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Selected decisions
The list of “Selected decisions” alerts users to all newly published decisions for which a headnote or a catchword has been provided by the board. Usually, a board will add a headnote or catchword if it wishes to provide a brief summary of a particular point of law or to draw attention to an important part of the reasons for the decision. The list contains all decisions with a headnote or catchword published in the last three years and can be viewed by year by selecting the year from the menu on the left.
The list below contains all decisions with a headnote or catchword that have been released for publication in the last six months (newest first).
December 2021
Objection under Rule 106 EPC raised (no)
Petition for review clearly inadmissible (yes)
Late-filed main request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Nutritional composition - claim construction
Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - Inventive Step (no)
Auxiliary request 2 - Admission (no)
Activité inventive - "processus N2P"
Activité inventive - (non, idée purement commerciale),
Modifications - admises (oui),
Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non).
Admissibility of appeal - (yes)
Admittance of claim requests - (yes / no)
Admittance of documents filed in appeal - (yes / no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed
Amendments - (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed
Amendments - (no)
Amendments - extension of the scope of the patent ("aliud")
Amendments - (no)
Novelty - (yes, after amendment)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted
Late-filed objection - (no)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Apportionment of costs - (no)
Correction d'erreurs - (oui),
Modification des moyens invoqués dans le cadre du recours
Modification des moyens invoqués - pertinence de la modification pour résoudre les questions soulevées (oui),
Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (oui),
Revendications - clarté
Revendications - requête principale (oui),
Revendications - clarté après modification (oui),
Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non),
Modifications - admises (oui),
Activité inventive - requête principale (oui),
Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja)
Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)
The list of events, i.e. grounds, prompting interruption of proceedings under Rule 142(1)(c) EPC is exhaustive.
External, practical and one-off kind of events (inter alia heavy snow, cancelled flights and failed communication) do not constitute "legal incapacity of the representative" under Rule 142(1)(c) EPC.
Legal incapacity of the representative (no)
Interruption of review proceedings under Article 112a EPC (no)
Opponents status as parties to appeal proceedings (yes)
Fresh case on appeal (no)
Legal Board of Appeal competent to review decisions by Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)
Referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal required (no)
Teilanmeldung
Änderungen - zulässig (nein)
Änderungen - Streichen eines Disclaimers, der in der Anmeldung wie ursprünglich eingereicht ausdrücklich als "Nicht-Teil" der Erfindung offenbart ist