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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 2023
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1b (ja)
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in examination proceedings (yes)
Late-filed request - admitted (no)
Activité inventive (requête principale (non)
Activité inventive - alternative évidente (requête subsidiaire (oui))
Activité inventive - alternative non évidente
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)
Main request - added matter (yes)
Auxiliary requests - exceptional circumstances (no)
Grounds for opposition - main request
Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - auxiliary requests 1 and 3-8
Amendments - allowable (no)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request 2 (no)
Unity of invention - invitation to pay further fees justified (no)
Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no)
Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)
Claims - clarity
Claims - auxiliary request (yes)
Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings
Inventive step - ex post facto analysis
Inventive step - could-would approach
Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
Amendments - allowable (no)