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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.
November 2025
Inventive step - (no)
Amendment to appeal case - taken into account (no)
Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step - obvious modification
Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no)
Claims - interpretation of ambiguous terms
Amendments - allowable (no
Amendments - main request, yes
Amendments - first auxiliary request)
Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)
Novelty - main request (yes)
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - selections from two or more lists
Substantial procedural violation (yes
Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision insufficiently reasoned)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)
Main Request, Auxiliary Request 1 - novelty (no)
Auxiliary Requests 2, 3 - inventive step (no)
Änderungen - Zulassung des Vorbringens (ja)
Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)
Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja)