T 0450/23 (Bitcoin mining with mid-states/CIRCLE LINE) of 30.09.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T045023.20250930
- Date of decision
- 30 September 2025
- Case number
- T 0450/23
- Online on
- 18 March 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14864642.5
- IPC class
- G06Q 20/06
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- BLOCK MINING METHODS AND APPARATUS
- Applicant name
- CIRCLE LINE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- Opponent name
- Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und
Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB - Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter (yes)
Extending the protection conferred (Article 123 (3) EPC) - moving part of a feature to another one - (yes - shift in the claim scope) - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.