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.

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T 1568/15 (Phase cut dimmer / Tridonic) of 10.6.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B33/08	Application no. 10766043.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title PHASE CUT DIMMING OF LEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156815.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0752/16 (Relatives Extinktions-Minimum) of 27.8.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D21/02	Application no. 08801762.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein): Umformulierung der objektiven Aufgabe Zulassung von nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Anspruchssätzen - Hilfsanträge 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3 (nein): keine "außergewöhnlichen Umstände"				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur kontinuierlichen Aufbereitung belasteter Fluide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075216.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2778/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01L1/12 G01L3/10 G01L5/10 G01M5/00	Application no. 12854092.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title STRESS MONITORING DEVICE OF MAGNETO-ELASTIC AND MAGNETO-ELECTRIC EFFECT TYPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T277817.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0534/18 (Liquid nicotine formulation / McNeil AB) of 18.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K31/465	Application no. 09002569.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title A liquid pharmaceutical formulation comprising nicotine for the administration to the oral cavity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053418.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0702/18 (VOC-reduzierte Reinigungslösung und Konzentrat / CHEMISCHE WERKE … of 1.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D3/43 C09D9/00 C09D9/04	Application no. 11727630.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 1A und 2A : (ja) Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus - Hauptantrag sowie Hilfsanträge 1 und 1A : (ja) Mangelnde Klarheit - Hilfsantrag 2 : (ja) Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus - Hilfsantrag 2A : (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja)				Application title VOC-reduzierte, mildalkalische wässrige Reinigungslösung mit nichtionischen Tensiden sowie dessen Konzentrat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070218.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1430/19 (High amylose durum wheat grains/BARILLA) of 2.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A21D2/18 C08B30/00	Application no. 08425721.1
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title High amylose durum wheat grains, meal and starch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143019.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 2873/19 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B39/00 A61M39/00 F16L11/04 A61M25/00 A61M5/00 A61J1/20 F16L11/10 B65B3/04 A61M39/08 A61M39/12 B65B3/00	Application no. 16197448.0
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - Rückerstattung der zusätzlich entrichteten Recherchengebühr (nein)				Application title SCHLAUCHSET UND ABFÜLLNADEL ZUR VERWENDUNG IN EINEM SCHLAUCHSET ZUM ABFÜLLEN EINES FLIESSFÄHIGEN MEDIUMS, INSBESONDERE EINES PHARMAZEUTIKUMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T287319.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
T 3279/19 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N21/95	Application no. 10751799.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR DETEKTION VON RISSEN IN HALBLEITERSUBSTRATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T327919.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 236 KB)
T 2044/15 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 05722457.8
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title APPLICATION-BASED VALUE BILLING IN A WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204415.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0822/16 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/12 B42D15/00	Application no. 02790486.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein) Reformatio in peius				Application title WERTDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082216.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2351/17 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B27B31/06 B27G1/00 B27M1/08	Application no. 10177849.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Ausrichten von Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235117.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0686/18 (Geschäumte Polymermasse/TESA) of 14.7.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J9/32 C09J7/00 C09J7/02 C09J5/08 C08K7/22 B29C44/22 C08K5/00	Application no. 11188670.1
Keywords Hauptantrag: Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Hauptantrag: Neuheit - (ja) Hauptantrag: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) (rückschauende Betrachtungsweise) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung schäumbarer Polymermassen, Verfahren zur Herstellung geschäumter Polymermassen daraus, geschäumte Polymermassen und Klebeband damit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068618.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0595/16 (Kontrollbedüftiges Fahrzeug/TOLLCOLLECT) of 14.9.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 01273553.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title KONTROLLVERFAHREN ZUR STRASSENGEBÜHRENERFASSUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059516.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0911/16 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G49/04 B01J35/10 B01J23/85	Application no. 03785754.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HYDROPROCESSING OF HYDROCARBON USING A MIXTURE OF CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091116.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1609/16 (Process to reduce acidity of crude oil/Saudi Arabian Oil Company et … of 9.9.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G31/08 B01J21/06 C10G75/00	Application no. 08858300.0
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS TO REDUCE ACIDITY OF CRUDE OIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160916.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0602/15 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/10	Application no. 05016032.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Optischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060215.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0984/15 (Configuring proximity indication/HTC) of 8.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W36/14	Application no. 11000052.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes): no direct and unambiguous link between separate sections of a technical specification Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no): obvious improvement of a technical specification				Application title Methods and system to configure proximity indication in wireless communication systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098415.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0012/16 (Animal models/KYMAB) of 15.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K67/027 C07K16/00 C07K16/46 C12N15/85	Application no. 10734546.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Animal Models and Therapeutic Molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001216.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1376/17 () of 3.6.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 03814464.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title WINDTURBINENROTORBLATT MIT VERRINGERTER SCHALLEMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137617.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2402/17 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B5/008 G01B21/04	Application no. 11717500.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit: Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsantrag (ja) Anspruch: Relation zwischen relativen Begriffen - Klarheit (ja)				Application title BETRIEB EINER KOORDINATENMESSMASCHINE ODER EINER WERKZEUGMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240217.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0490/18 (Multi-language input with accents on touch screen / Samsung) of 16.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/0488	Application no. 14191284.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Multi-language input method and multi-language input apparatus using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049018.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1322/18 (Re-establishment of rights/Mignon Belle) of 17.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M21/02 A61G7/05 A61M21/00 A61N5/06	Application no. 10835717.9
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing notice of appeal Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Appeal deemed not to have been filed				Application title SLEEP INDUCTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132218.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2288/18 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60P3/20 H04L12/24 H04B5/00 H04B7/00 B60H1/00 B60H1/32 F25D29/00 B65D88/74 H04L29/08 H04W4/02	Application no. 10797532.8
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PERFORMANCE AND POSITION MONITORING OF A MOBILE HVAC&R UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228818.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0344/15 (Gapmer antisense compound/IONIS) of 11.9.2020
Online on 21.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/113	Application no. 07811872.6
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034415.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0452/14 (Integrating charts in documents / MICROSOFT) of 13.2.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 G06F17/00 G06F17/21	Application no. 06802783.8
Keywords Inventive step - handling user action with non-visible instance of spreadsheet (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title INTEGRATING CHARTS IN DOCUMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045214.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2110/14 (Optimizing translation lookaside buffer entries / QUALCOMM … of 4.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F12/10	Application no. 06739038.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (yes Inventive step - after amendment) Inventive step - contiguity check of individual entries at each TLB miss (yes Inventive step - non-obvious modification)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER ENTRIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211014.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0770/15 (RFID Tag / Sato Holdings) of 18.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K7/14	Application no. 04077912.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title A method for applying a RFID tag carrying label on an object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077015.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0848/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00	Application no. 06700549.6
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RISK OF LOSSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084815.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1154/16 () of 13.8.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F3/02 C08G18/10 C08G18/48 C08G18/76	Application no. 08777456.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title SHOE PRESS BELT FOR PAPER MAKING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115416.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0996/17 () of 26.8.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D21/00	Application no. 07016524.6
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum drahtlosen Austausch von Daten und Funksystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099617.20200826				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 622 KB)
T 1547/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B57/00 F02B41/10 F02M25/07 F02D23/02 F02B37/24 F02D41/00 F02D41/14	Application no. 08705768.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS, AND DIESEL ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154717.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1230/18 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D65/10 B01D69/02 G01N15/08	Application no. 10171837.7
Keywords Claims - all requests Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method for improved scaling of filters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123018.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1449/18 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N15/02 B01D45/04 B01D45/12 B01D21/00 B01D21/26 B01L3/00	Application no. 12156921.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - essential features				Application title Systems and methods for particle focusing in microchannels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144918.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2214/14 (New onset diabetes/UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH) of 8.9.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/11	Application no. 07813820.3
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met				Application title MICROSPHERE-BASED COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND/OR REVERSING NEW-ONSET AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221414.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2022/15 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/32 H03M7/36	Application no. 06798249.6
Keywords All requests - inventive step (no)				Application title DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202215.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1769/16 (Adaptive directional audio signals/CIRRUS) of 30.7.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/00 H04R1/40 H04R25/00	Application no. 04761108.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for producing adaptive directional signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176916.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0243/17 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C07D223/16 C07B37/10 C07B43/06	Application no. 09290466.3
Keywords Recevabilité du recours Document produit tardivement Activité inventive Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention				Application title Procédé de synthèse de la 7,8-diméthoxy-1,3-dihydro-2H-3-benzazépin-2-one, et son application à la synthèse de l'ivabradine et de ses sels d'addition avec un acide pharmaceutiquement acceptable
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024317.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 638 KB)
T 0487/17 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16F7/09 D06F37/22 D06F37/20	Application no. 09786334.4
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition proceedings Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FRICTION SHOCK ABSORBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048717.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 1832/16 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/20	Application no. 07736086.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title LEG CUT-OUT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183216.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 254 KB)
T 2493/16 (HIV-1 primers/BIOMERIEUX) of 7.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/70	Application no. 10183902.5
Keywords Auxiliary request 2 upheld at first instance (sole request) - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Nucleic acid sequences that can be used as primers and probes in the amplification and detection of all subtypes of HIV-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249316.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2721/16 (HIV-1 primers/BIOMERIEUX) of 7.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/70	Application no. 04077617.1
Keywords Auxiliary request 1 upheld at first instance (sole request) - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method for using nucleic acid sequences as primers and probes in the amplification and detection of all subtypes of HIV-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272116.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1255/18 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K3/22 C08K3/34 C08K9/04 C09D5/08 C09D7/12	Application no. 12003913.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject matter extends beyond the content of the earlier application (yes) (all requests) Auxiliary requests 4 to 7 submitted after notification of the summons to oral proceedings - admitted into the proceedings (yes) - exceptional circumstances				Application title Coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties, related coated substrates, and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125518.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 1353/19 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C08G83/00 C08G69/26 C08G69/08 C08G69/14 C08L101/00 C08L77/02 C08L77/06	Application no. 11711914.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title COMPOSITION POLYAMIDE DE HAUTE VISCOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135319.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2362/13 (Logistics central station/SCHNEIDER LOGISTICS) of 1.9.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/60	Application no. 01977530.3
Keywords Inventive step - providing different user interfaces and functions to different classes of users Inventive step - (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical requirements)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A SHIPPING SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236213.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0020/16 (OspC-Dimere/EUROIMMUN) of 11.2.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K14/20 G01N33/569	Application no. 08021660.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsäntrage 6 und 7Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 8 (nein) Hilfsantrag 10 - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrang 11Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Polypeptide und Verfahren zur spezifischen Detektion von Antikörpern bei Patienten mit einer Borrelieninfektion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002016.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0967/16 (Oxcarbazepine Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ACADEMIA SINICA PHARMIGENE) of 4.8.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68	Application no. 07797432.7
Keywords Main request (claims as granted) - inventive step (no); Auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - withdrawn; Auxiliary request 8 - admission in appeal (no);				Application title METHOD FOR PREDICTING A RISK OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS BY DETERMINATION OF HLA-B 1502
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096716.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0746/18 (Cinacalcet formulations / K.H.S. PHARMA HOLDING GMBH) of 4.9.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K31/137	Application no. 12007638.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Immediate release formulations of cinacalcet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074618.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 2352/18 ("La Jurisprudence des Chambres de recours", Neuvième é … of 25.8.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B61L25/02	Application no. 15161677.8
Keywords Nouveauté (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - irrecevables				Application title Procédé de calcul d'un intervalle de positions d'un véhicule ferroviaire sur une voie ferrée et dispositif associé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 488 KB)
T 1168/15 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/32 A61M5/315 A61M5/145	Application no. 05799659.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title INJECTION DEVICE WITH A PROCESSOR FOR COLLECTING EJECTION INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116815.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 0681/16 (Radio head device/ALCATEL) of 4.9.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B1/04 H03G3/30 H04B1/18	Application no. 11290161.6
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): no request for oral proceedings Added subject-matter - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no): no substantiation				Application title Radio head device and method of operating a radio head device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068116.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 1030/19 (Tetraploid corn salad/NUNHEMS) of 30.8.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H1/08 A01H5/12	Application no. 10793168.5
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no)				Application title Tetraploid corn salad
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103019.20200830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 1341/19 (High amylose durum wheat grains/BARILLA) of 3.9.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A21D2/18 C08B30/04 A23L1/16	Application no. 12195780.7
Keywords Sole claim request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title High amylose durum wheat grains, meal and starch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T134119.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0763/16 (Buffer state reports/NOKIA) of 3.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W4/00 H04L12/56	Application no. 07705514.3
Keywords Clarity - main request (no) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)				Application title Apparatus, method and computer program product providing threshold-based buffer state reports from user equipment to a wireless network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076316.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1487/17 (Danisco/enzyme-substrate) of 29.7.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D17/00	Application no. 09756878.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Admissibility of appeal Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features Inventive step - could-would approach Late filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CO-FORMULATED ENZYME AND SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148717.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1247/18 (Search-based application development framework/ORACLE INTERNATIONAL) of 4.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 07759453.9
Keywords Inventive step - (decision under appeal provides no suitable basis for assessing inventive step) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Search-based application development framework
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124718.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 3142/19 (Analyzing Cytological Specimens/HOLOGIC) of 1.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00	Application no. 14722003.2
Keywords Amendments - combination of optional features Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVIEWING AND ANALYZING CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T314219.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1452/14 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/16 H04N7/24	Application no. 09720027.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T145214.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1875/16 (Secured synchronisation message/ABB) of 28.7.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 10165325.1
Keywords Novelty - main and sixth auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - first to fifth auxiliary requests (no) Prohibition of reformatio in peius: seventh auxiliary request not to be challenged				Application title Secure clock synchronization
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187516.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2337/16 (Steuerelektronik/PHOENIX) of 15.6.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/05	Application no. 08707499.3
Keywords Bindungswirkung der vorangegangenen Beschwerdekammer-Entscheidung - (nein): keine abschließende Entscheidung zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit und neuer Sachverhalt Berücksichtigung von durch die Einspruchsabteilung zugelassenen Beweismittel - Dokumente ED1 und ED2 (ja): Nicht-Berücksichtigung würde Art. 12(2) VOBK 2020 entgegenstehen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Juxtaposition				Application title Steuer- und/oder Datenübertragungsmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233716.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0349/17 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B7/32 C09D7/14 C09D175/04	Application no. 06803385.1
Keywords Late submitted material - document admitted by first instance (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instantce - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COATING COMPOSITIONS WITH CUSTOMIZABLE PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034917.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1436/17 (Hot formed steel part/Tata) of 1.7.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D8/00 C21D8/02 C22C38/22 C22C38/28 C22C38/38 C22C38/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/12 C22C38/14 C21D1/673 C21D9/48 C21D9/46	Application no. 11772882.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF HOT FORMING A STEEL BLANK AND THE HOT FORMED PART
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143617.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0165/18 (Verfahren zur Bildung einer Filtermatte/HYDAC FILTERTECHNIK) of 9.7.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D29/11 B29C65/08 B29C65/16	Application no. 10781621.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BILDUNG EINER FILTERMATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T016518.20200709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0870/14 (Meningococcal Hib vaccine/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 20.7.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095 A61K39/102 A61K39/09	Application no. 08075538.2
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 8: inventive step - (no)				Application title Combined meningitis vaccines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T087014.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1399/16 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B41N1/08 B41N3/03	Application no. 10188553.1
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Lithoband für die elektrochemische Aufrauung sowie Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139916.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 643 KB)
T 1935/17 (Pool of storage/DELL) of 12.8.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/06 G06F11/14	Application no. 10010835.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Virtual disk drive system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193517.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2432/17 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B02C25/00 B02C2/00	Application no. 05803668.2
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without oral proceedings - (yes) Novelty - (no)				Application title A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CRUSHER AND A CRUSHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243217.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0601/19 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D5/00 C23C14/00 C09D5/28	Application no. 14730738.3
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title GLANZGRADEINSTELLUNG VON KUNSTSTOFFSUBSTRATEN MIT METALLISCHEM FINISH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060119.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2839/19 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L5/00 C08L3/00 C03C25/32 C07H5/04 C08F251/02 C08L51/02 C09D105/00 E04B1/78 E04B1/84 B29C70/68 C03C17/28 F16L59/02 F16L59/14 C09D167/04	Application no. 12198249.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Binders and materials made therewith
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T283919.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 0460/17 () of 24.7.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/40 C08G18/62 C08G18/79 C09D175/04	Application no. 10152208.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Two-component polyurethane clear coat kit system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046017.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1602/17 () of 31.8.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H1/64 C03C25/32 C08B37/00 C08L5/00 C09J179/00 D04H3/12	Application no. 11009802.7
Keywords Priority - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Article 100(c)- validly invoked as gorund of opposition - no Interpretation of the claims - unduly broad (Appellant); unduly narrow (Respondent)				Application title Improved spunbond polyester mat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160217.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 3218/19 (Light emitting devices/PRINCETON) of 20.8.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L21/00 C09K11/06 H05B33/14 H01L51/50 H01L51/30	Application no. 10180580.2
Keywords Main request: added subject-matter - no Remittal to opposition division for further prosecution - yes				Application title Very high efficiency organic light emitting devices based on electrophosphorescence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T321819.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1338/16 (Contention-free parallel LDPC decoder/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.09.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M13/11 H03M13/00	Application no. 09832102.9
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - not admitted Amendments - added subject-matter (yes Amendments - auxiliary request 4) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes after amendment Remittal to the department of first instance - auxiliary request 5)				Application title Contention-free parallel processing multimode LDPC decoder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133816.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1636/17 (Optimal flight/BOEING) of 17.8.2020
Online on 02.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G5/00 G01C21/20 G06Q10/04	Application no. 13182817.0
Keywords Main request - Novelty - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests 3 to 5 - Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Optimized flight plan management system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163617.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0344/15 (Gapmer antisense compound/IONIS) of 26.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/113	Application no. 07811872.6
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034415.20200826				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255 KB)
T 1353/15 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 01916492.0
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING PET FOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135315.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1031/16 (Myoblasts for treating the urinary sphincter muscle / UNIVERSITY OF … of 24.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K35/34 C12N5/0775 A61P13/02	Application no. 08169379.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - all requests (yes)				Application title Use of myoblasts in the manufacture of a medicament for treating stress urinary incontinence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103116.20200824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 604 KB)
T 1817/16 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B7/02 E21B19/083 E21B19/14 E21B19/15	Application no. 06821780.1
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes)				Application title WELL DRILLING MACHINE WITH NEW DRILL PIPE LOADER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181716.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2461/16 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B15/10 F25B27/00	Application no. 09785156.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title MODULAR COOLING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T246116.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0650/17 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D5/08 F02C7/18 F01D11/02	Application no. 03751268.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title GAS TURBINE SEALING AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065017.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0292/20 (Combination for treating HCV patients / ABBVIE) of 13.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/454 A61K31/4985 A61K31/7056 A61P31/22	Application no. 14725812.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title COMBINATION OF DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL AGENTS AND RIBAVIRIN FOR TREATING HCV PATIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029220.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)

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T 2090/16 (Programmable control of a hearing aid/STARKEY) of 30.6.2020
Online on 28.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 11250440.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 4 (no) Admission of late-filed requests - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 2', 3 and 5 (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title System for programming special function buttons for hearing assistance device applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209016.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0277/17 (Cyanocobalamin/PAR) of 20.8.2020
Online on 26.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/714 A61K9/08 A61K47/10	Application no. 06785533.8
Keywords Clarity - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 4 (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 5 and 6 (no) Partial reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) - late withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings				Application title CYANOCOBALAMIN LOW VISCOSITY AQUEOUS FORMULATIONS FOR INTRANASAL DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027717.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0617/16 (Multi-mode base station/QUALCOMM) of 10.7.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/26 H04W52/02	Application no. 11174472.8
Keywords Admissibility of prior-art document admitted by the opposition division - (yes): denial would contravene Art. 12(2) RPBA 2020 Inventive step - all requests (no): juxtaposition of obvious features				Application title Multi-mode base station method and apparatus for use in a wireless communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061716.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0670/16 (Gebührenguthaben/KAPSCH) of 17.8.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 01988918.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Verspätet eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ERHEBUNG VON NUTZUNGSGEBÜHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067016.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2210/16 (Verringern des Mikrofonrauschens/SIVANTOS) of 25.6.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 12190794.3
Keywords Ausführbarkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (nein): im Anspruch angegebener technischer Effekt nicht für alle unter den Schutzbereich fallenden und technisch sinnvollen Ausführungsarten erzielbar				Application title Hörvorrichtung mit einer Einrichtung zum Verringern eines Mikrofonrauschens und Verfahren zum Verringern eines Mikrofonrauschens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221016.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2072/17 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D11/00 G01N25/72	Application no. 12182635.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur thermischen Überprüfung des Bauzustandes von Windkraftanlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207217.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0533/15 (Transmitter arrangement / Philips) of 13.7.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R33/34 G01R33/3415 G01R33/561	Application no. 08737988.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD AND RF TRANSMITTER ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING RF FIELDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053315.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0891/15 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/00 H04N5/222	Application no. 04780741.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089115.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1504/15 () of 29.5.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 H04N5/781	Application no. 11162898.8
Keywords Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) First and second auxiliary requests - mixture of technical and non-technical features (yes), inventive step (no)				Application title A receiving device and method for presenting information about available programming
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150415.20200529				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 1826/15 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N1/60	Application no. 07808525.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING AT LEAST ONE FIRST-SPECTRUM IMAGE INTO A SECOND-SPECTRUM IMAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182615.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1267/16 (diabetes/EPSHTEIN) of 6.12.2019
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K41/00 C07K16/28 C07K16/40	Application no. 11773314.7
Keywords All claim requests - clarity (no) Postponement of oral proceedings (no) Right to be heard - violation (no)				Application title A combination pharmaceutical composition and methods of treating diabetes and metabolic disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T126716.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 505 KB)
T 2294/16 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C25/138	Application no. 09173532.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - common general knowledge (admitted) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Extension of scope of protection - interpretation of claims as granted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Tyre-changing machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229416.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1504/17 () of 17.8.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F13/211 A63F13/40	Application no. 11176961.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150417.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0623/16 () of 17.8.2020
Online on 20.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J1/62 H01J63/04 C09K11/06 H01J29/32 H05B33/14 H01J1/74	Application no. 02734378.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - completeness of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Essential features				Application title HIGH EFFICIENCY MULTI-COLOR ELECTRO-PHOSPHORESCENT OLEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062316.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1050/19 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 20.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S8/00 F21V21/40 F21V23/04 F21W131/205	Application no. 10181051.3
Keywords Antrag auf mündliche Verhandlung - nicht verspätet Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel erstinstanzlich zugelassen (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - nicht zugelassen Teile der Entscheidung in gekürzter Form (Zustimmung der Beteiligten) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Operationsleuchte mit steriler Bedieneinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105019.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
J 0012/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/08 A61B5/087 G01F1/68	Application no. 17195173.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title CONDUIT CONNECTOR FOR A PATIENT BREATHING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001218.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
J 0013/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/08	Application no. 17179765.7
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title PATIENT INTERFACE AND ASPECTS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001318.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
J 0014/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/00 A61M16/08	Application no. 16174992.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title INTERFACE COMPRISING A ROLLING NASAL BRIDGE PORTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001418.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
J 0007/19 (Withdrawal of application/Nitto Denko) of 15.1.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C17/34 G09F9/30 B32B17/06 B32B7/12 G02F1/1333 H01L51/50 H05B33/02 H05B33/10	Application no. 09734244.8
Keywords "Request for correction of a withdrawal of an application (not allowed)"				Application title TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000719.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
J 0010/19 (Unterbrechung des Verfahrens wegen Insolvenz des Patentinhabers) of 13.7.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L31/18 H01L31/0216 H01L31/068	Application no. 08850615.9
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINER SOLARZELLE MIT EINER OBERFLÄCHENPASSIVIERENDEN DIELEKTRIKUMDOPPELSCHICHT UND ENTSPRECHENDE SOLARZELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001019.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
J 0003/20 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/10 A61M16/20 A61M16/08	Application no. 18183683.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING GASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000320.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1224/15 (Structure multicouche a base de polyamide / ARKEMA FRANCE) of 21.7.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B27/34 C08K5/20 B29C45/16	Application no. 05775238.8
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Recevabilité des requêtes subsidiaires (requêtes subsidiaires 3 et 6 - oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1, 2, 4 et 5 Modifications - oui) (requête subsidiaire 6 Modifications - non) Nouveauté (requête subsidiairie 3 Nouveauté - non) (requête subsidiaire 6 Nouveauté - oui) Renvoi à la première instance - (oui)				Application title STRUCTURE MULTICOUCHE A BASE DE POLYAMIDE POUR RECOUVRIR DES SUBSTRATS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T122415.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2098/16 () of 5.8.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C13/00	Application no. 04000286.7
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Patentansprüche - Merkmal des erteilten Anspruchs Patentansprüche - nicht zu prüfen Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zahnersatz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209816.20200805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1877/19 () of 13.8.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B3/091 A47C4/04 A47C11/00	Application no. 14001369.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Klappgestell für Bänke oder Tische
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187719.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1503/16 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/28 F03D7/02 F03D1/06 H02J3/38	Application no. 07722543.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Reply to the appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title Wind turbine with a protection system for an electric generator and use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150316.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1412/17 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/54	Application no. 11727180.9
Keywords Novelty - Main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title ADVANCED HEATING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141217.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2472/17 (Non-invasive collection of colorectal mucocellular layer/DIAGNODUS) of 13.8.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/50 G01N33/574	Application no. 12730009.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE COLLECTION OF COLORECTAL MUCOCELLULAR LAYER AND DISEASE DETECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T247217.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0892/18 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F13/06 G07F17/32	Application no. 06786488.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS GAMING WITH LOCATION DETERMINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089218.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 0633/16 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03H1/18 G09F3/02 B31D1/02	Application no. 04747491.1
Keywords documents E6 to E10 filed with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Wikipedia extracts cited by appellant - admitted (no) appellant's new line of attack - alleged lack novelty based on E3 - admitted (yes) appellant's new line of arguments - admitted (yes) main request - claim 1 - novelty (yes) main request - claim 1 - inventive step (no) auxiliary requests 1 and 1a - claim 1 - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1b filed after oral proceedings have been arranged - admitted (yes) auxiliary request 1b - claims 1 and 6 - inventive step (yes)				Application title FORGERY PREVENTING LABEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063316.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 1689/16 () of 29.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F6/20 A61B17/12 A61N1/36	Application no. 09822269.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title AN APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARY MALE CONTRACEPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168916.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2253/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60M1/30	Application no. 10152165.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Definition des Anspruchsgegenstandes durch Bezugnahme auf weiteren Gegenstand Beschwerdevorbringen - im Verfahren berücksichtigt (nein) - nicht ausreichend substantiiert Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - unberücksichtigt geblieben (ja) - keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände				Application title Stromschiene
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225316.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 439 KB)
T 0206/17 () of 7.8.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K5/16 C08L75/08 C09J175/08 C08L101/10 C09J201/10 C08K5/57 C09K3/10	Application no. 12183144.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (no)- effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - obvious alternative Auxiliary requests not properly substantiated - not be taken into account				Application title Curable composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020617.20200807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 618 KB)
T 2530/17 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C08F10/02 C08F2/00	Application no. 12707885.5
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Faits produits tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title POLYMERISATION RADICALAIRE DE L'ETHYLENE AMORCEE PAR DES PEROXYDES ORGANIQUES A HAUTE PRODUCTIVITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253017.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1400/19 () of 14.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B63B35/12 B63H1/20	Application no. 11807145.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A PROPULSION UNIT FOR A MARINE VESSEL AND A MARINE VESSEL HAVING A PROPULSION UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140019.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 2158/15 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 14.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B25/06 G08B29/06 G08B29/08 G01R31/02	Application no. 09700171.3
Keywords Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiger Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten Beschwerdebegründung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge I bis VIII (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge I bis VIII (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge Ia und Va Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zulässig (nein)				Application title Überwachungsvorrichtung für ein Meldesystem, Meldesystem und Verfahren zur Überwachung des Meldesystems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215815.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0942/17 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 14.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F214/26 C08F2/24 C08J9/00	Application no. 10828382.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title AQUEOUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE EMULSION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AQUEOUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE DISPERSION OBTAINED USING THE EMULSION, POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FINE POWDER, AND STRETCH-EXPANDED BODY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094217.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 575 KB)
T 2232/16 () of 10.8.2020
Online on 13.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L25/07 H01L23/373	Application no. 09790134.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title GROUNDING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T223216.20200810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1503/18 (Electronic device using pen input device, determining tilt / Samsung) of 30.7.2020
Online on 13.08.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/0354 G06F3/0488	Application no. 13175799.9
Keywords Time limits - interruption in the delivery of mail Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title Input method and electronic device using pen input device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150318.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2214/15 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B25/04 G01R11/00 G01R21/00	Application no. 09729412.8
Keywords Lack of support - main, first and second auxiliary request - (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests - second auxiliary request (yes) - third auxiliary request (no)				Application title Device State Detecting Device, Device State Detecting Method, Device State Detecting Server, Device State Detecting System, Liver Abnormality Detecting Device, Liver Abnormality Detecting System, Liver Abnormality Detecting Method, and Device State Database Maintaining Server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221415.20200721				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0492/17 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N25/02 A01N25/30 A01N43/56 A01N43/80 A01P13/00	Application no. 09783537.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderungen				Application title ZUSAMMENSETZUNG ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER WIRKSAMKEIT VON HERBIZIDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049217.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0201/18 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/506 A61P35/00	Application no. 09704256.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES MEDIATED BY THE TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR KIT WITH IMATINIB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020118.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0796/15 () of 3.8.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M1/00	Application no. 08846963.0
Keywords Rücknahme des Patents im Beschwerdeverfahren - nicht möglich Auslegung des Antrags Antrag auf Widerruf des Patents durch den Patentinhaber				Application title PRÜFEINHEIT FÜR WUNDDRAINAGEAUFLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T079615.20200803				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 246 KB)
T 2101/15 () of 22.8.2019
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/155 A61K31/40 A61P3/10 A61K9/20 A61K9/48 A61K31/4439	Application no. 06815305.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request, auxiliary request 1 Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2				Application title FORMULATION COMPRISING METFORMIN AND VILDAGLIPTIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T210115.20190822				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 2149/15 () of 19.6.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/12	Application no. 09100159.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214915.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1613/16 (Multilayer structure/A. Schulman, Inc.) of 24.7.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/08 B32B27/32 B29C51/14	Application no. 12171722.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all claim requests Claims - clarity (no) Claims - auyiliary request I				Application title Multilayer structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161316.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1650/19 () of 5.8.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J5/00 B25J9/00 B25J9/16 B25J11/00 G05D1/02	Application no. 13151003.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Beacon collision avoidance method for a mobile robot system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165019.20200805				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0769/15 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B17/30	Application no. 05798826.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Electric bushing and a method of manufacturing an electric bushing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076915.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1135/15 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G07B17/02	Application no. 04292729.3
Keywords Requête produite tardivement - requête aurait pu être produite en première instance (non) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Procédé d'impression pour machine à affranchir compacte et machine à affranchir associée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T113515.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2042/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00	Application no. 06781500.1
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title METHOD OF CONTROLLING X-RAY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204215.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0289/16 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B17/00	Application no. 09305638.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Continuation of the appeal procedure after withdrawal of the opposition				Application title Postal indicia generating system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028916.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0400/16 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/04	Application no. 05750101.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Admissibility of a late-filed document (no)				Application title SUTURE DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040016.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0014/20 () of 24.7.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B31/02 B65B59/04	Application no. 16164932.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben eines Beteiligten Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERPACKUNG VON LEBENSMITTELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001420.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1734/14 (Quiescent current diagnostics device / Rosemount Inc.) of 9.1.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R31/28 G08C19/02	Application no. 04757422.3
Keywords Amendments - main request, sixth and eighth auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed first, second and third auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Claims - clarity Claims - fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth auxiliary request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - sixth auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS DEVICE WITH QUIESCENT CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173414.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0694/15 (Visualisation / Counterflo) of 4.6.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R19/145 G01R13/02 G02B6/44 H05B33/12 G01R13/40 H01B7/36 H01R13/66 H01R13/717	Application no. 06716969.8
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - problem and solution				Application title VISUALISATION ARRANGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069415.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1842/15 (FVIII/vWF for the treatment of a bleeding event/CSL BEHRING) of 10.10.2019
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/37 A61P 7/04	Application no. 09777111.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 11 - sufficiency of disclosure (no) auxiliary request 12 - novelty (yes), sufficiency of disclosure (no) auxiliary request 12A - inventive step (yes)				Application title Von Willebrand Factor or Factor VIII and von Willebrand Factor for the treatment of coagulopathy induced by inhibitors of thrombocytes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T184215.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 694 KB)
T 1418/17 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23P19/06 F16B37/06	Application no. 09008497.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag zugelassen Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Entscheidung teilweise in gekürzter Form Öffentliche Zugänglichkeit einer offenkundigen Vorbenutzung				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Einpressen von Befestigungselementen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141817.20200717				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 495 KB)
T 0452/19 (Brassica oleracea plants with improved nutritional value/SEMINIS … of 22.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A01H1/04 C12Q1/68 C12N15/11	Application no. 13184376.5
Keywords Sole claim request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Brassica oleracea plants with improved nutritional value
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045219.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1028/19 (Plants with an intense fruit phenotype/NUNHEMS) of 27.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/08 C07K14/415 C12Q1/68	Application no. 14766735.6
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Plants with an intense fruit phenotype
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102819.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1961/14 (Main counter ions/AJINOMOTO) of 30.7.2020
Online on 04.08.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P13/08	Application no. 01120248.8
Keywords Main request (patent as granted) - sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the opposition division - (yes)				Application title Method for producing basic amino acid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196114.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0115/17 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 04.08.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F7/06 F24F11/00 F24F11/02 F24F11/04	Application no. 12172716.8
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Rücknahme des Einspruchs Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Steuerung des Volumenstroms eines Ventilators
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011517.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0170/19 (Shampoo Containing A Gel Network / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 24.7.2020
Online on 03.08.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/86 A61Q5/02 A61K8/36 A61K8/04	Application no. 08856247.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case				Application title SHAMPOO CONTAINING A GEL NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017019.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)

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T 1994/16 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H69/00 B65H63/06	Application no. 09775790.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und zweiter Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombination technischer und nicht-technischer Merkmale Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - erster Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title QUALITÄTSUBERWACHUNG VON SPLEISSEN IN EINEM LÄNGLICHEN TEXTILEN PRÜFGUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199416.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0568/17 (Database transactions/OPEN TEXT SOFTWARE) of 28.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 09755851.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - not rendered obvious by document D1 Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method for performing transactions on data and a transactional database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056817.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0882/18 (Glasbauelement/SIKA) of 3.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C17/30 C03C27/04 E04F13/14 C09D183/04 C08G77/16	Application no. 13710340.4
Keywords -				Application title GLASBAUELEMENT UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088218.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0915/15 (Sicherheitsdokument/LEONHARD KURZ) of 26.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B29/00 D21H21/44	Application no. 08707586.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 1 bis 12 - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 13 und 14 - Zulassung (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091515.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1041/15 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B7/00	Application no. 08019720.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Koordination und/oder Durchführung von Unterrichtzwecken dienenden Lehreinheiten mit optischen und/oder akustischen Lehrinhalten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104115.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1561/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/12 G09B23/28 A61H31/00	Application no. 07400032.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Abgabe von Sauerstoff im Rahmen einer Reanimation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156115.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1994/15 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J1/15 G05D23/27	Application no. 10737667.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEATING A TIP APEX OF A CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199415.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0891/16 () of 26.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F17/32	Application no. 04765712.7
Keywords main request - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes) late-filed auxiliary request 1a - admitted (no) - article 13(1) RPBA 2020 in combination with article 25(1) RPBA 2020				Application title DOORFRAME FOR GAMING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089116.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1372/16 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D183/04 C04B41/49 C08J3/03	Application no. 05850021.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title HIGH-VISCOSITY AQUEOUS EMULSIONS OF FUNCTIONAL ALKOXYSILANES, CONDENSED OLIGOMERS THEREOF, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES, THEIR PREPARATION AND USE FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137216.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 496 KB)
T 1504/16 (System for manufacturing frozen edible products/GRAM) of 17.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G9/14 A23G9/16 A23G9/20 A23C3/00	Application no. 05772325.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Auxiliary requests - admission (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FROZEN EDIBLE PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150416.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0717/19 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L15/04 C10M103/06 C10M169/02 C25D5/26 C25D7/00 C10N10/12 C10N40/00 C10N50/08 C10N50/10	Application no. 06797658.9
Keywords Withdrawal of the approval of the text of the patent				Application title Threaded joint for steel pipes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071719.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0949/13 (Taxol to avoid restenosis/BOSTON SCIENTIFIC) of 19.12.2019
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/535	Application no. 94907364.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary requests (no) Summons to oral proceedings - continuation of proceedings without duly summoned parties				Application title THERAPEUTIC INHIBITORS OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T094913.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0552/16 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F3/20 H03F3/21 H03F1/02 H03F1/56 H03F1/07 H03F3/195 H03F1/42	Application no. 08793032.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Broadband power amplifier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055216.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1987/16 (Controlling gene expression/BASF) of 17.6.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N15/85 C12N15/79 A01H5/00	Application no. 06754739.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title Improved methods controlling gene expression
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198716.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0193/17 (Electrode surface coating/SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS) of 1.7.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C25D3/50 A61N1/05	Application no. 06815176.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PLATINUM ELECTRODE SURFACE COATING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019317.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0354/17 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C1/00 C08C19/20 C08C19/25 C08C19/44 C08F2/26 C08F36/06 C08F2/38	Application no. 12193785.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Interpretation of the claims - explicit wording thereof - no reason to construe differently				Application title Functionalized polymer, rubber composition with such a polymer and pneumatic tire
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035417.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1678/17 (TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE / Kyocera) of 30.6.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/041 G09G3/00	Application no. 11800338.3
Keywords Time limits - interruption in the delivery of mail Novelty - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T167817.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2421/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47K3/022	Application no. 06450099.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Schaffung einer Einstiegsöffnung in bestehende Badewannen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2514/19 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B62K25/20 B62K25/28	Application no. 14723175.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title BICYCLE REAR SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T251419.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 3269/19 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S4/22 F21V23/00 F21Y115/10	Application no. 15003605.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title BELEUCHTUNGSLEISTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T326919.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1888/14 () of 15.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/24	Application no. 09729744.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary requests (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - fourth and fifth auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT REPLACEMENT IN LIVE PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188814.20200715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1355/18 (Belitzement/HeidelbergCement AG) of 9.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B111/00 C04B7/345	Application no. 12004620.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Anlass zu neuen Einwänden Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Belitzements mit hoher Reaktivitaet und geringem Calcium/Silicat-Verhaeltnis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135518.20200709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2329/18 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B1/80 E04C2/16	Application no. 07090044.4
Keywords Entscheidung nach Aktenlage Angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein) Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) Änderungen zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Dämmstoffplatte bzw. -matte aus einem Holzwerkstoff-Bindemittel-Gemisch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232918.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 516 KB)
T 2457/18 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03F5/04 E03C1/22 E03C1/20	Application no. 08103885.3
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Ablaufgarnitur für Duschen oder Badewannen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245718.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1111/14 (Human hepatocytes/OREGON UNIVERSITY) of 21.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/85	Application no. 08770211.4
Keywords Main request - added matter - (no) Claims - support in the description (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Exception to patentability - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF EXPANDING HUMAN HEPATOCYTES IN VIVO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111114.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 2087/15 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B7/00	Application no. 07834775.4
Keywords Inventive step - claim 8 of sole request (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF COMPUTER GENERATED EXAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208715.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1003/16 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/04	Application no. 08758982.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT ZUR ABSICHERUNG VON WERTDOKUMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100316.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1957/16 () of 15.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E04C2/04	Application no. 03739044.0
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title ANTIMICROBIAL WALLBOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195716.20200715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2431/16 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D23/06 F25D25/02	Application no. 11738202.8
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KÄLTEGERÄT MIT EINER TRAGSCHIENE FÜR EINEN FACHBODEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243116.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2039/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G27/00	Application no. 13173479.0
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Modulartig aufgebauter Treppengerüstturm und Treppengerüstmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203917.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 2088/18 (Credentials for a connected thermostat/HONEYWELL) of 29.6.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W12/06 H04L12/24	Application no. 12175131.7
Keywords Oral proceedings - held as a videoconference in accordance with appellant's request Inventive step - all requests (no): juxtaposition of obvious features				Application title Provisioning credentials for embedded wireless devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208818.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 3196/19 (Anti-PD-1 antibody/DANA-FARBER GENETICS INSTITUTE) of 15.5.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/12 C07K14/705 C12N5/10 A61K38/17 A61K39/395 G01N33/50 C07K16/28	Application no. 10075561.0
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - added subject-matter (yes); Auxiliary requests 8 to 14 - admitted into the appeal proceedings (no); Appellant's right to be heard - violation (no);				Application title Assays for screening anti-pd-1 antibodies and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T319619.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 585 KB)
T 1214/20 (Re-establishment of rights) of 16.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B33/08 G09G3/20 H03K7/00	Application no. 14750518.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal fee (not paid) Admissibility of appeal - appeal deemed not to have been filed Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (no) Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing notice of appeal Re-establishment of rights - (no) Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Re-establishment of rights - system for monitoring time limits Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the professional representative Re-establishment of rights - principle of proportionality				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LED LIGHTING BY DISTRIBUTED PWM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121420.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
W 0024/03 () of 15.1.2004
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.1.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61C 8/00 A61C 1/14 A61B 17/16	Application no. -
Keywords Unité d'invention				Application title Outil de préparation osseuse utilisable notamment en médecine dentaire et dispositif pour sa mise en oeuvre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2004:W002403.20040115				Distribution	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 433 KB)
W 0030/04 (Piperazines/UCB) of 29.11.2004
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D295/14	Application no. -
Keywords Lack of unity 'a posteriori' (no)				Application title New piperazine derivatives and their use as synthesis intermediates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2004:W003004.20041129				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
W 0023/07 (Nahrungsergänzungsmittel/CHEM. FABRIK BUDENHEIM KG) of 11.11.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.11.2008	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K33/06	Application no. -
Keywords Uneinheitlichkeit (ja): Einzige allgemeine Idee nicht neu				Application title Nahrungsergänzungsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W002307.20081111				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 527 KB)
W 0039/07 (Isoxazoles and oxadiazoles/NOVARTIS) of 6.8.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.8.2008	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D261/08	Application no. -
Keywords Misleading form inviting the applicant to pay the protest fee although his limited protest was allowed by the review panel - Refund of the protest fee				Application title 3,5-Di(aryl or heteroaryl)isoxazoles and 1,2,4-oxadiazoles as S1PI receptor agonists, immunosuppresive and anti-inflammatory agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W003907.20080806				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
W 0002/08 () of 22.8.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.8.2008	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B1/02 B65B65/00	Application no. -
Keywords Mangelnde Einheitlichkeit a posteriori - ja				Application title FORM-, FILL-, SEALMASCHINE SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN, BEFÜLLEN UND SCHLIEßEN VON SÄCKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W000208.20080822				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 972 KB)
W 0026/08 (Sélection de cellules/CELOGOS) of 11.8.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.8.2008	Proc. language FR	IPC C12N5/06	Application no. -
Keywords Unité d'invention (non)				Application title Méthode d'extraction et de sélection de cellules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W002608.20080811				Distribution	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 647 KB)
W 0001/82 () of 9.3.1982
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.3.1982	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1982:W000182.19820309				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 114 KB)
W 0001/83 () of 12.7.1983
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.7.1983	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1983:W000183.19830712				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2612/17 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 23.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F1/10	Application no. 08827627.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title TABLE WITH INDICATORS AND SMART CARD HOLDER FOR AUTOMATED GAMING SYSTEM AND GAMING CARDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261217.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2312/18 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 23.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D471/10 A61K31/438 A61P1/08	Application no. 07774640.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title HYDROCHLORIDE SALT OF 8-[{1-(3,5-BIS-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL) PHENYL) -ETHOXY}-METHYL]-8-PHENYL-1,7-DIAZA-SPIRO[4.5]DECAN-2-ONE AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231218.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0578/16 (Negotiating SDP versions/HUAWEI) of 14.7.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 07816566.9
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (no) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes): "special reasons" Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no): change in composition of opposition division per se not a procedural violation				Application title A method and system for negotiating the session description protocol version
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057816.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0901/16 (Estimation of synthetic audio prototypes/BOSE) of 16.7.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04S3/02	Application no. 11776678.2
Keywords Late-filed request admissible Late-filed request - (yes) Clarity - (yes, after amendment) Added subject-matter - (no, after amendment) Novelty - (yes, after amendment) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Estimation of synthetic audio prototypes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090116.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0922/16 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 09780856.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR PRÜFUNG DER ECHTHEIT EINES DOKUMENTS, COMPUTERPROGRAMMPRODUKT, PRÜFGERÄT UND DATENVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T092216.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2112/17 (Dipositif d'affichage par guides d'ondes/LUO) of 17.7.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F3/023 G09F13/18 H01H9/18 H01H13/83	Application no. 09740737.3
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non)				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ D'AFFICHAGE ET UN CLAVIER LES METTANT EN OEUVRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211217.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 309 KB)
T 2735/18 (NFC-based multimedia distribution/SONY ERICSSON) of 30.6.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M1/725	Application no. 07841506.4
Keywords Admission into the appeal proceedings - main and first auxiliary request (no): "fresh case" Added subject-matter - second and third auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title Multimedia distribution using a near field communication capable wireless communication device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273518.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0740/18 (Fabric laundering method / UNILEVER) of 16.4.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/00 C11D3/37 C11D3/386	Application no. 12707100.9
Keywords Inventive step (main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 5) : (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 3 and 4 : (no)				Application title Method of laundering fabric
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074018.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1414/18 (Refund of a further search fee/HTC) of 15.7.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W72/04	Application no. 14178323.3
Keywords Unity of invention - (yes): single invention Refund of further search fee - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (yes): ex officio				Application title Method for configuring timing resource in device to device communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141418.20200715				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1843/18 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F1/16 E05F5/00 E05F5/02	Application no. 09761739.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja): Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1; unzulässige Erweiterung (nein): Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title SCHIEBETÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184318.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2406/18 (Composite oxide catalyst / MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL) of 16.6.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J27/228 B01J37/00 C07C51/235 C07C57/055 C07B61/00 B01J23/887 B01J23/888	Application no. 04773122.9
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) : no Inventive step - no effect convincingly shown over the closest prior art				Application title Process for producing composite oxide and composite oxide catalyst
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240618.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2640/18 (Parallel chromatography) of 18.5.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J47/14 B01D15/18 G01N30/28 G01N30/46	Application no. 11763151.5
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title A PARALLEL SEPARATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T264018.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1069/15 () of 17.6.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41A21/44 F41A25/06	Application no. 08017594.6
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Klein- oder mittelkalibrige Maschinenkanone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106915.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 653 KB)
T 0704/16 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F1/00 C22C38/54	Application no. 11757707.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESSABLE HIGH THERMAL NEUTRON ABSORBING FE-BASE ALLOYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070416.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2017/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D21/08 F25D17/06	Application no. 10720591.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title A COOLING DEVICE HEATED TO PREVENT FROSTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201716.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2182/17 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08B11/193 A23L11/00 C08B11/20 C08L1/28 A23L29/219	Application no. 12728340.6
Keywords Documents not admitted by opposition division - not admitted - discretion exercised in appropriate manner New document submitted on appeal - not admitted - lack of justification New document submitted on appeal - admitted - legitimate and direct submission Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CELLULOSE ETHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218217.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 496 KB)
T 2987/19 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F15/16 H04N21/2662 H04N21/24 H04N21/2385 H04L29/06 H04L12/825 H04N21/845	Application no. 11765154.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title MANAGING STREAMING BANDWIDTH FOR MULTIPLE CLIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T298719.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227 KB)
T 1317/14 (Prüfverfahren für eine Integrität eines Quelltextes/BECKHOFF … of 18.6.2020
Online on 17.07.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F11/28 G06F21/00	Application no. 11776752.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Allgemeine Auswahl der Prüfsummenverfahren und Bildung einer prädizierten Prüfsumme Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 2 - Zulassung (nein)				Application title PRÜFVERFAHREN FÜR EINE INTEGRITÄT EINES QUELLTEXTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131714.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0315/16 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 17.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B13/18	Application no. 09775573.0
Keywords Ermessensfehler - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - eindeutig gewährbar (nein) - zugelassen (nein)				Application title SPEICHERVORRICHTUNG FÜR BINDEDRAHT EINER SCHNÜRMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031516.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1406/16 () of 26.5.2020
Online on 17.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D11/043	Application no. 09784060.7
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - öffentliche Zugänglichmachung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND STRANGGIESSANLAGE ZUM HERSTELLEN VON DICKEN BRAMMEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140616.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0514/17 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 16.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/381 A61K31/4162 A61K31/502 A61K31/5517 A61P25/28	Application no. 10763011.3
Keywords Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no)				Application title COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS IN DOWN SYNDROM SUBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T051417.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 744 KB)
T 1335/17 (Onalespib combinations/ASTEX) of 30.6.2020
Online on 16.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/403	Application no. 07824118.9
Keywords Main request - admitted (yes) - added subject-matter (no) - novelty (yes) - remittal (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133517.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0111/20 (Admissibility/Bayer CropScience LP) of 18.6.2020
Online on 16.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N25/24 A01N43/40 A01N47/40 A01N51/00 A01N25/26 A01N25/30 A01N25/28	Application no. 14733396.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title COMPOSITIONS, ADDITIVES, AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING OR CONTROLLING SEED DUST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011120.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0437/17 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 15.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B02C1/02 E02F3/36 E02F3/40	Application no. 08829092.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Oral proceedings - before board of appeal Oral proceedings - postponement (no) Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party The mere general reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and health risks with travel in Germany to and from the Boards of Appeal does not amount to serious reasons justifying the fixing of a new date for oral proceedings.				Application title BUCKET TYPE JAW CRUSHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043717.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1174/15 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 14.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B1/12 A61L2/18	Application no. 09158261.9
Keywords -				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Behandeln und Analysieren von Kanälen in Instrumenten, insbesondere in Endoskopen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117415.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2127/16 (Anti-ADDL antibodies/MERCK) of 9.6.2020
Online on 14.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/18 G01N33/50 G01N33/68	Application no. 05820737.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Anti-ADDL antibodies and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212716.20200609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 1971/17 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 14.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K7/23	Application no. 10720343.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DEGARELIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197117.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1834/16 (compositions comprenant un colorant fluorescent/L'OREAL) of 7.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/44 A61Q5/10 A61Q19/02 A61K8/49	Application no. 04290864.0
Keywords Requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 2 et 4 : Activité inventive -(non) Requêtes subsidiaires 1,3 et 5 produites avec les motifs du recours: non fondées requête subsidiaire 6: Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Utilisation de compositions comprenant un colorant fluorescent et un tensioactif amphotère ou non ionique particuliers pour colorer avec un effet eclaircissant des matières kératiniques humaines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183416.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0449/17 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H3/00 A61L9/12	Application no. 09002431.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Zuführung von Geruchsstoffen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T044917.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1091/17 (Clinical statistics/PHILIPS) of 4.6.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 08868858.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Features relating to presentation of information Presentation of information in diagnostic tasks				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFINING SIMILAR CASE SEARCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109117.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2371/17 (Animated 3D-GUI/SAMSUNG) of 7.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048	Application no. 06122715.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Three-dimensional motion graphical user interface and apparatus and method of providing same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T237117.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0633/18 (High-strength pressed member/JFE) of 22.6.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00 B21D22/20 C21D1/18 C21D9/00 C22C38/60 C21D9/46 C21D8/02 C21D1/22 C22C38/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/06	Application no. 11752999.0
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH PRESSED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063318.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0197/20 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00 G06Q10/04 G06Q10/06 G01S19/19	Application no. 12765793.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PROVIDING REAL-TIME SEGMENT PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019720.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0917/20 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/12	Application no. 11788747.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ACTIVATION CODE PROVIDED WITH DISCRETE INCREMENT OF PAPER SUBSTRATE FOR ACTIVATING REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE PRINTER CONTROLLER SOFTWARE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091720.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
D 0003/19 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000319.20200701				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 194 KB)
T 2295/14 (Remote method invocation/BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE) of 1.7.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/54	Application no. 11008415.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Transparent distribution and decoupling of modules using asynchronous communication and scopes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229514.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0102/15 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q10/00 H04M1/57	Application no. 06777650.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM ÜBERTRAGEN EINER ADRESSE IN EIN ELEKTRONISCHES FORMULAR FÜR EINEN TEILNEHMER EINER KOMMUNIKATIONSVERBINDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010215.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0138/16 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F23N1/02 F23N5/00 F23N5/12	Application no. 03000375.0
Keywords Einspruchsgrund - mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Regelung eines Gasbrenners
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013816.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0943/16 (Tier assignments/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 25.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F17/00 G06F9/50	Application no. 08868759.5
Keywords Inventive step - claimed subject-matter not rendered obvious by D1 Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case (yes)				Application title Determining quality of tier assignments
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094316.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0110/18 (Zinced Steel sheet/Nippon Steel) of 12.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00 C23C2/06 C22C38/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/06 C21D9/46 C23C2/28 C23C2/02 C22C18/04 C22C18/00	Application no. 06782398.9
Keywords Correction of error - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) -25%				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP ZINCED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN MOLDABILITY AND SUITABILITY FOR PLATING, HIGH-STRENGTH ALLOYED HOT-DIP ZINCED STEEL SHEET, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THESE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011018.20200612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1501/15 (Chipkarte/GIESECKE) of 29.6.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K19/07 G06K7/00	Application no. 10011624.3
Keywords -				Application title Chipkarte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150115.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2360/15 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B8/00 G09B23/00	Application no. 07826255.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - common general knowledge				Application title MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH COMPREHENSIVE REPORT SIMULATION FEATURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236015.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1250/16 (Alkaline phosphatase/ALLOKSYS LIFE SCIENCE) of 29.11.2019
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/46 A61P29/00 A61P37/04 A61P41/00 A61P1/00 A61P11/00 A61P17/00 A61P9/00 A61P1/16 A61P39/00	Application no. 09715588.1
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Late filed auxiliary request - admitted into proceedings (no)				Application title Alkaline phosphatase for increasing the activity of the immune system of a mammal at risk of inflammatory diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T125016.20191129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2609/16 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H33/66	Application no. 08011061.2
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande antérieure telle qu'elle a été déposée (oui)				Application title Appareillage électrique de coupure multipolaire muni d'un mécanisme d'entraînement et de modules de coupure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T260916.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1037/19 (PCV2 immunogenic compositions/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 3.7.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K14/01 A61K39/12	Application no. 10174465.4
Keywords Agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - appeal dismissed				Application title PCV2 immunogenic compositions for use in a method of preventing PCV2 infection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103719.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 259 KB)
T 0140/17 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B26D7/08	Application no. 07003846.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Dokumente sowie darauf gestützte Argumentationslinien - zugelassen (nein) korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) - im Beschwerdeverfahren zugelassen (nein) Spät vorgebrachte Argumentationslinien - zugelassen (nein) Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Neuheit (ja) Hilfsantrag 2 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Anteilige Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) - 25 % der gezahlten Beschwerdegebühr				Application title Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten von Werkstücken mittels Ultraschall sowie Verfahren zum Betreiben einer derartigen Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014017.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0218/17 () of 7.4.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C13/00 B32B1/08 B32B27/20 B32B5/18	Application no. 06021304.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title Food casings capable of transferring a functional additive from a porous inner layer onto an encased food product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021817.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0477/17 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16G3/02 F16G3/09	Application no. 11745958.6
Keywords -				Application title STAHLSEILFÖRDERGURT MIT EINEM VERBINDUNGSSCHARNIER ZUM KOPPELN ZWEIER GURTENDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047717.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2152/17 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D3/64 F16F15/124	Application no. 12007229.3
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Elastische Wellenkupplung mit adaptiver Charakteristik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215217.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 240 KB)
T 2153/14 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T7/00	Application no. 08762935.8
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE SERIES OF BIOLOGICAL IMAGES OBTAINED FROM A PATIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215314.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1879/16 (Pressure compensation apparatus/NOKIA) of 17.6.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R1/22	Application no. 09804590.9
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - held by videoconference Added subject-matter - all requests (yes)				Application title Apparatus incorporating an adsorbent material, and methods of making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187916.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1109/17 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B13/14 B21B29/00	Application no. 12184124.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cold-rolling mill, tandem rolling system, reversing rolling system, modification method of rolling system, and operating method of cold-rolling mill
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110917.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 1316/17 () of 20.5.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/12 C08G18/62 C08G18/40 C09J175/04	Application no. 04753154.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Main request and auxiliary requests I-III Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary requests IV-VII				Application title MOISTURE CURING REACTIVE POLYURETHANE HOT MELT ADHESIVES MODIFIED WITH ACRYLIC POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131617.20200520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1990/15 (Value holding apparatus/PANASONIC) of 18.6.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B15/00 G07F7/08	Application no. 04732017.1
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - could-would approach				Application title VALUE HOLDING SYSTEM, VALUE HOLDING METHOD, VALUE HOLDING PROGRAM, AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199015.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1378/16 (Internet connection through a NAT or firewall/NOKIA) of 8.5.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06 H04L29/12	Application no. 06765540.7
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - converted into a videoconference with the appellant's consent Inventive step - (no)				Application title System, terminal, method and computer program product or establishing a transport-level connection with a server located behind a network address translator and/or firewall
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137816.20200508				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2300/17 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M37/22 F02M37/00 B62K11/00 B62J37/00 B01D35/00	Application no. 14188294.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Saddle riding type vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230017.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0942/18 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B19/38	Application no. 11158576.6
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no)				Application title Electric shaver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094218.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0776/16 (Reducing mannose content/AMGEN) of 30.10.2019
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P21/00	Application no. 07717002.5
Keywords Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Admission of auxiliary requests I, II, IIa, III and IIIa into the proceedings (yes) All auxiliary requests - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR MODULATING MANNOSE CONTENT OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077616.20191030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 2328/16 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M51/06 F02M61/16 F02M63/00	Application no. 11196257.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kraftstoffeinspritzkomponente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232816.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1203/17 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C19/26 E01C19/28 F01P5/02 F01P3/18 E02D3/026 E02D3/032 E02D3/046 E02D3/02 F02B29/04 F02M25/07	Application no. 12708810.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)-implizierte Offenbarung Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title BODENVERDICHTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120317.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0498/19 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C23/88 B66C23/90 B66C15/06	Application no. 13820710.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR MELDUNG VON KIPPGEFAHR EINES KRANS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049819.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 281 KB)
T 1365/20 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G15/08 G03G21/18	Application no. 18166572.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136520.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2258/15 (PTK7 antibodies/SQUIBB) of 16.1.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/30 C07K16/40 A61P35/00	Application no. 06848508.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Human monoclonal antibodies to protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) and their use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225815.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 2164/16 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B7/23	Application no. 09007167.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Tor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216416.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1351/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/32 C08G18/36 C08G18/48 C09J175/04	Application no. 11807904.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KLEBSTOFF FÜR ROTORBLÄTTER FÜR WINDKRAFTANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2724/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/67 C08G18/75 C08F222/10 C09D175/16 C08F220/18	Application no. 10731499.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title BINDEMITTEL ZUR HERSTELLUNG SCHNELL ÜBERROLLBARER FAHRBAHNMARKIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272417.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0674/20 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F9/24 B66F9/075	Application no. 17174238.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES FLURFÖRDERZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067420.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2039/14 (Certificate-stamp identifying system / NEC) of 19.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/66 G07D7/00	Application no. 07023162.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Certificate stamp identifying system and certificate stamp identifying method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203914.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1142/15 () of 26.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00	Application no. 11250498.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - not admitted				Application title Method and device for conducting trusted remote payment transactions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T114215.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1294/15 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/02	Application no. 10799779.3
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT DEVICE, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT SYSTEM, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT METHOD, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129415.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2366/15 () of 26.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F17/12 G06Q10/00	Application no. 02736449.6
Keywords Main Requst - not admissible (reformatio in peius) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DELIVERY AND RETURN SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236615.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 2044/16 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/24 A24D3/02	Application no. 10173019.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Bilden eines Filterstrangs der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204416.20200624				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1744/18 (THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INGENOL-3-ANGELATE/LEO … of 25.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/06 A61K9/107 A61K47/10 A61P35/00	Application no. 06820561.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INGENOL-3-ANGELATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174418.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 2282/18 () of 19.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D3/14 A24D3/18 A24B15/28 A24D3/06 A24D3/04	Application no. 13717982.6
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title SMOKING ARTICLE MOUTHPIECE WITH COOLING AGENT INCLUSION COMPLEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228218.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)

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