Decisions in 2012

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2012 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2012

December 2012

R 0019/11 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H 35/02	Application no. 02803716.6
Keywords: Petition for review not clearly inadmissible No right to advance indication of reasons for decision List of possible grounds for review in Article 112a(2) and Rule 104 - exhaustive" - "Adequacy of the reasoning of the board's decision; no ground" "Judicial ground of irrationality, known as Wednesbury unreasonableness, no ground Petition for review clearly unallowable				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 143.133K)
R 0004/12 (Violation fondamentale alléguée de l'article 113(1) CBE) of 20.12.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 20.12.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 00991296.5
Keywords: Requête en revision - manifestement non fondée dans la mesure où elle n'est pas manifestement irrecevable Nouveau grief soumis après expiration du délai pour déposer une requête en révision et sans incidence sur la décision fondée sur la requête en révision elle même - pas de motif pour considérer ce grief				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 146.197K)
R 0005/12 () of 20.12.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 20.12.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC F16L 13/14	Application no. 05356034.8
Keywords: Requête en révision - irrecevable faute d'objection				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 125.541K)
T 0385/08 (Fixed-dose association/FERRER INTERNACIONAL) of 28.11.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/55	Application no. 98500119.7
Keywords: Main request - inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 159.376K)
T 1591/08 () of 27.9.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F 6/62 D01F 6/84 C08L 67/02 C08G 63/672 C08G 63/682	Application no. 98941707.6
Keywords: Evidence filed with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal - admissible (yes) Inventive step (no) - obvious solution - Main and Auxiliary Requests				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 170.495K)
T 1620/08 () of 4.12.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.12.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC H01L 51/30 C01B 31/02	Application no. 04767309.0
Keywords: Requête principale: modifications (conformes à l'Art. 123(2)), clarté (oui); nouveauté (oui) Renvoi à la division d'examen pour suite à donner				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 124.878K)
T 1725/08 (Wireless communication system/CELLPORT SYSTEMS) of 16.10.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 97901330.7
Keywords: Inventive step (yes) Admission to appeal proceedings of document not admitted to first instance proceedings (no) Admission of late-filed amendments to appellant's case (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 168.470K)
T 2014/08 () of 23.11.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 51/00	Application no. 04803246.0
Keywords: Neuer einziger Antrag: Neuheit (ja) Abschließende Prüfung der Erfinderischen Tätigkeit (nein) Zurückverweisung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 144.815K)
T 2192/08 (Stock management/CANON) of 10.12.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 10.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02256095.7
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255.880K)
T 1241/09 (Unified index/SAP) of 26.10.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03028314.7
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 114.467K)
T 1645/09 () of 4.12.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 01994070.9
Keywords: Nonappearance of appellant at oral proceedings				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 94.085K)
T 2119/09 (Spray-dried powders/BASF CORPORATION) of 11.6.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/00	Application no. 99913182.4
Keywords: Main request - allowability of amendments (no): new combination of features Auxiliary request 1 - inventive step (no): beneficial effects not related to the subject-matter as claimed Auxiliary request 2 - admission (no): late-filed Admission of objection concerning validity of priority (no): late-filed				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 130.089K)
T 2277/09 (Diestergemische/BASF) of 11.10.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 69/44 C07C 69/80 C07C 67/08 C08K 5/11	Application no. 99973824.8
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (ja) - Erfindung ohne unzumutbaren Aufwand unter Mithilfe üblicher Versuche im gesamten beanspruchten Bereich ausführbar				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 140.560K)
T 0391/10 () of 6.11.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 11/12	Application no. 99108343.7
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag I und II (nein) Zulässigkeit - Hilfsantrag III (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340.676K)
T 1200/10 () of 23.11.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F28F 9/00	Application no. 99122223.3
Keywords: Extended subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 110.896K)
T 1691/10 (Slide type terminal/LG) of 21.11.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/02	Application no. 08152005.8
Keywords: Extension beyond the content of the earlier application (main and first auxiliary requests) - yes Admissibility (second auxiliary request) - no Case Number: T 1691/10 - 3.5.03 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.03 of 21 November 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 130.437K)
T 2273/10 (Composition de nettoyage contenant un copolymère reticulé/L'OREAL … of 16.11.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.11.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C11D 1/02 C11D 3/37 A61Q 19/10 A61K 8/81	Application no. 05292171.5
Keywords: Admissibilité d'une requête déposée tardivement (non) Article 123(2) - (non): Plusieurs séléctions nécessaires				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 834.172K)
T 0378/11 (Detergent compositionwith PAP particles having a specific … of 22.10.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 17/04 C11D 3/39	Application no. 04719513.6
Keywords: Amendment beyond original disclosure - main request (no) Clarity - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 149.486K)
T 1221/11 () of 11.10.2012
Online on 21.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 123/14	Application no. 06801668.2
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 132.481K)
T 2155/08 (Content distribution/SONY) of 14.12.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 12/14 G06F 9/06 G06F 1/00 G06F 11/00 G06F 17/60	Application no. 01978980.9
Keywords: Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 137.058K)
T 0175/09 () of 18.9.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 273/04	Application no. 00110451.2
Keywords: Inventive step - main request (no) Auxiliary request - not admitted into the proceedings				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358.784K)
T 0294/09 (Passively cooled computer/KONTRON) of 16.11.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 16.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/20 H05K 7/20 G06F 1/18	Application no. 02405074.2
Keywords: Admissibility of main request - no Inventive step (auxiliary request 1) - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 138.275K)
T 0446/09 (Adjusting Icons/RESEARCH IN MOTION) of 5.12.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16 G06F 3/01	Application no. 06121142.1
Keywords: Inventive step all requests (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 139.030K)
T 0810/09 () of 25.9.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 3/00	Application no. 04005647.5
Keywords: Main request and auxiliary requests of group I - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary requests of group II - extension of scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary requests III.2 and III.3 - could have been filed before first instance (yes) Auxiliary request III.4 - not prima facie allowable objections to violation of right to be heard (rejected)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220.273K)
T 1558/09 () of 16.10.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/81 A61Q 5/04 A61Q 5/06	Application no. 02700399.5
Keywords: Activité inventive - (non) - toutes les requêtes				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 164.779K)
T 1975/09 () of 24.9.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 3/00	Application no. 04024187.9
Keywords: Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary requests - not prima facie allowable				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 211.498K)
T 2219/09 () of 20.11.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B23H 9/10	Application no. 04802723.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 134.497K)
T 0253/10 () of 16.3.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 16.3.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 57/20 A01N 33/18	Application no. 99940185.4
Keywords: Zulassung verspätet eingereichter Anträge (nein) - nicht durch den Verfahrensverlauf veranlasst Wiederzulassung des mit der Beschwerdeschrift eingereichten Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (ja) Haupt- und Hilfsantrag: Neuheit (nein) - Gegenstand unmittelbar und eindeutig im Stand der Technik offenbart Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332.532K)
T 0847/10 (Microcapsules/OCEAN NUTRITION) of 6.12.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 13/10 B01J 13/08 B01J 13/02 A61K 9/50 A61J 3/07 A23L 1/00	Application no. 06727590.9
Keywords: Extension beyond the content of the application as filed: no Inventive step: yes - non obvious alternative				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 158.649K)
T 0939/10 (Laundry conditioning composition/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 25.10.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/00 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/20	Application no. 03726900.8
Keywords: Inventive step: yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 158.842K)
T 1134/10 (Filterkartusche/BRITA GMBH) of 4.12.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.12.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 35/157 C02F 1/00	Application no. 05747871.1
Keywords: Neuheit (Hauptantrag): ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag): ja - keine Hinweise im Stand der Technik auf die vom Patent vorgeschlagene Lösung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 148.654K)
T 2355/10 () of 20.11.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 16/02 G01C 21/36	Application no. 99963257.3
Keywords: Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I: nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag II: nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 150.843K)
T 2399/10 (Particules d'alumine avec un facteur de forme/RHODIA) of 28.11.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.11.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C09C 1/00 C08K 3/34 C09C 3/04	Application no. 00958673.6
Keywords: Suffisance de l'exposé - toutes les requêtes (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 107.339K)
T 1034/11 () of 30.11.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 1/06	Application no. 05726128.1
Keywords: Right to be heard - no Reimbursement of the appeal fee				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 137.715K)
T 1205/12 (Optimization of decisions/LANDMARK GRAPHICS) of 14.12.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06N 5/00	Application no. 06751928.0
Keywords: Decision sufficiently reasoned - no Substantial procedural violation - yes Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 126.789K)
T 1206/12 (Optimization of decisions/LANDMARK GRAPHICS) of 14.12.2012
Online on 20.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06N 5/00	Application no. 06751882.9
Keywords: Decision sufficiently reasoned - no Substantial procedural violation - yes Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 128.419K)
T 1816/07 (Integrating semantic web/SAP) of 13.11.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04030451.1
Keywords: Inventive step - integrating semantic web services into existing web (No)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237.587K)
T 1023/09 () of 29.10.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B63H 5/125 B63H 21/17 B63H 25/24	Application no. 99944654.5
Keywords: Inventive step (sole request): no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 126.967K)
T 1846/09 () of 11.10.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 04019011.8
Keywords: Activité inventive - requêtes principale et subsidiaire (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 119.168K)
T 2384/09 (Treatment of connective tissue/NUTRAMAX) of 29.11.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/00 A61K 45/06	Application no. 06077156.5
Keywords: Main request - extension beyond the content of the earlier and the divisional application as filed (no) Remittal (yes) Case Number: T 2384/09 - 3.3.04 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.04 of 29 November 2012				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 142.172K)
T 1402/10 () of 14.12.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.12.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/66 E04B 1/68 E02D 31/02 F16L 5/02	Application no. 03018607.6
Keywords: Form der Beschwerde - Gründe - Substantiierung (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 124.076K)
T 1419/10 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/87 A61Q 5/00 A61Q 19/00	Application no. 05291362.1
Keywords: Activité inventive (non) - Alternative évidente (toutes les requêtes)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 158.766K)
T 1614/10 (Objektfilter/BELL+HOWELL) of 15.11.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 50/00 H04L 29/06	Application no. 04017073.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint Später Hilfsantrag - nicht zugelassen				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 136.921K)
T 1931/10 () of 15.11.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.11.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC F21V 7/00	Application no. 03290971.5
Keywords: Requête principale : nouveauté (oui), activité inventive (non) Requêtes auxiliaires 1 à 3 : non admises Requête auxiliaire 4 : les deux jeux de revendication satisfont à la CBE				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 173.436K)
T 1961/10 () of 15.11.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 31/04 C23C 14/34	Application no. 04773025.4
Keywords: Inventive step (all requests): no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 151.695K)
T 0591/11 () of 19.6.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 15/18	Application no. 99919242.0
Keywords: Erweiterung (verneint) Zulässigkeit verspäteter Beweismittel (teilweise verneint) Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 169.917K)
T 1476/11 () of 17.10.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/01	Application no. 00955617.6
Keywords: Independent Claims 1 and 4 as granted - Added Subject matter (no) Independent Claims 1 and 4 as granted - Inventive Step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364.751K)
T 2495/11 () of 30.10.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 30.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/232	Application no. 04747891.2
Keywords: Additional search refused on the basis of incorrect criteria				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404.156K)
T 2505/11 (Drospirenon/BAYER) of 17.10.2012
Online on 19.12.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C07J 53/00	Application no. 01250277.9
Keywords: Zulassung geänderter Ansprüche (ja) - nicht verspätet Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 211.837K)
T 1009/09 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 18.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 9/10	Application no. 03029154.6
Keywords: Each request prima facie not allowable - not admitted into the proceedings				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290.006K)
T 1407/11 () of 11.12.2012
Online on 18.12.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 23/201 G21K 1/02	Application no. 06717483.9
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.739K)
T 1398/08 () of 24.7.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D 81/00	Application no. 01108406.8
Keywords: Requête principale, requête subsidiaire 2: clarté (non) Requête subsidiaire 1 modifiée, requêtes subsidiaires 4 et 5: recevabilité (non) Requête subsidiaire 3 corrigée: admissibilité (non), conditions préalables telles qu'énoncées dans G 0001/99				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 201.732K)
T 1869/08 () of 4.10.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 4.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173 H04N 7/16	Application no. 02777626.9
Keywords: Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.466K)
T 1945/08 () of 11.10.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173 G06Q 10/00 H04N 5/445 H04N 5/00	Application no. 06076553.4
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes - all requests) Inventive step (no - all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351.781K)
T 2122/08 (Multi-carrier negotiations/PANASONIC) of 3.8.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/14 H04L 29/06 H04M 11/06	Application no. 03007771.3
Keywords: Added subject-matter - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - broad but not unclear phrase (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - juxtaposition				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 246.988K)
T 2125/08 (Multi-carrier channel probing in DSL systems/PANASONIC) of 2.8.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/14 H04L 29/06	Application no. 99914300.1
Keywords: Added subject-matter - auxiliary and second amended auxiliary requests (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Unsearched subject-matter - (no) Admissibility of requests - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265.141K)
T 2132/08 () of 23.10.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/30 H03M 7/40	Application no. 03100485.6
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no - after amendments) Clarity (yes - after amendments) Remittal (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296.398K)
T 0353/09 (Herstellung von Mannit/MERCK) of 27.9.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 29/74 C07C 31/26	Application no. 02795184.7
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 120.447K)
T 0628/09 () of 16.10.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/06	Application no. 97931425.9
Keywords: Procedural violation (no) Added subject-matter (yes, all requests)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355.688K)
T 0648/09 () of 16.10.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/21	Application no. 03017648.1
Keywords: Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.090K)
T 0806/09 () of 23.10.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H02B 13/045	Application no. 00114534.1
Keywords: Inventive step - no (main request and auxiliary request 4) Added subject-matter - yes (auxiliary requests 2 - 10) Admissibility of late-filed requests - yes (auxiliary request 11) - no (auxiliary requests 12, 13)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 181.993K)
T 1911/09 () of 27.9.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/175	Application no. 99115582.1
Keywords: Stay of appeal proceedings in view of G 1/12 (no) Admissibility of appeal - appellant II (no) Admissibility of appeal - appellant III (yes) Divisional application extending beyond content of earlier application - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 272.547K)
T 1787/10 () of 6.12.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 11/24 F01D 11/14 F01D 11/08 F01D 25/12	Application no. 05790086.2
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256.305K)
T 0295/11 () of 23.11.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.11.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C08L 77/00 C08L 77/02 C08L 23/08 C08L 101/00 C08F 283/04	Application no. 97928305.8
Keywords: Recevablilité des requêtes déposées tardivement: non (requête principale); oui (requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 3) Clarté: non (requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 3)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 174.129K)
T 1676/11 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 24/10 A61L 24/04 B01F 13/00 B01F 15/02 B65D 25/08 A61K 9/00 B01F 3/12 A61L 33/12	Application no. 09159082.8
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes, main and first auxiliary requests) Inventive step (no, second to seventh auxiliary requests)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273.572K)
T 2483/11 () of 14.9.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/92 G11B 27/32	Application no. 03719229.1
Keywords: Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316.971K)
T 1271/12 (Missing Statement of Grounds) of 10.12.2012
Online on 17.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/387 G06K 9/36	Application no. 05777620.5
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds (not filed)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 207.306K)
T 1623/08 () of 13.11.2012
Online on 14.12.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 39/14 H01L 39/24 H01F 6/00 C22C 27/02	Application no. 02806112.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 131.705K)
T 1675/09 () of 17.10.2012
Online on 14.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 5/00 B66B 1/34	Application no. 00917699.1
Keywords: Novelty (main request, first auxiliary request) - no Admission into the proceedings (second and third auxiliary requests) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.481K)
T 1904/09 () of 7.11.2012
Online on 14.12.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B67B 3/20 B67B 3/28	Application no. 04743991.4
Keywords: Inventive step - no (main and auxiliary request)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 166.813K)
T 0811/12 () of 19.11.2012
Online on 14.12.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 1/00 B65D 75/58 A47J 31/41 B67D 1/12 A47J 31/40 B65D 81/00	Application no. 05795288.9
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes): no disclosure concerning second meaning of added feature				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 118.649K)
T 1660/12 () of 21.11.2012
Online on 14.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 1/62 B23Q 5/40 B23B 3/00	Application no. 09009013.5
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 107.446K)
T 1424/08 () of 18.10.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 3/68 H05B 3/06	Application no. 99106973.3
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 152.572K)
T 2161/08 () of 10.12.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.12.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC G03H 1/02 B42D 15/10	Application no. 95920935.4
Keywords: Activité inventive (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 136.564K)
T 2334/08 (Identification of delivery objects/NEXTLIMIT) of 9.8.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24 H04L 29/02 H04M 3/22 H04Q 3/00	Application no. 02806418.6
Keywords: Appellant lost capacity to be a party to proceedings - appeal terminated				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 106.283K)
T 1364/09 () of 16.11.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F 7/029 G03C 9/08 B29C 67/00	Application no. 96919045.3
Keywords: Appeal of patent proprietor (inadmissible) New documents in appeal (admissible) Novelty of the request maintained by the opposition division (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 121.342K)
T 0921/10 (Laundry detergent with beads/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 10.10.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/22 C11D 3/20	Application no. 03447205.0
Keywords: Inventive step: yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 151.796K)
T 0986/10 (User interface/RESEARCH IN MOTION) of 19.10.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/2745 H04M 1/247 H04M 1/725	Application no. 06122386.3
Keywords: Inventive step - main request and first to fifth auxiliary requests (no) Admissibility - sixth to twelfth and fifteenth auxiliary requests (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 156.569K)
T 1688/10 () of 13.11.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23B 7/10 A23D 9/00 C12N 1/00 C12P 7/64 C12N 15/52	Application no. 01903376.0
Keywords: Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 144.229K)
T 1747/11 () of 7.9.2012
Online on 13.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 25/02	Application no. 04011122.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 2: nein) Zulassung Hilfsantrag 1 (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 170.833K)
T 1797/08 (Server management/BLADELOGIC) of 19.10.2012
Online on 12.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/54	Application no. 03760238.0
Keywords: Sufficient disclosure - all requests (yes) Inventive step - main and first auxiliary request (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 130.792K)
T 0046/11 () of 6.11.2012
Online on 12.12.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/72 B01J 23/02 B01J 21/16 B01J 23/00 C07B 31/00 C07D 307/44 C07C 209/36 C07C 29/132 C07C 29/141 C07C 29/149	Application no. 03075070.7
Keywords: Inventive step - obvious alternative (all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 150.554K)
T 1700/11 () of 15.11.2012
Online on 12.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 10/00 B60J 10/06	Application no. 03809275.5
Keywords: Fiktion der nicht erfolgten Einlegung des Einspruchs (ja) Prüfung der Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 160.806K)
T 0135/12 (Zusammensetzung der Einspruchsabteilung/APPLIED MATERIALS) of 7.12.2012
Online on 12.12.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.12.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 14/56	Application no. 04007820.6
Keywords: Korrekte Zusammensetzung der Einspruchsabteilung (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler (ja) Zurückverweisung (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 124.817K)
T 0979/12 () of 28.11.2012
Online on 12.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/00 C11D 3/02 C11D 3/06 C11D 3/12 C11D 3/08 C11D 3/10 C11D 3/20	Application no. 05815415.4
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 92.202K)
T 1476/07 (Solid-state device/AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.) of 13.11.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 8/02	Application no. 02009227.6
Keywords: Disapproval of the text of the claims by the patentee - revocation				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 101.576K)
T 1350/08 (NTRU cryptosystem/PANASONIC) of 17.10.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 9/30	Application no. 04727431.1
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes, after amendment) Claims - clarity and conciseness (yes, after amendment) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281.415K)
T 1607/08 () of 13.6.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 13.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24 H04N 7/26	Application no. 02012773.4
Keywords: Principle of the protection of legitimate expectations				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271.661K)
T 2218/08 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 6/00 C08J 3/12 C04B 40/00	Application no. 01128478.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (verneint) - (Hauptantrag) Änderungen- Erweiterung - (bejaht) - (Hilfsantrag)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 142.865K)
T 0280/09 (Transaction management/YANTRA) of 11.10.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00	Application no. 01930662.0
Keywords: Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280.918K)
T 0573/09 () of 26.9.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 26.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/30 H04N 1/41	Application no. 04734106.0
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286.766K)
T 0610/09 () of 4.12.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/90	Application no. 98310391.2
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step (yes - amended claims)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314.283K)
T 1011/09 () of 9.11.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 27/414 G01N 27/00	Application no. 01106136.3
Keywords: Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja - geänderte Ansprüche) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362.173K)
T 0203/10 () of 15.10.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 226/02 C08G 61/12 C09K 11/06 H05B 33/14	Application no. 02765394.8
Keywords: Clarity: no (main request); yes (auxiliary request 1) Amendments - added subject-matter: no (auxiliary request 1) Novelty: yes (auxiliary request 1) Inventive step: yes (auxiliary request 1)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 154.836K)
T 1668/10 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 9/083 G03G 9/09	Application no. 01309736.5
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 137.814K)
T 2154/10 (Dewaxing process with dealuminated zeolites/SHELL) of 29.8.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 45/64 B01J 29/06	Application no. 99962151.9
Keywords: Admissibility of late filed requests (no) Amendments going beyond original disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes) Clarity, sufficiency, 123(2) met - third auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the departments of first instance				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 120.251K)
T 0731/11 () of 29.6.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 31/00	Application no. 03815251.8
Keywords: Amendments - added subject matter (main Request: yes; first auxiliary request: no) Novelty - yes (first auxiliary request) Inventive step - yes (first auxiliary request)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452.569K)
T 0007/12 () of 26.10.2012
Online on 11.12.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 4/10	Application no. 01928636.8
Keywords: Request not to admit the auxiliary requests (refused) Claims - clarity (main request and first auxilairy request - no, second auxiliary request - yes) Admissibility of amendments (second auxiliary request - yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 180.595K)
J 0006/10 (Stay of proceedings/DE WINTER) of 13.11.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/02	Application no. 03816760.7
Keywords: Stay of proceedings for grant Resumption of proceedings for grant				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 129.908K)
J 0007/10 (Stay of proceedings/DE WINTER) of 13.11.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/11 A61B 17/064	Application no. 03816761.5
Keywords: Stay of proceedings for grant Resumption of proceedings for grant Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 135.646K)
T 1922/07 (Multimedia-Darbietung in Aufzugsanlage/INVENTIO) of 9.11.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 9.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/60 G09F 27/00 B66B 3/00	Application no. 03003543.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint Zurückverweisung an erste Instanz - abgelehnt				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 154.392K)
T 1455/08 () of 20.6.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 65/10 C08G 65/26 C08F 290/06 C04B 24/26 C04B 24/32	Application no. 98946420.1
Keywords: Inventive step - (no) - (main request, first, second, fourth, fifth auxiliary requests) Claims - clarity - (no) - (third auxiliary request)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 160.719K)
T 1545/08 (Combination therapy HCV/MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.) of 21.3.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/21 A61K 31/7056 A61P 31/14	Application no. 99303729.0
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305.290K)
T 1783/08 () of 26.10.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 7/00 G06K 7/10	Application no. 99100094.4
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 140.578K)
T 2031/08 () of 13.6.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 7/10 F16D 41/06	Application no. 98101237.0
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 164.741K)
T 1397/09 () of 18.9.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A43B 7/08 A43B 7/06	Application no. 01117622.9
Keywords: Inventive step - (no) main request, auxiliary requests I, III Added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary requests IV, V, VIII" "Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 152.703K)
T 1883/09 () of 20.9.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 9/24	Application no. 96936267.2
Keywords: Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 138.959K)
T 2043/09 (Herstellung von Mononitrotoluolen/LANXESS) of 28.6.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 205/06 C07C 201/08	Application no. 01125354.9
Keywords: Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4: Neuheit (ja) - Wert aus Beispiel kann nicht mit allgemeinem Bereich aus der Beschreibung kombiniert werden; Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - Verbesserung nicht glaubhaft - umformulierte Aufgabe - willkürliche Auswahl bzw. minimale Änderungen Hilfsantrag 6: Zulässigkeit (nein) - verspätet - Merkmal aus der Beschreibung aufgenommen - neuer Sachverhalt				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 163.377K)
T 0305/10 () of 18.7.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C08B 30/18	Application no. 02290759.6
Keywords: Support des modifications (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 565.486K)
T 1208/10 () of 3.12.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.12.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 1/54 B60D 1/06	Application no. 05020400.7
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 90.988K)
T 1663/10 () of 15.11.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00 A61C 8/00	Application no. 03799440.7
Keywords: Ausreichende Offenbarung (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 104.078K)
T 2218/10 (Channel assignment/ALCATEL LUCENT) of 28.11.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/36	Application no. 97304245.0
Keywords: Oral proceedings held in absence of appellant Novelty (all requests) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 116.162K)
T 1323/12 () of 4.12.2012
Online on 10.12.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.12.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 5/14	Application no. 04760228.9
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 91.123K)
T 1678/11 () of 31.7.2012
Online on 07.12.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 31.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B26D 1/30 B28D 1/22	Application no. 06709043.1
Keywords: Exposé suffisant (requête principale) : non Recevabilité (deux requêtes subsidiaires) : non Recevabilité des documents tardifs : non				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 46.491K)
T 0116/09 () of 7.11.2012
Online on 06.12.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 7.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 04794080.4
Keywords: Clarity (yes, after amendment) Added subject-matter (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20.903K)
T 2406/09 () of 20.11.2012
Online on 06.12.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01P 1/10 H01P 1/18	Application no. 04795430.0
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes, both requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 19.479K)
T 0564/11 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 06.12.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E02D 17/13 E02F 3/20 E02D 5/46 E02D 5/18 E21B 17/07	Application no. 06024531.3
Keywords: Verspätete Einspruchsgründe (im Verfahren - nein) Zulässigkeit verspäteter Beweismittel (teilweise verneint) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 52.734K)
T 1969/07 (Managing entity data/DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP) of 2.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 98203995.0
Keywords: Novelty - making data relating to an entity in a linked list valid for subordinate entities (no Novelty - disclosed in D1) Right to be heard - violation by way of refusal after one communication introducing new document (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267.466K)
T 0671/08 () of 18.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 3/86 H01Q 1/12	Application no. 00931168.9
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - main request and first auxiliary request (no), second auxiliary request (yes) Apportionment of costs (yes) - occasioned by new objection by the opponent Remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 104.979K)
T 0713/08 (Neurotrophins/H. LUNDBECK A/S) of 24.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/18	Application no. 03779769.3
Keywords: Main and first auxiliary request - added matter (yes) Second auxiliary request - admissibility (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.550K)
T 1393/08 (L-amino acid/AJINOMOTO) of 7.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 13/22 C12R 1/19 C12P 13/00	Application no. 02000976.7
Keywords: Main request - added subject-matter (no), sufficiency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.670K)
T 1543/08 () of 8.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F 7/20 H02K 41/00	Application no. 03250316.1
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.037K)
T 1714/08 () of 4.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B 3/20 H01F 27/12	Application no. 03102536.4
Keywords: Added subject-matter - yes (main request, auxiliary requests A to Q) Admissibility of late filed request - no (auxiliary request R)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.414K)
T 1853/08 (Configuring client computers/RED HAT) of 9.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 9.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 05255532.3
Keywords: Inventive step - no (all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.591K)
T 2120/08 () of 24.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC D06M 23/00 D06M 15/285 H01B 7/28	Application no. 98945227.1
Keywords: New main request submitted during the oral proceedings - admissible (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) - clear (yes) - reference to description absolutely necessary Novelty (yes) Remittal (yes) - further prosecution to be carried out by the Examining Division				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.309K)
T 2129/08 (Online charging/COMPTEL) of 10.8.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/14	Application no. 03396087.3
Keywords: Claims - clarity and support by description (no) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step (no) Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227.761K)
T 0020/09 () of 20.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 51/36 B29C 51/16 B29C 33/42 B29C 59/02	Application no. 03732485.2
Keywords: Zulässigkeit verspätet eingereichter Dokumente Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.101K)
T 0228/09 () of 28.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC G04C 3/00	Application no. 98920434.2
Keywords: Exposé permettant d'exécuter l'invention - suffisant (non)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 28.555K)
T 0281/09 (Transferring funds/CITICORP) of 18.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60 G07F 19/00	Application no. 98908450.4
Keywords: Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305.649K)
T 0318/09 () of 12.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H03L 1/02 H03L 7/06 H03L 7/16 H03L 7/18	Application no. 97904231.4
Keywords: Decision re appeals - new prior art document - remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.019K)
T 0476/09 () of 21.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 9/08 G03G 9/087	Application no. 03014697.1
Keywords: Admissibility of requests filed with grounds of appeal - yes Admissibility of fresh documents - yes Remittal - no Priority - no, all requests Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - novelty - yes; inventive step - no Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step - yes Objection under Rule 106 EPC - dismissed				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 104.384K)
T 0505/09 (Testing program code/SIEMENS) of 9.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 9.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/36	Application no. 04810843.5
Keywords: Original disclosure and clarity - after amendment (yes) Inventive step over general common knowledge (yes) Common knowledge in the pertinent technical field insufficiently substantiated Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.416K)
T 0667/09 () of 26.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.10.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC H02P 21/10	Application no. 06110400.6
Keywords: Activité inventive - après modifications - oui				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 73.200K)
T 0679/09 (isolation of nucleic acids/INVITROGEN DYNAL) of 13.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/10	Application no. 95940351.0
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no) Auxiliary requests I and II - not admitted				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.041K)
T 0849/09 (Sunscreen compositions/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 24.7.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/42	Application no. 99937607.2
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - obvious to try - expectation of success				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 85.875K)
T 0881/09 () of 22.6.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62L 1/00	Application no. 02014182.6
Keywords: Novelty (main request: yes) Inventive step (main request, second auxiliary request: no; third auxiliary request: yes) First auxiliary request filed with the grounds of appeal (not admitted) Objection in respect of a procedural defect under Rule 106 (dismissed)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 56.245K)
T 1678/09 () of 22.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 43/22	Application no. 04766186.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.394K)
T 1853/09 () of 10.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60G 15/06 F16F 1/04	Application no. 01129850.2
Keywords: Patentee's request for revocation of the patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 13.515K)
T 2184/09 () of 12.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B 31/08	Application no. 01301146.5
Keywords: Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - prima facie allowable (no) Admissibility of auxiliary request 4 - prima facie allowable (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.206K)
T 2240/09 () of 30.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 30.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 21/36	Application no. 02019738.0
Keywords: Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312.763K)
T 2270/09 (Accessing services of a mobile communication network/NOKIA) of 13.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/30 H04Q 7/38	Application no. 99910577.8
Keywords: Added subject-matter (main and first auxiliary request) - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.083K)
T 2300/09 () of 17.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 13/04	Application no. 03019819.6
Keywords: Zulassung erstmalig mit der Beschwerdebegründung vorgelegter Druckschriften (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 59.960K)
T 2374/09 (Communication method and system/NOKIA) of 3.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/34 H04L 29/14 H04L 12/24	Application no. 00985250.0
Keywords: Inventive step (main and auxiliary request) - no Admissibility (new auxiliary request) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.441K)
T 0172/10 (Wireless remote controller/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.) of 30.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/20	Application no. 04251662.5
Keywords: Inventive step (main request) - no Admissibility (auxiliary request) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.847K)
T 0227/10 () of 6.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 319/12 B01D 9/02 B01D 9/00	Application no. 01917675.9
Keywords: Main and auxiliary requests 1-4 - Inventive step (no) - obvious alternative Auxiliary request 5 - Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.801K)
T 0621/10 (Positionsmesseinrichtung/HEIDENHAIN) of 4.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/418 H04B 3/54	Application no. 98103992.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint (Haupt- und Hilfsantrag)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.904K)
T 0712/10 () of 25.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/494 A61F 13/475 A61F 13/15	Application no. 00946345.6
Keywords: Main request, auxiliary requests I - IV: no clear and unambiguous disclosure Auxiliary request V, VIII to XI: not admitted Auxiliary request VI: extended scope of protection Auxiliary request VII: "footnote" - formulation of the claim; incompatible with the European patent system Request for referral of questions to Enlarged Board - rejected				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.611K)
T 0934/10 () of 6.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/22	Application no. 04784163.0
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.363K)
T 1178/10 () of 10.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/08	Application no. 01660135.3
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 68.985K)
T 1230/10 (Fabric softening article/PROCTER & GABMLE) of 6.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/50 C11D 1/92 C11D 3/43 C11D 17/04	Application no. 01937313.3
Keywords: Inventive step (main request and auxiliary request 1): no - obvious combination of known technical means Clarity (auxiliary request 2): yes Suitability for a claimed process step not suggested in the available prior art Inventive step (auxiliary requets 2): yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.601K)
T 1302/10 (Audio Signal Enhancement/PHILIPS) of 11.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04S 1/00	Application no. 05777216.2
Keywords: Novelty (both requests) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 53.691K)
T 1331/10 (Network billing/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 29.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 17/00 H04M 15/00	Application no. 05300352.1
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20.229K)
T 1384/10 (Rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption process/AIR PRODUCTS AND … of 16.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 16/10 B01D 53/047 B01D 53/26 C01B 13/02	Application no. 07117595.4
Keywords: Inventive step: no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.526K)
T 1563/10 () of 25.9.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 9/04 C22F 1/08	Application no. 03794057.4
Keywords: Clarity (no) - all requests Allowability of more than one independent claim of the same category (no) - main and second auxiliary requests				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 54.374K)
T 2438/10 () of 2.7.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 29/06 C10G 49/08	Application no. 01923996.1
Keywords: Admissibility of late filed requests - main request (yes), auxiliary requests (no) Novelty (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.864K)
T 0216/11 (Erythropoietin/EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY) of 14.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/18 A61K 45/00 A61P 35/00	Application no. 02725577.7
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 13.204K)
T 0563/11 () of 6.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 21/00 E01C 19/20	Application no. 99910299.9
Keywords: Keine Entscheidung nach Ablauf der mündlichen Verhandlung vor der Einspruchsabteilung Schriftliche Fortführung des Einspruchsverfahrens Bescheid über neue Besetzung der Einspruchsabteilung der Einsprechenden nicht zugestellt Unterzeichnung der Entscheidung durch eine Person (1. Prüfer), die an der mündlichen Verhandlung nicht teilnahm Entscheidung ohne erneute mündliche Verhandlung Wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler (ja) Rückerstattung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.016K)
T 1097/11 () of 30.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 30.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 3/04 A45D 44/00 B01F 13/10	Application no. 03813097.7
Keywords: Subject-matter extending beyond the contents of the application as filed (main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 7): yes Extension of protection (auxiliary requests 1, 3 and 7): yes Clarity (auxiliary requests 2, 4, 5 and 6): no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 50.364K)
T 1310/11 () of 26.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 1/00 H01Q 19/06	Application no. 03749246.9
Keywords: Support in the application as filed (yes) Clarity of claims (yes) Sufficiency (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 79.860K)
T 1486/11 (Testable filter system/CAMFIL FARR ET AL.) of 13.4.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/42	Application no. 05796821.6
Keywords: "Appeal fee filed late (yes)" "Request and fee for re-establishment of rights filed late (yes)" "Appeal deemed not filed (yes)" Re-imbursement of appeal fee (yes) and of the fee for re-establishment of rights (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.729K)
T 1611/11 (Daten-Vorabübertragung/TELLIQUE) of 18.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/30 H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08	Application no. 07024410.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 35.487K)
T 2347/11 (Dynamic random access memory/RAMBUS) of 16.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/42	Application no. 05026720.2
Keywords: Enlarged Board - referral (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.887K)
T 0005/12 () of 27.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 5/00 F16H 49/00	Application no. 05746407.5
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 14.531K)
T 1389/12 () of 30.10.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC D02G 3/00	Application no. 02748226.4
Keywords: Clarity - main request first to fourth variants (no) Added subject-matter - sixth and eighth variants (yes), ninth auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 80.981K)
T 1838/12 () of 26.11.2012
Online on 05.12.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/36	Application no. 04736137.3
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 13.079K)

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T 0230/08 (BAFF-inhibitors/BIOGEN) of 10.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 A61K 39/395 A61K 48/00 A61P 9/00 A61P 9/12 A61P 13/12 A61P 35/00 A61P 31/18 A61P 37/02	Application no. 00909970.6
Keywords: Main request - novelty (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 145.340K)
T 0344/08 () of 9.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 02078806.3
Keywords: Insufficiency of disclosure (no), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 160.288K)
T 1606/08 () of 24.9.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/067	Application no. 00954782.9
Keywords: Claims - clarity (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 136.336K)
T 1695/08 (Vascular endothelial cell growth factor antagonists/GENENTECH) of 14.11.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 38/17 A61P 7/10 C07K 19/00 C07K 14/71	Application no. 99968115.8
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 90.764K)
T 2068/08 (Handheld electronic device/RESEARCH IN MOTION) of 19.7.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/023 G06F 3/033	Application no. 05250179.8
Keywords: Extension of subject-matter - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - main request, first and third to fifth auxiliary requests (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 167.581K)
T 0162/09 (Virtuelles Papierdokument/ANSWERS) of 13.9.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/58	Application no. 01969744.0
Keywords: Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Klarheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Zulässigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 170.852K)
T 0182/09 (Reinforced foam implants/ETHICON) of 9.2.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.2.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/58 A61L 27/56 A61L 27/54 A61L 27/44 A61L 27/24 A61L 27/22 A61L 27/18 A61L 27/16 A61L 2/02	Application no. 01310843.6
Keywords: Late filed document - admitted Remittal to the first instance - no Main Request and auxiliary request 1: Novelty - no Late filed auxiliary request 2 - not admitted				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416.147K)
T 0603/09 (Zweiteiliger Akkudeckel/MOLL) of 12.7.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H01M 2/04	Application no. 02027920.4
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja): durch den Stand der Technik nicht nahegelegte Alternative				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 154.344K)
T 1176/09 (Modulation of stem cells/SANGAMO BIOSCIENCES) of 16.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 37/18 A01N 43/04 C12N 5/00 C12N 15/63 A01N 63/00 C07H 21/04 C07K 1/00	Application no. 02766356.6
Keywords: Requirements of the EPC - met				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 121.533K)
T 1588/09 () of 18.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 25/04 B62M 25/08	Application no. 06001839.7
Keywords: Requests concerning appeal of proprietor - not admitted - not prima facie allowable Amendments allowed by opposition division - added subject-matter				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 169.942K)
T 1851/09 () of 9.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60G 15/07 F16F 1/04	Application no. 99114847.9
Keywords: Patentee's request for revocation of the patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 91.188K)
T 2352/09 (Amino acid production/AJINOMOTO) of 18.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/52 C12P 13/10 C12P 13/24 C12N 1/21 C12N 15/31 C07K 14/245 C12R 1/185	Application no. 04028877.1
Keywords: Claims as granted - sufficiency of disclosure (yes), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes) Appeal dismissed				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 177.184K)
T 2354/09 (Amino acid production/AJINOMOTO) of 18.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/31 C12N 1/21 C12P 13/08 C07K 14/245 C12R 1/185	Application no. 04028876.3
Keywords: Claims as granted - sufficiency of disclosure (yes), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes) Appeal dismissed				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 174.024K)
T 2385/09 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B60Q 1/12	Application no. 04291793.0
Keywords: Nouveauté (requête principale: non) Activité inventive (requête subsidiaire 1: non) Activité inventive (requête subsidiaire 2bis: oui) Recevabilité (requête subsidiaire 1bis: non, requête subsidiaire 2bis: oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 124.412K)
T 2474/09 () of 13.7.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 21/0132	Application no. 04749172.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 120.691K)
T 0478/10 (CeO2/ZrO2 composite/TOYOTA) of 19.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C01G 25/00 B01J 23/10 B01D 53/94 B01J 23/63	Application no. 03024667.2
Keywords: Novelty (main request): yes Inventive step (main request): yes - improvement (no evidence) - reformulation of the problem - non obvious alternative				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 131.495K)
T 0646/10 () of 18.9.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/06	Application no. 00991735.2
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed documents - partly Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 141.238K)
T 0849/10 (Oxygenase cleaning composition/P&G) of 10.8.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386	Application no. 97934949.5
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 112.196K)
T 0902/10 (Robot calibration/DYNALOG) of 9.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/04 G05B 19/418 B25J 9/16	Application no. 98944773.5
Keywords: Sole request not admissible				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 121.320K)
T 1028/10 () of 23.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F24C 7/00 F24B 1/18	Application no. 05025114.9
Keywords: Novelty (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 111.201K)
T 1310/10 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 3/3571 A23C 9/12 A21D 8/04	Application no. 01996313.1
Keywords: Auxiliary requests 3 to 10 (admitted into the proceedings) Experimental evidence filed after issue of summary to attend oral proceedings (not admitted - not timely filed so that the opponent had the possibility to reply) Inventive step (no; none of the requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 199.401K)
T 1431/10 (Sicherheitsfolien hergestellt mit wasserlöslichen Druckfarben/ … of 4.9.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H 21/42 B41M 3/14 B44C 3/00	Application no. 98948925.7
Keywords: Spät eingereichte Anträge berücksichtigt - nein (Verfahrensmissbrauch) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, 1. Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - 2. Hilfsantrag (nein), 3. Hilfsantrag (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 120.811K)
T 1673/10 () of 18.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 23/02 F25D 29/00 A47L 15/42 A47L 15/46	Application no. 01984662.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit: Haupt- und 1. Hilfsantrag - nein, Hilfsantrag 2 - ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 144.975K)
T 2311/10 () of 24.9.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E03C 1/046 B05B 17/06	Application no. 05777264.2
Keywords: Erweiterung (verneint) - zur Anwendung des "Wesentlichkeitstests" bei Zwischenverallgemeinerung Verfahrensmangel (verneint) - Art und Umfang Prüfungsbescheide				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 148.079K)
T 0546/11 () of 30.5.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E02D 17/13 E02F 5/10 E02D 5/46 E02D 5/18	Application no. 04000766.8
Keywords: Verspäteter Einspruchsgrund (im Verfahren - nein) Zulässigkeit verspäteten Vorbringens (verneint) Zulässigkeit verspäteter Beweismittel (verneint) Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 185.620K)
T 1680/11 () of 18.10.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 65/097	Application no. 03735580.7
Keywords: Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 135.761K)
T 1175/12 () of 8.11.2012
Online on 27.11.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.11.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/26 A61L 27/36	Application no. 03785276.1
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 89.338K)
R 0020/11 (Nichtentscheiden über relevanten Antrag/Andawari GmbH) of 23.10.2012
Online on 16.11.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 23.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 03727353.9
Keywords: Überprüfungsantrag offensichtlich unbegründet Nichtentscheiden über relevanten Antrag - nein Katalog der Überprüfungsgründe in Art. 112a(2) i.V.m. R. 104 EPÜ ist abschließend				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 113.793K)
R 0021/11 (Relevanter Antrag nicht entschieden/BAYER) of 15.6.2012
Online on 16.11.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 15.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 61/00	Application no. 95106925.1
Keywords: Antrag auf Zulassung neuer Beweismittel im Beschwerdeverfahren nicht entschieden und Antrag für die Entscheidung relevant (bejaht) 'Relevant' in Regel 104 b) EPÜ bedeutet geeignet, zu einem anderen Ergebnis des Beschwerdeverfahrens zu führen Ein Einwand nach Regel 106 EPÜ muss ausdrücklich (expressis verbis) erhoben werden; ein Antrag auf Zurückverweisung, auf Vertagung oder auf schriftliche Fortsetzung des Verfahrens gilt nicht als solcher Einwand Die Ersetzung von Beschwerdekammermitgliedern, die an der aufgehobenen Entscheidung mitgewirkt haben, liegt im Ermessen der Großen Beschwerdekammer, die dieses Ermessen unter Berücksichtigung des Sachverhalts gerecht und verhältnismäßig ausübt Die Gebühr für den Überprüfungsantrag ist zurückzuerstatten, wenn das Verfahren vor der Beschwerdekammer wiedereröffnet wird, auch wenn weitere, im Überprüfungsantrag vom Antragsteller formulierte Anträge (hier: Ersetzung von Beschwerdekammermitgliedern) keinen Erfolg haben und damit den Anträgen des Antragstellers insgesamt nur teilweise stattgegeben wird				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 198.119K)
T 1784/06 (Classification method/COMPTEL) of 21.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 H04M 15/00	Application no. 03396071.7
Keywords: Comvik approach - interrelationship of Article 52(1)(2)(3) EPC and Article 56 EPC 1973 (yes) Referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.069K)
T 1369/07 (State transition nullification / FUJITSU) of 17.6.2011
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.6.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/32	Application no. 99913564.3
Keywords: Clarity (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.583K)
T 1413/07 () of 19.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00 G06K 5/00	Application no. 00930499.9
Keywords: Novelty, inventive step (yes) - after amendment				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.133K)
T 1451/07 (Cooling device/FUJITSU) of 25.8.2011
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 25.8.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/20	Application no. 99310524.6
Keywords: Inventive step - no (main and first and second auxiliary requests) Basis of decisions - opportunity to comment (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.776K)
T 1654/07 () of 27.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/00	Application no. 01121029.1
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.845K)
T 0024/08 () of 14.6.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 63/78 C08G 63/183 C08G 63/85 C08G 63/90	Application no. 01120528.3
Keywords: Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein; Hilfsantrag 1: ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 54.790K)
T 0050/08 () of 31.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 41/288 H05B 41/24	Application no. 97900125.2
Keywords: Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.513K)
T 0155/08 (IMPDH-Inhibitoren/BAYER CROPSCIENCE) of 14.6.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C12Q 1/32	Application no. 02026487.5
Keywords: Ausreichende Offenbarung - nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.432K)
T 0309/08 () of 24.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/20 A61B 17/32 A61M 1/00	Application no. 98909046.9
Keywords: Novelty (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.979K)
T 0666/08 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 59/00 B65D 83/14	Application no. 02776991.8
Keywords: Änderungen gewährbar - Hauptantrag (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 42.482K)
T 0840/08 () of 13.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 1/08 F21V 21/088 A61B 1/247	Application no. 00122315.5
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no) Inventive step (yes) Clarity (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.399K)
T 1122/08 (Event structures/COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK) of 11.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 9/46	Application no. 99966713.2
Keywords: Amended claims searched - no Remittal for further prosecution - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 145.139K)
T 1265/08 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 3/26 H05B 6/28 H05B 6/26	Application no. 97500191.8
Keywords: Claims objected to in decision under appeal deleted in appeal Remaining opposition grounds do not prejudice maintenance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 19.579K)
T 1383/08 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/46 G06K 9/62	Application no. 04023696.0
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) after amendment				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 77.032K)
T 1583/08 () of 5.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/20	Application no. 05012023.7
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.340K)
T 2024/08 () of 11.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 98914727.7
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed requests: no (main and 1st to 3rd auxiliary requests filed during oral proceedings) Extended subject-matter: yes (main request filed 11 June 2012 and 1st auxiliary request filed 18 June 2012) Clarity and sufficiency of disclosure: yes (2nd auxiliary request (A) filed during oral proceedings) Exception from patentability: no (2nd auxiliary request (A) filed during oral proceedings) Novelty and inventive step: yes (2nd auxiliary request (A) filed during oral proceedings)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 72.153K)
T 2137/08 () of 2.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K 19/177 G06F 7/50	Application no. 01307921.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.978K)
T 2188/08 (Crankcase lubricant/INFINEUM) of 9.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 69/04 C10M 111/02	Application no. 02076993.1
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step (yes) - non-obvious solution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.117K)
T 2207/08 (Integrable software component/PERKINELMER) of 21.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 21.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 21/22	Application no. 05252385.9
Keywords: Novelty - no (main and auxiliary request) Cited decisions: T 1018/02 Case Number: T 2207/08 - 3.5.06 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.06 of 21 September 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.334K)
T 2250/08 () of 30.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 01310663.8
Keywords: Inventive step (no) Admissibility of new requests (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.761K)
T 2251/08 () of 9.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 13/196	Application no. 06717309.6
Keywords: Novelty (no) main request, first auxiliary request Inventive step (no) second auxiliary request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.294K)
T 0086/09 (Sintered ferrite magnet/TDK) of 11.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 1/11 H01F 1/113 C04B 35/26 H02K 1/02 G11B 5/706	Application no. 98905643.7
Keywords: Clarity (no): ambiguous definition of claimed subject-matter				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 63.542K)
T 0109/09 (Use of chemical chelators as reversal agents for NMBAs/MSD OSS B.V.) of 18.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/724 A61K 31/194 A61P 39/04	Application no. 00964006.1
Keywords: New main request filed in appeal proceedings: allowable (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 86.075K)
T 0197/09 (Récepteur de l'IL-13/SANOFI) of 12.6.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C12N 15/12	Application no. 96938273.8
Keywords: Vice de procédure non substantiel - renvoi à la première instance et remboursement de la taxe de recours (non) Requêtes auxiliaires 1 à 6 : disclaimer incomplet - modifications inacceptables (oui) Requête auxiliaire 7 : satisfait aux conditions de la CBE (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 119.585K)
T 0487/09 () of 2.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 25/00	Application no. 04014538.5
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der verspätet eingereichten Anträge (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.677K)
T 0494/09 (Solution de facteur VIII sécurisée viralement/LABORATOIRE FRANÇAIS) of 28.9.2011
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.9.2011	Proc. language FR	IPC C07K 14/755 A61K 38/37	Application no. 98959975.8
Keywords: Recevabilité des requêtes subsidiaires 1A à 1C (oui); Requête principale, requêtes subsidiaires 1A et 1B - modifications étendant l'objet au-delà du contenu de la demande telle qu'elle a été déposée (oui); Requête subsidiaire 1C - modifications étendant l'objet au-delà du contenu de la demande telle qu'elle a été déposée ou étendant la protection conférée du brevet européen (non); clarté, exécution de l'invention, nouveauté, activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 124.038K)
T 0685/09 (Precipitated silica/PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.) of 16.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 33/193 H01M 2/16	Application no. 97921275.0
Keywords: Novelty (yes) (main request) Remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 125.470K)
T 0698/09 (Marqueur de commande auxiliaire sur écran de pilotage/AIRBUS) of 31.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 31.8.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 3/033 G06F 3/023 G08G 5/00	Application no. 02290265.4
Keywords: Clarté des revendications - oui (après modifications) Activité inventive - oui (après modifications)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.556K)
T 0843/09 () of 11.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 04761909.3
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.308K)
T 0905/09 (Anthropomorphized toy/EIGHTING) of 18.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/00 G06F 17/60 A63F 13/12	Application no. 02701727.6
Keywords: Inventive (no) - both requests				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.280K)
T 0949/09 (Arrayed Biomolecules/ILLUMINA) of 17.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 B01J 19/00	Application no. 99936809.5
Keywords: Termination of appeal proceedings after lapse of patent in the absence of a request for continuation by the appellant/opponent within the period prescribed				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.577K)
T 1186/09 () of 7.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B60N 2/22	Application no. 02292509.3
Keywords: Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.269K)
T 1232/09 (SiOXNY Layer/GUARDIAN) of 31.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 31.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 17/36	Application no. 01914608.3
Keywords: Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 5: Inventive step (no) - obvious alternative Auxiliary request 6: Inventive step (yes) - non-obvious alternative				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 179.479K)
T 1324/09 (Anthelmintic compositions/WYETH LLC) of 14.5.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/7048 A61K 9/10	Application no. 01308417.3
Keywords: Main request - clarity (no): composition of "MTM" and "MTC" not known Auxiliary request I - inventive step (no): obvious combination				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.221K)
T 1407/09 (Glass fiber/STM-URSA) of 28.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 13/00	Application no. 00969800.2
Keywords: Main request and first auxiliary request: Novelty (no) - Prior use novelty-destroying Second auxiliary request: Novelty (yes), Inventive step (yes) - prior use conveying implicitly a teaching as starting point - non obvious alternative				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 59.639K)
T 1430/09 (Béton THP/EIFFAGE) of 6.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B 28/04 C04B 40/00	Application no. 99400235.0
Keywords: Exposé de l'invention: insuffisant (Requêtes principale et subsidiaires 1 et 2) - paramètre insuffisamment décrit; suffisant (Requête subsidiaire 3) - suppression du paramètre insuffisamment décrit Extension de la protection du brevet tel que délivré (Requête subsidiaire 3): non - conditions liées au paramètre supprimé satisfaites implicitement par les modifications apportées à la revendication				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 180.076K)
T 1464/09 () of 25.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 03000903.9
Keywords: Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja Reformatio in peius				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 44.923K)
T 1503/09 () of 5.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B60J 10/02 B60J 10/06 B23P 19/02 B60R 13/06 E06B 7/16 F16J 15/10	Application no. 04291921.7
Keywords: Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 38.306K)
T 1533/09 () of 21.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 20/02 G05G 1/04	Application no. 02736394.4
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.964K)
T 1592/09 () of 21.10.2011
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.10.2011	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/68 C04B 28/02 C04B 28/10 C09K 3/10	Application no. 04026547.2
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Verspäteter Einspruchsgrund (Einführung - ja) Offenbarung der Erfindung (ja) Zulässigkeit von Beweismitteln (teilweise nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 44.484K)
T 1742/09 (Leistungsregelung/IPCOM) of 12.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 7/005	Application no. 00109142.0
Keywords: Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - neuer Hauptantrag (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 82.123K)
T 1795/09 () of 18.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 10/02	Application no. 01938211.8
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (Hauptantrag): ja Zulassung in das Verfahren (Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3): nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.705K)
T 1965/09 () of 25.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/00 F03D 11/00	Application no. 99953725.1
Keywords: Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.929K)
T 2033/09 () of 13.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/236 C07H 3/04 C07H 15/04	Application no. 01932104.1
Keywords: Main request, Auxiliary requests 1, 2: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes), novelty (no) Auxiliary request 3: admitted into the proceedings Remittal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 78.289K)
T 2035/09 () of 29.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 3/12	Application no. 07007261.6
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.200K)
T 2233/09 (Augmenting step/ANDRITZ) of 21.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC D21C 3/22 D21C 3/02 D21C 7/00 D21C 11/04	Application no. 01200864.5
Keywords: Admissibility of the new grounds of opposition (no): no consent of the Patent Proprietor Admissibility of the new objections raised under Art. 123(2) EPC (no): their introduction during oral proceedings would have disadvantaged the Patent Proprietor Admissibility of documents submitted with the grounds of appeal (yes): reaction to the decision under appeal Novelty (yes): implicit disclosure of one of the claimed method steps not convincingly proven Inventive step (yes): unobvious alternative Apportionment of costs in the Respondent's favour (yes): adjournment of oral proceedings due to Appellant's conduct				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.510K)
T 2275/09 () of 13.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B60Q 1/32 F21S 8/10 F21V 8/00	Application no. 04292894.5
Keywords: Activité inventive (requêtes principale et subsidiaire: non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.384K)
T 2308/09 () of 19.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 5/00 G11B 7/26	Application no. 99121699.5
Keywords: Neuer Einspruchsgrund - Zulässigkeit (verneint) Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 46.945K)
T 2359/09 () of 16.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G 9/10 B66F 9/19	Application no. 02786238.2
Keywords: Added subject-matter - yes (main request) Late filed requests - not admitted - not clearly allowable				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.105K)
T 2393/09 (Perfumed laundry composition/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 26.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/50 C11D 17/06 C11D 17/00	Application no. 02794042.8
Keywords: Inventive step - no: obvious modification				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.394K)
T 2429/09 () of 11.6.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 13/10 G02B 6/00	Application no. 03010574.6
Keywords: Inventive step (Main Request, 1st to 5th auxiliary request) no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.886K)
T 0114/10 (Replacing corroded fluid conducting parts/ATI) of 20.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 19/02 F28F 11/00 F28F 19/06 F28F 9/18	Application no. 05781453.5
Keywords: Inventive step - no (all requests)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.269K)
T 0138/10 () of 12.6.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 9/00 A21D 2/14 A23D 7/015 A23L 1/24 A21D 8/04	Application no. 99942574.7
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 113.524K)
T 0204/10 () of 11.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00 A61C 5/10	Application no. 00110016.3
Keywords: Hauptantrag (Neuheit - verneint) Hilfsantrag (Klarheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - beide bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.171K)
T 0258/10 () of 9.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 15/02 B05D 7/06 E04F 15/20 E04F 13/08 E04F 15/04	Application no. 05003619.3
Keywords: Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1: mangelnde Neuheit Hilfsanträge 2 und 3: verspätet, nicht zugelassen				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.968K)
T 0294/10 (TMADH-haltige Biozide/ISP) of 20.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 43/90	Application no. 02005939.0
Keywords: Ausdruck "mehrere" klar Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (verneint) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - naheliegende Alternative Zulässigkeit des Antrags auf Bestellung eines Sachverständigen (verneint) Kostenverteilung (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 72.621K)
T 0316/10 (Olefins production process/BP) of 14.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 9/00	Application no. 02772614.0
Keywords: Inventive step (all requests): no - obvious simplification				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 50.104K)
T 0354/10 () of 11.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/022 B01D 39/20	Application no. 05014331.2
Keywords: Remittal - (yes) Admittance of D13 - (yes, in relation to inventive step)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 82.607K)
T 0378/10 () of 9.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F28F 1/40 F28F 13/18 F28F 19/00	Application no. 03780029.9
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 87.479K)
T 0407/10 (Detergent with enhanced amylase/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 26.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 3/02 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/22	Application no. 02714975.6
Keywords: Added subject-matter (Main and 1st to 4th Auxiliary Requests: yes - combination of alternative and preferred features Added subject-matter (5th Auxiliary Request): no - combination of preferred features				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 132.029K)
T 0611/10 () of 13.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V 7/10	Application no. 98957087.4
Keywords: Novelty (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.361K)
T 0619/10 () of 18.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/02 A61B 17/072 A61B 17/00 A61B 17/10 A61B 17/32	Application no. 07250483.0
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.626K)
T 0638/10 () of 27.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F24J 3/06 F28D 15/02	Application no. 04252779.6
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.673K)
T 0976/10 (Waschmittel-Portionen/HENKEL) of 1.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 17/04	Application no. 01974141.2
Keywords: Verspätetes Vorbringen (zulässig); erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 70.719K)
T 1018/10 () of 2.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 2/44 A61F 2/46	Application no. 04007507.9
Keywords: Zulässigkeit des Antrags der Patentinhaberin - bejaht Klarheit - bejaht Zulässigkeit der Änderungen - bejaht "Ausführbarkeit - bejaht Erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht Doppelpatentierung - verneint				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 44.807K)
T 1050/10 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/64 F16D 25/0638 F16D 65/00	Application no. 04029658.4
Keywords: Zulässigkeit von verspätet eingereichten Entgegenhaltungen - verneint Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrag 1.1 - bejaht Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 - verneint Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1.1 - verneint Neuheit und Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.463K)
T 1133/10 (Procédé d'hydrodésulfuration sans dégazage intermédiaire/IFP) of 5.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.10.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C10G 45/04	Application no. 05291383.7
Keywords: Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 32.596K)
T 1165/10 (Identification of materials/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) of 2.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 19/00 G01N 21/00 G01N 22/00	Application no. 99203886.9
Keywords: Admissibility of the auxiliary requests submitted with the statement of the grounds of appeal: no - abuse of procedure Added matter (main request): yes - combination of technical features does not emerge clearly and unambiguously from the original parent application				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.965K)
T 1227/10 (Flue gas cleaning process/BELCO) of 19.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 11/18	Application no. 02733859.9
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes): deletion of a figure labelled as prior art and of the corresponding part of the description in the original application				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.382K)
T 1674/10 (Process for dissolving lipophilic compounds/L'OREAL) of 22.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 17/00	Application no. 03773718.6
Keywords: No text of the patent approved by the proprietor - revocation				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.984K)
T 2023/10 () of 18.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 2/20 B65B 55/02 B67B 1/03	Application no. 06706292.7
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Prüfungsabteilung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 20.995K)
T 2133/10 () of 1.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A24C 5/18	Application no. 03799567.7
Keywords: Admissibility of the Patentee's appeal (yes) Public availability - prior use (no) - A3 (yes) Remittal (no) Main request and auxiliary requests 1, 4-7, 12, 13 - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests 2, 3 and 8-11 - extended subject-matter (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - question to the EBA - refused				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.551K)
T 2246/10 () of 10.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 85/10 B65D 65/38	Application no. 06841268.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit: ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.564K)
T 2383/10 () of 10.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/66 B65D 85/10	Application no. 08104573.4
Keywords: Inventive step: no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.737K)
T 2402/10 (Prostaglandin derivatives / Pfizer) of 10.5.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 405/00 A61K 31/557 A61P 27/02	Application no. 02009255.7
Keywords: Amendments (allowable) - no added matter Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) - solution not obvious Double patenting (no) - not the same subject-matter				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 83.452K)
T 2463/10 () of 20.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC E05D 7/02 E05D 7/04 E05D 11/00	Application no. 00908198.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.215K)
T 0010/11 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S 8/06	Application no. 05012670.5
Keywords: Neuheit (bejaht); erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.333K)
T 0075/11 () of 24.4.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/12 A61K 31/4439 A61P 1/04	Application no. 02764081.2
Keywords: Late-filed documents not admitted by the opposition division Discretionary power exercised according to the right principles Evidence provided with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal - not admitted - should and could have been submitted before the first instance Remittal - (no) - Failure to present evidence in due time				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 63.924K)
T 0079/11 (Suspensionskonzentrate auf Ölbasis/BAYER CROPSCIENCE) of 27.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 25/04 A01N 25/30	Application no. 06001909.8
Keywords: Verspätet eingereichte experimentelle Daten - nicht zugelassen Verspätet eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen - keine Verschiebung der mündlichen Verhandlung erforderlich Haupt- und Hilfsantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) - naheliegende Alternative				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 42.423K)
T 0107/11 () of 27.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B 65/12	Application no. 00945796.1
Keywords: Änderungen - Erweiterung (verneint); Klarheit (bejaht); Neuheit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.590K)
T 0126/11 () of 14.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 4/00	Application no. 02779228.2
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 87.966K)
T 0592/11 () of 25.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 21/17	Application no. 06754567.3
Keywords: Beachtung der gebotenen Sorgfalt im Sinne von Artikel 122 (1) EPÜ bei fehlerhafter Überprüfung der Berechnung der Beschwerdebegründungsfrist durch den Patentingenieur und zugelassenen Vertreter bei Kenntnis der maßgeblichen Berechnungsvorschriften (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 61.932K)
T 0854/11 () of 2.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60S 3/00	Application no. 05017278.2
Keywords: Neuheit (einziger Antrag) - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.354K)
T 0968/11 (Automatic dishwashing method comprising >= 8 wt% of a low foaming … of 7.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/00 C11D 3/02 C11D 1/66 C11D 1/722	Application no. 05801068.7
Keywords: Article 83 objection admissible - (yes) Maintenance of the patent as granted				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 79.465K)
T 1138/11 () of 23.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 49/06	Application no. 00973063.1
Keywords: Intervention - inadmissible (point 1) Features relating to use as defined in claim 1 - not considered for novelty and inventive step (point 2.2.6); third auxiliary request - not admitted (point 5.4)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 97.244K)
T 1408/11 (Interdisziplinäre Sprach-Shortcut-Befehle/VOLKSWAGEN) of 5.7.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 3/16 G10L 15/26	Application no. 00117263.4
Keywords: Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.561K)
T 1498/11 () of 24.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 1/00	Application no. 01957798.0
Keywords: Ansprüche deutlich, knapp gefasst und von der Beschreibung gestützt - ja Vorliegen einer Nichterfindung - nein Zurückverweisung an die Prüfungsabteilung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.375K)
T 1980/11 () of 12.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 43/26	Application no. 03745718.1
Keywords: Amendments - added subject matter (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.649K)
T 1994/11 () of 5.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 21/34	Application no. 08014301.9
Keywords: Interlocutory revision Decision re appeals - remittal (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.523K)
T 2274/11 () of 29.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 29.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 06256109.7
Keywords: Re-establishment of rights (no) All due care (denied) Instructions sent on last day of appeal period by e-mail				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.135K)
T 2401/11 () of 23.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/236	Application no. 07843196.2
Keywords: Reimbursement of appeal fee after rectification of decision (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.115K)
T 2639/11 () of 8.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/12 A61K 31/44	Application no. 03253070.1
Keywords: Missing Statement of Grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 17.076K)
T 0091/12 (Wasserzeicheneinbettung/FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT) of 12.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04H 1/00 G10L 19/00	Application no. 05715993.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.590K)
T 0162/12 () of 2.8.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 71/00 B65D 85/16	Application no. 06828829.9
Keywords: Novelty (main request): no Admissibility (all auxiliary requests): no" (see points 2.2-2.4)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 142.109K)
T 0253/12 () of 30.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/072	Application no. 04258082.9
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.715K)
T 0633/12 (Wireless application layer broker/AVAYA) of 14.9.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08 H04Q 7/38 H04L 12/56	Application no. 04255299.2
Keywords: Added subject-matter (main request) - no (after amendment) Remittal for further prosecution Case Number: T 0633/12 - 3.5.05 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.05 of 14 September 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.211K)
T 0813/12 () of 17.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 08250052.1
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.007K)
T 1242/12 () of 17.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 7/499 G06F 7/533	Application no. 07710246.5
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.061K)
T 1339/12 (Mittel gegen Infektionskrankheit/TEMPER) of 22.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 36/07 A61K 9/00	Application no. 07819519.5
Keywords: Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.646K)
T 1664/12 (IPV6 Address/HUAWEI) of 12.10.2012
Online on 14.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/12	Application no. 06840627.1
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - missing statements of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.452K)
T 0419/09 () of 7.8.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.8.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/46	Application no. 04767775.2
Keywords: Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé suffisant (non)				Distribution D	Decision PDF pas disponible
T 0455/09 () of 7.8.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.8.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC H04N 7/26	Application no. 04786024.2
Keywords: Revendications - clarté et fondement (oui, après amendement) Activité inventive - solution non évidente Correction d'erreurs (oui, en partie) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention (oui)				Distribution D	Decision PDF pas disponible
T 0665/09 (Preamble design for multi-carrier transmissions/NORTEL) of 22.10.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/06 H04L 5/02 H04L 27/26 H04B 7/06	Application no. 01307304.4
Keywords: Added subject-matter - (yes) Novelty - (no) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249.247K)
T 1753/09 () of 4.7.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B42F 7/04	Application no. 03796123.2
Keywords: Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 221.282K)
T 1756/09 () of 21.6.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 35/02	Application no. 07100518.5
Keywords: Änderungen, Klarheit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) mehrere gedankliche Schritte erforderlich				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 248.589K)
T 1759/09 () of 21.6.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 45/00	Application no. 05104189.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 245.015K)
T 1905/09 () of 5.10.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 3/28 G01J 3/453	Application no. 03732738.4
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.063K)
T 2023/09 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B 5/008 B23Q 35/04 B25J 9/02	Application no. 03709088.3
Keywords: question of the admissibility of the appeal left open in the circumstances (point 1 of the Reasons) clarity of the amended claims (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295.760K)
T 1993/10 () of 20.6.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 35/02	Application no. 05113062.3
Keywords: Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - (nicht zugelassen)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 238.705K)
T 0442/11 () of 1.10.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 1.10.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/42	Application no. 05767841.9
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung, Hauptantrag (nein) Geänderte Ansprüche in Widerspruch zu Regeln 137 (4) EPÜ in der Fassung vor dem 1. April 2010 und 164 (2) EPÜ, Hauptantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 250.735K)
T 1496/11 () of 12.9.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 3/14	Application no. 97942714.3
Keywords: Priority - identity of invention Priority - main request (no) Admissibility of late filed documents (yes) Remittal (no) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419.332K)
T 0118/12 () of 23.10.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00	Application no. 07112884.7
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 204.823K)
T 1491/12 (Inter-layer coordination of retransmissions/ERICSSON) of 22.10.2012
Online on 13.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56 H04L 29/06	Application no. 04724917.2
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 203.668K)
T 1627/07 (Database packet commands/KABUSHIKI KAISHA VISUAL) of 20.1.2012
Online on 06.11.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.1.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 00966423.6
Keywords: Inventive step - use of public network and TCP/IP (no obvious alternative to a dedicated line) Inventive step - use of VPN (no obvious measure to increase security) Inventive step - use of proprietary commands (no obvious from D3)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 216.829K)
T 1747/08 (Adaptive real-time queuing system/SAMSUNG) of 20.9.2012
Online on 06.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56	Application no. 05019441.4
Keywords: Added subject-matter - (yes) Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256.297K)
T 1855/08 () of 5.9.2012
Online on 06.11.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/30 H04N 7/34	Application no. 00310521.0
Keywords: Clarity and support (yes - after amendments) novelty and inventive step (yes - after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330.960K)
T 2255/08 (Remote control of target devices/HITACHI) of 11.9.2012
Online on 06.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/66 H04L 12/24 H04L 12/28 H04L 29/06	Application no. 02024284.8
Keywords: Added subject-matter - main and first auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.271K)
T 0187/09 () of 30.8.2012
Online on 06.11.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 25/08 B62M 25/00	Application no. 02017319.1
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments (main and first to fifth auxiliary requests) - no Admittance into the proceedings (sixth auxiliary request) - yes Novelty (sixth auxiliary request) - yes Inventive step (sixth auxiliary request) - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.182K)
T 0276/09 (Multiplication-free signal processing/LUCENT) of 17.10.2012
Online on 06.11.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/38	Application no. 00307409.3
Keywords: Added subject-matter - (no, after amendment) Claims - support by description (yes, after amendment) Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274.355K)
T 1179/09 () of 11.10.2012
Online on 06.11.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 1/10 G02B 1/04 C08J 7/04	Application no. 00972077.2
Keywords: Claim 1, main and auxiliary request - clarity (yes, objection of lack of clarity based on unconvincing "inventive concept" argument)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299.785K)

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T 1446/11 () of 26.9.2012
Online on 15.10.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F24H 1/00 F24H 1/20	Application no. 03789644.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.567K)
T 1735/08 () of 5.6.2012
Online on 12.10.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 23/04 C08L 23/08	Application no. 01976204.6
Keywords: Hauptantrag - Änderungen - Erweiterung - (bejaht) Hilfsantrag 1 - Änderungen - Erweiterung - (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.936K)
T 2363/10 () of 26.9.2012
Online on 12.10.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62B 3/00 B62B 5/00	Application no. 07824482.9
Keywords: Correction of description (no) Main request: clarity (no), novelty (no) Auxiliary request 1: clarity (no), novelty (no), late-filed, not admitted Auxiliary request 2: clarity (no), novelty (no), late-filed, not admitted Auxiliary request 3: clarity (no), novelty (no), late-filed, not admitted Auxiliary request 4: clarity (no), late-filed, not admitted Auxiliary request 5: amendments - intermediate generalisation, clarity (no), late-filed, not admitted				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.146K)
T 0030/11 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 12.10.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 5/00	Application no. 05731781.0
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.100K)
T 1076/12 () of 7.9.2012
Online on 12.10.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 3/00 B62K 19/16 B29C 70/58	Application no. 09009916.9
Keywords: Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) - after amendment Inventive step - main request (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.968K)
T 1301/12 (Spreading codes generator/INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION) of 18.9.2012
Online on 12.10.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/707 H04J 13/00	Application no. 05018803.6
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.727K)
T 1810/09 () of 31.7.2012
Online on 11.10.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 31.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/00 A61F 13/514 C08L 23/14 C08L 23/16 C08L 23/10	Application no. 01934507.3
Keywords: Novelty, inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 98.421K)
T 2329/09 () of 20.9.2012
Online on 11.10.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F 8/04 D01F 1/10	Application no. 06014813.7
Keywords: Late filed request - admitted Added subject-matter (no) Clarity (yes) Decision re appeal - remittal (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.612K)
T 1557/10 () of 6.9.2012
Online on 11.10.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 17/00 F02C 9/00	Application no. 01964341.0
Keywords: Claims - clarity (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.973K)
T 1096/08 () of 11.10.2011
Online on 10.10.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.10.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 17/042	Application no. 99969767.5
Keywords: Admissibility of evidence - partly no Novelty and inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.131K)
T 1338/08 () of 5.10.2012
Online on 10.10.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 15/01	Application no. 03020446.5
Keywords: Novety (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 102.141K)
T 0807/10 (Tinnitus rehabilitation/NEUROMONICS) of 21.9.2012
Online on 10.10.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 A61B 5/12	Application no. 00908849.3
Keywords: Clarity (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.156K)
T 1362/10 (Grinding method with "sub-effective" amount of dispersant/ … of 3.8.2012
Online on 10.10.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C 3/00 C09C 1/02 C09C 1/42 C01F 11/18 D21H 17/67 D21H 19/38 C04B 35/63 C04B 35/634 C09D 7/12 C09D 17/00 C08K 3/26 C08K 3/34	Application no. 03750912.2
Keywords: Inventive step - all requests (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.880K)
T 0893/12 (Plant centromeres/UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO) of 17.9.2012
Online on 10.10.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 17.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/29	Application no. 00916559.8
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.241K)
T 1653/08 () of 30.5.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 30.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 00204781.9
Keywords: Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238.418K)
T 0306/09 () of 25.4.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 25.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/14 B01D 1/16 A61L 9/00	Application no. 03707697.3
Keywords: Procedural violation (yes): decision not reasoned Remittal (yes): reimbursement of appeal fees (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 190.878K)
T 0431/09 () of 15.5.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/74 A62D 3/00 B01J 37/26 B01J 37/02 B01J 21/06	Application no. 95101593.2
Keywords: Sufficiency (yes) Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.598K)
T 0595/09 () of 6.9.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 21/88 G01N 21/95	Application no. 01931443.4
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402.954K)
T 0594/10 () of 1.10.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F24D 3/00 F24D 3/18 F24D 12/02 F02G 1/043 F02G 1/055 F24H 1/00	Application no. 01934637.8
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.257K)
T 1360/10 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E04D 13/16 E04B 1/80	Application no. 02743074.3
Keywords: Zulässigkeit verspätetes Vorbringen (nein) Offenbarung der Erfindung (bejaht) Neuheit (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.172K)
T 1808/10 () of 2.10.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 14/34 C23C 14/54 C23C 14/35 H01J 37/32 H01J 37/34	Application no. 03731194.1
Keywords: Oral proceedings held in the absence of the appellant Amendments extend beyond content of the application as originally filed (all requests - yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.171K)
T 0507/11 () of 24.9.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 04765835.6
Keywords: Anwendbarkeit der Regel 137 (5) EPÜ (nein) Zulässigkeit der geänderten Ansprüche unter Regel 164 (2) EPÜ (ja) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 228.257K)
T 0509/11 () of 24.9.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 04790133.5
Keywords: Anwendbarkeit der Regel 137 (5) EPÜ (nein) Zulässigkeit der geänderten Ansprüche unter Regel 164 (2) EPÜ (ja) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 237.123K)
T 1119/11 () of 14.9.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B81B 1/00 B81C 1/00 G01N 21/03	Application no. 99934932.7
Keywords: claims 1 and 3 - added subject matter (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281.149K)
T 0478/12 () of 24.9.2012
Online on 09.10.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/28	Application no. 06800384.7
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258.348K)
T 0535/05 (wk-Koeffizient I/EVONIK) of 27.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B 33/193 C09C 1/30 C08K 3/36	Application no. 99115208.3
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (ja): Informationslücken (nein) oder Anleitungsmangel (nein) bezüglich der Meßmethodik Neuheit (ja): technisch sinnvolle Auslegung einer Wertebereichtsgrenze in Anspruch 1 des Streitpatents Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Erfolg der Lösung (belegt) - Gegenstand der Ansprüche durch Stand der Technik nicht nahegelegt				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 45.419K)
T 0519/06 (wk-Koeffizient II/EVONIK) of 27.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B 33/193 C08K 3/36	Application no. 98116279.5
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit (ja): Informationslücken (nein) oder Anleitungsmangel (nein) bezüglich der Messmethodik Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja): Verbesserung nachgewiesen, beanspruchter Gegenstand durch Stand der Technik nicht nahegelegt				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 88.432K)
T 1199/06 (Herstellung einer Reibeinheit/DLR) of 26.9.2011
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.9.2011	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 35/573	Application no. 95935944.9
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja): Keine Anregung im Stand der Technik, die zum beanspruchten Verfahren führt				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.746K)
T 1352/07 () of 15.5.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 8/00 A61L 15/00	Application no. 97117337.2
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - no - all requests				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 135.521K)
T 0422/08 (Information reader / SONY) of 12.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 00402614.2
Keywords: Inventive step - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.133K)
T 0794/08 () of 15.6.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/36	Application no. 99911299.8
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.581K)
T 1013/08 (Lipoxin analogs/BRIGHAM) of 10.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/232	Application no. 02795936.0
Keywords: Main request: novelty (no) First auxiliary request: medical treatment (yes) Second auxiliary request: clarity (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277.283K)
T 1309/08 (Exendins/AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.) of 22.5.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/22 A61P 3/06 A61K 38/22 A61K 31/20 A61K 38/22 A61K 31/22 A61K 38/22 A61K 31/365 A61K 38/22 A61K 31/40	Application no. 01900978.6
Keywords: Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3: added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 4: added subject-matter (no), sufficiency of disclosure (yes), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 61.072K)
T 1741/08 (GUI layout/SAP) of 2.8.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 03766056.0
Keywords: Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no) Request for referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.364K)
T 0040/09 () of 30.8.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B25F 5/00 B24B 23/02	Application no. 02774318.6
Keywords: "Zulässigkeit der einen Monat vor der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten geänderten Anspruchssätze nach Haupt- und Hilfsantrag - nein" (Gründe 1.5 - 1.8)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.922K)
T 0043/09 (Hohlfaserdialysator/FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND) of 17.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 1/00	Application no. 01909766.6
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja)" "Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - Verbesserung (ja) - kein Naheliegen				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 87.806K)
T 0234/09 (Laine minérale/SAINT-GOBAIN) of 1.6.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.6.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C03C 13/06	Application no. 99942986.3
Keywords: Nouveauté (Requêtes principale et subsidiaire 1) : non - Arrondi d'une valeur numérique divulguée dans l'antériorité"; (Requête subsidiaire 2bis) : oui Clarté (Requête subsidiaire 2) : non - Ambiguïté de la définition d'une composition due à des plages de pourcentages incompatibles Activité inventive (Requête subsidiaire 2bis) : oui - amélioration non démontrée sur la largeur de la revendication - reformulation du problème technique - autre procédé ne découlant pas à l'évidence de l'état de la technique				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 110.138K)
T 0380/09 () of 4.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B08B 9/04	Application no. 97938713.1
Keywords: Feature added during examination phase - admissibility (no, all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.038K)
T 0895/09 (Sub-carrier allocations/LG ELECTRONICS) of 28.8.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04Q 7/36	Application no. 04774329.9
Keywords: Added subject-matter - inadmissible combination of embodiments (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269.920K)
T 0937/09 () of 20.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 71/04 F02B 75/04 H02K 7/18	Application no. 03747110.9
Keywords: Zulässigkeit von Änderungen nach dem ersten Bescheid der Prüfungsabteilung - Ermessen - große Anzahl abhängiger Ansprüche Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr Zurückverweisung an die 1. Instanz				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.259K)
T 1018/09 ([Ir(cod)Cl]2/HERAEUS) of 28.8.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C07F 15/00	Application no. 00127772.2
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Hauptantrag, 1. und 2. Hilfsantrag: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - positiver Effekt nicht über den gesamten Umfang der Ansprüche glaubhaft gemacht; naheliegende Alternative 3. Hilfsantrag: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 50.360K)
T 1502/09 (Verfahren zur Herstellung von MDI/BAYER) of 5.6.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 263/10 C07C 263/20 C08G 18/76 C08G 18/10 C09J 175/04	Application no. 05001281.4
Keywords: Hauptantrag: erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - Verfahren zur Herstellung eines bekannten Produktes, wobei das bekannte Verfahren durch die Aufnahme eines zusätzlichen naheliegenden Schrittes geändert worden ist Hilfsantrag: Änderungen (nicht zulässig) - Kombination der besonders bevorzugten Mengenbereichen nicht offenbart				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.182K)
T 1525/09 () of 23.5.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 21/16	Application no. 04029547.9
Keywords: Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 3 und 4: nein, Hilfsantrag 5: ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 62.054K)
T 1831/09 () of 18.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/32 B32B 27/28 B65D 65/40 C08L 25/10	Application no. 99920634.5
Keywords: Non-approval of the granted or amended text of the patent by patentee: revocation of the patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 17.330K)
T 2087/09 (Kosmetische Zubereitung/BEIERSDORF) of 23.8.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/135 A61K 7/42 A61K 7/48	Application no. 02802642.5
Keywords: Beide Anträge: erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 70.652K)
T 2220/09 (Transposed file access/MITSUBISHI) of 13.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00	Application no. 98121286.3
Keywords: Clarity of claims - yes Sufficiency of disclosure - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.990K)
T 2246/09 () of 13.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 35/04 F01N 3/28	Application no. 05709923.6
Keywords: Claims - clarity (no) - main and first to third auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) - fourth to seventh auxiliary requests				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 71.086K)
T 2295/09 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B28C 7/06 B28C 5/40	Application no. 02740513.3
Keywords: Consideration of document as further prior art - yes Inventive step - no (both requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.452K)
T 0016/10 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/27 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/68 A61K 8/891	Application no. 00402660.5
Keywords: Activité inventive - (non) - (requêtes principale et subsidiaire)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 90.641K)
T 0020/10 () of 15.11.2011
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.11.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/42 C08G 18/72 C08G 18/79 C09D 175/08	Application no. 02732700.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.899K)
T 0092/10 () of 5.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A47G 19/22	Application no. 99943860.9
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) (main request) Apportionment of costs - (no) Late filed requests - admitted (no) (auxiliary request)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.422K)
T 0495/10 () of 3.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18	Application no. 02766984.5
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - yes Admissibility of main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 5 - no (withdrawn in opposition proceedings) Auxiliary request 6 - admissibility - yes Claim drafted analogous to Swiss-type Claims: fulfils Article 123, 84 and 53(c) EPC Remittal - yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 60.656K)
T 0545/10 () of 29.8.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 251/62	Application no. 99909417.0
Keywords: No text agreed by patentee - revocation of the patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 16.566K)
T 0892/10 (Message transmission/NOKIA) of 4.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/22	Application no. 01983628.7
Keywords: Inventive step - no (all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.666K)
T 0999/10 () of 19.6.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C09J 153/00 C09J 153/02 B32B 27/06 B65D 77/20	Application no. 02703683.9
Keywords: Modifications fondées sur la description - oui Extension de la protection conférée par le brevet - non Exposé - suffisant - oui Nouveauté - oui Activité inventive - oui				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 110.011K)
T 1273/10 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 3/20 A23G 4/00	Application no. 02732098.5
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes, main and first auxiliary requests) Inventive step (no, first auxiliary request)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.249K)
T 1458/10 (Steuereinrichtung mit integriertem Datenbanktreiber/PHOENIX CONTACT) of 26.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/418	Application no. 07015855.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint Aktenzeichen: T 1458/10 - 3.5.03 ENTSCHEIDUNG der Technischen Beschwerdekammer 3.5.03 vom 26. September 2012 Beschwerdeführerin: (Anmelderin) Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG Flachsmarktstrasse 8 D-32825 Blomberg (DE) Vertreter: Kampfenkel, Klaus Blumbach - Zinngrebe Patentanwälte Alexandrastrasse 5 D-65187 Wiesbaden (DE) Angefochtene Entscheidung: Entscheidung der Prüfungsabteilung des Europäischen Patentamts, die am 16. Februar 2010 zur Post gegeben wurde und mit der die europäische Patentanmeldung Nr. 07015855.5 aufgrund des Artikels 97 (2) EPÜ zurückgewiesen worden ist. Zusammensetzung der Kammer:				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 20.740K)
T 1576/10 () of 3.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00 A22B 7/00 B65G 47/31	Application no. 03786440.2
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.657K)
T 2097/10 () of 12.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 18/344 F04C 29/00	Application no. 99947419.0
Keywords: Zulassung verspäteter Druckschriften - neuer Einspruchsgrund - Einspruchsumfang, im Ermessen der Einspruchsabteilung, Verfahrensverlauf - kein wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein) Hauptantrag - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2, erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Hilfsantrag 3 - erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.210K)
T 2272/10 () of 11.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 59/02 B44C 1/24 G03F 7/00	Application no. 04816228.3
Keywords: Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 2 und 3, nein) Zulassung der verspätet eingereichten Hilfsanträge 5 und 6, nein Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr, ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.077K)
T 0291/11 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B28C 7/06 B28C 5/40 E04C 5/01 B65D 65/46 C04B 40/00 C04B 20/00	Application no. 02724204.9
Keywords: Closest prior art - modified package of document D7 (yes concerning claim 1 of second and third auxiliary request) Inventive step - no, claims 1 of first to third auxiliary request Fourth auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings - not admitted				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.817K)
T 0846/11 () of 17.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/44	Application no. 06701063.7
Keywords: Inventive step (yes, after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.296K)
T 1467/11 () of 24.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 26/32 B23K 9/23 F01N 7/10 F01N 7/18	Application no. 05715467.6
Keywords: Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)" "Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung bis zur Entscheidung der Grossen Beschwerdekammer in einer anderen Sache - (nein) Dahinstehenlassen der Zulässigkeit bei fehlender Begründetheit - (ja) Zulassung von Anträgen, die von der Einspruchsabteilung bereits nicht zugelassen wurden - (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.976K)
T 2454/11 () of 19.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 33/60	Application no. 07010555.6
Keywords: Versäumung der Beschwerdefrist - ja Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - nein Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - ja Rückzahlung der Wiedereinsetzungsgebühr - nein				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34.413K)
T 0079/12 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 73/00	Application no. 05104885.8
Keywords: Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 17.214K)
T 1039/12 () of 27.9.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/00	Application no. 04014813.2
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.085K)
T 1499/12 () of 1.10.2012
Online on 08.10.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.10.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 61/18	Application no. 01925195.8
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.112K)

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T 0599/08 () of 13.9.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/66	Application no. 01902094.0
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.085K)
T 1372/08 (Authorized domain/PHILIPS) of 27.7.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 27.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 04744585.3
Keywords: Original disclosure - main and first auxiliary request (no) Clarity - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.160K)
T 1418/08 (Clock output circuit/SANYO) of 24.8.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 24.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/04	Application no. 04255663.9
Keywords: Original disclosure (yes) Clarity (no) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.459K)
T 1169/09 () of 3.7.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B25B 5/08	Application no. 99300049.6
Keywords: Inventive step (main request and first auxiliary request): no Amendments (second auxiliary request): not allowable Admittance into the proceedings (third (amended) auxiliary request): no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.087K)
T 1388/09 () of 4.7.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60G 17/052 B60T 17/02	Application no. 04016904.7
Keywords: Befugnis zur Prüfung neuer Einspruchsgründe (nein) Zulassung eines verspäteten Einwands zu einem Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge I bis III (nein) - Hilfsantrag IV (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 47.527K)
T 2301/09 () of 6.7.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 5/04 B62D 6/04 B62D 5/00	Application no. 05112309.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Rückerstattung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 24.079K)
T 2409/10 () of 3.9.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F27D 11/08 H05B 7/085 C04B 35/528	Application no. 04765269.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.979K)
T 0454/11 () of 1.8.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 35/00 E02D 5/80	Application no. 06009901.7
Keywords: Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs - verneint Erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.561K)
T 1536/11 () of 2.8.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 3/11	Application no. 05008211.4
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsantrag: Neuheit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.271K)
T 0099/12 () of 17.9.2012
Online on 25.09.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/07 A61P 27/02	Application no. 04757476.9
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.358K)
T 0921/08 () of 17.7.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 41/285	Application no. 02253633.8
Keywords: Added subject-matter - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.279K)
T 1276/08 (Silice conditionnée/RHODIA) of 6.7.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 9/14 C01B 33/193 A23K 1/16	Application no. 99910448.2
Keywords: Exposé de l'invention (suffisant) - pas de lacune d'information ni défaut d'orientation ou d'instruction Activité inventive (requête principale): oui - reformulation du problème (oui) - alternative non évidente				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 132.814K)
T 1978/08 () of 19.7.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 3/84 H05B 3/06	Application no. 94401279.8
Keywords: Moyens invoqués tardivement - document recevable (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 32.062K)
T 0916/09 (Ink jet ink binder/ROHM AND HAAS) of 3.8.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 133/06 C09D 11/10	Application no. 00310632.5
Keywords: Main request: novelty (no) First auxiliary request: novelty (no) - amendments in the description cannot establish novelty Second auxiliary request: novelty and inventive step (yes) Incorporation of a statement of the respondent/patentee into the minutes (no) - not relevant for the decision				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 53.869K)
T 2238/09 (Koexistenz von Kommunikationssystemen/SIEMENS) of 28.8.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04Q 7/36	Application no. 00967608.1
Keywords: erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag) - nein Zulässigkeit von verspätet eingereichten Anträgen - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.589K)
T 0028/10 (Fungizide Wirkstoffkombination/BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG) of 12.12.2011
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.12.2011	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 43/653	Application no. 03023230.0
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Zulassung des Hauptantrags (nein) - von der Einspruchsabteilung ohne Ermessensfehler nicht zugelassen Zulassung der Hilfsanträge 1 bis 10 sowie 11 bis 15 (nein) - nicht Bestandteil des Einspruchsverfahrens (breiterer Gegenstand) - nicht durch den Verfahrensgang veranlasst Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein) - keine widerstreitende Rechtsauffassung zu Artikel 12(4) VOBK				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 86.837K)
T 1555/10 () of 24.7.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 3/30	Application no. 95301641.7
Keywords: Added subject-matter - no Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.406K)
T 2175/10 () of 27.7.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 2/38 A61F 2/30	Application no. 06000231.8
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 18.747K)
T 0391/12 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 24.09.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 1/34	Application no. 01106026.6
Keywords: Unzulässigkeit der Beschwerde				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.733K)
R 0014/11 (Objection under Rule 106 EPC/Celanese International) of 5.7.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/47	Application no. 01918923.2
Keywords: Petition for review - clearly inadmissible Failure to have raised an objection within the meaning of Rule 106 EPC - yes Request for remittal or postponement does not qualify as such an objection No separate objection raised - no deviation by this Board from R 4/08 and established jurisprudence				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.291K)
T 1807/07 () of 24.7.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00	Application no. 99939826.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 79.726K)
T 1494/08 () of 6.9.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 61/073	Application no. 01954370.1
Keywords: Clarity (yes) Remittal for further prosecution Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no) - no substantial procedural violation, error of judgment				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.658K)
T 1950/08 (Electromagnetic sensing layer of conductor grid/TAIGUEN) of 27.6.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/033	Application no. 02764507.6
Keywords: Clarity - main and auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.305K)
T 2191/08 () of 18.4.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 16/02	Application no. 01102427.0
Keywords: Subject-matter extends beyond the content of the application as filed (Main Request, Auxiliary Requests II, III, IV) yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.446K)
T 0315/09 () of 27.6.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 10/12	Application no. 02027315.7
Keywords: Zulässigkeit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I: ja) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.977K)
T 0511/09 (Dispersant viscosity improver/CASTROL) of 26.6.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 149/10 C10M 167/00	Application no. 97925182.4
Keywords: Main request and first auxiliary request: novelty (no) Second auxiliary request - not admitted into the proceedings				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.005K)
T 1959/09 () of 20.6.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 11/02	Application no. 97203992.9
Keywords: Extended subject-matter (main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3: yes) Referral of a question to the Enlarged Board (no) Admissibility (auxiliary requests 4 and 5: no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.827K)
T 2130/09 (Detergent composition with peroxide and enzyme/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 20.6.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/395 C11D 3/386 C11D 3/08 C11D 3/10 C11D 3/39	Application no. 96906561.4
Keywords: Added subject-matter (Main Request) = yes Inventive step (1st Auxiliary Request) = no - obvious modification Inventive step (2nd Auxiliary Request) = yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 54.351K)
T 0059/10 () of 25.5.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 25.5.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC A23L 1/48 A23L 1/03 A23C 9/13 A23C 11/10 A23C 13/14	Application no. 99907661.5
Keywords: Requête déposée tardivement (admissible) Modifications: examen de clarté - non Exposé: suffisant - oui Nouveauté et activité inventive - oui Répartition des frais - non				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 118.813K)
T 0184/10 (Treatment of diabetes/TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED) of 7.5.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4439 A61K 31/155 A61P 3/10	Application no. 98200252.9
Keywords: Inventive step - (no): insufficient comparative tests				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 76.435K)
T 0961/10 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 153/00 C09J 7/02 C08F 297/02 C08F 293/00	Application no. 98965528.7
Keywords: Admittance of documents Main request (novelty - yes; inventive step - no) Auxiliary request 1 (novelty - yes; inventive step - yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 174.118K)
T 2370/10 () of 19.7.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 23/06 F16H 57/04	Application no. 04764442.2
Keywords: Verspätet vorgebrachte offenkundige Vorbenutzung - (nicht zugelassen) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.418K)
T 0077/11 (Thiophenderivate als halbleitende Schichten/H.C. STARCK GMBH) of 15.5.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C07F 7/18 C07F 7/08 C07D 333/18 H01L 29/24	Application no. 04025730.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - keine naheliegende Lösung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 35.913K)
T 1540/11 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 21.09.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 15/18	Application no. 03076151.4
Keywords: Correct exercise of discretion by the Examining Division under Rule 137(3) EPC				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.011K)
T 1142/08 (Bandbreitenabhängige Software-Übertragung/SIEMENS ENTERPRISE) of 21.6.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 04766434.7
Keywords: Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 232.699K)
T 1647/08 () of 18.7.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 25/00 B62M 9/12 B62M 25/02	Application no. 02023389.6
Keywords: Admissibility of amendments - yes Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232.306K)
T 2094/08 () of 8.8.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 1/10 G21K 1/06	Application no. 01987139.1
Keywords: Inventive Step - Claims 1 and 8 (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 206.340K)
T 2152/08 () of 24.7.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173	Application no. 04769005.2
Keywords: Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Decision re appeals - remittal (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 223.089K)
T 0032/09 (Rückkopplungsunterdrückung/WABCO) of 6.9.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/44 H04L 12/413	Application no. 95111216.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja, nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273.747K)
T 0035/09 () of 11.7.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 9/10	Application no. 01130987.9
Keywords: Admissibiliy of amendments (main request, second and third auxiliary requests) - no Admission into the proceedings (fourth auxiliary request) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235.438K)
T 1873/09 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02C 7/00 G02C 7/04 A61B 3/00	Application no. 04710440.1
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304.530K)
T 1947/09 (Ethernet switch/GE CISCO) of 30.8.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24 H04L 12/46	Application no. 02786598.9
Keywords: Added subject-matter - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - (no) Claims - result to be achieved Inventive step - (no) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Right to be heard - request for decision according to the state of the file				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257.494K)
T 1964/09 () of 18.6.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 37/00	Application no. 98947096.8
Keywords: Documents available to the public before date of filing of the European patent application - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance for further prosecution (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 216.477K)
T 2260/09 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/44	Application no. 00400187.1
Keywords: Inventive step (all requests: no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.044K)
T 0387/11 (Funkbasierte Fahrzeugkommunikation/DEUTSCHE TELEKOM) of 6.7.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/28	Application no. 03001601.8
Keywords: Wiedereinsetzung in die Beschwerdebegründungsfrist - (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 242.046K)
T 2202/11 () of 5.9.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/1337 G02F 1/1343	Application no. 05014215.7
Keywords: Clarity and sufficiency (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285.282K)
T 1008/12 (USE OF WHOLE BACTERIAL CELLS/BioEos Limited) of 28.8.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/04 A61K 39/05 A61P 33/00	Application no. 06820586.3
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 204.715K)
T 1051/12 (DENDRITIC CELL/MAYO FOUNDATION) of 28.8.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 C07K 14/00 C07K 7/00 A61K 39/395 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/12 A61K 39/02 A61K 45/00 C12N 15/13 C12N 15/63 C12N 5/10	Application no. 03764607.2
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 205.689K)
T 1334/12 (Subscriber-based charging rules/HUAWEI) of 12.9.2012
Online on 20.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/14	Application no. 05754868.7
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 207.970K)
J 0005/11 () of 6.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 6.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 7/14	Application no. 03756355.8
Keywords: Re-establishment of rights Proof of all due care(no) Admissibility of new evidence(no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 75.871K)
J 0006/11 () of 6.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 6.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 5/03	Application no. 04751511.9
Keywords: Re-establishment of rights Proof of all due care(no) Admissibility of new evidence(no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 75.681K)
T 1514/06 (Agitateur/MIXEL) of 5.10.2011
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.10.2011	Proc. language FR	IPC B01F 13/08	Application no. 99420128.3
Keywords: Transfert valide de la qualité d'opposante/requérante (oui) Activité inventive (toutes les requêtes - non): Mise à disposition d'une alternative - mise en pratique évidente de l'enseignement plus général donné dans l'état de la technique le plus proche				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 75.312K)
T 0406/08 (Alcohol-based anti-microbial compositions/ETHICON) of 16.2.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 16.2.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/48 A61K 7/50 A61L 2/00 A61L 2/18	Application no. 99300394.6
Keywords: Main request, auxiliary requests I and II; sufficiency of disclosure of invention (yes) - novelty (yes) - inventive step (no) - obvious alternative Auxiliary requst III: Inventive step (yes) - solution not obvious from prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.394K)
T 0789/08 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 97951534.3
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 62.134K)
T 1256/08 (Mobile internet access/TAGG) of 3.9.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 3.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/16	Application no. 01994159.0
Keywords: Amendments - added subject matter (no) Inventive step - yes (auxiliary request 4) Decision re appeals - remittal (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.190K)
T 1640/08 () of 31.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00 A61K 6/06	Application no. 00988789.4
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit, erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.819K)
T 2305/08 (Rendering transaction/CONTENTGUARD) of 5.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00 H04L 12/14 H04L 29/06	Application no. 02028709.0
Keywords: Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.564K)
T 2332/08 (Ultrasonic treatment/UFO) of 14.3.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/36 B01J 19/10	Application no. 02789120.9
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes): no direct and unambiguous implicit disclosure Inventive step (yes): claimed method not obvious in view of the prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.650K)
T 0118/09 () of 12.9.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J 7/12 B29C 59/12	Application no. 01907664.5
Keywords: Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 41.396K)
T 0478/09 () of 21.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/26 B01J 37/00 C08G 65/10 C08G 65/26	Application no. 04753255.1
Keywords: Form of appeal - admissible (yes) - partial admissibility (no) Claims - lack of clarity of a granted claim - need for interpretation of the feature "average particle size determined by TEM" (yes) Novelty (yes) - Main Request (the known catalyst having a bimodal distribution of particles does not make available a catalyst in form of either of its subgroups of particles) Inventive step (yes) - non obvious alternative (Main Request)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 108.040K)
T 0827/09 (Labelled plant/BAYER CROPSCIENCE) of 26.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/82	Application no. 01986901.5
Keywords: Main request - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.345K)
T 0990/09 (Cell culture medium/BAXTER) of 3.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/00 C12N 5/06	Application no. 00969319.3
Keywords: Admission of the main request and auxiliary request I filed at the oral proceedings (yes) Auxiliary request I: added matter (no) Novelty (yes) Remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 85.018K)
T 1156/09 (Osteoblast-Neuronal cell transdifferentiation/KANEKA) of 21.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/06	Application no. 05734077.0
Keywords: Admissibility of the Main Request and of Auxiliary Requests 1 and 2 (no) Admissibility of Auxiliary Request 3 (yes) Auxiliary Request 3 - inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.566K)
T 1253/09 () of 25.4.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.4.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 53/08	Application no. 03812582.9
Keywords: Ermessen der Einspruchsabteilung - Zulassung eines Hauptantrags, Nichtzulassung verspätetes Dokument (in zulässiger Weise ausgeübt) Neuer Einspruchsgrund (nicht berücksichtigt) Zulässigkeit der Änderungen - Hauptantrag (ja) Mangelnde Ausführbarkeit (nein) Zulassung - verspätet vorgebrachtes Dokument sowie Neuheitseinwand und Argumentationslinie erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Zulässigkeit der Änderungen gemäß Hilfsantrag I (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein, Hilfsantrag I: ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 84.404K)
T 1787/09 () of 5.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G08G 1/09 H04H 1/00	Application no. 05802726.9
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja (nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.615K)
T 1852/09 (Three-in-one dishwashing composition/UNILEVER) of 5.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37	Application no. 01974165.1
Keywords: Inventive step (all requests): no - obvious modification				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.550K)
T 2369/09 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/00 C23C 4/02 C23C 4/18 B23P 6/00	Application no. 02254349.0
Keywords: Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) of 26 July 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.917K)
T 0328/10 () of 16.5.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L 1/36 A23L 1/38	Application no. 99952243.6
Keywords: Hilfsanträge - Zulässigkeit (bejaht) Erweiterung des Schutzumfanges - verneint (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 5) Ausreichende Offenbarung - bejaht (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 5) Änderungen - Klarheit - verneint (Hilfsanträge 2-4), bejaht (Hilfsantrag 5) Änderung - Basis in der ursprünglich eingereichten Anmeldung - bejaht (Hilfsantrag 5) Neuheit - bejaht (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 5) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1), bejaht (Hilfsantrag 5)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 219.142K)
T 0358/10 () of 12.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC E04B 1/88 E04D 13/16	Application no. 99400859.7
Keywords: Remboursement de la taxe de recours (oui): vice substantiel de procédure (oui, dû au délai excessif de la signification de la décision écrite) Nouveauté (oui); un cahier de charges pour l'emploi d'un dispositif n'est pas, contrairement à des brochures commerciales, destiné en soi à être diffusé au public				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 48.517K)
T 0377/10 (Milking criterion/LELY) of 27.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/12 A01J 5/007 A01J 5/017	Application no. 03076098.7
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.079K)
T 0406/10 () of 17.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 3/24	Application no. 02760220.0
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit-(ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43.312K)
T 0721/10 () of 17.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 5/443	Application no. 04024344.6
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Apportionment of costs (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.524K)
T 1231/10 () of 5.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B 27/30	Application no. 04029755.8
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung - ja (Hauptantrag) Zurückverweisung - nein Zulassung ins Verfahren (Hilfsantrag) - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.755K)
T 1348/10 () of 7.8.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 7/14 B05B 5/03 B05B 5/053	Application no. 00307778.1
Keywords: Amendments - admissibility - no, all requests				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.955K)
T 1914/10 () of 12.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 9/46 B21B 37/00 B21B 37/76 C22C 38/00 C22C 38/06 C22C 38/58	Application no. 05816475.7
Keywords: Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4: clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 5 to 6: late filed, not admitted				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 45.217K)
T 2067/10 () of 26.4.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.4.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 31/40 B01J 38/56 B01D 11/04 C07C 253/10 C07C 253/32 B01J 31/18 B01J 31/24	Application no. 05798767.9
Keywords: Änderungen (zulässig) - Merkmale in Kombination offenbart - Zurückverweisung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 58.258K)
T 2266/10 (HIV-3/INNOGENETICS) of 28.6.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 28.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 7/00	Application no. 94110658.5
Keywords: Added matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - deposit/redeposit of claimed virus - (yes) Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.910K)
T 2280/10 () of 3.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 3/158 H02M 1/00	Application no. 05753216.0
Keywords: Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.275K)
T 2346/10 () of 13.7.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 05722205.1
Keywords: Form of appeal - admissible (no) - no indication of reasons				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.736K)
T 1884/11 () of 6.9.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/19 A61K 8/27 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 06005851.8
Keywords: Form of appeal - statement of grounds filed late - appeal inadmissible				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 17.430K)
T 2313/11 (Datenanalyse / NOLL) of 31.8.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 31.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/10	Application no. 04100660.2
Keywords: Unzulässige Beschwerde (unzureichende Beschwerdebegründung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.151K)
T 2328/11 () of 13.9.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 39/06	Application no. 06013089.5
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen (ja) Neuheit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Prüfungsabteilung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.152K)
T 2657/11 () of 3.9.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.9.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/39 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/02 C01B 15/10	Application no. 06117986.7
Keywords: Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 15.737K)
T 1140/12 () of 11.9.2012
Online on 19.09.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/06 G07F 17/30 G07F 17/16	Application no. 08172664.8
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.412K)
T 0435/07 () of 10.9.2012
Online on 14.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 32/00 B01J 35/06 B01J 35/02 B01J 35/04 B01J 21/08 B01J 21/16 B01J 37/02 B01J 10/00 C01B 15/023	Application no. 01203415.3
Keywords: Basis of the decision - right to be heard (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.100K)
T 0706/08 () of 10.9.2012
Online on 14.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/00 B01J 37/04 B01J 29/85	Application no. 02784263.2
Keywords: Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.768K)
T 0540/08 () of 5.7.2012
Online on 13.09.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/66	Application no. 01922058.1
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.247K)
T 0128/09 (Lactobacillus/GERVAIS DANONE) of 6.9.2012
Online on 13.09.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C12N 15/56 A23C 9/123 C12N 1/20 C12N 9/38 C12R 1/225	Application no. 99919337.8
Keywords: Requête principale - activité inventive (oui) N( du recours : T 0128/09 - 3.3.08 DECISION de la Chambre de recours technique 3.3.08 du 6 septembre 2012 Requérant : (Titulaire du brevet) COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE 17 Boulevard Haussmann F-75009 Paris (FR) Mandataire : Vialle-Presles, Marie José Cabinet ORES 36, rue de St Pétersbourg F-75008 Paris (FR) Décision attaquée : Décision de la division d'opposition de l'Office européen des brevets postée le 18 novembre 2008 par laquelle le brevet européen nº 1078074 a été révoqué conformément aux dispositions de l'article 101(3)(b) CBE. Composition de la Chambre :				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 81.048K)
T 1550/06 () of 23.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/10	Application no. 89118420.2
Keywords: Insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.721K)
T 1582/07 () of 12.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/10 G06F 17/60 G06F 1/00	Application no. 03773831.7
Keywords: Added subject-matter (no) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.293K)
T 0298/08 (Synchronisation conflict resolution/MICROSOFT) of 10.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/14 G06F 17/30 G06F 11/00 G06F 11/20	Application no. 02013763.4
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes Case Number: T 0298/08 - 3.5.06 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.06 of 10 July 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.677K)
T 0433/08 (Fluorinated ketones/3M) of 4.8.2011
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.8.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC A62D 1/00	Application no. 00948791.9
Keywords: Reimbursement of appeal fee: no - not equitable Remittal (direct remittal for further prosecution: no - remittal with order to maintain patent in amended form: yes) Inventive step (main request, 1st to 3rd auxiliary request): no - improvement not proven - reformulation of the problem - obvious further method Inventive step (4th auxiliary request): yes - evidence for improvement - non-obvious solution to the technical problem				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 81.903K)
T 0506/08 (Online-Auktion / Volkswagen) of 16.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 01982220.4
Keywords: Erstattung der internationalen Recherchengebühr wegen Nicht-Durchführung der Recherche - unzulässiger Antrag (Unzuständigkeit der Beschwerdekammer) Vorlage von Rechtsfragen an GBK - verneint Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint (nichttechnischer Zweck) Zurückverweisung zur Durchführung einer Nachrecherche - verneint				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 67.744K)
T 0816/08 (Redox-Katalysator/UMICORE) of 16.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/94 B01J 23/652 B01J 23/30	Application no. 02748747.9
Keywords: Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag) - bejaht - nicht naheliegende Kombination von Merkmalen				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 75.159K)
T 0819/08 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/02 A61L 9/14	Application no. 04750232.3
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Remittal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.562K)
T 1021/08 (Human albumin/GRIFOLS SA.) of 1.12.2011
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.12.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/38	Application no. 96500164.7
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure: undue burden (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 50.449K)
T 1029/08 () of 18.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 1/00	Application no. 01129820.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.683K)
T 1081/08 (Pre-emphasis of TMDS/BROADCOM) of 8.5.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 8.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 25/03 H04B 7/005 H04L 27/36	Application no. 03024384.4
Keywords: Admissibility of the requests (first auxiliary request: no) Novelty and inventive step (main and second auxiliary request: no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 90.158K)
T 1218/08 (User controlled image for simulating physical movements/MACRI) of 13.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/00	Application no. 00929667.4
Keywords: Inventive step - Yes (after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.595K)
T 1251/08 (Serial bus simulation / TERADYNE) of 29.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 29.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/00	Application no. 03766878.7
Keywords: Request for telephone interview with rapporteur - refused Amended claims filed in oral proceedings admitted - yes (third auxiliary request) Claims - support by description - no (Main and first and second auxiliary requests) Novelty - yes (third auxiliary request) Decision re appeals - remittal - yes (third auxiliary request)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.137K)
T 1386/08 () of 7.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 7.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q 1/12 H01Q 23/00	Application no. 02004597.7
Keywords: Änderungen (offenbart) Klarheit (gegeben) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.008K)
T 1597/08 (Interfacing tokens to cryptographic machine/MICROSOFT) of 24.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 04027129.8
Keywords: Oral proceedings held in the absence of the appellant Clarity and sufficiency of disclosure - yes Main request and first auxiliary request - Novelty (no) Second and third auxiliary requests - Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.869K)
T 1748/08 () of 11.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/0478	Application no. 99958852.8
Keywords: Inventive step (main request): no Admissibility of auxiliary requests: no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.684K)
T 1834/08 (Bus Signal Calibration/RAMBUS) of 19.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/42	Application no. 00972087.1
Keywords: added subject matter (yes) - main request and auxiliary requests I-V and VII inventive step (no) - auxiliary request VI Case Number: T 1834/08 - 3.5.06 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.06 of 19 July 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.589K)
T 1837/08 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01H 33/36	Application no. 98966870.2
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter - yes (main request, auxiliary requests 1, 2) Inventive step - no (auxiliary requests 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4) request for apportionment of costs refused				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 60.151K)
T 1948/08 (Antenna arrayed in gridding inside/TAIGUEN) of 26.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/033	Application no. 02771993.9
Keywords: Clarity (no) Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.697K)
T 1984/08 (Device having osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties/SCIL) of 5.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/34 A61L 27/40 A61L 27/54	Application no. 02803343.9
Keywords: Main request: Allowability of amendments (yes) - remittal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.602K)
T 2096/08 () of 23.4.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B64F 1/06	Application no. 01967969.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.454K)
T 2108/08 (Pharmaceutical formulation comprising amino acids/SIGMAPHARM) of 27.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/00 A61K 31/195 A61K 9/20	Application no. 01975405.0
Keywords: Admissibility of the requests: no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 115.495K)
T 2205/08 (Nachladen von Software/BMW) of 12.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 12.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 04730255.9
Keywords: Klarheit - beide Anträge (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - beide Anträge (nein) Aktenzeichen: T 2205/08 - 3.5.06 ENTSCHEIDUNG der Technischen Beschwerdekammer 3.5.06 vom 12. Juli 2012 Beschwerdeführer: (Anmelder) Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Petuelring 130 D-80809 München (DE) Vertreter: Grüter, Klaus Peter Bayerische Motoren Werke AG Patentabteilung AJ-3 D-80788 München (DE) Angefochtene Entscheidung: Entscheidung der Prüfungsabteilung des Europäischen Patentamts, die am 11. Juli 2008 zur Post gegeben wurde und mit der die europäische Patentanmeldung Nr. 04730255.9 aufgrund des Artikels 97 (2) EPÜ zurückgewiesen worden ist. Zusammensetzung der Kammer:				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29.346K)
T 2344/08 (Humidifier/DESIGN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION LIMITED) of 7.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F24F 6/02 A01G 9/24 C02F 1/44 B01D 61/36	Application no. 02079621.5
Keywords: Inventive step (main request): no - obvious technical solution Prohibition of reformatio in peius - patent maintained in amended form in accordance with the auxiliary request				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.434K)
T 2350/08 () of 12.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 29/90 C07C 1/20	Application no. 98931676.5
Keywords: Main Request - not allowable - added subject-matter Admissibility of Auxiliary Requests 1 to 11 (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.684K)
T 0056/09 () of 27.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/24 A61M 5/31	Application no. 97939980.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.800K)
T 0132/09 (Olefin epoxidation/EVONIK DEGUSSA) of 24.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 301/12	Application no. 03722565.3
Keywords: Entitlement to priority (main request, no; auxiliary request 1, yes) Novelty (main request, no; auxiliary request 1, yes) Remittal, auxiliary request 1				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.617K)
T 0226/09 () of 2.2.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.2.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 31/22 B01J 31/18 C07F 15/00 C08G 61/08	Application no. 99910357.5
Keywords: Beschwerdegegenstand - Hauptantrag im Verfahren (bejaht) Zulässigkeit - Hilfsanträge 3 bis 6 (bejaht), Hilfsantrag 7 (verneint) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 6 (verneint)				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 108.754K)
T 0238/09 (Detecting battery deterioration/PANASONIC) of 2.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 10/48 G01R 31/36	Application no. 00935657.7
Keywords: Clarity (main request and auxiliary requests): no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.306K)
T 0331/09 ("Zulässigkeit der Änderungen - bejaht""Erfinderische T … of 26.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 17/34	Application no. 00965717.2
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.921K)
T 0377/09 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/20 C10G 45/08	Application no. 00201039.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - all requests - obvious improvement				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 86.833K)
T 0417/09 (Mapping a two-tiered application/RIM) of 31.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 31.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 05103037.7
Keywords: Clarity - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.379K)
T 0500/09 () of 20.4.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.4.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 98963610.5
Keywords: Recevabilité d'une requête tardive (oui) Clarté (oui) Extension de l'objet de la demande (non) Activité inventive (oui)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 42.177K)
T 0535/09 () of 24.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC F16H 61/02	Application no. 05717725.5
Keywords: Extension de l'objet de la demande - non				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 28.660K)
T 0591/09 (c-Fos Induced Growth Factor/VEGENICS) of 24.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/12	Application no. 96932771.7
Keywords: Admissibility of the opposition (not decided) Main Request - added subject-matter (yes) Admissibility of Auxiliary Request I (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.999K)
T 0622/09 (Transitions in a user interface/SONY ERICSSON) of 6.9.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/033	Application no. 04014306.7
Keywords: Clarity - main request (no) Inventive step - first to fourth auxiliary requests (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.652K)
T 0626/09 () of 23.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC D21F 1/00 D21F 11/04	Application no. 97203859.0
Keywords: Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 2 und 3, nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsanträge 4 bis 8, nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.034K)
T 0636/09 (Herstellung eines Tetrahydrocannabinol- und cannabidiol-haltigen … of 3.4.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.4.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/35 C07D 311/80	Application no. 01987666.3
Keywords: Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein): durch das Herstellungsverfahren definierte Produkt nicht neu gegenüber dem Stand der Technik Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 - erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein): Inkaufnahme einer zu erwartenden geringeren Ausbeute bei Verwendung eines leichter erhältlichen Ausgangsmaterials beinhaltet keine erfinderische Tätigkeit				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 86.251K)
T 0660/09 () of 26.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C23F 1/44 F01D 5/28	Application no. 99928117.3
Keywords: Inventive step (all requests - no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.279K)
T 0683/09 () of 28.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 5/00 F21S 8/00 F21Y 101/02 F21W 111/00	Application no. 01951485.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein (Hauptantrag) Zulässigkeit verspätet eingereichter Hilfsanträge - nein Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 38.918K)
T 0953/09 (Aqueous solution of Na salt of HEDTA/AKZO NOBEL) of 24.4.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 229/26 B01D 61/44	Application no. 04741030.3
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed documents (yes) Admissibility of late-filed novelty objection based on document not previously cited against novelty (no) Remittal (no) - no absolute right to two intances Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) - improvements shown, non obvious solution Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - process can be carried out within whole area claimed				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 89.665K)
T 1161/09 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/00 B60R 16/02	Application no. 01106483.9
Keywords: Zulässigkeit von Änderungen - Hauptantrag (verneint) - Hilfsantrag (bejaht) Zurückverweisung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28.025K)
T 1486/09 () of 25.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 17/10	Application no. 06754468.4
Keywords: Klarheit, Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja (nach Änderung)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.456K)
T 1656/09 (Microparticle filter/POLARIS) of 9.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/24 F01N 3/021 F01N 3/031 B01D 47/06 B04C 5/23	Application no. 06023725.2
Keywords: Clarity: no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 56.918K)
T 1920/09 () of 14.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 35/04 B01D 39/20 B01D 53/94 F01N 3/022 F01N 3/28	Application no. 06001438.8
Keywords: Novelty (no) - unusual parameter feature representing the only difference from the prior art - Presumption of lack of novelty not displaced by evidence (Main and First to 14th Auxiliary Requests)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 83.669K)
T 2026/09 () of 4.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 71/68 B01D 69/08 A61M 1/16	Application no. 98919641.5
Keywords: Clarity - parametrical definition - method of determination of the defined amount not clear - Main Request and Auxiliary Requests 1-4 Amendments -. fairly based on the application as originally filed (yes) - Auxiliary Request 5 Remittal (yes) - fresh case				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.799K)
T 2066/09 () of 15.3.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 5/04 F16D 7/02	Application no. 97109508.8
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.410K)
T 2124/09 (Methylphenidate modified release formulations/SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS … of 23.4.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 31/4458 A61K 9/50	Application no. 01977934.7
Keywords: Main request - allowability of amendments (no): unallowable generalisation Auxiliary request I - inventive step (no): obvious modification				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42.674K)
T 2177/09 (Membran-Elektroden-Einheit/ELCOMAX) of 17.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H01M 8/10	Application no. 03815370.6
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen (ja) Neuheit (Hauptantrag) (nein); Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 1) (ja): Verbesserung des Verfahrens glaubhaft				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 56.569K)
T 2428/09 () of 18.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 21/11	Application no. 05405184.2
Keywords: Neuheit (Hauptantrag) nein Unzulässige Erweiterung (Hilfsantrag 1 und 2): ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.240K)
T 2433/09 (Ink-jet inks/COATES BROTHERS) of 13.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00	Application no. 99918129.0
Keywords: Late-filed document - not admitted Inventive step: no (all requests) - obvious composition within the teaching of closest prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.668K)
T 0387/10 () of 3.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S 2/00 F21S 6/00 F21S 8/00	Application no. 99125646.2
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Neuheit (nein) Hilfsanträge: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.333K)
T 0838/10 (Klärschlammasche/GFR) of 21.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C05D 9/00 C05B 13/00 C05F 3/00	Application no. 01106112.4
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja): Vereinfachte Verwendung mit nicht zu erwartender Wirkung				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 36.118K)
T 1084/10 () of 10.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C21B 11/02	Application no. 06116219.4
Keywords: Zulässigkeit der Änderungen im Einspruchsverfahren (ja) Neuheit, erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 32.052K)
T 1187/10 () of 2.5.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 2.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 3/46 A23L 3/18 A23C 1/04 A23C 3/037 A23L 3/24 A23L 2/46 A23L 2/10 A23L 2/00	Application no. 01995816.4
Keywords: Main request: added subject-matter - yes Auxiliary request: admission into the proceedings - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.695K)
T 1408/10 (Defibrotide and/or oligodeoxyribonucleotides/GENTIUM S.P.A.) of 17.2.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.2.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/711 A61P 35/00	Application no. 06708536.5
Keywords: All requests - allowability of amendments (no): no basis in the original application				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.783K)
T 1492/10 (Geschirrspültabletten mit alpha-Olefin Copolymer/DALLI) of 27.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 3/37	Application no. 03014785.4
Keywords: Zulässigkeit spät eingereichter Anträge (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, erster Hilfsantrag (nein), zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 69.735K)
T 1656/10 () of 4.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B22F 3/105 B22F 7/08 B22F 5/00 B23K 26/34	Application no. 03762442.6
Keywords: Änderungen - Art. 123(2) und (3) - Erweiterung (verneint) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 53.341K)
T 2295/10 () of 28.6.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F16D 21/06	Application no. 06110630.8
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.720K)
T 2395/10 () of 17.7.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F23Q 7/00 H05B 3/14	Application no. 02251651.2
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.884K)
T 0415/11 (Lyophilized Neisseria meningococcus vaccine/NOVARTIS) of 12.1.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.1.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/385 A61K 39/095 A61K 47/22 A61K 47/26	Application no. 00992589.2
Keywords: Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 8 - inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.476K)
T 1383/11 (Exhaust treatment device/UMICORE AG) of 22.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/94 B01J 23/40 B01J 37/02 B01J 23/46	Application no. 04078285.6
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Added subject-matter - (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 68.956K)
T 1856/11 () of 9.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 47/90 B65G 47/52	Application no. 06005936.7
Keywords: Admissibility of the opposition: yes Remittal: yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.273K)
T 1889/11 (Epitopes of wt-1 and and gata-1/GANYMED PHARMACEUTICALS) of 3.9.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.9.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/47 C07K 4/12 C07K 7/06 A61K 38/08	Application no. 05023645.4
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.648K)
T 2633/11 () of 21.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 03733140.2
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 15.517K)
T 0779/12 () of 13.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.8.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B64C 23/00 F15D 1/06	Application no. 05716113.5
Keywords: Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 16.916K)
T 1518/12 () of 27.8.2012
Online on 11.09.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 5/08 C07D 417/14 C07D 417/04 C07D 277/56 C07C 217/84	Application no. 05756274.6
Keywords: Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20.713K)
R 0016/11 () of 23.3.2012
Online on 10.09.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 23.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/663	Application no. 01201913.9
Keywords: New objection raised by the Board (no)- denial of the right to be heard (no)- petition for review clearly unallowable				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 144.511K)
R 0003/12 () of 29.8.2012
Online on 10.09.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 29.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4355 A61P 35/00	Application no. 01952097.2
Keywords: Submissions with respect to Art. 113 EPC not substantiated Petition for review clearly inadmissible				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 108.812K)

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T 1930/07 (Power saving/SAMSUNG) of 21.7.2011
Online on 20.08.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 21.7.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/32	Application no. 99301944.7
Keywords: Support by the description - no Inventive step - no Non-attendance at oral proceedings				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 209.609K)
T 1798/07 () of 31.7.2012
Online on 13.08.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00 G06F 17/60	Application no. 02078832.9
Keywords: Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 131.358K)
T 0253/09 (Chlorine dioxide/BASF) of 23.7.2012
Online on 13.08.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 23.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 11/02	Application no. 01948972.3
Keywords: Amendments (main request): allowable - no added subject-matter Clarity (main request): yes Essential features present (main request): yes				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 131.799K)
T 0908/09 (Kühlschmierstoff/FUCHS) of 17.7.2012
Online on 13.08.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C10M 173/00	Application no. 99927938.3
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Neuheit (nein) 1. Hilfsantrag: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - naheliegende Alternative 2. und 3. Hilfsantrag - verspätet vorgelegt und nicht zugelassen 4. Hilfsantrag: Neuheit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz auf Grundlage des 4. Hilfsantrags				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 133.574K)
T 0981/09 (Laundry Wash Compositions/UNILEVER) of 17.7.2012
Online on 13.08.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 1/02	Application no. 01925514.0
Keywords: Proprietor's non-approval of the text of the patent				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 91.051K)
T 1070/10 () of 8.8.2012
Online on 13.08.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.8.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 83/16	Application no. 03004198.2
Keywords: Amendments (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 10): not allowable Extension of the scope of protection (auxiliary requests 8 to 11): yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 159.618K)
T 1412/07 (Formulation containing penetrants/IDEA) of 19.6.2012
Online on 10.08.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/127	Application no. 98966846.2
Keywords: Appeal admissible (yes), filed in due time Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 136.980K)
T 1082/08 () of 28.3.2012
Online on 10.08.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.3.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 02748334.6
Keywords: Ausführbarkeit - ja Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit, Haupt- und Hilfsantrag - nein Reformatio in peius - keine Schlechterstellung Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - nein Antrag auf Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - zurückgewiesen				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 95.904K)
T 0008/09 () of 10.7.2012
Online on 10.08.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC D21F 11/00	Application no. 02021404.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.702K)
T 1139/09 () of 12.6.2012
Online on 10.08.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 81/00 A47J 31/40	Application no. 04250364.9
Keywords: Amendment: allowable Clarity: yes Inventive step: yes Sufficiency of disclosure: yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.169K)
T 0366/10 (Riechstoffkonzentrat/BELL FLAVORS) of 27.6.2012
Online on 10.08.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/50	Application no. 03748123.1
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.180K)
T 0552/10 () of 12.7.2012
Online on 10.08.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F15B 15/18 G04B 1/20	Application no. 05797083.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 103.092K)
T 1208/11 () of 17.7.2012
Online on 10.08.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 67/027 A01K 67/033 C12P 21/00 C07K 16/00 C12N 5/00 C12N 5/06	Application no. 02717703.9
Keywords: Missing statement of grounds of Appeal				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 89.763K)
T 1034/08 (Microemulsions with adsorbed macromolecules and microparticles/ … of 29.3.2012
Online on 09.08.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/107 A61K 9/00	Application no. 00907228.1
Keywords: Admissibility of opposition - (yes): opponent clearly identifiable All requests - allowability of amendments - (no): new specific combinations Auxiliary requests I to V - extension of the protection conferred - (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 37.704K)
T 2176/08 () of 28.6.2012
Online on 09.08.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 5/08	Application no. 02727627.8
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.384K)
T 0160/09 (Layered Architecture/ERICSSON) of 20.6.2012
Online on 09.08.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/40	Application no. 03711885.8
Keywords: remittal in case of an adverse decision - no additional argument in decision - substantial procedural violation (no) change in composition of examining division before oral proceedings - procedural violation (no) support by the description - main and 1st-15th auxiliary requests (no) technical problem solved by the invention - 16th auxiliary request (no) inventive step - 16th auxiliary request (no) reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 57.754K)
R 0013/11 (Petition for review/VECTURA) of 20.4.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 20.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00	Application no. 02007397.9
Keywords: Non-admission of auxiliary requests in the exercise of discretion under Article 12(4) RPBA is a violation of the right to be heard (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.959K)
T 1039/08 () of 20.7.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06K 9/62	Application no. 05253006.0
Keywords: Clarity (no; all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.833K)
T 1356/08 () of 22.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 15/18 G10L 15/22	Application no. 06100067.5
Keywords: Admissibility of late filed requests				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.223K)
T 1367/08 (Restricting use of an application program / SYSMEX) of 27.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 05021028.5
Keywords: Inventive step (no - main, first, second and fourth auxiliary requests) Added subject-matter (yes - third auxiliary request)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.188K)
T 1496/08 (Therapeutic vaccination/BN IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.) of 15.2.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.2.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 A61K 38/18 C07K 14/50 C07K 14/705 C07K 14/71 C12N 15/63 C12N 5/16 C12N 15/12	Application no. 99945967.0
Keywords: Admissibility in appeal proceedings of submissions which could have been made at first instance (no)" "Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary request 1 - sufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 55.844K)
T 1671/08 (E-mail status synchronization/NORTEL) of 28.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/58	Application no. 04743826.2
Keywords: Added-matter - No Novelty and inventive step - Yes (after amendments) Case Number: T 1671/08 - 3.5.05 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.05 of 28 June 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.744K)
T 1781/08 () of 10.7.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/077 H05K 5/02 B29C 65/08	Application no. 99118160.3
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.043K)
T 1809/08 (Selection of optimal coding scheme/ALCATEL LUCENT) of 3.7.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/00	Application no. 00300356.3
Keywords: Clarity of claims - Yes (after amendments) Added subject-matter - No Inventive step - Yes (after amendments) Case Number: T 1809/08 - 3.5.05 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.05 of 3 July 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.607K)
T 1993/08 () of 20.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/48 A61K 7/00 A61K 7/06 A61K 31/52 A61K 31/675 A61P 17/00 A61P 17/16	Application no. 02705373.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes): claimed use not obvious from prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.093K)
T 1344/09 () of 19.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 5/02	Application no. 02806207.3
Keywords: Inventive step (no, main request and first auxiliary request) Admissibility of late-filed requests (no, second to fourth auxiliary requests)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.040K)
T 1368/09 (Filtergehäuse/MANN + HUMMEL) of 26.7.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 46/24 B01D 46/42	Application no. 03011109.0
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung (alle Anträge) - ja				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.774K)
T 1531/09 (Process for the production of acetic acid/BP) of 15.3.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/215 C07C 51/25 C07C 53/08 C07C 67/05 C07C 69/15	Application no. 99943081.2
Keywords: Main request: novelty (no) Auxiliary request: novelty (yes) - inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.985K)
T 2158/09 (Model predictive control/ASPEN TECHNOLOGY INC.) of 24.7.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00	Application no. 99952962.1
Keywords: Decision reasoned - no Substantial procedural violation - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20.185K)
T 2178/09 () of 10.7.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F23L 5/02 F23M 13/00	Application no. 07101283.5
Keywords: Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 23.575K)
T 2203/09 (Inserting emoticons in text message/RIM) of 19.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/023	Application no. 05108175.0
Keywords: Oral proceedings held in the absence of the appellant Inventive step (no) Case Number: T 2203/09 - 3.5.05 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.05 of 19 June 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28.938K)
T 0443/10 (Protubérances partiellement écrasées/GEORGIA-PACIFIC) of 29.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.6.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 27/40 B31F 1/07	Application no. 01403377.3
Keywords: Modifications supportées (requête principale): non - généralisation d'un aspect specifique de l'invention Recevabilité des requêtes subsidiaires: non - aucune explication par écrit des raisons pour le dépôt tardif des requêtes subsidiaires				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.443K)
T 0737/10 (Musk mixtures with improved substantivity/GIVAUDAN) of 15.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 9/00 A61K 7/46	Application no. 98900920.4
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed requests (no) Article 123(2)(3) met - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary request (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.385K)
T 0797/10 () of 29.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 9/008	Application no. 05005039.2
Keywords: Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 18.205K)
T 0909/10 () of 3.7.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 47/02 B29C 70/76	Application no. 06015666.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 17.419K)
T 1662/10 () of 21.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/10 C21D 9/32 H05B 6/40	Application no. 02078834.5
Keywords: Remittal - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.357K)
T 1860/10 () of 14.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.6.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC A01K 75/00	Application no. 05848214.2
Keywords: Nouveauté et activité inventive (oui)				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.316K)
T 2068/10 (Fixed-dried platelets/UNIVERSITY NORTH CAROLINA) of 21.5.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 1/02	Application no. 04801949.1
Keywords: Main and sole request: clarity and support by the description (yes) Remittal				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.685K)
T 2432/10 () of 15.5.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 5/10 B65B 21/18	Application no. 05011542.7
Keywords: Violation of right to be heard: no Late-filed document: admitted Late-filed objection under Article 100(c) EPC in respect of a specific feature: admitted Amendments (1st auxiliary request): allowed Inventive step (1st auxiliary request): yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.178K)
T 0904/11 () of 29.6.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 48/06 F16D 13/75	Application no. 05007731.2
Keywords: Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 21.158K)
T 0939/11 () of 25.4.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 47/00	Application no. 05724938.5
Keywords: Extension beyond the application as filed - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 18.518K)
T 1184/11 () of 3.5.2012
Online on 08.08.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 7/06 B05D 7/00	Application no. 04764333.3
Keywords: Mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Maßnahmen bei naheliegender Produktänderung				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 135.527K)
J 0009/10 (Request for refund of the examination fee) of 18.4.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 18.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A63B 23/035 A63B 23/04	Application no. 07109768.7
Keywords: Partial refund of the examination fee (yes) Beginning of 'substantial examination' on despatch of EPO Form 2001A generated automatically without the involvement of an examiner (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.421K)
J 0013/11 (Renewal fee, re-establishment of rights) of 22.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 22.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 35/104 F02B 33/44 F02B 39/00	Application no. 06721269.6
Keywords: Non-payment of renewal fee - re-establishment of rights (no) Non-payment of renewal fee - Legitimate expectations (no) Non-payment of renewal fee - principle of proportionality (not applicable)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230.320K)
T 0649/08 () of 20.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H03L 7/08 H03L 1/02	Application no. 04258172.8
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - main request (no) - auxiliary request (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 68.400K)
T 1070/08 () of 13.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 13.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 05077267.2
Keywords: Inventive step - main request (no) Admissibiliy of amendments - auxiliary request (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 209.680K)
T 1821/08 () of 11.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24	Application no. 05018287.2
Keywords: Claims - clarity (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 214.006K)
T 2286/08 () of 19.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 19/00	Application no. 05000467.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit: ja (nach Änderungen)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.391K)
T 0083/09 (Ausspähungsgeschützte modulare Inversion/GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) of 25.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 25.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 7/72	Application no. 03735380.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung (ja) Einheitlichkeit (ja)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 72.183K)
T 0141/09 (Point of care diagnosis/PHILIPS) of 10.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61B 5/00	Application no. 03719001.4
Keywords: Inventive step - yes (after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.757K)
T 0206/09 (Gateway for mimicking legacy devices/CANON) of 27.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/12 H04L 12/24 H04L 12/56	Application no. 02253065.3
Keywords: Added subect-matter - No Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.697K)
T 0362/09 () of 20.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 13/90	Application no. 96933969.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.383K)
T 0695/09 () of 18.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K 17/955 A47K 10/36	Application no. 05110815.7
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - main and first auxiliary requests Added subject-matter (no) - second auxiliary request Remittal to first instance (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.982K)
T 0943/09 (Identification of a terrestrial repeater/LUCENT) of 12.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04H 1/00	Application no. 00307622.1
Keywords: Clarity and support by the description - (yes, after amendment)" Extension of subject-matter - (no, after amendment) Remittal to the department of first instance for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.333K)
T 2421/09 (Bestellkombination/DEERE) of 16.5.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B 49/06	Application no. 02014605.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 35.329K)
T 0179/10 () of 2.12.2011
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.12.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B 1/62 E04B 1/76 E04B 1/82 E04B 2/74	Application no. 02803370.2
Keywords: Admissibility of late filed evidence and submissions - no Novelty and inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.991K)
T 0313/10 (Item matching/AMAZON) of 19.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04702199.3
Keywords: Additional search - computer system/index (no Additional search - notorious) Inventive step - using indexes (no Inventive step - notorious) Inventive step - identifying candidate matches (no Inventive step - algorithm) Procedural violation - not following Guidelines and jurisprudence (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220.712K)
T 0424/10 () of 9.5.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F 15/04 B27M 3/04 B27F 1/02	Application no. 02729616.9
Keywords: Admissibility of new main request - yes Novelty and inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.434K)
T 0434/10 () of 16.5.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 19/00	Application no. 05007961.5
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein (Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1, 2 und 2a) Grundsätzliche Eignung eines Formteils auch ohne diesbezüglichen Hinweis zu berücksichtigen (Pkt. 5.3) Am Ende der mündlichen Verhandlung: eingereichter Hilfsantrag 3 - nicht zugelassen, da früheres Einreichen möglich gewesen wäre				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 93.776K)
T 0586/10 (Distillation apparatus for polymerizable material/SHOKUBAI) of 4.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 3/32	Application no. 00309421.6
Keywords: Admissibility of prior art documents (yes) Remittal to first instance (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.789K)
T 0760/10 () of 10.5.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC B30B 1/40 B21D 28/32	Application no. 00122406.2
Keywords: Einschränkende Auslegung eines Anspruchs - nein Offenbarung technischen Gegenstandes durch Geschmacksmuster - ja Neuheit - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 30.852K)
T 0793/10 () of 6.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B04B 5/08 F01N 3/02 F01M 13/04	Application no. 99927023.4
Keywords: Consideration of D7 as further prior art - yes, features going beyond method of claim 1 no obstacle (cf. point 4.4.3) Inventive step - no (both requests)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.930K)
T 0853/10 (Particles for supporting surfactant/KAO CORPORATION) of 10.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00 C11D 3/02 C11D 3/10 C11D 3/37 C11D 11/02 C11D 17/06 C11D 3/12	Application no. 00937223.6
Keywords: Substantial procedural violation (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no) Remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.188K)
T 1739/10 () of 15.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F21V 5/02 F21S 8/00	Application no. 00993114.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht); Änderungen - Erweiterung (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 76.519K)
T 0223/11 (Ibandronic acid/HOFFMANN - LA ROCHE) of 22.5.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P 19/10 A61K 31/663	Application no. 03722591.9
Keywords: All requests: added subject-matter (yes) Admissibility of intervention (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.667K)
T 0294/11 () of 27.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/565	Application no. 03253027.1
Keywords: Admissibility of the appeal (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.709K)
T 0501/11 (GSM cellular terminal/S.I.SV.EL.) of 11.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/32 H04B 1/38	Application no. 99903846.6
Keywords: Inventive step - first and fifth auxiliary request (no) Admissibility - sixth to twelfth auxiliary requests (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 40.032K)
T 0629/11 (Personalization of data services/AALTO) of 26.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 02748917.8
Keywords: Inventive step - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260.214K)
T 1898/11 (Utterance retrieval/AT&T) of 27.7.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G10L 15/14 G10L 15/18	Application no. 05270042.4
Keywords: Right to be heard (infringed) Substantial procedural violation (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 246.595K)
T 2009/11 () of 20.6.2012
Online on 07.08.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/50 H04N 7/26 H04N 7/36	Application no. 07022122.1
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 207.584K)

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T 1199/08 (Selected sperm/XY) of 3.5.2012
Online on 31.07.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 3.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 1/02 C12N 5/06 A61D 19/02	Application no. 00980267.9
Keywords: Main request: compliance with Art. 53(b) yes Inventive step (no) Auxiliary request: added matter (yes) Lack of clarity (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 57.787K)
T 2215/08 (Potassium sorbate granulate/DAICEL) of 22.3.2012
Online on 31.07.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/43 C07C 57/10	Application no. 00110530.3
Keywords: Main request: novelty (no) - prior use, namely sale of product having required Na content and overall pore volume sufficiently substantiated (yes); process step of "adjusting" certain parameters implicitly disclosed by sale of product having said parameters; purpose of the claimed process not a functional technical feature Auxiliary request 4: novelty (no) - use of a process for a particular purpose is nothing but that very same process Auxiliary requests 1 to 3 and 5 to 7: novelty (yes) - neutralisation step not disclosed by sale of product Auxiliary requests 1 to 3 and 5 to 7: inventive step (no) - obvious to neutralise with potassium hydroxide having low Na content in order to produce potassium sorbate having low Na content				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.823K)
T 1850/09 (Method for the inactivation of viruses/OMRIX) of 12.6.2012
Online on 31.07.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 2/02 A61K 39/395	Application no. 01110038.5
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 29.013K)
T 2084/09 (Accumulating call prepayment/FRANCE TELECOM) of 13.7.2012
Online on 31.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 17/00	Application no. 99903837.5
Keywords: Added subject-matter - yes Inventive step - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.820K)
T 2191/10 () of 5.6.2012
Online on 31.07.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 43/042 A47J 43/07	Application no. 08102390.5
Keywords: Main request, clarity, novelty and inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.238K)
T 2534/10 () of 23.4.2012
Online on 31.07.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.4.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 9/00	Application no. 01927846.4
Keywords: Mündliche Verhandlung - Fortsetzung am Folgetag Rügelose Einlassung Wesentliche Verfahrensmangel Zurückverweisung an die 1. Instanz				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37.560K)
T 1839/11 () of 29.6.2012
Online on 31.07.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 29.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/00 A23K 1/165	Application no. 05785170.1
Keywords: Admissibility of new requests (no) Exclusion from file inspection				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 58.832K)
T 1170/07 (Tethrahydrolipstatin for treating NIDDM/F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG) of 13.3.2012
Online on 30.07.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/365 A61P 3/10	Application no. 98908008.0
Keywords: -				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.204K)
T 1620/09 (Protective overalls/CL.COM S.R.L.) of 25.6.2012
Online on 30.07.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A62D 5/00 A62B 17/00	Application no. 02790691.6
Keywords: Inventive step (all requests): no - improvement (yes) - technical solution however obvious				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 88.953K)
T 2190/09 () of 4.7.2012
Online on 30.07.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F25B 43/00	Application no. 05020305.8
Keywords: Neuheit (ja), Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.986K)
T 2524/10 (Purification process/CRYSTAL PHARMA, S.A.) of 23.7.2012
Online on 30.07.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07J 41/00 C07J 21/00 C07J 7/00	Application no. 04703805.4
Keywords: Inventive step -(yes) - unexpected higher purity grade				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65.103K)
T 0097/11 (Crystalline Meropenem/SAVIOR LIFETEC CORP.) of 30.5.2012
Online on 30.07.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 477/20 A61K 31/4025 A61P 31/04	Application no. 08101985.3
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no) - Disclosure to prepare the claimed crystalline form not sufficient given that the seed is not available				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 46.520K)
G 0001/10 (Request to correct patent/FISHER-ROSEMOUNT) of 23.7.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board EBA	Decision date 23.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/418	Application no. 99115002.0
Keywords: Request under Rule 140 EPC to correct patent inadmissible				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 153.454K)
T 0111/08 () of 11.7.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.7.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC H02B 13/035	Application no. 98400402.8
Keywords: Nouveauté (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 29.552K)
T 1102/08 () of 24.5.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.5.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC G07B 17/00	Application no. 99402656.5
Keywords: Activité inventive - non				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 36.308K)
T 1328/08 (Allergen-Microarray/PHADIA) of 10.5.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 10.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 01980473.1
Keywords: Amended claims - admitted Requirements of the EPC - met				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.117K)
T 1355/08 () of 11.6.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 23/00 B60K 35/00	Application no. 04754994.4
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes) Clarity (no)" "Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.344K)
T 1688/08 () of 17.7.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/10 G02B 6/26 G02F 1/35	Application no. 97915814.4
Keywords: - unconvincing inventive step argument based on a skilled person not conversant with the language of a prior art document deemed closest prior art and lacking an available translation				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 215.236K)
T 1906/08 () of 26.4.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.4.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C22C 21/12 C22C 21/16 C22C 21/18	Application no. 03356108.5
Keywords: Nouveauté d'une selection (non) requête principale Recevabilité (non) requête auxiliaire 1 Activité inventive (oui) requête auxiliaire				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 146.577K)
T 1115/09 (Gas purification/UOP) of 14.6.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/86	Application no. 96100518.8
Keywords: Late filed requests (not admissible) Novelty (Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 7): no - lower end of claimed range anticipated by upper end of range disclosed in the state of the art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 75.751K)
T 1509/09 (High density oligonucleotide arrays/AFFYMETRIX) of 5.7.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C07H 21/04	Application no. 96931598.5
Keywords: Admissibility of the Main Request and of Auxiliary Request A (yes) Main Request and Auxiliary Request A - added subject-matter (yes) Admissibility of the Auxiliary Request B (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 48.438K)
T 0169/10 (Pivotal movement/MAASLAND) of 31.5.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017	Application no. 96203152.2
Keywords: Inventive step: main request (no) - auxiliary requests (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 38.445K)
T 0229/10 () of 5.7.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 5.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 00126198.1
Keywords: Amendments - allowable (no) Admissibility of requests (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243.181K)
T 0364/10 (Hörgerätefernbedienung/SIEMENS AUDIOLOGISCHE TECHNIK) of 30.5.2012
Online on 27.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 06113300.5
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung - verneint Erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.444K)
T 1775/08 () of 15.5.2012
Online on 26.07.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H02H 9/00 H03H 7/03	Application no. 98965476.9
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.905K)
T 2172/08 () of 19.7.2012
Online on 26.07.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 19.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24	Application no. 99948171.6
Keywords: Clarity of claims (yes) Claims supported by the description (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 206.257K)
T 2168/09 () of 21.6.2012
Online on 26.07.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 7/10 B60C 7/12	Application no. 06250705.8
Keywords: Novelty - (no) Right to be heard - examination procedure Right to be heard - violation (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224.392K)
T 1075/10 () of 17.7.2012
Online on 26.07.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/30 F01D 5/18 F01D 5/28 F01D 5/08	Application no. 03253238.4
Keywords: sole request submitted during oral proceedings - not admitted sole request submitted during oral proceedings - not prima facie allowable sole request submitted during oral proceedings - lack of clarity				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224.430K)
T 0040/08 () of 20.7.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 210/16 C08F 4/69	Application no. 00958348.5
Keywords: Keine ausreichende Offenbarung (alle Anträge)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 151.819K)
T 1316/08 () of 23.5.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/14 H04N 7/64 H04M 1/725	Application no. 00401313.2
Keywords: Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request - not admitted				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236.393K)
T 2294/08 () of 9.5.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 65/46	Application no. 02727721.9
Keywords: Lack of inventive step - main and first to fourth auxiliary requests Claims not supported by an adapted description - fifth to seventh auxiliary requests				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.588K)
T 0112/09 () of 4.5.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/365 A61K 8/49 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/06	Application no. 03762506.8
Keywords: Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 2 - lack of clarity (yes) - extension of scope of protection (yes) - allowable (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 127.599K)
T 0656/09 () of 20.7.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 61/44 C12P 7/56	Application no. 03809353.0
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - obvious solution - Main Request and Auxiliary Request				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 73.311K)
T 0900/09 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/10 A61K 8/81	Application no. 05003963.5
Keywords: Neues Vorbringen (zugelassen) Zurückverweisung (verneint) Neuheit gegenüber einem neuen Beweismittel (verneint) Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge (verneint) Kostenverteilung (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 42.157K)
T 1966/09 () of 29.5.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 11/33 A47L 11/32 A47L 11/40	Application no. 02749029.1
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no - all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.085K)
T 2091/09 () of 10.7.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/00 C08K 9/00	Application no. 07748819.5
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes; all requests)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.237K)
T 1250/10 () of 11.5.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.5.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC C08B 37/00	Application no. 04742458.5
Keywords: Clarté (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 290.229K)
T 1640/10 () of 20.7.2012
Online on 25.07.2012	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 30/00	Application no. 04256969.9
Keywords: Inventive step (all requests - no) Decision according to the state of the file				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 117.393K)
T 0496/07 (Peptide aus der Sequenz des hPTH/PHARIS BIOTEC GMBH) of 30.3.2011
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.3.2011	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K 14/635	Application no. 95934629.7
Keywords: Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag: Neuheit (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 132.156K)
T 0612/08 (Dermacentor GABA channels/MERIAL LTD) of 28.6.2011
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.6.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/435	Application no. 01964677.7
Keywords: Main request: clarity (yes); sufficiency of disclosure (yes), added subject-matter (no); inventive step (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 88.226K)
T 1315/08 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G07C 11/00	Application no. 04739329.3
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Hilfsanträge - nicht zugelassen ins Verfahren (Pkt 3 der Entscheidungsgründe)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.983K)
T 1459/08 (Method and system for link adaption/BROADCOM) of 15.5.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/00 H04L 27/26	Application no. 03003603.2
Keywords: Admissibility of the requests (second and third auxiliary request: no) Sufficiency of disclosure (main, first and fourth auxiliary request: no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 95.863K)
T 1848/08 () of 18.7.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 18.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/235	Application no. 04252906.5
Keywords: Inventive step - (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227.421K)
T 1859/08 (Anti-ErbB2 antibodies/GENENTECH, INC.) of 5.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/32	Application no. 98963840.8
Keywords: Main request: Clarity (yes); novelty (yes) Remittal (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 43.692K)
T 1870/08 () of 13.3.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 39/24 H01B 12/00	Application no. 88302050.5
Keywords: Test for compliance with Art. 123(2) EPC of undisclosed disclaimers in the light of G 1/03 and G 2/10				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 117.474K)
T 1957/08 () of 2.7.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/12 G01H 15/00	Application no. 96944266.4
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal: no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.719K)
T 0314/09 (Olefin expoxidation/DOW) of 6.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 301/14	Application no. 02804719.9
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - obvious alternative process				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.098K)
T 0678/09 () of 2.3.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.3.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/42	Application no. 97117560.9
Keywords: Hauptantrag: Disclaimer zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag "0": verspätet (ja) - zugelassen (ja) - Disclaimer zulässig (ja) - Neuheit (ja) - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja): Verbesserung glaubhaft - Lösung nicht nahegelegt Zurückverweisung - Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 126.500K)
T 0696/09 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 25/02 B62J 11/00	Application no. 01101546.8
Keywords: Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 2 - amendments allowable Auxiliary request 2 - inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250.526K)
T 0880/09 () of 21.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G08C 15/00 G01B 7/00 G01B 7/30	Application no. 04005519.6
Keywords: Unzulässige Erweiterung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 39.745K)
T 0936/09 () of 1.3.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 5/04	Application no. 00916741.2
Keywords: Admission of request filed with statement of grounds of appeal - (no) Remittal - (no)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 47.576K)
T 1041/09 (Ram control/PIRELLI) of 14.5.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 7/04 B29B 7/28	Application no. 01830112.7
Keywords: Main request: Novelty (yes), Inventive step (no) First and second auxiliary requests: Inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 132.939K)
T 1094/09 () of 15.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 15/077 B60K 15/03	Application no. 02005069.6
Keywords: Novelty (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.297K)
T 1425/09 () of 24.5.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 11/08 C09J 109/06 C09J 109/08 C09J 125/00	Application no. 02793001.5
Keywords: Änderungen: Klarheit (ja); Ersatz von "enthält" durch "besteht" im Rahmen von Art. 123(2) zulässig Neuheit: (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 45.871K)
T 1816/09 (Anzeige von Übertragungs- und Dienstekosten/T-MOBILE) of 22.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC H04M 15/00 H04M 15/28 H04L 12/14	Application no. 00969194.0
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und erster Hilfsantrag) - verneint Erfinderische Tätigkeit (zweiter Hilfsantrag) - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 46.939K)
T 2015/09 () of 12.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F25J 3/04 F17C 9/02	Application no. 03255052.7
Keywords: Novelty (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes) Extended subject-matter (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.879K)
T 2085/09 (Timer-based registration/RESEARCH IN MOTION) of 19.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/38	Application no. 04732892.7
Keywords: Added subject-matter - main and first to fourth auxiliary requests - yes"; fifth auxiliary request - no Compliance with Article 84 EPC - fifth auxiliary request - yes Remittal for further prosecution				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 34.457K)
T 0249/10 (Condensation de rejets gazeux/DRAKA COMTEQ) of 12.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.6.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC B01D 53/00 C03B 37/075	Application no. 03290426.0
Keywords: Activité inventive (non): étape distinctive du procédé revendiqué évidente sur la base des connaissances techniques générales de l'homme du métier				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 35.125K)
T 0311/10 () of 8.5.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 45/02	Application no. 04012846.4
Keywords: Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 130.580K)
T 0429/10 (Acoustic cover/GORE) of 13.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 1/00	Application no. 00945267.3
Keywords: Novelty (main, 1st, 2nd and 4th auxiliary requests) - no Added subject-matter (3rd auxiliary request) - yes Clarity and inventive step (5th auxiliary request) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.348K)
T 0481/10 () of 19.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 5/44 A61F 5/448 A61F 5/443	Application no. 98958640.9
Keywords: Main request, first auxiliary request: inventive step (no) Second auxiliary request: added subject-matter (no), inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35.004K)
T 0869/10 (Pigmentpräparation mit Perlglanzpigment/MERCK) of 25.5.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C09C 1/00 C09D 17/00 C09C 3/04 C09D 7/12 C09D 11/00 C08K 9/08	Application no. 98910671.1
Keywords: Erweiterung des Schutzbereichts - alle Anträge (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein)				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26.886K)
T 0966/10 (Peripheral device/ABB) of 25.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/414 B25J 13/00 B25J 9/16	Application no. 04800409.7
Keywords: Inventive step - no Substantial procedural violation - no Reimbursement of the appeal fee - no Case Number: T 0966/10 - 3.5.03 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.03 of 25 June 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.723K)
T 1714/10 () of 6.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B 13/00	Application no. 04292391.2
Keywords: Clarity (yes) (after amendments) Novelty (yes) (after amendments)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 19.026K)
T 2087/10 () of 21.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 3/22	Application no. 98942460.1
Keywords: Zulässigkeit eines verspätet vorgelegten Dokuments - verneint Erfinderische Tätigkeit - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 33.648K)
T 0807/11 () of 22.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61P 3/00 A61P 3/10 A23J 3/16 A23J 3/08 A23L 1/305 A61P 3/06	Application no. 07009570.8
Keywords: Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - medizinische Behandlung (bejaht) Klarheit der Ansprüche (verneint) Ausreichende Offenbarung (verneint)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 25.262K)
T 1685/11 () of 15.6.2012
Online on 24.07.2012	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 1/04 G02C 7/04	Application no. 05075822.6
Keywords: Added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 262.979K)
T 1262/04 (Non-invasive localization/LELAND STANFORD) of 13.7.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 49/00	Application no. 99124640.6
Keywords: Main request - added matter (no), sufficiency, clarity, novelty, inventive step (yes), exclusions from patentability (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.122K)
T 1014/07 (Saturated dicarboxylic acids/COGNIS) of 2.7.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.7.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 7/44 C12N 1/16	Application no. 98948100.7
Keywords: Main request - added subject-matter (no); clarity, support, suffciency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes) Case Number: T 1014/07 - 3.3.04 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.04 of 2 July 2012				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.352K)
T 1254/07 (Antibodies/JACKSON FOUNDATION) of 8.5.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/31 C07K 16/12 A61K 39/085 A61K 39/40	Application no. 95933880.7
Keywords: All requests - inventive step (no)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 41.269K)
T 1712/07 () of 24.5.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 24.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/16 H04N 7/173	Application no. 98105670.8
Keywords: Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.392K)
T 1990/07 (Online coupons / CATALINA) of 13.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60 G06F 1/00	Application no. 99952952.2
Keywords: Novelty - no Late-filed auxiliary request - not admitted				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.385K)
T 0234/08 (Film-coated tablet for stomach delivery) of 19.4.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/28	Application no. 98921690.8
Keywords: Admission of late-filed documents into the proceedings (no) Inventive step (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 33.477K)
T 0236/08 (Solid delivery systems for administration by inhalation) of 10.5.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/22	Application no. 95927856.5
Keywords: All requests - Article 123(2) - no: selection out of multiple lists				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.729K)
T 0505/08 (Partition load balancing/IBM) of 25.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 25.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H06F 9/00	Application no. 02710154.2
Keywords: Clarity - no Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes Case Number: T 0505/08 - 3.5.06 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.06 of 19 June 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 21.646K)
T 0602/08 () of 19.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/16	Application no. 00920482.7
Keywords: Neuheit - zweite medizinische Anwendung (bejaht) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (bejaht)				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 31.297K)
T 0667/08 () of 20.4.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 1/36 H01Q 1/24 H01Q 1/38 H01Q 9/04	Application no. 05012854.5
Keywords: Added subject-matter				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 170.317K)
T 0755/08 (PDA system/MOTOROLA) of 25.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 25.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/02 G06F 17/30	Application no. 01916975.4
Keywords: Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes Case Number: T 0755/08 - 3.5.06 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.06 of 25 June 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23.686K)
T 1705/08 () of 26.4.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.4.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/24 A61L 26/00 A61F 2/02 C07K 14/78 C12N 5/00	Application no. 02749693.4
Keywords: Amendments allowable (yes) - Novelty (yes) - Inventive step (yes): Solution not obvious from cited prior art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.964K)
T 1990/08 () of 6.3.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/28	Application no. 00971735.6
Keywords: Inventive step - yes Reimbursement of the appeal fee - no				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 87.787K)
T 0016/09 () of 24.11.2011
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.11.2011	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/01	Application no. 99117818.7
Keywords: Late filed evidence (not admitted) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 84.721K)
T 0929/09 () of 10.5.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/00 H03M 13/23 H03M 13/27 H03M 13/29	Application no. 01116124.7
Keywords: Novelty and inventive step - yes (after amendment)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 39.097K)
T 0933/09 () of 5.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 01991976.0
Keywords: Admissibility of appeal: no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27.220K)
T 1088/09 (Float glass/PPG) of 14.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 3/087 C03C 4/02	Application no. 03752625.8
Keywords: Inventive step (main request): yes - evidence on file for the success of the solution - technical solution not derivable from the state of the art				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 30.595K)
T 1587/09 () of 19.4.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.4.2012	Proc. language FR	IPC F28D 9/00	Application no. 00401419.7
Keywords: Validité de l'usage antérieur (oui) Nouveauté (non)				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 83.651K)
T 0071/10 () of 1.3.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 257/00	Application no. 01964275.0
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter: yes (main request); no (auxiliary request 1) Novelty: yes (auxiliary request 1) Inventive step: yes (auxiliary request 1)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 92.490K)
T 0125/10 () of 22.5.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F21V 14/04	Application no. 98924021.3
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.635K)
T 0375/10 () of 28.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 23/02 F25D 27/00 A47F 3/04	Application no. 06100643.3
Keywords: Klarheit, Neuheit Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 22.053K)
T 0608/10 (Übergabevorrichtung/EROWA) of 15.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/418	Application no. 07405177.2
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - verneint Aktenzeichen: T 0608/10 - 3.5.03 ENTSCHEIDUNG der Technischen Beschwerdekammer 3.5.03 vom 15. Juni 2012 Beschwerdeführer: (Anmelder) Erowa AG Winkelstrasse 8 CH-5734 Reinach (CH) Vertreter: Rottmann, Maximilian Rottmann, Zimmermann + Partner AG Merkurstrasse 25 CH-8400 Winterthur (CH) Angefochtene Entscheidung: Entscheidung der Prüfungsabteilung des Europäischen Patentamts, die am 22. September 2009 zur Post gegeben wurde und mit der die europäische Patentanmeldung Nr. 07405177.2 aufgrund des Artikels 97 (2) EPÜ zurückgewiesen worden ist. Zusammensetzung der Kammer:				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.847K)
T 0629/10 (Verfahren zur automatischen Aufzeichnung/SIEMENS) of 3.7.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.7.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/418 G05B 19/048 G05B 19/406	Application no. 03709638.5
Keywords: Klarheit - bejaht				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 21.229K)
T 0985/10 () of 20.3.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/317 A23L 1/314 A23L 1/308 A23J 3/22	Application no. 00974532.4
Keywords: Admissibility of late-filed request - yes Amendments - added subject-matter - no Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 50.795K)
T 1009/10 (Lapse of the patent/EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION) of 11.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 00988113.7
Keywords: Continuation of appeal proceedings after lapse of patent - (no)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 17.666K)
T 1518/10 () of 26.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 1/00 B22F 3/11 B22F 5/00 C22C 1/08 H01G 9/052 C22C 1/04	Application no. 01934455.5
Keywords: Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes)				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31.956K)
T 1957/10 () of 26.4.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.4.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F 15/131 F16F 15/134 F16F 15/32	Application no. 99105882.7
Keywords: Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) Erster und vierter Hilfsantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Zweiter und dritter Hilfsantrag - nicht zugelassen				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 48.300K)
T 2310/10 () of 5.6.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.6.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC F28D 1/053 F28F 1/02	Application no. 05772434.6
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 82.126K)
T 0896/11 (Conversion of executable code/SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY) of 9.5.2012
Online on 23.07.2012	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 9.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 07014617.0
Keywords: Clarity (main request and first and fourth auxiliary request) - no Sufficient disclosure (second and third auxiliary request) - no				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 26.726K)
T 1027/07 () of 9.5.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.5.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 18/79 C08G 18/42 C08G 18/62	Application no. 99929315.2
Keywords: Klarheit: nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 79.247K)
T 1068/07 (Enzymatic DNA/SCRIPPS II) of 7.3.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.3.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 9/22 C07H 21/04	Application no. 98920015.9
Keywords: Main request - added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36.498K)
T 1410/07 () of 27.4.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.4.2012	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 04019129.8
Keywords: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein Zulassung von Anspruchsänderungen (neuer Hilfsantrag) in der mündlichen Verhandlung - nein				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40.548K)
T 1768/07 (Advertisement information/CINECAST) of 15.5.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 00957405.4
Keywords: Inadmissible amendments - yes (all requests) Case Number: T 1768/07 - 3.5.01 DECISION of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.01 of 15 May 2012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24.079K)
T 1804/07 () of 7.5.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 02719857.1
Keywords: Inventive step (no) - choice of one of several obvious solutions				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 200.723K)
T 1924/07 (FA Information/BRIDGESTONE CORP.) of 22.6.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 22.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/40 G06F 17/60	Application no. 99309745.0
Keywords: Additional search - necessary (yes Additional search - technical features not notorious) Additional search - necessary for technical features acknowledged to be known in application (yes Additional search - search is basis for substantive examination) Substantial procedural violation - no additional search, but substantive examination (yes Substantial procedural violation - search manifestly necessary) Added subject-matter - "two-step" process for setting data collecting conditions (no Added subject-matter - inaccurate paraphrasing of claim)				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.523K)
T 0044/08 () of 6.6.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.6.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 64/30	Application no. 98111628.8
Keywords: No text agreed by the patent proprietor				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 16.855K)
T 0611/08 (Botulinum toxins/ALLERGAN INC.) of 15.5.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/16 A61P 29/02	Application no. 00203421.3
Keywords: Main request and 1st to 6th auxiliary requests: added subject-matter (yes)				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 44.108K)
T 0685/08 () of 31.5.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 31.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 9/14 H01Q 9/04	Application no. 04758844.7
Keywords: Late-filed request (not admitted) No appellant's requets on file				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.434K)
T 0752/08 (Displaying actuating means operating guide on information processing … of 10.5.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/033 G06F 1/16	Application no. 00304006.0
Keywords: Inventive step - yes				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331.491K)
T 0818/08 () of 11.5.2012
Online on 19.07.2012	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.5.2012	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/28 G01R 33/561	Application no. 02718813.5
Keywords: -				Distribution D	Decision

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