Recently published decisions
All board of appeal decisions released for publication in the last three months are shown in the list below (newest first). The website checks for new decisions daily and updates the list accordingly. For full lists per year, please access the subpages.
April 2024
Inventive step - obvious solution
Inventive step - optimisation of parameter
Amendment to case - request
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (yes)
Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren
Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit
Neuheit - (ja)
Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention (oui)
Nouveauté (oui)
Activité inventive (non)
Renvoi afin de poursuivre la procédure (non)
Revocation of the patent - (yes): no approved claims on file
Decision in written proceedings - (yes): oral proceedings obsolete
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag und Hilfsantrag A (nein)
Spät eingereichter Antrag - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung
Spät eingereichter Antrag - Hilfsantrag (ja)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances
Amendment after summons - main request (yes)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances
Amendment after summons - first auxiliary request (no)
Claims - clarity
Claims - main request and second auxiliary request (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein)
Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja)
Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor
Basis of decision - patent revoked