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.

• March 2021
• February 2021
• January 2021

March 2021

T 0212/16 (Antiperspirant composition comprising mica and fatty alcohol wax/ … of 1.3.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/26 A61K8/34 A61K8/92 A61Q15/00	Application no. 09763975.1
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING MICA AND FATTY ALCOHOL WAX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021216.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1432/16 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D01G21/00 D01G27/00	Application no. 12169364.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Deviation device of webs to a lap winder on a spinning line
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T143216.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1897/16 () of 5.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J37/32 H01J37/34	Application no. 09405031.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - reasons for setting aside the decision Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A power supply device for plasma processing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T189716.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 2730/16 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H7/04 A61K31/70 A61P3/10	Application no. 07784499.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reasonable expectation to solve objective technical problem (no)				Application title CRYSTALLINE SOLVATES OF (1S)-1,5-ANHYDRO-1-C-(3-((PHENYL) METHYL) PHENYL)-D-GLUCITOL DERIVATIVES WITH ALCOHOLS AS SGLT2 INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273016.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1366/17 (DETERGENT COMPOSITION HAVING SHADING DYES AND LIPASE / UNILEVER) of 26.1.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/40 C11D11/00	Application no. 11773287.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title A DETERGENT COMPOSITION HAVING SHADING DYES AND LIPASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136617.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1523/17 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T7/20 B60T13/26 B60T13/68	Application no. 08716656.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title FESTSTELLBREMSANLAGE FÜR NUTZFAHRZEUGE UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN FÜR EINE FESTSTELLBREMSANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152317.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 554 KB)
T 2115/17 (Surveillance d'aéronefs par satellite/THALES) of 9.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H04B7/185	Application no. 12190593.9
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale et quatrième requête auxiliaire (non): modification évidente Admission des requêtes présentées avec le dépôt du ou la réponse au mémoire de recours - première à troisième et cinquième requêtes auxiliaires (non): elles auraient pu être produites ou maintenues en première instance Requêtes produites tardivement - sixième à neuvième requêtes auxiliaires: circonstances exceptionnelles (non)				Application title Système de surveillance d'aéronefs par satellite multi-spots et dispositif de réception
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T211517.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 434 KB)
T 2775/17 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A61B19/00 G09F3/00 G06K19/077	Application no. 13808215.1
Keywords Activité inventive Clarté Modification après signification, pas de circonstances exceptionnelles				Application title CAPSULE DE RADIO-IDENTIFICATION (RFID)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277517.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 558 KB)
T 0099/18 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F21S8/10	Application no. 07112665.0
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Faits produits tardivement - recevable (non), Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title Dispositif d'éclairage ou de signalisation comportant une nappe de guidage galbée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009918.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0303/18 (Klebeband/TESA) of 19.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B5/02 B32B5/08 B32B7/12 B32B27/08 B32B27/12 B32B27/32 C09J7/02	Application no. 12157819.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title KLEBEBAND MIT LAMINAT-TRÄGER GEBILDET AUS EINEM TEXTILEN TRÄGER UND EINER FOLIE ZUM UMMANTELN VON LANGGESTRECKTEM GUT WIE INSBESONDERE KABELSÄTZEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR UMMANTELUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T030318.20210219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1080/18 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B95/04	Application no. 08841486.7
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Offenbarung Figur Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title KANTENLEISTE FÜR MÖBELSTÜCKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108018.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1151/15 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N7/10 H03G3/20	Application no. 11009939.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verteilungssystem für ein Telekommunikationsnetz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115115.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 2392/16 (Fuel from renewable organic material/HALDOR TOPSØE) of 9.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G3/00 C10G45/02 C10G45/58	Application no. 09777387.3
Keywords Admissibility of the new main request filed during oral proceedings (yes) - reaction to an objection raised by the board for the first time during oral proceedings Amendments - broadening of claim Amendments - (no) Added subject-matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Hydroconversion process and catalyst
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239216.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2505/16 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B17/225	Application no. 12170016.5
Keywords Neuheit (ja)				Application title Schalldämpfungshülse zum Aufsetzen auf ein Druckwellengerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T250516.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0499/17 (Scanner arrangement / BEA) of 9.12.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L29/30 B61L29/02	Application no. 09178980.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - claim pertains to different subject-matter				Application title Scanner arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049917.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0720/17 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/804 A47J31/00	Application no. 10776705.5
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title CAPSULE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE SUCH AS COFFEE FROM SAID CAPSULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T072017.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1792/17 () of 30.11.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G49/04	Application no. 09713204.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Beschwerdeerwiderung - Berücksichtigung unvollständigen Vorbringens eines Beteiligten (nein)				Application title HÄNGEBAHNSYSTEM, TAUCHBEHANDLUNGSANLAGE MIT EINEM SOLCHEN, UND VERWENDUNG DIESES HÄNGEBAHNSYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179217.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2016/17 () of 1.3.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D23/00 B65D75/52 B65D75/56 B65D77/20 A61J1/10 B65D75/58	Application no. 09718935.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PACKAGING FOR FOOD PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR DRIP-FEED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201617.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0895/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L83/04	Application no. 05712751.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable- Amendments - no Request filed after issue of summons to oral proceedings - admitted - (no) - no "exceptional circumstances" Basis for examination of allowability of amendments - application as filed not granted patent Examination of allowability of amendments made prior to grant in combination with further amendments - not equivalent to introduction of a new ground of opposition - duty to examine				Application title POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITIONS WITH THIN-WALL FLAME RETARDANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089518.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1884/18 (Method and device for encoding elements/INTERDIGITAL) of 23.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/22 H03M7/30	Application no. 09811130.5
Keywords Novelty - publication date of document D1 Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method and device for encoding elements
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T188418.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2193/18 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06M15/11 D06M15/227 D06M15/233 C10M143/10 C10M143/12 C08K5/053 C09J103/02 C09J103/04 C08L3/00 C08L3/02 C08L9/02 C08L9/06 C08L13/00	Application no. 08861555.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - Main request and first auxiliary request (no) Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title BASE INTERLINING, METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T219318.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 2209/18 (NOx-Emissions/Andritz) of 3.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D53/56 F22B21/34 F22B21/40 F23J15/00	Application no. 10727752.7
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF REDUCING NOx-EMISSIONS USING A REACTIVE AGENT, AND CORRESPONDING BOILER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220918.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1577/19 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B5/12	Application no. 15770794.4
Keywords VOBK 2020 - Anwendbarkeit auf bereits vor Inkrafttreten anhängige Beschwerdeverfahren - (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) vorrangiges Ziel des Beschwerdeverfahrens - Beschwerdevorbringen ist auf Anträge gerichtet, die Entscheidung zugrunde liegen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens				Application title KNIEHEBELSPANNVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE ZUR VERWENDUNG IM KAROSSERIEBAU DER KFZ-INDUSTRIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T157719.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 505 KB)
D 0008/19 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D000819.20210225				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1418/16 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 10816319.7
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title BEHAVIOR AND ATTENTION TARGETED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141816.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0004/17 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/49 A61F13/496	Application no. 09728908.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE DIAPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T000417.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0560/18 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J10/82	Application no. 08706800.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title FAHRZEUGDACH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056018.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0962/18 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L15/16 A61L15/64 A61L27/00 A61F13/00 A61L15/28	Application no. 10819241.0
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - main request Clarity - (no) - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5				Application title COMPOSITE LAYERED HEMOSTASIS DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096218.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1726/18 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L27/15	Application no. 09014568.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Light emitting diode having light emitting cells with different size and light emitting device thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172618.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 2219/18 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C3/10 B64C11/18 B64C23/06 B64C27/46	Application no. 09767892.4
Keywords added subject-matter (yes) inventive step (no) admission of late filed requests (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title CURVED WING TIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221918.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2806/18 () of 23.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C11/02 G01S7/497 H04N5/349 G06F17/00 G01S17/02 G01S17/89 G06T17/05	Application no. 11862219.0
Keywords Admission of requests (no)				Application title SELF-CALIBRATED, REMOTE IMAGING AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T280618.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
R 0004/19 (Petition for review) of 26.11.2020
Online on 02.03.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B13/02 F02D29/02 B60W10/00 H02P9/04	Application no. 08837606.6
Keywords Petition for review - obligation to raise objection Petition for review - fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC (no) Petition for review - clearly unallowable				Application title OPTIMAL LOAD CONTROLLER METHOD AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R000419.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1873/14 (System and method for improved service oriented architecture/SAP SE) of 3.12.2020
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/06	Application no. 11010010.4
Keywords Inventive step - caching service-output values (no Inventive step - common general knowledge)				Application title System and method for improved service oriented architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187314.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2010/15 () of 10.12.2020
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173	Application no. 09175979.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and first auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (no) Third to eighth auxiliary requests filed after the summons - admitted (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for delivering video and video-related content at sub-asset level
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201015.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493 KB)
T 2209/16 (Hörgerät mit Einmessautomatik/SIVANTOS) of 29.1.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 06101565.7
Keywords Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja, nach Änderungen)				Application title Hörhilfegerät mit benutzergesteuerter Einmessautomatik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220916.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2508/17 () of 5.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F41A23/20 F41H7/00 B60R21/13	Application no. 11761266.3
Keywords Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Rücknahme des in der Beschreibung zitierten Stand der Technik - Zulassung (ja) Offenbarung im Internet - Stand der Technik Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen				Application title MILITÄRISCHES FAHRZEUG MIT EINEM ÜBERROLLSCHUTZ UND VERFAHREN ZUR REDUKTION DER FAHRZEUGHÖHE EINES MILITÄRISCHEN FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T250817.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0996/18 (Verbundscheibe/Schott AG) of 21.1.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B17/10	Application no. 11183946.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 4A Niederschrift über mündliche Verhandlung - Antrag auf Aufnahme einer Erklärung in die Niederschrift Prüfung von Artikel 123 (2) EPÜ von Amts wegen				Application title Verbundscheibe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099618.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506 KB)
T 1193/18 (Levothyroxine solution / HELM SWISS) of 8.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/08 A61K31/055	Application no. 11711688.9
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1-11 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 18 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 12-17 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 18 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 18 Amendments - intermediate generalisation (allowable) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 18 Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR THE PREPARATON OF A LEVOTHYROXINE SOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119318.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0224/19 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D15/56	Application no. 16164195.6
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title AUTOMATISCHE SCHIEBEFLÜGELANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T022419.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 254 KB)
T 2015/20 (Aclidinium for treatment of asthma/ALMIRALL) of 23.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/14 A61K9/72 A61K31/46 A61K45/06 A61K9/00	Application no. 15173011.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INHALATION COMPOSITION CONTAINING ACLIDINIUM FOR TREATMENT OF ASTHMA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201520.20210223				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1283/16 (Aktivierungssignal nach Ausscluss aller Referenzobjekten / SICK AG) of 19.10.2020
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S17/02 G01B11/24	Application no. 11168837.0
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Zweideutigkeit des Anspruchswortlaut				Application title Entfernungsmessender optoelektronischer Sensor zur Montage an einer Durchgangsöffnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T128316.20201019				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2737/16 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F1/00 H05K5/02	Application no. 04405799.0
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Vorrichtung zum Schutz von in einer aus elektronischen Bauelementen und einem Prozessor bestehenden Schaltanordnung gespeicherten Daten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273716.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2293/17 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C7/04	Application no. 09803318.6
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title HIGH ENERGY REDUCTION IN A PROPANE DEHYDROGENATION UNIT BY UTILIZING A HIGH PRESSURE PRODUCT SPLITTER COLUMN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T229317.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0955/18 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B25/00 C23C8/14	Application no. 08710745.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed facts - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PLUG FOR USE IN PIERCING/ROLLING RAW METALLIC MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLIC TUBE, AND PLUG FOR USE IN PIERCING/ROLLING RAW METALLIC MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T095518.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1966/18 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D59/04 B60L11/18 B60L15/20 B60L7/12	Application no. 13188245.8
Keywords erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Rangierantrieb mit Zusatzbremsmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196618.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0088/20 (Use of a food product/ORKLA FOODS) of 18.2.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L19/12 A23L29/238 A23L33/21 A23L7/117 A23L9/10 A21D2/18 A21D2/36 A61K31/736	Application no. 11829685.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title USE OF A FOOD PRODUCT COMPRISING VISCOUS FIBRES WHICH HAS A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008820.20210218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)

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February 2021

T 2222/15 (Noise reduction / SONOVA) of 9.12.2020
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L21/02 H04R3/00	Application no. 08708714.4
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN AN INPUT SIGNAL OF A HEARING DEVICE AS WELL AS A HEARING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T222215.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 774 KB)
T 0346/16 () of 1.12.2020
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E02F1/00 E02F3/88 E02F5/28	Application no. 08159701.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Admissibility late filed request - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method for delivering large quantities of under water soil to a reclamation area
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034616.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 657 KB)
T 1209/16 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K9/04 B21B27/03 B22D11/128 B23K35/02 B23K35/30 C22C38/48	Application no. 09734997.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Angefochtene Entscheidung - ausreichend begründet (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER ROLLE, MIT EINER AUFTRAGSCHWEISSUNG ; VERFAHREN ZUR WIEDERHERSTELLUNG EINER ABGENÜTZTEN ROLLE MIT EINER AUFTRAGSCHWEISSUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T120916.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0993/17 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D1/00	Application no. 03711857.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case				Application title TRANSITION ZONE IN WIND TURBINE BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099317.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1152/17 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F13/004 B41F13/016 B41F31/00	Application no. 09167740.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for driving printing press
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115217.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1865/17 (Generating two-dimensional visual objects/GMC SOFTWARE) of 4.12.2020
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/21	Application no. 11001927.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request, revised main request, first to third auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed request - revised third auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Method and devices for generating two-dimensional visual objects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186517.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508 KB)
T 2275/18 (EUTECTIC MIXTURES IN PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS/ Unilever) of 22.2.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/00 A61K8/35 A61K8/365 A61K8/37	Application no. 13796053.0
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no) subject-matter excluded from patentability disclaimed				Application title EUTECTIC MIXTURES IN PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227518.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1945/16 () of 16.2.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N17/04 C07C263/10 B01J19/00	Application no. 10730408.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ERFASSUNG VON WASSEREINTRITTEN IN PHOSGENFÜHRENDEN ANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194516.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2267/16 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/34	Application no. 13159147.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Auxiliary request 2 filed after summons to attend oral proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title Smart card with external memory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226716.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0010/17 (Lubricity/Malaysian Palm Oil Board) of 3.2.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L1/19 C10L10/08	Application no. 05020081.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Fuel lubricity additive
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001017.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0265/17 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L33/00 H01L33/20 H01L33/22 H01L33/26	Application no. 10190784.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Semiconductor light emitting device comprising uneven substrate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026517.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1032/17 (Pimobendan composition / BOEHRINGER) of 1.12.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/501 A61K9/20 A61K9/14 A61K47/12 A61K47/26 A61K47/32 A61K47/38 A61K47/46	Application no. 05715625.9
Keywords Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (no) Main request - sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes) Main request - inventive step - non-obvious modification Late-filed evidence - justification for late filing (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PIMOBENDAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103217.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 1394/17 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D9/00 H02J3/38	Application no. 11169135.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Arrangement for generating a control signal for controlling a power output of a power generation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T139417.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0978/18 () of 14.12.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/485 A61K9/28 A61K9/16 A61K9/50 A61K9/20 A61P25/04 A61P25/36 A61K9/48	Application no. 10011789.4
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes) Divisional application - main requests and auxiliary requests I to IV Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Tamper-resistant oral opioid agonist formulations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097818.20201214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 0538/20 () of 16.12.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/20	Application no. 11704937.9
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - (no)				Application title VENTILATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053820.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1013/14 (Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an … of 20.10.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F13/42	Application no. 10156564.6
Keywords Novelty (yes Novelty - after amendment) Inventive step - tunneling through port associated with accessory specified application communication protocol (yes Inventive step - after amendment)				Application title Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an application communication protocol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101314.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0677/16 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/167 H04K1/00 H04L9/00 G06F12/14	Application no. 05705512.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title TRANSCODING CABLECARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T067716.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1330/16 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D9/00	Application no. 10168070.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 Nicht-recherchierte Merkmale hätten recherchiert werden sollen - Hilfsantrag 3 Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Auszahlung von Banknoten und Verfahren zur Ermittlung des Banknotenbestandes mindestens eines Banknotenbehälters dieser Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133016.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1917/16 (Fénofibrate/BGP) of 16.11.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K31/215 A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K9/50 A61K9/10	Application no. 08021428.1
Keywords Requête principale et requête subsidiaire A - éléments s'étendant au-delà du contenu de la demande antérieure (oui) Requête subsidiaire B-bis produite tardivement - recevable (non) Requête subsidiaire 1B - Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention (oui)				Application title Composition pharmaceutique de fénofibrate présentant une biodisponibilité élevée et son procédé de préparation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191716.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 464 KB)
T 2739/16 (Procédé de préparation de polystyrène expansible/ARKEMA) of 27.1.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J9/20 C08F2/18 C08F4/38 C08J9/14	Application no. 10752074.4
Keywords Requête subsidiaire 1 - aucune objection par la requêrante - admissible (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE PREPARATION DE POLYSTYRENE EXPANSIBLE PAR INJECTION EN CONTINU D'UN PEROXYDE ORGANIQUE LIQUIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273916.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 262 KB)
T 0967/17 (FET shunt regulator/HAMILTON) of 18.2.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05F1/45 H02J7/14 H02P9/48	Application no. 09252891.8
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes) Admittance of main request filed in response to a communication under R. 100(2) EPC - (no): not clearly allowable Added subject-matter - auxiliary request (no, after amendments) Clarity - auxiliary request (yes, after amendments) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes, after amendments)				Application title Current controlled shunt regulator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096717.20210218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1991/17 (Bone mass increase by inducing osteogenesis/ORIENTAL YEAST) of 5.10.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K45/00 A61K38/00 A61P19/02 A61P19/08 A61P19/10 C07K14/705 C12Q1/02 G01N33/15 G01N33/50	Application no. 08765502.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden Novelty - auxiliary requests 1 and 3 (no) Admission of auxiliary requests 2 and 4 (no)				Application title NOVEL BONE MASS INCREASING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199117.20201005				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 0202/18 (Vehicle communication system/HARMAN) of 19.2.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/02 G10L21/02 G10K11/178	Application no. 06010757.0
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following the appellant's announcement of non-attendance Clarity - all requests (no) Partial reimbursement of the appeal fee at 25% - (no): indication of non-attendance not submitted in due time				Application title System and method for improving communication in a room
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020218.20210219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0281/19 (Hybrid seed potato breeding/AGVENTURE) of 12.2.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H1/02 A01H5/04	Application no. 10770643.4
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Hybrid seed potato breeding
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T028119.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1156/15 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01H33/24	Application no. 08157339.6
Keywords Novelty - availability to the public of a product brochure (yes) Novelty - distance ratios not directly and unambiguously derivable from drawings and photographs Inventive step - (yes) Late filed objection of lack of inventive step - admitted (no) - no justification for late filing and not conducive to procedural economy				Application title High voltage circuit breaker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115615.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493 KB)
T 1984/15 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D11/00 C09D11/02 C09D7/00 C09D11/033	Application no. 08717386.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - eine willkürliche Mehrfachauwahl trägt nicht zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit bei (Punkt 4.5 der Entscheidungsgründe, vergleiche jedoch Punkt 10 der Entscheidungsgründe) Änderungen - ein nicht offenbarter Disclaimer im Sinne der Entscheidung G 1/03 verstößt gegen die Erfordernisse des Artikels 123 (2) EPÜ, wenn er zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit gegenüber einem Stand der Technik gemäß Artikel 54(2) EPÜ beiträgt (Punkt 7 der Entscheidungsgründe)				Application title DRUCKFARBE ODER DRUCKLACK FÜR LEBENSMITTEL-VERPACKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198415.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 471 KB)
T 0661/16 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F37/18	Application no. 03729560.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes), auxiliary requests 2 to 5 and 7 to 13 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Reformatio in peius - auxiliary request 6 - inadmissible (yes)				Application title WASHING MACHINE AND DRYER HAVING TILTED DOOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T066116.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0941/16 (anti-PSMA antibody/UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM FREIBURG) of 16.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/13 A61K47/48 C07K16/30	Application no. 11151622.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure of all claim requests Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Request for further oral proceedings (dismissed)				Application title Monoclonal antibodies and single chain antibody fragments against cell-surface prostate specific membrane antigen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094116.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1183/16 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B12/00 H01F6/00 H01L39/14	Application no. 04817705.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (no)				Application title Novel Superconducting Articles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118316.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1003 KB)
T 2201/16 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B1/00 A61B1/005	Application no. 11194019.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Steerable, follow the leader device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220116.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1447/17 () of 3.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F10/02 C08F110/02	Application no. 10795346.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) -main reqeust Auxiliary requests admitted - (no) - no reasoning provided in the written submissions				Application title METHOD FOR IMPROVING ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION REACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144717.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1134/18 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H1/00 F28D20/02 F28D1/053 F28D21/00 F28D20/00	Application no. 05815167.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Neuheit (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title KLIMAANLAGE MIT KÄLTESPEICHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T113418.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1786/18 (Component carrier indication in LTE/ERICSSON) of 15.1.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L5/00	Application no. 10776839.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RECONFIGURING MAPPING OF CARRIER INDICATOR FILED TO COMPONENT CARRIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T178618.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0825/16 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/28 B01D53/94	Application no. 06011736.3
Keywords Novelty - Main request (no), Auxiliary request 1 (yes) Late-filed argument - prima facied highly relevant Late-filed argument - admitted (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title Holding and sealing material for use in a catalyst to clean gaseous emission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082516.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 0875/16 (Optical Control of Hair Growth / Koninklijke Philips N.V.) of 19.1.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N5/06 A61B18/18	Application no. 04744741.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - combination of ranges Sufficiency of disclosure - missing indication of how the claimed effect is measured				Application title DEVICE FOR LOW INTENSITY OPTICAL HAIR GROWTH CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087516.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 2247/16 (GEL VISCOELASTIQUE A USAGE DERMATOLOGIQUE / ANTEIS) of 24.11.2020
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/73 A61Q19/08 A61K9/00 A61K47/10	Application no. 07712641.5
Keywords Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - requête clairement admissible (oui), Arguments produits tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title GEL VISCOELASTIQUE A USAGE DERMATOLOGIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224716.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0889/17 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/38 C08G18/42 C08G18/72 C08G18/76 C08G18/78 C08G18/79 G02B1/04	Application no. 11731404.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) (alle Anträge)				Application title POLYURETHANE MIT GERINGEM VOLUMENSCHRUMPF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T088917.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1798/17 () of 17.2.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F210/06	Application no. 06755094.7
Keywords Main request - no reason to disregard Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PROPYLENE-ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179817.20210217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 0745/18 () of 16.2.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B1/62	Application no. 11153040.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Schaumstoff-Dichtstreifen und Fensterrahmen mit Schaumstoff-Dichtstreifen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T074518.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1036/18 (Steel/JFE) of 3.12.2020
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00	Application no. 04727389.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title STEEL MATERIAL WITH EXCELLENT ROLLING FATIGUE LIFE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103618.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
D 0005/19 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D000519.20210201				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1324/16 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C45/14 B29C45/33 F16K5/06 F16K27/06	Application no. 08754042.3
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title PLASTIC BASED RADIATOR VALVE AND THE PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132416.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 1348/16 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/28 A61M5/24	Application no. 02762777.7
Keywords Review of a decision of opposition decision to admit a late-filed document Feature disclosed solely in a drawing Novelty Discretion not to admit a request Amendments - added subject-matter Inventive step				Application title 2-CHAMBER TYPE PREFILLED SYRINGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134816.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 664 KB)
T 0335/17 (Oil/fat powder/KAO) of 9.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D7/00 A23D7/015 A21D2/16	Application no. 03705223.0
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title OIL/FAT POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T033517.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 2378/17 () of 15.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/12 F16P3/14	Application no. 13162699.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title System und Verfahren zur Konfiguration eines Überwachungsbereiches einer optoelektronischen Überwachungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237817.20210215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2603/17 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B88/10 A47B88/14 F16C29/04 F16C33/40 F16C33/44 F16C33/38	Application no. 13152813.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zulassung neuer Angriffslinien - (nein)				Application title Auszugsführung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260317.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0262/18 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 13.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 09700007.9
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TOUCH EVENT MODEL PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026218.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0823/18 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L15/42 A47L15/48 B01D53/26 B01J20/18 D06F58/24	Application no. 09781447.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT SORPTIONSTROCKENVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082318.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1952/18 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60D1/56 B60D1/14 B60R19/34	Application no. 10837960.3
Keywords Public prior use (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title BUMPER FOR A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195218.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0357/19 () of 16.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B77/02 A47B51/00 A47B9/00	Application no. 14700538.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title INTELLIGENTE UND INTERAKTIVE MÖBELANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035719.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2145/19 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 13.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184223.3
Keywords Enabling disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Touch event model programming interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214519.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0573/15 (EMBEDDED MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE / Echo 360) of 21.12.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00 H04N5/232 H04N1/00 H04L29/06 H04N5/44	Application no. 07812250.4
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no)				Application title EMBEDDED APPLIANCE FOR MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057315.20201221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0944/15 (Monitoring patient position / Brainlab) of 3.11.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N5/10	Application no. 10711384.7
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Exceptions to patentability - (yes) Patentable invention - computer implemented invention Disclaimers				Application title CONTROLLING A PROCESS OF MONITORING THE POSITION OF A PATIENT DURING A RADIATION TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094415.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 1935/16 (Plants resistant to fungal pathogens/DUPONT) of 24.11.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N15/29 A01H5/00 C12Q1/68	Application no. 06740467.3
Keywords Main and auxiliary reqest 1: Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 2: Exceptions to patentability - essentially biological process for the production of plants (no)				Application title Polynucleotides and methods for making plants resistant to fungal pathogens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193516.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2316/16 () of 12.2.2021
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00 G07C5/00 G06Q50/30 G06Q10/10	Application no. 12737697.8
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Auxiliary requests 0A, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A should have been presented in the examination proceedings Statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely Statement of grounds of appeal - auxiliary requests 0A, 1A to 5 (no)				Application title DATA SELECTION FOR TRANSPORT SECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T231616.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2635/16 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D231/12 A61K31/4155 A61P35/00 A61P37/00	Application no. 09720914.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes): Selection from two lists one being present in a claim of the prior art document Inventive step - (yes)				Application title (E)-N-(2-AMINO-PHENYL)-3-{1-[4-(1-METHYL-1H-PYRAZOL-4-YL)-BENZENESULFONYL]-1H-PYRROL-3-YL}-ACRYLAMIDE SALTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T263516.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0525/17 (Thin film with non self-aggregating uniform heterogeneity/MONOSOL) of 21.1.2021
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/70 A61K9/00	Application no. 02782151.1
Keywords Main request - Article 123(2) EPC, Article 123(3) EPC, Article 84 EPC (Yes)				Application title THIN FILM WITH NON-SELF-AGGREGATING UNIFORM HETEROGENEITY, PROCESS FOR THER PRODUCTION AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS MADE THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T052517.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0876/18 (Online remote control of appliance/LG) of 1.12.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28	Application no. 13183129.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 6 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary requests 4, 5 (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title Home appliance and online system including the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T087618.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1137/16 () of 12.2.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G3/36	Application no. 07018320.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Examination of own motion - appeal proceedings				Application title Apparatus and method for improving qualities of motion and still images to be output in a mobile communication terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T113716.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0290/17 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F15/632 E05F15/40 E05F15/73	Application no. 05013288.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Automatische Schiebetüranlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029017.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 513 KB)
T 0726/17 () of 18.1.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B1/76 E04F13/08	Application no. 07007884.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Streichung von Merkmalen (ja) Patentansprüche - funktionelle Merkmale (ja)				Application title Befestigungelement und Verfahren zur Befestigung von Dämmstoffplatten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072617.20210118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 680 KB)
T 0652/18 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F02F7/00 F16C9/02	Application no. 05005195.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Maschinengehäuse für eine Brennkraftmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T065218.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2154/19 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C9/00 E01C13/04	Application no. 08009090.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Bodenbelagselement, Bodenbelagsgitter und Anordnung von Bodenbelagsgittern, sowie Herstellungsverfahren eines Bodenbelagsgitters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215419.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 2210/19 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F210/02 C08F210/16 C08F4/24	Application no. 11764559.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CHROMIUM CATALYSED ETHYLENE COPOLYMER POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221019.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 1822/20 (Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Kindernahrungserzeugnisses/HIPP) of 5.2.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L3/16 A23L3/22 A23L33/00	Application no. 17162025.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES KINDERNAHRUNGSERZEUGNISSES BESTEHEND AUS MEHREREN ZUTATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182220.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0713/14 (SUCCINIC ACID PRODUCING RUMEN BACTERIA MUTANTS/KOREA ADVANCED … of 2.12.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/21 C12P7/46 C12N15/74 C12R1/00	Application no. 04734158.1
Keywords Main request - clarity (no) Auxiliary request I - admitted - clarity (no) Auxiliary request II - admitted - inventive step (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title NOVEL RUMEN BACTERIA VARIANTS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUCCINIC ACID EMPLOYING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071314.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 567 KB)
T 0048/17 () of 18.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H33/24 H01H33/70 H01H33/42	Application no. 07820999.6
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui), Nouveauté - (oui), Réponse au recours Réponse - ensemble des moyens invoqués par une partie, Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non), Droit d'être entendu - possibilité de prendre position (oui),				Application title Chambre de coupure avec cylindre répartiteur de champ pour disjoncteurs haute ou moyenne tension
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004817.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 456 KB)
T 0291/17 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G43/10 B65G47/84	Application no. 11711469.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ÜBERGEBEN EINES ARTIKELS VON EINER ERSTEN AN EINE ZWEITE FÖRDEREINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029117.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0615/17 (Equipement mobile pour accéder au web/ALLANI) of 11.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 10003146.7
Keywords Requête principale, première, seconde et quatrième requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement (peu avant ou pendant la procédure orale) - requêtes non admises Activité inventive - troisième requête subsidiaire (non)				Application title Procédé et dispositif pour accéder à des sources d'information et services sur le web
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061517.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1271/18 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D11/12 B22D11/22 G05B17/02 G01K7/42	Application no. 12759035.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja)				Application title GIESSVERFAHREN, INSBESONDERE STRANGGIESSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T127118.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2930/18 () of 3.2.2021
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F47/00	Application no. 12750770.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no)				Application title HEATING SMOKEABLE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T293018.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 2708/19 (TOPICAL COMPOSITION/GSK Consumer Healthcare S.A.) of 3.12.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K31/196 A61K9/06 A61K9/107	Application no. 08844931.9
Keywords Admission of new documents (Yes) Admission of auxiliary requests 1-4 (Yes) Inventive step - All requests (No)				Application title TOPICAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270819.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 519 KB)
T 0717/20 () of 18.1.2021
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B1/68 E04F13/08 C09K3/10 A47K3/00	Application no. 11004035.9
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Dicht- und Montageband mit einem Schnittschutz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071720.20210118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 1510/20 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K6/48 B60W10/06 B60W10/08 B60W10/113 B60W20/00 B60W30/192 F02N11/00 B60W30/19	Application no. 13181926.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Ansteuern eines Hybridantriebsstranges
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T151020.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1866/17 (IC card command processing/Toshiba) of 16.11.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 13158933.5
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - after amendment (no)				Application title IC card and command processing method for IC card
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186617.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2225/17 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D3/04	Application no. 11715872.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - arguments only by reference to the notice of opposition disregarded Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title FILTER CIGARETTE WITH VARIABLE VENTILATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T222517.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2270/17 () of 14.12.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K35/02	Application no. 11703701.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Form und Inhalt der Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Induktionsgenerator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227017.20201214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2272/17 (Prozessverfolgung bei Versuchstieren/HAMMELBACHER) of 20.1.2021
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/042 A01K11/00 H01Q1/22 G06F19/00	Application no. 11718261.8
Keywords Zulassung eines in der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Anspruchssatzes - Hauptantrag (nein): "Forum-Shopping" und keine eindeutige Gewährbarkeit				Application title Verfahren, Computerprogrammprodukt und Wechselstation zur Prozessverfolgung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227217.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2597/17 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F220/18 C08F2/22 C08F212/08 D21H19/58	Application no. 11724644.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit eines durch Verfahrensmaßnahme definierten Produkts (Nein) Hilfsantrag - zugelassen - Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (Ja)				Application title POLYMERDISPERSIONEN AUS VINYLAROMATISCHEN VERBINDUNGEN UND ACRYLATMONOMEREN, HERGESTELLT IN GEGENWART VON SAATLATEX UND KOHLENHYDRATVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259717.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0219/18 (DAPTOMYCIN PURIFICATION / XELLIA) of 26.1.2021
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K1/18 C07K1/20 C07K5/08 C07K7/08	Application no. 10707694.5
Keywords Clarity - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PURIFYING LIPOPEPTIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021918.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1972/18 () of 1.12.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/20	Application no. 11176844.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197218.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 408 KB)
R 0008/20 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 10.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D213/81 A61K31/44 A61P35/00	Application no. 05797740.7
Keywords Petition for review - clearly unallowable Petition for review - fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC (no)				Application title THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE FORM OF BAY 43-9006 TOSYLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R000820.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2138/15 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10	Application no. 98907003.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title MULTI-APPLICATION IC CARD SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213815.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0564/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/06 A61M5/158 A61M5/32	Application no. 10808424.5
Keywords -				Application title Catheter instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056416.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 539 KB)
T 1939/16 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L29/778 H01L29/423 H01L29/40 H01L29/207	Application no. 06124388.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - main request, first to fourth auxiliary requests Novelty - (no) Novelty - fifth auxiliary request Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - sixth to thirteenth auxiliary requests				Application title Nitride based transistors for millimeter wave operation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193916.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 513 KB)
T 0871/17 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D75/58 B65D77/20 B32B27/08	Application no. 10007352.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal at 25% - (yes)				Application title Flexible packaging structure with a built-in opening and reclose feature, and method for making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087117.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1426/17 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B81/66 E05B85/26 B60R16/027	Application no. 09776040.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung der Hilfsanträge I-V und VII-IX (nein) - mangelnde Substantiierung mit der Beschwerdebegründung - Substantiierung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag VI (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title KRAFTFAHRZEUGTÜRVERSCHLUSS MIT EINER SCHALTUNGSANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142617.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1545/17 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L41/08 G01B17/02 G01N29/11 G01N29/22 H01L41/113 G01N29/24	Application no. 11173957.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Device and system for measuring material thickness
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T154517.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0235/18 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01L1/12 G01L3/10	Application no. 13815220.2
Keywords Inventive step (yes Inventive step - amended claims)				Application title NON-CONTACT MAGNETOSTRICTIVE SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T023518.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0632/18 (Mehrkomponentenkit/FISCHERWERKE) of 8.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B26/14 C04B28/02 C08G59/62 C04B111/00	Application no. 04804155.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht kurz vor der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title MEHRKOMPONENTENKIT FÜR BEFESTIGUNGSZWECKE UND DESSEN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063218.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1823/18 () of 16.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B62K25/04 B62K25/28 B62M25/08	Application no. 12156983.4
Keywords added subject-matter (auxiliary request 5, 7: yes) lack of clarity (auxiliary request 6,7, 8, 9: yes) novelty (main request, auxiliary request 10, 11, 12 : no) admissibility of late filed requests (auxiliary requests 1 to 4 : no)				Application title Bicycle suspension control apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182318.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 0270/19 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L11/40	Application no. 16153854.1
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Teilanmeldung - nach Änderung Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title HANDGEFÜHRTES BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027019.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 0947/19 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F47/00	Application no. 13736600.1
Keywords Abridged reasons for decision - explicit consent of parties Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of deparment of first instance Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 6 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 4 and 5 (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title ELECTRONIC VAPOUR PROVISION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094719.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0849/20 (Missing statement of grounds / Lenovo) of 27.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L15/22 H04M3/428	Application no. 15201405.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title EXECUTING A VOICE COMMAND DURING VOICE INPUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T084920.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 0877/14 (RF-safe transmission line for interventional MRI / Philips) of 21.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R33/28	Application no. 09764592.3
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - support in the description Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Claims - support in the description Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title CONTINUOUS MECHANICAL TUNING OF TRANSFORMERS INSERTED IN RF-SAFE TRANSMISSION LINES FOR INTERVENTIONAL MRI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087714.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0642/16 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M15/08 A61F5/08	Application no. 07734890.2
Keywords Novelty - all requests (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title NASAL DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T064216.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1108/16 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B30B15/16 F15B11/024	Application no. 10740535.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VORGESPANNTER HYDRAULISCHER ANTRIEB MIT DREHZAHLVARIABLER PUMPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110816.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0340/17 () of 26.11.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K67/02 A01N1/02 G01N1/30	Application no. 12792326.6
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PROCESSED SPERM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034017.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0442/17 (Spinnvlies mit Funktionaladditiven) of 2.12.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC D01F2/00 D04H3/16 D04H3/018 D04H3/007 D01F1/10 D01D5/20 D01D5/14	Application no. 11767163.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein)				Application title HOCHFUNKTIONELLES SPINNVLIES AUS PARTIKELHALTIGEN FASERN SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T044217.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0559/17 () of 16.11.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B41M3/14 G07D7/12 B41M1/26 B41M5/00	Application no. 10768457.3
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (ja: Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge I-III) Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrags VI (ja) Unklarheit (ja: Hilfsanträge IV, VI-IX)				Application title Verwendung der Markierstoffe mit schmalen Banden
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055917.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 512 KB)
T 0685/18 (Method for preparing a superabsorbent polymer/LG) of 20.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/24 C08J3/075 B01J20/26 C08F20/18 C08F220/06	Application no. 11842769.9
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - sufficiency (No)				Application title PREPARATION METHOD OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T068518.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0699/18 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/02	Application no. 04795549.7
Keywords Novelty Remittal - (yes)				Application title WIND TURBINE SYSTEM CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069918.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0939/18 (POLYMERKÖRPER/HENKEL) of 11.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D3/37 C11D3/39 C11D11/00 C11D17/00 D06L1/00 C11D17/04 D06L3/02	Application no. 10766061.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title WASCHEN MIT POLYMERKÖRPERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093918.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0982/18 () of 3.2.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B71/00	Application no. 11843714.4
Keywords Interlocutory revision - department of first instance should have rectified decision (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title HIGH-EFFICIENCY LINEAR COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098218.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0179/19 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A63B21/005 A61B5/11 G01L1/00 G06F19/00 H02P21/00 A63B71/00	Application no. 10168003.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Training apparatus, arrangement and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017919.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0348/20 (Preventing the leakage of juice from frozen fruits/DIRAFROST) of 3.2.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/212 A23P1/08 A23B7/16 A23B7/04 A23B7/154	Application no. 02447020.5
Keywords Public prior use - (no) Granted claims - Novelty (yes) Granted claims - Inventive step (yes)				Application title Frozen fruits
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034820.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
J 0010/20 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J7/00 C07F9/10	Application no. 16874169.2
Keywords Extension of periods - COVID-19 pandemic - Notice from the EPO Protection of legitimate expectations (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal filed within time limit (yes) Date on which payment is made - payment through bank outside of a Contracting State Request for further processing within time limit (no) Request for re-establishment of rights within time limit (no)				Application title INDUSTRIAL METHOD FOR RECOVERING PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PRODUCING LECITHIN FROM A RESIDUE FROM THE PRODUCTION OF SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (SPC)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:J001020.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1264/15 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F15/12 E05D15/26	Application no. 10721618.6
Keywords -				Application title MÖBELKLAPPENANTRIEB FÜR VERSCHIEDENE KLAPPENTYPEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126415.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1107/16 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N13/00 G06F3/14 G09G5/00	Application no. 09764076.7
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) First and second auxiliary requests - inventive step (no) Third auxiliary request - admitted (no) Fourth to eighth auxiliary requests - clarity (no)				Application title 3D VIDEO REPRODUCTION MATCHING THE OUTPUT FORMAT TO THE 3D PROCESSING ABILITY OF A DISPLAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110716.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 512 KB)
T 0314/17 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/32 A61F13/26	Application no. 09158588.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 5, 6, 7 and 8 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Applicator for tampons
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031417.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2700/17 () of 18.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L27/18 C08L69/00 C08L101/00	Application no. 11829307.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title DRIPPING INHIBITOR AND RESIN COMPOUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T270017.20210118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0319/18 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/12 B29C45/00 B65D1/02 C08L23/14	Application no. 12707346.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request Fifth auxiliary request - admitted - (no) - complete case not presented with rejoinder; subsequent explanations not taken into account - no "exceptional circumstances"				Application title POLYOLEFIN-BASED CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031918.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0651/16 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 09.02.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B21/04	Application no. 08775757.1
Keywords Novelty - after amendment Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SCANNING HEAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T065116.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1102/16 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 09.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H47/00 G01R15/20	Application no. 11002953.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Relais, insbesondere für den Hochstrombereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110216.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1559/20 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 09.02.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 10765062.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title COMPLEX SITUATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155920.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0137/16 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M5/20 A61M5/24 A61M5/315	Application no. 07720074.9
Keywords Änderungen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund				Application title Injektionsvorrichtung mit Spannfeder und Spannelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013716.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 2416/16 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10 H04M1/725	Application no. 04743917.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Added subject-matter - all requests - yes Clarity - second auxiliary request - (no)				Application title DEVICE DELIVERING A SERVICE USING AN ASSOCIATED PORTABLE MEMORY, AND RELAYING MEANS FOR ALLOWING ACTIVATION OF AN APPLICATION OF THE PORTABLE MEMORY OF THE FIRST DEVICE BY A SECOND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241616.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1809/17 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B9/00 A47B9/20	Application no. 11185649.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - vollständige Offenbarung Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Erfassung von Kollisionen und entsprechendes Verfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T180917.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2064/17 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N47/36 A01N47/38 A01N25/04	Application no. 03813102.5
Keywords Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Spät vorgebrachter Sachvortrag - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title ÖLSUSPENSIONSKONZENTRAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206417.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 2190/17 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B21/04	Application no. 14152990.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Fall detection system and method for detecting a fall of a monitored person
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219017.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0186/18 (Non-human animals/MAX PLANCK) of 1.2.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K67/027 A01K67/033 C12N15/10 C07K14/47	Application no. 09781633.4
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - animals and animal species (no); Main request - overcomes all grounds of opposition (yes); Main request - remittal to the first instance for adaptation of the description (yes);				Application title MUTANT ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN, AND METHODS USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018618.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 2122/18 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T17/00 B01D53/26 B60T17/02	Application no. 13163513.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Druckluftaufbereitungseinrichtung für ein Nutzfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212218.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2521/19 (FLUOROPOLYETHER COMPOUNd/MORESCO) of 3.2.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C43/23 C10M105/54 C10M107/38 G11B5/725 G11B5/84 C10N30/08 C10N40/18	Application no. 14869106.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FLUOROPOLYETHER COMPOUND, AND LUBRICANT AND MAGNETIC DISC COMPRISING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T252119.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0626/16 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/804	Application no. 08735106.0
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - main request, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests Auxiliary requests 3rd to 5th - submitted and not admitted in opposition proceedings - admitted (no) Auxiliary requests 6th to 8th - not examined by the opposition division - admitted (no)				Application title SINGLE-USE CONTAINMENT CAPSULE OF AN AROMATIC ESSENCE FOR PRODUCING AN INFUSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062616.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0961/16 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B26B13/26 B26B13/16 A01G3/025 B23D29/02	Application no. 11701032.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHERE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096116.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2545/16 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05C9/00 E05C7/04 E05B65/10 E05B63/24	Application no. 10159286.3
Keywords -				Application title Treibriegelschloss
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T254516.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454 KB)
T 0086/17 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D81/38 B65D3/14 B31B17/00 B31B43/00	Application no. 09000695.8
Keywords Spät vorgebrachter Klarheitseinwand - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Hauptantrag - Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Becher aus einem Papiermaterial
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008617.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 564 KB)
T 0271/17 (Holzwerkstoffplatte/XYLO) of 7.12.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B21/00 B27N3/04	Application no. 06776887.9
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LEICHTE MEHRSCHICHT HOLZWERKSTOFFPLATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027117.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2483/17 () of 13.11.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D83/14	Application no. 07766758.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title NON-ROUND PLASTIC PRESSURIZED DISPENSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248317.20201113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2698/17 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/804 A47J31/40	Application no. 05795017.2
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - allowable (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - no explicit withdrawal of the request for oral proccedings Reimbursement of appeal fee - confirmation of T 73/17				Application title Capsule with biasing sealing member
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T269817.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2619/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N2/70 B60N2/72	Application no. 04015663.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Seat structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T261918.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 658 KB)
T 2798/18 (Dinatriumdihydrogendiphosphat/Budenheim) of 15.1.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B25/42 A21D2/02 A21D8/04 C01B25/30	Application no. 12703776.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title MODIFIZIERTES DINATRIUMDIHYDROGENDIPHOSPHAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T279818.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1679/19 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C49/48 B29C33/00 B29C33/04 F16L37/56 B29C33/26 B29C47/92	Application no. 07803876.7
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - (non : mémoire de recours manquant)				Application title Dispositif de fabrication de récipients comprenant un moule et une fiche de raccordement fluidique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167919.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 233 KB)
T 2176/19 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D88/62	Application no. 07731093.6
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Vice substantiel de procédure - (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non)				Application title SYSTEME DE DISTRIBUTION ET DE RECUPERATION DE LIQUIDES ET DISPOSITIF LE COMPORTANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217619.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0278/20 (Holzwerkstoffplatte/XYLO) of 7.12.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B21/00 B27N3/04	Application no. 12180598.0
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LEICHTE MEHRSCHICHT-HOLZWERKSTOFFPLATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027820.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1136/20 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B09B5/00 B09B3/00 G21F5/14 G21F7/015 G21F7/06 G21F9/22 G21F9/36 G21F5/005	Application no. 11866955.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title MODULARIZED PROCESS FLOW FACILITY PLAN FOR STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T113620.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1555/20 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00 G06F7/04	Application no. 14769947.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTITY VERIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155520.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 2018/14 (User authentication/ACTIVCARD) of 1.2.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F1/00	Application no. 10185106.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Flexible method of user authentication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201814.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1446/17 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M5/26 C08K5/17 C08K3/22 C08K3/24 C09D131/04 C09D131/00	Application no. 11193971.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no: all requests)				Application title Improvements relating to laser marking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144617.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 2004/17 (Zooming on touch screen/APPLE) of 10.12.2020
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 H04M1/725	Application no. 11182963.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Document scaling on a touch-screen display
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T200417.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 0900/18 (Non-magnetic stainless steel/Daido) of 10.12.2020
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D8/12 C21D9/22 C22C38/04 C22C38/18 C22C38/20	Application no. 10004443.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title High corrosion-resistant, high-strength and non-magnetic stainless steel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090018.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1729/18 (Magerbeton/Intellectual Property Management Luxembourg) of 14.1.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G9/02 C04B28/04	Application no. 10178571.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsanträge hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title THERMISCHLEITFÄHIGER MAGERBETON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172918.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1976/18 (Substantial procedural violation/NATERA) of 21.1.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/18 G06F19/22 C12Q1/68	Application no. 11784180.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by applicant (no) Basis of decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in examination proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL PLOIDY CALLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197618.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
T 2447/18 (Non-ionic antimicrobial active / UNILEVER) of 23.11.2020
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D1/62 C11D3/00 C11D3/50 C11D3/48	Application no. 13716273.1
Keywords Added matter (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 9) : yes - mixture of a class of compounds comprising a specific concentration of a single component of this class not disclosed in the application as filed Novelty (auxiliary request 10) : yes Inventive step (auxiliary request 10 to 15) : no Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title Improvements relating to fabric conditioners
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T244718.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1312/16 (Pea-based protein mixture/NUTRICIA) of 24.11.2020
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L33/17 A23L33/19 A61K38/16 A61K36/48 A61K38/01	Application no. 10718723.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (no)				Application title PEA-BASED PROTEIN MIXTURE AND USE THEREOF IN A LIQUID NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR ENTERAL FEEDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131216.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0205/17 (Improving mental capacity of aged canine pets/HILL'S) of 12.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K50/00 A23K10/40 A61K31/34 A61K31/355 A61K31/385 A23K20/158 A23K20/174 A23K20/142 A23K50/40	Application no. 01988317.2
Keywords Auxiliary request 2: Admission - (yes) Added subject matter - (no) Extension of the scope of protection - (no) Clarity - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Validity of the priority right - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AGED COMPANION PET DIET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020517.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1388/17 (Composition for nutritionally improving glucose control and insulin … of 11.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/29 A23L1/30 A61K31/201 A23L1/305 A23L1/304 A61P3/10 A61P3/02 A61P9/10	Application no. 06749290.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no)				Application title COMPOSITION FOR NUTRITIONALLY IMPROVING GLUCOSE CONTROL AND INSULIN ACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T138817.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1679/17 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/32 A24D3/02	Application no. 13167437.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Einwände in der ersten Instanz zurückgenommen - nicht zugelassen Von der ersten Instanz nicht zugelassen Beweismittel - nicht zugelassen Beanstandung der Niederschrift über die mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Übergabetrommel der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167917.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1832/17 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M63/00 F02M59/46 F02M69/54	Application no. 13156745.5
Keywords Verschlechterungsverbot (Verbot der "reformatio in peius") Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Common-Rail-System mit einer Druckhalteventilanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183217.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 2141/19 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 18.12.2020
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184224.1
Keywords Enabling disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Touch event model programming interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214119.20201218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2260/19 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/435 A61K31/4375	Application no. 12783818.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COMPOUND COMPRISING A MAO TARGETING/ SEEKER MOIETY FOR TREATING HUMAN GLIOMAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226019.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0173/20 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q1/48 B25J9/10 B23Q3/12	Application no. 16751473.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title ANDOCK-MASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017320.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 266 KB)
T 0444/20 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G3/20	Application no. 14194458.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - full appeal fee paid late Correction of error - correction introduces what was originally intended (yes)				Application title Display device and method of driving the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T044420.20210122				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0070/16 () of 15.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61M25/00 A61F7/12	Application no. 08151320.2
Keywords Amendments				Application title Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T007016.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0092/17 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D21/00	Application no. 04103090.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (no) Claims - interpretation of ambiguous terms Oral proceedings - held in absence of party				Application title Refrigeration appliance with automatic time-determined defrost
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009217.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0093/17 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D13/64	Application no. 11787579.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KUPPLUNGSSCHEIBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009317.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0191/17 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B7/24 B05B9/01 B05B7/02	Application no. 12001302.4
Keywords Wahrung des Gebots auf ein faires Verfahren und des rechtlichen Gehörs - (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 bis 8 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) keine explizite Rücknahme des Antrages auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Farbspritzpistole mit einem Grundkörper und einer auswechselbaren Farbleiteinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T019117.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0376/17 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H05K5/00 H04M1/02 G09F7/02 G09F7/06	Application no. 10191683.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Portier électrique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T037617.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0515/17 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D22/14 B21K1/28 B21H1/02	Application no. 06762175.5
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM UMFORMEN EINER BLECHRONDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051517.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 264 KB)
T 0533/17 (Methods for separating compounds/Waters Technologies) of 16.10.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D15/30 B01D15/32 G01N30/46	Application no. 06718965.4
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR SEPARATING COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053317.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2265/17 () of 19.10.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R1/00	Application no. 12194949.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (Nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung in das Verfahren - Hilfsantrag 2 (Nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Unterstützen eines Ankuppelns eines Anhängers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226517.20201019				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0115/18 (Alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor/GRIFOLS) of 30.7.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K1/16 C07K1/18 C07K1/30 C07K14/81	Application no. 00992709.6
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 1 - inventive step (yes), extension of scope of protection (no)				Application title Method of preparing alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011518.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0231/18 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D29/00 B32B15/01	Application no. 09741997.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERWENDUNG EINES METALLISCHEN VERBUNDWERKSTOFFS IN EINER FAHRZEUGSTRUKTUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T023118.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 414 KB)
T 1212/18 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D25/00	Application no. 12700772.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines mehrschichtigen Datenträgers sowie nach diesem Verfahren hergestellter Datenträger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121218.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 732 KB)
T 1295/20 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N7/18 G08B13/196 H04N21/8547	Application no. 17181318.1
Keywords Mangel der fehlenden Anschrift in der Beschwerdeschrift - Behebung ist als rechtzeitig zu betrachten (ja) - Grundsatz des Vertrauensschutzes (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM EINLESEN UND AUFBEREITEN VON VIDEOBILDERN IN ECHTZEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129520.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1544/20 () of 19.11.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C69/155 C07C69/145	Application no. 15751927.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title BRANCHED-CHAIN ESTERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154420.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 1549/20 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M13/25 H04L1/00 H04L27/34	Application no. 01000525.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Method and apparatus for processing modulation symbols for soft input decoders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154920.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 2284/15 (Stoßwellenartige Druckwellen / Ferton Holding) of 17.9.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N7/00 A61B17/00 A61B17/22	Application no. 08168076.1
Keywords Ermessen, Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (ja)				Application title Instrument zum Erzeugen von stoßwellenartigen Druckwellen zur Behandlung von biologischem Gewebe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228415.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0194/17 () of 3.12.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25J3/04	Application no. 05769658.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title LOW TEMPERATURE AIR SEPARATION PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PRESSURIZED GASEOUS PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019417.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1534/17 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F42B5/155 F42B12/48	Application no. 09007324.8
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title Nebelwurfkörper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153417.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 272 KB)
T 1833/17 () of 9.12.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B33/14 E21B33/127	Application no. 05817486.3
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR SEALING A VOID INCOMPLETELY FILLED WITH A CAST MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183317.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2431/17 (Pharmaceutical Compositions having Desirable Bioavailability / ALCON) of 3.11.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K47/44 A61K31/535 A61K31/5575 A61K31/542 A61K45/06 A61K31/215 A61K31/216	Application no. 09722278.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Priority - transfer of priority right Priority - validity of priority date (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS HAVING DESIRABLE BIOAVAILABILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243117.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0353/18 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L27/06 C09D127/06 B05D7/22 C08L61/06	Application no. 06828984.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (auxiliary requests 1 and 2: no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 1a not admitted) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title BADGE- AND BPA-FREE CAN COATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035318.20201111				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 564 KB)
T 0212/19 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E03D1/012 E03D5/02	Application no. 09006871.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Spülkasten mit Revisionsöffnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021219.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 968 KB)
T 1738/20 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D81/05 B31D5/00	Application no. 14718283.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title THERMAL INSULATION DUNNAGE AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173820.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)

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January 2021

T 1370/15 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 H04N5/50 H04N5/46	Application no. 09168309.4
Keywords Novelty - main and auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - introduction of new ex officio common general knowledge (yes, to the extent that the board is knowledgeable from its experience)				Application title Broadcast processing apparatus and control method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T137015.20210125				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 658 KB)
T 1732/15 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K3/356 G06F9/38	Application no. 08006405.8
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - main request and auxiliary requests I and II Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests I and II Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Sequential circuit element including a single clocked transistor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173215.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2101/16 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/47 B05C1/08	Application no. 10152227.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - unter Artikel 13(1) VOBK 2000 nicht zugelassen				Application title Beleimung von Materialstreifen der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T210116.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 643 KB)
T 2306/16 (NGAL for detection of acute renal failure/ANTIBODYSHOP) of 13.10.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/68	Application no. 07785730.8
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Amendments - allowable, auxiliary request 3 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes)				Application title DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO EXCLUDE SIGNIFICANT RENAL INJURY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230616.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0632/17 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q1/70 B23Q3/12 B23Q3/157	Application no. 08000527.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kupplungseinrichtung und Kupplungselement für Werkzeughalter oder Werkstückspanneinrichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T063217.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 2310/17 () of 30.9.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/00 C08F2/01 C08F10/00 C08F2/14 C08F210/14 B01J19/18 B01J8/00	Application no. 03755827.7
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title POLYMERIZATION REACTIOR HAVING LARGE LENGTH/DIAMETER RATIO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231017.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 1751/18 () of 18.11.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T7/04 B60T8/40	Application no. 12743463.7
Keywords erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein; Hilfsantrag 2: ja) Zulässigkeit (Hilfsantrag 1: nein)				Application title BREMSBETÄTIGUNGSEINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175118.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1668/19 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 06790255.1
Keywords -				Application title ZAHNIMPLANTAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T166819.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1213/15 (External interface/JOHNSON & JOHNSON) of 13.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F21/00 G06F21/24	Application no. 08825892.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - skilled person				Application title EXTERNAL INTERFACE ACCESS CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T121315.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0916/16 (Compositions of glycopyrronium salt for inhalation / NOVARTIS) of 15.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K9/12 A61K9/14 A61K31/40	Application no. 07764925.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS OF GLYCOPYRRONIUM SALT FOR INHALATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091616.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1246/16 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C22/34 C23C22/36 C23C22/73 B21D22/20 B21D51/26	Application no. 07727286.2
Keywords Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes) Inventive step - obvious modification Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title METHOD FOR COATING OF METALLIC COIL OR SHEETS FOR PRODUCING CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124616.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1428/16 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/56 A61K31/567 A61K31/57 A61K31/138 A61P15/18 A61P25/24 A61K31/565 A61K45/06	Application no. 02782404.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES TO PREVENT PREGNANCY AND DIMINISH PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142816.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 245 KB)
T 2013/16 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C1/18	Application no. 05783967.2
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Widerruf des Patents auf Antrag des Patentinhabers				Application title FORMSTOFFMISCHUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON GIESSFORMEN FÜR DIE METALLVERARBEITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201316.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 240 KB)
T 2124/16 () of 27.11.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D11/04 B22D11/16 B22D11/18 B22D11/20 B22D11/041	Application no. 09761302.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VORHERSAGE DER ENTSTEHUNG VON LÄNGSRISSEN BEIM STRANGGIESSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212416.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1175/17 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D175/04 C08L75/04	Application no. 06011177.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title Oligocarbonat-haltige Beschichtungsmittel für kratzfeste Decklacke
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117517.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0572/18 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C18/344	Application no. 06400014.4
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vakuumpumpe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057218.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1103/18 () of 9.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B37/18 F16K1/20 F01D17/10	Application no. 13183258.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion				Application title Turbine wastegate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110318.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1915/18 () of 9.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B27/01	Application no. 15193205.0
Keywords -				Application title SHORT-DISTANCE OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION MODULE AND NEAR-EYE DISPLAY OPTICAL MODULE USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191518.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1636/15 (Hepatocyte preparation/CELSIS) of 21.10.2020
Online on 27.01.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N5/071	Application no. 06739994.9
Keywords Patent as granted - claimed subject-matter extends beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title NOVEL CELLULAR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163615.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0798/17 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 27.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N37/10 A61K31/19 A61P29/02	Application no. 10840130.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter				Application title TREATING CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH INTRAVENOUS IBUPROFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T079817.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0552/14 (Queue message/TICKETMASTER) of 12.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 06739187.0
Keywords Inventive step - making queuing more efficient (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING QUEUE MESSAGING OVER A NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055214.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1115/15 (Power saving for wireless communication/UNWIRED) of 20.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F1/26 G06F1/32	Application no. 02257546.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to appeal case Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 4				Application title Portable computer apparatus with power saving for wireless communication module
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111515.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2199/16 (Leistungsmessung / Rohde & Schwarz) of 26.11.2020
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R27/28 G01R31/28	Application no. 08851227.2
Keywords Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombinationserfindung (nein)				Application title LEISTUNGSMESSUNG MIT EINEM SIGNALGENERATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219916.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1524/17 (Variable voltage regulator/ROSEMOUNT) of 12.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B19/042 G08C19/02	Application no. 09720904.3
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board: held by videoconference with the parties' consent Added subject-matter - main request (no): no need for a description-based claim interpretation Amendments occasioned by a ground for opposition Amendments - main request (yes) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (yes): remaining opposition grounds not yet examined				Application title Variable liftoff voltage process field device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152417.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0784/18 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/41 A61K8/49 A61Q5/10	Application no. 07001943.5
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Einspruchsverfahrens (nein) Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Entwickler-Kuppler-Kombination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078418.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1081/19 (Controlling participation in a wireless network/CANON) of 21.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W76/00	Application no. 07713807.1
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: no oral proceedings requested Added subject-matter - (yes): unallowable generalisation				Application title Communication apparatus and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108119.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0407/15 (Protein-binding contrast agent for MRI / The University of Western … of 27.10.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R33/48 G01R33/38 G01R33/381 A61K49/10 G01R33/50 G01R33/44	Application no. 09719907.9
Keywords Priority - transfer of priority right Priority - no evidence provided Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040715.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0401/16 (Bilayer pharmaceutical tablet / BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 5.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K31/635 A61K31/54 A61K31/495 A61K31/415	Application no. 10179142.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admittance of documents filed in appeal proceedings Amendments - extension beyond the content of the (earliest) application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Public prior use - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Bilayer pharmaceutical tablet comprising telmisartan and a diuretic
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040116.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 1298/16 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A45D40/26 A46B9/02 A46B15/00	Application no. 08787998.7
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui), Renvoi - (oui),				Application title APPLICATEUR POUR APPLIQUER UN PRODUIT SUR LES CILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129816.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1581/16 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 G07F17/16 G07F9/02	Application no. 04810469.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR COORDINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158116.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 544 KB)
T 1693/16 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 04810576.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DATA STRUCTURE FOR A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING COLORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169316.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 544 KB)
T 2632/16 (Method for stimulating the intestinal flora in infants delivered by … of 15.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L33/00 A61K31/702 A23C9/20 A23L33/135	Application no. 09011197.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal before decision announced at oral proceedings (yes)				Application title Method for stimulating the intestinal flora in infants delivered by caesarean section
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T263216.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 0507/17 (JANUS KINASE INHIBITORS) of 19.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D487/04 A61K31/519	Application no. 08770794.9
Keywords Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Priority - (yes) Insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title SALTS OF THE JANUS KINASE INHIBITOR (R)-3-(4-(7H-PYRROLO(2,3-D)PYRIMIDIN-4-YL)-1H-PYRAZOL-1-YL)-3-CYCLOPENTYLPROPANENITRILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T050717.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 1895/17 (Ring-shaped microphone indicator/Bosch) of 8.12.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R27/00	Application no. 05100490.1
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board: held by videoconference upon request Inventive step - all requests (no): mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - presentation of information				Application title Conference system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189517.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2245/17 (Filter/Witzenmann) of 17.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D46/10 B01D46/00 F16L55/24 B01D35/02	Application no. 12171658.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Filter zum Einsetzen in eine fluidführende Rohrleitung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224517.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2278/17 () of 12.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23B51/04 B23P15/28	Application no. 04725624.3
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title EINLIPPENBOHRER UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227817.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2537/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H3/089	Application no. 12784307.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title TRANSMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253718.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1701/15 (MANAGING USE OF STORAGE BY MULTIPLE PAGEABLE GUESTS OF A COMPUTING … of 11.1.2021
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F11/07	Application no. 09714605.4
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title MANAGING USE OF STORAGE BY MULTIPLE PAGEABLE GUESTS OF A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170115.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0456/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29D30/06 B29C33/20	Application no. 11151960.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title Tire vulcanizer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045617.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0523/17 () of 30.11.2020
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F230/02 C08F220/38	Application no. 10800824.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - Main request, Auxiliary request 1 (No) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title NETWORK COPOLYMER CROSSLINKED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T052317.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 498 KB)
T 2710/17 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23D33/00 B23D15/14 B23B29/04 B23B27/04 B23B27/10	Application no. 12191349.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendments in an auxiliary request Amendments - intermediate generalisation (yes) Auxiliary requests not admitted because they could have been filed in the first instance proceedings (yes) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (no) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cutting assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T271017.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 646 KB)
T 1796/18 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D5/14	Application no. 11790891.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINER ERKENNUNGSSCHWELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179618.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1524/19 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D65/18 B23K37/047 B23K37/04 B62D65/02	Application no. 11708725.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit über beanspruchte Breite (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES FERTIGUNGSSYSTEMS ZUM FÜGEN UND FERTIGUNGSSYSTEM ZUM FÜGEN VON VORMONTIERTEN STRUKTUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152419.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 495 KB)
T 1553/15 (Rabbit skin extract/VANWORLD (RUGAO)) of 28.9.2020
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K35/12 A61K35/36 A61P25/04 A61P29/00	Application no. 03770855.9
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (yes) animal suffering not commensurate with benefit for mankind				Application title RABBIT SKIN COMPRISING BIOLOGICAL ACTIVE SUBSTANCE AND ITS USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155315.20200928				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2266/15 () of 10.12.2020
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N15/14 C12N5/00 A61D19/00	Application no. 10183913.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Apparatus and methods for providing sex-sorted animal sperm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226615.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 0213/16 (Wireless stereo reception for hearing devices/STARKEY) of 10.12.2020
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 07254947.0
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - held by videoconference upon request Admittance of requests filed after or with the grounds of appeal - main and second auxiliary requests (no): "fresh case" and no appropriate reaction to appealed decision Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)				Application title Wireless system for hearing communication devices providing wireless stereo reception modes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021316.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0389/16 (Bevorzugte Signalbehandlung/KUKA) of 18.12.2020
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/406	Application no. 06829788.6
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung vor der Kammer Mündliche Verhandlung - als Videokonferenz mit Einverständnis der Beteiligten Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 0, 1, 1A (nein): breitestmögliche Auslegung von "bevorzugt behandelt" Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 2, 2A, 3, 4 (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Steuern mindestens einer Maschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038916.20201218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0992/16 () of 27.11.2020
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61B5/145 A61B5/15 A61B5/151 A61B5/157	Application no. 06764480.7
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Amendments to the description in accordance with Rule 80 EPC (yes) Apportionment of costs - abuse of procedure (no)				Application title HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099216.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0993/16 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B21/36 G06T5/50 G01N21/64	Application no. 10250910.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Fluorescence imaging
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099316.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 1691/18 (Process of incorporating additives into vinylidene chloride polymers/ … of 30.11.2020
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/21 C08J3/12 C08L27/08 C08K3/26 C08K5/1515 C08K5/17 C08L23/30 C08L83/04 C08L91/06	Application no. 12766779.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title PROCESS OF INCORPORATING ADDITIVES INTO VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE POLYMERS WITHOUT THE USE OF A BLENDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T169118.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1481/19 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 21.01.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G17/34 B65G17/46	Application no. 16150974.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsanträge wurden im Prüfungsverfahren zurückgenommen und hätten dort zur Entscheidung gestellt werden können Niederschrift über mündliche Verhandlung vor der Prüfungsabteilung Niederschrift über mündliche Verhandlung - Antrag auf Korrektur der Niederschrift (nein) Widerlegbare Vermutung der Richtigkeit der Niederschrift über die mündliche Verhandlung - Sofern eine Partei meint, die Verhandlungsniederschrift sei unvollständig oder fehlerhaft, da diese wesentliche Ausführungen nicht oder fälschlicherweise enthalte, obliegt es ihr, zur Wahrung ihrer Rechte bei dem zuständigen Organ eine entsprechende Protokollberichtigung zu beantragen (Nr. 2.3 der Gründe).				Application title TRANSPORTVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148119.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0892/15 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M5/315	Application no. 07785091.5
Keywords Änderungen Ausreichende Offenbarung Klarheit Neuheit				Application title INJEKTIONSVORRICHTUNG MIT KLAUENSICHERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089215.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 538 KB)
T 1667/16 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01M13/04	Application no. 07788217.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Ermessensausübung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung gibt Anlass zu neuen Einwänden (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung der Verfahrensökonomie abträglich (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR ABSCHEIDUNG VON FLÜSSIGKEITEN AUS GASEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T166716.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1866/16 (Probiotic compositions/MOORE) of 11.1.2021
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/20 A61K35/74	Application no. 08841594.8
Keywords Main request - admission (no); Auxiliary request 1 - admission new objection (yes); Auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes); Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no);				Application title PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING AND SUPPORTING WEIGHT LOSS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186616.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2277/16 (Stable frozen lactic acid bacteria/CHR. HANSEN) of 1.12.2020
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/00 C12N1/04	Application no. 04703147.1
Keywords Main request - Novelty (no) Auxiliary request 3 - Added subject-matter (no), Inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 7 - Inventive step (no)				Application title Storage stable frozen lactic acid bacteria culture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227716.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 2030/17 (Distributed mapping database/ZTE) of 22.12.2020
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/42	Application no. 10799373.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR NETWORK DEPLOYMENT AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AND DATA FORWARDING THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203017.20201222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2500/17 (Inputting information in 3D space / Samsung) of 11.12.2020
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/01	Application no. 07123111.2
Keywords Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of deparment of first instance Amendments - disclosure in drawings Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Information input device and method and medium for inputting information in 3D space
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T250017.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0678/18 (Einstellbare Ventil-Ruheöffnung/DANFOSS) of 14.1.2021
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D16/06 F24D10/00 F16K7/12	Application no. 07700167.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Ventilanordnung zum Anschließen eines Wärmetauschers einer Wasserentnahmevorrichtung an ein Fernwärmenetz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T067818.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 642 KB)
T 0371/19 () of 16.11.2020
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C15/00 F04C14/22	Application no. 10158810.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - could-would approach				Application title Sealing for the control chamber of a variable displacement lubricant pump
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037119.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1573/20 (Missing statement of grounds of appeal) of 11.1.2021
Online on 20.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N43/80 A01P13/02 A01N25/02 A01N25/04	Application no. 14195416.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds Request for oral proceedings - clearly inadmissible appeal				Application title Use of 3-isoxazolidinones as selective herbicides in grass and brassica crops
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157320.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
J 0009/18 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G9/08 A23G9/22 A23G9/28	Application no. 15191492.6
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title MACHINE FOR MAKING AND DISPENSING LIQUID AND/OR SEMI-LIQUID FOOD PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000918.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1069/14 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01F41/06	Application no. 07718405.9
Keywords Einspruch - zulässig (ja) Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - mangelnde Neuheit (ja, Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1) Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - Neuheit, erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja, Hilfsantrag 2)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Bewickeln eines Spulenkerns
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106914.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 526 KB)
T 1633/15 (Ohrpassstück mit Adapterdichtung/SIVANTOS) of 22.12.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 08103977.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja): nächstliegender Stand der Technik führt von der beanspruchten Lösung weg				Application title Ohrpassstück mit Adapterdichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163315.20201222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0628/16 (Blasformmaschine/KRONES) of 30.11.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/409	Application no. 10175180.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge (nein): Juxtaposition von trivialen Merkmalen Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - Bestimmung des nächstliegenden Stands der Technik und der Fachperson (nein): Beantwortung der Vorlagefragen nicht erforderlich				Application title Vorrichtung zum Behandeln von Behältnissen mit mobiler Anzeige
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062816.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1969/16 () of 4.11.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 03728904.8
Keywords Withdrawal of opposition - continuation of the proceedings on own motion Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late filed requests - admitted (no) - not addressing outstanding issues				Application title VISIBLE AUTHENTICATION PATTERNS FOR PRINTED DOCUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196916.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 2533/16 (Dichtungsartikel/FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT) of 16.11.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J7/00 B05D7/24	Application no. 09765885.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, 1. bis 3. Hilfsantrag) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (ja)				Application title DICHTUNGSARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253316.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 464 KB)
T 2653/16 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D11/00 G07D7/18	Application no. 03763797.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN FÜR EINSTELLUNG EINER BANKNOTENBEARBEITUNGSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T265316.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0223/17 () of 19.10.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C47/06 B29C47/20 B29C61/06	Application no. 10707411.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Admittance of new inventive step objection (yes)				Application title Multilayer, heat-shrinkable film comprising a plurality of microlayers and method for its fabrication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022317.20201019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 550 KB)
T 0683/17 () of 3.12.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F17/32 G07C15/00	Application no. 14157712.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Auxiliary Requests - not substantiated - not admitted				Application title Gaming system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068317.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 1649/17 (Sprühgetrocknete Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittelprodukte / Henkel) of 14.1.2021
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D1/02 C11D3/08 C11D3/37 C11D11/02	Application no. 09722712.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge				Application title SPRÜHGETROCKNETE WASCH- ODER REINIGUNGSMITTELPRODUKTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T164917.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2490/17 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 19.01.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L69/00 C08L55/02	Application no. 10702996.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Admittance of experimental report - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4 Admittance of auxiliary requests 5 and 6 - (no)				Application title POLYCARBONATE MOLDING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249017.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 559 KB)
T 2170/14 (Vorimprägnat/SCHOELLER) of 18.11.2020
Online on 18.01.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B44C5/04 D21H17/28 D21H17/35 D21H17/37 D21H17/67 D21H19/58 D21H27/26	Application no. 08761274.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORIMPRÄGNAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217014.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0334/17 (Gas-barrier shring films/CRYOVAC) of 16.11.2020
Online on 18.01.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/34 B32B27/30 B32B27/08 B65D65/40	Application no. 06004057.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Gas-barrier shrink films and their use in deep-drawing applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033417.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1612/17 (IMSI broker/TRUPHONE) of 11.1.2021
Online on 18.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W8/18 H04W8/24 H04W60/06 H04W60/00	Application no. 10775863.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: no oral proceedings requested Added subject-matter - (yes): intermediate generalisation				Application title Subscriber identification management broker for fixed/mobile networks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161217.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2273/17 (Blue glasses/Vitro) of 22.10.2020
Online on 18.01.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C17/34 C03C17/42 B32B9/00 C03C3/087 C03C4/02 C03C4/08	Application no. 10010542.8
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - suitability to resolve the issues (no)				Application title Limited visible transmission blue glasses
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227317.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0145/18 () of 16.12.2020
Online on 18.01.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F2/46 B29C35/08 E03F3/06 F16L55/165	Application no. 12003014.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title Einlegeschlauch zum Auskleiden und Sanieren von Rohrleitungen und Kanälen, insbesondere von Abwasserkanälen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014518.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1285/18 () of 21.12.2020
Online on 18.01.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F20/06 C08F2/10 A61L15/60	Application no. 04021552.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1				Application title Water-absorbent resin having treated surface and process for producing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T128518.20201221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1916/15 () of 13.10.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K1/18 B65D21/02 B65D85/72	Application no. 09003473.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of department of first instance on two issues				Application title More appealing packaged pet food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191615.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0743/16 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B02C15/00	Application no. 07819084.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title SICHERHEITSSYSTEM FÜR WÄLZMÜHLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074316.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1309/16 (Kernschicht aus faserverstärktem thermoplastichem Kunststoff / … of 15.10.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B5/18 E04C2/22	Application no. 08802022.7
Keywords Entgegenhaltungen nicht zugelassen von der Einspruchsabteilung : Zum Beschwerdeverfahren nicht zugelassen Allgemeines Fachwissen eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung und in Erwiderung zur Kammermitteilung : Zum Verfahren zugelassen Fehlende aktive Beteiligung der Beschwerdegegnerin : kein Grund die Beschwerde stattzugeben Ausführbarkeit der Erfindung : ja Neuheit : ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit : ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Verbundplatte auf Basis von Hochdruck-Schichtpressstoffplatten (HPL-Platten)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T130916.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1570/16 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F1/02 D21H23/10 D21H23/20 B01F5/00 B01F5/04 B01J4/00 D21G9/00	Application no. 07709869.7
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed document - D9-D11' filed for the first time in appeal Late-filed document - D12-D14 filed after summons to oral proceedings Novelty - (no) Novelty - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 1 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - auxiiliary requests 2 and 3 Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - patent held in the contested decision to meet the requirements of the EPC				Application title METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FEEDING CHEMICALS INTO A PROCESS STREAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T157016.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2046/16 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173	Application no. 09173259.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for creating and using video playlists within a network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204616.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0693/17 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B02C4/08 B02C4/32 B02C4/28	Application no. 05784742.8
Keywords Statement of grounds of appeal - New lines of argument Statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no) Amendment of appellant's case after Board's communication pursuant to Article 15(1) RPBA 2020 - admitted (no)				Application title MINERAL BREAKER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069317.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0783/17 () of 1.12.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D1/02	Application no. 07789552.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - interpretation of ambiguous terms Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title SLIT BANDED PAPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078317.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0997/17 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G1/04 B65G1/137	Application no. 12156529.5
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Ermitteln von Fehllagerungen von Arzneimittelpackungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099717.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1717/17 () of 27.11.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C13/00	Application no. 11808183.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BEARBEITUNG EINES VIRTUELLEN, DREIDIMENSIONALEN ZAHNMODELLS MITTELS EINES VIRTUELLEN WERKZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171717.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0469/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K17/02 F16H41/24	Application no. 13172603.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Lagerungssystem für ein Antriebssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T046918.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1493/18 () of 10.12.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B95/00	Application no. 10708147.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 1 - request withdrawn before the opposition division Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title RELEASE PREVENTING SYSTEM FOR WALL CUPBOARDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149318.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1826/18 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F47/00	Application no. 12750766.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no) Minutes of oral proceedings - request to record statement in the minutes (refused) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title HEATING SMOKABLE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182618.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0106/19 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47F5/10 A47B96/14 A47B57/40	Application no. 16193687.7
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title EINSTECKVORRICHTUNG FÜR EIN REGALSYSTEM ZUR WARENPRÄSENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010619.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0398/19 (Température maximale de réductibilité / RHODIA OPERATIONS) of 13.11.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 13.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B01J21/06 B01J23/10 B01J35/00 B01J37/03 B01D53/94	Application no. 04721217.0
Keywords Exposé de l'invention suffisant - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Composition à base d'oxyde de zirconium et d'oxyde de cérium à température maximale de réductibilité réduite, son procédé de préparation et son utilisation comme catalyseur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039819.20201113				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 440 KB)
T 1730/19 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 15.01.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F11/14	Application no. 05736694.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - requests could have been filed in examination proceedings (yes)				Application title FABRIC CREPE AND IN FABRIC DRYING PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173019.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1159/16 () of 16.11.2020
Online on 14.01.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/37 A61K8/89 A61K8/892 A61Q5/06	Application no. 06791747.6
Keywords Neuheit - Neuheit der Verwendung Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) nicht medizinische Verwendung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title FETTSÄUREESTER ZUR VERRINGERUNG DER KLEBRIGKEIT VON STYLINGMITTELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115916.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 2191/17 (Detergent compositions/The Procter & Gamble Company) of 9.12.2020
Online on 14.01.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/50 C11D17/00	Application no. 05025877.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious composition Inventive step - all claim requests				Application title Detergent compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219117.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 524 KB)
T 1114/15 () of 10.12.2020
Online on 13.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B9/00 E04C2/04 E04F13/08	Application no. 05850485.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Patentierbare Erfindung - technischer Charakter der Erfindung Patentierbare Erfindung - (nein) Einspruchsgründe - verspätet eingereichter Einspruchsgrund Spät eingereichter Antrag - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein)				Application title LOCHPLATTE AUF BASIS VON GIPS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111415.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2097/15 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 13.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N57/20	Application no. 99944356.7
Keywords Änderungen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit Ausreichende Offenbarung Spät eingereichter Antrag				Application title HERBIZIDE MITTEL FÜR TOLERANTE ODER RESISTENTE MAISKULTUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209715.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 529 KB)
T 0966/17 () of 30.10.2020
Online on 13.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C19/48	Application no. 12000504.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Schwerwiegender Verfahrensmangel - (nein) Ermessen bei Zulassung neuer Anträge (ja)				Application title Strassenfertiger mit steuerbaren Fördereinrichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096617.20201030				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0111/18 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 13.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 12714740.3
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title IMPLANT DENTAIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011118.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0378/18 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 13.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F25B21/02 H01L35/00 H01G9/00 H01G9/08 H01G2/08 H01G4/38 H01G11/72 H01G11/82 H01M10/613 H01M10/625 H01M10/6562 H01M10/6568 H01M10/6572 H01M10/635	Application no. 11717523.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - funktionelle Merkmale (ja) Patentansprüche - implizite Merkmale (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title ELEKTRISCHER ENERGIESPEICHER MIT KÜHLVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037818.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2529/18 () of 19.10.2020
Online on 13.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B9/42 E06B9/24	Application no. 12008299.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Automatic roller blind for roof windows and a method of controlling thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T252918.20201019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1913/16 (Retargeted endopeptidase assays/ALLERGAN) of 17.9.2020
Online on 12.01.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/50 C12Q1/37	Application no. 10709360.1
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - legal framework of the opposition Inventive step - (no)				Application title IMMUNO-BASED RETARGETED ENDOPEPTIDASE ACTIVITY ASSAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191316.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 1187/16 () of 13.7.2020
Online on 11.01.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B25/04 G08B25/00	Application no. 08803225.5
Keywords Änderungen Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag - keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände - in das Beschwerdeverfahren zugelassen (nein)				Application title Trennvorrichtung mit Energiespeicher für energieführende elektrische Leitung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118716.20200713				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2429/17 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 11.01.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F1/1343 G02F1/13363	Application no. 13197983.3
Keywords Claims - functional features (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - first auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no)				Application title Liquid crystal display device with wide-viewing angle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242917.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)

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