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February 2025
Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)
Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - wären bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorzubringen gewesen (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - technische Wirkung aus der ursprünglich eingereichten Anmeldung ableitbar (ja)
Amendments - main request
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary request 6
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary requests 7 and 8
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Amendment to case - auxiliary requests 1 to 5
Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (no)
Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 7 and 8
Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (yes)
Late-filed auxiliary requests - auxiliary requests 9 and 10
Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)
Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)
Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)
Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung (ja)
Vorrangiges Ziel des Beschwerdeverfahrens
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - relationship between Article 83 and Article 84
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - common general knowledge as closest prior art
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - relationship between Article 83 and Article 84
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - common general knowledge as closest prior art
Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances
Amendment after summons - first auxiliary request (yes)
Amendment after summons - third auxiliary request (no)
Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - second auxiliary request - not admitted
Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)
Novelty - (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - taken into account (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)
Inventive step - common general knowledge
Inventive step - obvious combination of known features
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication: Auxiliary request 67
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - taken into account (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - Auxiliary request 73
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - taken into account (no)
Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)