Recently published decisions

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in the last three months are shown in the list below (newest first). The website checks for new decisions daily and updates the list accordingly. For full lists per year, please access the subpages.

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May 2022

T 2514/18 () of 4.4.2022
Online on 25.05.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 18/14 A61B 5/00 A61B 17/00 A61B 90/00	Application no. 14806770.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - taken into account (no)				Application title MEDICAL DEVICE WITH CONTACT FORCE SENSING TIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T251418.20220404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0582/19 () of 19.5.2022
Online on 25.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C12M 1/107	Application no. 07786393.4
Keywords Fortsetzung des Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahrens nach Erlöschen des Patents in allen Vertragsstaaten - (ja) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title BIOGASANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON BIOGAS AUS LIGNINHALTIGEN NACHWACHSENDEN ROHSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T058219.20220519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1178/19 () of 20.5.2022
Online on 25.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/18 A24D 3/02	Application no. 13703042.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BILDEN MINDESTENS EINES STRANGS DER TABAK VERARBEITENDEN INDUSTRIE SOWIE VERTEILERVORRICHTUNG ZUM BESCHICKEN EINER STRANGMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T117819.20220520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1952/19 () of 4.4.2022
Online on 25.05.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 9/06 H02J 9/08	Application no. 13162703.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung und Netzersatzanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T195219.20220404				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 3020/19 () of 23.2.2022
Online on 25.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60B 35/00 B60B 35/02 B60B 35/04 B60G 9/00 F16F 1/368	Application no. 13712534.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I, Hilfsantrag II (nein) Zulassung des in der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Hilfsantrags IV - (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - (nein) Neuer Einwand in der mündlichen Verhandlung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title ACHSANBINDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T302019.20220223				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 511 KB)
T 2100/21 () of 18.5.2022
Online on 25.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/13 G09G 3/36 H01L 27/32	Application no. 15784374.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title SUB-PIXEL FOR A DISPLAY WITH CONTROLLABLE VIEWING ANGLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T210021.20220518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0934/18 (Catalyst precursor/PQ Silicas) of 7.4.2022
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C08F 4/02 C08F 210/16 C08F 4/24	Application no. 08806608.9
Keywords Oral proceedings via videoconference (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Novelty - prior use (no) Inventive step - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title CATALYST PRECURSOR PARTICLES, THEIR PREPARATION AND USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T093418.20220407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1568/18 (Identification of pathogens in body fluids/BRUKER) of 1.2.2022
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/569 G01N 33/68	Application no. 08852388.1
Keywords Amendments - main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 15 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 16 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the patent (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 17 Inventive step - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGENS IN BODY FLUIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T156818.20220201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 2355/18 (RGM inhibiting substances/MITSUBISHI TANABE) of 7.4.2022
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/00 A61K 31/7088 A61K 39/395 A61P 43/00 A61K 31/07 A61K 31/122 A61K 31/355 A61K 33/00 A61K 33/04 A61K 33/06 A61K 33/26 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/18 A61K 33/30 C07K 16/22 C12N 15/113 A61K 39/00 A61K 31/375	Application no. 10835979.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title T CELL ACTIVATION INHIBITOR, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, AND SCREENING METHOD FOR T CELL ACTIVATION INHIBITING SUBSTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T235518.20220407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2377/18 () of 3.5.2022
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F27B 11/00 F27D 17/00	Application no. 12806412.8
Keywords -				Application title GESCHLOSSENES TRANSPORTFLUIDSYSTEM ZUM OFENINTERNEN WÄRMEAUSTAUSCH ZWISCHEN GLÜHGASEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T237718.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 545 KB)
T 0689/19 (Dasatinib in the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia/BRISTOL) of 4.10.2021
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/427 A61K 31/506 A61P 35/02	Application no. 04758053.5
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Res judicata - decision on sufficiency binding Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CYCLIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T068919.20211004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 796 KB)
T 0978/19 () of 11.5.2022
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01Q 60/32 G01Q 10/06 B82Y 35/00	Application no. 06811703.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes)				Application title SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T097819.20220511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2387/19 (Ethernet-Buskoppler für eine Prozess-Steuerung/Phoenix) of 12.4.2022
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/46 H04J 3/06 G05B 19/042 H04L 12/24 H04L 12/40	Application no. 09005300.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (nein)				Application title Verfahren, Buskomponenten und Steuerungssystem zur Ethernet-basierten Steuerung eines Automatisierungssystems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T238719.20220412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
W 0001/86 () of 27.3.1986
Online on 24.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.3.1986	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1986:W000186.19860327				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0576/17 (Drilling-rig remote control/EPIROC) of 18.5.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 44/00 H04Q 9/00	Application no. 03701194.7
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): indication of non-attendance by proprietor - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient Inventive step - main request (no): choice of starting point for assessing inventive step Admittance - auxiliary request (no): no cogent reasons				Application title Remote control of drilling rigs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T057617.20220518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2658/17 () of 11.5.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16G 13/16	Application no. 06841145.3
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - in Abwesenheit des Beteiligten abgehalten Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge I bis III - Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag IV - Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein)				Application title LEITUNGSFÜHRUNGSANORDNUNG MIT VERMINDERTER GERÄUSCHEMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T265817.20220511				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0713/18 () of 26.1.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.1.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC H01B 12/02 H01G 4/40 H01G 4/28 H01G 2/10 H01G 4/224 H02J 15/00	Application no. 11738014.7
Keywords Nouveauté - (non) Nouveauté - références non-limitatives à l'utilisation visée et à un autre objet Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui) Modifications - généralisation intermédiare Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (non) Modification après signification - raisons convaincantes (non) Modification après signification - prise en compte (non)				Application title Élément de transport d'énergie, notamment câble, équipé d'un dispositif de stockage d'énergie électrique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071318.20220126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 620 KB)
T 1353/18 () of 24.3.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B 9/18 E04B 9/06	Application no. 11182511.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - disclosure in drawings (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title A support system for mounting a panel grid in ceiling or wall support structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T135318.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1847/18 (Transferring content stored on remote terminals/TENCENT TECHNOLOGY) of 8.2.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 13836781.8
Keywords Inventive step - transferring content from previously used remote terminals (no Inventive step - non-technical policy)				Application title METHOD, RELATED DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR INTER-TERMINAL INTERACTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T184718.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2420/18 () of 31.1.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02H 3/087 H02H 7/122 H02J 1/10 H02J 3/38	Application no. 08878650.4
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - auxiliary request 1 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 6 Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 2 to 5 could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title System and method for protection in power installations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T242018.20220131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 567 KB)
T 3016/18 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 18/32	Application no. 11701465.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - angemessene Erfolgserwartung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title GLEITLAGERVERBUNDWERKSTOFF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T301618.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0121/19 () of 3.5.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47K 13/26	Application no. 13172954.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Befestigung eines Toilettensitzes sowie entsprechendes Verfahren dazu
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T012119.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0313/19 (Influenza vaccines with reduced amounts of squalene/SEQIRUS) of 16.2.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/145 A61K 39/295 A61P 31/16	Application no. 10710427.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Admission of novelty as a new ground of opposition (No) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INFLUENZA VACCINES WITH REDUCED AMOUNTS OF SQUALENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T031319.20220216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1227/19 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D 25/00	Application no. 09831134.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title DUAL TEMPERATURE AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T122719.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1694/19 () of 28.4.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/64 G02B 21/00	Application no. 06730883.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title LIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T169419.20220428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2550/19 (Grouping memory access requests/AMD) of 23.2.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/16	Application no. 16200975.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH VIRTUAL CONTROLLER MODE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T255019.20220223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 3154/19 (Diffraktive Reliefstrukturen/LEONHARD KURZ) of 4.5.2022
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 29/00 D21H 21/44	Application no. 08707587.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Sicherheitselement für ein Sicherheitsdokument und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T315419.20220504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
W 0001/84 () of 12.3.1984
Online on 23.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.3.1984	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1984:W000184.19840312				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 136 KB)
T 1784/16 () of 31.3.2022
Online on 20.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 49/00	Application no. 09783677.9
Keywords Novelty - prior European application Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Injection stretch blow-molding process for the preparation of polyethylene containers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178416.20220331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 2440/16 () of 17.5.2022
Online on 20.05.2022	Board -	Decision date 17.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Teilweise Unzulässigkeit des Ablehnungsantrags wegen offensichtlich falscher Auslegung verfahrensrechtlicher Pflichten-ja Teilweise Unzulässigkeit des Ablehnungsantrags wegen Vornahme weiterer Verfahrenshandlungen - ja Tatsächliche Befangenheit - nein Besorgnis der Befangenheit - nein Dienstliche Äußerung nach Artikel 3 (2) VOBK 2020 - notwendiger Inhalt				Application title xxx
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T244016.20220517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 486 KB)
T 2341/17 () of 24.2.2022
Online on 20.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 67/00 C08L 53/00	Application no. 04781940.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - after amendment Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Application title Laser sintering processes using thermoplastic compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T234117.20220224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 0136/18 (Metallklang-Musikinstrument / Panart) of 10.5.2022
Online on 20.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G10D 13/08	Application no. 09779797.1
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES METALLKLANG-MUSIKINSTRUMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T013618.20220510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1820/18 (LRP6 binding molecules/NOVARTIS) of 17.12.2021
Online on 20.05.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/28 A61P 35/00	Application no. 08844924.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Molecules and methods for modulating low-density-lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182018.20211217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 751 KB)
T 2242/18 () of 24.2.2022
Online on 20.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B 21/04	Application no. 14725990.7
Keywords Hauptantrag: Änderung unmittelbar und eindeutig entnehmbar (nein) oder als nicht offenbarter Disclaimer zulässig (nein, technischer Beitrag zur Erfindung) Hilfsanträge 1 und 5: Eingereicht nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung, Zulässigkeit (nein) Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4: Reformation in peius (ja), Ausnahme vom Verschlechterungsverbot im Sinne von G 1/99 bzw. aus Billigkeitsgründen (nein)				Application title MESSVORRICHTUNG FÜR EINE WERKZEUGMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T224218.20220224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 592 KB)
T 1967/19 (Pool-based GRE key selection/NOKIA) of 12.5.2022
Online on 20.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 4/06 H04L 12/18 H04L 29/06 H04W 76/00 H04L 12/801	Application no. 09735847.7
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing internet protocol multicast transport
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T196719.20220512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2993/19 (Ambient sound therapy/DAVIS) of 12.5.2022
Online on 20.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 3/00 H04R 1/02	Application no. 06718505.8
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: declaration of the appellant not to attend the oral proceedings - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient Novelty - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for ambient sound therapy user interface and control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T299319.20220512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 3025/18 () of 6.4.2022
Online on 19.05.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G 3/22	Application no. 16020262.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Montieren einer Gebäudeeinführung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T302518.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0721/19 () of 3.5.2022
Online on 19.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/06 C08F 4/649	Application no. 07728461.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title USE OF A ZIEGLER-NATTA CATALYST TO MAKE A POLYPROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMER HAVING A HIGH MELT FLOW RATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T072119.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0889/19 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 19.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/12 C08K 5/10 C07C 69/82 B32B 27/40 C08L 67/00 B65D 65/02 A61L 2/08 C07C 63/26 C08L 27/06 C08G 63/183 C08L 67/03	Application no. 13848110.6
Keywords Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title ESTER-BASED COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING ESTER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T088919.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2787/19 (Robot cleaner/LG) of 5.5.2022
Online on 19.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 1/02 G01S 3/808	Application no. 15151459.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - all claim requests (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation				Application title Robot cleaning system and method for charging a cleaning robot
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T278719.20220505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1454/17 () of 29.3.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F23C 10/10	Application no. 10718623.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T145417.20220329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2766/17 () of 17.3.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 3/07 A61K 8/02 B65B 25/06 A61Q 11/00 B65B 11/50 A61K 9/70	Application no. 03748966.3
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Adaptation of the description (yes)				Application title PACKAGING AND DISPENSING OF RAPID DISSOLVE DOSAGE FORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T276617.20220317				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0830/18 () of 26.4.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D01G 15/88	Application no. 11717640.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title WIRE PROFILE FOR CARD CLOTHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T083018.20220426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 598 KB)
T 2924/18 () of 14.4.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 55/22	Application no. 09777399.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES BREMSSATTELS, BEARBEITUNGSWERKZEUG ZUM AUSFÜHREN DES VERFAHRENS, MIT DEM VERFAHREN HERGESTELLTER BREMSSATTEL SOWIE SCHEIBENBREMSE MIT EINEM SOLCHEN SATTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T292418.20220414				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0035/19 () of 18.3.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C 19/08 F03D 1/06 F03D 7/02 F03D 80/70 F16C 19/38 F16C 27/04 F16C 33/38 F16C 33/60 F16C 41/02 F16C 23/08	Application no. 05761316.8
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Novelty - (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Apportionment of costs - equitable				Application title A WIND TURBINE PITCH BEARING, AND USE HEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T003519.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1406/19 (Use of polyols to stabilise polymorphous forms of rifaximin / … of 3.5.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/20 A61K 9/50 A61K 31/437 A61K 9/28 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/36 A61K 47/38	Application no. 07804680.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (Main request, Auxiliary requests I-III: yes; Auxiliary request IV: no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title USE OF POLYOLS TO OBTAIN STABLE POLYMORPHOUS FORMS OF RIFAXIMIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T140619.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2880/19 () of 6.4.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 13736592.0
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - objection could have been raised in first instance proceedings (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - auxiliary request 5 (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC VAPOUR PROVISION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T288019.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 2900/19 () of 15.3.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 23/06	Application no. 12718226.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title KÄLTEGERÄT, INSBESONDERE HAUSHALTSKÄLTEGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T290019.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1891/20 (Request for correction of the minutes/THALES) of 16.5.2022
Online on 18.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 8/18	Application no. 14824813.1
Keywords Correction of the minutes - (no): present minutes include essentials of the oral proceedings and the parties' relevant statements				Application title Method for accessing a service and a corresponding device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T189120.20220516				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0392/17 () of 24.2.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 58/28	Application no. 08010296.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition Novelty - (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Dryer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T039217.20220224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 571 KB)
T 2350/17 (Entwerfen von Flugzeugen/DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA) of 10.5.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 10.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 10/04	Application no. 13194503.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Optimierung des Auslegungspunktes einer Flugzeugkonstruktion in Form eines Anforderungskatalogs anhand der zu bedienenden Flugstrecken (nein Erfinderische Tätigkeit - wirtschaftliche Optimierung)				Application title Verfahren und System zum Entwerfen von Flugzeugen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T235017.20220510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0461/18 () of 9.5.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 11/16 D21F 9/00 D21H 13/50 F16D 69/02 C04B 35/80 B32B 18/00 B29C 70/30 C04B 35/83 C04B 35/622 C04B 35/626 C04B 35/63 C04B 35/634 F41H 5/04	Application no. 10799121.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation (yes)				Application title A fibre matrix and a method of making a fibre matrix
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T046118.20220509				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1149/18 () of 24.3.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D01H 4/10	Application no. 13004898.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Offenend-Spinnrotor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T114918.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1352/19 () of 18.2.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08B 37/08 C08L 5/08 A61K 31/728 C08B 31/00 C08B 37/00 C08J 3/28	Application no. 11769800.1
Keywords Extension of subject-matter (no) New objections (novelty and inventive step) after summons - no exceptional circumstances Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - no bonus effect New documents submitted in relation to sufficiency of disclosure after rejoinder and before summons - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title HYBRID COOPERATIVE COMPLEXES OF HYALURONIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T135219.20220218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 628 KB)
T 1540/19 () of 8.3.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16J 9/14	Application no. 16198131.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests I, Ib, II, IIb, III, V, VI (no) Clarity - auxiliary request IV (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests VII and VIII Late-filed auxiliary requests - requests clearly allowable (no)				Application title A top piston ring for a large two-stroke turbo-charged compression ignited internal combustion engine with crossheads
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T154019.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 482 KB)
T 2080/19 () of 22.4.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/24 A47L 15/46	Application no. 05777541.3
Keywords Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Ermessensausübung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung gibt Anlass zu neuen Einwänden (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND ANORDNUNG ZUM ENERGIESPARENDEN BETRIEB VON SPÜLMASCHINEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T208019.20220422				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 483 KB)
T 2196/19 () of 10.5.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 27/22 B41M 3/14 B42D 15/00 G06K 5/00 G06K 19/00 G07D 7/00 B42D 25/00	Application no. 10761121.2
Keywords Main request - Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Main request - Novelty - (no) Auxiliary requests - Reply to the statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case (no)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SECURITY DOCUMENT OR DEVICE WITH AN OPTICALLY VARIABLE IMAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T219619.20220510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 2774/19 () of 3.5.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16C 23/08 F16C 33/76	Application no. 08785306.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title GELAGERTE HAUPTWELLE FÜR EINE WINDKRAFTANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T277419.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 264 KB)
T 0677/20 (E-book page turn/MICROSOFT) of 18.2.2022
Online on 17.05.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 G06F 3/041 G06F 3/14	Application no. 09837802.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title VIRTUAL PAGE TURN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T067720.20220218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1370/18 (Entropy coding/FRAUNHOFER GESELSCHAFT) of 2.12.2021
Online on 16.05.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 7/30	Application no. 09776891.5
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal				Application title Method for encoding a symbol, method for decoding a symbol, method for transmitting a symbol from a transmitter to a receiver, encoder, decoder and system for transmitting a symbol from a transmitter to a receiver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T137018.20211202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1732/18 () of 27.10.2021
Online on 16.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/00 A61K 31/5377 A61P 7/02 A61P 9/10	Application no. 06706291.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Admittance of evidence filed in Appeal Admittance of submissions filed at a late stage Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TREATMENT OF THROMBOEMBOLIC DISORDERS WITH RIVAROXABAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173218.20211027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 765 KB)
T 2252/18 (Conditionnement d'un mélange gazeux/AIR LIQUIDE) of 11.5.2022
Online on 16.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.5.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G05D 11/13	Application no. 12166724.0
Keywords Décision rendue dans le cadre de la procédure écrite (oui) - déclaration des titulaires qu'elles ne participeront pas à la procédure orale Activité inventive (non) Activité inventive - choix du point de départ approprié				Application title Procédé de conditionnement d'un mélange gazeux NO/N2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T225218.20220511				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2849/18 () of 8.4.2022
Online on 16.05.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09F 9/00 G06F 3/14 G06Q 30/00 G06Q 50/00 G06Q 30/02 G06F 17/30 G06Q 30/06	Application no. 11778206.0
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - presentation of information Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 4 admitted (no)				Application title INTERACTIVE COLOR CENTER DISPLAY APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T284918.20220408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 591 KB)
T 0339/19 (Film for stand-up-pouches/DOW) of 29.3.2022
Online on 16.05.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/32 B65D 75/00	Application no. 14166395.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes) General principles				Application title Single polymer film structures for use in stand-up-pouches
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033919.20220329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0980/19 () of 27.4.2022
Online on 16.05.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F 5/02 C07F 5/04 C07C 7/00 C07K 5/06 C07K 5/08 C07K 5/078 A61K 38/00 A61K 38/05 A61K 31/69 A61P 35/00 A61P 29/00 C07K 7/02	Application no. 10006835.2
Keywords Minutes of oral proceedings - request to correct minutes				Application title FORMULATION OF BORONIC ACID COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T098019.20220427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2438/19 (Filtervorrichtung/Hydac) of 30.3.2022
Online on 16.05.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 30.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 35/30 B01D 29/96	Application no. 05715722.4
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title FILTERVORRICHTUNG UND FILTERELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T243819.20220330				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0310/16 (Two magnetic sensors / ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS) of 4.4.2022
Online on 13.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 15/20 G01R 33/02 G01R 33/06 G01R 33/07 G01R 33/09 H01L 43/06	Application no. 10195145.7
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion				Application title Arrangements for an integrated sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T031016.20220404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1430/17 (Synthèse chimique comportant un traitement thermique - Aldivia S.A.) of 22.4.2022
Online on 13.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.4.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 6/80 H05B 6/62	Application no. 03815414.2
Keywords Nouveauté - (non) Vice substantiel de procédure - remboursement de la taxe de recours (non) Rupture du lien de confiance qui doit prévaloir entre la division d'examen et la demanderesse				Application title SYNTHESE CHIMIQUE COMPORTANT UN TRAITEMENT THERMIQUE PAR CHAUFFAGE DIELECTRIQUE INTERMITTENT, COMBINE A UN SYSTEME DE RECIRCULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T143017.20220422				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1791/19 () of 16.3.2022
Online on 13.05.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 29/22 F04D 7/04 F04D 29/42	Application no. 12705877.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title FREE-FLOW PUMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T179119.20220316				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1915/19 () of 18.2.2022
Online on 13.05.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 29/12	Application no. 07023001.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title Katheterrohrelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T191519.20220218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 2100/19 (Farbglanzmittel/Henkel) of 29.4.2022
Online on 13.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 29.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/35 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/44 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/06	Application no. 13795485.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja)				Application title FARBGLANZMITTEL MIT SPEZIELLEN KATIONISCHEN FARBSTOFFEN, TENSIDEN UND POLYMEREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T210019.20220429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 3091/19 () of 30.3.2022
Online on 13.05.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02P 5/15 B27B 17/10 F02P 1/08 F02P 11/02 F02P 11/04 F02P 5/02 F02P 9/00 F02P 11/00	Application no. 05756671.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title START SAFETY IGNITION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T309119.20220330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
D 0054/21 () of 25.4.2022
Online on 12.05.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 25.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D005421.20220425				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0095/18 () of 24.3.2022
Online on 12.05.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 15/00 G03G 15/01 G03G 15/16 G03G 15/20	Application no. 09180157.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Belt member feeding device and image forming apparatus provided with the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T009518.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2038/18 () of 4.5.2022
Online on 12.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00	Application no. 11154372.4
Keywords Hauptantrag: Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsanträge: Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines dentalen Restaurationsteils sowie CAD/CAM-Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T203818.20220504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2943/18 () of 16.2.2022
Online on 12.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/14 C08J 5/18	Application no. 12709068.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title PROPYLENE-ETHYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T294318.20220216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0470/19 () of 26.4.2022
Online on 12.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01J 3/28 G01N 21/86 G07D 7/12	Application no. 12714223.0
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR PRÜFUNG VON WERTDOKUMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047019.20220426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 474 KB)
T 0204/20 (Composition minérale/Lhoist) of 8.3.2022
Online on 12.05.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B 111/28 C01F 5/24 C01F 11/18 C04B 28/10 C04B 14/26 C04B 2/10 C04B 18/02 C09K 21/02	Application no. 13711404.7
Keywords Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui) Procès-verbal de la procédure orale Révision préjudicielle - première instance aurait dû accorder la révision préjudicielle (non) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non) Vice substantiel de procédure - (non) objet premier de la procédure de recours - moyens de recours invoqués portant sur les arguments sur lesquels la décision était fondée (oui)				Application title COMPOSITION MINERALE A BASE D'UNE PHASE SOLIDE MIXTE DE CARBONATES DE CALCIUM ET DE MAGNESIUM, SON PROCEDE DE PREPARATION ET SON UTILISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T020420.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1444/20 () of 28.4.2022
Online on 12.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 15784662.7
Keywords Amendment of the description				Application title METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ANTI-DRUG ANTIBODIES AGAINST AN EFFECTOR FUNCTION SUPPRESSED HUMAN OR HUMANIZED DRUG ANTIBODY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T144420.20220428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0727/17 (Navigation through smartphone screens/APPLE) of 10.3.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/2745 G06F 3/048 H04M 1/725 H04M 1/57	Application no. 11176480.9
Keywords Inventive step - main and 1st auxiliary requests (no): obvious navigation through GUI windows of a smartphone Admittance of new claim requests - 2nd to 5th auxiliary requests (no): at least not clearly allowable				Application title Incoming telephone call management for a portable multifunction device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T072717.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 864 KB)
T 1301/17 (Dryer / Goji) of 8.2.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/80 D06F 58/26	Application no. 08710231.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T130117.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2433/18 () of 11.2.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/04 F02M 55/00 F16L 19/02 F16L 19/028	Application no. 13159849.2
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Schraubverbindungsvorrichtung zur Verbindung gebördelter Rohrenden zweier Rohre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T243318.20220211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2918/18 () of 3.5.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 5/00 B66B 1/44 B66B 1/34	Application no. 05723924.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title ELEVATOR MOTOR BRAKE TORQUE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T291818.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0483/19 () of 16.3.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 21/00 B64C 27/467 F03D 1/06 F04D 29/16 F03D 1/00	Application no. 14166768.3
Keywords Inventive step (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Admissibility of late filed submissions (no) Novelty (yes) Added subject-matter (no)				Application title Wind turbine rotor blade assembly with surface features
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T048319.20220316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0979/19 () of 11.4.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01D 43/073 A01D 43/08	Application no. 12151017.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title System und Verfahren zur Steuerung der Erntegutüberladung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T097919.20220411				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1024/19 () of 22.2.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C10L 1/2383 C10L 1/238 C10L 1/22 C10L 1/222 C10L 1/232 C10L 10/00 C10L 1/14 C10L 10/18 C10L 10/14 C10L 1/224 C10L 1/2387 C10L 1/223	Application no. 12737233.2
Keywords Neuheit - Product-by-process-Anspruch Ausreichende Offenbarung Zurückverweisung Rügepflicht - Einwand zurückgewiesen Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - keine Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens				Application title QUATERNISIERTE STICKSTOFFVERBINDUNGEN UND DEREN VERWENDUNG ALS ADDITIVE IN KRAFT- UND SCHMIERSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T102419.20220222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 623 KB)
T 1056/19 () of 8.4.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/02 H04W 4/20	Application no. 12871943.2
Keywords main request - inventive step - (no) auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVERTISING USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T105619.20220408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1235/19 () of 28.4.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/06 B23C 5/22 B23C 5/20	Application no. 13150479.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title A milling tool as well as a milling insert
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T123519.20220428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1719/19 () of 13.4.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08L 23/00 C08L 23/08 C08L 23/14	Application no. 13792617.6
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admittance Inventive step - (yes)				Application title RANDOM PROPYLENE COPOLYMER FOR BOTTLES WITH GOOD OPTICAL PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T171919.20220413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 2396/19 () of 30.3.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 9/14 B64C 9/18 B64C 9/16	Application no. 13167354.3
Keywords Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Main and auxiliary requests 2 to 8 - rejected as inadmissible- change of status of the patentee following withdrawal of their appeal Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Right to be heard - respected (yes)				Application title Rotary actuated high lift gapped aileron
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T239619.20220330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2622/19 (Deep-in-the-canal hearing device/INSOUND) of 7.4.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 12795674.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Added subject-matter - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes): problem-solution approach with partial problems Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title CIC hearing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262219.20220407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 3133/19 () of 8.4.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 14781309.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SKINNING INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SKIN FROM SLAUGHTERED POULTRY PARTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T313319.20220408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0547/20 (Missing browser extension/THALES) of 4.5.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 G06F 21/34	Application no. 10712911.6
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): no oral proceedings necessary or appropriate Substantial procedural violation - (yes): appealed decision not sufficiently reasoned Remittal - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes): for both parties				Application title A system and method for providing security in browser-based access to smart cards
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T054720.20220504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0912/20 () of 5.5.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 5.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 13/00 A61K 8/02 A61L 15/22 A61L 15/28 A61L 27/20	Application no. 10165551.2
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichte Anträge - Hilfsanträge 2 und 3 hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Schichtförmige perforierte Biomatrices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T091220.20220505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1854/20 (Amcor/Sterilizable lid) of 14.2.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 3/08 B32B 15/08 B32B 15/085 B32B 15/20 B65D 17/00 B65D 77/20	Application no. 15775625.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - Diffuse scope of demarcation Novelty - (no) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no) Amendment to case - Requests should have been filed earlier				Application title LID FILM FOR FOOD PACKAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T185420.20220214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1660/21 (Missing statement of grounds) of 29.4.2022
Online on 11.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 29.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/12 A61K 31/568	Application no. 12832953.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title INTEROMONE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE TO MODIFY BEHAVIOR IN DIFFERENT VERTEBRATE SPECIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T166021.20220429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
D 0017/19 () of 29.4.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 29.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D001719.20220429				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2591/18 (Pharmaceutical compsitions comprising nilotinib/NOVARTIS) of 25.1.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 31/506 A61P 35/02	Application no. 07820560.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Admission of arguments on inventive step (Yes) Main request - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NILOTINIB OR ITS SALT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T259118.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 2990/18 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 65/46 B65D 81/32 C11D 17/04	Application no. 11164746.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Water-soluble pouch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T299018.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 3019/18 (Compression device/FUJITSU) of 8.2.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 7/40 H03M 7/30 G06F 17/22 G06F 17/30	Application no. 13879073.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first and second auxiliary requests - not admitted Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised Amendment to appeal case - third and fourth auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Compression Device, Compression Method, Decompression Device, Decompression Method, and Information Processing System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T301918.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0077/19 (Fil de sécurité/OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE) of 17.2.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 21/42 B42D 15/00 G07D 7/20	Application no. 12741093.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - (oui) Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours - (non) Admissibilité d'un moyen basé sur une combinaison des documents cités en opposition (oui) Recevabilité d'un nouveau document cité dans le memoire de recours (non) Activité inventive (requête principale et requêtes auxiliaires I à IV) Activité inventive - (non) (requête auxiliaire V) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Fil de sécurité
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T007719.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0722/19 () of 13.4.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/14 C08F 2/00 C08F 210/06 C08L 23/12 C08F 210/08	Application no. 12193064.8
Keywords Late filed documents - admittance Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Random propylene copolymer for bottles with good optical properties and low hexane content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T072219.20220413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0727/19 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/44 A47J 31/46	Application no. 11772975.6
Keywords Justified suspicion of partiality (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes) Remittal - re-examination of the case ab initio New composition of the first-instance department ordered Prohibition of reformatio in peius (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title BEVERAGE MACHINE FOR DIFFERENT SPATIAL ENVIRONMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T072719.20220401				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1585/19 (DICOM measurements to local measurements/PHILIPS) of 28.3.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 10768066.2
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Inventive step - (no)				Application title GENERIC METHOD OF HANDLING DICOM STRUCTURED REPORTING CONTENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T158519.20220328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1882/19 () of 3.5.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/74 G01N 33/543	Application no. 08075808.9
Keywords Reopening of the appeal proceedings after abandonment of the application (no) Request to issue an appealable decision by the board (no)				Application title Ultra-sensitive magnetoreduction measurement system and method for determining the concentration of epitope-biomolecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T188219.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1994/19 () of 16.2.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E05F 5/00	Application no. 09704540.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title DAMPING MECHANISM FOR CABINET HINGE ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T199419.20220216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2483/19 (Document evaluation/SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS) of 21.3.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 05021580.5
Keywords Correction of error - not allowed Support in the description - main request (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests I to III (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request IV (not admitted)				Application title Method and electronic device for obtaining an evaluation of an electronic document
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T248319.20220321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2136/21 () of 2.5.2022
Online on 10.05.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/235 C07K 14/135	Application no. 15733370.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Immunogenic combinations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T213621.20220502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 2261/15 (Modifying gene expression unpolyadenylated RNA/COMMONWEALTH … of 7.4.2022
Online on 09.05.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/63 C12N 15/82	Application no. 05016726.1
Keywords Main request - admission (no); Auxiliary request - admission (yes); Auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes);				Application title Means and methods for modifying gene expression using unpolyadenylated RNA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T226115.20220407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0543/17 () of 3.5.2022
Online on 09.05.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/04 H01L 21/304 H01L 21/306	Application no. 06803439.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity and support in the description (yes)				Application title METHODS OF PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS HAVING SILICON CARBIDE POWER DEVICES THEREON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T054317.20220503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2339/17 () of 15.3.2022
Online on 09.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16P 3/14	Application no. 10010472.8
Keywords Zulassung der Hilfsanträge 3 bis 5 (ja) Zulassung der Druckschriften D6, D11 und D12 bzw. der darauf beruhenden Angriffe (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Sicherheitssensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T233917.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0344/19 () of 18.3.2022
Online on 09.05.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 7/00	Application no. 09803499.4
Keywords Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - sole substantive request (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE SKILL TRAINING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T034419.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2060/20 (SURFACE COVERING WITH A BIO-BASED PLASTICIZER /Novalis Holdings … of 6.4.2022
Online on 09.05.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/22 B32B 27/30 C08K 5/00 C08K 5/101 C08L 27/06 E04F 13/07 C08L 97/00	Application no. 15702865.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SURFACE COVERING WITH A BIO-BASED PLASTICIZER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T206020.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1435/21 (Skin cancer/HPVVAX) of 11.1.2022
Online on 09.05.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/025 A61K 39/00	Application no. 15853497.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 4 and 5 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Cancer and skin lesion treatment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T143521.20220111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
R 0002/20 (Petition rejected as unallowable) of 28.1.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 28.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/315 A61M 5/24	Application no. 09783840.3
Keywords Petition for review - unallowable Petition for review - fundamental violation of the right to be heard (no)				Application title DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R000220.20220128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0318/14 (Doppelpatentierung) of 7.2.2019
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/30 A61P 37/08 A61P 1/12	Application no. 10718590.2
Keywords Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (bejaht)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T031814.20190207				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 259 KB)
T 0318/14 (Double patenting) of 7.2.2019
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/30 A61P 37/08 A61P 1/12	Application no. 10718590.2
Keywords Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (yes)				Application title PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DIARRHOEA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T031814.20190207				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 908 KB)
T 0318/14 (Double protection par brevet) of 7.2.2019
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/30 A61P 37/08 A61P 1/12	Application no. 10718590.2
Keywords Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours - (oui)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T031814.20190207				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2384/16 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 63/00 B29C 63/02 B29C 63/10 B29C 71/00 B29K 73/00 F16L 9/12 F16L 11/10 F16L 11/08 B29K 81/00 B29D 23/00 B32B 1/08 B32B 5/02 B32B 27/28 B29K 71/00 B32B 27/12 B29C 71/02	Application no. 11710847.2
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Objection in respect of a procedural defect (dismissed)				Application title Method of prudicng [sic] a composite pipe and such a composite pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T238416.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 839 KB)
T 0718/17 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/02 C11D 17/04 A01N 25/34 C11D 1/62	Application no. 06771890.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - inherently admitted by the opposition division Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Basis of proceedings - communication of board of appeal Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion				Application title WIPER FOR USE WITH DISINFECTANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071817.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1756/17 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/11 A61K 8/29 A61K 8/02 A61K 8/25 A61K 8/35 A61K 8/891 A61K 8/36 A61Q 17/04 A61K 8/40 A61K 8/31 A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/34	Application no. 06818829.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title COSMETIC OR DERMATOLOGICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MODIFIED TITANIUM DIOXIDE PARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T175617.20220303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1855/17 () of 5.4.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/475 H04N 21/258 H04N 21/442 H04N 21/658 H04N 21/2543 H04N 21/8352 H04N 21/4415 H04N 21/6334	Application no. 12164548.5
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I and II - Inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests III and IV - Admitted under Article 13 RPBA 2020 (no)				Application title Multimedia system and method of performing a playback by means of a multimedia system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T185517.20220405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 516 KB)
T 1704/18 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 30/00 C23C 28/02 C23C 14/16 F01D 5/28	Application no. 05256663.5
Keywords Novelty - after amendment Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Coating systems containing beta phase and gamma-prime phase nickel aluminide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T170418.20220303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1876/18 () of 4.4.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/56 B65D 77/20 B31B 7/00	Application no. 11166049.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Observations by third party - taken into account (no) Amendment of party case after summons - taken into account (no) Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Reimbursement of appel fee paid by the opponent - withdrawal of appeal				Application title Packaging for modified atmosphere packaging
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T187618.20220404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2374/18 () of 17.3.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 13/518 H01R 27/02	Application no. 10192162.5
Keywords Einwand in der Beschwerdebegründung ausreichend substantiiert (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens nach Ladung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 (nein)				Application title Steckdosenvorrichtung für ein Möbel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T237418.20220317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 498 KB)
T 2499/18 () of 24.2.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C23F 13/16 C23F 13/02 E04C 5/01	Application no. 06710171.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - multiple selection (no) Inventive step - non-obvious modification Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title TREATMENT PROCESS FOR CONCRETE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T249918.20220224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 623 KB)
T 3013/18 (Infant formulas with probiotic micro-organisms / NESTLÉ) of 26.7.2021
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/76 A61P 37/04 A61K 35/74 A61P 29/00 A23K 10/18 A23L 33/135	Application no. 10747838.0
Keywords Ground for opposition under Article 100(b) EPC - substantiated in the statement of the grounds of appeal (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - submitted with the statement of the grounds of appeal Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary request 2a - late-filed - admitted (yes) Auxiliary request 2a - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Auxiliary request 2a - novelty (yes) Auxiliary request 2a - inventive step (yes)				Application title INFANT FEEDING FORMULAS COMPRISING PROBIOTIC MICRO-ORGANISMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T301318.20210726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 571 KB)
T 2193/19 (Préparation d'extraits de Ginkgo biloba / IPSEN) of 27.4.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.4.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 36/16 A61P 25/28	Application no. 09720028.1
Keywords Reformatio in peius - requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1, 2, 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, 6a, 7, 8 (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée Modifications - requête subsidiaire 3 (oui)				Application title NOUVEAU PROCEDE POUR LA PREPARATION D'EXTRAITS DE GINKGO BILOBA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T219319.20220427				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2586/19 (Luftfilter/Mann+Hummel) of 15.3.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 45/12 B01D 46/02 B01D 46/24 B01D 50/00 B01D 46/52	Application no. 12704784.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title LUFTFILTERELEMENT, LUFTFILTERGEHÄUSE UND LUFTFILTERSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T258619.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 3109/19 (Crosslinked gel/TEOXANE) of 25.3.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/73 A61K 31/738 A61Q 19/08 C08J 3/24 A61J 1/10	Application no. 10726239.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - non-obvious modification Right to be heard - violation (no) Late filed evidence and request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted with the reply to the appeal Amendment to case Remittal - (no) Postponement decision pending G 2/21 - (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CROSSLINKED GEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T310919.20220325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 0240/20 (Non-spreading botulinum toxin and purification method thereof/ … of 2.5.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/52 G01N 30/96 A61K 38/00	Application no. 11789976.5
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 2 to 3 - inventive step (no)				Application title NON-DIFFUSIVE BOTULINUM TOXIN CAUSING LOCAL MUSCLE PARALYSIS, AND PURIFICATION METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T024020.20220502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0690/20 () of 2.5.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B25H 7/04	Application no. 14183787.2
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung (ja) Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung nicht fristgemäß				Application title Winkel für Schweißtisch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069020.20220502				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1615/20 () of 2.5.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 51/14 B29C 51/34 B29C 70/04 A45C 5/02	Application no. 12006457.1
Keywords -				Application title Process for making a plastic component from self-reinforced thermo-plastic material and plastic component produced by this process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T161520.20220502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0846/21 () of 4.5.2022
Online on 06.05.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 11/48 B32B 27/32 B65D 71/08 B65D 85/10	Application no. 13805476.2
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without oral proceedings - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR FORMING A PACKAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T084621.20220504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 2681/16 () of 14.3.2022
Online on 05.05.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 07716416.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes / no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - technical effect credible (yes / no)				Application title METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EVALUATION OF BLOOD GLUCOSE VARIABILITY IN DIABETES FROM SELF-MONITORING DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T268116.20220314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 492 KB)
T 2315/19 (Oleuropein/NESTLÉ) of 11.3.2022
Online on 05.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 36/9066 A61K 45/06 A61K 31/05 A61K 31/12 A61K 31/7048 A61P 19/02	Application no. 14728500.1
Keywords Main request - novelty (yes) Remittal (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN CARTILAGE BREAKDOWN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T231519.20220311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1268/17 (Procédé de personnalisation - Oberthur Technologies) of 15.2.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K 17/00	Application no. 07866468.7
Keywords Recevabilité du recours Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours - (non) Activité inventive - modification non évidente notion de "droit positif"				Application title PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE PERSONNALISATION D'UNE ENTITE ELECTRONIQUE PORTABLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T126817.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1342/17 (Getter and Ion Pump Mount / SAES GETTERS) of 2.3.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 2.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 41/00	Application no. 09726197.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMBINED PUMPING SYSTEM COMPRISING A GETTER PUMP AND AN ION PUMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T134217.20220302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0807/18 () of 29.4.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 15/00 B60L 11/18	Application no. 12748416.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR SICHERSTELLUNG DER FUNKTIONSSICHERHEIT IN DER ELEKTROMOBILITÄT MITTELS DIGITALER ZERTIFIKATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T080718.20220429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2293/18 () of 31.3.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 9/24 B41J 1/00	Application no. 11763583.9
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Antrag in dem Beschwerdegegenstand festgelegt wird (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Hauptantrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Hilfsantrag 1 - Klarheit (ja) - Stützung der Ansprüche durch die Beschreibung (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Stützung der Ansprüche durch die Beschreibung und Klarheit (ja) Hilfsantrag 2 - Neuheit (ja) Hilfsantrag 2 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Kennzeichnungsmatte zur Kennzeichnung elektrischer Bauelemente und Verfahren zur Herstellung einer solchen Kennzeichnungsmatte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T229318.20220331				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 566 KB)
T 0014/19 (Stable nutritional powder/ABBOTT) of 16.3.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00 A23C 21/06	Application no. 08869051.6
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title STABLE NUTRITIONAL POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T001419.20220316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1362/19 (Implicit disclosure of abstract concepts / Wai-Lin) of 31.3.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 5/00 H03M 11/00	Application no. 05782186.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure (yes)				Application title VIRTUAL KEYPAD INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T136219.20220331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2671/19 (Melt extrusion/EURO-CELTIQUE) of 8.4.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16	Application no. 05075341.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title Melt extrusion of spherical multiparticulates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T267119.20220408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2091/21 (Industrial scalable lentiviral vector/GENETHON) of 29.4.2022
Online on 04.05.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 29.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 7/02	Application no. 12795778.5
Keywords Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Application title SCALABLE LENTIVIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION SYSTEM COMPATIBLE WITH INDUSTRIAL PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T209121.20220429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 246 KB)
T 0142/17 (Driving of LED-based lighting devices / Signify Holding B.V.) of 11.3.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 33/08	Application no. 05791937.5
Keywords Amendment after expiry of period in R. 100(2) EPC communication - exceptional circumstances (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title METHOD FOR DRIVING A LED BASED LIGHTING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T014217.20220311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0527/17 (Muscle Derived Cells/PITTSBURGH) of 1.2.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/34 A61K 35/12 C12N 5/077	Application no. 07862321.2
Keywords Admittance - main request (yes) - first auxiliary request (no) - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title MUSCLE DERIVED CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIAC PATHOLOGIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T052717.20220201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 489 KB)
T 0647/17 () of 25.3.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 33/34	Application no. 11707807.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung der Patentanmeldung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung gibt Anlass zu neuen Einwänden (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung der Verfahrensökonomie abträglich (nein) Zurückverweisung - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Verbinden einer ein Fluid führenden Leitung mit einem benachbarten Bauteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T064717.20220325				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 601 KB)
T 0788/17 () of 7.2.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 10740386.7
Keywords Admission d'objections soulevées pour la première fois pendant la procédure orale (non)				Application title Élément de sécurité à effet de parallaxe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078817.20220207				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 276 KB)
T 1574/17 (Mite compositions /KOPPERT) of 28.9.2021
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 67/033 A01N 63/00 A01N 35/02	Application no. 12189587.4
Keywords Main request - novelty (yes), inventive step (yes) Third party observations - not admitted				Application title Mite composition comprising a predatory mite and immobilized prey contacted with a fungus reducing agent and methods and uses related to the use of said composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157417.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 2249/17 (Correction des outils/TORNOS) of 26.4.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.4.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G05B 19/18 G05B 19/404 G05B 19/408 G05B 19/4093	Application no. 11175059.2
Keywords Clarté - brevet tel que maintenu sous forme modifiée par la division d'opposition (non)				Application title Correction des outils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T224917.20220426				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2558/17 () of 8.2.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D 3/02	Application no. 13157883.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Novelty (yes) Novelty - public prior use Novelty - availability to the public (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and machine for producing paperless filter rods for smoking articles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T255817.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 2082/18 (DATA SELECTION BASED ON ATTRIBUTES/AB INITIO TECHNOLOGY LLC) of 27.4.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11760635.0
Keywords Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title MANAGING DATA SELECTION BASED ON ATTRIBUTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T208218.20220427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1588/19 () of 24.3.2022
Online on 03.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 G01N 33/543 G01N 33/569	Application no. 05854636.7
Keywords Novelty - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - requests withdrawn before the opposition division Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title RAPID MICROBIAL DETECTION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T158819.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1858/16 () of 25.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/02	Application no. 03003916.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 6 to 8 Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Multi layered wound dressing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T185816.20220425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 659 KB)
T 0596/17 () of 30.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 30.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H03M 7/40	Application no. 10154959.0
Keywords Main request - amendment after summons - exercise of discretion - admitted Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (yes) First to third auxiliary requests - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) - not admitted				Application title Encoding and decoding methods and devices employing dual codesets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T059617.20220330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0737/17 () of 15.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61P 31/00 A61P 11/10 A61P 11/12 A61K 36/185 A61K 36/28 A61K 36/25 A61K 36/11 A61K 36/53 A61K 36/235 A61K 36/35 A61K 36/57	Application no. 11773679.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG ALKOHOLFREIER PFLANZENBASIERTER ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN SOWIE AUF DIESE WEISE HERGESTELLTE ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN UND DEREN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T073717.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 408 KB)
T 1103/17 (Sicherheitselement / Giesecke+Devrient) of 3.2.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 19/06 G03H 1/00 B42D 25/29	Application no. 04029493.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 1 - Antrag identisch mit dem im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren nicht zugelassenen Hilfsantrag - Antrag hätte früher eingereicht werden müssen - Antrag wirft neue Probleme auf Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Sicherheitselement mit Beugungsstruktur und Verfahren zur Herstellung dieses Elements
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110317.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 458 KB)
T 1945/17 () of 26.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16P 3/14	Application no. 06009281.4
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents Grundlage der Entscheidung - Widerruf des Patents				Application title Schutzeinrichtung für Maschinen, wie Abkantpressen, Schneidemaschinen, Stanzmaschinen oder dergleichen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T194517.20220426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 239 KB)
T 2091/17 () of 25.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24 A61F 2/95	Application no. 11805348.7
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 4, 5, 6 Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 7 Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 3A (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 7 (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A HEART VALVE USING VISUAL MARKERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T209117.20220325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 2302/17 () of 9.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 1/08 A61C 9/00	Application no. 10188227.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - 4th auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - 6th auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - 7th auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity (no) Claims - 1st to 3rd auxiliary requests (no) Claims - 5th auxiliary request (no) Claims - 5a auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A method of providing a patient-specific dental fixture-mating arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T230217.20220309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1135/18 () of 31.1.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 31.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 307/20 C07D 309/10 A01N 25/30	Application no. 11749301.5
Keywords Novelty - all requests (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - appellant's complete case (no) Amendment of the appellant's case after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - admitted (no)				Application title AGROCHEMICAL ADJUVANTS AND FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T113518.20220131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1219/18 () of 20.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 1/46 B66B 1/48	Application no. 08166222.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung vorrangiges Ziel des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Aufzugsanlage zur Beförderung von Aufzugsbenutzern in einem Gebäudeareal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T121918.20220420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1538/18 (Acquiring setting information/FUJITSU) of 26.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 48/14 H04N 7/18 H04M 1/725	Application no. 12153235.2
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of hearing following appellant's announcement of non-attendance Novelty - main and 1st auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - main and 1st auxiliary requests (no) Added subject-matter - 2nd auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Computer readable storage medium, information communication device and link method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T153818.20220426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 2151/18 () of 5.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 5.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D02G 1/12 D02G 3/34	Application no. 11773421.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON EINEM GEKRÄUSELTEN MULTIFILEN FADEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T215118.20220405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2152/18 (Infant formulae/NUTRICIA) of 25.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 25.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00 C13K 5/00 A23L 33/10	Application no. 12723757.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title INFANT FORMULAE AND THEIR PREPARATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T215218.20220425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 3032/18 (Nutritional emulsions/ABBOTT) of 10.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00 A23L 33/10 A23L 33/17 A23L 33/20	Application no. 14169084.2
Keywords Main request: admission (yes) Main request: added matter (no) Main request: inventive step (yes)				Application title Nutritional emulsions comprising calcium HMB and soluble protein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T303218.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0088/19 (Feed composition for salmonids/EWOS) of 22.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 50/80 A23K 20/147 A61P 31/12 A23K 20/158 A23K 20/153 A61P 1/14	Application no. 08712666.0
Keywords Feed composition for use in a therapeutic treatment - claim construction Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests 2 to 12 Novelty - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 1 (no)				Application title FEED COMPOSITION FOR SALMONIDS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008819.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0369/19 () of 11.2.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 27/04 C08K 3/26 C08K 5/053 C08K 5/26 C08K 5/56	Application no. 11812176.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - experimental data could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title VINYL-CHLORIDE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION FOR TRANSPARENT PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T036919.20220211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0406/19 () of 4.2.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 31/04 C08L 9/00	Application no. 13756291.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel (teilweise zugelassen) Neuheit (Ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Ja) Nach der Ladung eingereichte Einwände der mangelnden erfinderischen Tätigkeit (nicht zugelassen)				Application title FLAMMGESCHÜTZTE POLYMERE ZUSAMMENSETZUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T040619.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0919/19 () of 25.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 5/18 B42D 15/00	Application no. 08715761.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title GITTERBILD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T091919.20220425				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1664/19 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B 3/14 A24C 5/18 A24F 47/00 A24D 3/06 A24B 15/12 A24B 15/16 A24B 15/30 A24D 1/00	Application no. 12730817.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Novelty - main and first request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 2 Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case				Application title RODS FOR USE IN SMOKING ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T166419.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 1689/19 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 53/06 F27D 5/00	Application no. 13163312.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Behauptete offenkundige Vorbenutzung - Stand der Technik (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schrumpfvorrichtung mit Blendenleiste
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168919.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 2087/19 () of 8.2.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10 C08L 23/12 C08L 23/08	Application no. 13714630.4
Keywords Inventive step - Main request (no) Inventive step - Seventh to twelfth auxiliary requests (no) Amendments - First to sixth auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title HIGH FLOW THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN WITH BALANCED MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE AND LOW SHRINKAGE AND CLTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T208719.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 2246/19 (Sparse graph creation/NTT) of 17.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/11 H03M 13/03	Application no. 14855171.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - technical effect not claimed				Application title Sparse graph creation device and sparse graph creation method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T224619.20220317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2963/19 (Liposomal irinotecan/IPSEN) of 18.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 31/4745 A61K 31/513 A61K 31/517 A61P 35/00	Application no. 13731230.2
Keywords Priority - same invention (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - plausibility (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success of clinical trial				Application title METHODS FOR TREATING PANCREATIC CANCER USING COMBINATION THERAPIES COMPRISING LIPOSOMAL IRINOTECAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T296319.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 510 KB)
T 3209/19 (Protein and lipid-comprising composition/Nutricia) of 3.2.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 9/00 A61K 38/01 A61K 38/17 A61K 47/46 A61K 36/48 A23L 33/18 A23L 33/185 A23L 33/19 A23J 3/14 A61K 38/16 A61K 9/00 A61K 35/20 A23L 33/00	Application no. 13760131.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROTEIN AND LIPID COMPRISING COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED DIGESTIVE COAGULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T320919.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0866/20 () of 26.4.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 70/50	Application no. 12193434.3
Keywords Surrender of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for forming a curved prepreg strip
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T086620.20220426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 1745/20 (Extensible sync framework/MICROSOFT) of 17.3.2022
Online on 02.05.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 13771334.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request Inventive step - not rendered obvious by D3 Remittal - (yes)				Application title Sync framework extensibility
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T174520.20220317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)

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D 0026/21 () of 26.4.2022
Online on 29.04.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 26.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D002621.20220426				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
G 0004/19 (Doppelpatentierung) of 22.6.2021
Online on 29.04.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/30 A61P 37/08 A61P 1/12	Application no. 10718590.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Vorlagen (bejaht) Auslegung des Artikels 125 EPÜ Keine Verfahrensvorschrift im Übereinkommen Ergänzende Auslegungsmittel nach dem Wiener Übereinkommen über das Recht der Verträge Rechtsgrundlage für eine Zurückweisung nach Artikel 97 (2) EPÜ wegen Doppelpatentierung				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000419.20210622				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 184 KB)
G 0004/19 (Double protection par brevet) of 22.6.2021
Online on 29.04.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/30 A61P 37/08 A61P 1/12	Application no. 10718590.2
Keywords Interprétation de l'article 125 CBE Absence d'une disposition de procédure dans la Convention Moyens complémentaires d'interprétation en vertu de la Convention de Vienne sur le droit des traités Base juridique d'un rejet au titre de l'article 97(2) CBE pour cause de double protection par brevet				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000419.20210622				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 207 KB)
T 0112/19 (Kalanchoe hybrids/SLEIKERMAN BREEDING et al.) of 30.3.2022
Online on 29.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/02	Application no. 05077885.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Double-type kalanchoe interspecific hybrids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T011219.20220330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0428/19 () of 23.2.2022
Online on 29.04.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 18/18 C08G 18/40 C08G 18/48 C08G 18/63 C08G 18/66 C08G 18/79 C08K 3/32 C08K 5/00 C08K 5/521 C08K 5/523 C08K 5/524 C08K 5/5333 C08J 9/00	Application no. 13737252.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verbesserung für gesamte beanspruchte Breite glaubhaft Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title POLYURETHANSCHAUMSTOFFE ENTHALTEND PHOSPHORVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T042819.20220223				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 574 KB)
T 0262/17 () of 21.3.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 169/04 C10N 30/04 C10N 30/06 C10N 40/25	Application no. 11155906.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Statement of grounds of appeal and reply Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case (no) Late-filed submissions - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Lubricant compositions for improved engine performance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T026217.20220321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 528 KB)
T 0499/18 (Compositions and methods for treating cancer/ ONCOMED) of 6.4.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395	Application no. 08779934.2
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes); remittal of the case to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods for treating and diagnosing cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049918.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0948/18 () of 3.2.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 19/028 B60T 17/04	Application no. 13183804.7
Keywords Neuheit (Hauptantrag: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: ja)				Application title Rohrschraube zur Befestigung einer Rohrleitung und ein Verfahren zur Herstellung einer solchen Rohrschraube
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T094818.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1562/18 () of 22.4.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 3/32 H02J 7/34	Application no. 07847607.4
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - after amendment (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Electricity Supply Apparatus of an Industrial Site
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T156218.20220422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1738/18 (Sample preparation for MALDI-MS/SHIMADZU) of 9.2.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 49/16 H01J 49/04 H01J 49/00 G01N 27/62 G01N 27/64	Application no. 07828875.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF PREPARING SAMPLE FOR MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY AND MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T173818.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0250/19 () of 17.2.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A61B 17/16	Application no. 11188050.6
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Modifications - extension de la protection (non) Faits produits tardivement - requête aurait pu être produite en première instance (oui) Objection soumise tardivement - recevable (non) Preuves produites tardivement - requête aurait pu être produite en première instance (oui) Droit d'être entendu - procédure orale sous forme de visioconférence				Application title Fraiseuse orthopédique de préparation osseuse, en particulier de préparation glénoïdienne
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T025019.20220217				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 720 KB)
T 2171/19 (Estrogen assay/QUEST) of 11.3.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/568 C12Q 1/68 G01N 33/68	Application no. 09835643.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title MASS SPECTROMETRY ASSAY FOR ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T217119.20220311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2914/19 () of 23.3.2022
Online on 28.04.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60S 1/34 B60S 1/52	Application no. 15193771.1
Keywords Neue Argumentationslinie nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) Ausführungen einer Begleitperson während der mündlichen Verhandlung - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title WISCHARMVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T291419.20220323				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0317/20 (NGF antagonist for treatment of osteoarthritis/RINAT) of 29.7.2021
Online on 27.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 19/02 A61P 29/02 C07K 16/22	Application no. 10184427.2
Keywords Intervention of assumed infringer - notice of intervention Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissibility of intervention during appeal proceedings Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Methods for treating osteoarthitis pain by administering a nerve growth factor antagonist and compositions containing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031720.20210729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 1990/18 (Animal models/KYMAB) of 5.11.2021
Online on 26.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 67/027 C07K 16/00 C07K 16/46 C12N 15/85	Application no. 12171793.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes)				Application title Animal models and therapeutic molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T199018.20211105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 2201/19 (BEDIENSYSTEM BEI EINEM SCHIENENFAHRZEUG / Siemens Mobility) of 2.3.2022
Online on 26.04.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B61L 15/00	Application no. 13771411.9
Keywords Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Hauptantrag Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Wechsel des Gegenstandes Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsanträge 1-3 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Wechsel des Gegenstandes Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsantrag 4 (nein)				Application title BEDIENSYSTEM ZUR BEDIENUNG VON FUNKTIONSEINHEITEN BEI EINEM SCHIENENFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T220119.20220302				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2165/17 (Multiband wireless device / Ignion) of 10.2.2022
Online on 25.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 1/24 H01Q 9/02 H01Q 5/00	Application no. 09777590.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title ANTENNALESS WIRELESS DEVICE CAPABLE OF OPERATION IN MULTIPLE FREQUENCY REGIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T216517.20220210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2621/17 () of 25.3.2022
Online on 25.04.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/50	Application no. 10184754.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Priority - partial priority (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Late-filed ground for opposition (sufficiency of disclosure) - admitted (no)				Application title Light emitting device and display
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262117.20220325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 0046/20 (Lyophilized preparation of botulinum toxin / MEDY-TOX) of 6.4.2022
Online on 25.04.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 38/48 A61K 47/02 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26	Application no. 12765216.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LYOPHILIZED PREPARATION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T004620.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0127/20 () of 12.4.2022
Online on 25.04.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.4.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A63C 5/06 A63C 5/075 F16F 9/516 F16F 9/20	Application no. 15175334.0
Keywords Recevabilité de l'opposition (non)				Application title PLANCHE DE GLISSE EQUIPÉ D'UN DISPOSITIF AMORTISSEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T012720.20220412				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2589/16 (Cross-species CD3 antibody/AMGEN) of 16.11.2021
Online on 22.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 C07K 16/46 C07K 14/705 C07K 16/30 C07K 16/32 C07K 16/08 C07K 16/10 C07K 16/42 A61K 39/395 A61P 35/00 A61P 35/02 A61P 31/12 A61P 31/14	Application no. 08735001.3
Keywords Late-filed main request and auxiliary requests 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Auxiliary request 21 - Priority - same invention (yes); Amendments - allowable (yes); Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes); Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objection - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed objection - inadequately substantiated Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title Cross-species-specific CD3-epsilon binding domain
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T258916.20211116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 692 KB)
T 2622/17 () of 25.3.2022
Online on 22.04.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/77 H01L 33/50 H01L 33/56	Application no. 10158416.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Light emitting device and display
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262217.20220325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2416/18 (Cross-neutralsing antibodies/POMONA RICERCA) of 14.9.2021
Online on 22.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/10 A61P 31/16 G01N 33/569 G01N 33/577 C07K 16/14 C12N 15/74 G01N 33/68 A61K 47/68 C07K 16/42	Application no. 09722394.5
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (no); auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no)				Application title Monoclonal antibodies capable of reacting with a plurality of influenza virus A subtypes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241618.20210914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 1191/19 (Neuronal plasticity/INSTITUTGUTTMANN) of 1.4.2022
Online on 22.04.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61B 5/16	Application no. 08877672.9
Keywords Late-filed evidence - documents could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SAFELY GUIDE INTERVENTIONS IN PROCEDURES THE SUBSTRATE WHEREOF IS NEURONAL PLASTICITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T119119.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1861/19 () of 4.3.2022
Online on 22.04.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01F 29/00 A01K 5/00	Application no. 13747890.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESSING OF BLOCKS OR BALES OF FEED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T186119.20220304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1691/16 () of 1.2.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61F 13/02	Application no. 06770227.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title WOUND DRESSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T169116.20220201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1700/16 (Induction heating / LG Electronics) of 31.1.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 31.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/36 H05B 6/12	Application no. 07118254.7
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4 Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment to appeal case - auxiliary request 14 Amendment to appeal case - reformatio in peius (yes) Amendments - auxiliary requests 5 Amendments - 13 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - auxiliary requests 5 Amendments - 13 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title A cooking device having an induction heating element
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T170016.20220131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 662 KB)
T 0685/17 (Wind sensor System / SSB WIND SYSTEMS) of 20.1.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 11/00 G01P 5/00 G01P 13/02	Application no. 10775762.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title Wind sensor system using blade signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068517.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1742/17 (A METHOD OF FORMING ALKOXYLATED FLOUROALCOHOLS/Chemguard) of 15.2.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 41/03 C07C 43/12 C07C 231/12 C07C 303/40	Application no. 08856599.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal: yes Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion				Application title A METHOD OF FORMING ALKOXYLATED FLOUROALCOHOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T174217.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2741/17 (Induktiver Sensor / ZF CV Systems) of 17.1.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01P 1/02 B29C 45/14 B29C 45/00	Application no. 07724724.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hilfsanträge 1-4 Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (nein)				Application title INDUKTIVER SENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T274117.20220117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 379 KB)
T 0537/18 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/42 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/49	Application no. 11814443.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 2 to 4 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE ITEM OF CLOTHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053718.20220303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1368/18 () of 10.3.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 1/24 C07C 15/46	Application no. 10709097.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DEHYDRATION OF 1-PHENYL ETHANOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T136818.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1380/18 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 43/00 D06F 43/08 D06L 1/02	Application no. 06773606.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRY CLEANING ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138018.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0760/19 () of 11.2.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C 41/00 F16C 19/52 G05B 19/4093	Application no. 08861511.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title RFID SYSTEM AND BEARING COMPONENTS FOR ROLLING MILL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T076019.20220211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1808/19 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/44	Application no. 09777177.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title DOSIERSYSTEM FÜR EINE GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T180819.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 2185/19 () of 21.1.2022
Online on 21.04.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 39/14 B29B 15/12 B29C 39/16 B29C 39/18 B01J 13/00 F16L 59/02	Application no. 14182267.6
Keywords Admittance of auxiliary requests (auxiliary requests 17 to 36, 38 to 40: no, auxiliary requests 37, 41: yes) Admittance of late-filed objection (no) Clarity (auxiliary request 37: no, auxiliary request 41: yes) Compliance with Article 76(1) EPC (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 16: no, auxiliary request 41: yes) Extension of protection (auxiliary request 41: no) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Methods to produce gel sheets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T218519.20220121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
J 0014/21 () of 13.4.2022
Online on 20.04.2022	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 21/00 A61B 5/00 G06F 3/01	Application no. 19749424.8
Keywords International (PCT) application - restoration of the right of priority - admissibility Request for further processing Failure to observe time limits for restoration of the right of priority and for entering in the European phase "Understandings relating to certain provisions" adopted by PCT Assembly as legislator Authentic interpretation of PCT Rules by PCT Assembly Time limit ending on Easter Monday Primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision "Eventualmaxime" Factual basis of impugned decision on restoration of the right of priority may not be changed in appeal proceedings Re-establishment of rights - (no) Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the professional representative Professional representative's failure to clarify client's instructions No substitution during absence of professional representative				Application title METHOD OF DEVELOPMENT OF CONCENTRATIONS AND DEVICE PRK-1U FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:J001421.20220413				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 636 KB)
T 0857/18 () of 11.3.2022
Online on 20.04.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.3.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C08G 69/26 C08G 69/28 C08G 69/36 C08L 77/06 C08J 3/12 C08K 3/32 B32B 27/34	Application no. 09740442.0
Keywords Admission de documents - (Oui) Recevabilité - Requête principale (Oui) Activité inventive - Requête principale (Non) Activité inventive - Requête subsidiaire 24 (Non) Recevabilité - Requêtes subsidiaires 36 à 47 (Non) Recevabilité - Requête subsidiaire 24 (Oui) - l'objet de la discussion reste inchangé				Application title POLYAMIDE SEMI-AROMATIQUE À TERMINAISON DE CHAÎNE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T085718.20220311				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0114/19 () of 11.2.2022
Online on 20.04.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 9/007 F28F 9/00	Application no. 13198883.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - non-obvious modification Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Plate heat exchanger with mounting flange
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T011419.20220211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 595 KB)
T 0259/19 () of 12.4.2022
Online on 20.04.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 3/12 E05F 3/10	Application no. 03004486.1
Keywords -				Application title Türantrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T025919.20220412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 237 KB)
T 0980/19 () of 19.10.2021
Online on 20.04.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F 5/02 C07F 5/04 C07C 7/00 C07K 5/06 C07K 5/08 C07K 5/078 A61K 38/00 A61K 38/05 A61K 31/69 A61P 35/00 A61P 29/00 C07K 7/02	Application no. 10006835.2
Keywords Allegation of public prior use and accompanying evidence - filed for the first time in appeal Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure Amendments Request to continue proceeding in writing Objection under Rule 106 EPC				Application title FORMULATION OF BORONIC ACID COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098019.20211019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2114/19 (Electrical steel plate/Baoshan) of 2.3.2022
Online on 20.04.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/06 C22C 38/60 C22C 33/04 C22C 38/00 C22C 38/02 C21D 8/12 C21D 9/46 C21D 6/00 B21B 1/00 C22C 38/04 H01F 1/16	Application no. 12871249.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - public prior use (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T211419.20220302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
J 0013/21 () of 8.3.2022
Online on 19.04.2022	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/50	Application no. 16908348.2
Keywords Bank transfer - request for correction in payment under Rule 139 EPC Re-establishment of rights - entry into the European phase Principle of legitimate expectations				Application title SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FOLLICULAR UNIT EXTRACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:J001321.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2077/18 (Unitary pharmaceutical dosage form/GILEAD) of 13.1.2022
Online on 19.04.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/24 A61K 9/26 A61K 31/675 A61K 31/513 A61K 31/535 A61P 31/18	Application no. 11167101.2
Keywords Reimbursement of the appeal fees - No Admission of documents Main request - Inventive step (No) Auxiliary requests 1-3, 3A - Inventive step (No) Auxiliary requests 4A, 4, 4B - Extension of the subject-matter (Yes) Auxiliary request 5 - Inventive step (No) Auxiliary request 6 - Extension of the subject-matter (Yes)				Application title Unitary pharmaceutical dosage form comprising Tenofovir DF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T207718.20220113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 522 KB)
T 0574/19 (Process for forming solid oral dosage forms of solifenacin / KRKA) of 18.1.2022
Online on 19.04.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 31/439	Application no. 10705984.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests I, II (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request III (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR FORMING SOLID ORAL DOSAGE FORMS OF SOLIFENACIN AND ITS PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T057419.20220118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0263/16 () of 11.1.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/164 A61K 31/165 A61K 31/357 A23L 1/30 A61K 45/06 A61P 1/00 A61K 31/231 A61K 31/23	Application no. 08852202.4
Keywords New auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title TREATMENT OF ORAL PHARYNGEAL DYSPHAGIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T026316.20220111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 1598/16 (Bacteriophage for acne treatment/MICREOS) of 25.1.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/76 C12N 7/00	Application no. 06755735.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (MR: yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BACTERIOPHAGE AND THEIR USES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T159816.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2303/17 (Virtual display areas/ATI) of 14.1.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 10836882.0
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARTITIONING A DISPLAY SURFACE INTO A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL DISPLAY AREAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T230317.20220114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0476/18 (DRUG ELUTING DEVICE / INVATEC) of 18.3.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 29/06 A61L 29/16 A61M 25/10	Application no. 10700525.8
Keywords New main request filed during oral proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title DRUG ELUTING MEDICAL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047618.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0918/18 () of 29.3.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.3.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F42B 12/70	Application no. 03291310.5
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Activité inventive - analyse a posteriori Activité inventive - approche problème-solution Activité inventive - combinaison non évidente de caractéristiques connues Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (oui) Revendications - absence de clarté pas un motif d'opposition Revendications - clarté dans la procédure d'opposition Modifications - admises (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Modifications - généralisation intermédiaire Faits produits tardivement - avec les motifs du recours Faits produits tardivement - recevables (non) Faits produits tardivement - économie de procédure				Application title Munition de masquage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T091818.20220329				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0335/19 () of 9.3.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02K 1/38 F02K 1/76	Application no. 12172297.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)				Application title Apparatus for linear actuation of flow altering components of jet engine nozzle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033519.20220309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0391/19 () of 25.3.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 23/24 G06T 7/00 G01M 5/00	Application no. 14158803.8
Keywords Amendments - extension of protection (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Turbomachine component monitoring system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T039119.20220325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0682/19 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/14	Application no. 09176472.0
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Staubsaugerbeutel und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Staubsaugerbeutels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068219.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0887/19 () of 7.4.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 3/24 F04D 25/08 F04D 13/06	Application no. 06818893.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Motorkreiselpumpe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T088719.20220407				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0943/19 (FISCHER-TROPSCH/IFP-ENI) of 14.3.2022
Online on 14.04.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.3.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C10G 2/00	Application no. 01909933.2
Keywords Nouveauté - divulgation implicite Activité inventive - (non) Requête produite tardivement - requête aurait pu être produite en première instance (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION D'HYDROCARBURES A PARTIR DE GAZ DE SYNTHESE DANS UN REACTEUR TRIPHASIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T094319.20220314				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0590/16 () of 25.1.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 9/04	Application no. 02703320.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Late submitted material - evidence admitted (no) primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to evidence on which decision was based (no) primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING POUCHES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T059016.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1479/17 () of 8.3.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 11/00	Application no. 12701777.0
Keywords Remittal of the case to first-instance department (no) Auxiliary requests II, II', II'', III to VI - Admittance under Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 (yes) All requests - Clarity (no)				Application title SPECTRAL IMAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147917.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 1695/17 () of 28.1.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29L 31/00 B29C 47/00 B29C 47/06 B29C 47/26 B65D 77/04 B29C 49/22 B65D 77/06	Application no. 05007142.2
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Neuheit - Auswahlerfindung Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Priorität - erste Anmeldung (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Gegen elektrostatische Aufladungen geschützter Behälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T169517.20220128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0905/18 () of 3.2.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16C 19/38 F16C 33/60	Application no. 07846591.1
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title WÄLZLAGER, INSBESONDERE MITTENFREIES GROSSWÄLZLAGER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T090518.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0960/18 () of 16.2.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC H01R 13/66 H01M 10/48 H01R 11/28	Application no. 10745343.3
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Cosse de batterie équipée d'un shunt de mesure du courant de la batterie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T096018.20220216				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1044/18 (Verschleissschutzschicht/IMERTECH) of 1.4.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H 27/28 B32B 27/04 B44C 5/04 C03C 17/00 E04F 15/02 C04B 41/50	Application no. 08748961.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verschlechterung				Application title VERSCHLEISSSCHUTZSCHICHT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T104418.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2772/18 () of 17.3.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 183/04 C08G 65/336	Application no. 11714268.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title BESCHICHTUNGSZUSAMMENSETZUNG ZUM ABDICHTEN VON OBERFLÄCHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T277218.20220317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1385/19 () of 29.3.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 5/124 B29D 11/00	Application no. 11192405.6
Keywords Unallowable intermediate generalisation (main request and auxiliary requests 3 and 4: yes) Inventive step (auxiliary request 1: no) Admission of requests (auxiliary requests 2, 3A and 3B: no)				Application title Lamina comprising cube corner elements and retroreflective sheeting
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138519.20220329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 1453/19 () of 16.2.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C03B 27/04 C03B 29/08	Application no. 14168954.7
Keywords Discretionary decision of the opposition division overruled - (no) Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - novelty (no) Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - at 25% after withdrawal of appeal				Application title Glass tempering furnace and method for heating glass sheets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T145319.20220216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1881/19 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/10 C09D 11/101 C09D 11/322 C09D 11/107	Application no. 12194284.1
Keywords Novelty Inventive step Late-filed objection Late-filed document				Application title Light-curable ink composition for ink jet recording and ink jet recording method using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T188119.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508 KB)
T 0464/20 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 85/36 A47G 21/00	Application no. 12004536.4
Keywords Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - ausreichend bewiesen Neuheit - (nein)				Application title Beutel zur Aufnahme von Lebensmitteln, enthaltend eine Perforationsnaht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T046420.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0479/20 () of 17.2.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 31/02	Application no. 13773257.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes) Novelty - (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title APPARATUS WITH FACING BELL MEMBERS, FOR MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING OF PRODUCTS PLACED IN TRAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047920.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1052/20 () of 23.2.2022
Online on 13.04.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B26D 1/29 B26D 1/36 B26D 1/62 B26D 3/26 B26D 1/147	Application no. 12862132.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Admissibility of appeal - directed to requests on which the decision under appeal was based (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendment after summons - objection Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title APPARATUSES FOR CUTTING FOOD PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T105220.20220223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2327/14 () of 26.1.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05H 1/34	Application no. 08250275.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 18 (no) Admission - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) - subject-matter withdrawn before the opposition division Admission - auxiliary requests 3 - 16 (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 17 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 19 (no) Remittal - (no)				Application title Consumable component parts for a plasma torch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T232714.20220126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 1152/16 () of 13.1.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 141/06 C10N 30/10	Application no. 09158603.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - no amendment of the appeal case Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter Amendments Novelty Inventive step				Application title Lubricating composition with good oxidative stability and reduced deposit formation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T115216.20220113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 682 KB)
T 1519/16 (Wireless lighting control / Daintree Networks) of 6.12.2021
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 37/02 G05F 3/08	Application no. 11838748.9
Keywords Inventive step - main and first to third auxiliary requests (no) Claims - clarity Claims - main and first to third auxiliary reqeusts (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main and first to third auxiliary reqeusts (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment to appeal case - suitability for resovling issues raised (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no)				Application title WIRELESS ADAPTATION OF LIGHTING POWER SUPPLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T151916.20211206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1841/16 () of 24.2.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 11157528.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Spät eingereichte Dokumente - zugelassen (nein) (ja)				Application title Dialysevorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T184116.20220224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0625/18 (Leistungsregelung / Tridonic) of 17.2.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 33/08	Application no. 10711663.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein)				Application title LEISTUNGSREGELUNG VON LED, MITTELS MITTELWERT DES LED-STROMS UND BIDIREKTIONALER ZÄHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T062518.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1423/18 (Cytoplasmic male sterile cybrid plant of the genus Lactuca/SAKATA … of 15.2.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/02 A01H 1/00 A01H 1/02 A01H 5/00 C12N 15/09	Application no. 15168871.0
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3: Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Cybrid plant of the genus Lactuca and method for producing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T142318.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2454/18 (Treatment of microbial infections/PFIZER) of 6.4.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/16 C07K 14/31	Application no. 09705327.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Treatment of microbial infections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T245418.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 1474/19 (Payment by debit order/SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC) of 6.4.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11771337.0
Keywords Appeal fee (paid) - appeal deemed to have been filed				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO DATA AND MEASUREMENTS IN A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147419.20220406				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 737 KB)
T 0205/20 (Bainite steel/Tata Steel Ltd) of 2.2.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/20 C21D 8/02 C21D 9/52	Application no. 12731180.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title BAINITIC STEEL OF HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH ELONGATION AND METHOD TO MANUFACTURE SAID BAINITIC STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T020520.20220202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0518/20 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 12.04.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 13000622.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Klarheit - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Zulassung in das Verfahren - erstmal im Beschwerdeverfahren vorgebrachte Angriffslinie (nein)				Application title Kreislaufsystem für ein Nutzfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T051820.20220303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
J 0010/21 (Fortsetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens) of 6.4.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 9/00 A61F 5/01	Application no. 18729947.4
Keywords Fortsetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens (nein) Rechtsmissbrauch (nein) - Darlegungs- und Beweislast - zweifelsfreie Feststellung - neuer Sachvortrag im Vindikationsverfahren Eingeschränkte Überprüfung im Beschwerdeverfahren der Ermessensentscheidung der Rechtsabteilung - Überprüfung der vom Beschwerdeführer vorgetragenen Ermessensfehler Ermessensfehler - Ermessensnichtgebrauch - Ermessensfehlgebrauch Interessenabwägung bei Aussetzung von mehr als einem Erteilungsverfahren - jede Anmeldung grundsätzlich für sich gesondert zu betrachten				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM UNTERSTÜTZEN WENIGSTENS EINES ARMES EINES BENUTZERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:J001021.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
J 0011/21 (Fortsetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens) of 6.4.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 6.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 9/00 A61F 5/01	Application no. 17783733.3
Keywords Fortsetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens (nein) Rechtsmissbrauch (nein) - Darlegungs- und Beweislast - zweifelsfreie Feststellung - neuer Sachvortrag im Vindikationsverfahren Eingeschränkte Überprüfung im Beschwerdeverfahren der Ermessensentscheidung der Rechtsabteilung - Überprüfung der vom Beschwerdeführer vorgetragenen Ermessensfehler Ermessensfehler - Ermessensnichtgebrauch - Ermessensfehlgebrauch Interessenabwägung bei Aussetzung von mehr als einem Erteilungsverfahren - jede Anmeldung grundsätzlich für sich gesondert zu betrachten				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM UNTERSTÜTZEN BEIDER ARME EINES BENUTZERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:J001121.20220406				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 1819/17 () of 18.3.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 23/284	Application no. 11761032.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) - after amendment				Application title LOOP-POWERED FIELD DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T181917.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1879/18 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G03H 1/02 G03H 1/22 B42D 25/24 B42D 25/29	Application no. 11001219.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung				Application title Sicherheitselement mit Volumenhologramm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T187918.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 2935/18 (Gel Composition/NESTLÉ) of 8.2.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/0524	Application no. 11804672.1
Keywords Admittance of experimental report to the proceedings - (yes) Inventive step of the main request Inventive step - (no) Pending auxiliary request on appeal (no)				Application title GEL COMPOSITION COMPRISING LOW-METHOXY PECTIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T293518.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0493/19 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 27/406 G01N 33/00 F02D 41/14	Application no. 09742080.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title EINE AUSWERTE- UND STEUEREINHEIT FÜR EINE BREITBAND-LAMDASONDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049319.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0984/19 () of 4.4.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J 36/10 A47J 43/046 A47J 43/07 A47J 43/08 B01F 13/04 B01F 15/00	Application no. 13744580.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung - (nein) Änderung nach Ablauf der in einer Mitteilung nach R. 100 (2) EPÜ gesetzten Frist - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ablauf der in einer Mitteilung nach R. 100 (2) EPÜ gesetzten Frist - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title ELEKTRISCH BETRIEBENE KÜCHENMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T098419.20220404				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1924/19 (Common PDP context/3G LICENSING) of 31.3.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 06726501.7
Keywords Novelty over Art. 54(3) document - main request (yes): no implicit disclosure Added subject-matter - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Remittal to opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (yes)				Application title Packet radio network and method for activation of a packet data protocol context
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192419.20220331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 2526/19 (Data-traffic-prioritisation mechanism for aircraft/THALES) of 29.3.2022
Online on 11.04.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/034 G08G 5/00 H04B 7/185	Application no. 07838288.4
Keywords Oral proceedings - videoconference as a suitable format (yes) Inventive step - all claim requests (no): selection from equally likely alternatives				Application title System and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from an aircraft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T252619.20220329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0489/14 (Pedestrian simulation/BENTLEY SYSTEMS) of 26.11.2021
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50	Application no. 03793825.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request, first to fifth, seventh and eighth auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed request - ninth, tenth and eleventh auxiliary requests (not admitted)				Application title Simulation of the movement of an autonomous entity through an environment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048914.20211126				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457 KB)
T 1062/17 () of 29.3.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61M 27/00	Application no. 08725368.8
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A BREATHABLE INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR TOPICAL REDUCED PRESSURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T106217.20220329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2178/17 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B25F 5/02 B25F 5/00 H01M 2/10	Application no. 08830658.4
Keywords Late-filed request - amendment to the patent proprietor's appeal case (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendment after summons - new objections Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - new objections Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - new objections Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Description brought in conformity with an allowable set of claims - submitted after summons - amendment to a party's case (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee paid by the patent proprietor Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title HAND-HELD ELECTRIC TOOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T217817.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 501 KB)
T 1281/18 () of 15.2.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 5/06	Application no. 04028565.2
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung einer strukturierten Oberfläche und Platte mit einer strukturierten Oberfläche
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T128118.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2486/18 (Storable reagent mixture reverse transcription/QIAGEN) of 5.4.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 19/34	Application no. 09013546.8
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1, 3 to 9, 11 and 13 - added subject-matter (yes); Auxiliary request 2 - admission (no); Auxiliary requests 6, 7 and 10 to 13 - clarity (no); New documentary evidence - admission (no);				Application title Improved compositions and methods for cDNA synthesis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T248618.20220405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 2613/18 (Support by the description/OPTIS) of 24.3.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 52/02	Application no. 09007920.3
Keywords Support by the description - main request (no): inconsistencies between independent claim and the description Admittance of claim requests filed after the summons - 1st to 4th auxiliary requests (no): no clear allowability Admittance of claim request filed during the oral proceedings - 5th auxiliary request (no): no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons				Application title Method for performing random access procedures and terminal thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T261318.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0867/19 () of 4.4.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/10	Application no. 12701557.6
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Main request - inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING HIGH PERFORMANCE CHANNEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T086719.20220404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1384/19 (Cucumber II/RIJK ZWAAN) of 28.3.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/08	Application no. 11722368.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - plants (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Resistance to post harvest deterioration in cucumber
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138419.20220328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0121/20 () of 11.3.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00 A61M 15/06	Application no. 13744143.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T012120.20220311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 560 KB)
T 0480/20 () of 17.3.2022
Online on 08.04.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 1/072	Application no. 08850822.1
Keywords Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (yes) Correction of error - (yes) Correction of error - obvious error Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title MOUNTING CONSTRUCTION FOR AN OUTSIDE MIRROR UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T048020.20220317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0722/15 (Performance monitoring and identifying upgrades for wind turbines/ … of 9.12.2021
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 9.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 11/00 G05B 23/02	Application no. 10382075.9
Keywords Identity of an opponent - transfer of opponent status (yes) Inventive step - identification of upgrades for performance improvements on the basis of benchmark data (no Inventive step - obvious in view of prior art)				Application title Systems and methods for performance monitoring and identifying upgrades for wind turbines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072215.20211209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0885/17 (Out of band signalling / Xilinx) of 12.1.2022
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/40	Application no. 09802251.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Claims - clarity (no) Amendment after summons - 6th auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title GENERIC BUFFER CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR OUT OF BAND SIGNALING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T088517.20220112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2395/17 () of 13.1.2022
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C10M 101/02 H01B 3/44 C08F 210/02 C08F 110/02	Application no. 10771774.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable Amendments - main request (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request IV (yes)				Application title A POLYMER COMPOSITION AND A POWER CABLE COMPRISING THE POLYMER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T239517.20220113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 615 KB)
T 2595/17 () of 14.1.2022
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C10M 101/02 H01B 3/44 C08F 110/02 C08F 210/16 C08F 10/00	Application no. 10773622.5
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests I-III (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request IV (yes)				Application title Power cable comprising a polymer composition comprising a polyolefin produced in a high pressure process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T259517.20220114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 550 KB)
T 0945/18 (Immunoglobulin purification/F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 14.12.2021
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/06 C07K 1/18	Application no. 09796320.1
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 8: sufficiency of disclosure - (no); Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Immunoglobulin purification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094518.20211214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 477 KB)
T 2130/18 () of 15.3.2022
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 3/06 G02B 27/22 B42D 25/29 B42D 25/00	Application no. 12721336.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title SECURITY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T213018.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1370/19 (Cucumber I/RIJK ZWAAN) of 28.3.2022
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/00	Application no. 09763909.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - plants (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Resistance to post harvest deterioration in cucumber
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T137019.20220328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 2877/19 () of 8.3.2022
Online on 07.04.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/26 B60T 13/68 B60T 8/17 B60T 8/24	Application no. 07022082.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Streckbremseinrichtung für Kraftfahrzeuge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T287719.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
D 0048/21 () of 30.3.2022
Online on 06.04.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 30.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D004821.20220330				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 197 KB)
T 0960/15 (Radiotherapeutic treatment plan adaptation / Philips) of 22.12.2021
Online on 06.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/00 G06K 9/00	Application no. 05779771.4
Keywords Positive discretionary decision - legal basis for review (yes) Positive discretionary decision - set aside (no) Inventive step (main request, auxiliary requests I, IV') Inventive step - (no); (auxiliary request II') Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Claims - clarity Claims - (auxiliary requests I, I', II, II', III, III', IV) (no) Amendment to appeal case (auxiliary requests I',I'', II'', II''', III'') Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no)				Application title RADIOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT PLAN ADAPTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096015.20211222				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 2175/15 (Ablehnung wegen Besorgnis der Befangenheit/XXX) of 1.4.2022
Online on 06.04.2022	Board -	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Vorläufige Auffassung von Kammern oder Kammermitgliedern denkbar als Grundlage einer Ablehnung (ja) Besorgnis der Befangenheit der Kammermitglieder (nein)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T217515.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 886 KB)
T 0707/17 (Inductive receiver for hearing aid / Oticon) of 21.1.2022
Online on 06.04.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 9/00 H04R 25/00 H04B 1/00 H04B 5/00 H01Q 1/27 H01Q 7/00	Application no. 11165050.3
Keywords Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - considered (yes) Auxiliary Request - submitted with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal - considered (yes) Auxiliary Request - inventive step - (yes)				Application title Receiver and method for retrieving an information signal from a magnetic induction signal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070717.20220121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1329/17 () of 16.3.2022
Online on 06.04.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/454 H04N 21/4545 H04N 21/84 G06K 9/00	Application no. 12801706.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF PROCESSING VIDEO DATA, DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DATA CONSTRUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T132917.20220316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2361/18 (Objective function/GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL-AMERICAS) of 31.3.2022
Online on 06.04.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50	Application no. 03255772.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for adaptively determining weight factors within the context of an objective function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T236118.20220331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1533/19 () of 1.4.2022
Online on 06.04.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/5313	Application no. 04794099.4
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step - selection of the closest prior art based on ex post facto analysis Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title FLAME RESISTANT AROMATIC POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND ARTICLES THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T153319.20220401				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 2864/19 (Insufficient inventive-step reasoning/HUAWEI) of 31.3.2022
Online on 06.04.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 06300486.5
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): no oral proceedings necessary or appropriate Substantial procedural violation - (yes): inventive-step objection not sufficiently reasoned Remittal - (yes): fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes): equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation				Application title Communication network security risk exposure management systems and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T286419.20220331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2349/16 () of 30.3.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 7/48 B29C 47/00 B29C 47/60 B29C 47/40	Application no. 10839422.2
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (yes) Decision in written proceedings Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (main request: yes) Inventive step - (main request, first auxiliary request: no) Remittal - (first auxiliary request: no, second auxiliary request: yes)				Application title Kneading segment, and kneading apparatus comprising such a segment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T234916.20220330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 0242/17 () of 26.1.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.1.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 04767420.5
Keywords Admission (oui : requêtes subsidiaires 1, 8 à 10 et 17 à 19) Extension au-delà de la demande telle que déposée (oui : requêtes principale et subsidiaire 1) Défaut de nouveauté (oui : requêtes subsidiaires 2 à 7 ; non : requête subsidiaire 8) Modification des moyens invoqués - modification admise (oui) Renvoi à la division d'opposition (oui)				Application title Bande de sécurisation de document et document sécurisé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T024217.20220126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0642/17 (High-speed downlink operations/INNOVATIVE) of 17.2.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 76/02	Application no. 08002574.5
Keywords Added subject-matter - main and 1st auxiliary request (yes): unallowable generalisation Admittance - 2nd auxiliary request (no): no exceptional circumstances Priority - 3rd auxiliary request (no): not the "same invention" Novelty - 3rd auxiliary request (no)				Application title Improving high-speed downlink operation in CELL_FACH state for a wireless communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T064217.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1441/17 () of 23.3.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 01918709.5
Keywords Reformatio in peius (yes: main request and aux. requ. 1, 4, 5) Added subject-matter (yes: auxiliary requests 2 and 3)				Application title Method of making a foil faced financial transaction card having graphics printed thereon and card made thereby
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T144117.20220323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1546/17 () of 31.3.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 15/50	Application no. 04720053.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title IMPROVEMENTS TO A TILING SYSTEM FOR 3D RENDERED GRAPHICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T154617.20220331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 0351/18 (Instant Coffee/DOUWE EGBERTS) of 8.3.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/40	Application no. 11807810.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Novelty - (yes) Novelty - prior disclosure Novelty - implicit features (no) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title INSTANT COFFEE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T035118.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1035/18 (Estimating airborne photovoltaic energy production/BOEING) of 2.11.2021
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 50/06	Application no. 14198163.9
Keywords Inventive step - simulating the electrical energy production of a photovoltaic system (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - estimating fuel savings (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title Systems and methods for estimating net solar energy production for airborne photovoltaic systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T103518.20211102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1138/18 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00 A61M 25/06	Application no. 09791656.3
Keywords Main request - clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 5 - clarity (no) Auxiliary request 6 - product-by-process features sufficiently substantiated (no) - admitted (no) Auxiliary requests 7 to 9 - novelty (no) Auxiliary request 10 - novelty (yes) - inventive step (yes)				Application title INTRODUCER SHEATH WITH ENCAPSULATED REINFORCING MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T113818.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1869/18 () of 31.3.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/04 H01L 29/16 H01L 29/45	Application no. 05803665.8
Keywords Main request - amendment after summons - admitted into the proceedings (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title METHOD OF PRODUCING SILICON-RICH NICKEL-SILICIDE OHMIC CONTACTS FOR SIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T186918.20220331				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2635/18 () of 28.1.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 1/04	Application no. 12726921.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING HOMOGENEOUS CHARGE DENSITY AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T263518.20220128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0798/19 (PRODUCING LIQUID DETERGENT/P & G) of 15.3.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/50 C11D 11/00 C11D 3/40 C11D 3/12 C11D 3/00 C11D 17/00	Application no. 13727371.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title METHODS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID DETERGENT PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T079819.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2612/19 () of 17.2.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/08	Application no. 16197945.5
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (yes)				Application title TREATMENT PLANNING AND PROGRESS TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T261219.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2843/19 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60G 17/052 B60G 17/015	Application no. 10767937.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuer Einspruchsgrund Neuheit - zugelassen (nein) Neuer Einwand nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title VENTILEINRICHTUNG FÜR EINE LUFTFEDERUNGSANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T284319.20220209				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0689/20 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 05.04.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/42 A47L 15/44	Application no. 06819808.4
Keywords Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT VERBESSERTER ANORDNUNG DER ZUGABEEINRICHTUNG IN DER TÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068920.20220322				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2563/17 () of 4.2.2022
Online on 04.04.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B 41/06 B23P 15/00 C22C 21/00 C22F 1/04 B21C 1/22 B21C 23/08	Application no. 06112083.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Late-filed request - Patent as granted withdrawn and re-submitted during appeal proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Endless capillary tubes in aluminium alloy and lamination valves comprising aluminium alloy capillary tubes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T256317.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1243/18 () of 25.1.2022
Online on 04.04.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 16/34 C23C 16/36	Application no. 12715313.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verbesserung nicht glaubhaft Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Product-by-Process-Anspruch Ausreichende Offenbarung - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title BESCHICHTETER KÖRPER UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124318.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 470 KB)
T 0070/19 () of 7.2.2022
Online on 04.04.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F24J 2/04	Application no. 09713973.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title LAYERED CONSTRUCTION WITH TUBE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T007019.20220207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0185/19 () of 17.2.2022
Online on 04.04.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC E04B 9/18 E04F 13/08 E04F 13/21	Application no. 08872705.2
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Nouveauté - connaissances générales Nouveauté - divulgation antérieure Nouveauté - caractéristiques implicites (non) Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête subsidiaire (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Activité inventive - analyse a posteriori Activité inventive - modification non évidente Activité inventive - problème et solution Renvoi - (oui) Mémoire de recours - ensemble des moyens de recours invoqués par une partie Réponse - ensemble des moyens de recours invoqués par une partie Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non) Modification après signification - prise en compte (non) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui) Droit d'être entendu - procédure de recours Droit d'être entendu - procédure orale devant la chambre de recours				Application title DISPOSITIF DE DOUBLAGE D'UNE PAROI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T018519.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 602 KB)
T 0423/19 (Diesel catalyst/BASF) of 7.3.2022
Online on 04.04.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/02 B01J 29/40 B01J 29/70 B01J 35/02 B01J 35/04 B01J 35/10 B01J 29/44 B01J 23/44 B01D 53/94 B01J 29/12 B01J 29/74 B01J 35/00	Application no. 10732120.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title LAYERED Diesel OXIDATION CATALYST COMPOSITES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T042319.20220307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 0319/20 (Silicon dioxide treated serine protease/BAXALTA) of 22.3.2022
Online on 04.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 C07K 1/36 C07K 16/06 A61K 35/16 A61K 9/08 C07K 1/30 A61K 47/18 A61K 9/00	Application no. 11729200.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietors Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Removal of serine proteases by treatment with finely divided silicon dioxide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T031920.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
T 0902/20 () of 4.2.2022
Online on 04.04.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B61D 17/18 B60R 13/02 B62D 31/02	Application no. 09177664.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (NEIN) Zulassung in das Verfahren - Hilfsantrag (NEIN)				Application title Innenbekleidungssystem für Fahrzeuge im Personenverkehr
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T090220.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 277 KB)
D 0001/21 () of 14.2.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 14.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D000121.20220214				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1295/16 () of 18.1.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B44C 5/04 B44C 1/24 B41M 1/24 B41M 1/38	Application no. 08016193.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 4: nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3: nein)				Application title Bereitstellung einer Walzenanordnung zum Erzeugen von Dekoren auf einer Holzwerkstoffoberfläche
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T129516.20220118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452 KB)
T 1035/17 () of 3.2.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/00	Application no. 13740874.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - main request, first auxiliary request, second auxiliary request Inventive step (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request, fourth auxiliary request, fifth auxiliary request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - sixth auxiliary request, seventh auxiliary request, eigth auxiliary request				Application title FRAME RATE CONTROL METHOD, FRAME RATE CONTROL DEVICE, AND FRAME RATE CONTROL PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T103517.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 2557/17 () of 1.3.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 19/00 A61F 9/007 A61F 9/008 A61B 17/00	Application no. 11167763.9
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) - cogent reasons (yes) - taken into account (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Methods of ensuring safe use of a surgical tool with a surgical machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T255717.20220301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1913/18 () of 25.2.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 110/02 C08F 2/34	Application no. 04781351.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - Main, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - Fourth auxiliary request (no) Admittance - Third auxiliary request (no) Admittance - Fifth auxiliary request (no)				Application title CATALYST COMPOSITION FOR ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T191318.20220225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2899/18 (Pancreatin powder/ABBOTT) of 28.10.2021
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/54	Application no. 06778012.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Processes for the manufacture of pancreatin powder with low virus content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T289918.20211028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0983/19 (CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CACHE COHERENCY / VIA) of 31.1.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 31.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 12/0815 G06F 12/08 G06F 9/48	Application no. 15192930.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim				Application title CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHE COHERENCY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T098319.20220131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1117/19 (Lückenfüller bei TV-Live-Ereignissen/NOVOMATIC) of 18.3.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04H 20/18 H04H 20/42	Application no. 10726906.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge I, Ia (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge II, IIa, IIb, III, II', IIa', IIb, III (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Übertragung von Ereignisdaten wobei zumindest ein Teil der Daten über zumindest einen Übertragungskanal höherer Bandbreite und zumindest ein Teil der Daten über zumindest einen Übertragungskanal niedrigerer Bandbreite übertragen werden
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111719.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1161/19 () of 1.3.2022
Online on 01.04.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 69/704 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/39 A61Q 5/00 A61Q 15/00 A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/365 A61K 8/368 C08G 63/668 A61Q 17/04 A61Q 19/04	Application no. 11153483.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Partialester eines Polyglycerins mit mindestens einer Carbonsäure und einer polyfunktionalen Carbonsäure, ihre Herstellung und Verwendung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T116119.20220301				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 497 KB)

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March 2022

T 1639/16 (Composition with a botulinum neurotoxin / MERZ PHARMA) of 1.2.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/48 A61K 47/36 A61K 31/728 A61P 21/02 A61P 25/06 A61K 8/64 A61K 9/00 A61K 47/02 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/32 A61Q 19/00 A61Q 19/08	Application no. 10181506.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Therapeutic composition with a botulinum neurotoxin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T163916.20220201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0935/17 () of 6.8.2021
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P 9/00 F03D 7/02 F03D 9/00 H02J 3/18 H02J 3/38 H02J 9/06 H02P 9/10	Application no. 10162409.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4) (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag A - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag A - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Windenergieanlage bei Überspannungen im Netz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093517.20210806				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1779/17 () of 22.2.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/00 A61M 5/24 A61M 5/31 A61M 5/315 G06F 19/00 G01D 5/165	Application no. 10746603.9
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Observations by third parties Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (no) (yes)				Application title DRUG DELIVERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T177917.20220222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1951/18 () of 16.3.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K 6/485 B60K 6/40 F16F 15/14	Application no. 12712569.8
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - Videokonferenz (ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title EINRICHTUNG ZUM ÜBERTRAGEN EINES DREHMOMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T195118.20220316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2891/18 () of 12.1.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/20 G05G 1/04 G05G 11/00	Application no. 14177269.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung des Hilfsantrags Ia in das Beschwerdeverfahren - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag Ia (ja)				Application title Bedienelement für ein Flurförderzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T289118.20220112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 0160/19 (Cleaning equipment/Alfa Laval) of 2.2.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/38 B01D 47/00 B01D 53/14 B01D 53/50 B01D 53/96 B04B 1/00 B04B 5/10 C02F 1/66 C02F 103/18	Application no. 10168279.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - auxiliary requests Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CLEANING EQUIPMENT FOR GAS SCRUBBER FLUID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T016019.20220202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0794/19 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F24F 11/30 F24F 110/10 F24F 110/70 F24F 11/00	Application no. 06850040.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title AIR-CONDITIONING ALGORITHM FOR WATER TERMINAL FREE COOLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T079419.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 1187/19 (Food preservation process/AIR PRODUCTS) of 17.2.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 3/00 A23L 3/3418 A23L 3/36	Application no. 14382558.6
Keywords Main Request and Auxiliary Requests 1 and 2 - Inventive Step (No)				Application title Food preservation process combining cryogenic freezing and modified atmosphere packaging
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118719.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1403/19 (Method for detecting acquired drug resistance/MEMORIAL SLOAN- … of 14.1.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 21/04 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 06720702.7
Keywords Main request - Priority - (no) Main request and auxiliary request 3 - Novelty - (no) Auxilliary requests 1, 2 and 4 to 7 - Amendments - Extension beyond the content of the application as filed - (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for detecting a drug resistant EGFR mutant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T140319.20220114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 1888/19 (Granulat für die Stahlherstellung/Rheinkalk GmbH) of 4.2.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 18/02 C04B 32/00 C04B 35/043 C04B 35/057 C04B 35/06 C04B 35/66 C04B 35/626	Application no. 11182167.4
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Granulat enthaltend agglomeriertes Schüttgut
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T188819.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0210/20 (Dry sorbent injection/BABCOCK) of 10.3.2022
Online on 31.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/83	Application no. 12834844.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title DRY SORBENT INJECTION DURING STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS IN DRY SCRUBBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T021020.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0082/14 () of 5.8.2021
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P 9/00 F03D 7/02 F03D 9/00 H02J 3/18 H02J 3/38 H02J 9/06	Application no. 08715905.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge 3 und 4 (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Windenergieanlage bei Überspannungen im Netz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008214.20210805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0771/15 (Partial discharges / TECHIMP) of 25.1.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 31/12	Application no. 07735458.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - request should have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PARTIAL ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T077115.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1371/17 () of 23.3.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/00 D04B 21/16 A61F 13/00	Application no. 05824388.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEHANDLUNG VON WUNDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T137117.20220323				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 474 KB)
T 0032/18 () of 1.10.2021
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 1.10.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H 9/56 H01H 33/59	Application no. 10790957.4
Keywords Requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 5 - Modifications - admises (non), Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (oui),				Application title Procédé de commande d'un appareil d'interruption de courant dans un réseau électrique haute tension
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003218.20211001				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0150/18 (Tissue structure/CELLSEED) of 25.11.2021
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/12 A61L 27/38 C12N 5/077	Application no. 10183361.4
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Three-dimensional tissue structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T015018.20211125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0247/19 () of 8.2.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/164 A61K 31/415 A61K 31/4174 A61K 31/525 A61P 11/02	Application no. 12766592.5
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Zulassung von Hilfsanträgen im Beschwerdeverfahren - Hilfsantrag XIII (nein) Rügepflicht - Einwände zurückgewiesen				Application title ZUSAMMENSETZUNG FÜR DIE NASALE APPLIKATION MIT VERBESSERTER STABILITÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T024719.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 573 KB)
T 0743/19 () of 26.1.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 7/04 A01J 7/02	Application no. 13151483.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation no Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Teat treatment device and method of use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T074319.20220126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0905/19 () of 4.2.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00 B07C 5/16 B07C 5/342	Application no. 13718050.1
Keywords Novelty - Main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN A FOOD PACKAGING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T090519.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1305/19 () of 11.2.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 7/02	Application no. 10166738.4
Keywords Novelty - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Method and system for noise controlled operation of a wind turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T130519.20220211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1444/19 (Kartuschen-Injektor/BAYER) of 21.3.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 10784766.7
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title INJEKTORSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T144419.20220321				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1963/19 (Sharing several media clips with another media player) of 2.2.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 10816173.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T196319.20220202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2635/19 () of 21.3.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B63B 1/06	Application no. 12181965.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (yes)				Application title A vessel with an improved foreship arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T263519.20220321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1830/20 () of 28.3.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.3.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A45B 9/04	Application no. 15175176.5
Keywords Modification des moyens invoqués dans le cadre du recours Modification des moyens invoqués - exercice du pouvoir d'appréciation Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PATIN D'APPUI AU SOL POUR BATON DE MARCHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T183020.20220328				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1032/21 () of 24.3.2022
Online on 30.03.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 67/00 C08K 3/36 C08L 83/04 C08L 83/14	Application no. 16794994.0
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents				Application title Siliconzusammensetzungen zur Herstellung elastomerer Formteile mittels ballistischer Verfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T103221.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 241 KB)
T 2175/17 (Method of purifying CPS from S. agalactiae/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 12.1.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/20 A61K 39/04 C12P 19/04 C08B 37/00 A61K 39/00 C12Q 3/00	Application no. 08864247.5
Keywords Main Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title PURIFICATION PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING CPS FROM STREPTOCOCCI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T217517.20220112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 572 KB)
T 1024/18 () of 1.3.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 12183745.4
Keywords Novelty - public prior use Novelty - obligation to maintain secrecy (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 1 and 3 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - support in the description (no)				Application title Apparatus and method for forming absorbent cores
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T102418.20220301				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 650 KB)
T 2660/18 (Developing rod patterns in nuclear reactors/GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL- … of 7.12.2021
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50 G21C 5/02	Application no. 03257922.9
Keywords Inventive step - main, first and second auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Method and arrangement for developing rod patterns in nuclear reactors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266018.20211207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 2769/18 (Wound dressing / BSN) of 8.2.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 15/46	Application no. 11182779.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Improved wound dressing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T276918.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0549/19 () of 31.1.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 17/32 G06F 3/048	Application no. 11815701.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - 1st to 3rd auxiliary requests (yes) Late-filed 4th auxiliary request - gives rise to new objections - admitted (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REVEALING GRAPHICAL ITEMS ON A MULTI-TOUCH INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T054919.20220131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 0719/19 (HONEYCOMB COATING/Heesung Catalysts) of 10.3.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/02 B01J 19/18 B01J 3/03 B01D 53/46 B01J 35/04 B05D 3/04 B05D 7/22 C10G 1/02 C10G 1/10	Application no. 12836203.5
Keywords (Main request and first to sixth auxiliary requests) amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) (Seventh to thirteenth auxiliary requests) amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) (Fourteenth auxilairy request) Amendment after summons (new objection of inventive step) - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) (Fourteenth auxiliary request) amendments - added subject-matter (no) (Fourteenth auxiliary request) inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY COATING CATALYST SUPPORT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071919.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1971/19 () of 18.3.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 27/21	Application no. 11827097.4
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title SYSTEM FOR PRECISE TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF LIQUIDS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T197119.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 2161/19 (C1-INH COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF … of 24.3.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00 A61P 31/00 A61K 38/48 A61K 38/55 A61K 38/16 A61K 38/57	Application no. 14762343.3
Keywords Agreement to text of patent withdrawn Appealed decision becomes final Appealed decision - patent revoked				Application title C1-INH COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA (HAE).
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T216119.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 240 KB)
T 2731/19 (Simulating surround sound/STARKEY) of 24.3.2022
Online on 29.03.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 08253607.9
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following the respondent's withdrawal of its request for oral proceedings Inventive step - (no): juxtaposition and obvious selection from equally likely alternatives				Application title Simulated surround sound hearing aid fitting system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T273119.20220324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2645/17 () of 22.2.2022
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 5/08	Application no. 10814347.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T264517.20220222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0024/18 (Tetrafluoropropene/Chemours) of 11.1.2022
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/26 B01J 21/04 B01J 27/125 C07C 17/386 C07C 21/18 C07C 17/25	Application no. 07796388.2
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - Explicitly claimed non-working embodiment (No) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title TETRAFLUOROPROPENE PRODUCTION PROCESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T002418.20220111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1566/18 () of 15.3.2022
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 7/04 F41H 5/013 F41H 5/04	Application no. 11733555.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BODENWANNE EINES FAHRZEUGS MIT ZUSATZPANZERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T156618.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1819/18 (Hypoallergenic pet food composition/ HILL) of 9.12.2021
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/97 A23J 3/30 A23K 10/00 A23K 20/00 A23K 50/00 A23L 33/17	Application no. 05803644.3
Keywords Main request and auxliary request 1 - Inventive step (No) Auxliary requests 2-14 - Amendments (No) Admission of objections against auxiliary requests 11-14 (Yes)				Application title HYPOALLERGENIC FOOD COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T181918.20211209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 584 KB)
T 0613/19 (Kindersitz mit Seitenaufprallschutz/BRITAX RÖMER) of 23.2.2022
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60N 2/28	Application no. 09009160.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein)				Application title Kindersitz mit Seitenaufprallschutz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T061319.20220223				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 553 KB)
T 0693/19 () of 7.2.2022
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00 A61M 25/16	Application no. 10840071.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CATHETER ASSEMBLY/PACKAGE UTILIZING A HYDRATING/HYDROGEL SLEEVE AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069319.20220207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 584 KB)
T 0775/19 (Vermeidung von Kollisionen einer Fahrzeugtür / Volkswagen) of 15.9.2021
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G08G 1/16 B60W 30/06	Application no. 13727831.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR KOLLISIONSVERMEIDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T077519.20210915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1543/19 (Polymer film/BOREALIS) of 22.3.2022
Online on 28.03.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C08L 23/14	Application no. 05016989.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (no)				Application title Polymer film comprising a propylene random copolymer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T154319.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1846/17 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F28F 27/00 F28C 1/00 F04D 19/00 F04D 27/02 F04D 27/00 H02K 1/27	Application no. 08836812.1
Keywords Late-filed request Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title INTEGRATED FAN DRIVE SYSTEM FOR COOLING TOWER AND METHOD OF OPERATING WET COOLING TOWER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T184617.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1889/17 () of 18.3.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 15/60 A61L 15/08	Application no. 04763393.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Nicht begründeter Beschwerdegrund - nicht berücksichtigt				Application title PULVERFÖRMIGE, WASSERABSORBIERENDE POLYMERE MIT MITTELS THERMOPLASTISCHEN KLEBSTOFFEN GEBUNDENEN FEINTEILCHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T188917.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0159/19 () of 8.2.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 25/00	Application no. 11716294.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - novelty Grounds for opposition - patent as granted (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Support by the description - auxiliary request 1 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title SECURITY ARTICLES COMPRISING SECURITY FEATURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T015919.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0963/19 () of 9.3.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 05730272.1
Keywords Admissibility main request (no) - request could and should have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Admissibility auxiliary request (no) - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title CORIOLIS FLOW METER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FLOW CHARACTERISTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T096319.20220309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1743/19 (Possible next actions/CAREFUSION303) of 4.3.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 10843499.4
Keywords Patentable invention - presentation of information Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision				Application title ADAPTABLE MEDICAL WORKFLOW SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T174319.20220304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1909/19 (Confirming identity at locker bank/UPC) of 10.3.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 21/34 G06Q 10/08	Application no. 14854011.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Systems and methods for confirming an identity of an individual, for example, at a locker bank
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T190919.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 769 KB)
T 1862/20 (Dealing with kick-back errors/ANALOG DEVICES) of 21.3.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 1/06 H03M 1/08	Application no. 12849857.3
Keywords Clarity - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Reducing the effect of non-linear kick-back in switched capacitor networks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T186220.20220321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 516 KB)
T 2144/21 () of 22.3.2022
Online on 25.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F 1/00 G03C 5/00 G03F 1/32	Application no. 05826034.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title TRI-TONE TRIM MASK FOR ALTERNATING PHASE-SHIFT PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T214421.20220322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0249/17 () of 8.2.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00 G03H 1/00 G03H 1/18 B42D 15/10	Application no. 12000584.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - mehrere mögliche technische Aufgaben				Application title Foliensicherheitselement mit Durchbrechungsbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T024917.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0912/17 () of 10.3.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/145 A61M 5/315	Application no. 11741207.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes)				Application title CARTRIDGE HOLDER AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A CARTRIDGE UNIT FOR A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T091217.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1348/17 () of 10.2.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/16 H04N 5/00 G09G 5/00	Application no. 09704553.8
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Main request and second auxiliary request - novelty (no) First and third auxiliary requests - inventive step (no)				Application title A MEDIA PRESENTATION DEVICE FOR CONVERTING MEDIA SIGNALS BASED ON STORED OUTPUT SETTINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T134817.20220210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0704/18 (Cell Populations/GARNET BIOTHERAPEUTICS) of 28.1.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/12 C12N 5/077 C12N 5/0775 C12N 5/0797	Application no. 02778303.4
Keywords Added matter (yes)				Application title CELL POPULATIONS WHICH CO-EXPRESS CD49C AND CD90
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070418.20220128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1029/18 (Carrying out transactions using a mobile phone/MARGENTO R&D) of 4.11.2021
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00	Application no. 10751724.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no Amendment after summons - fresh case) Inventive step - using a mobile device for transmitting transaction data (no Inventive step - obvious from prior art)				Application title WIRELESS MOBILE TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND THE PROCEDURE FOR CARRYING OUT TRANSACTIONS WITH A MOBILE PHONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T102918.20211104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1327/18 () of 4.2.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B 7/24 B05B 7/32 A01M 7/00 B05B 12/14	Application no. 11723525.9
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui)				Application title ENSEMBLE DE PULVÉRISATION ET PULVÉRISATEUR ÉQUIPÉ D'AU MOINS UN TEL ENSEMBLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T132718.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1399/18 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 88/00	Application no. 11799064.8
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title MÖBELBESCHLAG ZUR FRONTBLENDENBEFESTIGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T139918.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1852/18 (Protéines de pois texturées/ROQUETTE FRERES) of 28.1.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.1.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A23J 1/14 A23J 3/26 A23L 1/20	Application no. 06794214.4
Keywords Modification après signification - prise en compte (oui) Modification répondant à un motif d'opposition - revendications dépendantes (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Description adaptée - conforme à la CBE (oui)				Application title PROTEINES DE POIS TEXTUREES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T185218.20220128				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 332 KB)
T 2255/18 (Detection methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus/GENEOHM … of 23.11.2021
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 23.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/689	Application no. 14168420.9
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes) Admission of new documentary evidence (yes)				Application title Sequences for detection and identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T225518.20211123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 724 KB)
T 2434/18 (Cheese and method for its manufacture/LEPRINO) of 18.3.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 19/068	Application no. 12151682.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Cheese and methods for making such cheese
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T243418.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0182/19 () of 16.3.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00 G07F 7/10 G06F 21/86 G06F 21/82 H01H 13/702 G06F 21/83	Application no. 14158677.6
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Encrypting PIN pad
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T018219.20220316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0345/19 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 11/68 G07F 17/00 B26D 5/00	Application no. 17152210.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title METHOD FOR A MEDICATION DISPENSER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM A MEDICATION PACKAGE, AND MEDICATION DISPENSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T034519.20220303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0616/19 (Method for producing a nutritional composition/NUTRICIA) of 23.2.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 2/52 A23L 33/19 A23L 33/125	Application no. 13818523.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LIQUID ENTERAL NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MICELLAR CASEIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T061619.20220223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0691/20 (Filtermedium/Carl Freudenberg) of 17.2.2022
Online on 24.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 39/16	Application no. 09752277.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title FILTERMEDIUM ZUR PARTIKELFILTRATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069120.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1475/16 () of 7.2.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 19/06 C07H 19/10 C07H 19/16 C07H 19/20 C07H 19/04 C07H 19/044 C07H 19/048 C07H 19/052 C07H 19/056 C07H 19/12 C07H 19/14 C07H 19/22 C07H 19/23 A61K 31/7056 A61K 31/706 A61K 31/7064 A61P 31/14	Application no. 03761744.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title MODIFIED 2' AND 3' -NUCLEOSIDE PRODUGS FOR TREATING FLAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147516.20220207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0834/18 () of 2.3.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 27/28 H01F 27/10 H01F 27/12 H01F 27/30	Application no. 09779139.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious form of implementation Inventive step - merely accepting predictable drawbacks Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title An Electric Transformer with Improved Cooling System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T083418.20220302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1213/18 (Diabetes/APEPTICO) of 18.3.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/19 C07K 7/64 C07K 14/525	Application no. 10771018.8
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Treatment of vascular complications of diabetes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T121318.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1653/18 () of 8.2.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 19/10 C07H 19/20 A61K 31/7084 A61P 35/00	Application no. 10183144.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Modified 2' and 3'-nucleoside prodrugs for treating flaviridae infections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T165318.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255 KB)
T 2521/18 (Aerosol formulations/JAGOTEC) of 9.12.2021
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/167 A61K 31/56	Application no. 10768922.6
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title IMPROVED MEDICINAL AEROSOL FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T252118.20211209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 3027/18 () of 16.12.2021
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 16.12.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C12C 7/00	Application no. 13742743.1
Keywords Nouveauté Modification des moyens invoqués Renvoi à la première instance Répartition des frais				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE BRASSAGE CONTINU OU SEMI-CONTINU
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T302718.20211216				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1188/19 (Feuchtevariable gerichtete Dampfbremse/SILU) of 14.2.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/08 E04D 12/00 E04B 1/62 B32B 7/02	Application no. 14701587.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) (Hilfsantrag 7) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Zulassung in das Verfahren (Hilfsanträgen 5 und 6) - (nein)				Application title Feuchtevariable gerichtete Dampfbremse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118819.20220214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1675/19 (Reference signals from cooperative access points/HUAWEI) of 18.3.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 72/04 H04J 11/00 H04L 5/00 H04L 25/02	Application no. 09825768.6
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of hearing following appellant's announcement of non-attendance Novelty - all requests (yes) Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Method, apparatus and system for channel estimation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T167519.20220318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 0102/20 (Anti-Dog IL-31 antibodies/ZOETIS) of 15.3.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 17/04	Application no. 12748547.2
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text of the patent as granted withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Monoclonal antibody against dog interleukin-31
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T010220.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 1169/20 (Remonal device/Flamco) of 9.2.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 17/02 B01D 19/00 B01D 21/00	Application no. 12708174.3
Keywords Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title IMPROVED REMOVAL DEVICE FOR MICRO-BUBBLES AND DIRT PARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T116920.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0194/21 () of 10.3.2022
Online on 23.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B63B 21/04 B63H 9/10 B66D 3/04	Application no. 14736748.6
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - mémoire de recours Recevabilité du recours - déposé dans les délais (non) Répartition des frais - abus de procédure (non)				Application title POULIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T019421.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2323/16 () of 10.3.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D 413/12 A61K 31/42 A61P 7/00	Application no. 06777189.9
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents Grundlage der Entscheidung - Widerruf des Patents				Application title 2-AMINOETHOXYESSIGSÄURE-DERIVATE UND IHRE VERWENDUNG ZUR BEHANDLUNG THROMBOEMBOLISCHER ERKRANKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T232316.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 239 KB)
T 2627/17 () of 25.1.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 231/56 C07D 249/18 C07D 409/06 C07D 401/06 C07D 401/12 C07D 403/10 C07D 413/10 C07D 417/10 A61K 31/4192 A61K 31/416 A61P 35/00	Application no. 14155086.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Inventive step				Application title Estrogen receptor modulators and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262717.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0080/19 () of 10.2.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/20 C07C 21/18 C07C 19/08 C07C 17/087	Application no. 09810828.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CATALYTIC GAS PHASE FLUORINATION OF 1233XF TO 1234YF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008019.20220210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0269/19 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B 37/18 F16K 1/20 F01D 17/10	Application no. 15155650.3
Keywords Basis of proceedings Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Turbine wastegate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T026919.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0320/19 () of 28.2.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80 A01N 37/10 A01P 1/00	Application no. 07075456.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by patent proprietor (no)				Application title MICROBICIDAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T032019.20220228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)
T 0333/19 () of 28.2.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B 37/013 F02B 39/00	Application no. 08873087.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TURBOCHARGER SYSTEM SUBASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033319.20220228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0573/19 (Comprimés résistant à l'écrasement / ETHYPHARM) of 1.3.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 31/485 A61K 9/22 A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 45/06	Application no. 07712415.4
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui) Modifications - combinaison de caractéristiques non décrite dans la demande telle que déposée				Application title COMPRIMÉS RÉSISTANT À L'ÉCRASEMENT DESTINÉS À ÉVITER LE MÉSUSAGE INVOLONTAIRE ET LE DÉTOURNEMENT ILLICITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T057319.20220301				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0862/19 () of 28.2.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 29/12 F04D 1/08 F16J 15/34 F04D 29/10 F04D 7/06 F04D 1/06	Application no. 08703945.9
Keywords Prior art documents - availability to the public Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MULTI-STAGE HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T086219.20220228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2325/19 (Hochfestes Stahlflachprodukt/ThyssenKrupp) of 18.1.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C21D 1/18 C21D 6/00 C22C 38/00 C22C 38/06 C22C 38/12 C22C 38/14 C22C 38/32 C22C 38/34 C22C 38/38 C21D 1/19 C21D 1/78 C21D 8/02 C22C 38/02 C22C 38/18 C22C 38/28 C23C 2/02 C21D 8/04 C22C 38/04	Application no. 12721842.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - auf Hilfsantrag 3 folgende acht Hilfsanträge (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 3 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Zurückverweisung - (nein)				Application title HOCHFESTES STAHLFLACHPRODUKT UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T232519.20220118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 511 KB)
T 0208/20 () of 28.2.2022
Online on 22.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 29/12 F04D 1/08 F16J 15/34 F04D 29/10 F04D 7/06 F04D 1/06	Application no. 15174721.9
Keywords Prior art documents - availability to the public Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MULTI-STAGE HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T020820.20220228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 2970/18 (Alkoholalkoxylate/BASF) of 10.3.2022
Online on 21.03.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 43/11 A01N 25/30 A01N 43/653 C08G 65/26	Application no. 08736561.5
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Überlappende Markush-Formeln ohne unterscheidendes strukturelles Merkmal				Application title ALKOHOLALKOXYLATE, DIESE ENTHALTENDE MITTEL UND VERWENDUNG DER ALKOHOLALKOXYLATE ALS ADJUVANS FÜR DEN AGROCHEMISCHEN BEREICH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T297018.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0655/19 () of 16.3.2022
Online on 21.03.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 83/04 H01L 31/042 H01L 31/048 C09K 3/10	Application no. 11708770.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title USE OF A CURABLE POLYORGANOSILOXANE COMPOSITION AS AN ENCAPSULANT FOR A SOLAR CELL MODULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T065519.20220316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1321/19 (Granules for pharmaceutical preparations / FERRING B.V.) of 8.3.2022
Online on 21.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50 A61K 31/609	Application no. 10793226.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Observations by third parties - taken into account (no) Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Granules for pharmaceutical preparations, methods and apparatus for their production
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T132119.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1482/19 (Scale space approximation/TELECOM ITALIA) of 11.2.2022
Online on 21.03.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/46	Application no. 14752573.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - technical problem derivable from the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - long felt need (no) Claims - functional features (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Correction of error - obvious error Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (no) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title KEYPOINT IDENTIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148219.20220211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0075/20 (Régénération d'un filtre à particules/Rhodia) of 25.1.2022
Online on 21.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B01D 53/94 B01J 13/00 C10L 1/12 C10L 10/06 F01N 3/08 F01N 3/20 C10L 1/14 C10L 1/16 C10L 1/188 C10L 1/198 C10L 1/24 C10L 1/26 C10L 10/02 F02B 3/06 F02M 25/00 F01N 3/023 F01N 3/029	Application no. 08717211.0
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE FONCTIONNEMENT D'UN MOTEUR DIESEL EN VUE DE FACILITER LA REGENERATION D'UN FILTRE A PARTICULES SUR LA LIGNE D'ECHAPPEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T007520.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1873/16 () of 8.3.2022
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 17/10 F16L 35/00 E21B 17/01	Application no. 05708214.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR STIFFENING A FLEXIBLE PIPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T187316.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 2744/16 (Cancer prognosis method/INSERM) of 14.12.2021
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/574	Application no. 11180207.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no: MR, AR1 and AR2) Inventive step - (no)				Application title An in vitro method for the prognosis of progression of a cancer and of the outcome in a patient and means for performing said method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T274416.20211214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1028/17 () of 18.2.2022
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 09737837.6
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Intervention of the assumed infringer - in appeal proceedings Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Appeal decision - remittal of the interventions only to the department of first instance (no)				Application title AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM HAVING A LIQUID STORAGE PORTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T102817.20220218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 589 KB)
T 1641/18 (Verbundscheibe/SCHOTT) of 31.1.2022
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 31.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 17/10 E04B 1/94 C03C 27/12	Application no. 11179998.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale				Application title Verbundscheibe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T164118.20220131				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1696/18 () of 26.11.2021
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.11.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 11/05 H01R 13/05 H01R 13/11 H01R 12/72	Application no. 11745719.2
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1, 3 und 4 (nein)				Application title Elektrisches Kontaktteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169618.20211126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 523 KB)
T 2120/18 () of 2.2.2022
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 3/24 H01L 23/488	Application no. 10175344.0
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (no) Novelty - claim 1 as granted Novelty - (no) Auxiliary request could and should have been filed during the opposition proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title Terminal structure, printed wiring board, module substrate, and electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T212018.20220202				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0707/19 () of 2.3.2022
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A45D 2/12 A45D 2/02 A45D 2/10 A45D 2/36 A45D 6/00 A45D 1/06 A45D 6/02	Application no. 15156384.8
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no)				Application title Hair styling device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070719.20220302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 3061/19 () of 15.3.2022
Online on 18.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16M 11/10 F16M 11/40 F16M 13/00	Application no. 12716127.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - common general knowledge				Application title EXTENDING SOCKET FOR PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T306119.20220315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
D 0019/19 () of 12.11.2021
Online on 17.03.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 12.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D001919.20211112				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1229/17 (Analysis of glatiramer acetate batches/MOMENTA) of 1.12.2021
Online on 17.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68 C07K 14/00	Application no. 09733444.5
Keywords Late-filed evidence Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) extension beyond the content of the patent (no) Inventive step - (no) MR: effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim; (yes) AR1				Application title ANALYSIS OF AMINO ACID COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T122917.20211201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 555 KB)
T 0045/18 () of 4.2.2022
Online on 17.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02P 9/02 H02K 3/28 H02K 11/04	Application no. 12175750.4
Keywords Novelty - implicit disclosure (yes) Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 4 Inventive step - obvious solution (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Stator arrangement and electrical generator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T004518.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0922/18 () of 15.2.2022
Online on 17.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 61/36 C01D 3/06 C08G 64/24	Application no. 10005449.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polycarbonat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T092218.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 498 KB)
T 1417/18 (Elektronisches Fahrzeug-Bordsystem und Prüfverfahren/Kapsch … of 15.2.2022
Online on 17.03.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 11/30 G07B 15/06 H04L 12/403 G07C 5/00 G05B 19/042 G01M 17/00 G05B 19/418	Application no. 13157236.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - erster Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag identisch mit dem im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren zugelassenen, aber nicht diskutierten Hilfsantrag Rügepflicht - Einwand zurückgewiesen				Application title Elektronisches Fahrzeug-Bordsystem und Prüfverfahren hierfür
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T141718.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 486 KB)
T 1900/18 (Ingredient-based product recommendation/SOUTHAM) of 4.3.2022
Online on 17.03.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/02	Application no. 12798901.0
Keywords Claims - conciseness (no) Inventive step - recommending wellness products (no Inventive step - mere automation of standard medical practice) Inventive step - improvement effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim				Application title RECOMMENDING CONSUMER PRODUCTS USING PRODUCT-INGREDIENT EFFICACY AND/OR USER-PROFILE DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T190018.20220304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 3181/19 () of 14.3.2022
Online on 17.03.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 3/032 H05F 3/02 B60R 16/06	Application no. 16701406.7
Keywords Anmeldeunterlagen - Zeilennummerierung erforderlich (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Kostenverteilung zum Nachteil des EPA Kostenverteilung - (nein) Zurückverweisung - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title SENSOREINHEIT MIT ELEKTRISCHER VERBINDUNG DES SENSORGEHÄUSES ZUM ABFÜHREN ELEKTROSTATISCHER LADUNG EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T318119.20220314				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0550/14 (Catastrophe relief/SWISS RE) of 14.9.2021
Online on 16.03.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 09710436.8
Keywords Inventive step - parametric triggering of payments (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANAGING FUNDING OF CATASTROPHE RELIEF EFFORTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055014.20210914				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1604/18 () of 11.3.2022
Online on 16.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 03754652.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title PAPER JAM DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T160418.20220311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0288/19 (notional business person) of 17.2.2022
Online on 16.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/08 G08G 5/00	Application no. 12735847.1
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - skilled person Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title AVIONIC SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY INTERCEPTION IN CASE OF IMMINENT DAMAGES OF AIRCRAFT FLEETS FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T028819.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 504 KB)
T 0318/19 () of 14.12.2021
Online on 16.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.12.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H 33/02 H01H 33/12 H01H 1/04 H01H 1/02 H01H 1/38 H01H 1/0233 H01H 1/0237 H01H 33/78	Application no. 13777286.9
Keywords Transfer d'opposition - admissible (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Clarté - requête subsidiaire (non)				Application title Dispositif d'établissement et/ou de coupure de courant à contacts permanents à usure réduite
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031819.20211214				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2434/19 (Distributed data processing/ONTOLOGY-PARTNERS) of 10.3.2022
Online on 16.03.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 10702898.7
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Data processing in a distributed computing environment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T243419.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2228/16 () of 14.12.2021
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36 A61M 1/02	Application no. 07803367.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title Blood recuperation device and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T222816.20211214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0817/17 (Transportbehälter/ GNS) of 29.11.2021
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 29.11.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G21F 5/12	Application no. 13175962.3
Keywords Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiges Beschwerdevorbringen eines Beteiligten Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge				Application title Transport- und/oder Lagerbehälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081717.20211129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1234/17 (Customization based on physiological data/ADIDAS AG) of 4.3.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/06 G06F 3/01 A63B 24/00	Application no. 12196928.1
Keywords Inventive step - customisation of footwear are based on human gait (no Inventive step - no technical features) Inventive step - mapping acceleration data to human gait (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title Customization based on physiological data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T123417.20220304				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 2027/17 (Offering a customized collection of products/ADIDAS AG) of 9.3.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 9.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/06	Application no. 12196923.2
Keywords Inventive step - simultaneous pre-customising common features of a set of products (no Inventive step - non-technical)				Application title Offering a customized collection of products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T202717.20220309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1164/18 () of 16.12.2021
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.12.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N 3/035 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/28	Application no. 08734586.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KATALYSATORSYSTEM UND SEINE VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T116418.20211216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1404/18 () of 7.3.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/14	Application no. 08250523.1
Keywords Withdrawal of approval of any text for maintenance of the patent				Application title Turbine blade for a turbomachine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T140418.20220307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)
T 2632/18 (ON/OFF triggering event/SMAPPEE) of 15.2.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 9/00 H02J 13/00	Application no. 14733605.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request and 1st auxiliary request (no): obvious selection from equally likely alternatives Admittance of claim request filed after summons - 2nd auxiliary request (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title Energy management system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T263218.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2669/18 () of 4.3.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F 12/00	Application no. 13704358.4
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag identisch mit dem im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren nicht zugelassenen Hilfsantrag Ermessen, Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR KÜHLUNG UND/ODER WÄRMERÜCKGEWINNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T266918.20220304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0362/19 (Laundering at low temperature/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 2.3.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00 C11D 3/00 C11D 3/39 C11D 3/34 C11D 3/16 C11D 3/386 C11D 1/29	Application no. 09010447.2
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of laundering fabrics at low temperature
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T036219.20220302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0864/19 () of 21.2.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 1/00 B67D 1/06 B67D 1/08	Application no. 12720373.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title MULTI-TOWER MODULAR BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T086419.20220221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1300/19 () of 1.2.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C 15/32 F24C 15/20 F24C 7/08 A21B 3/04 F24C 15/34	Application no. 12002606.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title Dampfgargerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T130019.20220201				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 461 KB)
T 2256/19 (Barrière thermique/Safran Aircraft Engines) of 7.2.2022
Online on 15.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C22C 19/05 C23C 28/04 C23C 30/00	Application no. 08153489.3
Keywords Preuves produites tardivement Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Barrière thermique déposée directement sur superalliages monocristallins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T225619.20220207				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 335 KB)
J 0005/19 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 72/04	Application no. 15750584.3
Keywords Correction of error - (yes) Withdrawal of the application				Application title DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) PRE-EMPTION AND ACCESS CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:J000519.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 2641/16 () of 10.3.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 25/065 H04L 12/56 G06F 15/78 H01L 23/14 H01L 23/538	Application no. 11749962.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes)				Application title MULTICHIP MODULE FOR COMMUNICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T264116.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1314/17 () of 22.2.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 11156387.0
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Novelty - (yes)				Application title Heart valve prothesis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T131417.20220222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2660/17 () of 7.3.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/02 H01L 33/00	Application no. 12708921.7
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Request filed with grounds of appeal - request in substance identical to request replaced in first instance proceedings				Application title SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T266017.20220307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1394/18 () of 10.2.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 5/18 G07D 7/00 B42D 25/00 B42D 25/29	Application no. 13799044.6
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T139418.20220210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 584 KB)
T 1754/18 (Emulsionskonzentrat/TUNAP) of 24.2.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/365 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/44 A61Q 9/02 A61Q 17/04 A61Q 19/00 A61Q 19/04 A61Q 19/06 A61K 8/04 A61K 8/06 A61K 8/92	Application no. 12716421.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Beweismittel - Sachverständigengutachen Beweismittel - nicht erforderlich Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title OW-EMULSIONSKONZENTRAT, VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG UND DIESES ENTHALTENDES HAUTKOSMETIKUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T175418.20220224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2522/18 (Prevention of opportunistic infections/NESTLE) of 10.1.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A61K 31/702 A61P 37/04 A61P 31/00 C12N 1/20	Application no. 08862982.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title PREVENTION OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN IMMUNE-COMPROMISED SUBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T252218.20220110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2353/19 (Single dose administration/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 3.2.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/01 A61K 39/12 C12N 7/04 C12Q 1/68 A61K 39/295	Application no. 12155378.8
Keywords Agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - appeal dismissed				Application title PCV2 immunogenic compositions and methods of producing such compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T235319.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 253 KB)
T 2710/19 (Formulations of Pomalidomide / CELGENE) of 9.3.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/26 A61K 47/36 A61K 9/48 A61K 31/454 A61K 47/10	Application no. 10720107.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title FORMULATIONS OF 4-AMINO-2-(2,6-DIOXOPIPERIDINE-3-YL)ISOINDOLINE-1,3-DIONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T271019.20220309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 3012/19 (Radiotracer compositions / GE HEALTHCARE) of 14.2.2022
Online on 14.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 51/08 C07B 63/00	Application no. 11794725.9
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Main request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title RADIOTRACER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T301219.20220214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0985/17 (Widerruf des Patents - kein Vorliegen einer von der Patentinhaberin … of 4.3.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B 23/30	Application no. 09796958.8
Keywords -				Application title MESSAPPARATUR FÜR UNTERDRUCKTHERAPIESYSTEME FÜR DIE WUNDBEHANDLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T098517.20220304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 240 KB)
T 2338/17 () of 13.12.2021
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.12.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 25/01 F16L 53/00 H05B 3/58 F01N 3/20 H01R 13/00	Application no. 11764783.4
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Einwände - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verwendung einer beheizbaren Fluidleitung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T233817.20211213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 2477/17 () of 1.12.2021
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 1.12.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 50/02 H01H 50/14 H01H 50/58 H01H 50/64	Application no. 07405020.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiger Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten Beschwerdebegründung - Hilfsantrag 4 (nein)				Application title Relais
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247717.20211201				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0325/18 () of 21.12.2021
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 88/16	Application no. 06828008.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CONTAINER ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T032518.20211221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 0786/18 (Pankreasextrakte / Nordmark) of 27.1.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 27.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 2/00 C07K 14/435 C12N 9/94	Application no. 09805986.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Pauschaler Verweis auf das Vorbringen in der ersten Instanz - nicht berücksichtigt				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VERRINGERUNG DER VIRALEN UND MIKROBIELLEN BELASTUNG FESTSTOFFHALTIGER AUS DEM PANKREAS VON TIEREN GEWONNENER EXTRAKTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078618.20220127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1231/18 (PIÈCE D'ACIER SOUDÉE/ArcelorMittal) of 18.2.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B23K 35/02 B23K 35/30 B23K 35/38 C22C 38/04 C22C 38/18 B62D 29/00 C21D 1/673 C21D 9/48 C21D 9/50 B32B 15/01 B23K 26/32	Application no. 12756555.4
Keywords Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (oui), requête principale Modifications - extension de la revendication (oui), première requête subsidaire Activité inventive - (oui),				Application title PIÈCE D'ACIER SOUDÉE MISE EN FORME À CHAUD À TRÈS HAUTE RÉSISTANCE MÉCANIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T123118.20220218				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1748/18 () of 17.12.2021
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/08	Application no. 13166121.7
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T174818.20211217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 2497/18 () of 1.3.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 9/095 B23K 9/10	Application no. 07809990.0
Keywords Right to be heard - proceedings before opposition division Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title WELDING JOB SEQUENCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T249718.20220301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0144/19 () of 14.2.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 11/30 A47L 11/26 A47L 11/40	Application no. 14177128.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Handgeführtes Bodenbearbeitungsgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T014419.20220214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0184/19 () of 13.12.2021
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04	Application no. 11716807.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Prohibition of reformatio in peius - not applicable				Application title A WIND TURBINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018419.20211213				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0198/19 () of 17.1.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/06	Application no. 11001581.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Windenergieanlagenrotorblatt mit variierender Blattiefe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T019819.20220117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0310/19 () of 7.2.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 7/02 F03D 7/04	Application no. 12703452.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE UND WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T031019.20220207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1568/19 () of 8.2.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 17/02 B65B 35/44 B65B 35/54 B65B 63/08 B65G 47/68	Application no. 15159222.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON GEBINDEN AUS UNTEREINANDER DURCH EIN HAFTMITTEL VERKLEBTEN ARTIKELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T156819.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0185/20 (Separation of carbon dioxide/BP Technology) of 2.3.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 3/50 C01B 32/50 F25J 3/06	Application no. 11701536.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Decision in written proceedings				Application title Separation of carbon dioxide from a synthesis gas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T018520.20220302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1982/20 () of 8.3.2022
Online on 11.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 19/06 G01S 17/02 G01S 13/86	Application no. 18181257.9
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja) Klarheit - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG EINES ÜBERWACHUNGSBEREICHES AUF VERLETZUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T198220.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1307/17 () of 16.11.2021
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.11.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H02B 13/055	Application no. 13177719.5
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Nouveauté - divulgation antérieure Nouveauté - caractéristiques implicites (non), Priorité - validité de la date de priorité (oui), Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Appareil de coupure d'un courant électrique de haute tension et son procédé de fabrication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T130717.20211116				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 751 KB)
T 1598/17 (Nervous system cell/RIKEN) of 22.2.2021
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/02 C12N 5/06	Application no. 05752560.2
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title METHOD OF INDUCING THE DIFFERENTIATION OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS INTO NERVE BY SERUM-FREE SUSPENSION CULTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159817.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0454/18 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B06B 1/02 B08B 3/12	Application no. 07753508.6
Keywords Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Internet disclosure - publication date				Application title MEGASONIC PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH FREQUENCY SWEEPING OF THICKNESS MODE TRANSDUCERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T045418.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 0650/18 (Sclerostin neutralising antibodies/AMGEN) of 23.11.2021
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/51 A61K 38/10 A61K 38/17	Application no. 10014362.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Sclerostin binding agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T065018.20211123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1607/18 () of 21.12.2021
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07G 1/12 G07D 11/00	Application no. 08796563.8
Keywords Patentable invention - technical and non-technical features Patentable invention - technical character of the invention Patentable invention - method for doing business Inventive step - (no)				Application title PROCESS OF AND SYSTEM FOR ADVANCING CREDIT FOR CASH COLLECTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T160718.20211221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2647/18 () of 10.2.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/32	Application no. 14172481.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Second auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Organic light emitting display device and method of driving the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T264718.20220210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2952/18 (Brennstoffe/WERNER) of 4.3.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C10L 5/44 C10L 5/36	Application no. 04705781.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung Reformatio in Peius - Hilfsanträge nicht zulässig				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON BRENNSTOFFEN AUS GEPRESSTER BIOMASSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T295218.20220304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2954/18 (Brennstoffe aus Biomasse/WERNER) of 23.2.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C10L 5/44 C10L 5/08 C10L 5/04	Application no. 03001796.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Ermittlung von Amts wegen - Beschwerdeverfahren Veschlechterungsverbot (reformatio in peius)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Brennstoffen aus gepresster Biomasse und Verwendung derselben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T295418.20220223				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0387/19 (Dry powder formulation of tiotropium/Bilgic Mahmut) of 3.3.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 9/14 A61K 31/167 A61K 31/35 A61M 15/00	Application no. 10773176.2
Keywords Main request - Novelty (No)				Application title DRY POWDER FORMULATION OF TIOTROPIUM CARRIED IN BLISTER STRIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T038719.20220303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260 KB)
T 0851/19 (Tablets comprising Sorafenib Tosylate / BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC) of 17.2.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/22 A61K 9/36 A61K 31/4412 A61P 35/00	Application no. 06707141.5
Keywords Representation - change of professional representative Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN OMEGA-CARBOXYARYL SUBSTITUTED DIPHENYL UREA FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T085119.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 2875/19 (Wireless fuel-tank sensors in an aircraft/BOEING) of 1.2.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 1.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 9/00	Application no. 14174603.2
Keywords Novelty - requests 0, 0A and auxiliary requests 0B, 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B (no): direct and unambiguous teaching in prior-art document to combine different sections Inventive step - auxiliary requests 3, 3A, 3B (no): skilled person's common general knowledge Inventive step - auxiliary requests 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 5A, 5B (no): juxtaposition Admittance of amendment after summons - auxiliary requests 1C to 7C (no): no exceptional circumstances Remittal (no): no special reasons				Application title Wireless fuel sensor system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T287519.20220201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 580 KB)
T 0068/20 (Lithium ion battery separator/Dreamweaver) of 14.1.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/14 H01M 2/16 H01M 10/052 H01G 11/52 B01D 67/00	Application no. 13857025.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title METHODS OF MAKING SINGLE-LAYER LITHIUM ION BATTERY SEPARATORS HAVING NANOFIBER AND MICROFIBER COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T006820.20220114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0269/20 (Bioreactor vessel port/FINESSE) of 11.1.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 1/36	Application no. 07795356.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - first auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title IMPROVED DISPOSABLE BIOREACTOR VESSEL PORT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T026920.20220111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1684/20 (Aluminium compounds/VALNEVA) of 8.3.2022
Online on 10.03.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12 A61K 39/39	Application no. 16183076.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Aluminium compounds for use in therapeutics and vaccines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168420.20220308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 2488/17 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 3/00 A61F 9/00 A61B 3/113 A61B 3/13 A61B 3/15 G06T 7/00	Application no. 10192818.2
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for multi-level eye registration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T248817.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0441/18 () of 2.12.2021
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/30	Application no. 09796208.8
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 - amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title TRUSS IMPLANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T044118.20211202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1991/18 () of 15.12.2021
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 65/40	Application no. 08787044.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title IMPROVED POLY(ARYLETHERKETONE)S AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T199118.20211215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 2125/18 () of 18.1.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 37/22	Application no. 11003983.1
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Drum type washing machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T212518.20220118				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 707 KB)
T 2689/18 () of 25.1.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 19/00	Application no. 14757855.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF CREW MEMBERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T268918.20220125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2911/18 () of 14.2.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 15/10	Application no. 17169549.7
Keywords Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LAUFWAGEN FÜR EINEN FLÜGEL ZUM LÄNGS-BEWEGEN DES FLÜGELS IN EINER PARALLEL ABGESTELLTEN LAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T291118.20220214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1031/19 (Fermented Dairy Product/DSM) of 4.2.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/10 A23C 9/123	Application no. 10196959.0
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1: inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 2: withdrawn Auxiliary request 3: admission - (no)				Application title FERMENTED DAIRY PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T103119.20220204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1645/19 (Selective haptic feedback/APPLE) of 26.1.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01 G06F 3/041 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 13795392.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORGOING GENERATION OF TACTILE OUTPUT FOR A MULTI-CONTACT GESTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T164519.20220126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 2485/19 () of 3.2.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A24D 3/02	Application no. 09000413.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Transport von Tow
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T248519.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2604/19 () of 18.2.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 3/20 B67C 3/28 G01G 15/00 G01G 17/00 G01G 23/37	Application no. 09778138.9
Keywords Angefochtene Entscheidung - aufgehoben Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title MULTIFINGERWAAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T260419.20220218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2644/19 (Micellar proteins/NESTLÉ) of 27.1.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/19 A61K 35/20 A61P 3/10 A23C 21/00	Application no. 12775022.2
Keywords Clarification of the opponent's identity by documents showing the opponent's original intention - (yes) Admission in appeal of documents which were not filed during the opposition proceedings - (yes) Request for hearing a member of the opposition division as witness - refused Opposition division's decision finding the opposition inadmissible set aside - (yes) Remittal to the opposition division Remittal - (yes)				Application title USE OF WHEY PROTEIN MICELLES FOR INFANTS AT RISK OF OBESITY OR DIABETES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T264419.20220127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2988/19 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/58 B60T 13/74	Application no. 09734396.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title MEHRKREISIGE ELEKTROHYDRAULISCHE KRAFTFAHRZEUGBREMSANLAGE UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN DAZU
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T298819.20220209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343 KB)
T 3163/19 () of 17.2.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B60K 6/48 B60K 6/547 F16H 3/02 B60W 20/10 B60W 10/06 B60W 10/08 B60W 10/113	Application no. 12717407.6
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Requête soumise tardivement - recevable (oui) Revendication presentée en deux parties- pas nécéssaire Citation d'un document de l'état de la technique dans la description - pas utile				Application title TRANSMISSION HYBRIDE POUR VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE ET PROCEDE DE COMMANDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T316319.20220217				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 293 KB)
T 0950/21 (RNA-directed target DNA modification and RNA-directed modulation of … of 1.3.2022
Online on 09.03.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/11 C12N 15/63 C07K 19/00 C12N 15/10 C12N 15/90 A61K 38/46 A61K 48/00	Application no. 17163434.8
Keywords Missing statement of grounds of appeal				Application title METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RNA-DIRECTED TARGET DNA MODIFICATION AND FOR RNA-DIRECTED MODULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T095021.20220301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 242 KB)
T 2623/17 () of 18.1.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02B 13/055 H01B 3/56	Application no. 09779737.7
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - claim directed to the use of a component of a gaseous mixture, not of the mixture itself Inventive Step - (yes) - third auxiliary request Admissibility - could be left undecided				Application title Dielectric Insulation Medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262317.20220118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 550 KB)
T 2626/17 () of 19.1.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B 3/56 H02B 13/055	Application no. 09783565.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - inherent features Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - choice of the less ambitious of two known alternatives Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Encapsulated Switchgear
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262617.20220119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1416/18 (Treatment of tumors/UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA) of 27.1.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/71 A61K 38/17 A61K 39/395 A61K 48/00 C07K 16/32	Application no. 06076149.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods of treating tumors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T141618.20220127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2182/18 () of 27.1.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 471/04 C07D 487/04 C07D 495/04 A61K 31/33 A61P 29/00	Application no. 08776202.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty Inventive step				Application title CYCLIC ETHERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T218218.20220127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 471 KB)
T 2973/18 () of 18.11.2021
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 8/20 G01V 15/00 F16P 3/14	Application no. 06124313.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title System and method of automatically controlling temporary deactivation of a photoelectric barrier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T297318.20211118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0347/19 (Intermediate tank/JAPAN OIL) of 11.2.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 2/00 C10G 47/00	Application no. 08861676.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - closest prior art unsuitable/unpromising starting point Late-filed request - No legal basis to contest admittance Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF WAX FRACTION STORAGE TANK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T034719.20220211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1596/19 () of 3.2.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 11/24 G01L 19/14 G01L 19/00	Application no. 13002928.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Erfassung und Verarbeitung von Sensormesswerten und/oder zur Steuerung von Aktuatoren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T159619.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1788/19 () of 24.2.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 49/16	Application no. 13003393.9
Keywords Inventive step (main request and auxiliary request 6) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed requests (auxiliary requests 1 to 5) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Assembly for an electrospray ion source
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178819.20220224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 1751/20 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 08.03.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 21/36	Application no. 15899589.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Admissibility of third and fourth auxiliary requests (no) - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title ROUTE GUIDANCE DEVICE AND ROUTE GUIDANCE METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T175120.20220303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1917/17 () of 3.12.2021
Online on 07.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.12.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G02F 1/03	Application no. 09776892.3
Keywords Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - keine uneinheitliche Rechtsprechung und keine Rechtsfrage von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung Beweismittel - allein in der Hand eines Verfahrensbeteiligten (nein) Beweismaß - Abwägung der Wahrscheinlichkeiten (ja) Einspruchsgrund mangelnder erfinderischer Tätigkeit - steht der Aufrechterhaltung entgegen (ja) Hilfsantrag - Berücksichtigung im Verfahren (ja) Hilfsantrag - erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title Ansteuerschaltung für Pockelszelle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T191717.20211203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 663 KB)
T 0750/18 () of 20.12.2021
Online on 07.03.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 489/12	Application no. 09789380.4
Keywords Correction of error - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - complete case (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - No need to raise objections against all dependent claims Late-filed test results - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (no) Reply to grounds of appeal - complete case (no) - auxiliary request not substantiated Amendment of the case after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - auxiliary request 6 admitted (no)				Application title PROCESSES FOR THE ALKYLATION OF NORBUPRENORPHINE WITH REDUCED IMPURITY FORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T075018.20211220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 722 KB)
T 0935/18 () of 3.2.2022
Online on 07.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 33/24 B65D 75/58 B65D 75/00	Application no. 11715116.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden				Application title RECLOSABLE POUCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T093518.20220203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2747/18 () of 21.2.2022
Online on 07.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 5/22 F42B 39/28 F41A 9/82	Application no. 12196814.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument erstinstanzlich zugelassen (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Schiebetürvorrichtung für Munitionsmagazin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T274718.20220221				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1005/19 () of 15.2.2022
Online on 07.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 11/06	Application no. 12250012.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Self-stowing jumpseat for aircraft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T100519.20220215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
D 0041/21 () of 1.3.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D004121.20220301				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 210 KB)
T 0745/17 () of 14.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 81/26 B65D 69/00 B65D 73/00 B65D 1/24 B65D 51/18	Application no. 11157224.4
Keywords Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title A substantially moisture tight container and cap assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T074517.20220114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1066/17 () of 13.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B03C 1/01 B03C 1/32	Application no. 09714410.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - submitted after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - exceptional circumstances (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF SOLID PARTICLES HAVING DIFFERENT DENSITIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T106617.20220113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1797/17 () of 24.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 9/14 B28D 1/14	Application no. 02024899.3
Keywords Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 6 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 7 Amendments - extension of the protection conferred by the patent (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeals Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Eyeglass lens processing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T179717.20220124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2125/17 (Automated operation list/FUJIFILM) of 28.2.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/40 G06F 9/44 A61B 6/03	Application no. 11183240.8
Keywords Claims - support by the description (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Device, method and program for the automated generation of a list of operations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T212517.20220228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0356/18 () of 10.2.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 41/03	Application no. 04255214.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Linear motor with reduced cogging force
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T035618.20220210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1188/18 () of 19.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 9/10	Application no. 07843052.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL COMMUNICATION OF A WELDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118818.20220119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 1249/18 (Counterfeit preventive paper/TOPPAN) of 8.2.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 21/42 B32B 15/08 G07D 7/20 B42D 15/00	Application no. 06768119.7
Keywords Late-filed novelty objection - not justified - not prima facie relevant : not considered Late-filed objections of novelty and added subject-matter Late-filed objection - submitted during oral proceedings without cogent reasons: not considered Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title THREAD AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, FORGERY PREVENTING FORM USING THREAD, AND FORGERY PREVENTING PRINTED MATTER, AND FORGERY JUDGING METHOD USING THEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124918.20220208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1588/18 () of 31.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 31.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 17/00 G01C 7/06	Application no. 12163727.6
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request: yes) Clarity (auxiliary request: yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (auxiliary request: yes) Inventive step (auxiliary request: yes)				Application title Apparatus for the measurement of capacity of a container and associated method of measurement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T158818.20220131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517 KB)
T 1685/18 () of 12.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 16/02 B60R 13/02 H05K 3/00	Application no. 10700278.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - neighbouring field Claims - clarity (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title HEADLINER WITH INTEGRAL WIRE HARNESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168518.20220112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2017/18 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00 A61M 15/06	Application no. 12812186.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title AN AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE HAVING AN INTERNAL HEATER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T201718.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2061/18 () of 18.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.1.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D21F 7/08 D21F 3/04	Application no. 11778915.6
Keywords -				Application title PRESSENPARTIE EINER MASCHINE ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER FASERSTOFFBAHN UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER FASERSTOFFBAHN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T206118.20220118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2825/18 () of 17.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.1.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B62K 21/26	Application no. 09786157.9
Keywords Procédure orale - tenue par visioconférence Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (non)				Application title POIGNÉE POUR GUIDON D'UN VÉHICULE À DEUX ROUES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T282518.20220117				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 304 KB)
T 2997/18 () of 14.12.2021
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.12.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B 51/00 B23B 51/02	Application no. 08702699.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by patent proprietor (yes)				Application title TOOL WITH RELEASABLY MOUNTED SELF-CLAMPING CUTTING HEAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T299718.20211214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 569 KB)
T 0255/19 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 13/10 B21B 31/10 B21B 35/04	Application no. 11715750.3
Keywords Novelty - prior disclosure Novelty - implicit features (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title ROLLING MILL FOR LONG ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T025519.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 0415/19 () of 20.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01D 34/66 A01D 57/30 A01D 75/30	Application no. 13177484.6
Keywords Request withdrawn before the opposition division Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Mower
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T041519.20220120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1567/19 (Workflow generation in a print shop / Ricoh) of 22.11.2021
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/12	Application no. 12155216.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - lack of technical effect Amendment to case - requirements of Art. 12(2) RPBA met (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - suitability to resolve issues (no)				Application title Workflow generation in a print shop environment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T156719.20211122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1713/19 (Toxin A-Toxin B fusion/VALNEVA) of 9.11.2021
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/08 C07K 14/33	Application no. 11769799.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Isolated polypeptide of the toxin A and toxin B proteins of C. difficile and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T171319.20211109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 526 KB)
T 2440/19 () of 11.1.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 3/56	Application no. 14192920.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System for latching and locking a folding wing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T244019.20220111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2553/19 () of 7.2.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 29/04 G01N 29/28 F01D 25/28	Application no. 12164014.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation in the first-instance oral proceedings (no) Remittal and reimbursement of the appeal fee (no) Admission of requests filed in appeal (no) Award of costs (no)				Application title Device and method to perform ultrasonic testing of turbomachines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T255319.20220207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0470/20 () of 1.3.2022
Online on 04.03.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 1/137	Application no. 09730082.6
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Rechtliches Gehör - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels				Application title LAGERREGAL MIT AUTOMATISCHER LAGERORTBUCHUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047020.20220301				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 289 KB)
D 0011/21 () of 28.2.2022
Online on 03.03.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D001121.20220228				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
D 0027/21 () of 25.2.2022
Online on 03.03.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 25.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D002721.20220225				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
D 0029/21 () of 28.2.2022
Online on 03.03.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D002921.20220228				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
D 0039/21 () of 28.2.2022
Online on 03.03.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 28.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D003921.20220228				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 0999/16 (Wireless communication platform/IQRF) of 4.2.2022
Online on 03.03.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/38 H04M 1/725 G01F 15/06 G08C 17/02	Application no. 06019997.3
Keywords Postponement of oral proceedings for a fourth time - (no) Clarity - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Module for wireless communication with central processor unit
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