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Recently published decisions
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December 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)