Recently published decisions

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.

• August 2021
• July 2021
• June 2021

August 2021

T 1870/16 (Synchronising PDCP operations I/HTC) of 13.7.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 76/02	Application no. 12004151.2
Keywords "Mixed-mode" oral proceedings held without the consent of one party - stay of proceedings in view of G 1/21 (no) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Referral to the Enlarged BoA - first auxiliary request (no): res judicata - not the same facts Validity of priority claim - second and third auxiliary requests (no): no "same invention" Inventive step - second and third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Methods for synchronizing PDCP operations after RRC connection re-establishment in a wireless communication system and related apparatuses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187016.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2726/16 () of 6.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06Q 50/00	Application no. 11179373.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Claims - clarity (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no)				Application title Managing fuel in aircraft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T272616.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 477 KB)
T 0602/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 9/20 B60C 9/00 D07B 1/06	Application no. 11181605.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request (no)				Application title Tires with high strengh reinforcement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T060217.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0977/17 (Storing electronic receipts/OTTO GROUP SOLUTION PROVIDER) of 17.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/04	Application no. 12783592.4
Keywords Inventive step - predicting future purchases using stored electronic payment receipts (no Inventive step - business method) Inventive step - scanning printed payment receipts (no Inventive step - obvious) Inventive step - automatically attaching electronic receipt to online resale offer (no Inventive step - business method)				Application title METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT CERTIFICATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T097717.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1617/17 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H01B 3/44	Application no. 12158603.6
Keywords Requête principale - Nouveauté vis-à-vis du document également proposé en tant qu'état de la technique le plus proche (oui) - analyse expost facto Document soumis avec le mémoire de recours (non admis) Rapport d'essais soumis tardivement (non admis) Activité inventive - synergie non démontrée Activité inventive - solution évidente Requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 3 et 8 définissant l'objet non inventif de la requête principale Requêtes subsidiaires 9 à 11 - admises à la procédure (non) économie de la procédure - report de la procédure orale nécessaire Requêtes subsidiaires 12 et 14 - admises à la procédure (oui) activité inventive (non) alternative évidente Requête subsidiaire 14 - défaut de clarté				Application title Câble électrique à moyenne ou haute tension
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161717.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 614 KB)
T 1626/17 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/06 C08F 2/00 C08F 297/08 C08L 23/14 C08F 210/06	Application no. 10157879.7
Keywords Late submitted material Inventive step - Main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FLOWABLE COMONOMER RICH POLYPROPYLENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T162617.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1869/17 (Synchronising PDCP operations II/HTC) of 13.7.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 76/02	Application no. 11008366.4
Keywords Postponement of the arranged oral proceedings - (no): not requested as soon as possible and not allowable Objection under Rule 106 EPC - dismissed: no bar to holding two oral proceedings on the same day Added subject-matter - main request (yes) : intermediate generalisation Admittance - auxiliary requests (no): not prima facie allowable under Art. 76(1), 123(3) and/or 56 EPC				Application title Methods for synchronizing PDCP operations after RRC connection re-establishment in a wireless communication system and related apparatuses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186917.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0743/18 (ODORIERMITTEL/ Th. Geyer) of 30.7.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C10L 3/00	Application no. 07820469.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title SCHWEFELARME ODORIERMITTEL MIT VERBESSERTER STABILITÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T074318.20210730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1263/18 (Chemours/HCFC) of 7.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/26 B01J 23/26 B01J 23/86 C07C 17/00 C07C 17/087 C07C 17/20 C07C 17/21 C07C 17/23 C07C 17/25 C07C 17/35 C07C 19/08 C07C 21/18	Application no. 07853043.3
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLUOROPROPANES AND HALOPROPENES AND AZEOTROPIC COMPOSITIONS OF 2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUORO-1-PROPENE WITH HF AND OF 1,1,1,2,2-PENTAFLUOROPROPANE WITH HF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126318.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1483/18 (Botulinum neurotoxin composition / IPSEN) of 18.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/48 A61K 47/30	Application no. 05757842.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN, A NON IONIC SURFACTANT, SODIUM CHLORIDE AND SUCROSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148318.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1395/19 (Oil-containing microcapsules/PEPSICO) of 26.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/17 A23L 2/54 A23L 2/68 A61K 9/50 A23P 10/30 A23L 29/231 A23L 33/12	Application no. 13702184.6
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 6 and 7 (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title ACIDIC AQUEOUS PRODUCT COMPRISING OIL-CONTAINING MICROCAPSULES AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T139519.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0961/17 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 55/165 F16L 55/18	Application no. 10782540.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Features of public prior use established beyond reasonable doubt (yes) Novelty (no: main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 9) Admittance (no: auxiliary requests 10 to 12)				Application title Apparatus and method for installing a liner in a pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096117.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 1790/17 (Redesigning product or process parameters/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 18.3.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/06	Application no. 14178116.1
Keywords Patentable invention - redesigning a product based on user feedback (no Patentable invention - business method) Patentable invention - controlling manufacture of a product with improved process data (yes Patentable invention - technical) Amendment after summons (yes Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances) Remittal (yes Remittal - exceptional circumstances)				Application title Method for redesigning one or more product or process parameters of a manufactured article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179017.20210318				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1844/17 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P 35/00 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/517 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/395 A61K 45/06 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/30 C07K 16/32	Application no. 11730112.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title USE OF ERBB3 INHIBITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T184417.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0137/18 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B 5/20 G01B 21/20 G06F 17/10 G01B 21/10 G01B 5/213 G01B 5/08	Application no. 12004633.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method of measuring a circle shape characteristic and circular shape characteristic measuring device and program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013718.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 530 KB)
T 1328/18 (Melting furnace/Danieli) of 29.6.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C21C 5/52 F27B 3/18 F27D 13/00	Application no. 13707029.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title METHOD FOR MANAGING THE CHARGE IN A MELTING FURNACE AND CORRESPONDING LOADING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132818.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2472/19 (Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery / Seiko) of 25.5.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/02 H01M 2/04 H01M 4/485 H01M 10/0569 H01M 10/0525 H01M 10/42	Application no. 15152014.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247219.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0921/20 () of 19.7.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/10 B23B 27/14 B23C 5/06 B23C 5/20	Application no. 10755810.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title MILLING CUTTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T092120.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2011/20 (Obscured finish line/ALIGN) of 27.7.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61C 5/04	Application no. 06766123.1
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A DENTAL VIRTUAL MODEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201120.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1120/16 (Alternative implementations/MATHWORKS) of 15.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 07837681.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and second auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account Amendment after summons - first auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account Amendment after summons - third and fourth auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - third and fourth auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SPECIFYING IMPLEMENTATIONS OF CODE FOR CODE GENERATION FROM A MODEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112016.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 2597/16 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B44C 5/06 A41G 1/00 B29C 47/88 B29C 47/00	Application no. 10180635.4
Keywords Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Method for producing imitation branches and imitation branch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259716.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0159/17 (Chimeric antibodies/ABLEXIS) of 25.1.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/13	Application no. 09818482.3
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC fulfilled (yes)				Application title NON-HUMAN MAMMALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHIMERIC ANTIBODIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T015917.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1796/17 () of 6.5.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 15/40 B41F 15/08	Application no. 08009863.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - prima facie allowable (main request: no, auxiliary request: yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal - special reasons (yes)				Application title Liquid transfer member pressing force adjusting method and apparatus of rotary stencil printing plate liquid coating machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179617.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 2782/17 () of 22.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 21/16	Application no. 12718271.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BOLZEN UND SPANNSYSTEM MIT BOLZEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278217.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0731/18 () of 22.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 1/52 E06B 1/70	Application no. 11155904.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title Türanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073118.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1632/18 (Dynamically enabling customized web content/LIVEPERSON) of 21.5.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11717807.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first to fifth auxiliary requests - not admitted				Application title System and method for dynamically enabling customized web content and applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163218.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2472/18 (First and second levels of access/BAXTER) of 24.6.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 10717918.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims				Application title THERAPY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247218.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2783/18 (Risperidone sustained delivery/INDIVIOR) of 19.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/34 A61K 47/22 A61K 31/519 A61K 9/00	Application no. 15000500.7
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Sustained delivery formulations of risperidone compounds
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278318.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2861/18 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 5/00 B66B 13/22	Application no. 12746315.6
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents				Application title FUNKTIONSÜBERWACHUNG EINES SICHERHEITSELEMENTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T286118.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0907/14 (Tracking delivery items/US POSTAL SERVICE) of 13.7.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 7/00	Application no. 04789244.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING DELIVERY ITEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090714.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2386/16 (MALWARE DETECTION USING FILE PREVALENCE TO INFORM AGRESSIVENESS OF … of 27.4.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/00 G06F 21/56 H04L 29/06	Application no. 10828858.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2				Application title USING FILE PREVALENCE TO INFORM AGRESSIVENESS OF BEHAVIORAL HEURISTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T238616.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0454/17 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V 8/22	Application no. 11177080.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor mit Linienanordnung von Einzelemittern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T045417.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 484 KB)
T 2379/17 (Pairwise sequencing of a polynucleotide template/ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE … of 31.5.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 10000700.4
Keywords "Main Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)"				Application title Methods for sequencing a polynucleotide template
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237917.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 540 KB)
T 2150/18 (Ranked in order of severity/AETHON) of 28.6.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 G05B 19/418 G05B 23/02 G06Q 10/06 G06Q 10/08 G05B 23/00 G05D 1/02 G05D 1/00	Application no. 12833034.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)				Application title MONITORING, DIAGNOSTIC AND TRACKING TOOL FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215018.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2242/19 (Hemostatic compositions / BAXTER) of 21.7.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16 A61L 24/10 A61P 7/04	Application no. 11724603.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING DRY AND STABLE HEMOSTATIC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224219.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)

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July 2021

T 0185/16 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 33/02 B29C 33/38 B29C 35/02	Application no. 10001532.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Non-admittance of late-filed auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, and 7 (prima facie not allowable) Inadmissibility of auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6 and 8 (reformatio in peius)				Application title Mould, apparatus and method for manufacturing a composite part including at least one fibre reinforced matrix
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018516.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 0014/17 (Water soluble packages with differential solubility/UNILEVER) of 26.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C11D 17/04	Application no. 03798909.2
Keywords Auxiliary request 3A: Admission - (yes) Added subject-matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POLYMERIC FILM FOR WATER SOLUBLE PACKAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001417.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0107/17 (Base station change/ERICSSON) of 8.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 36/02	Application no. 05704774.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - all requests (yes): unallowable generalisation				Application title Method and system for base station change of packet switched communications in a mobile communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010717.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0943/17 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 13/06 A47J 31/40 B67D 1/00	Application no. 12183955.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes) General principles - Double Patenting (No)				Application title Method and apparatuses for providing a selectable beverage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094317.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 1031/17 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 37/28 D06F 39/14	Application no. 05076913.2
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - main request (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments give rise to new objections (yes)				Application title A door and a drum type washing machine and a clothes drier using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T103117.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2198/17 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60L 9/30 B60L 11/18 B60L 7/20 B61C 5/00 B60L 7/14 B60L 11/08 F02B 63/04	Application no. 12705648.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Anordnung und Verfahren zum Versorgen von elektrischen Traktionsmotoren in einem Schienenfahrzeug, insbesondere in einem Zugverband, mit elektrischer Energie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T219817.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 526 KB)
T 0193/18 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 3/00 H02J 13/00 G06Q 50/06	Application no. 12002956.6
Keywords Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung begründet (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Verteilung von elektrischer Energie in einem Stromnetzwerk mit einer Vielzahl von Verteilungsnetzzellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T019318.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1486/18 (Scrubbing method/Valmet) of 1.6.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/50 F01N 3/04 F01N 13/00 B01D 53/34	Application no. 07397015.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A method and an equipment for reducing the sulphur dioxide emissions of a marine engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148618.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1601/18 (Scheduling of ARQ data retransmissions in a multihop relay wireless … of 7.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/16 H04L 1/18	Application no. 08153723.5
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (yes)				Application title Apparatus and method for asynchronous control message transmission for data retransmission in wireless relay communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T160118.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2455/18 (Controlled release formulations/ALPHAPHARM) of 18.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/26 A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 9/16	Application no. 07718791.2
Keywords Main request(a) and Auxiliary requests 1(a)-4(a) - Novelty and amendments (No) Auxiliary requests 5 and 5a - Novelty (No) Auxiliary requests 6(a)-10(a) - Amendments (No) Auxiliary requests 11(a)-17(a) - Inventive step (No)				Application title CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING UNCOATED DISCRETE UNIT(S) AND AN EXTENDED RELEASE MATRIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T245518.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 0290/19 (SCR catalyst protection/Babcock) of 26.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/46 B01D 53/86 B01J 20/12 B01J 20/16	Application no. 11185716.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title System and method for protection of scr catalyst and control of multiple emissions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029019.20210726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1287/19 (Personal Care Cooling Compositions / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 4.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/19 A61K 8/24 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/42 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/55 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 09792822.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 2 (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS PROVIDING ENHANCED COOLING SENSATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T128719.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1876/20 () of 20.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21 G06F 17/30 H04L 29/08 G06F 17/24 G06Q 30/02 H04W 4/08	Application no. 13850795.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Systems and methods for collecting, classifying, organizing and populating information on elecronic forms
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187620.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 0435/16 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 5/00 B41M 7/00 C09D 11/10 C09D 11/00	Application no. 10193757.1
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Correction of error (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal (yes)				Application title Method for forming inkjet image
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T043516.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 677 KB)
T 0037/17 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/00	Application no. 08876403.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title CLEARCOAT COMPOSITION FOR COATING ON WATERBORNE BASECOAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003717.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1140/17 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60G 7/00 F16C 7/02 F16C 7/08 B21D 53/88 B62D 65/12 B21D 35/00	Application no. 13166812.1
Keywords erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Querlenker sowie Verfahren zum Herstellen des Querlenkers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114017.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1178/17 () of 21.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42	Application no. 09719504.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONVEYOR DISHWASHER AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CONVEYOR DISHWASHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117817.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1368/17 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 13158720.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states				Application title A method and apparatus for processing a poultry carcass part
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136817.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 2758/18 () of 9.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/24	Application no. 12176400.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Improved multistage rinsing module for tunnel dishwashers, and a tunnel dishwasher provided with such a module
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T275818.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1251/16 (Unstructured recombinant polymers/AMUNIX) of 6.5.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/16 C12N 15/10	Application no. 07752636.6
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title UNSTRUCTURED RECOMBINANT POLYMERS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T125116.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457 KB)
T 1958/16 (IL-B50 antagonists for treating allergic diseases/MERK) of 6.8.2020
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17	Application no. 01273862.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes); Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes); Novelty - (yes); Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Antagonist antibodies of a mammalian cytokine or its receptor for the treatment of allergy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195816.20200806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 621 KB)
T 1590/17 (Unstructured recombinant polymers/AMUNIX) of 7.5.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 G01N 33/567 C12N 15/06	Application no. 11172812.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Unstructured recombinant polymers and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159017.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 1772/17 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16C 33/46	Application no. 03020732.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Käfig für ein Wälzlager
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177217.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2683/17 () of 23.7.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C 19/04	Application no. 05818557.0
Keywords Main request withdrawn before the opposition division not admitted Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests not admitted in the fist instance proceedings Late-filed facts could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title BED LIFTING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T268317.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 2702/18 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 19/00 B62D 49/04 E01C 19/48	Application no. 12007317.6
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - stillschweigende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (nein)				Application title Baumaschine, insbesondere Straßenfertiger oder Beschicker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T270218.20210624				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2244/19 () of 21.6.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00 G01F 1/28 G01P 13/00	Application no. 10816778.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 2 (no) Insufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 2 (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 2 - no power to examine Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224419.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1051/15 (Software upgrade/ABB) of 17.6.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445 G06F 11/14	Application no. 10176966.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A low or medium voltage electric power distribution network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T105115.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0897/17 (Mettre un véhicule à la disposition d'un utilisateur/VU LOG) of 4.5.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/00 G07C 5/00 G07B 15/00	Application no. 08787925.0
Keywords Activité inventive - le système de type « auto-partage de véhicules » requiert de faire un pronostic de l'endroit et du temps pour la disponibilité des véhicules (non Activité inventive - critère commercial)				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME PERMETTANT DE METTRE UN VÉHICULE PUBLIC INDIVIDUEL À LA DISPOSITION D'UN UTILISATEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089717.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1185/17 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 B32B 3/30	Application no. 10169558.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims				Application title Feminine hygiene article with printed pattern and embossed pattern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118517.20210601				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0026/18 (Apparatus for manufacturing tissue/CARTARIE TRONCHETTI) of 19.7.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 27/40	Application no. 08015030.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title Apparatus for pasting two or more plies for manufacturing tissue products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002618.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0327/18 () of 22.7.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F15B 20/00 F15B 9/09	Application no. 07717213.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (main request, auxiliary request Amendments - yes)				Application title Safety override circuit for pneumatic positioner and method of use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T032718.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
R 0005/19 (Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs) of 15.3.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 17/06 G08B 17/107 G08B 29/18 G08B 29/24 G08B 17/113	Application no. 08101643.8
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung - Rügepflicht Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) - überraschende Entscheidungsbegründung				Application title Gefahrenerkennung mit Einbezug einer in einem Mikrocontroller integrierten Temperaturmesseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:R000519.20210315				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 501 KB)
T 2128/15 () of 5.7.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/34 C03B 23/09	Application no. 05804031.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING RESIDUE IN A GLASS MEDICAL CONTAINER AND CONTAINER MADE IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212815.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2273/15 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 3/84 C03C 17/22 C03C 17/06	Application no. 09723307.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title HEATING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227315.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0405/17 () of 10.5.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 307/40 C07D 307/44 C07D 307/46	Application no. 10770891.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID AND ESTERS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040517.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 556 KB)
T 2995/18 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 3/217 H03F 3/30 H03F 1/52 H03F 1/30 H03F 1/08 H03F 3/193	Application no. 13891690.3
Keywords Main request - Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Class-D amplifier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T299518.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0723/19 (Water and feed preservative/ANITOX) of 30.4.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 20/195 A23K 20/10 A23K 50/00 A01N 31/00 A23L 3/3463 A23L 3/3472 A23K 20/105 A23K 20/111 A23K 20/121 A23L 3/3508 A23L 3/3535 A01N 37/02	Application no. 15201119.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendment to appeal case - taken into account (no)				Application title WATER AND FEED PRESERVATIVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072319.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 2507/19 () of 23.6.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B61D 19/02 E05B 13/00 E05B 39/02 E05F 15/72	Application no. 10194313.2
Keywords Zulassung mit Beschwerdebegründung behaupteter offenkundiger Vorbenutzung der Beschwerdeführerin (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Anspruch 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Anspruch 13 (ja) Neuheit gegenüber neuer Druckschrift Neuheit - Anspruch 13 (ja)				Application title Notbetätigungseinrichtung für ein Fahrzeug, insbesondere ein Schienenfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T250719.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 521 KB)
T 2613/19 (Production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids/COMMONWEALTH) of 12.5.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/12 C11C 3/00 C12N 15/52 C12N 15/82 A01H 5/10	Application no. 13803782.5
Keywords Right to be heard - oral proceedings before board of appeal Oral proceedings held by video conference despite disagreement of party (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PRODUCTION OF LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN PLANT CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T261319.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0095/21 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/284 G01F 23/296	Application no. 12152457.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Hüllkurvenberechnung mittels Phasendrehung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009521.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1911/15 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/4097	Application no. 05000898.6
Keywords Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - document could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System and method for generating design data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T191115.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 2335/16 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B 5/012 G01B 7/012	Application no. 10000459.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Surface sensing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T233516.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0401/17 (Thermostatventil/BORGWARNER) of 9.7.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 23/13 F01P 7/16 G05D 23/02	Application no. 05008741.0
Keywords Zulassung ins Verfahren - Dokument D16 (ja): prima facie relevant für die Beurteilung der Neuheit Unzulässige Erweiterung - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag A (nein): zulässige Zwischenverallgemeinerung Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag A (ja)				Application title Thermostatventil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040117.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1529/17 (Vanillin production in yeast/EVOLVA SA) of 7.5.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 1/00 C12P 1/02 C12P 1/04 C12P 7/02	Application no. 04741794.4
Keywords Amendments and Novelty Amendments - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - 7th to 12th auxiliary request (no)				Application title A METHOD OF PRODUCING A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITE IN A YEAST CELL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152917.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1587/17 (Production system/AMYRIS) of 30.4.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 7/02 C12P 7/04 C12P 5/02 C12P 5/00 C12M 1/02 C10L 1/02	Application no. 07777278.8
Keywords Appeal - admissible - (yes) Admission of a new line of argument - (no) Main request - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Bio-organic compound production system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158717.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 678 KB)
T 2206/17 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/22 A61K 8/49 A61Q 5/04 A61Q 5/08 A61Q 5/10 A61Q 11/00 A61K 8/81 C11D 3/28 C11D 3/37 C11D 7/32 C01B 15/037 C01B 15/08 C01B 15/12 C11D 3/39	Application no. 11740561.3
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ENTHALTEND WASSERSTOFFPEROXID ODER WASSERSTOFFPEROXID FREISETZENDE SUBSTANZEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220617.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 503 KB)
T 0577/19 () of 12.7.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/46 A61K 9/00 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/12 A61M 15/00 A61P 11/00	Application no. 12806382.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title AN INHALABLE MEDICAMENT COMPRISING TIOTROPIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057719.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0340/21 (Stable dispersions/Belenos) of 19.7.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 31/04	Application no. 09161106.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Stable dispersions of single and multiple graphene layers in solution
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034021.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1861/16 () of 28.4.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09F 3/02 B29C 65/00 B29C 65/36 B29D 23/20	Application no. 06816730.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Method of producing a squeeze tube with maximally labeled surface area
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186116.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 0167/17 () of 7.6.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B25C 1/08	Application no. 09002589.1
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title Combustion-type power tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016717.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0301/17 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 35/06	Application no. 10798325.6
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hauptantrag Änderung nach Ladung - Ermessensausübung Änderung nach Ladung - Hauptantrag Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - (nein) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title STAUCHWALZWERK MIT EINER ANTRIEBSEINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T030117.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1292/17 () of 14.7.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/28 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/021 B01D 53/94 F01N 13/18	Application no. 08828117.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation (yes) Remittal - (no)				Application title EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129217.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2054/18 (Herstellung von Pankreatin-Pellets / NORDMARK) of 15.7.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50 A61K 38/46	Application no. 10150491.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Pankreatin-Pellets, insbesondere Pankreatin-Mikropellets, und hiernach hergestellte Pankreatin-Pellets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T205418.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0243/19 () of 30.6.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 2/10 C08F 20/56 C08F 4/40 C08F 2/50 C08F 4/04	Application no. 14164736.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON WASSERLÖSLICHEN HOMO- ODER COPOLYMEREN UMFASSEND (METH)ACRYLAMID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024319.20210630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0758/19 () of 30.6.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 9/007 F28F 9/00	Application no. 13198879.2
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title Plate heat exchanger with mounting flange
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T075819.20210630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 588 KB)
T 1948/16 () of 2.7.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/76	Application no. 10773240.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - neuer Einspruchsgrund (nein) Zulassung eines neuen Einwandes nach Artikel 123 (2) EPÜ (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Regelung der Herstellung eines Produktes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194816.20210702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2137/16 (Process for producing lactose-free milk/VALIO) of 28.5.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/123 A23C 19/032 A23C 19/076 A23C 9/12 A23C 9/142	Application no. 08801419.6
Keywords Main request: inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request: added subject-matter - (no); sufficiency of disclosure - (yes); inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LACTOSE-FREE MILK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213716.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0505/17 (Process for preparing long shelf life milk/ARLA) of 18.6.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/142 A23C 7/04 A23C 3/037	Application no. 10702017.4
Keywords Claims as granted: inventive step Claims - (yes)				Application title LONG SHELF LIFE MILK AND MILK-RELATED PRODUCTS, AND A PROCESS AND MILK PROCESSING PLANT FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T050517.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2583/17 (High pressure homogenization in combination with functionalized egg/ … of 12.7.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 7/01 A23D 7/015 A23D 7/04 A23L 1/24 A23D 7/005 A23L 1/035 B01F 3/08	Application no. 11177007.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes/no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - 3rd auxiliary request (yes)				Application title High pressure homogenization in combination with functionalized egg for production of emulsion-based food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T258317.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1560/18 () of 2.7.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/00 A61L 2/18 A61L 2/22 D06F 33/02 D06F 39/00 A47L 15/42	Application no. 12728221.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja)				Application title REINIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT ENERGIESPEICHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T156018.20210702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1462/16 () of 12.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 03734294.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely (no)				Application title WOUND TREATMENT APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146216.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1724/16 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 15/00 G07F 15/12 G07F 7/10 G07F 7/00	Application no. 01931905.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A UTILITY METERING SYSTEM INCORPORATING A TRANSACTION AUTHORISATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172416.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 2696/16 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 13/04 H01L 21/67	Application no. 03701466.9
Keywords Sprache in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Übersetzungskosten Sprache in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Übersetzung in eine Amtssprache des EPA Ansprüche, eingereicht mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung, zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Dokumente - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - Verfahrensökonomie - zugelassen (nein)				Application title CHIPENTNAHMEVORRICHTUNG, BESTÜCKSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM ENTNEHMEN VON CHIPS VON EINEM WAFER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T269616.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1267/17 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L 1/352	Application no. 05701151.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsanträge (ja)				Application title ELEKTRISCHER NOCKENWELLENVERSTELLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126717.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0940/18 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84 G01N 9/00	Application no. 04776899.9
Keywords Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title METER ELECTRONICS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A RESIDUAL MATERIAL IN A FLOW METER ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094018.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1536/18 (SCHUTZ UND MODULATION VON DERMAL EPIDERMAL JUNCTIONS / BASF Beauty … of 23.6.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/97 A61Q 7/00 A61K 36/48 A61K 36/73	Application no. 03798892.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Zulassung im Beschwerdeverfahren Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge VI, X, XI (nein) Verschlechterungsverbot - Hilfsanträge VII-IX und XII-XIII				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM SCHUTZ UND ZUR MODULATION VON DERMAL EPIDERMAL JUNCTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153618.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1857/18 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 12748326.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SMOKING ARTICLES AND USE THEREOF FOR YIELDING INHALATION MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T185718.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1422/19 (Content item visibility/GOOGLE) of 19.5.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 14768301.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Estimating visibility of content items
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142219.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0290/21 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/482 H04N 21/431 H04N 21/4782 H04N 21/81	Application no. 15826262.6
Keywords "Missing statement of grounds"				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERLAYING A DIGITAL MINI GUIDE ONTO A VIDEO STREAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029021.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0713/16 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F22B 31/00	Application no. 03767428.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge (nein) Änderungen - zulässig Änderungen - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title DURCHLAUFDAMPFERZEUGER MIT ZIRKULIERENDER ATMOSPHÄRISCHER WIRBELSCHICHTFEUERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071316.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1040/16 (Matériau polymère transparent/IMERYS) of 13.7.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J 3/20 C08L 69/00 C08J 5/00	Application no. 09797107.1
Keywords Activité inventive (requête principale, requêtes subsidiaires) (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉPARATION D'UN MATÉRIAU POLYMÈRE TRANSPARENT COMPRENANT DES NANOPARTICULES MINÉRALES AYANT UN FACTEUR DE FORME STRICTEMENT SUPÉRIEUR À 1,0
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T104016.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0600/17 (Kraftfahrzeug / Audi) of 2.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 7/40 G01S 13/87 G01S 13/93 G01S 13/38	Application no. 08021579.1
Keywords Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Berichtigung von Mängeln - offensichtlicher Fehler Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title Kraftfahrzeug mit einer Kombination von vorwärtsgerichteten Radaren mit überlappenden Antennenkeulen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T060017.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1187/17 () of 12.7.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 11/08	Application no. 11804734.9
Keywords Inadmissible extension (no) Novelty (yes) Remittal to the examining division for further prosecution (yes)				Application title Composite pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118717.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 594 KB)
T 1571/17 (Liquid enteral nutritional composition suitable for tube feeding/ … of 8.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/01 A61K 36/47 A61K 35/20 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/305	Application no. 10701940.8
Keywords Inventive step - formulation of the technical problem Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title LIQUID ENTERAL NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR TUBE FEEDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157117.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2349/17 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 67/02 C08J 5/18	Application no. 02777112.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title TRANSPARENT POLYESTER RESINS AND ARTICLES THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T234917.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 0085/18 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01F 3/10	Application no. 11191948.6
Keywords Nichtberücksichtigung im Beschwerdeverfahren eines Beweismittels, welches die Einspruchsabteilung zugelassen hat - (nein) - keine fehlerhafte Ermessensausübung Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag Zulassung eines neuen Hilfsantrags im Beschwerdeverfahren - (nein) - neuer Hilfsantrag ist Kombination von Hilfsanträgen, die schon im Einspruchsverfahren gestellt wurden, Vorlage war schon im Einspruchsverfahren geboten Zulassung neuer Beweismittel im Beschwerdeverfahren - (nein) - Dokumente hätten im Einspruchsverfahren vorgelegt werden können und sollen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1a				Application title Induktives Bauelement mit verbesserten Kerneigenschaften
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008518.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1836/18 (On-site bleach/CHRISTEYNS) of 21.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00 D06F 39/02 A47L 15/44 C11D 3/39	Application no. 14187618.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Device for on-site preparation and application of a bleach and/or disinfectant, corresponding method and use of a flowmeter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183618.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1929/18 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01T 13/39 H01T 21/02	Application no. 12714689.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Elektrode für eine Zündkerze sowie Verfahren zu deren Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T192918.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 2251/13 (Projection surface with built-in track pad/ORDAMO) of 13.4.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 07848533.1
Keywords Inventive step - building track pad into projection surface (yes Inventive step - non-obvious alternative)				Application title INTERACTIVE FOOD AND DRINK ORDERING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T225113.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2463/16 () of 31.5.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 3/26	Application no. 11153557.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - objection based on different documents Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title System and method for mitigating an electric unbalance of a three-phase current at a Point of Common Coupling between a wind farm and a power grid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T246316.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0459/17 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 43/04 H01B 3/44 C08L 23/08	Application no. 11161485.5
Keywords Requests submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - Not hold inadmissible Inventive step (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title Silane crosslinkable polymer composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T045917.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0714/17 () of 17.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F 15/134 F16F 15/14	Application no. 09743840.2
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title DÄMPFUNGSEINRICHTUNG MIT FLIEHKRAFTPENDEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071417.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1022/17 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC E04B 2/90	Application no. 08865786.1
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non), Nouveauté - (oui), Nouveauté - connaissances générales, Activité inventive - (oui), Activité inventive - combinaison non évidente de caractéristiques connues, Activité inventive - modification non évidente, Modification après délai imparti dans une notification (règle 100(2) CBE) - circonstances exceptionnelles (non), Modification après délai imparti dans une notification (règle 100(2) CBE) - prise en compte (non),				Application title Façade semi-rideau
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T102217.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 837 KB)
T 0312/18 () of 28.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F42B 15/01	Application no. 11005432.7
Keywords Widerruf auf Veranlassung der Patentinhaberin				Application title Verfahren zum Steuern eines Gefechtsflugkörpers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031218.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 246 KB)
T 1142/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01T 4/12	Application no. 13174895.6
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests Ia, I, II - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Auxiliary request III - Inventive step (yes)				Application title Gas discharge tube
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114218.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2923/18 (Methods of treating cancer / ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE) of 6.7.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/555 A61P 35/00 A61K 45/06 A61N 5/10 A61K 33/24	Application no. 11763292.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHODS OF TREATING CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T292318.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0311/19 () of 16.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D 1/02 A24C 5/60 C09C 1/00	Application no. 13157079.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Remittal - regarding auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) -regarding adaptation of the description (yes)				Application title Smoking article with colour shifting marking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031119.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1080/19 () of 2.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 7/00 B05B 13/06 B05B 12/00	Application no. 04011308.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Ermessensfehler in erster Instanz (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - reformatio in peius				Application title Vorrichtung zur Hohlraumkonservierung und Vorzerstäuber
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108019.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1146/19 () of 17.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 26/06 B22F 3/105 B23K 26/34 B29C 67/00	Application no. 13193905.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method of and device for controlling an irradiation system for producing a three-dimensional workpiece
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114619.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1625/15 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F41H 7/04	Application no. 06795301.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title ARMORED VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T162515.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0785/16 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/36 A61B 5/029	Application no. 09757301.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES BLUTVOLUMENS UND/ODER BLUTVOLUMENSTROMS UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN DERSELBEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078516.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 456 KB)
T 0772/17 (Procédé et dispositif de traitement d'information / TRUSTCORP) of 15.4.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 08737586.1
Keywords Activité inventive - garantir la valeur probante des opérations portant sur des documents dématérialisés (non Activité inventive - pas une innovation technique)				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T077217.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1482/18 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 15/02 B60T 7/12 G08G 1/16 G06K 9/00 B60R 21/015 B60R 16/00 B60T 7/22 B60W 30/06 B60W 30/18 B60W 50/00	Application no. 12766377.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Verfahrensökonomie Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title BESTIMMUNG DER STELLUNG VON BAUELEMENTEN EINES FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148218.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0850/20 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G03H 1/22 H04N 13/00	Application no. 09168975.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Einrichtung zur Rekonstruktion von Videohologrammen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085020.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
D 0003/20 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D000320.20210430				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1468/16 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A43B 13/40	Application no. 09718606.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - novelty - (yes) - inventive step - (yes)				Application title OFFLOADING AND REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146816.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 535 KB)
T 1742/16 (Silk fibroin hydrogels/ALLERGAN) of 20.5.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17	Application no. 10726699.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - main request and auxiliary request 1 Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Silk fibroin hydrogels and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T174216.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 497 KB)
T 1141/17 (Automatic selection of a marketing script/FRASER) of 15.4.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 05753764.9
Keywords Inventive step - using ANI and DNIS to identify the caller and callee (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical requirements)				Application title DYNAMIC BUSINESS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT MARKETING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114117.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1487/18 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07H 1/08 C12N 15/10	Application no. 09757160.8
Keywords Änderungen Patentansprüche - Klarheit Ausreichende Offenbarung Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Zurückverweisung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ISOLIERUNG VON NUKLEINSÄUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148718.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0274/19 (Process for printing images on absorptive surfaces / Kornit Digital … of 6.7.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06P 5/00 D06P 5/20 D06P 5/30 B41F 33/00 B41L 35/14 B41M 5/00 B41J 11/00 B41J 3/407	Application no. 05745218.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING IMAGES ON ABSORPTIVE SURFACES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027419.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2149/19 (Dabigatran etexilate/KRKA) of 25.6.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/50	Application no. 11732405.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL ORAL DOSAGE FORMS COMPRISING DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE AND ITS PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214919.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2165/16 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36 A61M 1/34	Application no. 03736434.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - lack of novelty (no) - lack of inventive step (no) Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no) - amendment admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - cogent reasons (no) - taken into account (no)				Application title APPARATUS FOR AN EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT DEVICE TO CONTROL BLOOD WITHDRAWAL AND INFUSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216516.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 646 KB)
T 0172/17 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61G 5/00 A61G 5/10 A61G 5/14 A61G 5/12	Application no. 08009043.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Wheelchair which stands up simplified
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017217.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 2296/17 () of 21.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06 F16B 11/00	Application no. 09781993.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PREPARING AN ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T229617.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1888/18 (Multi-symbol deinterleaver/QUALCOMM) of 6.7.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/27 H03M 13/29	Application no. 05724226.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - full (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - partial (yes)				Application title Efficient multi-symbol deinterleaver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T188818.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2008/18 () of 31.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40 A47J 31/60 A23G 9/04 A23G 9/30	Application no. 11184078.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Beverage production machine and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200818.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 2855/18 () of 5.7.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01B 3/46	Application no. 14003537.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Transporting and working system for plough of the carried type
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T285518.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1660/19 (Catalytic water treatment/Ecolab) of 21.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 5/00 C02F 1/72 C02F 1/50	Application no. 10766731.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title CATALYTIC WATER TREATMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166019.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2587/16 () of 7.7.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778 H01L 29/812 H01L 29/10 H01L 29/20 H01L 29/205	Application no. 06735699.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)				Application title ALUMINUM FREE GROUP III-NITRIDE BASED HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T258716.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0112/17 () of 6.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 16/38 B03C 3/12 B03C 3/51 B03C 3/74 F01N 3/01 F01N 3/022 F01N 9/00 F01N 3/027	Application no. 08858288.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title BESCHICHTETES WERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T011217.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 524 KB)
T 2171/17 (Interlayer composition/PERFORMANCE MATERIALS) of 6.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 17/10 C08K 3/00 C08K 3/26 C08J 5/18 C08L 29/14 B29C 47/00	Application no. 03728677.0
Keywords Added matter (all requests) - (yes)				Application title Interlayer composite structure for laminating glass with controlled diffusing properties at high transmission and a process for making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217117.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0025/18 (Process for purifying biological materials/UPM-KYMMENE) of 27.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 13/00 B01D 3/14 C10L 1/18 C10G 3/00	Application no. 11826131.2
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002518.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 1749/18 () of 25.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 6/08 F01D 9/06 F01D 25/12	Application no. 09173331.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Gas turbine ejector and method of operation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T174918.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2278/18 (Dampfbremse/SILU) of 16.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/08 E04D 12/00 E04B 1/62	Application no. 13153018.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - allein dem Wortlaut nach unterschiedliche Erfindungsdefinition				Application title Feuchtevariable gerichtete Dampfbremse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227818.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2490/18 (Polymer composition/IMERTECH) of 16.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 11/04 C08K 9/04 C09C 1/02 C08L 23/10	Application no. 13160881.2
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions related to recycling polymer waste
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T249018.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2885/18 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/28 H01S 3/067 H01S 3/16 G02B 6/02 G02B 6/024 G02B 6/036 C03C 13/04 G02B 6/028	Application no. 09804732.7
Keywords Admittance of new allegation of fact on appeal (no) Admittance of amendment to a party's appeal case (no) Novelty (main request: no; first auxiliary request: yes) Inventive step (first auxiliary request: no) Admission of new requests (second to sixth auxiliary requests: no)				Application title YTTERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBER, FIBER LASER, AND FIBER AMPLIFIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T288518.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457 KB)
T 2469/19 () of 9.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 1/24 G06K 9/20	Application no. 14869653.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT TIMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T246919.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2772/19 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 291/06	Application no. 13727188.8
Keywords Novelty Inventive step Late-filed evidence Late-filed objection Late-filed facts				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ACESULFAME POTASSIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277219.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0222/21 (Virtual Machine Migration/MICROSOFT) of 8.7.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/455	Application no. 11790209.8
Keywords -				Application title VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION TECHNIQUES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T022221.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0222/16 (Innospec / oxidation stability of biofuels) of 23.4.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/14 C10L 1/224 C10L 1/22 C10L 10/18	Application no. 08788601.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Request not admitted by the opposition division - admitted				Application title USE OF A DISPERSANT TO IMPROVE OXIDATION STABILITY OF A FUEL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T022216.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0516/17 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/50	Application no. 07826752.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DISCARDABLE LOWER LAYER ADAPTATIONS IN SCALABLE VIDEO CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051617.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0987/17 (Polyamide-based multilayer tube/Arkema) of 22.4.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/34 F16L 11/04 C08G 69/26 C08G 69/36 C08L 77/00 C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06 F16L 11/12 F16L 11/08 B32B 27/18	Application no. 06075797.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title Polyamide-based multilayer tube for transferring fluids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098717.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0282/18 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 5/04 G02B 5/18 G02B 5/28 B42D 25/324 B42D 25/36 B42D 25/373	Application no. 08155661.5
Keywords Admission of document filed in appeal (no) Novelty and inventive step (main request: yes)				Application title Structured surfaces that exhibit color by rotation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T028218.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 2249/18 (Stain treatment device / UNILEVER P.L.C./N.V.) of 5.7.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 C11D 11/00 C11D 3/386 D06F 39/02	Application no. 14728578.7
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes new issues raised (admitted) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STAIN TREATMENT DEVICE AND PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224918.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0140/19 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 13/08 B66C 13/46 B66C 13/06	Application no. 08008276.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - deutliche Offenbarung Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (ja)				Application title Kran mit Kransteuerung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014019.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0340/19 () of 2.6.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E02B 17/00 E02D 13/00	Application no. 13159505.0
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Verminderung der Ausbreitung von Schall, Schwingungen und Druckstößen in einer Flüssigkeit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034019.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2764/19 (Header-embedded control data/STARKEY) of 11.6.2021
Online on 08.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 H04L 1/00 H04L 29/06 H04R 27/00	Application no. 06772250.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no): claim construction by a skilled reader and arbitrary distinguishing feature Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no): no clear and complete disclosure for the claimed embodiment				Application title Communication system for wireless audio devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T276419.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 559 KB)
T 2059/20 () of 2.7.2021
Online on 08.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 14796365.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title USING BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION FOR NFC-BASED PAYMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T205920.20210702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 0891/18 (Determining a priority level for an incoming packet) of 9.6.2021
Online on 07.07.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/28	Application no. 12005566.0
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Alleviating congestion in a cable modem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089118.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1174/18 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 07.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 13150092.8
Keywords Novelty (no: main request) Admittance (no: auxiliary requests 1,2,4,5; yes: auxiliary requests 3, 7) Inventive step (no: auxiliary request 3) Amendments are occasioned by a ground for opposition (yes) Lack of clarity (no) Added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Application title Identity document with secure image
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117418.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 891 KB)
T 2828/18 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 07.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/10 A61B 1/31 A61B 1/018	Application no. 12754885.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BALLOON-EQUIPPED ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T282818.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0727/16 () of 31.5.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 1/02	Application no. 07112821.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes)				Application title Container for a flowable product, process of manufacture and the use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072716.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0954/16 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D7/42	Application no. 09712244.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title HOOD FOR FUEL NOZZLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T095416.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0486/17 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 489/08 A61K 31/485	Application no. 08732176.6
Keywords Main request - withdrawn - no objections to the subject-matter of the first auxiliary request				Application title IMPROVED PREPARATION OF OXYMORPHONE FROM ORIPAVINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048617.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266 KB)
T 0828/17 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05C 17/005 B01F 5/06	Application no. 10727335.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) NeuheIt - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title AUSTRAGANORDNUNG MIT EINER VERBINDUNGSVORRICHTUNG ZWISCHEN EINER MEHRKOMPONENTEN-KARTUSCHE UND EINEM ZUBEHÖRTEIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082817.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2015/17 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 205/06 C07C 201/08	Application no. 11152982.2
Keywords Priorität - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen ursprünglich offenbart Änderungen - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur kontinuierlichen Herstellung von Nitrobenzol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201517.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0168/18 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 6/00 B01J 8/00 G05B 17/00	Application no. 09783236.4
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE DEGASSING OF POLYMER POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016818.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 550 KB)
T 0295/18 () of 19.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J 9/16 G05B 19/418	Application no. 11196187.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for anti-collision control and the management of picking devices with shared working areas in a packaging line
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029518.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1797/18 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/06	Application no. 11152375.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung				Application title Rotorblatt für eine Windenergieanlage, Windenergieanlage und Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Rotorblatts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179718.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0537/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/44	Application no. 09837022.4
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ANTENNA DIVERSITY FOR CONTROL DEVICE APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T053717.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 1345/18 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 5/04 A61C 5/02 A61K 6/00	Application no. 06829216.8
Keywords Neuheit - Neuheit der Verwendung Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) medizinische Verwendung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung				Application title VERWENDUNG VON KNOCHENKLEBSTOFF ZUR ABDICHTUNG EINES APIKALEN FORAMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134518.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1694/18 (Contraceptive microbicides/ EVOFEM) of 15.6.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/10 A61K 9/14 A61K 38/00 A61P 31/18	Application no. 13804259.3
Keywords Auxiliary request 1 - Admissible (Yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Amendments (Yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICACY OF CONTRACEPTIVE MICROBICIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169418.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0729/19 (Header-embedded volume control data/STARKEY) of 29.6.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 13150071.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - all claim requests (yes) Decision in written proceedings - (yes): withdrawal of the proprietor's appeal Reimbursement of proprietor's appeal fee at 25% - (yes)				Application title Communication system for wireless audio devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072919.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2481/19 (Controlling turbo decoder input/SAMSUNG) of 21.4.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/29	Application no. 03026868.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - after amendment Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for controlling turbo decoder input
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T248119.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 538 KB)
T 0855/14 (Portable computer power management/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 28.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/32 G06F 1/26	Application no. 11155615.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Power management system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085514.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1093/15 () of 28.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/01 A61M 25/10 A61M 25/00	Application no. 09011598.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Rapid exchange catheter having a support mandrel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109315.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1544/16 (Induction of tolerance to egg proteins/NESTLÉ) of 18.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A61K 38/01 A61P 37/08	Application no. 07786738.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1A to 1C and 2 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary requests 3, 4A, 5A, 6A to 6D, 7A to 7D and 8A to 8D Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 9A to 9E (no)				Application title INDUCTION OF TOLERANCE TO EGG PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T154416.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1592/16 () of 21.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 09789695.5
Keywords Novelty - main and first auxiliary request (no); second auxiliary request (yes) Admittance of a declaration and hearing of a technical expert (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Reduced pressure wound closure systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159216.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1382/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R 13/02 G01R 23/16	Application no. 07819786.0
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR TRIGGERUNG EINER AUFZEICHNUNG EINES MESS-SIGNALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T138217.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1763/17 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 5/00 G01N 35/00	Application no. 11706274.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Zulassung von Anträgen nach Zustellung der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung (nein)				Application title SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERABREICHUNG VON MEDIKAMENTEN FÜR EINEN PATIENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T176317.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2607/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 19/24	Application no. 11743324.3
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical features				Application title VIRTUAL TESTING AND INSPECTION OF A VIRTUAL WELDMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260717.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1077/18 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B 31/00 F25B 1/047	Application no. 05743350.0
Keywords -				Application title COMPRESSOR LUBRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T107718.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1218/18 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 233/82	Application no. 15154215.6
Keywords Inventive step				Application title 1,3-diiodohydantoin compound and production method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T121818.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0264/19 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F21K 99/00 A61B 1/00 A61B 1/06 F21V 9/16 F21S 8/04 F21V 8/00	Application no. 15152858.5
Keywords exposé insuffisant (non), Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Modification après signification - prise en compte (non),				Application title Appareil d'éclairage opératoire à source laser déportée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026419.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0937/17 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 01.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/08 H01L 33/32 H01L 33/06 H01S 5/343 H01S 5/34	Application no. 09010817.6
Keywords Novelty (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure in prior art (yes)				Application title Light emitting device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093717.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2232/17 (Natalizumab for diseases treatable with steroids/BIOGEN) of 24.2.2021
Online on 01.07.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 1/00 A61P 11/06 A61P 37/00	Application no. 05768245.2
Keywords -				Application title Natalizumab for use in treating diseases needing steroid treatment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T223217.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 0630/18 (Sicherungsanordnung für den Eisenbahnverkehr/SIEMENS) of 1.6.2021
Online on 01.07.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B61L 27/00 B61L 3/12	Application no. 12166387.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Inbetriebnahme einer Sicherungsanordnung für den Eisenbahnverkehr und Sicherungsanordnung für den Eisenbahnverkehr
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T063018.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 272 KB)

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June 2021

T 1111/16 () of 29.4.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 16/26 C23C 16/02 H01J 37/32 C23C 14/35	Application no. 00993868.9
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hauptantrag Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hilfsantrag Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Rügepflicht - Einwand zurückgewiesen Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title DLC-SCHICHTSYSTEM SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES DERARTIGEN SCHICHTSYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111116.20210429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 664 KB)
T 0981/17 () of 8.4.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC D01H 4/14 D01H 11/00	Application no. 07801687.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1-4 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens durch Streichung der Vorrichtungsansprüche Änderung des Vorbringens - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 5 (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER SPINNVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098117.20210408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1228/17 (Conflicts scheduling in overlapping networks/ROSEMOUNT) of 20.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56 H04L 12/28	Application no. 07751936.1
Keywords Main request - First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes) Second and third auxiliary requests - Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T122817.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 2795/17 (Stable enzyme solutions/NOVOZYMES) of 10.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/04 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/386 C11D 3/16 C11D 3/02	Application no. 08718284.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Main request and auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6, 8-10 Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, 7 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 11 to 13 Late-filed auxiliary requests - Admitted (no)				Application title STABLE ENZYME SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T279517.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0346/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F23R 3/28 F23R 3/34	Application no. 08775142.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung				Application title BRENNER FÜR EINE BRENNKAMMER EINER TURBOGRUPPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034618.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0780/18 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 5/458 H02M 7/493 H02M 1/088 H03K 17/0812 H03K 17/12 H03K 17/687	Application no. 07075681.2
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no) Appealed decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Power level balance of frequency converters connected in parallel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078018.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1504/18 (Communication stack assembling/ROCHE) of 24.3.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/28 G06F 9/46 H04L 29/06	Application no. 08858269.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests				Application title DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION STACK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T150418.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1573/18 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C08F 2/14 C08F 4/02 C08F 4/654 C08F 4/655 C08F 210/16	Application no. 09013267.1
Keywords Absence of contentious issues concerning the new Main Request				Application title Ethylene polymer compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157318.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 2950/18 (Managing media in a network/III HOLDINGS 2) of 5.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 09728073.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first and second auxiliary requests - not admitted				Application title System and method for managing, controlling and/or rendering media in a network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T295018.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2988/18 (Hyaluronic acid-based gels including lidocaine Hydrochloride/ALLERGAN … of 21.4.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/73 A61L 27/20 A61K 47/36	Application no. 09785850.0
Keywords Admission of new arguments (Yes) All requests - Amendments (No)				Application title HYALURONIC ACID-BASED GELS INCLUDING LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T298818.20210421				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1647/19 () of 4.6.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 41/00	Application no. 12173052.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Metal-flow impact pad and diffuser for tundish
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T164719.20210604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 1659/19 (High octane number gasoline / CHIMEC) of 4.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/223 C10L 1/23 C10L 10/10	Application no. 09773001.4
Keywords Admittance of the main request and of the first and second auxiliary requests - (no) - not prima facie allowable Admittance of the third and fourth auxiliary requests - (no) - no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons Filing of an additional request during oral proceedings after having received the conclusion of the board on the pending requests (no) - no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons				Application title Production process of unleaded high octane number gasoline, and so obtained gasolines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T165919.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2422/19 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D 47/08	Application no. 14199569.6
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Faits soumis tardivement - auraient du être soumis en première instance (oui), Faits soumis tardivement - circonstances du recours justifiant leur admission (non), Faits soumis tardivement - erreur dans l'exercise du pouvoir d'appréciation (non),				Application title Dispositif de bouchage articule avec indicateur de première ouverture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T242219.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 379 KB)
G 0001/21 (Exclusion and objection) of 28.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 1/02	Application no. 04758381.0
Keywords Objections against members of the Enlarged Board of Appeal – not admissible: objections filed too late (Art. 24(3), EPC, second sentence), not substantiated by facts and arguments or not person specific; EBA panel composed to deal with a case not competent to change its own composition				Application title DOHERTY AMPLIFIER WITH OUTPUT HYBRID COUPLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000121.20210528				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2081/15 (Continuous bank of RAMs for faster fault recovery in a flight control … of 24.3.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/16 G06F 11/00	Application no. 09171333.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - claim 1 (yes)				Application title Method and systems for restarting a flight control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T208115.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0989/16 (Post translationally modified glycoproteins/LIFE TECHNOLOGIES … of 4.12.2020
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/00 C07K 17/00	Application no. 07825657.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Auxiliary request 1 - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title LABELING AND DETECTION OF POST TRANSLATIONALLY MODIFIED PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098916.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 598 KB)
T 0485/17 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 63/08 B01D 63/10	Application no. 15001871.1
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsanträge 2 bis 5, 2a, 4a bis 6a - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsantrag 3a - Neuheit (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM FILTERN UND TRENNEN VON STRÖMUNGSMEDIEN MITTELS MEMBRANEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048517.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 487 KB)
T 0933/17 (Colloidal magnetic particles/JANSSEN) of 25.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/574 C12N 15/10 G01N 33/543	Application no. 00950339.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INCREASED SEPARATION EFFICIENCY VIA CONTROLLED AGGREGATION OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093317.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0965/17 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 21/20 B65G 47/68	Application no. 10736821.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND LINE FOR CONVEYING CONTAINERS, IN PARTICULAR BOTTLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096517.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 2731/17 (Antibody expression in myeloid leukaemia cells/GLYCOTOPE) of 11.12.2020
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/00 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/30 C07K 14/59	Application no. 07818090.8
Keywords Main request and auxilary request 1: amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary request 2: amendments - allowable (yes) Auxiliary request 2: inventive step (yes)				Application title Use of human cells of myeloid leukaemia origin for expression of antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273117.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0357/18 (KRONES / WÄRMESCHAUKEL ZUM RÜCKGEWINNEN VON ENERGIE) of 17.6.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C12C 7/22 C12C 7/26 C12C 13/00 C12C 7/06 F28D 20/00	Application no. 10798738.0
Keywords Hauptantrag - zugelassen (ja) In der mündlichen Verhandlung erhobener Einwand - zugelassen (nein) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM RÜCKGEWINNEN VON ENERGIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035718.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 644 KB)
T 1326/18 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/04 A61K 31/505	Application no. 04806748.2
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Novelty Sufficiency of disclosure Inventive step Late-filed document Late-filed auxiliary requests Late-filed objection Remittal				Application title NOVEL POLYMORPHIC FORM OF IMATINIB MESYLATE AND A PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132618.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 788 KB)
T 2773/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 80/00	Application no. 11180804.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Wind turbine with tower climatisation system using outside air
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277318.20210517				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0039/19 (Zerkleinerung/BÜHLER) of 22.6.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01F 7/04 B01F 15/00 B01F 15/06 B01F 3/20 B01F 3/22 A23G 1/00 A23G 1/10	Application no. 09784018.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND -VERWENDUNG ZUR ZERKLEINERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003919.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2431/19 (Partial search/HARMAN) of 24.6.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/12	Application no. 14151069.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (yes): erroneous application of R. 137(5) EPC Amended claims relating to unsearched subject-matter in accordance with R. 63 EPC - (no) Additional search necessary - (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (yes) Remittal to the examining division Remittal - (yes)				Application title Network address management and functional object discovery system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243119.20210624				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2233/15 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 1/00	Application no. 08161344.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Continuous perfusion bioreactor system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T223315.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0810/16 (Propylene polymer film/BOREALIS) of 23.6.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18	Application no. 06753931.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title FILM COMPRISING PROPYLENE POLYMER WITH HIGH CRYSTALLINITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081016.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1072/16 (Korrosionsschutzbehandlung/TESA) of 19.5.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 7/04 C23F 11/12 C23F 11/173	Application no. 10700967.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag I (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag II (ja) Änderungen - zulässig Hilfsantrag II (ja) Zulassung - Hilfsanträge (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR KORROSIONSSCHUTZBEHANDLUNG VON METALLOBERFLÄCHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T107216.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0547/17 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 1/24	Application no. 02022908.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - no synergy between distinguishing features				Application title Pole Tips of a Claw Pole Alternator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T054717.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1953/17 (Satellite-based ADS-B system/THALES) of 27.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 5/00 H04B 7/185 H04H 20/06	Application no. 09011585.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title ADS-B monitoring and broadcasting services for global air traffic management using satellites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195317.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2357/17 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 64/24 C08L 69/00	Application no. 11715190.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Alle Anträge (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (Hilfsantrag 4: ja)				Application title POLYCARBONATZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN MIT VERBESSERTEN OPTISCHEN UND THERMISCHEN EIGENSCHAFTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T235717.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506 KB)
T 0237/18 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41N 1/08 B41N 3/00 C22B 7/00 C22B 21/06 F27D 1/00 C22B 21/00	Application no. 08868693.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - obvious solution Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (yes)				Application title METHOD OF REGENERATING METAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T023718.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 458 KB)
T 0798/18 (Robot workstations/ABB) of 15.6.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/4155 B25J 9/16 G05B 19/418	Application no. 05801463.0
Keywords Admittance of re-submitted requests - main and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no): "replacing" requests means "withdrawing" requests Novelty - auxiliary requests 3 to 5 (no)				Application title A system and a method for controlling movements of an industrial robot
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T079818.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2371/18 () of 28.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 7/00 F25J 1/00	Application no. 12155832.4
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Vertical heat exchanger configuration for LNG facility
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237118.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 721 KB)
T 0041/19 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/356 A24C 5/358	Application no. 14164574.7
Keywords Beweismittel - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Beweismittel - Beweiswürdigung Beweismittel - Maßstab bei der Beweiswürdigung Beweismittel - schriftliche Erklärung unter Eid Beweismittel - ausreichende Beweiskraft (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - öffentliche Zugänglichmachung Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - stillschweigende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (nein)				Application title Schragen aus leitfähigem Kunststoff und Einrichtung sowie Verfahren zum automatischen Entleeren von mit stabförmigen Produkten gefüllten Schragen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T004119.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 510 KB)
T 0612/19 () of 14.5.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 1/04 B22C 1/16 B22C 9/12 B22C 1/26 B22C 1/18 B22C 1/24	Application no. 08843523.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 5 (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 5a (nein) Hilfsanträge 9 und 10 - nicht substantiiert - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title FORMSTOFFMISCHUNG MIT VERBESSERTER FLIESSFÄHIGKEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T061219.20210514				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 549 KB)
T 2129/17 (Optimisation d'un plan d'allocation de ressources/MBDA France … of 7.6.2021
Online on 25.06.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/06	Application no. 14290028.1
Keywords Activité inventive - la révendication modifiée requiert de refaire une recherche pour obtenir l'état technique approprié Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Procédé et dispositif d'optimisation d'un plan d'allocation de ressources
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212917.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2131/17 (Optimisation multi-objectif/MBDA France) of 7.6.2021
Online on 25.06.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/06 G06Q 50/28	Application no. 14290029.9
Keywords Activité inventive - la revendication modifiée requiert de refaire une recherche pour obtenir l'état technique approprié Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Procédé et dispositif d'optimisation multi-objectif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213117.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1325/18 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 25.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/10 A01K 5/02	Application no. 12820977.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FEED CONTROL SYSTEM, FEEDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDING ANIMALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132518.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1304/16 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24 H04N 7/26 H04N 7/50	Application no. 10726396.4
Keywords Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (yes) First auxiliary request, second auxiliary request, third auxiliary request, fifth auxiliary request - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Fourth auxiliary request - amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title MULTIVIEW VIDEO CODING OVER MPEG-2 SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T130416.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0555/17 (Diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis/TRUSTEES) of 25.3.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 A61K 35/30 A61K 39/395 A61K 35/24 C07K 14/00 C07K 16/00	Application no. 07836873.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS OR EPILEPSY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055517.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2321/17 () of 21.6.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B 13/00 B65B 37/00	Application no. 11186405.4
Keywords Description adapted to the claims				Application title Method and apparatus for introducing additives to smokeless tobacco products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232117.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 2456/17 (Combination for control of plant insect infestations/MONSANTO) of 20.8.2020
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/82	Application no. 07104762.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods for control of insect infestations in plants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245617.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 2592/17 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 9/007 A61M 1/00	Application no. 09795867.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY VISCOSITY OF ASPIRATED MATERIAL DURING OPHTHALMIC SURGERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259217.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1151/18 (Hochvoltbatterie/AUDI) of 9.6.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01M 10/42 H01M 2/02 H01M 2/04 H01M 2/10	Application no. 12728173.1
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 Einspruchsgründe - neuer Einspruchsgrund (ja) Hilfsantrag 2				Application title HV-BATTERIE, INSBESONDERE TRAKTIONSBATTERIE FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115118.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0144/16 (METH(ACRYLIC) ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS/Sika Schweiz) of 9.3.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 4/06 C09J 175/16 C08F 290/06	Application no. 02707060.6
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title EASY TO MANUFACTURE METH(ACRYLIC) ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014416.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2720/16 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B24D 15/00 G02B 27/22	Application no. 10740385.9
Keywords Méthode dans l'exercice d'activités intellectuelles (non) Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Elément de sécurité à effet de parallaxe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T272016.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2412/17 () of 3.5.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 37/00	Application no. 09716483.4
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Application title Diagnostic Method for Detecting Control Valve Component Failure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241217.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 617 KB)
T 2430/18 (Group share space/SAMSUNG) of 17.6.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/2745 G06Q 50/00 H04M 1/725 H04W 4/02 H04W 4/20	Application no. 13161975.1
Keywords Admittance of claim requests filed after the summons - all requests (no): no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons and requests should have been filed earlier				Application title Content Sharing Method and Mobile Terminal Using the Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243018.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1221/19 (Polynucleotide arrays/ILLUMINA) of 15.6.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/6837 B01J 19/00	Application no. 07008271.4
Keywords Adapted description - added matter (no); clarity (yes);				Application title Methods of sequencing polynucleotide arrays, and preparation methods therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T122119.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
G 0004/19 (Double patenting) of 22.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/30 A61P 37/08 A61P 1/12	Application no. 10718590.2
Keywords Admissibility of referral - (yes) Interpretation of Article 125 EPC Procedural provision absent from the Convention Supplementary means of interpretation under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Legal basis for a refusal under Article 97(2) EPC for double patenting				Application title PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DIARRHOEA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000419.20210622				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 2286/15 (Power control in LTE systems/ERICSSON) of 8.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 72/12	Application no. 08874891.8
Keywords Inventive step - ex-post facto analysis (yes)				Application title Method and arrangement in a telecommunications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T228615.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0259/16 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 3/036	Application no. 07819550.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR NETZHAUTDIAGNOSTIK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T025916.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1767/16 () of 16.4.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00	Application no. 14162888.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Amendment to appeal case - third and fourth auxiliary requests Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Amendment to appeal case - fifth auxiliary request Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title Display apparatus and method for applying on screen display (OSD) thereto
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T176716.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 2684/17 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G 11/20 E04G 11/28	Application no. 06761666.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title TEILBARER KLETTERSCHUH EINER KLETTERSCHALUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T268417.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0339/18 (Fabric cleaning/Unilever) of 2.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 11/00 C11D 3/386	Application no. 09765764.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request (patent as granted) Late-filed auxiliary requests - claim requests clearly allowable (no)				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC CLEANING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T033918.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1015/18 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 15/14	Application no. 12167890.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens nach Ladung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Düse zur Partikelausrichtung im Flüssigkeitsstrom
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T101518.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1615/18 (Automated banking machine/DIEBOLD) of 10.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00 G07F 19/00	Application no. 06006668.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161518.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0256/19 (Own-voice signal processing/SONOVA) of 4.5.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 12794164.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2, 3, 5 to 7, 7a (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 4' (no)				Application title Own voice shaping in a hearing instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T025619.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 537 KB)
T 1867/15 (Portable device/TOBII) of 4.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16 G06F 3/01	Application no. 11187816.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Portable device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186715.20210604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0348/17 () of 27.4.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E05D 5/04 E05D 7/082	Application no. 09788420.9
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HINGE OF A ROOF WINDOW PIVOT SASH AND A UNIT FOR FASTENING THE HINGE TO THE FRAME, IN PARTICULAR OF A ROOF WINDOW SASH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034817.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0690/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/472 A61F 13/53 A61F 13/539	Application no. 10758782.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 4 and 5 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069017.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0539/18 (Stabilised Subtilisin/Novozymes) of 11.5.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C07K 5/06 C07K 5/08	Application no. 12733657.6
Keywords Late-filed ground/objection of lack of novelty - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) - reasons to overrule the discretionary decision taken in first-instance proceedings (no) Late submitted material - justification for late filing (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Industrial application - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title STABILISED SUBTILISIN COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T053918.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 512 KB)
T 0738/18 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 27/22	Application no. 10740387.5
Keywords Admission de la requête auxiliaire 2 (oui) Modifications répondant à un motif d'opposition (oui) Clarté (oui) Extension indue (non) Nouveauté de l'objet de la revendication 1 (oui) Attaque fondée sur l'absence d'activité inventive (non admise)				Application title Elément de sécurité à effet de parallaxe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073818.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0819/18 () of 22.3.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 7/00 B65G 47/84	Application no. 10751671.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM HERSTELLEN VON FLÜSSIGKEITSBEHÄLTNISSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081918.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1262/18 (Efficiently calculating a data packet's cyclic redundancy check ( … of 16.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/16 H03M 13/09 H04L 1/00	Application no. 10829067.7
Keywords Unity of invention - after amendment (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR DETECTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126218.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1297/18 (Patients with non-specific complaints/BRAHMS) of 7.4.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/569 G01N 33/74	Application no. 11706838.7
Keywords Admittance - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Clarity - auxiliary requests 2-7 (no)				Application title PROCALCITONIN FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND GUIDANCE OF ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129718.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1733/18 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 20/06 C08F 2/00 C08F 6/12	Application no. 10820690.5
Keywords Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title POLYACRYLIC ACID SALT-BASED WATER ABSORBENT RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173318.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1772/18 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/14 B01D 46/52	Application no. 10163462.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Staubsaugerfilterbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177218.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1979/18 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G 17/06 F16B 2/24	Application no. 06830113.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - skilled person Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CLASPING DEVICE FOR WIRE-LIKE BODIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197918.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1407/19 (Virion-like delivery particles/GSK) of 15.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/155	Application no. 11741348.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Virion-like delivery particles for self-replicating RNA molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T140719.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0041/16 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 19/02 C09K 19/30 G02F 1/13 C09K 19/12 C09K 19/44	Application no. 10004670.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Flüssigkristallines Medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T004116.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 430 KB)
T 1860/16 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B06B 1/16 E02D 7/18	Application no. 08001601.7
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Schwingungserzeuger für ein Vibrationsrammgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186016.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0104/17 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 9/015 F24F 3/16 A61L 2/20 B01D 46/00 B08B 15/02 A61L 9/16	Application no. 10702591.8
Keywords Rückwirkende Nichtzulassung von im Einspruchsverfahren behandelten Dokumenten (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Verbesserung				Application title DEKONTAMINATIONSANORDNUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010417.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1332/17 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/14 B01D 46/52	Application no. 10163463.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Staubsaugerfilterbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T133217.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1838/17 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04C 2/16	Application no. 04022049.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (ja) Beweismittel - Beweislastumkehr				Application title Grossformatige OSB-Platte mit verbesserten Eigenschaften, insbesondere für den Baubereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183817.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0064/18 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/44 A47L 15/00	Application no. 11767721.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DOSIERSYSTEM FÜR EINE GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T006418.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0182/18 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C09K 3/30 C08J 9/14 A61K 9/12 A61L 9/16	Application no. 05742057.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title AZEOTROPE-LIKE COMPOSITIONS OF TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018218.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0888/18 () of 26.3.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 10727660.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A URINARY CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T088818.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1111/18 () of 21.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F27D 3/16 C22B 9/05 C22B 21/06 F27D 27/00	Application no. 13742381.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM RAFFINIEREN VON METALLSCHMELZEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111118.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 632 KB)
T 1444/18 () of 3.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/00	Application no. 12724565.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING A WIND TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD OF BLADE HANDLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144418.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0421/19 (Tinnitus-Filtermittel/SIVANTOS) of 18.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 11176905.5
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Haupt- und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 8 (ja) Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 8 (ja)				Application title Hörhilfe- und/oder Tinnitus-Therapie-Gerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T042119.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 2326/19 () of 2.6.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47F 11/10 A47F 5/10	Application no. 14169527.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Regalsystem mit elektrischer Versorgung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232619.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0935/14 (Associated accounts/BLACKBERRY) of 28.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445 G06F 21/00 H04L 29/08 H04L 29/06	Application no. 10154934.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claim interpretation - broad vs. vague claims				Application title System and method for providing access to a service relating to an account for an electronic device in a network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093514.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0356/16 (Tooth whitening products / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 8.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/02 A61K 8/22 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 03755465.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Tooth whitening products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035616.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1522/16 () of 22.3.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/0638 F16D 25/10 F16F 15/14 F16D 13/68 F16D 21/06	Application no. 09806172.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title KUPPLUNGSAGGREGAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152216.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2218/16 (Gene therapy of motor neuron disorders/BEZZUBOVA) of 12.3.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/864 A61K 48/00	Application no. 08836776.8
Keywords Admission of the main request - (yes) Admission of late filed arguments - (no) Requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Widespread gene delivery to motor neurons using peripheral injection of AAV vectors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221816.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 739 KB)
T 2310/16 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/205 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/40 H01L 29/778	Application no. 10013685.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of controlling stress in gallium nitride films deposited on substrates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T231016.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2393/16 (Phone orientation/BLACKBERRY) of 4.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16 H04M 1/725	Application no. 10155522.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title System and method for activating components on an electronic device using orientation data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239316.20210604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0671/17 (Recycling polymer waste/IMERTECH) of 20.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 11/04 C08K 9/04 C09C 1/02	Application no. 11290277.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Methods and compositions related to recycling polymer waste
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T067117.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0900/17 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/075 B66F 9/24	Application no. 11009489.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens				Application title Montageeinheit für ein elektrisches Leistungsteil in einem Flurförderzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090017.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1094/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/205 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/40 H01L 33/12 H01L 33/32	Application no. 01957415.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request could have been filed before the Examining Division (yes)				Application title METHOD OF CONTROLLING STRESS IN GALLIUM NITRIDE FILMS DEPOSITED ON SUBSTRATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109417.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1668/17 () of 13.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 27/02 B21B 27/00	Application no. 09704554.6
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - main request Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Late-filed objections of lack of inventive step Late-filed objection - based on alleged novelty destroying document Late-filed objection - admitted (yes) Late-filed objection - remittal (no) Main request - novelty (yes) - inventive step (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title ROLLING MILL, AND TANDEM ROLLING MILL HAVING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166817.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 647 KB)
T 1836/17 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/08	Application no. 12005193.3
Keywords Hauptantrag: Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag: Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Ausrücksystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183617.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 2594/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 19/24 G09B 5/00	Application no. 12721596.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 Inventive step - 4 (no) Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical features auxiliary request 3a - exceptional circumstances (yes) auxiliary request 3a - admitted (no) - raises new issues - detrimental to procedural economy				Application title VIRTUAL TESTING AND INSPECTION OF A VIRTUAL WELDMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259417.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0809/17 (Processing of fish/NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU) of 7.5.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23B 4/01 A23B 4/015 A23L 1/025 A23L 1/325	Application no. 10801148.7
Keywords Claim 1 as granted: Inventive step - (no)				Application title PROCESSING OF FISH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T080917.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2739/17 (Data retrieval/SAP) of 12.3.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 14182687.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request I (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request II and modified auxiliary request II (no)				Application title Data retrieval via a telecommunication network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273917.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2783/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/36	Application no. 09722069.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title ENDKAPPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278317.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0008/19 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B64C 11/06 F01D 5/08	Application no. 13786687.7
Keywords Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non), Revendications - clarté (oui), Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui),				Application title HELICE COMPORTANT UNE ECOPE DYNAMIQUE MOBILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T000819.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2033/15 () of 10.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 5/00	Application no. 04011849.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title Motor, insbesondere dessen Befestigung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T203315.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0577/17 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 31/048 H01L 31/0216 H02S 20/00	Application no. 04741014.7
Keywords Amendments - main request, first to seventeenth auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of proprietor's request for oral proceedings Reimbursement of proprietor's appeal fee at 25% (yes)				Application title ENCAPSULATION OF SOLAR CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057717.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0694/17 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 58/04 D06F 58/16 D06F 58/24 D06F 58/20	Application no. 09164001.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Appliance for drying laundry
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069417.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0834/17 (Keeping web sessions alive/SIEMENS) of 10.6.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/08	Application no. 11153373.3
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no): obvious combination of known features				Application title A method for keeping a web session alive in a web application
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T083417.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2666/17 (Zephyros/composite) of 26.4.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/18 B32B 5/20 B32B 27/38 C08J 9/00 B62D 29/00	Application no. 11710363.0
Keywords Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE LAMINATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266617.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0138/18 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/02 G02B 21/33 G02B 9/60 G02B 15/163	Application no. 08012853.1
Keywords Novelty - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Novelty - ambiguous feature Admissibility of second to fourth auxiliary requests (no) - exceptional circumstances (no) - procedural economy (no) - suitability of amendment to resolve issues (no)				Application title Immersion microscope objective and laser scanning microscope system using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013818.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0966/18 (Synucleinopathic disease/PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES) of 10.11.2020
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 A61K 39/00 A61K 45/06 A61K 51/10	Application no. 03783083.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Prevention and treatment of synucleinopathic disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096618.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 2994/18 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/00 G01N 33/487	Application no. 10011398.4
Keywords Subject-matter extending beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes: main request and auxiliary requests 5 to 14) Clarity of claims (no: auxiliary request 4) Admission of requests (no: auxiliary requests 1 to 3 and 4A)				Application title Glucose measuring instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T299418.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476 KB)
T 0555/19 (Hot connect for peritectic steel/TATA) of 20.4.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 8/02 C22C 38/00 C22C 38/06 B22D 11/12 B22D 11/126 B21B 1/46 C22C 38/02 C22C 38/38	Application no. 13744440.2
Keywords Novelty - multiple selection Novelty - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL STRIP OF CARBON STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055519.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
D 0011/19 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D001119.20210426				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
J 0014/19 () of 19.4.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C45/14 B29C45/37 B29C33/42 B29C45/00 B65D1/24 B29L31/00	Application no. 12790415.9
Keywords Aussetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens (ja) Zeitpunkt der Rechtshängigkeit eines nationalen Verfahrens - Anwendung fremden Rechts (ja) Rechtsmissbräuchliches Verhalten (nein) Fortsetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN VON GETRÄNKEKISTEN AUS KUNSTSTOFF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:J001419.20210419				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 680 KB)
T 0291/16 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C03B 37/04 D04H 1/42 D04H 1/74 D04H 13/00 D04H 1/4218 D04H 1/4209 D04H 1/4226	Application no. 09720146.1
Keywords -				Application title PRODUIT A BASE DE FIBRES MINERALES ET SON PROCEDE D'OBTENTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029116.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1771/17 () of 10.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/162 A61M 5/32 A61M 25/06	Application no. 11710636.9
Keywords Novelty Amendments - added subject-matter Amendment to appeal case - new objection not admitted Amendment to appeal case - claim amendment admitted				Application title TIP PROTECTOR FOR A SAFETY CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177117.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 636 KB)
T 1961/17 (Simulated fault currents/ABB) of 11.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 3/54	Application no. 08170550.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (yes): intermediate generalisation Admittance - amended auxiliary request 3 (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title Electrical power network management system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196117.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0243/18 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/24 G02B 21/36 G02B 21/00	Application no. 10013894.0
Keywords Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Amendments - extension of the protection (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Microscope connecting unit and microscope system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024318.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0414/18 (Compositions comprising rilpiverin/GILEAD) of 21.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/505 A61K 31/513 A61K 31/675 A61P 31/18	Application no. 11791161.0
Keywords Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - Main request and auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 11 Inventive step - auxiliary request 12 (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Claims - auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, 9 Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Claims - auxiliary request 12 Novelty - public prior use (no)				Application title THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RILPIVIRIN HCL AND TENOVOFIR DISOPROXIL FUMARATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T041418.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 740 KB)
T 0696/18 () of 25.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 21/00 H02K 1/27	Application no. 09179026.1
Keywords Statement of grounds of appeal (main request) Statement of grounds of appeal - mere reference to first-instance submission Statement of grounds of appeal - substantiated (no) Late-filed argument (main request) Late-filed argument - amendments after arranging oral proceedings Late-filed argument - justified (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Interior permanent magnet type brushless direct current motor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069618.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1313/19 () of 7.4.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/00	Application no. 08762816.0
Keywords Amendment after expiry of period in R. 100(2) EPC communication - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEVIATIONS DURING THE COURSE OF AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT TO GRADUALLY REPOSITION TEETH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T131319.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
R 0005/18 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 21.4.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D1/00 F26B3/10 F26B17/10 F26B21/02	Application no. 99900207.4
Keywords Petition for review – obligation to raise objection – clearly inadmissible				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF LIQUID FROM PARTICULATE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:R000518.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0518/17 (Solubilising subtilisin crystals in a fermentation broth/NOVOZYMES) of 28.1.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 1/14 C12N 9/52 C12N 9/54 C12N 15/31	Application no. 08717479.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Evidence submitted with statement of grounds of appeal Evidence - admitted (yes)				Application title Solubilization of protease crystals in fermentation broth
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051817.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 0610/17 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 8/00	Application no. 07116564.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verbindungsanordnung zwischen einem Dentalimplantat und einem Abutment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T061017.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1200/17 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F23M 5/08	Application no. 05004143.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung				Application title Heizgerät für ein Fahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T120017.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0307/18 () of 7.6.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/20	Application no. 04751910.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STABILIZED TAMPONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T030718.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0593/18 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B42D 25/00 B42D 15/00 G02B 5/18	Application no. 11722750.4
Keywords Activité inventive (non: requête principale; oui: requête auxiliaire)				Application title Composant optique d'authentification et procédé de fabrication dudit composant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T059318.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0707/18 (Campath-1H/ALCAFLEU) of 26.2.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/28 A61P 25/00	Application no. 07802348.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with Campath-1H
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T070718.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1971/18 (Determining an analysis chronicle/NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY) of 8.3.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 H04L 12/58 G06Q 30/02 G06Q 10/10	Application no. 11758903.6
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Method and apparatus for determining an analysis chronicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197118.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2264/18 (Record medium for multi-angle video/PHILIPS) of 17.3.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/10 G11B 27/32	Application no. 04806578.3
Keywords Inventive step - second and third auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - third auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - fourth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Method for recording information on a record medium, record medium containing information, and method and device for reading information from a record medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226418.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0200/19 (Disambiguation of text with upper and lower case/BlackBerry) of 30.4.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/023	Application no. 05252107.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation employing advanced text case feature
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020019.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 1147/19 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W 30/14 B60W 10/02 B60W 10/06 B60K 31/00 B60W 30/18	Application no. 07748051.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - relationship between Article 83 and Article 84 Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (no)				Application title METHOD FOR INCREASING ACTIVE DURATION TIME OF AN AUTOMATIC FREEWHEELING FUNCTION IN A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114719.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1465/19 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/17 B60T 13/66	Application no. 08014326.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Bremssteuermodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146519.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2296/19 (Navigating through large web pages by enlarging a current item (" … of 3.5.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 12169786.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendment during oral proceedings - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Portable electronic device, method and graphical user interface for displaying structured electronic documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T229619.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1445/16 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC D21B 1/02	Application no. 11182491.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichte Entgegenhaltungen - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Aufbereiten von Hackschnitzeln für die Herstellung von holzhaltigem Faserstoff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144516.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2637/17 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B30B 11/08 B30B 15/06 B30B 15/00	Application no. 09004314.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Beschwerdeverfahren Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren ohne mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Stempel für eine Rundläuferpresse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T263717.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0059/18 (Relaxation ratio / KUREHA) of 18.5.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/34 B32B 27/28 B65D 65/40	Application no. 07706741.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - result to be achieved Sufficiency of disclosure - parameter definition not belonging to common general knwoledge				Application title Heat shrinkable multilayer film and packaging material using same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T005918.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0715/19 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H04N 5/232 H04N 7/18 B64D 45/00 B64D 47/08	Application no. 12711418.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title AERONEF POURVU D'UN SYSTEME DE SURVEILLANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071519.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1617/19 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 20/12	Application no. 14198294.2
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - continuation of proceedings without duly summoned party Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes) Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of deparment of first instance Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Apparatus for and method of friction stir welding
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161719.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1964/16 () of 21.4.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/168	Application no. 10755204.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - lack of novelty (no) - lack of inventive step (no)				Application title VASCULAR ACCESS MONITORING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196416.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 598 KB)
T 0395/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 31/042	Application no. 10009221.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel D13 bis D15 Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Schwimmende Photovoltaik-Anordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T039517.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1425/17 () of 26.3.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 29/68	Application no. 07111577.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (ja)				Application title Bogenbremsensystem zum Bremsen von Druckbogen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142517.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2109/17 () of 25.5.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/20 F01N 3/02 F01N 3/035 B01D 53/94 F01N 13/02	Application no. 07865002.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title EMISSION TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T210917.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2277/17 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F16D 65/097	Application no. 08171286.1
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title Système de montage de patin de frein à disque
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227717.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2533/17 () of 15.3.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F01N 3/20	Application no. 12172131.0
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui), Modification des moyens invoqués dans le cadre du recours Modification après signification - raisons convaincantes (non), Modification des moyens invoqués - modification donnant lieu à de nouvelles objections (oui), Modification des moyens invoqués - modification nuit au principe d'économie de la procédure (oui),				Application title Ensemble coude de post-traitement des gaz d'echappement d'un moteur à combustion comportant un convergent interne
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253317.20210315				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2424/18 () of 28.4.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/10 B60T 7/12 B60T 17/18	Application no. 10158972.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - Anspruch 3 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Ansprüche 1, 3 (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Bremseinrichtung eines Haltestellen anfahrenden Kraftfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T242418.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 639 KB)
T 1478/19 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 17/09 B23F 23/00	Application no. 12193804.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title An arrangement for controlling the process of rotary chip removing machining of a workpiece, and a cutting tool for rotary chip removing machining
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T147819.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1904/15 (Transfection method/SANDOZ) of 9.4.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/02 C12N 15/85 C07K 14/505 C12N 15/90	Application no. 02791720.2
Keywords Main request filed at the oral proceedings - admission - (yes) Main request filed at the oral proceedings - requirements of the EPC complied with - (yes)				Application title Method for producing a recombinant polypeptide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T190415.20210409				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 588 KB)
T 0795/17 (Antibody 8H9 for treatment of brain cancer/SLOAN KETTERING) of 10.5.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00 C07K 16/00	Application no. 08744263.8
Keywords Inventive step - sole request (no)				Application title Uses of monoclonal antibody 8H9
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T079517.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1005/17 (Sheet member for diaper/Unicharm) of 5.5.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/14	Application no. 07767516.3
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title SHEET MEMBER, HIGH-DENSITY REGION-CONTAINING SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DISPOSABLE DIAPER USING SHEET MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T100517.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1220/17 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/02 C08G 18/28	Application no. 04748700.4
Keywords Experimental reports submitted in reply to the Board's communication - admitted (yes) New item of evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - improvement credible Inventive step - solution suggested by the prior art (main request Inventive step - yes Inventive step - auxiliary request Inventive step - no-)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF STABLE POLYCARBODIIMIDE DISPERSIONS IN WATER, WHICH ARE FREE OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS AND MAY BE USED AS CROSSLINKING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T122017.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 619 KB)
T 1244/17 (Bake-stable creamy food filling base/INTERCONTINENTAL) of 18.3.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D 13/00	Application no. 10705242.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - Inventive step (yes)				Application title BAKE-STABLE CREAMY FOOD FILLING BASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124417.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 591 KB)
T 0091/18 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/48 C08G 65/26	Application no. 10752339.1
Keywords Admittance of documents (Yes) Admittance of a new objection in appeal (No) Sufficiency of disclosure - Main request (Yes) Inventive step - Main request (Yes) Referral of a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (No)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POLYURETHANE FOAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009118.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 478 KB)
T 2257/18 (Optimizing website visitor actions/SITESPECT) of 16.4.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 15/16	Application no. 05788823.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and first to seventh auxiliary requests (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - eighth auxiliary request (no)				Application title System and method for optimizing website visitor actions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T225718.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2135/17 (Oral dispersible tablet / RATIOPHARM) of 31.5.2021
Online on 04.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20	Application no. 09797033.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ORAL DISPERSIBLE TABLET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213517.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1489/18 (Anti-NKG2A antibodies/INNATE) of 22.3.2021
Online on 04.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61K 39/395	Application no. 11185913.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Monoclonal antibodies against NKG2A
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148918.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0469/20 (Fructose intolerance/VITACARE) of 31.5.2021
Online on 04.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/52 A61P 1/00 A61P 3/00	Application no. 10010195.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Agent for use in the case of fructose intolerance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T046920.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
T 0024/17 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00 C08F 2/00	Application no. 11724839.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title CONTINUOUS TAKE OFF TECHNIQUE AND PRESSURE CONTROL OF POLYMERIZATION REACTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002417.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 661 KB)
T 0945/17 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D01H 1/22	Application no. 12192463.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Movement apparatus for the drafting cylinders of a spinning machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094517.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1705/17 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/20	Application no. 11729430.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Late-filed auxiliary requests - exceptional circumstances for late filing (no)				Application title PRESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170517.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0391/18 (HAART regime/JANSSEN) of 11.2.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/505 A61K 31/52 A61K 31/513 A61P 31/18 A61K 9/20	Application no. 04787096.9
Keywords Admittance - auxiliary requests 3 and 24 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary requests 1-23 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 24 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 24 (yes)				Application title COMBINATIONS OF A PYRIMIDINE CONTAINING NNRTI WITH RT INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T039118.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 0366/19 (High-strength formable steel/JFE) of 13.4.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/00 B21B 1/22 B21B 3/00 C21D 9/46 C22C 38/04 C22C 38/58 C23C 2/02 C23C 2/06 C23C 2/28	Application no. 12831286.5
Keywords Late submitted material - evidence not admitted by opposition division Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT WORKABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T036619.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1168/19 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00 C08F 2/00	Application no. 14157217.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Continuous take off technique and pressure control of polymerization reactors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T116819.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1976/19 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/07 A61F 2/966	Application no. 10194549.1
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title Stent graft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197619.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0165/16 (Fat Blend/CSK NEDERLAND) of 26.3.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 9/04 A23D 9/00 A23G 9/32 A23G 9/48	Application no. 05112989.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - public prior use (no) Novelty - insufficient evidence Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Fat blend for use in fat-based coatings for ice confection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016516.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1526/16 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/315 A61M 5/32 A61M 5/31	Application no. 11156322.7
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step				Application title Substance delivery device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152616.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 568 KB)
T 2005/16 (Compositions comprising high amounts of micellar casein/NUTRICIA) of 30.4.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J 3/10 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/305 A23C 3/08	Application no. 11712031.1
Keywords Main request: added subject-matter - (yes) Auxiliary request 1: added subjet-matter - (yes) Auxiliary request 2: clarity - (no) Auxiliary request 3: added subject matter - (no); clarity, sufficency of disclosure, inventive step - (yes) Partial reimbursement of the appeal at 25% - (yes)				Application title CONTROLLING THE TEXTURE OF HIGH-PROTEIN NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MICELLAR CASEIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200516.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2130/17 (CAPACITANCE TOUCH NEAR FIELD-FAR FIELD SWITCHING / Apple) of 5.3.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/044	Application no. 13726325.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Application title CAPACITANCE TOUCH NEAR FIELD-FAR FIELD SWITCHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213017.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2680/18 (User interface with differential haptic feedback / Nokia) of 11.5.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01 G06F 3/0481 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 13821082.8
Keywords Examination procedure - correct exercise of discretion (no)				Application title USER INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T268018.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 0033/19 (Eculizumab for use in treating aHUS/ALEXION) of 22.4.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/18	Application no. 15152757.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for treating complement-associated disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003319.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)

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