Recently published decisions  2023

Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by surgery (no)

Sufficiency of disclosure - all requests (yes)

Amendments - main request, first auxiliary request

Amendments - allowable (no)

Amendments - seventh auxiliary request

Amendments - allowable (yes)

Novelty - second auxiliary request (no)

Inventive step - third auxiliary request (no)

Inventive step - seventh auxiliary request (yes)

Amendment to case - seventh auxiliary request

Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes)

Main request - claims - clarity (no)

Auxiliary requests I and II - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)

Auxiliary requests Ibis, IIbis and IIter - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no)

Inventive step - predicting travel time (no

Inventive step - not technical)

Sufficiency of disclosure - main and auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no)

Amendment to appeal case - auxiliary requests 6 and 7

Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no)

Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 8

Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)

Inventive step - auxiliary request 8 (yes)

Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein)

Neuheit - (ja)

Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)

Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja)

Änderung des Vorbringens (nein)

Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 10 (nein)

Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 11

Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)

Zurückverweisung - (nein); Kostenverteilung (nein)

Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung - schwerwiegende Gründe (nein)

Activité inventive - (non)

Activité inventive - problèmes partiels

Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)

Inventive step - retrieving data based on user defined retrieval conditions (no

Inventive step - obvious implementation)

Amendment after summons (yes

Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances)