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Case Law of the Boards of Appeal
Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
Foreword to the sixth edition
Detailed table of contents
Reader's Guide
Headnote of opinion G 3/08
I. Patentability
II. Conditions to be met by an application
III. Amendments
IV. Divisional applications
V. Priority
VI. Rules common to all proceedings before the EPO
VII. Proceedings before the EPO
VIII. Proceedings before the Disciplinary Board of Appeal
IX. The EPO acting as a PCT authority
X. Institutional matters
Index of cited provisions
Table of cases
Annexes
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Case Law of the Boards of Appeal
Table of Contents - Case Law of the Boards of Appeal
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G 1/83
05.12.84
1985, 60
I.B.4.1
,
I.C.5.2.2
G 5/83
05.12.84
1985, 64
I.B.4.1
,
I.B.4.3.4
,
I.B.4.4.1
,
I.C.5.1.1
,
I.C.5.2.1
,
I.C.5.2.2
,
I.C.5.2.3
,
I.C.5.2.4
,
I.C.5.3.1
,
I.C.5.3.2
,
I.E.2.3
,
III.B.4
,
VI.E.5
,
VI.L.1
,
VII.E.14.1
G 6/83
05.12.84
1985, 67
I.B.4.1
,
I.C.5.2.2
G 1/84
24.07.85
1985, 299
VI.A.4.2
,
VII.D.1.1
,
VII.D.2.1.2
,
VII.D.2.1.3
,
VII.D.4.1.3
,
VII.D.4.1.4
G 1/86
24.06.87
1987, 447
VI.E.2.3
,
VI.E.7.2.2
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.5.2
,
VII.E.11.1
G 1/88
27.01.89
1990, 469
VI.G.3.3
,
VII.B.2.8
,
VII.D.5.2.3
,
VII.D.6.2.2
,
VII.E.7.4.2
G 2/88
11.12.89
1990, 93
I.A.1.2
,
I.A.2.2.1
,
I.C.2.4
,
I.C.2.8
,
I.C.3.2.8
,
I.C.5.2.4
,
I.C.5.3.1
,
II.B
,
II.B.6.2
,
III.B.1
,
III.B.4
G 4/88
24.04.89
1989, 480
VII.C.4.7
,
VII.C.5.1.1
,
VII.C.5.1.2
,
VII.C.5.1.4
G 5/88
16.11.90
1991, 137
VI.A.1
,
VI.A.4.2
,
VII.E.7.6.2
,
X.1
G 6/88
11.12.89
1990, 114
I.C.5.2.4
,
I.C.5.3.1
G 7/88
16.11.90
1991, 137
VI.A.1
,
X.1
G 8/88
16.11.90
1991, 137
VI.A.1
,
X.1
G 1/89
02.05.90
1991, 155
II.C.3.1
,
II.C.3.2
,
II.C.3.3.1
,
II.C.4.2
,
II.C.5.2
,
II.C.5.3
,
II.C.6.2
G 2/89
02.05.90
1991, 166
II.C.3.2
,
II.C.3.3.1
,
II.C.4.2
G 3/89
19.11.92
1993, 117
III.D
,
III.D.1
,
III.D.2
,
VI.H.2.1
,
VII.A.3.2
G 1/90
05.03.91
1991, 275
VI.E.3.2.1
,
VII.C.6.2.1
,
VII.D.6.1
,
VII.E.7.2.2
G 2/90
04.08.91
1992, 10
VII.E.7.3
G 1/91
09.12.91
1992, 253
I.D.4.3.3
,
II.B.2.2.3
,
II.C.3.4
,
VII.B.2.5
,
VII.D.4.1.3
G 2/91
29.11.91
1992, 206
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.5.2
,
VII.E.12.1
G 3/91
07.09.92
1993, 8
VI.A.4.2
,
VI.D.1.4.2
,
VI.E.4
,
VI.E.5
,
IX.B.2
G 4/91
03.11.92
1993, 707
VII.B.3.4
,
VII.C.3.2
,
VII.C.3.3
G 5/91
05.05.92
1992, 617
VI.J.3.1
,
VI.J.3.2.1
,
VI.J.3.2.2
,
VII.E.7.2.2
G 6/91
06.03.92
1992, 491
VI.K.1.1
,
VI.K.1.2
,
VI.K.1.5
,
VI.K.1.6
,
VII.E.7.5.3
G 7/91
05.11.92
1993, 478
VII.C.4.4.1
,
VII.D.1.1
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.12.1
G 8/91
05.11.92
1993, 346
VII.C.4.4.1
,
VII.D.1.1
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.12.1
G 9/91
31.03.93
1993, 408
I.C.1.9.3
,
VI.G.1
,
VI.G.3.5
,
VI.H.5.1.1
,
VI.J.5.3.1
,
VI.J.5.3.2
,
VI.J.5.3.4
,
VII.C.1.2.2
,
VII.C.1.3.5
,
VII.C.4.3.1
,
VII.C.4.4.1
,
VII.D.1.1
,
VII.D.1.2
,
VII.D.2.3.3
,
VII.D.3.1
,
VII.D.3.2.1
,
VII.D.3.2.2
,
VII.D.3.2.3
,
VII.D.3.3
,
VII.D.4.1.3
,
VII.D.4.2
,
VII.D.4.3
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.5.2
,
VII.E.6
,
VII.E.6.1
,
VII.E.6.2
,
VII.E.6.3.1
,
VII.E.6.4
,
VII.E.7.6.2
,
VII.E.10.2.3
,
VII.E.10.3
,
VII.E.16.2.1
,
VII.E.16.2.3
,
VII.E.16.5.5
,
VII.E.16.6.3
G 10/91
31.03.93
1993, 420
VII.C.1.2.2
,
VII.C.4.4.1
,
VII.C.7.2.1
,
VII.D.1.2
,
VII.D.2.3.3
,
VII.D.3.1
,
VII.D.3.2.1
,
VII.D.3.2.2
,
VII.D.3.2.3
,
VII.D.3.3
,
VII.D.5.2.5
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.6
,
VII.E.6.1
,
VII.E.6.3.1
,
VII.E.6.4
,
VII.E.7.6.2
,
VII.E.10.2.3
,
VII.E.15.6
,
VII.E.16.2.1
,
VII.E.16.5.5
,
VII.E.17.4.3
G 11/91
19.11.92
1993, 125
III.A.1
,
III.D
,
III.D.1
,
VI.H.2.1
,
VII.A.3.2
G 12/91
17.12.93
1994, 285
VI.J.4.1
,
VI.J.4.2
,
VII.B.3.4
,
VII.B.3.8
,
VII.B.6
,
VII.C.4.8.2
,
VII.E.12.1
,
VII.E.15.2
,
VII.E.15.7
G 1/92
18.12.92
1993, 277
I.C.1.8
,
I.C.1.8.1
,
I.C.1.8.6
,
I.C.2.4
,
I.C.2.5
,
I.C.2.8
G 2/92
06.07.93
1993, 591
II.C.6.1
,
VII.B.2.5
,
VII.B.4.3
G 3/92
13.06.94
1994, 607
IV.6.2.1
,
VI.K.4.1.2
,
VI.M
G 4/92
29.10.93
1994, 149
VI.B.2.2
,
VI.B.3
,
VI.B.3.1
,
VI.B.3.2
,
VII.C.1.6
,
VII.C.7.2.2
G 5/92
27.09.93
1994, 22
VI.E.4
G 6/92
27.09.93
1994, 25
VI.E.4
G 8/92
05.03.93
VII.E.14
,
VII.E.14.2
G 9/92
14.07.94
1994, 875
VI.A.4.2
,
VII.D.3.2.2
,
VII.D.4.1.1
,
VII.D.6.2.1
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.5.2
,
VII.E.6
,
VII.E.6.1
,
VII.E.16.6.3
G 10/92
28.04.94
1994, 633
IV.6.2.2
,
VI.A.4.1
,
VI.G.1
,
VII.B.3.5
G 1/93
02.02.94
1994, 541
III.A.3
,
III.A.7.3
,
III.B.1
,
III.C.1
,
III.C.2
,
III.C.3
,
IV.4.1
G 2/93
21.12.94
1995, 275
II.A.5.2
,
II.A.5.2.2
G 3/93
16.08.94
1995, 18
V
,
V.B.1.1
,
V.D.1
,
V.D.2
G 4/93
14.07.94
1995, 875
VI.A.4.2
,
VII.D.3.2.2
,
VII.D.4.1.1
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.5.2
,
VII.E.6.1
,
VII.E.16.6.3
G 5/93
18.01.94
1994, 447
VI.A.4.2
,
VI.E.4
G 7/93
13.05.94
1994, 775
III.B.1
,
VI.C.1.3
,
VI.C.4.4.1
,
VI.J.7
,
VII.B.2.4
,
VII.B.3.4
,
VII.B.3.7
,
VII.C.4.8.1
,
VII.D.4.1.1
,
VII.E.6.6
,
VII.E.15.6
G 8/93
13.06.94
1994, 887
VII.C.2.1.2
,
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.6.4
G 9/93
06.07.94
1994, 891
VI.A.4.2
,
VII.D.2.1.3
,
VII.D.2.1.4
G 10/93
30.11.94
1995, 172
VII.B.2.10
,
VII.B.3.5
,
VII.E.6.3.1
G 1/94
11.05.94
1994, 787
VII.C.3.3
,
VII.C.3.3.1
,
VII.E.1
G 2/94
19.02.96
1996, 401
VI.I.5.1
,
VI.I.5.2
,
VII.E.17.4.6
G 1/95
19.07.96
1996, 615
I.A.1.2
,
VII.D.2.3.1
,
VII.D.2.3.4
,
VII.D.3.2.3
,
VII.E.17.4.3
G 2/95
14.05.96
1996, 555
III.A.1
,
III.D.1
,
VII.A.3.3
G 4/95
19.02.96
1996, 412
VI.I.5.1
,
VI.I.5.3
,
VI.I.6
,
VII.E.15.6
G 6/95
24.07.96
1996, 649
VI.C.4.3
,
VI.C.4.4
,
VI.C.4.4.2
,
VII.E.15.6
,
X.2
G 7/95
19.07.96
1996, 626
VII.D.3.2.3
,
VII.D.5.2.5
,
VII.E.15.6
G 8/95
16.04.96
1996, 481
VI.J.6.1
,
VI.J.6.3
,
VII.E.7.3
G 1/97
10.12.99
2000, 322
VI.J.6.1
,
VII.E.7.2.4
,
VIII.5
G 2/97
12.11.98
1999, 123
VI.A.1
,
VI.A.1.3
,
VI.A.1.4
,
VI.A.2
,
VI.A.2.3
G 3/97
21.01.99
1999, 245
VI.H.4.3.5
,
VII.C.5.1.1
,
VII.D.2.1.1
,
VII.D.2.1.2
,
VII.D.2.1.4
,
VII.D.2.1.6
G 4/97
21.01.99
1999, 270
VI.H.4.3.5
,
VII.D.2.1.1
,
VII.D.2.1.2
,
VII.D.2.1.4
G 1/98
20.12.99
2000, 111
I.B.1
,
I.B.2
,
I.B.3.1
,
I.B.3.2
,
I.B.3.4
,
I.B.4.3.4
,
VI.L.1
G 2/98
31.05.01
2001, 413
IV.4.2
,
V
,
V.B
,
V.B.1.1
,
V.B.1.2
,
V.B.1.4
,
V.B.1.5.1
,
V.B.1.7
,
V.B.1.8
,
V.B.1.9
,
V.B.1.10
,
V.B.2.2.1
,
V.C.1
,
V.D.3
G 3/98
12.07.00
2001, 62
I.C.1.7
,
VI.L.1
G 4/98
27.11.00
2001, 131
IV.7.1
,
IV.7.3
,
VII.A.5.2
G 1/99
02.04.01
2001, 381
VII.E.1
,
VII.E.6.1
,
VII.E.12.1
,
VII.E.16.6.3
G 2/99
12.07.00
2001, 83
I.C.1.7
,
VI.L.1
G 3/99
18.02.02
2002, 347
VI.G.1
,
VI.I.3
,
VII.D.2.1.6
,
VII.E.7.4.1
,
VII.E.14
G 1/02
22.01.03
2003, 165
VII.D.2.4
G 2/02
26.04.04
2004, 483
V.A.1
,
VI.L.2.2
G 3/02
26.04.04
2004, 483
V.A.1
,
VI.L.2.2
G 1/03
08.04.04
2004, 413
I.B.4.3.4
,
I.D.8.14
,
II.B.1.2.1
,
III.A.1
,
III.A.4.1
,
III.A.4.2
,
III.A.4.3
,
III.A.5
,
III.C.2
,
V.B.1.1
,
V.B.1.2
,
VI.A.4.1
G 2/03
08.04.04
2004, 448
I.B.4.3.4
,
I.D.8.14
,
II.B.1.2.1
,
III.A.4.1
,
III.A.4.2
,
III.A.4.3
,
V.B.1.1
,
V.B.1.2
G 3/03
28.01.05
2005, 344
VII.E.7.3
,
VII.E.13.2
,
VII.E.17.5
G 1/04
16.12.05
2006, 334
I.A.1.5
,
I.B.1
,
I.B.4.1
,
I.B.4.2.1
,
I.B.4.2.2
,
I.B.4.3.1
,
I.B.4.3.2
,
I.B.4.3.3
,
I.B.4.5
,
I.B.4.5.1
,
I.B.4.5.2
,
I.B.4.5.4
,
I.B.4.6
,
II.B.1.1.4
G 2/04
25.05.05
2005, 549
VII.C.5.1.3
,
VII.C.5.1.4
G 3/04
22.08.05
2006, 118
VII.C.3.2
,
VII.C.3.3.1
,
VII.E.17.1
G 1/05
07.12.06
2007, 362
VI.J.3.1
,
VI.J.3.2.2
G 1/05
28.06.07
2008, 271
IV.1.1
,
IV.2.1
,
IV.2.2
,
IV.2.3
,
IV.4.1
,
IV.5
,
IV.6.1
,
VII.B.2.8
G 1/06
28.06.07
2008, 307
IV.1.1
,
IV.2.1
,
IV.2.3
,
IV.3
,
IV.5
G 2/06
25.11.08
2009, 306
I.B.2
G 3/06
terminated
IV.2.1
G 1/07
15.02.10
2011, ***
I.B.4.1
,
I.B.4.2.1
,
I.B.4.2.2
,
I.B.4.3
,
I.B.4.3.1
,
I.B.4.3.2
,
I.B.4.3.3
,
I.B.4.3.4
,
I.B.4.3.5
,
I.B.4.4
,
I.B.4.4.1
,
I.B.4.4.2
,
I.B.4.5.2
,
III.A.4.2
,
VI.L.1
G 2/07
pending
I.B.3.3
G 1/08
pending
I.B.3.3
G 2/08
15.06.09
2010, ***
VI.J.3.2.2
G 2/08
19.02.10
2010, ***
I.C.5.2.1
,
I.C.5.2.2
,
I.C.5.2.3
,
I.C.5.2.4
,
I.C.5.3.1
,
VI.A.4.2
G 3/08
16.10.09
VI.J.3.2.3
,
VII.E.14
G 3/08
12.05.10
2011, ***
Headnote of opinion G 3/08,
I.A.2.4.1
,
I.A.2.4.3
,
I.A.2.4.4
,
I.A.2.4.5
,
I.D.8.1.1
G 4/08
16.02.10
2010, ***
IX.B.3
G 1/09
pending
IV.6.2.1
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