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.

• December 2020
• November 2020
• October 2020

December 2020

T 0709/16 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12 H04N7/26	Application no. 04712388.0
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request I - admitted (no) Auxiliary Request II (request for remittal) - granted (no)				Application title PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE DECODING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070916.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1363/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/04	Application no. 04753283.3
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Claims - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136316.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0631/17 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 07723681.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title ROTORBLATT EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063117.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1799/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L15/23 A47L15/42	Application no. 02781329.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title UMSTEUEREINRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR EINE GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179917.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0557/18 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B21/08 A01B49/02 A01B5/08	Application no. 11831819.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein)				Application title BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055718.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1185/18 (Coated detergent composition and manufacture process/Dalli-Werke GmbH … of 27.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D17/00 C11D1/66 C11D3/20 C11D3/22 C11D3/37 C11D3/38	Application no. 07018340.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - Termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Coated detergent composition and manufacture process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118518.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 0666/20 () of 30.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61G1/013 A61G1/044 A61G1/01	Application no. 15775450.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit Patentansprüche - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title RETTUNGSTRAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066620.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2257/15 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D5/36 C09D5/03 C09D11/02 C09C1/00	Application no. 06734845.8
Keywords Amendments Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title MULTILAYER EFFECT PIGMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225715.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2160/16 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C51/41 C07C57/04 B01J14/00 C08F20/06 C08F220/06	Application no. 06793091.7
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Argumente Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title NEUTRALISATIONSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216016.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 469 KB)
T 2602/17 (Metadata for graph-based computations/Ab Initio) of 26.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F9/44	Application no. 06785623.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Managing metadata for graph-based computations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T260217.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 574 KB)
T 1097/18 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D15/00 B42D25/00	Application no. 10703800.2
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit gegenüber der Druckschrift E1 (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz zur weiteren Entscheidung				Application title Optisch variables Sicherheitselement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109718.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 641 KB)
T 1298/18 () of 27.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B13/00 A47C15/00	Application no. 12748337.8
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title FURNITURE HAVING LOAD-BEARING OR NON-LOAD BEARING STRUCTURES FOR STORAGE OF WATER OR OTHER MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129818.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2534/18 (COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES … of 24.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/18 A61K38/44 A61K9/08 A61K9/14 A61K9/06 A61P27/02	Application no. 13768403.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDATIVE STRESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253418.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0461/17 (Encapsulated aerosol generating agent/BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO) of 22.9.2020
Online on 01.12.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B15/16 A24B15/28 A24F47/00	Application no. 10768538.0
Keywords Main request - novelty - (no) Auxiliary requests - admitted Auxiliary request 1 - novelty - (no) Auxiliary request 2 - allowable				Application title CONTROL OF PUFF PROFILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046117.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0188/18 (Preparation of hydrolysed whole grain flour/QUAKER OATS) of 18.9.2020
Online on 01.12.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D2/26 A21D6/00 A23L1/00 A23L1/03 A23L1/10 A23L1/105 A23L1/187	Application no. 10727309.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (no)				Application title METHOD OF PREPARING HIGHLY DISPERSIBLE WHOLE GRAIN FLOUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018818.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)

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November 2020

T 1879/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H3/04 C07H3/06	Application no. 09715865.3
Keywords Priority - partial priority (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OLIGOSACCHARIDE INGREDIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187915.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 1151/16 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C4/10	Application no. 03784932.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title PLASMA SPHEROIDIZED CERAMIC POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115116.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0969/19 (SHELLAC BASED SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN/Mantrose-Haeuser Co. Inc.) of 23.11.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/00	Application no. 12831671.8
Keywords Amendments (Yes) Consisting of - Disclaimer (No) Remittal to Examining Division				Application title SHELLAC BASED SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096919.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0943/14 (Digitales Signieren/GIESECKE+DEVRIENT) of 23.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F21/00	Application no. 07009498.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum digitalen Signieren und/oder Verschlüsseln einer auf einer Datenverarbeitungseinheit gespeicherten Datei
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094314.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1928/14 (Risk management of sports-associated businesses) of 23.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00 G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00	Application no. 09835790.8
Keywords Further processing - request admissible (yes) Further processing - omitted act completed within the period for making the request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Admission of request into appeal proceedings (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT OF SPORTS-ASSOCIATED BUSINESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192814.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1730/16 (Risedronate dosage regime/ALLERGAN) of 28.10.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/663 A61P19/10	Application no. 02795891.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings				Application title METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF BONE DISORDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173016.20201028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1962/16 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J7/02 B32B7/06 B32B7/12	Application no. 07788353.6
Keywords Änderungen - neue Ansprüche im Beschwerdeverfahren Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title HAFTKLEBESTREIFEN FÜR FEUCHTIGKEITSUNEMPFINDLICHE WIEDERABLÖSBARE VERKLEBUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196216.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2116/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B17/107 G08B29/04	Application no. 10186854.5
Keywords Änderungen - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Rauchmelder mit Ultraschall-Abdecküberwachung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211616.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 2504/16 (Hydrophilic diagnostic devices/ADHESIVES RESEARCH) of 10.9.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/53 G01N33/543 G01N33/537 B01L3/00	Application no. 10158529.7
Keywords Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - change of category Amendments - allowable (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Hydrophilic diagnostic devices for use in the assaying of biological fluids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T250416.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0457/17 () of 19.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L15/04	Application no. 10015538.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Threaded joint for steel pipes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045717.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1929/17 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/22 B60C1/00 C08K3/04 C08L21/00 C08L21/02	Application no. 10753524.7
Keywords -				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RUBBER-WET MASTERBATCH, RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192917.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0670/19 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A45D44/00	Application no. 09760368.2
Keywords Patentable invention - technical character of the invention (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title CLINICAL ASSESSMENT SCALES AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067019.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0777/15 (Crystalline form of aripiprazole/OTSUKA) of 17.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/496 C07D215/22 A61P25/18	Application no. 02782507.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Appellant-opponent 5: Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds (not filed) Appellant-opponent 5: partial reimbursement (no) Appellant-opponent 2: partial reimbursement of appeal fee (yes) - 25%				Application title LOW HYGROSCOPIC ARIPIPRAZOLE DRUG SUBSTANCE AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077715.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1730/15 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 G06F17/30	Application no. 03772570.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title METHOD OF ANNOUNCING SESSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173015.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0099/17 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00	Application no. 11152368.4
Keywords Amendments				Application title Ink set, ink container, inkjet recording method, recording device, and recorded matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009917.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2046/18 (Lapse of patent) of 19.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28 H04W52/02 H04W84/18	Application no. 11754505.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title AUTOMATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204618.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2099/15 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D487/04 A61K31/437 A61P29/00	Application no. 06825074.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - amendments Admissibility of appeal Late-filed evidence - documents not admitted in first instance proceedings Inventive step				Application title FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS KINASE MODULATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209915.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1882/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60L11/18 H02J7/00 H02J7/02	Application no. 10730480.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur induktiven Übertragung elektrischer Energie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188216.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1981/16 (Random access procedure/ERICSSON) of 17.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/26 H04J3/06 H04W56/00 H04W74/08	Application no. 06828846.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (no) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (yes): opposition proceedings may be continued even if the oppositions are withdrawn				Application title Technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198116.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2024/16 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H33/70	Application no. 05405049.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Hauptantrag - Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Vortrag in der Beschwerdeschrift nicht ausreichend substantiiert - zugelassen (nein) Neuer Einwand unter Artikel 56 EPÜ erstmals in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Düsenbefestigung für elektrisches Schaltgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202416.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 483 KB)
T 1642/17 (Anti-CXCR7 Ig variable domains/ABLYNX) of 16.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/28	Application no. 12713656.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title Bispecific anti-CXCR7 immunoglobulin single variable domains
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T164217.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 2891/19 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C7/02 A47C7/18	Application no. 05789301.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title A SEAT PORTION FOR A SEAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T289119.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0646/20 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/02 F03D1/06	Application no. 07747361.9
Keywords Further processing - time limit for requesting further processing Further processing - request admissible (no) Admissibility of appeal - party adversely affected by decision (no)				Application title WIND TURBINE WITH SLENDER BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064620.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1057/15 (Datenträger für einen Straßenfertiger/VÖGELE) of 29.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/042 G06F9/445 G07C5/08 E01C19/48	Application no. 05017896.1
Keywords Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - glaubhaft (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I (nein) Zulassung ins Beschwerdeverfahren - Hilfsanträge II und III (nein): hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können				Application title Baumaschine und Verfahren zum Installieren von Anwendungs-Software in einer Baumaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105715.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2480/16 () of 7.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R4/68 H02G15/34 H01B12/16	Application no. 13306075.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum elektrisch leitenden Verbinden von zwei supraleitfähigen Kabeln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248016.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0612/17 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 05766902.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title INTERNAL CONNECTION DENTAL IMPLANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061217.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 2134/17 (Composition cosmétique capillaire coiffante/ L'OREAL) of 19.11.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/86 A61K8/39 A61K8/81 A61Q5/06	Application no. 07290051.7
Keywords -				Application title Composition cosmétique capillaire coiffante comprenant un polymère fixant non ionique particulier et un ester de polyethylèneglycol et d'acide gras, procédé de fixation de la coiffure et utilisations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T213417.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0588/18 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00	Application no. 11177753.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Ink set, ink container, inkjet recording method, recording device, and recorded matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058818.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2620/18 (Ermäßigte Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L1/047 F16H53/02 F01L1/344	Application no. 13783579.9
Keywords Beschwerdegebühr (nicht vollständig entrichtet) - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt ermäßigte Beschwerdegebühr - fehlende Berechtigung Korrektur des Abbuchungsauftrags (nein) Grundsatz des Vertrauensschutzes (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein)				Application title NOCKENWELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T262018.20200916				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 498 KB)
T 2728/18 (COMPOSITION COMPRENANT UN COLORANT NATUREL /L'OREAL) of 11.11.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q5/06 A61K8/34 A61K8/49 A61K8/97 A61Q5/10 A61K8/41	Application no. 10710088.5
Keywords Extinction du brevet dans tous les Etats contractants - clôture de la procédure de recours,				Application title COMPOSITION COMPRENANT UN COLORANT NATUREL ET UN ALCOOL MONOHYDROXYLE ALIPHATIQUE, COLORATION DE FIBRES KERATINIQUES LA METTANT EN OEUVRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272818.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0971/16 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/06	Application no. 13185438.2
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Methods and devices for threading sutures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097116.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1963/18 (Nutritional composition comprising indigestible oligosaccharides/ … of 12.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/42 A61K31/702 A61K31/202 A61K35/74 A61P11/00 A61P31/00 A23L1/30	Application no. 10180272.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Nutritional composition comprising indigestible oligosaccharides
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196318.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1421/20 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G5/36 H04N5/00 H04N5/44 G06T1/20	Application no. 03023968.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Auxiliary Requests - amendment to a party's case - raising new issues - undue burden - not admitted				Application title Network environment for video processing modules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142120.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0886/14 (Lottery game/Al-Ziyoud, Aiman H.) of 16.11.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 04731698.9
Keywords Inventive step - implementing progressive jackpot lottery game (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical game rules)				Application title LOTTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH REAL-TIME PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088614.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1864/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N21/845 H04N21/2343 H04N21/442 H04N21/658 H04N21/858 H04L29/06	Application no. 09824007.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186415.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1914/15 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D251/26 C07D251/34	Application no. 10780474.2
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition Amendments Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty Late allegation of fact Inventive step				Application title Method for storing triallyl isocyanurate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191415.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 669 KB)
T 1416/16 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00	Application no. 09743702.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - not admitted				Application title PAYMENT PROCESSING PLATFORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141616.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1564/16 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M5/24 B42D15/10 G06K19/02	Application no. 07814639.6
Keywords Added matter (yes)				Application title Laser Marking of Pigment Layers on Documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156416.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0083/18 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F9/075 B66F9/08	Application no. 08004305.2
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Schwingungskompensation am Hubgerüst eines Flurförderzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008318.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0849/18 (Hearing-aid antenna/STARKEY) of 17.11.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 09250303.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following the respondent's announcement of non-attendance				Application title Antenna used in conjunction with the conductors for an audio transducer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084918.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0995/18 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H1/00	Application no. 11776719.4
Keywords Hauptantrag - Zulassung (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Zulassung (Ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Zulassung (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title FAHRZEUG MIT EINER KLIMAANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099518.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2670/18 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B17/042 F16L15/00 F16L15/04	Application no. 13872310.1
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title SCREW COUPLING FOR STEEL PIPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267018.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2208/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N19/154 H04N19/186 H04N19/117 H04N19/17 H04N19/59 H04N19/172 H04N19/61 H04N19/136	Application no. 07829308.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Claims - clarity (no) Claims - missing essential features				Application title Method and apparatus for improving the interpolation accuracy of chrominance signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220815.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0570/16 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N13/00 G06F1/16 H04N13/02 H04N13/04	Application no. 11164284.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Hand-held electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057016.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1905/16 (Immune molecules/KYOWA KIRIN) of 16.11.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/09	Application no. 08002266.8
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of the appeal proceedings				Application title Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190516.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 2039/16 (Range of aseptically produced infant foods/Nestlé) of 17.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L5/20 A23L13/00 A23L15/00 A23L17/00 A23L19/00 A23L3/16	Application no. 08801858.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title RANGE OF ASEPTICALLY PRODUCED INFANT FOODS HAVING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF UNDESIRED BY-PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203916.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0468/18 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D41/24 F02D41/14 F02D41/00	Application no. 11151817.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds indicating the reasons for setting aside the impugned decision (no)				Application title A method of controlling a diesel engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046818.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1246/18 (Dünnschichtige Heizestrickonstruktion/Knauf) of 29.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B28/14 F24D3/14 C04B14/00	Application no. 09179498.2
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Dünnschichtige Heizestrichkonstruktion auf Trenn- und Dämmschicht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124618.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0886/15 (Power supply circuit board with radiation plate / Murata … of 1.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q1/50 G06K19/07 G06K19/077 H05K1/16 B42D15/10 G09F3/00 H01Q1/44	Application no. 07741395.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation added feature not the deliberate result of technical considerations				Application title ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH FEED CIRCUIT BOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088615.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2108/15 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61J1/05	Application no. 05010458.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Behälter für die Bereitstellung medizinischer Flüssigkeiten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T210815.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 759 KB)
T 1381/16 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E05B37/00 E05B67/24 E05B35/10 E05B37/10	Application no. 12179284.0
Keywords -				Application title Method of improving airline luggage inspection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138116.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2379/16 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 09000216.3
Keywords Patentierbare Erfindung - technische und nichttechnische Merkmale Patentierbare Erfindung - technischer Charakter der Erfindung Patentierbare Erfindung - computerimplementierte Erfindung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz				Application title Verfahren zur Ermittlung einer Vergleichbarkeit von Dienstleistungsangeboten oder Produkten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T237916.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1095/17 (Anti-LOR-1 antibody for use in treating fibrosis/TECHNION) of 10.6.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/40 C12N9/06 C12N15/53 A61P35/00 G01N33/574 C12Q1/68	Application no. 08020752.5
Keywords Main (sole) request - inventive step (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for modulating angiogenesis, inhibiting metastasis and tumor fibrosis, and assessing the malignancy of colon cancer tumors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109517.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0187/18 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C9/02 F16C33/10 F16C17/02	Application no. 12196480.3
Keywords Amendment to appellant's case - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Main bearing for crankshaft for internal combustion engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018718.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0210/18 (Bewegt-Bett-Vergaser) of 23.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C10J3/32 B01J8/10	Application no. 09799493.3
Keywords Änderung - zulässig (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG IN FORM EINES BEWEGT-BETT-VERGASERS UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES SOLCHEN IN EINER ANORDNUNG ZUR THERMISCHEN ZERSETZUNG VON ABPRODUKTEN UND ABFALLSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021018.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0492/18 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 12156864.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Participation in oral proceedings by way of private video connection (no)				Application title Arrangement to reduce noise originated by a wind turbine blade
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049218.20201012				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1752/18 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T17/02 F04B35/04 F04B49/02	Application no. 12184115.9
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - main and auxiliary requests 1, 1A Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - auxiliary request 2				Application title Compressed air system for a motor vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175218.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 644 KB)
T 0436/15 (User Interface Modification/CORIZON) of 12.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/44	Application no. 05759370.9
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE MODIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043615.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1984/16 (Substitute milk product/ARLA FOODS) of 28.9.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C11/04 A23C17/00	Application no. 11702852.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SUBSTITUTE MILK PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198416.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1539/18 (ISOPENTYLESTER / EVONIK) of 10.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q1/00	Application no. 12710517.9
Keywords Neuheit - Auswahlerfindung (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (nein) , wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja)				Application title ISOPENTYLESTER ZUR VERWENDUNG IN KOSMETISCHEN, DERMATOLOGISCHEN ODER PHARMAZEUTISCHEN KOMPOSITIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153918.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0123/20 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K6/48 B60K6/543 B60L11/14 B60W10/02 B60W20/00 F16H61/12 F16H61/662	Application no. 14806922.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012320.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2200/15 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68 A61D19/00 G01N15/14 C12N5/00	Application no. 10184282.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for providing sex-sorted animal sperm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220015.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 2265/15 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61D19/00 C12N5/00 G01N15/14	Application no. 10184018.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Apparatus and methods for providing sex-sorted animal sperm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226515.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2101/16 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/47 B05C1/08	Application no. 10152227.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - unter Artikel 13(1) VOBK 2000 nicht zugelassen				Application title Beleimung von Materialstreifen der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T210116.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 2727/16 (Coffee process/Zürcher Hochschule Für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Laux … of 14.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F5/02 A23F5/04 A23F5/08 A23F5/26 A23F5/28 A23F5/32 A23F5/36 A23F5/48 A23F5/50 A61K36/74	Application no. 09805827.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title COFFEE PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272716.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0478/17 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D405/06 A61K31/4025 A61P35/00	Application no. 10785289.9
Keywords Inventive step Amendments - admittance of the objection				Application title AN AMORPHOUS AND A CRYSTALLINE FORM OF GENZ 112638 HEMITARTRATE AS INHIBITOR OF GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047817.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0649/17 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F37/26	Application no. 09756708.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 4 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 3 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - auxiliary request 11 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title A HORIZONTAL AXIS WASHING MACHINE WITH RECESS IN THE TUB TO ACCOMODATE DRUM SEAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064917.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 1036/17 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/18	Application no. 06761928.8
Keywords Continuation of the appeal procedure after withdrawal of the opposition Amendments - Main request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - Main request (yes)				Application title Wind farm power control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103617.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1310/17 (Anwendungen auf SIM-Karten/TELEKOM) of 11.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L29/08 H04W8/18	Application no. 10190259.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Unterschied betrifft administrative (nicht-technische) Aspekte Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): mündliche Verhandlung nicht erforderlich				Application title Verfahren und System zur Provisionierung von Anwendungen auf SIM-Karten eines mobilen Endgerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131017.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1622/17 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C7/04	Application no. 12162080.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Seeding machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162217.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2457/17 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E05F11/38 B60J1/17	Application no. 07822988.7
Keywords -				Application title IMPROVED CLAMP AND BASE FOR SECURING GLASS TO A DEVICE INTENDED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WINDOWS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245717.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 2788/17 (Prebiotic formulation of human milk oligosaccharides) of 27.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/30 A23L1/308 A23L1/09	Application no. 12707135.5
Keywords Main request: Subject-matter excluded from patentability - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MODULATION OF GROWTH OF BIFIDOBACTERIA USING A COMBINATION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES FOUND IN HUMAN MILK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T278817.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0395/18 (Oligosaccharides for preventing allergic reactions in infants) of 11.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C9/20	Application no. 12703533.5
Keywords Main request: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 6: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary request 7: added matter - (no); sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Admissibility of late filed submissions - (yes) Violation of the right to be heard - (no) Serious doubts that a therapeutic effect is achieved - (yes) Oral proceedings by videoconference				Application title MATERNAL SUPPLEMENT TO ENHANCE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF AN INFANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039518.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0225/19 (Berechtigung zur Zahlung der ermäßigten Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C67/00	Application no. 11779556.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdegebühr (nicht vollständig entrichtet) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen eines dreidimensionalen Bauteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022519.20201016				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0426/16 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00 G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00	Application no. 08807366.3
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title WATER AS COMMODITY FOR FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T042616.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 0950/16 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/088 A61M25/04 A61F2/24	Application no. 09820051.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed document - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title MEDICAL DEVICES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERING MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095016.20200925				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1110/16 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F9/6574	Application no. 08744593.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty Inventive step				Application title ISOTHERMAL PROCESS FOR PHOSPHOROMONOCHLORIDITE SYNTHESIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111016.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 2364/16 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01H1/04 E01H1/05	Application no. 06002096.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title Kehrmaschine zum Reinigen von Wegen, Straßen o. dgl. Nutzflächen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236416.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 686 KB)
T 2457/16 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N57/20	Application no. 10010490.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Unvollständiger Sachvortrag in der Beschwerdebegründung, Nichtzulassung von Anträgen				Application title Herbizide Mittel für tolerante oder resistente Maiskulturen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245716.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2610/16 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H33/66 H01H33/14 H01H33/666	Application no. 04820595.9
Keywords Hauptantrag - unzulässige Zwischenverallgemeinerung (ja) Neue Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 nach Zustellung der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung - Vorliegen außergewöhnlicher Umstände (nein)				Application title Schaltgerät für den Mittel- und Hochspannungsbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261016.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2703/16 (Bi-directional drive current/GE) of 18.8.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B11/01	Application no. 11166788.7
Keywords Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Admittance of requests filed shortly before oral proceedings - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 3, 4 (no): no exceptional circumstances, fresh case and not clearly allowable				Application title Systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling bi-directional servo actuator with PWM control
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270316.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0149/17 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B49/24	Application no. 07765559.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR INCLUDING EQUIPMENT FOR CONTINUOUS REGULATION OF THE FLOW RATE IN THE SAID COMPRESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014917.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0417/17 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C7/00 A61C7/08	Application no. 10010227.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for fabricating a plurality of dental incremental position adjustment appliances
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041717.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1638/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C21/00	Application no. 08723862.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163817.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 1764/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A62B17/04	Application no. 08855060.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title RESPIRATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING REMOVABLE HEAD SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176417.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0113/18 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G15/02 C08G65/18 C08L71/03 G03G15/00 G03G15/08 G03G15/16 C08G65/333	Application no. 12765709.6
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - alleged anticipatory disclosure does not disclose claimed subject matter and is not prior art partial priority being acknowledged				Application title CONDUCTIVE MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011318.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0540/18 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B29/04 B23B27/10 B23B27/08	Application no. 12197927.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation (no) Novelty patent as maintained by the examining division Novelty - (yes) Inventive step patent as maintained by the opposition division Inventive step - (yes) Late filed requests - could have been filed in the first instance proceedings (yes) Late filed facts - could have been submitted in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Coupling for a cooling system in a cutting tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054018.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 566 KB)
T 1189/18 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K37/08 D21F5/02 D21F5/18	Application no. 12724883.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES YANKEEZYLINDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118918.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2940/18 () of 4.11.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S8/00	Application no. 07846754.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title OPERATIONS- ODER UNTERSUCHUNGSLEUCHTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T294018.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0712/14 (Portable acoustic monitor/Arbitron Inc.) of 26.6.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 05734009.3
Keywords Inventive step - indicating usage of a publication using a piezoelectric transducer and an acoustic transmitter (yes Inventive step - non-obvious solution)				Application title GATHERING DATA CONCERNING PUBLICATION USAGE AND EXPOSURE TO PRODUCTS AND/OR PRESENCE IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071214.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1759/14 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F7/20	Application no. 05803386.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Converging versions of claims - auxiliary request 2 (no) Justification for late filing - auxiliary request 3 (no)				Application title A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING PERIODIC AND/OR QUASI-PERIODIC PATTERN ON A SAMPLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175914.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 2077/14 () of 6.11.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12	Application no. 06850301.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title VIDEO ENCODING FOR SEAMLESS SPLICING BETWEEN ENCODED VIDEO STREAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207714.20201106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2088/15 (Maskierungsmodul für Videoüberwachunssystem / Robert Bosch) of 22.9.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K9/00 G08B13/196 H04N7/18	Application no. 08871630.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title MASKIERUNGSMODUL FÜR EIN VIDEOÜBERWACHUNGSSYSTEM, VERFAHREN ZUR MASKIERUNG VON SELEKTIERTEN OBJEKTEN SOWIE COMPUTERPROGRAMM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208815.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0764/16 (Bewegungsprofil/BOSCH) of 27.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/19 G05B19/416	Application no. 10724704.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung von nach der Ladung eingereichten Anspruchssätzen - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 (nein): eine von der Einschätzung der Einspruchsabteilung abweichende vorläufige Meinung ist kein "außergewöhnlicher Umstand"				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Generierung eines variablen Bewegungsprofils für eine Antriebseinheit einer Maschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076416.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0383/17 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G5/06	Application no. 08860626.4
Keywords Änderungen Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Schottisolator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038317.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1801/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M35/10 F02M35/104	Application no. 08721880.6
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed argument - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T180117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0373/18 (Phosphordiesterase 1B inhibitors in the treatment of psychotic … of 15.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/495 A61K31/519	Application no. 10775209.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure for further medical use Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no) Main request A, first and second auxiliary request A - not admitted				Application title ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037318.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1490/19 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/4458 A61K9/50	Application no. 09164379.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Methylphenidate modified release formulations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149019.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1556/14 (nab-Paclitaxel combinations/ABRAXIS) of 15.10.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/337 A61K31/555 A61K38/22 A61K31/7068 A61P35/00	Application no. 06735710.3
Keywords Apportionement of costs - admissibility (no)				Application title COMBINATIONS AND MODES OF ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND COMBINATION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155614.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 254 KB)
T 0371/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H47/00	Application no. 10158367.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Sichere Schalteinrichtung und modulares fehlersicheres Steuerungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037116.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 2646/16 (Raumklangsimulation/SHURE) of 23.10.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04S7/00	Application no. 12822957.2
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): Ankündigung der Nichtteilnahme an der anberaumten mündlichen Verhandlung Unzulässige Erweiterung - alle Anträge (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Raumklangsimulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T264616.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1503/17 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C7/00	Application no. 11720984.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title 3D-FOOD PRODUCT FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150317.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 2582/17 (Combinations of HKI-272 and vinorelbine / WYETH) of 11.8.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/436 A61K31/4745 A61P35/00	Application no. 13169077.8
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure over entire scope of the claim (yes) Main request - inventive step - non-obvious alternative (yes)				Application title Antineoplastic combinations containing HKI-272 and vinorelbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T258217.20200811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0171/18 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J5/007 A01J5/04 F04B37/14 F04B41/06 F04B49/02 G05D16/20	Application no. 05754093.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CONTROLLABLE VACUUM SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017118.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0305/18 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C7/04	Application no. 11779702.7
Keywords Novelty Amendments Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests				Application title SEED DISTRIBUTION ELEMENT FOR PRECISION SEED DRILLS, SEED DRILL INCLUDING SAID ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030518.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0894/20 (Target-image detection in a digital camera/OMRON) of 5.11.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00 G06K9/32 H04N5/232 H04N5/77 H04N5/907 H04N9/804	Application no. 14154828.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Target-image detecting device, control method and control program thereof, recording medium, and digital camera
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089420.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1870/15 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10	Application no. 11719488.6
Keywords Late-filed main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1, 2, and 3 - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1B - admitted (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1, 2, and 3 (no)				Application title PERSONALIZATION DATA PROVIDING UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187015.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 1908/15 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61N1/36 A61N1/372 A61N1/05 A61N1/08 A61B5/08	Application no. 09161958.5
Keywords Main request - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - prohibition of reformatio in peius (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 4 - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Obstructive sleep apnea treatment device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190815.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2184/16 (Ethanol production/SEKAB E-TECHNOLOGY) of 31.8.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P7/06 C12P19/00 C12M1/36	Application no. 09710344.4
Keywords Admission of new evidence filed in appeal (no); Main request - meets all requirements of the EPC (yes);				Application title METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM TWO DIFFERENT STARTING MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218416.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 579 KB)
T 0302/17 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/10 C08L23/12	Application no. 10709235.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title POLYOLEFIN MASTERBATCH AND COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR INJECTION MOLDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030217.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0916/17 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P3/22	Application no. 09781916.3
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 2 und 4 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 - Änderungen zulässig (nein)				Application title Umrichter mit verteilten Bremswiderständen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091617.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 2086/17 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G59/50 C09D163/00	Application no. 12183423.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Härtbare Zusammensetzungen auf der Basis von Epoxidharzen ohne Benzylalkohol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208617.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 2573/17 (Linking objects in databases/AVEVA) of 4.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 14157283.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes Inventive step - over document D1) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Linking objects in databases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T257317.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0711/20 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J9/16 B25J13/00 B65G47/90 G05B19/418	Application no. 15183816.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PICKING WORKPIECE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071120.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1813/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/08	Application no. 11191742.3
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Remittal to the department of first instance on the basis of auxiliary request 2				Application title Patient interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181315.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 673 KB)
T 0464/17 (Composition for the Transdermal Delivery of Fentanyl / 3M) of 16.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/70 A61K31/4468	Application no. 09176388.8
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Composition for the Transdermal Delivery of Fentanyl
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046417.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1768/17 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G65/00	Application no. 09740326.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary requests dealt with in the contested decision Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title HIGH PURITY DIPHENYL SULFONE, PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF FOR THE PREPARATION OF A POLY(ARYLETHERKETONE)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176817.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 992 KB)
T 2638/17 () of 3.11.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/66 C08G18/24 C08J9/00 C08G18/48	Application no. 10005107.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1-4 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hilfsantrag 5				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polyurethan-Weichschaumstoffen mit niedriger Emission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263817.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 647 KB)
T 2799/17 () of 28.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D15/24 E06B9/17 E06B7/23	Application no. 10012416.3
Keywords -				Application title Tor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T279917.20201028				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 756 KB)
T 0316/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D11/00	Application no. 09753562.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title A WIND TURBINE ROTOR, A WIND TURBINE AND USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031618.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2487/19 (Nitrile adsorption/ExxonMobil) of 1.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J20/00 B01J21/04 B01J29/70 B01J29/90 C07C2/12 C07C7/12	Application no. 12729489.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INTEGRATED NITRILE POISON ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248719.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1833/16 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/42 A61F13/84	Application no. 07805137.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLES INCLUDING A MONITORING SYSTEM POWERED BY AMBIENT ENERGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183316.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 0084/17 (Fabric treatment with probiotics /UNILEVER) of 22.9.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/38 C11D3/386 A61Q19/00	Application no. 08804202.3
Keywords Novelty (granted claims) Novelty - no Late-filed requests (Auxiliary Requests 1 to 4) Late-filed request - not admitted				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008417.20200922				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0517/17 (Event notification system/HTC) of 27.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M1/725 H04M19/04 G06Q10/06	Application no. 12150583.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes) Decision in written proceedings - (yes): cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following announcement of non-attendance Reimbursement of appeal fee at 100% Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no): appeal not allowable Partial reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% - (yes): timely withdrawal of request for oral proceedings; T 0073/17 not followed				Application title Event notification method and portable apparatus with event notification function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051717.20201027				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0640/17 (Use of PIBSI as a fuel antioxidant / INNOSPEC) of 30.9.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L1/14 C10L1/224 C10L1/22	Application no. 10196654.7
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Use of additives for improving oxidation stability of a fuel oil composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064017.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1182/17 (Black-plate/Nippon Steel) of 22.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B15/09 B05D7/14 B05D7/24 C09D5/08 C09D7/12 C09D133/00 C09D167/00 C09D175/04 C09D175/06	Application no. 10780680.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title CHROMATE-FREE BLACK COATED METAL PLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118217.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0844/18 (CRISPR-Cas/BROAD INSTITUTE) of 16.1.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63	Application no. 13818570.7
Keywords Priority - main request (no) Novelty - main request (no)				Application title Engineering of systems, methods and optimized guide compositions for sequence manipulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084418.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 785 KB)
T 1048/18 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B5/30 B42D25/29 B42D25/355	Application no. 05742370.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title FOLIE MIT POLYMERSCHICHT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104818.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1737/19 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V8/00 G02B6/00	Application no. 09750141.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIGHT-GUIDE APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173719.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1525/20 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 14763303.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE AND DISCOVERY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152520.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 1715/17 () of 16.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/38 C08F8/00 C08G81/02	Application no. 08170049.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request- admitted (no)				Application title Method For Making Polymers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171517.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2057/17 () of 30.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K3/04 H01L21/48	Application no. 09722883.7
Keywords Admittance of the main request, the 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - All requests Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title HEATSINKS OF THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PLASTIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T205717.20201030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1854/19 (Capsicum plants with powdery mildew resistance/SEMINIS) of 27.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68 C12N15/82	Application no. 12827559.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for producing Capsicum plants with powdery mildew resistance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185419.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1422/15 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S7/493 H01L27/148	Application no. 05785265.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states				Application title A range image sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142215.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 2192/15 () of 30.10.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 A47B67/00 G06F19/00	Application no. 08853918.4
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ACTIVE TAG-BASED DISPENSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219215.20201030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0922/17 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M3/335 H02J5/00	Application no. 04704453.2
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request Inventive step - obvious alternatives				Application title Adaptive inductive power supply
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T092217.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0596/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 03.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173 H04N5/44 H04N5/445 H04N21/434 H04N21/435 H04N21/4782 H04N21/61 H04N21/858 H04N5/50 H04N21/235 H04N21/438	Application no. 15158232.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of connecting to internet via broadcast receiving device and apparatus for the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059619.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
G 0001/18 (Formation du recours) of 18.7.2019
Online on 02.11.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Recours réputé formé Recours recevable Taxe de recours - remboursement				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 134 KB)
T 0584/14 (Isolator instances/RED BEND SOFTWARE) of 14.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/455	Application no. 07857090.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MULTIPLE EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS TO SHARE A DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058414.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1029/15 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173	Application no. 06812274.6
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD OF CONNECTING TO INTERNET VIA BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102915.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0361/17 (Gerätebeschreibungen für Feldgeräte/ENDRESS) of 9.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/04 G06F9/445 H04L29/06 H04L12/40 G05B19/042 H04L12/24	Application no. 03766223.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja): Beschwerde hinreichend begründet Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): naheliegende Lösungen von zwei Teilaufgaben				Application title Verfahren zum Aktualisieren von Gerätebeschreibungen für Feldgeräte der Prozessautomatisierungstechnik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036117.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0601/17 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F13/02 F24F13/14 F24C15/20	Application no. 10005732.2
Keywords Allgemeine Grundsätze - Vertrauensschutz Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Dunstabzugshaube mit einer Umleiteinrichtung zum Umleiten eines Luftstroms
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060117.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)

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October 2020

T 1155/16 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/03 G06T11/00	Application no. 08012420.9
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title X-ray computed tomography apparatus, reconstruction processing apparatus and image processing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115516.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1217/17 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/18	Application no. 08160816.8
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Substantiierung nicht ausreichend Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringes Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - mündliche Verhandlung vor der Beschwerdekammer				Application title Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von Aromastoffen auf einen Tabakstrang, Zigarettenpapier oder Filter von Zigaretten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121717.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 621 KB)
T 0482/19 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A43B13/04 A43B13/12 A43B13/16 A43B13/18 B29D35/12 A43B13/02 A43B13/38 A43B1/00 B29D35/14	Application no. 13151596.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Grounds for opposition - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4-11 Novelty (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 Inventive step (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Soles for sports shoes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048219.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 0778/18 (Sustained release of antiinfectives/Insmed Incorporated) of 2.9.2020
Online on 29.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/127 A61K31/7036 A61P11/00	Application no. 11159754.8
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 2 - Inventive step (No) Frequency of a dose administration - Inventive (No) Auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - Not admitted into the proceedings				Application title Sustained release of antiinfectives
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077818.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1020/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/42 C08F10/02	Application no. 10795345.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - not substantiated - not admitted				Application title METHOD FOR REPLACING INCOMPATIBLE ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102017.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2524/17 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D1/184 B62D1/19	Application no. 10779470.3
Keywords Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title LENKSÄULE FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T252417.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0005/18 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J10/02	Application no. 09749539.4
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (JA) - Hilfsantrag (NEIN) Mangelnde Klarheit - Hilfsantrag (NEIN) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (JA)				Application title PROFILELEMENT ZUM VERBINDEN EINER FAHRZEUGSCHEIBE MIT EINEM WASSERKASTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000518.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0100/18 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F15/00 E05F3/22	Application no. 08849006.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title TÜRANTRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010018.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0538/18 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H1/32 F17C7/04	Application no. 11718969.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title REFRIGERATION VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR COOLING ITS REFRIGERATION SPACE USING A LOW-TEMPERATURE-LIQUEFIED COMBUSTIBLE GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053818.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0257/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C15/00	Application no. 09840447.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A WORLD STANDARD RAINBOW HIGHWAY MADE OF RAINBOW COLORS AND METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025719.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1642/20 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K35/30 B23K35/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/08 C22C38/12	Application no. 16193999.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title HIGH STRENGTH WELDING CONSUMABLE BASED ON A 10% NICKEL STEEL METALLURGICAL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T164220.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1721/13 (Enabling a device through a wireless interface/CANON) of 15.9.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/445	Application no. 04253586.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Device and method for enabling the use of a device through a wireless interface.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172113.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0943/15 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M37/00 B05B1/14 B05C5/00 B41J2/175 B67D5/00	Application no. 08797151.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary request 1 Claims - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - admitted (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094315.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 0534/17 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B5/008 G01B5/20 G01B21/04	Application no. 12169307.1
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Cross-sectional profile measuring method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053417.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 1483/17 (Ti-MWW Zeolite/Lyondell) of 12.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J29/89	Application no. 11788621.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - Claim interpreted in the light of the description				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING TITANIUM-MWW ZEOLITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148317.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1891/18 (Glycosyl hydrolase and grease cleaning polymer / PROCTER & GAMBLE … of 6.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/37	Application no. 08870461.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) : unexpected improvement shown Inventive step - burden of proof on the respondents/opponents				Application title A laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189118.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1897/18 (Glycosyl hydrolase and random graft copolymer /PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 6.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/37	Application no. 10178151.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) : unexpected improvement shown Inventive step - burden of proof on the respondents/opponents				Application title A laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189718.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2753/18 (Verfahren zum Behandeln von kunststoffhaltigen Abfällen/Fraunhofer- … of 20.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J11/08 B29B17/02	Application no. 10800702.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BEHANDELN VON KUNSTSTOFFHALTIGEN ABFÄLLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T275318.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1218/19 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/02 A61K8/36 A61K8/49 A61K8/97	Application no. 13708808.4
Keywords -				Application title A PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121819.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 1369/16 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 01962728.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ECHTHEITSPRÜFUNG VON DOKUMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136916.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1856/16 (Antibodies with variant Fc regions/MACROGENICS) of 24.8.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 C07K16/28	Application no. 04701279.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Identification and engineering antibodies with variant Fc regions and methods of using same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185616.20200824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1055/17 (Exhaust system/Johnson Matthey) of 28.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D53/94 F01N3/08 F01N3/035	Application no. 11709786.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOX STORAGE CATALYST AND CATALYSED SOOT FILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105517.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0306/18 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A01G3/037	Application no. 13166553.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête auxiliaire 2' (non) Activité inventive - requête auxiliaire 1" (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Répartition des frais - (non)				Application title Outil électroportatif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030618.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0758/18 (Augmented reality using KBS database/INHA) of 28.8.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/00 G06F17/00	Application no. 13833994.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INTERACTION METHOD AND INTERACTION DEVICE FOR INTEGRATING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY AND BULK DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075818.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 0330/15 (Hochfrequenzfilter / Ericsson) of 16.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01P1/202 H01P1/20	Application no. 10728135.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja nach Änderung)				Application title HOCHFREQUENZFILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033015.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0081/16 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H7/04 F41H11/16 F41H7/02	Application no. 07765117.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderungen - zulässig Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title GEPANZERTES UNTERSTÜTZUNGSFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008116.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0358/16 (Water absorbing agent/NIPPON SHOKUBAI) of 15.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/12 A61L15/60 B01J20/26 C08J3/24 B01J20/28 B01J20/30	Application no. 06713923.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) auxiliary request 2 - allowable (yes)				Application title WATER ABSORBING AGENT, WATER ABSORBING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF WATER ABSORBING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035816.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0802/16 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D1/00 G07D11/00	Application no. 06823337.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title BILL HANDLING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080216.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1233/16 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D07B1/16 C08J5/10	Application no. 08797931.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Use of a friction stabilizer in a polymer jacket material of a cord and corresponding method of making a cord assembly comprising a jacket
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123316.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2414/16 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B27/10	Application no. 09713367.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 3 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM UNLÖSBAREN VERBINDEN VON WERKSTÜCKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241416.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0091/17 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F27B11/00 F27D17/00 C21D9/667	Application no. 11719752.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM VORWÄRMEN VON GLÜHGUT IN EINER HAUBENGLÜHANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009117.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1207/17 (Konversionsschicht/Hydro) of 20.8.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C25D11/04 C25D17/00 C23C22/76 B05B5/14	Application no. 08105723.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Erzeugen einer Konversionsschicht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120717.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1592/17 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C27/48	Application no. 10400058.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Blade to rotor hub joint
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159217.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0311/18 (Tetrafluoropropene compositions/Chemours) of 15.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A62D1/00 C08J9/14 C09K3/30 C09K5/04	Application no. 09756626.9
Keywords Main and third aux. requests - Novelty (no) First and fourth aux. requests - Disclaimer - allowable (no) second and fifth to twelfth aux. requests - inventive step (no) thirteenth aux. request - allowable (yes)				Application title TETRAFLUOROPROPENE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031118.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1521/15 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/03 A61B5/113 A61N5/10	Application no. 04703444.2
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - claim 1 Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - claims 1 and 6 Added subject-matter (no)				Application title COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152115.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0853/17 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G64/20 C08G64/40 B29C47/76	Application no. 10726422.8
Keywords Versuche - zugelassen Hauptantrag - naheliegende weitere Vorrichtung zur Hestellung von Polycarbonat Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 - zugelassen Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 - naheliegende weitere Vorrichtungen zur Herstellung von Polycarbonat Hilfsanträge 6 und 7 - zugelassen Hilfsantrag 6 - Polycarbonat definiert durch Reinheitsgrad - ausführbar aber naheliegend Hilfsantrag 7 - Polycarbonat definiert durch Reinheitsgrad - naheliegend				Application title POLYCARBONATE MIT EXTREM HOHER REINHEIT UND GUTER EIGENFARBE UND THERMISCHER BESTÄNDIGKEIT SOWIE EINE VORRICHTUNG UND EIN VERFAHREN ZU IHRER HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085317.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 658 KB)
T 1176/17 (Keramischer Versatz/Refractory Intellectual Property) of 14.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B35/626 C04B35/043	Application no. 12172161.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Feuerfester keramischer Versatz und daraus gebildeter Stein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117617.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0131/18 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J27/14 F24C14/00 B08B9/093	Application no. 12795745.4
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG EINES TIEGELS SOWIE GARGERÄT MIT EINEM TIEGEL UND EINER REINIGUNGSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013118.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1554/16 () of 29.7.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B37/72 B21B37/44	Application no. 08734984.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht kurz vor der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEEINFLUSSUNG DER TEMPERATURVERTEILUNG ÜBER DER BREITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155416.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0074/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D11/00 F03D1/06 F03D7/02	Application no. 06761975.9
Keywords Durch die Einreichung eines neuen Hauptantrags ersetzter und implizit zurückgenommener Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichter Antrag - vor der Einspruchsabteilung zurückgenommenen Antrag				Application title WINDKRAFTANLAGE MIT EINER ROTORBLATTLAGERUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER DERARTIGEN WINDKRAFTANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007417.20200916				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 568 KB)
T 1121/17 (Oral Care Whitening Compositions / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 16.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/22 A61K8/81 A61K8/891 A61Q11/00	Application no. 12809970.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title ORAL CARE WHITENING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T112117.20201016				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1774/17 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B37/04 F16B19/10 F16B33/00	Application no. 10012461.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments to a party's case Amendments - admitted (yes) / (no)				Application title METHOD FOR USING AN EXPANDABLE COLLET ANCHOR SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177417.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1874/17 () of 7.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J7/04	Application no. 09752529.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Method and device for automatically bringing a fluid into contact with the teats of an animal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187417.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 0335/18 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47F5/08 A47B77/00 A47B88/20	Application no. 13000834.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Einrichtungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033518.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 2984/19 () of 16.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H57/04 F16D23/06	Application no. 15803195.5
Keywords Inventive step - amended claims (yes)				Application title ARRANGEMENT IN A GEARBOX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T298419.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 1877/14 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/32 H04N5/217 H01L27/146 H04N3/15	Application no. 06254480.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Image sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187714.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 2323/14 (Multi-mode device/QUALCOMM) of 6.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F1/32 G06F15/78	Application no. 11166665.7
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - both requests				Application title Dual processor architecture for multi mode device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232314.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0689/15 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N1/00	Application no. 03749490.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY PVR FUNCTIONS IN A BROADCAST ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068915.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0484/16 (Hybridantriebssteuerung/MTU) of 13.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B61L25/02	Application no. 09777481.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES HYBRIDANTRIEBS IN EINEM SCHIENENFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048416.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0947/16 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F1/84	Application no. 02757284.1
Keywords Amended claims submitted during oral proceedings: Admittance (no) Remittal for further prosecution (no)				Application title CORIOLIS FLOW METER WITH EXCITATION OPTIMIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094716.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0109/17 () of 15.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F10/00	Application no. 03014975.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja)				Application title Markise mit Infrarotstrahler und/oder Lautsprecher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010917.20200715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 504 KB)
T 0756/17 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/06 A61M5/32	Application no. 10709132.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title NEEDLE-TIP SHIELDING MECHANISM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075617.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0978/17 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F13/06 A61F13/08	Application no. 13001669.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Staatsangehörigkeit der Einsprechenden Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - juristische Personen Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag XVII (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge I bis III (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - D85 hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag XVII (nein)				Application title STÜTZBANDAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097817.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1631/17 () of 31.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C13/20 A61C5/10	Application no. 06754370.2
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - implizite Verfahrensschritte				Application title VERFAHREN UND MATERIALSATZ ZUM HERSTELLEN VON ZAHNERSATZTEILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163117.20200731				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2221/17 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D28/24 B21D28/28 B21D53/88 B60R19/00	Application no. 14163019.4
Keywords -				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines Energieabsorptionsprofils für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T222117.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2337/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C19/045	Application no. 13747655.2
Keywords -				Application title BESTIMMEN DER LAGE DER KONDYLEN-GELENKACHSE ZUM ERSTELLEN EINES VIRTUELLEN ARTIKULATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233719.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1439/16 () of 2.9.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G23/08 H02K7/10	Application no. 09169230.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Late-filed argument - amendments at the oral proceedings Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - procedural economy Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Motorized roller and motor unit for motorized roller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143916.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2415/16 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B27/10	Application no. 13158294.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Rücknahme der Beschwerde während der mündlichen Verhandlung vor Verkündung der Entscheidung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - anteilig (ja)				Application title PRESSWERKZEUG SOWIE AUFSATZ FÜR EIN PRESSWERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241516.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0174/17 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B11/00 B60R25/02 H01F7/18 H01H47/10	Application no. 12705129.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SPERRANORDNUNG FÜR MINDESTENS EIN SPERRSTÜCK UND ZUGEHÖRIGES ZÜNDSCHLOSS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017417.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2092/18 () of 25.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B66D1/74 B66D1/50 B66D1/52	Application no. 12714090.3
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - Main request and auxiliary requests I-IV, VII and IX Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Amendments - Auxiliary request V Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Auxiliary request VI Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A DEVICE FOR TIGHTENING ROPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1756/15 () of 30.7.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B18/18 A61B18/22 A61F9/011 A61M25/01 A61B18/24	Application no. 04758955.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DIRECTIONAL LASER PROBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175615.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1032/16 (Onions with high soluble solids content and low pungency/NUNHEMS) of 4.3.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 09703613.1
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no); auxiliary requests 1 to 4 - admitted (no)				Application title Onions with high storage ability, high soluble solids content and/or low pungency
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103216.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1255/17 () of 13.10.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F26B5/14 B30B9/26	Application no. 08008475.9
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel erstinstanzlich zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Entwässern von schütt- oder fließfähigem Aufgabegut durch dessen Verdichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125517.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1489/17 () of 2.9.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C21/02 A22C21/04	Application no. 02012165.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Vorbereitung von geschlachtetem Geflügel auf das Rupfen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148917.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2114/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N3/28	Application no. 12178935.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Einschieben eines Monolithen mit Lagerungsmatte in ein Gehäuse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211417.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0561/18 (Spinach plant resistant to Peronospora farinosa/ENZA ZADEN BEHEER) of 21.7.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N9/02 A01H5/08	Application no. 12155885.2
Keywords Main request - insufficiency of disclosure (yes); auxiliary request I - added subject-matter (yes); Form of decision - abridged form in respect of one or more issues				Application title Disease resistant plants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056118.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0560/20 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C65/00	Application no. 12821396.4
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title Polymer blend membranes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056020.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1610/15 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D15/10	Application no. 06707555.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Datenseite zur Einbindung in ein Passbuch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161015.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1360/16 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/08 G06Q50/22 B65G1/00	Application no. 10736923.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PORTABLE INVENTORY TRACKING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136016.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1338/17 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L1/352	Application no. 06003222.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 4 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Linearspannsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133817.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 529 KB)
T 2484/17 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T13/68 B60T17/00 B60T17/02 F04B49/02 F04B49/22	Application no. 11711777.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title EINRICHTUNG, VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR DRUCKLUFTSTEUERUNG UND DRUCKLUFTVERSORGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248417.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0214/18 (Phenylephrine composition with PEG/PFIZER) of 3.9.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/137	Application no. 07836046.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Enhanced stability phenylephrine liquid compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021418.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0890/15 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 14.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/44 H04N5/445	Application no. 09807081.6
Keywords main request and auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title USING A/V DEVICE TO SEND CONTROLLED DEVICE COMMUNICATION-RELATED PARAMETERS TO PROGRAM REMOTE CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089015.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0632/16 () of 2.12.2019
Online on 14.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/485 A61P25/04 A61K9/20 A61K9/70	Application no. 07802995.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - held inadmissible (yes)				Application title BUPRENORPHINE WAFER FOR DRUG SUBSTITUTION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T063216.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 0421/14 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/44	Application no. 05732613.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - after amendment Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Evidence submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Evidence - inadmissible (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHODS OF USING SUSTAINED RELEASE AMINOPYRIDINE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T042114.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 776 KB)
T 1288/15 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/24 H04H60/68	Application no. 10713450.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request and second auxiliary request (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title TRANSMISSION SCHEME FOR TEXT-BASED INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T128815.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 1549/15 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/775	Application no. 09157981.3
Keywords main request - inventive step (no) auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Input Detection Device For Lower Stand-By Power Consumption
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154915.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0294/16 (Taste masking compositions of praziquantel/LAVET.) of 10.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16	Application no. 13002434.2
Keywords Main request - Novelty (Yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title Taste masking compositions of praziquantel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029416.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0799/16 () of 4.9.2019
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/44	Application no. 11160247.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Methods of Using Sustained Release Aminopyridine Compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T079916.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 689 KB)
T 1467/16 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/532 A61F13/536 A61F13/15 A61F13/53 A61F13/539	Application no. 10182065.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Absorbent core for an absorbent article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T146716.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 1953/16 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K1/24 H02K1/32	Application no. 10726133.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Synchronous reluctance machine using rotor flux barriers as cooling channels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195316.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0039/17 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/48 F03D9/00 F03D7/02	Application no. 11701227.8
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Partial reimbursement of the appeal fee - withdrawal more than one month after summons (no)				Application title Arrangement for Generating a Control Signal for Controlling a Power Output of a Power Generation System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003917.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0344/17 () of 6.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P6/16 H02P27/08 H02M1/14	Application no. 11152387.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Steuersystem zum Ansteuern eines bürstenlosen Elektromotors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034417.20200806				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 1711/17 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C35/21	Application no. 10170500.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A selective synthesis of organophosphites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171117.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2299/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J27/08 A47J27/092	Application no. 13190721.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Abbau des Druckes im Garraum eines Druckgargerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229917.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2682/17 () of 13.7.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C19/00 E01C19/48 E01C23/088 E01C23/01 E01C23/07	Application no. 11715663.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title ÜBERWACHUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR EINE BODENBEARBEITUNGSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T268217.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 432 KB)
T 2690/17 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D7/14	Application no. 06754924.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LENKVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR EINE HINTERRADLENKUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T269017.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0487/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L15/20 A61F13/15 A61L9/00 A61L15/22 C08J3/20 C08K11/00 A61L15/46 A61L15/60 C08J3/24	Application no. 09749072.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048718.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1597/18 (Gestrichene dreilagige Faserstoffbahn /VOITH PATENT) of 10.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H27/30 D21H19/36 D21F11/04 D21H23/48 D21F3/02 D21F5/04 D21F9/00 D21G1/00 D21G9/00	Application no. 11721321.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Verfahrensmodifikation				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung einer gestrichenen, mehrlagigen Faserstoffbahn
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159718.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2584/18 (Controlled Release 25-Hydroxyvitamin D/Opko Ireland Global Holdings, … of 28.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/48 A61K31/593 A61K47/06 A61K47/14 A61K47/44	Application no. 14166756.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Controlled Release 25-Hydroxyvitamin D
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T258418.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2922/18 () of 25.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W20/00 B60W10/06 B60W10/08 B60W20/10 B60K6/48	Application no. 13862482.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title TORQUE DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR ENGINE AND MOTOR OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T292218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0244/19 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R13/08	Application no. 05806451.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title AKUSTIK-VERKLEIDUNGSTEIL FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024419.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1091/19 (Irplast/Sealing-Temperature) of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/32 B32B27/08 B32B7/02	Application no. 12166536.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Multilayer films
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109119.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1850/19 (Sicherheitsmodul/MAHLTIG) of 1.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F21/56 G06F21/60	Application no. 05782466.6
Keywords Einspruch gilt als eingelegt - (ja) Priorität - Wirksamkeit eines Prioritätstags (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSMODUL UND VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN UND KONTROLLIEREN EINES DATENVERKEHRS EINES PERSONALCOMPUTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185019.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 0917/16 (Conjugate vaccine/PFIZER) of 8.10.2019
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095 A61K39/102 A61K39/116 A61P31/04	Application no. 06762248.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Immunogenic composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T091716.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0607/17 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C3/00 G01C11/02 G01C11/06 G01S7/481 G01S11/12 G01S17/02 G01S17/42 G01S17/89 G06T7/00	Application no. 07018458.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Surveying method, surveying system and surveying data processing program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060717.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2312/17 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L3/02 C08J5/18	Application no. 08843316.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title POLYMERES MATERIAL UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231217.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506 KB)
T 0042/18 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00 B41M5/52	Application no. 08878797.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title SURFACE COATING COMPOSITION FOR INKJET MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004218.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 0241/18 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F4/649 C08F10/06 C08F4/646 C08F110/06	Application no. 04784378.4
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no)- construction of new case on appeal (D9, D10) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) raised after issue of the summons to oral proceedings; had been raised in opposition but was not invoked in the statement of grounds Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SELF LIMITING CATALYST COMPOSITION AND PROPYLENE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024118.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0645/18 (Polysaccharide-protein conjugate/WYETH) of 18.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61K39/02 A61K39/09	Application no. 07865465.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064518.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2067/18 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B63H20/02 B63H20/06 B63H20/08 B63H20/36 B63B7/08	Application no. 10737118.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Claims - clarity Claims - not open to examination				Application title APPARATUS FOR MOVING AN OUTBOARD MOTOR INSTALLED ON A BOAT AND BOAT WITH FOLDAWAY OUTBOARD MOTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206718.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 2422/18 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B17/29	Application no. 12008531.1
Keywords Reduzierte Beschwerdegebühr Vertrauensschutz (nein) Geringfügiger Fehlbetrag (nein) Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt				Application title Medizinisches Instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242218.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0883/20 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/02	Application no. 12189192.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Recommendation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088320.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1657/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 11.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D7/14	Application no. 05002160.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Metal plate coated with polyester resin, and can using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165715.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0512/16 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 11.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D33/00 A47G21/00	Application no. 11002622.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Papierbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051216.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1363/17 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B5/18 B42D15/00 G09F3/02	Application no. 07831863.1
Keywords Amendments (Main request, Auxiliary Request Main A, Auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 4, 6) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) (Auxiliary Request 5) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title INDICATION BODY AND LABELED ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136317.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1957/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K5/00 C08K5/17 C08K5/3465	Application no. 09755877.9
Keywords Neuheit - (Hauptantrag: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag: nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VULKANISIERBARE KAUTSCHUKMISCHUNG, INSBESONDERE AUF BASIS ACM ODER AEM, UND VULKANISAT, INSBESONDERE EIN SCHLAUCHMATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195717.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0323/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B62L3/02	Application no. 05076711.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure of the invention defined in claim 1 (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Master cylinder lever for a hydraulic disc brake having on the fly dead-band adjustment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032318.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0958/19 (Onion plant/SEMINIS) of 2.10.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 06787541.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Low pungency, long day onion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095819.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0959/19 (Onion seed/SEMINIS) of 2.10.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 11186853.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Low pungency, long day onion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095919.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0976/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B35/04 B21B37/46	Application no. 09748284.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM EINSTELLEN EINER ANTRIEBSLAST FÜR EINE MEHRZAHL AN ANTRIEBEN EINER WALZSTRASSE ZUM WALZEN VON WALZGUT, STEUER- UND/ODER REGELEINRICHTUNG, SPEICHERMEDIUM, PROGRAMMCODE UND WALZANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097616.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1444/16 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B37/26	Application no. 09736931.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR EINSTELLUNG EINER AUSLAUFDICKE EINES EINE MEHRGERÜSTIGE WALZSTRASSE DURCHLAUFENDEN WALZGUTS, STEUER- UND/ODER REGELEINRICHTUNG UND WALZANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144416.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0042/17 () of 14.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01M15/10 F02B77/08	Application no. 11010203.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Exhaust gas analyzing system and exhaust gas analyzing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004217.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0604/20 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/02 A61L15/58 A61L26/00 C09J7/02	Application no. 11157972.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Adhesive laminates and applications thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060420.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0350/17 (CASALE/UREA-MELAMINE) of 4.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J19/24 C07C273/16 C07D251/62 C07C273/12	Application no. 07818806.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR UREA AND MELAMINE PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035017.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 489 KB)
T 0516/18 () of 23.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B27/14 B23B51/00 B23C5/16 C23C16/30	Application no. 05795484.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Interpretation of unclear claims in the light of the description in order to asses compliance with Article 123(2) EPC No added subject-matter (combination of range ends) Remittal to the department of first instance for further prosecution				Application title EDGE REPLACEMENT TYPE CUTTING TIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051618.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0801/18 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60G17/018 B62K25/00 B62K25/04	Application no. 11153607.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 1 and 3 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - adaption of description (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for suspension adjustment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080118.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 627 KB)
T 0099/19 (BH4 for Phenylketonuria / BIOMARIN) of 7.7.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P3/00 A61K31/519 C07D475/04	Application no. 04819152.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - technical prejudice or disincentive in the art (no)				Application title TREATMENT OF PHENYLKETONURIA WITH BH4
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009919.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 536 KB)
T 0175/19 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/73 A61Q19/08	Application no. 10726573.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A FLUID COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HYALURONAN POLYMER AND MANNITOL FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017519.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1635/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B61/24 B65B9/10 B65D5/40 B65D5/74 B65D5/06 B65B9/20	Application no. 01954369.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PAPER PACKAGING CONTAINER, PAPER PACKAGING CONTAINER AND WEB-SHAPED PACKAGING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163515.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0481/16 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B1/22 B65B5/06 B65D77/00	Application no. 09744697.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PACKAGING POTATO CRISPS, AS WELL AS THE PACKAGE OBTAINED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048116.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0597/16 () of 10.8.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B13/196 H04N7/18 G06T15/20	Application no. 13153773.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Second auxiliary request insufficiently substantiated - admitted (no) Third to fifth auxiliary requests filed after notification of the summons - admitted (no)				Application title System and method of optimal video camera placement and configuration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059716.20200810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0786/16 (Linking ACK resources/QUALCOMM) of 24.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W4/00	Application no. 07865065.2
Keywords Clarity - main request and 1st to 5th auxiliary requests (no) Admittance of late-filed request - "5th auxiliary request revised" (no) Remittal to the examining division (no)				Application title Acknowledgement of control messages in a wireless communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078616.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1013/17 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/28 C08L23/02 C08L23/08 C08L101/00	Application no. 07806259.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late submitted material - document admitted (no)- D18, D19, D20, D21 Late submitted material - document admitted (yes) D16, D17				Application title RESIN COMPOSITION FOR DAMPING MATERIAL AND DAMPING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101317.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1712/17 (Pharmaceutical Formulations Containing Methylnaltrexone / PROGENICS) of 22.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/08 A61K45/06 A61K47/12 A61K47/18 A61K9/19 A61K31/047 A61K31/195 A61K31/485	Application no. 04759349.6
Keywords Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING METHYLNALTREXONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171217.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1718/18 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C19/06 A61K9/00 A61K9/70	Application no. 11706973.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title DENTAL STRIP FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171818.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1053/15 (Abschirmung gegen Strahlen / Alishahi) of 25.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N1/16 E04H9/12	Application no. 01925178.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM ABSCHIRMEN GEGEN STRAHLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105315.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1833/15 () of 30.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M7/48 H02J3/38 F03D7/04	Application no. 04739904.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 2, 4 und 6 (nein) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Hilfsanträge 1, 3 und 5 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1a, 3a, 5a und 6a Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - bedingter Antrag auf Zulassung prozessual unwirksam Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183315.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1836/15 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K1/27	Application no. 07010082.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Magnet retaining arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183615.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0381/15 (Solid milk and method of production the same/MEIJI) of 23.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C9/18 A23C9/16	Application no. 05757958.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SOLID MILK AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038115.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1054/15 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 H04L12/58	Application no. 08006061.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title System and method for generating a graphical user interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105415.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0860/16 (Sublingual immunotherapy/ALK-ABELLÓ) of 12.11.2019
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/35 A61K39/36	Application no. 09730293.9
Keywords Main (sole) request - inventive step (no)				Application title Mucosomal allergen-specific immunotherapy with initial dosing after start of pollen season
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T086016.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1188/16 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/00 A61M1/00	Application no. 09755801.9
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SUPER-ABSORBENT, REDUCED-PRESSURE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118816.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1329/16 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/02 F01N3/18 F02D45/00	Application no. 07850903.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title CONTROL METHOD OF EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132916.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2219/16 (Hose-Plasticizer/FITT) of 14.7.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/22 B32B1/08	Application no. 07815095.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title FLEXIBLE HOSE WITH NON-PHTHALATE PLASTICIZERS ADDITIVES FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD LIQUIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221916.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2245/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G3/06 A01G23/02 A01G31/00 A01G9/10	Application no. 07862903.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF ACCELERATING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TREES VIA ENHANCED ROOT DEVELOPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224518.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 2571/18 (Abiraterone and prednisone combination against prostate cancer/ … of 14.8.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P35/00 A61K31/58 A61K45/06	Application no. 12160586.9
Keywords Priority - basis in priority document (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for treating cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T257118.20200814				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2908/18 (Produit alimentaire multicouche/NESTLE) of 15.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A23L5/00 A23L9/10 A23L19/00 A23P20/00 A23C9/13 A23G3/34 A23G3/28 A23C9/133 A23C9/154 A23G3/20 B65B1/04	Application no. 06794237.5
Keywords Requête principale - Suffisance de l'exposé (oui) Renvoi de l'affaire (oui) Remboursement partiel de la taxe de recours (oui)				Application title PRODUIT ALIMENTAIRE MULTICOUCHE ET PROCÉDÉ POUR SA PRÉPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T290818.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0177/19 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/08 A61K8/46 A61K8/67 A61K8/73 A61K8/44 A61K8/49 A61K8/65	Application no. 08785671.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title INJECTABLE DERMATOLOGICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF WRINKLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017719.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1080/15 () of 28.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00 G06T3/00 G06F3/048	Application no. 10760099.1
Keywords Main request - novelty (no) First, third, fifth, sixth auxiliary request, auxiliary request IIIb - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests IIa and VII - admitted (no)				Application title GENERATING COMPOSITE MEDICAL IMAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108015.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 540 KB)
T 2329/15 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B8/14	Application no. 04754059.6
Keywords Novelty (no) Admissibility of a new auxiliary request filed at oral proceedings (no)				Application title SUBCUTANEOUS BIOPSY CAVITY MARKER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232915.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0178/16 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M7/5387 H02M1/32	Application no. 04724628.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition (not admitted) Grounds for opposition - discretion of Opposition Division not to admit was correctly exercised Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Configuration and Method for Protecting Converter Means
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017816.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1184/17 (Handhabung wässriger Methansulfonsäurelösungen/BASF) of 4.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C38/44 C22C38/50 C07C309/00	Application no. 10768963.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HANDHABUNG VON WÄSSRIGEN METHANSULFONSÄURELÖSUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118417.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1482/17 (Henkel/Pulverkomponente) of 18.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D17/04 B65B9/04 B65D65/46	Application no. 05776193.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Zulassung von Hilfsanträgen eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Ausnahmsweise zugelassen				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG PORTIONIERTER WASCH- ODER REINIGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148217.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2160/17 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F19/00	Application no. 08252742.5
Keywords Added subject matter - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Self-service terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216017.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0639/19 (Ulipristal acetate contraception/HRA) of 28.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/56 A61K31/57 A61K9/20 A61K9/06	Application no. 10717084.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all requests Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR ON-DEMAND CONTRACEPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063919.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)

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