
Keywords: Demande de rectification d'une décision écrite et du procès-verbal d'une procédure orale - recours recevable (oui) Rectification (non)				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 42.562K)
T 0231/04 () of 30.7.2004
Online on 10.08.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 30.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/06	Application no. 95937830.8
Keywords: Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.969K)
T 1254/01 () of 16.7.2004
Online on 09.08.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 1/22	Application no. 97116995.8
Keywords: Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.865K)
T 0412/02 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 09.08.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/18	Application no. 94106059.2
Keywords: Clarity (no) - unclear characterization by parameters				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.100K)
T 1100/03 () of 27.7.2004
Online on 09.08.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/04	Application no. 95928342.5
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.665K)
T 0178/04 () of 26.7.2004
Online on 09.08.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10	Application no. 97118713.3
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.457K)
T 0226/02 () of 13.7.2004
Online on 06.08.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65H 55/04	Application no. 95920648.3
Keywords: Prior use - not proven Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes Late-filed documents - some not admitted for lack of relevancy - some not admitted without examination of relevancy - some admitted Decision of Examining Division corrected by Opposition Division - not allowed as ultra vires - correction of patent not allowed where opposition is to be rejected				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.909K)
T 0314/02 () of 14.7.2004
Online on 06.08.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B07C 1/00	Application no. 94308431.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.517K)
T 0565/02 () of 18.6.2004
Online on 06.08.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D04H 1/60	Application no. 95940204.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 77.911K)
T 0594/02 () of 20.7.2004
Online on 06.08.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 1/08	Application no. 99304467.6
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.541K)
W 0020/03 (Genistein/Pharmaceutical Institute) of 20.7.2004
Online on 06.08.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 15/26	Application no. -
Keywords: Obligation under Rule 40.1 PCT to specify reasons not met in view of PCT guidelines				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.269K)
T 0096/00 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 05.08.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 19/72	Application no. 94916625.0
Keywords: Admissibility of documents filed during appeal proceedings (yes) - no remittal Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.548K)
T 0877/00 () of 21.7.2004
Online on 05.08.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G03B 17/04	Application no. 93924759.9
Keywords: Support (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.234K)
T 0030/01 () of 29.6.2004
Online on 05.08.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B 9/02	Application no. 92911842.0
Keywords: Entitlement to priority (no) - no explicit or implicit disclosure of specific arrangement Document published during priority interval - state of the art (yes) Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.422K)
T 0351/02 () of 29.6.2004
Online on 05.08.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/42	Application no. 95923463.4
Keywords: Main request: inventive step (no) Auxiliary request: late reintroduction in opposition appeal proceedings of a feature omitted from claims pursued in the examination procedure (inadmissible)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.935K)
T 0166/01 (In vitro method/KARO BIO AB) of 16.12.2003
Online on 04.08.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.12.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/00	Application no. 92921468.2
Keywords: Main request - inventive step (no) First auxiliary request: added subject-matter (yes) Second auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 56.998K)
T 0302/02 (Automated amplification/APPLERA) of 12.3.2004
Online on 04.08.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 23/19	Application no. 87301669.5
Keywords: Art. 114(2) - late submitted material - evidence admitted (no) Art. 56 - Inventive step - neighbouring field (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 50.757K)
T 0548/02 () of 22.7.2004
Online on 04.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C21B 13/00	Application no. 97950427.1
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) after amendment				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.169K)
T 1087/00 (Refining process/SHOWA) of 1.4.2004
Online on 03.08.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 3/00	Application no. 94106422.2
Keywords: Inventive step (no): the skilled person aiming at improving the efficiency of a process based on a specific reaction would search for a solution to this problem in any prior art process based on this reaction belonging to the relevant technical field				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.235K)
T 0982/01 (Signal compression system/InterDigital) of 15.6.2004
Online on 03.08.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/66	Application no. 90119336.7
Keywords: Late filed material Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.510K)
T 1217/02 () of 27.7.2004
Online on 03.08.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 21/32	Application no. 98106948.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.185K)
T 1158/03 () of 29.7.2004
Online on 03.08.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 2/30	Application no. 98921323.6
Keywords: Neuheit (ja, nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 21.675K)
T 0396/04 () of 29.7.2004
Online on 03.08.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 29.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 31/08	Application no. 96306229.4
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.494K)
T 0726/03 (Common key distribution/LUCENT) of 30.7.2004
Online on 02.08.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/38	Application no. 01309272.1
Keywords: Novelty - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.509K)

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J 0010/04 (Monitoring system/SYNTRON BIORESEARCH, INC.) of 5.7.2004
Online on 30.07.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 5.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 3/00	Application no. 00991676.8
Keywords: International application - filing date Correction of errors of receiving office Evaluation of evidence - sworn statement				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.144K)
T 0973/00 (Verfahren und Anordnung zur optischen Drehzahlmessung von … of 4.5.2004
Online on 30.07.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G01P 3/36	Application no. 96115506.6
Keywords: Schwerwiegender Verfahrensfehler (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 50.089K)
T 1094/00 () of 22.6.2004
Online on 30.07.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N 1/39	Application no. 95927637.9
Keywords: Neuheit - ja, nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja, nach Änderung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 72.970K)
T 0357/02 () of 30.7.2004
Online on 30.07.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00	Application no. 95914085.6
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step - problem and solution Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.649K)
T 0433/02 (Potassium clavulate/SMITHKLINE BEECHAM) of 14.7.2004
Online on 30.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 503/00	Application no. 98922693.1
Keywords: Main request: inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.644K)
T 0826/98 (Non-flammable mixtures/DU PONT DE NEMOURS) of 8.7.2004
Online on 30.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 7/50	Application no. 91905195.3
Keywords: Sole request: novelty (yes) - unity of invention (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 19.801K)
T 0424/00 (Chromates/STOPPANI) of 4.6.2004
Online on 29.07.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C01G 37/14	Application no. 91908406.1
Keywords: Extension of scope: no Inventive step: yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.035K)
T 0929/00 (Detergent component/UNILEVER) of 26.2.2004
Online on 29.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/06	Application no. 94920910.0
Keywords: Novelty (yes) - non suggested combination of several selections from a plurality of lists within the more generic disclosure of a prior art patent document				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.069K)
T 0380/01 (Washing of culinary utensils/UNILEVER) of 28.5.2004
Online on 29.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00	Application no. 93200602.6
Keywords: Interpretation of claims Novelty (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.524K)
T 1026/01 () of 27.4.2004
Online on 29.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B24D 15/00	Application no. 91920404.0
Keywords: Clarity (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Novelty (main request and second auxiliary request, no; first auxiliary request, yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.296K)
T 1183/01 (Bleaching Composition/UNILEVER) of 12.7.2004
Online on 29.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/39	Application no. 91200661.6
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.548K)
T 0058/03 (Production of detergent composition/UNILEVER) of 8.6.2004
Online on 29.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/06	Application no. 97901008.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes): not all features disclosed in combination Admissibility of late filed documents (no): at first sight no more relevant than previously cited prior art Remittal (yes): inventive step to be discussed at two instances				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.122K)
T 0182/03 (phosphodiesterase/SMITHKLINE BEECHAM) of 23.6.2004
Online on 29.07.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 23.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/55	Application no. 94911544.8
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.724K)
T 0071/02 () of 12.7.2004
Online on 28.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q 1/25	Application no. 95115285.9
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen - ja Klarheit und Ausführbarkeit - ja Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.330K)
T 0437/02 (Particle size/ECOLAB) of 26.11.2003
Online on 28.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.11.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/00	Application no. 94924572.4
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.356K)
T 0086/03 (Hard-surface cleaning/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 28.6.2004
Online on 28.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37	Application no. 95944437.3
Keywords: Late filed document (not admissible):not relevant at first sight Inventive step (yes):"streak-free" cleaning and restoring of gloss are different technical problems - no incentive for replacing a metal complex with a metal salt for improving the restoration of gloss				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.499K)
T 0303/00 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 27.07.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 29/21	Application no. 95117736.9
Keywords: Änderungen - Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit (ja) - nach Änderung Zurückverweisung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.857K)
T 0245/01 (PAS/Ni ratio/UNILEVER) of 13.7.2004
Online on 27.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/06	Application no. 94915115.3
Keywords: Inventive step (main request) yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.530K)
T 1106/01 () of 14.5.2004
Online on 27.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/36	Application no. 93109438.7
Keywords: Zulässigkeit Änderung - ja Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.812K)
T 0405/02 (Laminated product/ASAHI) of 25.3.2004
Online on 27.07.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 17/36	Application no. 88104002.6
Keywords: Inventive step - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.904K)
T 0389/03 () of 6.7.2004
Online on 27.07.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 3/06	Application no. 01810175.8
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Uneinheitlichkeit a posteriori (nein) Rückzahlung von weiteren Recherchengebühren (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.924K)
T 0477/03 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 27.07.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 9/10	Application no. 98123157.4
Keywords: Neuheit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.560K)
D 0004/03 () of 19.7.2004
Online on 26.07.2004	Board DBA	Decision date 19.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20.640K)
T 0788/00 (Purification of esters/ROHM AND HAAS) of 22.6.2004
Online on 26.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 67/60	Application no. 95303759.5
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed documents (yes) Inventive step (no) - obvious solution of the technical problem Apportionment of costs (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.662K)
T 0045/02 () of 25.5.2004
Online on 26.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 13/02	Application no. 91112831.2
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (main request, no; auxiliary request, yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.061K)
T 0847/02 () of 2.6.2004
Online on 26.07.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B 1/94	Application no. 93309283.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.521K)
T 1101/03 () of 13.7.2004
Online on 26.07.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 5/443	Application no. 95108537.2
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.707K)
T 0725/00 () of 16.6.2004
Online on 23.07.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A46B 7/06	Application no. 92906554.8
Keywords: Clarity - main request - no Extension of subject-matter - first auxiliary request - yes Disclaimer - second auxiliary request - unallowable				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.967K)
T 0862/00 (Linearer Datenbus/Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) of 29.4.2004
Online on 23.07.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/40	Application no. 91119830.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (bejaht) Entscheidung über die Beschwerde - Zurückverweisung (verneint) Verspätet eingerichte Anträge - Zulässigkeit (Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4: verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.179K)
T 0452/02 () of 6.5.2004
Online on 23.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 47/06	Application no. 94120600.5
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.653K)
T 0677/02 () of 22.4.2004
Online on 23.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 35/00	Application no. 95119527.0
Keywords: Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - nein Versäumung der Frist zur Einlegung der Beschwerde - ja Beachtung aller nach den gegebenen Umständen gebotenen Sorgfalt - nein Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.351K)
T 0092/99 (Regelungsanordnung/BOSCH) of 11.5.2004
Online on 23.07.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 15/02	Application no. 92909622.0
Keywords: Verspätet vorgebrachte Tatsachen und Beweismittel - (zugelassen) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.680K)
T 0560/01 () of 16.7.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/05	Application no. 91904346.3
Keywords: Consent to amendments under Rule 86(3) EPC - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.463K)
T 1047/01 () of 13.7.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 15/06	Application no. 97103403.8
Keywords: Admissibility of the amendments (yes) Novelty and inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.884K)
T 1078/01 () of 11.3.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/82	Application no. 94115904.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag), ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.116K)
T 0010/02 () of 29.4.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 29.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 21/10	Application no. 95111797.7
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.535K)
T 0044/02 (Compositions de polyols/Roquette Frères) of 22.7.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C07C 31/26	Application no. 95402491.5
Keywords: Requête principale : nouveauté (non) - produit défini par un test de densité optique qui n'est qu'un paramètre supplémentaire d'un produit déjà décrit Requête subsidiaire : activité inventive (oui) - solution non évidente				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 46.560K)
T 0316/02 () of 19.5.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 21/10	Application no. 95110975.0
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.209K)
T 0413/02 () of 5.5.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 5.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 13/38 G07F 7/10	Application no. 93914829.2
Keywords: Transfert de l'opposition et la qualité de partie à la procédure de recours - recevabilité du recours (oui) Requêtes tardives Activité inventive - deuxième requête auxiliaire (oui)				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 45.335K)
T 0927/02 () of 12.7.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/304	Application no. 97300463.3
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) Amended subject-matter basis in the application as filed - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.491K)
T 0985/02 () of 25.5.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F25J 3/04	Application no. 95115584.5
Keywords: Novelty - no (main request) Inventive step - no (auxiliary request)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.795K)
T 0156/03 () of 30.6.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 5/08	Application no. 96104557.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.417K)
T 0015/04 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 11/16 E02F 3/18	Application no. 93105028.0
Keywords: Unzulässigkeit der Beschwerde Wiedereinsetzung - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 18.985K)
T 0722/99 (Elimination de micropolluants/TRAILIGAZ) of 15.7.2004
Online on 22.07.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C02F 1/78	Application no. 94900870.0
Keywords: Clôture de la procédure de recours				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 19.237K)
T 1133/03 (Sustained drug delivery/PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICAL INC.) of 24.6.2004
Online on 21.07.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00	Application no. 97953188.6
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.642K)
T 0295/04 (Aluminiumlegierung/VENTEC) of 13.7.2004
Online on 21.07.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C 21/06	Application no. 01106442.5
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde Beschwerdebegründung nicht ausreichend				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 16.126K)
T 0698/99 (Signalübertragungsverfahren/FRAUNHOFER) of 27.5.2004
Online on 21.07.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 1/66	Application no. 93923455.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht) Einspruchsgründe - Änderungen Unzureichende Offenbarung (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.688K)
T 0573/02 () of 18.5.2004
Online on 20.07.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 33/02	Application no. 95111841.3
Keywords: Admissibility of the amendments (yes) Reformatio in pejus (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.831K)
T 1157/02 () of 12.5.2004
Online on 20.07.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B27G 5/00	Application no. 95915794.2
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 44.381K)
T 0370/01 (Synchronizing pictures/THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS) of 19.3.2004
Online on 19.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 19.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 9/64 H04N 5/262 H04N 5/44 H04N 5/45	Application no. 91912590.6
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed documents (yes) Inventive step - all requests (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.818K)
T 0028/02 () of 22.6.2004
Online on 19.07.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L 27/00	Application no. 95930305.8
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.420K)
T 0444/03 () of 5.7.2004
Online on 19.07.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 11/14	Application no. 94907750.7
Keywords: Substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.752K)
T 0847/03 () of 12.7.2004
Online on 19.07.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 29/00	Application no. 95920602.0
Keywords: Inventive step (yes, after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.076K)
T 0424/01 () of 6.7.2004
Online on 16.07.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01M 17/06	Application no. 95931496.4
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.494K)
T 1073/01 () of 6.5.2004
Online on 16.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 94926642.3
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments - yes Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 73.064K)
T 0080/02 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 16.07.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18	Application no. 88111360.9
Keywords: Inventive step (main request) - no Inventive step (auxiliary request) - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.439K)
T 0760/02 () of 17.6.2004
Online on 16.07.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S 3/02 F21V 23/00	Application no. 93106399.4
Keywords: Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 74.033K)
T 0402/00 (Pentafluoroethane/ DU PONT) of 5.5.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/20	Application no. 96203084.7
Keywords: Divisional application (not allowable) - extends beyond parent application - fresh combination of features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.113K)
T 0935/01 () of 29.4.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B 27/10	Application no. 92105534.9
Keywords: Auxiliary request filed in oral proceedings (admissible) Inventive step (main and auxiliary request (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 79.525K)
T 1053/01 (Tabular grains/Eastman Kodak Company) of 29.3.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G03C 1/005	Application no. 92116262.4
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.895K)
T 1187/01 () of 28.5.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/528	Application no. 92101021.1
Keywords: Main request (clarity: yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.521K)
T 1208/01 () of 25.3.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 35/00	Application no. 95118261.7
Keywords: Neuheit, Hauptantrag (nein) Klarheit, 1. Hilfsantrag (nein), 2. Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit, 2. Hilfsantrag (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.178K)
T 0524/02 () of 7.7.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C21D 9/00	Application no. 98958181.4
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.383K)
T 0947/02 () of 24.5.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 17/14	Application no. 95203057.5
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Scope of protection extended (no) Clarity (yes) Novlty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.989K)
T 0808/03 () of 15.7.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 15.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 57/00	Application no. 00913148.3
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.758K)
T 1054/03 (Verfahren zur Bestattung von Kleinstkindern/DUNKER) of 5.7.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61G 17/08	Application no. 98915026.3
Keywords: Wiedereinsetzung - objektiver Verhinderungsgrund (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 18.638K)
T 0118/04 () of 17.6.2004
Online on 15.07.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A45F 3/04	Application no. 99970005.7
Keywords: Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 29.152K)
T 0396/01 (On-screen display/THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS) of 25.5.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 9/87	Application no. 96930873.3
Keywords: Extension of the protection (main and first auxiliary request: yes) Clarity (second auxiliary request: no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.853K)
T 0996/01 (Distillation/DAICEL) of 17.6.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 53/08	Application no. 95111625.0
Keywords: All requests - inventive step (no) - obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.582K)
T 1064/01 (Sulfamic acids/SEARLE, MONSANTO) of 25.3.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 317/44	Application no. 98114523.8
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - alternative - effect not credible for all claimed compounds				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.242K)
T 0100/02 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 96103278.6
Keywords: Verspätet vorgebrachte Tatsachen und Beweismittel- Zulässigkeit von Dokumenten (überwiegend verneint) Neuheit (Haupt- und Hilfsantrag - bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und 1. Hilfsantrag - verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 49.430K)
T 0101/02 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 96103276.0
Keywords: Verspätet vorgebrachte Tatsachen und Beweismittel Zulässigkeit von Dokumenten (überwiegend verneint) Neuheit (Haupt- und Hilfsantrag - bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Haupt- und Hilfsantrag - verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.312K)
T 0102/02 () of 27.5.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 96103279.4
Keywords: Verspätet vorgebrachte Tatsachen und Beweismittel Zulässigkeit von Dokumenten (überwiegend verneint) Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.209K)
T 0131/02 (Fire protection/DU PONT) of 11.5.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A62C 2/00	Application no. 91901462.1
Keywords: Novelty - yes, no implicit disclosure Inventive step - yes, non-obvious improvement				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.108K)
T 0861/02 (Recording devices/SONY) of 25.6.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/926	Application no. 95300304.3
Keywords: Decision reasoned (no) Decision on the file as it stands Substantial procedural violation (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.456K)
T 0893/02 (GP75/SLOAN-KETTERING) of 26.5.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/11	Application no. 91908003.6
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.459K)
T 0274/03 () of 8.7.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.7.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H 59/04	Application no. 98305738.1
Keywords: Amendments of claims - switching to unsearched subject-matter implying a significant change in the nature of the subject- matter claimed (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.239K)
T 0519/99 (Signal processing/CANON) of 1.4.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/93 H04N 7/32 H04N 9/64	Application no. 90103594.9
Keywords: Inventive step - main request (no) Admissibility of auxiliary request (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.713K)
T 0672/99 () of 28.4.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/06	Application no. 92113813.7
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.749K)
T 0827/99 (Lautsprecherabdeckung/ETI) of 14.7.2004
Online on 14.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.7.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 1/02	Application no. 87890170.1
Keywords: Neuheit - zwangsläufige Eignung des Standes der Technik für den gattungsgemäßen Zweck (verneint) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.580K)
T 0198/00 (Association herbicide à base de bromoxynil/RHONE-POULENC) of 25.5.2004
Online on 13.07.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A01N 47/36	Application no. 90420274.4
Keywords: Nouveauté de la revendication d'utilisation (non) : une des compositions est divulguée dans l'état de la technique pour la même utilisation				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 56.105K)
T 0029/01 () of 4.3.2004
Online on 13.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/325	Application no. 93310302.0
Keywords: Inventive step - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.151K)
T 0075/01 (Process for the preparation of sunscreens/IMPERIAL CHEMICAL … of 8.6.2004
Online on 13.07.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/42	Application no. 94303517.0
Keywords: Main, first and third requests - inventive step no - the prior art gives an incentive to use an ingredient in a specific form in order to achieve an improvement Second auxiliary request - admissibility - no: not in reply to a ground of appeal/opposition				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.912K)
T 0067/02 (Kosmetische Zubereitungen mit Flavonoiden/Beiersdorf) of 14.5.2004
Online on 13.07.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/48	Application no. 95941094.5
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Klarheit - (nein) - Ausschlußbestimmung in Zusammenhang mit den beanspruchten Verwendungen unklar Erster Hilfsantrag: eindeutiger Ausschluß therapeutischer Verwendungen Neuheit (nein): Zusammensetzungen mit gleicher Verwendung bereits bekannt Zweiter Hilfsantrag: Artikel 123(2) EPÜ (nein): Unzulässige Verallgemeinerung der Beispiele				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.446K)
T 0436/02 (Hydraulisches Bindemittel/HOLDERBANK) of 25.6.2004
Online on 13.07.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 7/02	Application no. 92901131.0
Keywords: Patent erloschen für alle Vertragsstaaten				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 16.238K)
T 0441/02 () of 19.5.2004
Online on 13.07.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08B 37/18	Application no. 95926341.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes) - no implicit disclosure - prior use not established Inventive step (yes) - non obvious process leads to non obvious product				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 60.854K)
T 0139/03 () of 17.2.2004
Online on 13.07.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.2.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B44C 5/04	Application no. 93108914.8
Keywords: Ursprüngliche Offenbarung, Hauptantrag (nein), 2. Hilfsantrag (nein) Erweiterung des Schutzumfangs, 1., 3. und 4. Hilfsantrag (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.261K)
T 0847/01 (Gas Conversion/BP) of 1.6.2004
Online on 12.07.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 1/04	Application no. 92304881.3
Keywords: Amendments: supported by the application as filed (yes) - extension of the protection conferred by the patent as granted (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.664K)
T 0188/02 () of 22.6.2004
Online on 12.07.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 7/00	Application no. 97116645.9
Keywords: Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Basis of decision - right to be heard Decision - insufficient reasoning				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.263K)
T 0658/02 () of 27.5.2004
Online on 12.07.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 22/06	Application no. 94921115.5
Keywords: Opposition grounds - extension of subject-matter				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.136K)
T 0332/00 () of 24.6.2004
Online on 08.07.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 33/08	Application no. 96308527.9
Keywords: Missing essential feature (no) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.375K)
T 0807/00 (Traitement de gaz/l'AIR LIQUIDE) of 6.5.2004
Online on 07.07.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B01J 8/02	Application no. 95942227.0
Keywords: Activité inventive : requête principale - non, requête subsidiaire - oui				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 47.336K)
T 0643/01 () of 7.7.2004
Online on 07.07.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.7.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC G07F 7/08	Application no. 91402792.5
Keywords: Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non) Décision concernant le recours - renvoi de l'affaire (oui) Frais - répartition				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 37.383K)
T 0953/01 () of 25.6.2004
Online on 07.07.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 3/72	Application no. 96907887.2
Keywords: Amendments - added subject matter (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.594K)
T 0153/01 () of 21.6.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D 5/38 G01D 5/34	Application no. 93110388.1
Keywords: Document filed at appeal Relevance; fresh case Remittal to first instance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.516K)
T 1122/01 () of 6.5.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 21/00	Application no. 95936543.8
Keywords: Power-Point-Präsentation in der mündlichen Verhandlung (vgl. Punkt 2) Hauptantrag: Neuheit verneint 13. Hilfsantrag: verspätet, nicht zugelassen 15. Hilfsantrag: Erfinderische Tätigkeit: bejaht				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 69.589K)
T 1159/01 () of 7.6.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D01G 9/14	Application no. 90810706.3
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen - ja Zulassung verspätet eingereichten Standes der Technik - ja Neuheit - nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 67.299K)
T 0380/02 () of 6.5.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 37/084	Application no. 95933516.7
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.705K)
T 0531/02 () of 2.6.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B23K 35/38	Application no. 96401914.5
Keywords: Nouveauté (oui) - invention de sélection Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 73.621K)
T 0570/02 () of 25.3.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 11/02	Application no. 94100426.9
Keywords: Mit Telefax eingereichter Einspruch, Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs (bejaht) Frist zur Vornahme von Änderungen, neue Anspruchsfassung in der mündlichen Verhandlung vorgelegt (zugelassen) Änderungen - Anspruchserweiterung (verneint) Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.812K)
T 0610/02 () of 18.5.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D04H 1/54	Application no. 95108989.5
Keywords: Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit bei alternativer Lösung - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 68.547K)
T 0126/04 (Maschine zum Biegen/BLM S.p.A.) of 29.6.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D 7/024	Application no. 98104916.6
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde Übersetzung der Beschwerdeschrift				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 20.213K)
T 0276/04 (Fibroblast growth factor/Human Genome Science) of 24.6.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/12	Application no. 95921454.5
Keywords: Decision reasoned in the sense of Rule 68(2) EPC (no) Substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.245K)
T 1088/99 () of 13.5.2004
Online on 05.07.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 15/24	Application no. 92309939.4
Keywords: Inventive step - main request (no) First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.276K)
T 0258/03 (Auktionsverfahren/HITACHI) of 21.4.2004
Online on 02.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 97306722.6
Keywords: Vorliegen einer Erfindung - Verfahren, das technische Mittel umfaßt (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit: Behandlung nichttechnischer Aspekte				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 52.234K)
T 0258/03 (Auction method/HITACHI) of 21.4.2004
Online on 02.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 97306722.6
Keywords: Presence of an invention - method involving technical means (yes) Inventive step: treatment of non-technical aspects				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.135K)
T 0258/03 (Auction method/HITACHI) of 21.4.2004
Online on 02.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 97306722.6
Keywords: Presence of an invention - method involving technical means (yes) Inventive step: treatment of non-technical aspects				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.624K)
T 0258/03 (Méthode d'enchères/HITACHI) of 21.4.2004
Online on 02.07.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 97306722.6
Keywords: Existence d'une invention - méthode faisant intervenir des moyens techniques (oui) Activité inventive : traitement d'aspects non-techniques				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 57.111K)
T 0572/01 (Hypochlorite bleach/PROCTER) of 18.5.2004
Online on 01.07.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/395	Application no. 93870070.5
Keywords: Inventive step (main and auxiliary request) - no; foreseeable effect (here: reduction of chlorine odour evidently linked with the stability of hypochlorite in the bleach composition)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.049K)
T 0901/01 () of 13.5.2004
Online on 01.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D04B 9/12	Application no. 95201986.7
Keywords: Amendments - inclusion of features contained in the drawings Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 79.686K)
T 1020/01 () of 29.3.2004
Online on 01.07.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D04B 15/78	Application no. 95105016.0
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 71.342K)
T 0910/02 () of 22.6.2004
Online on 01.07.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 39/12	Application no. 89903100.9
Keywords: Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung - Beschränkung im Anspruch auf eine von zwei offenbarten Alternativen - zulässig				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.027K)
T 1072/02 () of 27.5.2004
Online on 01.07.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A01G 5/00	Application no. 98440139.8
Keywords: Usage public antérieur (oui) Nouveauté (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 26.897K)

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T 0998/00 () of 2.6.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14	Application no. 92907654.5
Keywords: Novelty (yes, after amendment) Clarity (yes) Inventive step (yes, after amentments)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.811K)
T 1195/00 () of 24.5.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 21/02	Application no. 94924943.7
Keywords: Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.227K)
T 0021/01 () of 28.5.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C22F 1/057	Application no. 91114388.1
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.010K)
T 0028/01 () of 18.5.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 7/00 B41M 3/10	Application no. 89300086.9
Keywords: Proper construction of claim 1				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.280K)
T 0096/01 () of 19.5.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 25/48	Application no. 93301319.5
Keywords: Opposition grounds - extension of subject-matter (yes, all requests) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) - no bearing on the outcome of the appeal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.388K)
T 0805/01 () of 23.4.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 1/02	Application no. 95906834.7
Keywords: Priorität - teilweise gültig Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint) - Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht) - 1. Hilfsantrag				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 81.516K)
T 0074/02 () of 2.6.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/53	Application no. 95933408.7
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.076K)
T 0326/02 () of 11.5.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/08	Application no. 90312751.2
Keywords: Extension of scope of protection (main request) - yes Clarity (auxiliary request) - yes Sufficiency of disclosure - yes Novelty - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 74.096K)
T 1062/03 () of 8.6.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 35/04 B22D 41/50 C22B 21/06	Application no. 00953275.5
Keywords: Unity - (yes) Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary request (no), third auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.548K)
T 1226/03 () of 14.5.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 67/02	Application no. 98307471.7
Keywords: Claims - functional features Claims - clarity (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.266K)
T 0321/04 () of 28.6.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/00	Application no. 99911354.1
Keywords: Failure to file Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.428K)
W 0008/04 () of 25.6.2004
Online on 30.06.2004	Board -	Decision date 25.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/14	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 67.092K)
T 0032/00 (Formylalkancarbonsäureester/BASF) of 16.3.2004
Online on 29.06.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 16.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 67/347	Application no. 93101918.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - naheliegende Lösung der Aufgabe				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 91.254K)
T 0063/00 () of 6.5.2004
Online on 29.06.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/06	Application no. 92103901.2
Keywords: Novelty: yes (all requests) Inventive step: no (all requests) Further request proposed at the end of the debate: not admitted Reimbursement of appeal fee: no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 135.114K)
T 0306/01 () of 31.3.2004
Online on 29.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 31.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/02	Application no. 95929314.3
Keywords: Admissibility of interventions (yes) Clarity (any request), after amendments (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.276K)
T 1128/01 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 29.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C22C 21/08	Application no. 95901489.5
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 38.060K)
T 0871/02 () of 29.6.2004
Online on 29.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B07B 1/42 B06B 1/16	Application no. 97113308.7
Keywords: Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.358K)
T 0950/03 () of 15.6.2004
Online on 29.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 11/16	Application no. 99106087.2
Keywords: Klarheit der Ansprüche (bejaht) Ausführbarkeit der Offenbarung - allgemeines Fachwissen				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.387K)
T 1023/03 () of 17.6.2004
Online on 29.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.6.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C22C 38/06	Application no. 96401655.4
Keywords: Motifs de recours non déposés				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 17.265K)
T 0074/01 (Alkylated aromatics/ATOFINA) of 28.4.2004
Online on 28.06.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 69/12	Application no. 92870074.9
Keywords: Inventive Step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.430K)
T 0515/03 () of 3.6.2004
Online on 28.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 1/00 C22C 1/04	Application no. 99925695.1
Keywords: Inventive step - additional effect				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.229K)
T 1226/01 () of 4.5.2004
Online on 25.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B66C 23/62	Application no. 92915989.5
Keywords: Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - fresh ground for opposition (not admitted)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.462K)
T 1240/01 () of 10.5.2004
Online on 25.06.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 93116646.6
Keywords: Amendments - extension of protection (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 80.054K)
T 1251/01 () of 28.4.2004
Online on 25.06.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P 1/18	Application no. 94906828.2
Keywords: Ausreichende Offenbarung - ja Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 35.018K)
T 0181/00 (Cross-connection network/NEC) of 27.4.2004
Online on 24.06.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 11/04	Application no. 87114208.9
Keywords: Inventive step - no Late-filed requests (not admitted)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.399K)
T 0594/00 (Antimicrobial susceptibility testing/ALAMAR) of 6.5.2004
Online on 24.06.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/18	Application no. 90902964.7
Keywords: Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the first instance (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.144K)
T 0946/01 () of 27.5.2004
Online on 24.06.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G04G 15/00	Application no. 92104148.9
Keywords: Admissibility of the amendments (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.168K)
T 0583/02 () of 18.6.2004
Online on 24.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C21C 5/36	Application no. 98941140.0
Keywords: Klarheit (ja) Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.015K)
T 0642/02 () of 28.5.2004
Online on 24.06.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/00	Application no. 97111628.0
Keywords: Subject-matter extending beyond the contents of the earlier application (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.370K)
T 1054/02 () of 6.5.2004
Online on 24.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B09B 1/00 E02D 31/00	Application no. 95900213.0
Keywords: Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.143K)
T 1167/00 () of 6.4.2004
Online on 23.06.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/52	Application no. 92302781.7
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - problem and solution - obvious combination				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 49.231K)
T 0468/01 (Sampling/MAASLAND) of 14.5.2004
Online on 23.06.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/04	Application no. 93200754.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.317K)
T 0352/02 () of 13.5.2004
Online on 23.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B04C 5/081 B04C 5/28 B01J 8/38	Application no. 96107112.3
Keywords: Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.646K)
T 0320/03 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 23.06.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/46	Application no. 96100441.3
Keywords: Ausreichende Offenbarung - bejaht Neuheit - bejaht Erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.005K)
T 0705/00 (Handoff/ERICSSON) of 21.4.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/38	Application no. 91850205.5
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - yes Late filed material (not admitted)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.737K)
T 1077/00 () of 30.3.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 30.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/365	Application no. 89910959.9
Keywords: Novelty (yes) - main request Lack of inventive step - fresh ground of opposition (no) Remittal to the first instance (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 80.897K)
T 0841/01 () of 28.4.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 19/00	Application no. 88121698.0
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung des beanspruchten Gegenstandes				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.320K)
T 1104/01 (Konditioniervorrichtung/Ultrafilter) of 15.4.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 35/143	Application no. 96904050.0
Keywords: Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja, nicht naheliegende Alternative				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.605K)
T 1252/01 () of 5.5.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B24D 3/28	Application no. 95925566.2
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - remitted to first instance Ground filed for first time in appeal proceedings - proprietor agrees to its admittance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.698K)
T 1096/02 () of 24.3.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/32	Application no. 97918077.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 70.546K)
T 0069/03 () of 4.5.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/01	Application no. 97940999.2
Keywords: Novelty (yes, after amendments)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.245K)
T 1078/03 () of 12.5.2004
Online on 22.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61H 1/00	Application no. 98959069.0
Keywords: Clarity, inventive step (yes after amendments)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.943K)
T 1289/01 () of 7.5.2004
Online on 21.06.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 27/24	Application no. 90904934.8
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.790K)
T 0082/03 () of 30.3.2004
Online on 21.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F16H 7/08	Application no. 97102423.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.812K)
T 0608/04 (Rücknahme der Beschwerde/CLAAS KGaA) of 9.6.2004
Online on 21.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 7/15	Application no. 98101434.3
Keywords: Rücknahme der Beschwerde Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.376K)
T 0905/99 (Procédé enzymatique d'obtention d'arôme de vanille/PERNOD- … of 11.5.2004
Online on 21.06.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A23L 1/23	Application no. 92919419.9
Keywords: Activité inventive - non : incitation à utiliser une enzyme dans l'état de la technique				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 31.251K)
J 0002/01 (Teilanmeldung/THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE) of 4.2.2004
Online on 18.06.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 4.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. 99104102.1
Keywords: Patentanmeldung im Namen von mehr als einem Anmelder - Teilanmeldung im Namen nicht aller Anmelder der Stammanmeldung - verneint - sofern nicht Artikel 61 und Regel 20 EPÜ erfüllt sind				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 64.401K)
J 0002/01 (Divisional application/THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE) of 4.2.2004
Online on 18.06.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 4.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. 99104102.1
Keywords: Patent application in the name of more than one applicant - divisional application in the name of not all the applicants for parent application - no - unless Art. 61, Rule 20 EPC are met				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.550K)
J 0002/01 (Divisional application/THE TRUSTEED OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE) of 4.2.2004
Online on 18.06.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 4.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. 99104102.1
Keywords: Patent application in the name of more than one applicant - divisional application in the name of not all the applicants for parent application - no - unless Art. 61, Rule 20 EPC are met				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 53.565K)
J 0002/01 (Demande divisionnaire/THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE) of 4.2.2004
Online on 18.06.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 4.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. 99104102.1
Keywords: Demande de brevet au nom de plusieurs demandeurs - demande divisionnaire au nom d'une partie seulement des demandeurs initiaux - non - sauf si l'article 61 et la règle 20 CBE sont observés				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 58.541K)
T 0395/00 (Stable hemoglobin compositions/BAXTER) of 22.4.2004
Online on 18.06.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/42	Application no. 91913972.5
Keywords: Late-filed documents - admission into proceedings - (no) New argument - admission into proceedings - (yes) Added matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 58.140K)
T 0876/01 (Funktelefonsystem/Alcatel) of 25.5.2004
Online on 18.06.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04Q 7/20	Application no. 89123362.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (verneint) Änderungen - Erweiterung - Hilfsantrag (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.098K)
D 0003/03 () of 23.4.2004
Online on 17.06.2004	Board DBA	Decision date 23.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: -				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.425K)
T 0437/01 () of 23.4.2004
Online on 17.06.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/26	Application no. 93902726.4
Keywords: Inventive step (no): could-would approach - skilled person - technical field				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.281K)
T 0287/03 () of 3.6.2004
Online on 17.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.6.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B67D 1/08	Application no. 98104112.2
Keywords: Widerruf auf Veranlassung des Patentinhabers				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.874K)
T 1042/02 () of 1.4.2004
Online on 16.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B21D 51/26	Application no. 91117994.3
Keywords: Admissibility of the amendments (yes) Reformatio in pejus Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.768K)
T 0152/03 () of 22.4.2004
Online on 16.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/12	Application no. 97112837.6
Keywords: Allegation of public prior use (inadmissible) Novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 56.916K)
J 0016/01 (Correction of error/Restitutio in integrum/STRATEK PLASTICS LIMITED) of 15.6.2004
Online on 15.06.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B28B 1/08	Application no. 97951734.9
Keywords: Correction of designation of a country (Euro-PCT application) Re-establishment of rights				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.344K)
T 0631/00 () of 5.5.2004
Online on 15.06.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/52 H01M 4/48	Application no. 93306087.3
Keywords: Problem/solution approach not applied by first instance New documents filed by both parties Fresh case - remittal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.811K)
T 0193/01 () of 4.6.2004
Online on 15.06.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01G 4/12	Application no. 97932971.1
Keywords: Clarity and support in the description (yes) Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.099K)
T 0643/00 (Searching image data/CANON) of 16.10.2003
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.10.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/64	Application no. 93300749.4
Keywords: Patentable invention (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.069K)
T 0787/00 (Erythropoietin/KIRIN-AMGEN) of 26.6.2003
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.6.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/00	Application no. 90311193.8
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed documents/amended claims into the proceedings - (yes) Extension of subject-matter (no) Extension of protection - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Method of treatment - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 76.182K)
T 1055/00 (Lower Olefin/SHELL) of 18.3.2004
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 69/06	Application no. 93202468.0
Keywords: All requests: Extension of the protection conferred by the patent (no), sufficiency of disclosure (yes), novelty (yes) Main request, first and second auxiliary request: inventive step (no) Third and fourth auxiliary request: Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.425K)
T 0228/01 (Fabric softening composition/UNILEVER) of 21.5.2004
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/835	Application no. 92302452.5
Keywords: Admissibility of the appeal (yes): only one appeal fee due Extension beyond content of the documents as originally filed of claim 10 according to the main and first to fifth auxiliary requests (yes) Novelty of sixth to eighth auxiliary requests (no) - no novel selection				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265.678K)
T 0594/01 (Alkylene glycols/SHELL) of 30.3.2004
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 29/10	Application no. 95907004.6
Keywords: Main request, first to third auxiliary request: novelty (no) - upper end of a range value overlapping the margin of uncertainty inherently associated with a prior disclosed experimental value Fourth and fifth auxiliary request: inventive step (no) obvious solution				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.530K)
T 1058/02 () of 18.5.2004
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61F 2/06	Application no. 97926048.6
Keywords: Activité inventive (non, après modifications)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 30.120K)
T 0172/03 (Order management/RICOH) of 27.11.2003
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.11.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 96115736.9
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 55.455K)
T 1162/03 (Tocopherol/EASTMAN CHEMICAL) of 5.5.2004
Online on 14.06.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 311/72	Application no. 95939870.2
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.610K)
T 0558/00 (Developer/CANON) of 18.2.2004
Online on 11.06.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/40 H04N 1/29 G03G 13/09	Application no. 89302318.4
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.294K)
T 0412/00 (Film coatings/BPSI) of 18.5.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/28	Application no. 92300406.3
Keywords: Amended claims according to the appellant's main request - compliance with the formal requirements of Article 84, 123(2)(3) EPC: yes Novelty: yes Agreement of the parties with the board's findings; requests for oral proceedings withdrawn; remittal of the case to the department of the first instance for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.514K)
T 0695/01 (Ceramic composition/KAO) of 9.3.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 33/04	Application no. 93500111.5
Keywords: Inventive step - no, obvious alternative				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.556K)
T 0703/01 () of 13.2.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 10/00	Application no. 94905365.6
Keywords: Admissibility of the appeal - appellant adversely affected (yes) - sufficient grounds (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 72.361K)
T 0890/01 () of 13.5.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B 17/02	Application no. 93309213.2
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.264K)
T 1154/01 () of 16.3.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K 23/04	Application no. 98105918.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit, nach Änderung (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.170K)
T 1155/01 () of 19.5.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H03B 5/08	Application no. 98906817.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht) Klarheit der Ansprüche (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.896K)
T 0863/02 () of 23.3.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 25/04	Application no. 97917229.3
Keywords: Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.593K)
T 0712/99 () of 29.4.2004
Online on 09.06.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 29/00	Application no. 88113429.0
Keywords: Inventive step - yes (appeal dismissed)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.020K)
J 0035/03 (Re-establishment of rights/VIROCELL INC.) of 4.5.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 4.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/557	Application no. 97902124.3
Keywords: Re-establishmet of rights - renewal fee - one-year period				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.812K)
T 0091/00 (Creme-Zubereitungen/Merz Pharma) of 26.4.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/127	Application no. 92110705.8
Keywords: Neuheit - Haupt-, erster, zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Haupt-, erster, zweiter Hilfsantrag (nein) Naheliegende Ausgestaltung des Stands der Technik				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 46.565K)
T 0873/01 () of 2.4.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 3/28	Application no. 92113221.3
Keywords: Novelty - prior disclosure - implicit features (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.078K)
T 1288/01 () of 26.3.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 6/28	Application no. 92908695.7
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 56.473K)
T 0253/02 () of 31.3.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 31.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04	Application no. 93119442.7
Keywords: Priority - same invention (no) Document available to the public (yes - on balance of probabilities) New problem formulation (no - not in line with experimental evidence in the patent) Inventive step (no - obvious substitution)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 73.557K)
T 0259/02 () of 28.4.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C08G 81/02	Application no. 94870026.5
Keywords: Renvoi devant la première instance (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 37.123K)
T 0435/02 () of 1.4.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 5/42 B65D 83/38	Application no. 93915133.8
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - no Costs - apportionment - oral proceedings - (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.917K)
T 0965/02 () of 10.5.2004
Online on 08.06.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B65B 7/28	Application no. 97400363.4
Keywords: Nouveauté - (oui après modification)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 21.535K)
T 0093/02 () of 22.4.2004
Online on 07.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B61C 9/48	Application no. 92105326.0
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.512K)
T 0621/02 () of 27.4.2004
Online on 07.06.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 5/06	Application no. 97922281.7
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.030K)
T 0012/03 () of 3.2.2004
Online on 07.06.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 73/10	Application no. 96902503.0
Keywords: Inventive step - yes Substantial procedural violation - no Reimbursement of the appeal fee - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.992K)
T 0852/03 () of 22.3.2004
Online on 07.06.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 35/363	Application no. 96914783.4
Keywords: Support by description (yes - after amendment) Novelty (yes - after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.448K)
T 0194/99 () of 7.5.2004
Online on 07.06.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 7.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/06	Application no. 93120881.3
Keywords: Clarity (yes - after amendment) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.901K)
T 0947/99 (Confectionary/UNILEVER) of 27.11.2003
Online on 07.06.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.11.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 1/20	Application no. 93921860.8
Keywords: Late filed facts, evidence and arguments relating to adequately substantiated allegations of prior use (admitted) Prior use (yes) - direct and unlimited access to any information regarding methods known per se for the production of confectionary in three different factories was possible				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 97.256K)
T 0366/02 () of 27.4.2004
Online on 04.06.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 1/14	Application no. 95116393.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.824K)
T 0448/02 () of 19.5.2004
Online on 04.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61C 5/10	Application no. 94928916.9
Keywords: Nouveauté et activité inventive (oui, après amendements)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 33.908K)
T 0796/02 (Hepatitis B antigen/GENENTECH) of 1.4.2004
Online on 04.06.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/81	Application no. 82304513.3
Keywords: Decision re appeals - contravene ratio decidendi (no) Late submitted requests (yes) Abuse of proceedure (yes)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.857K)
T 1065/02 () of 20.4.2004
Online on 04.06.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 14/08	Application no. 91305161.1
Keywords: Late submitted material - post-published documents not admitted Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (no), novelty (yes), inventive step (no) Auxiliary request filed four days before oral proceedings - not admitted because not clearly allowable				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.865K)
T 0692/03 () of 10.5.2004
Online on 04.06.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65H 54/76	Application no. 98937688.4
Keywords: Extension of subject-matter (no, after amendment); remittal to first instance for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.011K)
T 0184/04 () of 1.6.2004
Online on 04.06.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.6.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/20	Application no. 99942514.3
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 16.656K)
T 0382/01 () of 5.2.2004
Online on 03.06.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.2.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/78	Application no. 94118335.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag) - nein Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag) - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.251K)
T 0347/02 (Neoplastic phenotype/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) of 21.4.2004
Online on 03.06.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/00	Application no. 89912909.2
Keywords: Allowablility of amended claim - no Lack of clarity - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.347K)
T 0547/02 () of 19.5.2004
Online on 03.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C21D 8/10	Application no. 96250126.8
Keywords: Neuheit (ja, nach Änderung) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja, nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.244K)
T 1003/99 (Acridinium compounds/THE WELSH NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE) of 25.2.2004
Online on 03.06.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/12	Application no. 82306557.8
Keywords: Main request: novlety (no) - broad interpretation of functional feature Auxiliary request 1: inventive step (no) - obvious solution of the technical problem Auxiliary request 2: inventive step (yes) - non obvious solution of the technical problem				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 190.682K)
T 0767/00 () of 26.5.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D03D 15/00	Application no. 93107333.2
Keywords: Zulassung neuen Standes der Technik - ja Verfahrensmißbrauch - nein Rückverweisung an die erste Instanz - ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 69.347K)
T 0423/01 (Längenpolymorphismen/MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT) of 25.3.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 25.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 89912096.8
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen, Priorität, Neuheit, erfinderische Tätigkeit, ausreichende Offenbarung (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 63.195K)
T 0555/01 () of 18.3.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.3.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC D06C 11/00	Application no. 94905768.1
Keywords: Exposé - suffisant (oui) Activité inventive (oui) Requête tendant à mentionner au procès verbal l'interprétation à donner à une étape du procédé revendiqué - rejetée				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 79.170K)
T 0132/03 (Datenübermittlung/MARKS) of 5.3.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 5.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 1/44	Application no. 97122623.8
Keywords: Ausreichende Beschwerdebegründung (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.961K)
T 0188/03 () of 26.3.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04D 13/15 E04F 13/06 E04F 19/06	Application no. 97111261.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (anerkannt)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.584K)
W 0002/04 () of 10.5.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/44 A61F 2/46 A61B 17/02	Application no. -
Keywords: Unity of invention a posteriori (no, in part) Unity of invention a priori (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 70.602K)
W 0003/04 () of 27.4.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 5/02 H04R 17/00 H04B 1/38	Application no. -
Keywords: Mangelnde Einheitlichkeit a posteriori (bejaht)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 62.276K)
W 0004/04 () of 30.4.2004
Online on 02.06.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Feststellung mangelnder Einheitlichkeit - nicht begründet				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 75.050K)
J 0006/02 (Correction of error/BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION) of 13.5.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 1/12	Application no. 99911419.2
Keywords: Correction of designation of a country Procedural effects				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.413K)
T 1078/00 () of 28.4.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/365	Application no. 91116709.6
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.640K)
T 0325/02 () of 23.3.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/673 B21D 53/74	Application no. 95100596.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bestätigt)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.594K)
T 0395/02 () of 11.5.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F28F 9/04	Application no. 95100073.6
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.778K)
T 0526/02 () of 29.4.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 11/06	Application no. 95900015.9
Keywords: Fresh ground of opposition - extent of power to examine Inventive step - yes (after amendment)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.328K)
T 1115/02 () of 22.4.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 9/28 B22F 1/00 H01M 4/80	Application no. 98310453.0
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes) after amendment				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.898K)
T 0002/03 () of 27.4.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 23/06	Application no. 98955479.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.415K)
T 0177/03 () of 13.5.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 23/06	Application no. 98954416.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.572K)
T 0535/03 () of 30.3.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 51/30	Application no. 95309310.1
Keywords: Formulation of the technical problem, inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.252K)
T 0583/03 (Human packaging cell line/CHIRON) of 1.3.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/86	Application no. 97121096.8
Keywords: Novelty (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.103K)
T 0153/99 (Spread Spectrum Communication/QUALCOMM) of 3.3.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/185	Application no. 87309122.7
Keywords: Inventive step (main and auxiliary request, no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.759K)
T 0573/99 () of 21.4.2004
Online on 01.06.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 7/00	Application no. 95401084.9
Keywords: Suffisance de l'exposé (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 50.856K)

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T 0994/00 (Digitales zellulares Mobilkommunikationsnetz/DETECON) of 5.5.2004
Online on 28.05.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 7/26	Application no. 92120615.7
Keywords: Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht) Verspätet vorgebrachte Tatsachen und Beweismittel Zulässigkeit des Vorbringens (verneint)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.414K)
T 0755/01 () of 11.5.2004
Online on 28.05.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 4/04	Application no. 95810072.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.285K)
T 1199/01 () of 17.5.2004
Online on 28.05.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K 17/082	Application no. 98107173.1
Keywords: Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.446K)
T 0065/02 () of 16.4.2004
Online on 28.05.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 8/12	Application no. 95111069.1
Keywords: Novelty - yes, (after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.502K)
T 0320/01 (Pyridones/AVENTIS) of 12.3.2004
Online on 27.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.3.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C07D 211/86	Application no. 93905369.0
Keywords: Requête principale : modification - support dans la demande telle que déposée (non) Première requête subsidiaire : activité inventive (non) - effet pas rendu crédible pour tous les composés revendiqués Deuxième requête subsidiaire - renvoi à la première instance				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 104.094K)
T 0796/03 () of 19.5.2004
Online on 27.05.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 29/52	Application no. 96112087.0
Keywords: Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.803K)
J 0027/01 (Unzulässiger Wiedereinsetzungsantrag/SULZER CHEMTECH) of 11.3.2004
Online on 26.05.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 11.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 44/00	Application no. 98946251.0
Keywords: Frist für Wiedereinsetzungsantrag Wegfall des Hindernisses Sorgfaltspflichten des Einzelanmelders				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.362K)
T 0884/99 (Liposomal formulations/THE LIPOSOME COMPANY) of 26.5.2004
Online on 26.05.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/50	Application no. 88400521.6
Keywords: Main request, priority validly claimed - no, novelty - no First auxiliary request, originally disclosed - no Second auxiliary request, novelty - yes, inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.407K)
T 0602/00 (Dispositif de prévention des défaillances cardiaques/F. Zacouto) of 17.3.2004
Online on 25.05.2004	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.3.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61N 1/08	Application no. 91403161.2
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 30.531K)
T 0844/00 () of 7.5.2004
Online on 25.05.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 45/00	Application no. 92904242.2
Keywords: Novelty, inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.705K)
T 0073/02 () of 17.5.2004
Online on 25.05.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC F23N 5/02	Application no. 97113372.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 22.188K)
T 0893/99 () of 23.3.2004
Online on 25.05.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/1335	Application no. 93300716.3
Keywords: Inventive step - yes (after amendment) Admissibility of a claim comprising a reference to a figure (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.559K)
T 0190/00 () of 26.3.2004
Online on 24.05.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G02G 15/02	Application no. 92116395.2
Keywords: Construction of a claim including a feature defined by way of a mathematical inequality (see point 2.2.1 of the Reasons) Inventive step: no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 54.316K)
T 0363/00 (Beer adsorbent/PQ) of 30.3.2004
Online on 24.05.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C12H 1/04	Application no. 90916579.7
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.565K)
T 1014/01 (Recombinant immunoconjugates/BRISTOL-MYERS Squibb Co.) of 5.11.2003
Online on 24.05.2004	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.11.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/48	Application no. 91100695.5
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no) Auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 2 - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.554K)
T 0440/01 (Fluorination catalyst/DAIKIN INDUSTRIES) of 2.3.2004
Online on 21.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 19/08	Application no. 92108698.9
Keywords: Main request: claimed subject-matter of the patent as granted extending beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary request: admissibility (no) - substantially modified request filed for the first time during oral proceedings				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.930K)
T 0094/02 (Mineralised clinker/SMIDTH) of 28.1.2004
Online on 21.05.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.1.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 7/42	Application no. 95910455.5
Keywords: Inventive step - non obvious combination of known features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.592K)
T 0841/03 (Aminobutyric acid compounds/WARNER-LAMBERT) of 29.1.2004
Online on 21.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.1.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 229/22	Application no. 97945516.9
Keywords: Main request: extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) - introduction of an unsupported compound feature First auxiliary request: unallowable extension (no) - remittal to the first instance				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 69.346K)
T 1185/01 (Cephem compounds/SHIONOGI) of 27.4.2004
Online on 19.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 501/38	Application no. 97914600.8
Keywords: Admendments - support in the application as filed (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 212.098K)
T 1156/02 () of 26.3.2004
Online on 19.05.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B27N 3/14	Application no. 94104897.7
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.110K)
T 0889/98 () of 1.4.2004
Online on 19.05.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E03F 1/00	Application no. 90904313.5
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes) after amendment				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.383K)
T 0495/00 (Gas purification/SINCO) of 29.9.2003
Online on 18.05.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.9.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/44	Application no. 93924600.5
Keywords: Inventive step: yes - non-obvious alternative process				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.463K)
T 0574/01 (Silica glass/NIKON) of 20.11.2003
Online on 18.05.2004	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.11.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 3/06	Application no. 96100119.5
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Implicit lack of novelty (not shown) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 75.206K)
T 0818/01 (Pyridindicarbonsäuren/BAYER) of 14.4.2004
Online on 18.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D 211/90	Application no. 95118359.9
Keywords: Zurückziehung der zurückgewiesenen Haupt- und Hilfsanträge - alle gerügten Mängel dadurch ausgeräumt - Zurückverweisung mit für Erteilung vorgesehener Fassung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.515K)
T 1207/01 (Mass spectrometer/FINNIGAN) of 17.12.2003
Online on 18.05.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.12.2003	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 49/42	Application no. 86303906.1
Keywords: Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes) Substantial procedural violation (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.047K)
T 0200/02 () of 23.4.2004
Online on 18.05.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 13/44	Application no. 94810385.8
Keywords: Neuheit (Hauptantrag, ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.823K)
T 0455/02 () of 12.3.2004
Online on 18.05.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 7/14	Application no. 91113357.7
Keywords: Neuer Einspruchsgrund - nicht zugelassen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.786K)
T 0363/99 (Kontaktlinsenreiniger/KOLLER) of 19.4.2004
Online on 18.05.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 2/00	Application no. 90810586.9
Keywords: Zulässigkeit des in der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Antrags - nein Übereinstimmung der Ansprüche mit den Erfordernissen der Artikel 84 und 123(2) EPÜ - nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 59.867K)
T 0400/01 () of 6.4.2004
Online on 17.05.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M 7/5395	Application no. 95106489.8
Keywords: Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.791K)
T 0786/01 () of 27.2.2004
Online on 17.05.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 13/14	Application no. 92910178.0
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.646K)
T 0753/02 () of 4.3.2004
Online on 17.05.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C 33/12	Application no. 92905063.1
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no) Fresh ground invoked for the first time in appeal proceedings - not admitted Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.256K)
T 0851/00 () of 2.3.2004
Online on 14.05.2004	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 35/04	Application no. 94305638.2
Keywords: Novelty (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.264K)
T 0945/01 () of 15.4.2004
Online on 14.05.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 15.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC H03J 1/00	Application no. 93121000.9
Keywords: Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.918K)
T 0211/03 () of 21.4.2004
Online on 14.05.2004	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC A41H 37/00	Application no. 95102128.6
Keywords: Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 - erfinderische Tätigkeit (verneint) Hilfsantrag 2 - erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.367K)
T 0887/01 () of 31.3.2004
Online on 13.05.2004	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B 17/02	Application no. 94201356.6
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.882K)
T 0089/02 () of 8.3.2004
Online on 13.05.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/00	Application no. 95104766.1
Keywords: Main request (not allowable) lack of support by the description				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.981K)
T 0636/02 (Run-level decoding/MATSUSHITA) of 28.4.2004
Online on 13.05.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/50 H03M 7/42 H04N 7/30	Application no. 01101681.3
Keywords: Extension beyond the content of the earlier application - no Remittal - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.166K)
T 0081/03 (Semiconductor memory device/RAMBUS) of 12.2.2004
Online on 13.05.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/16 G06F 12/02 G06F 12/06 G06F 13/376	Application no. 91908374.1
Keywords: Amendments - extension of scope of protection (no) Late filed requests - admissibility (auxiliary requests 3 to 5: no) Decision re appeals - remittal (no) Inventive step - (main request and auxiliary request 1: no				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 64.997K)
T 0911/03 () of 26.4.2004
Online on 13.05.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 99308840.0
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.683K)
J 0013/03 () of 23.2.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 23.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 23/00	Application no. 99909848.6
Keywords: Principle of protection of legitimate expectations Restitutio -Euro - PCT applications - EPO designated Office				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.653K)
J 0024/03 (Definition einer Frist/N. N.) of 17.2.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 17.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - Begriff der Frist				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.190K)
J 0024/03 (Time limit definition/N.N.) of 17.2.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 17.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Re-establishment of rights - concept of time limit				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 14.346K)
J 0024/03 (Time limit definition/N.N.) of 17.2.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 17.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Re-establishment of rights - concept of time limit				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.231K)
J 0024/03 (Définition d'un délai/N.N.) of 17.2.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 17.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords: Restitutio in integrum - notion de délai				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 18.016K)
T 0536/01 () of 31.3.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/306	Application no. 93910567.2
Keywords: Inventive step (denied)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.174K)
T 0661/01 () of 18.3.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H01C 1/14	Application no. 93917069.2
Keywords: Inventive step (denied) Closest state of the art document				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.287K)
T 1209/01 () of 23.4.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/76	Application no. 99116685.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 22.146K)
T 1269/01 (Enzyme stablization/COLGATE) of 24.3.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386	Application no. 91200871.1
Keywords: New ground for opposition: not admissible without the consent of the patent proprietor Novelty (main request) - no: technical effect of use claim underlying that known in the prior art Inventive step (auxiliary request) - no: separate addition of components to a detergent composition - obvious to try				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.121K)
T 0168/02 () of 18.3.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.3.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B21B 37/18	Application no. 96401181.1
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 40.593K)
T 0633/02 () of 30.3.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC F24D 5/08	Application no. 94115945.1
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes) in view of written prior art Remittal to the first instance for investigation of alleged prior use				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.517K)
T 1068/02 (coating apparatus/FUJI) of 20.2.2004
Online on 12.05.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G03C 1/74	Application no. 93106158.4
Keywords: Inventive step - main request (no) - technical effect not achievable over the whole area claimed; auxiliary request I (yes) - known technology not transferable. Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.556K)
T 0623/00 (Pyrimidene derivatives/NOVARTIS) of 11.5.2004
Online on 11.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/04	Application no. 94928384.0
Keywords: Priority right (no) - Claims 4 to 6 not directed to the same invention as disclosed in the first priority document Inventive step (yes) - Claims 4 to 6 directed to non-obvious embodiments even though the first priority date could not be acknowledged Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 60.979K)
T 0975/01 (Quinacridone/SUN CHEMICAL) of 5.5.2004
Online on 11.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C09B 48/00	Application no. 97106254.2
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - after amendment Inventive step (yes) - deterrent - not obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.137K)
T 0882/02 () of 27.4.2004
Online on 11.05.2004	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 37/00	Application no. 98940053.6
Keywords: Offenbarung der Änderungen (bejaht) Klarheit (ja, nach Änderung) Neuheit (ja, nach Änderung) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja, nach Änderung)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.365K)
T 0582/03 (Biodegradable surfactant/ARCH CHEMICALS) of 21.4.2004
Online on 11.05.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/72	Application no. 95935125.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no): selection of a specific surfactant from a known class - technical advantage not convincingly proved - obvious to try				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.896K)
T 0743/03 (Multimediasystem/KPN) of 31.3.2004
Online on 11.05.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 31.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 98950038.4
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.785K)
T 0697/99 (GPS/NOVATEL) of 4.2.2004
Online on 11.05.2004	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 5/14	Application no. 91311029.2
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.770K)
T 0588/01 (Réseau de liaison/ALCATEL) of 21.4.2004
Online on 10.05.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC H04L 12/26	Application no. 92403407.7
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 25.265K)
T 0840/01 (Waschmittel/HENKEL) of 4.5.2004
Online on 10.05.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.5.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 17/00	Application no. 95930440.3
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit der Erfindung (ja) Neuheit (ja) - keine Zusammenschau bestimmter Mengenangaben in einem Beispiel und allgemeinen Mengenangaben in der Beschreibung einer Entgegenhaltung Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - Beschwerdeführerin trägt die Beweislast, nachzuweisen, ob die im Streitpatent genannte technische Aufgabe gegenüber dem von ihr selbst eingeführten Stand der Technik durch die Erfindung gelöst wird oder nicht				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.053K)
T 0820/02 (Image decoding/MATSUSHITA) of 28.4.2004
Online on 10.05.2004	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/50 H03M 7/42 H04N 7/30	Application no. 01101680.5
Keywords: Extension beyond the content of the earlier application - no Remittal to the first instance - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.216K)
T 0363/03 () of 23.4.2004
Online on 10.05.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F 7/08	Application no. 98660099.7
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.695K)
T 0679/00 (Method for obtaining protein whey/TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE … of 4.3.2004
Online on 07.05.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J 1/20	Application no. 93909558.4
Keywords: Main, first and second request - inventive step - no: obvious juxtaposition of two known process steps				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.075K)
T 0590/01 (Method and apparatus for tempering chocolate/AASTED-MIKROVERK) of 12.3.2004
Online on 07.05.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 1/18	Application no. 94610052.6
Keywords: Main and first auxiliary requests: novelty (no) - a continuous regulation does not necessarily imply a continuous flow Second auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - the apparatus represents an obvious alternative Third auxiliary request: inventive step (no) - aggregation of features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.778K)
T 0897/01 () of 19.2.2004
Online on 07.05.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.2.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 30/08	Application no. 90905189.8
Keywords: Declaration - credibility Novelty - yes Inventive step - remitted to first instance Late filed documents - not all admitted				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.179K)
T 1266/01 (Procédé anti-termite/CECIL S.A.) of 9.3.2004
Online on 07.05.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.3.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A01N 25/34	Application no. 95905177.2
Keywords: Renvoie à la première instance - oui : modification de la revendication principale conduisant à un objet non examinée en première instance				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 25.276K)
T 0248/02 () of 4.5.2004
Online on 07.05.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.5.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/08	Application no. 94926351.1
Keywords: Amendments - substantive				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.622K)
T 0803/03 () of 21.4.2004
Online on 07.05.2004	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.4.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C08G 69/02	Application no. 96944072.6
Keywords: Ordre d'abandon signé par une personne non habilitée Ordre d'abandon manquant de clarté de nature à susciter un doute sur l'intention réelle du titulaire Remboursement de la taxe de recours				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 32.357K)
W 0001/04 (Pyrozole derivatives/PHARMACIA ITALIA S.P.A.) of 27.4.2004
Online on 07.05.2004	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/415	Application no. -
Keywords: Splitting of Markush formula not based on structural considerations only				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 95.521K)
T 0668/01 () of 20.1.2004
Online on 06.05.2004	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.1.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 47/40	Application no. 96929231.7
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 45.868K)
T 0884/01 () of 18.3.2004
Online on 06.05.2004	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04C 5/03 B21B 1/16	Application no. 95906956.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe und Lösung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.878K)
T 0988/01 () of 10.3.2004
Online on 06.05.2004	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/36	Application no. 91913303.3
Keywords: Extended scope of protection (no, after amendments) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.118K)
T 0069/02 () of 26.2.2004
Online on 06.05.2004	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.2.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC B31F 1/07	Application no. 95923389.1
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 31.690K)
T 0896/99 () of 19.3.2004
Online on 06.05.2004	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.3.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 15/00	Application no. 91308828.2
Keywords: Claim 1 - main request, inventive step (no) Claim 1 - auxiliary request I, inventive step (no) Appeal dismissed				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.548K)
T 0407/00 (Refrigeration composition/ DU PONT DE NEMOURS) of 20.4.2004
Online on 05.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04	Application no. 93916698.9
Keywords: Novelty (no) - disclosure of a process for achieveing a certain purpose by specifying the suitability of a composition for said purpose				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.473K)
T 0491/00 (Lecithin emulsion/BUCKMAN LABORATORIES) of 20.4.2004
Online on 05.05.2004	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.4.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 173/00	Application no. 96905417.0
Keywords: Substantially amended request - remittal to the first instance for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.287K)
T 0046/01 (agent combustible/EUREXIM) of 5.2.2004
Online on 05.05.2004	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.2.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC C10L 10/06	Application no. 97402235.2
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 39.384K)
T 0494/01 () of 15.3.2004
Online on 05.05.2004	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.3.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC D03D 1/02	Application no. 90116799.9
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (ja) Kennzeichnender Teil des Anspruchs korrekt abgegrenzt (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D

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