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Recently published decisions 2025
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.
July 2025
Main request - novelty - (no)
Remittal - (no)
Basis of proceedings - decision under appeal
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - amendments - allowable (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - novelty - (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - inventive step - (yes)
Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein)
Hilfsanträge 1 bis 6 - Zulassung (nein)
Claims - main request
Claims - auxiliary request I
Claims - clarity (no)
Amendment after summons - auxiliary request Ia
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Inventive step - auxiliary request Ia (no)
Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features
Inventive step - presentation of information
Amendment to appeal case - auxiliary request II
Amendment to appeal case - taken into account (no)
Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - filed with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no)
Auxiliary request 4 - Inventive step - (no)
Inventive step (main request
Inventive step - no)
Admissibility of request not admitted in first instance proceedings (auxiliary request - no)
Added subject-matter - main, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation
Admittance of claim request filed on appeal - 3rd auxiliary request - (no): should have been filed earlier + no
prima facie
allowability
Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein): Begriffe "Korrelierung" und "Plausibilisierung" sind breit auszulegen
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 11, 17 und 23 (nein)
Zulassung von Änderungsanträgen nach Zustellung der Art. 15 (1) VOBK Mitteilung - Hilfsanträge 24, 25 und 26 (nein): keine "außergewöhnlichen Umstände"