Recently published decisions

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

December 2018
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December 2018

T 0221/13 () of 28.9.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 9/12 H02K 9/18	Application no. 99811017.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuer Einwand basierend auf im Einspruchverfahren eingereichten Dokumenten Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neue Tatsachen und Beweismittel Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (nein)				Application title Gasgekühlte elektrische Maschine mit einem Axialventilator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T022113.20180928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324.711K)
T 0637/13 (Protein arrays/SENGENICS) of 20.6.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/543 G01N 33/68 B01J 19/00 C07K 1/00	Application no. 01902520.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Oral proceedings - held in absence of the parties				Application title METHODS OF GENERATING PROTEIN EXPRESSION ARRAYS AND THE USE THEREOF IN RAPID SCREENING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T063713.20180620				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404.869K)
T 0967/13 () of 4.12.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.12.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/0967 G08G 1/0969 G01C 21/26	Application no. 09004919.8
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Telematics terminal and method for controlling vehicle using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T096713.20181204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.602K)
T 1164/14 (STADA/ Pharmazeutische Zusammensetzung) of 8.11.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/42	Application no. 05005536.7
Keywords Hauptantrag: erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verwendung von Antioxidantien zur Herstellung einer pharmazeutischen oder kosmetischen Zusammensetzung zum Schutz der Haut gegen Schädigung durch Infrarot-Strahlung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T116414.20181108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290.230K)
T 1570/14 () of 9.10.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC D04H 1/46 D04H 3/10	Application no. 06755513.6
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Nouveauté - (oui) Nouveauté - usage antérieur public (non) Nouveauté - insuffisamment prouvé Priorité - (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - audition de témoin Preuves produites tardivement - report de la procédure orale nécessaire (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Moyens invoqués tardivement Motifs d'opposition - nouveau motif d'opposition (oui) non admis				Application title TAMBOUR POUR MACHINE DE FABRICATION D'UN NON TISSE A MOTIFS ET NON TISSE OBTENU.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T157014.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 550.979K)
T 0123/15 (Phosphatfreies Geschirrspülmittel / HENKEL) of 15.10.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 1/72	Application no. 07847827.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1): nein Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4: nein - verspätet eingereicht				Application title Reinigungsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T012315.20181015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355.598K)
T 1203/15 (Phosphatfreies Geschirrspülmittel / HENKEL) of 15.10.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 1/72	Application no. 07847827.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1): nein Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4: nein - verspätet eingereicht				Application title Reinigungsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T120315.20181015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372.150K)
T 0014/16 () of 6.11.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B23P 6/00 C21D 9/50	Application no. 05253365.0
Keywords Novelty Inventive step				Application title Methods for repairing gas turbine engine components
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T001416.20181106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.027K)
T 0208/16 () of 11.10.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 1/14 B60D 1/06	Application no. 09163417.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Anhängekupplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T020816.20181011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294.926K)
T 0726/16 (Double extrusion / ALLERGAN) of 30.10.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 30.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61P 27/02 A61K 31/36	Application no. 07017089.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (yes)				Application title Ocular implant made by a double extrusion process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T072616.20181030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365.596K)
T 0921/16 () of 6.11.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08H 5/04 C10G 1/00 C10L 1/02 C10L 5/44 C08L 1/02 C08L 97/02 C08J 3/28	Application no. 09075137.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (all requests: yes)				Application title Processing biomass
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T092116.20181106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.410K)
T 1144/17 (Production of HF/DAIKIN) of 12.11.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 7/19 C01F 11/46	Application no. 10797026.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - multiple selection Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN FLUORIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T114417.20181112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.607K)
T 2348/17 () of 19.10.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 02804403.0
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Remittal to the Opposition Division				Application title IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC VALVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T234817.20181019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445.772K)
T 1321/18 (Missing statement of grounds II/TEXAS INSTRUMENTS) of 5.12.2018
Online on 10.12.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.12.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G11C 29/50 G11C 29/02 H01L 23/34 G11C 5/14	Application no. 06770997.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (no) Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Apparatus and methods for maintaining integrated circuit performance at reduce power
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T132118.20181205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228.805K)
T 2559/12 (Wireless IC device / MURATA MANUFACTURING) of 5.10.2018
Online on 07.12.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 5.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 1/50 G06K 19/07 G06K 19/077 H01Q 1/38 H01Q 1/46 H01Q 9/16 H04B 5/02	Application no. 10158746.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Wireless IC device and component for wireless IC device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T255912.20181005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.156K)
T 0244/14 () of 20.11.2018
Online on 07.12.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 31/18 H01L 23/544	Application no. 07726561.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SOLARZELLENMARKIERVERFAHREN UND SOLARZELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T024414.20181120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360.745K)
T 0328/14 () of 17.10.2018
Online on 07.12.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 5/00 B41J 3/407	Application no. 09159718.7
Keywords Right to be heard - opposition procedure (not violated) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (no) Amendments - extension of the protection (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Claims - clarity, main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Production line for manufacturing of flat wood-based panels with a printed upper surface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T032814.20181017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441.114K)
T 1384/15 (Class-action prediction/SWISS RE) of 17.9.2018
Online on 07.12.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 08154400.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - both requests (no) Inventive step - both requests (no)				Application title System and method for aggregation and monitoring of multimedia data stored in a decentralized way
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T138415.20180917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.688K)
T 2260/15 () of 6.11.2018
Online on 07.12.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 9/00	Application no. 08100065.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) - auxiliary request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Configurable digital badge holder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T226015.20181106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377.685K)
T 1047/16 (Titainium diboride powders/ALCOA) of 19.11.2018
Online on 07.12.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 35/04	Application no. 10773822.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title METHODS OF MAKING TITANIUM DIBORIDE POWDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T104716.20181119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304.385K)
T 1556/17 (Web-page retrieval/TNO) of 5.10.2018
Online on 07.12.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 01943217.8
Keywords Inventive step - both requests (no)				Application title A method and a system for retrieving data of a data network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T155617.20181005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.940K)
T 2301/13 () of 23.10.2018
Online on 06.12.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/32	Application no. 06025840.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Display device and method of driving the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T230113.20181023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.964K)
T 0664/14 () of 10.10.2018
Online on 06.12.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 65/46 B65D 81/32	Application no. 08701831.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DOSAGE ELEMENT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DOSAGE ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T066414.20181010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342.307K)
T 0724/14 () of 26.10.2018
Online on 06.12.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 9/00	Application no. 08709102.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING A LOCK BY USE OF MONITORING OF CURRENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T072414.20181026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278.907K)
T 2035/15 () of 6.11.2018
Online on 06.12.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 95/00 C08K 3/32 C08K 9/08	Application no. 98913369.9
Keywords Documents submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (no) Inventive step - obvious measures (all requests)				Application title ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T203515.20181106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382.216K)
T 0044/17 (Nonaqueous electrochemical cell/ Energizer) of 26.9.2018
Online on 06.12.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 6/16	Application no. 03757346.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title NONAQUEOUS ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH IMPROVED ENERGY DENSITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T004417.20180926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366.658K)
T 1293/18 () of 30.11.2018
Online on 06.12.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 30.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06F 19/00	Application no. 07776655.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PATIENT CUSTOMIZED THERAPEUTIC REGIMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T129318.20181130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.767K)
J 0002/18 () of 27.11.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 27.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 70/22 B29C 70/46 B29C 70/48 B29C 70/54 B29C 70/86 B29C 70/88 B60B 5/00 B60B 27/02 B29K 307/04	Application no. 12250099.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal				Application title Manufacturing method and structure of bicycle wheel hub
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000218.20181127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238.662K)
R 0001/17 (Überprüfungsantrag/IFM ELECTRONIC) of 10.7.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C01F 23/284	Application no. 97109195.4
Keywords Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Äußerungsrecht gewährleistet aktive Rolle der Parteien erforderlich Überprüfungsantrag als unbegründet zurückgewiesen				Application title Mit Mikrowellen arbeitendes Füllstandsmessgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:R000117.20180710				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 27.559K)
T 0084/14 () of 13.8.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/12 A61B 17/00	Application no. 10005062.4
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Multi-layer braided structures for occluding vascular defects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T008414.20180813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415.044K)
T 0189/14 () of 5.7.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 27/22 A61L 27/30 A61L 27/50 A61L 27/54	Application no. 08708969.4
Keywords Beschwerde des Patentinhabers nicht zulässig - Priorität - dieselbe Erfindung (nein) Alle Anträge: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON LAGERFÄHIGEN IMPLANTATEN MIT EINER ULTRAHYDROPHILEN OBERFLÄCHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T018914.20180705				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390.999K)
T 0471/14 () of 9.10.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 5/20 C09K 5/10 C23F 11/10	Application no. 06708473.1
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör verletzt (nein) Alle Anträge: Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title GLYZERINHALTIGE GEFRIERSCHUTZMITTELKONZENTRATE MIT KORROSIONSSCHUTZ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T047114.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347.902K)
T 1250/14 (Sicherheitsmodul/WAGO) of 9.11.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/418 G05B 19/042	Application no. 07021991.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge 1, 2, 4 (nein)				Application title Sicherheitsmodul und Automatisierungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T125014.20181109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367.935K)
T 1761/14 () of 27.11.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 02704664.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title PAYMENT INSTRUMENT AUTHORIZATION TECHNIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T176114.20181127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338.151K)
T 0732/15 (Separable CRC/ADAPTEC) of 19.9.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 19.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/00 H03M 13/09 H04L 1/00 H04L 29/06 H03M 13/11	Application no. 02791409.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Separable cyclic redundancy check
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T073215.20180919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323.886K)
T 0956/17 (Weather and environmental sensor network/LOCATOR) of 13.11.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46 G01W 1/00 G06Q 10/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06718140.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 2 (no)				Application title INTERACTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T095617.20181113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350.248K)
T 1325/17 (Location-based dating/LOCATOR) of 13.11.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/16 G06Q 10/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 07718070.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title INTERACTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T132517.20181113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365.834K)
T 0525/18 (Oxidation catalyst/JOHNSON MATTHEY) of 7.11.2018
Online on 05.12.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/02 B01J 37/03 B01J 35/00 B01J 20/18 B01J 23/42 B01J 23/44 B01D 53/94 B01J 29/06 B01J 29/068 B01J 29/74 B01J 29/76 B01J 35/04 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/28	Application no. 12773358.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title OXIDATION CATALYST FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T052518.20181107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 226.058K)
T 1660/13 () of 16.11.2018
Online on 04.12.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H01T 13/32 H01T 13/20	Application no. 07004484.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Zündkerze
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T166013.20181116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296.357K)
T 0531/14 () of 7.11.2018
Online on 04.12.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 35/00 B01L 9/00 B01L 3/00	Application no. 05106506.8
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request 6 (14:50 hours) (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 (14:50 hours) (yes)				Application title Handling unit for microfluidic devices with clamping means
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T053114.20181107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470.837K)
T 0591/15 () of 26.10.2018
Online on 04.12.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 1/46	Application no. 05850981.1
Keywords Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - late-filed request (admitted)				Application title PROCESS AND RELATED PLANT FOR PRODUCING STEEL STRIPS WITH SOLUTION OF CONTINUITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T059115.20181026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312.770K)
T 1125/15 () of 18.9.2018
Online on 04.12.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F16G 13/16 H02G 11/00	Application no. 07723528.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title ENERGIEFÜHRUNGSKETTE AUS METALL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T112515.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387.974K)
T 1385/16 () of 28.11.2018
Online on 04.12.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D 17/06 B60H 1/00 F25D 19/00 B60H 1/32 F25D 17/04	Application no. 07810724.0
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title EVAPORATOR AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TRAILER REFRIGERATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T138516.20181128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297.166K)
T 1999/16 () of 27.11.2018
Online on 04.12.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 5/04	Application no. 11156737.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Instandsetzung eines Verbundpanzerungselements sowie Reparatur-Set zur Durchführung der Instandsetzung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T199916.20181127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288.875K)
T 0888/17 (PROCESS FOR PREPARING BEADLETS OF LIPOPHILIC NUTRIENTS/OmniActive … of 5.11.2018
Online on 04.12.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/10 A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50	Application no. 04770702.1
Keywords Request for correction of the minutes (No) Objection under Rule 106 EPC Adaptation of the description (Yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING BEADLETS OF LIPOPHILIC NUTRIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T088817.20181105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391.445K)
T 1614/13 () of 27.11.2018
Online on 03.12.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H03B 7/14 H03B 7/08 H01L 29/88 H03F 3/12	Application no. 04815338.1
Keywords Claims - all requests Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method and Apparatus for Effecting High-Frequency Amplification or Oscillation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T161413.20181127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305.899K)
T 0754/16 (MICROFLUIDIZED OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS AND VACCINE COMPOSITIONS/Zoetis … of 20.11.2018
Online on 03.12.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/39	Application no. 04722345.8
Keywords Substantial violation of the procedure by the opposition division (Yes) Refund of the appeal fees (No) Main request - Product by process - Novelty (No) Auxiliary requests 1-3 - Novelty (No) Auxiliary request 4 - Remittal to the opposition division				Application title MICROFLUIDIZED OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS AND VACCINE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T075416.20181120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476.756K)
T 2419/17 () of 19.11.2018
Online on 03.12.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 27/00 G01N 22/02	Application no. 05775204.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title HIGH-RESOLUTION, NONDESTRUCTIVE IMAGING OF DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T241917.20181119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 223.701K)

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T 0401/12 (Kontaktloser Datenträger / GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) of 22.11.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 19/077 G06K 19/14 G06K 7/00 G06K 7/10	Application no. 04727008.7
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Verfahrensökonomie (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title KONTAKTLOSER DATENTRÄGER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T040112.20181122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 482.730K)
T 2594/12 (Tablets comprising prasugrel hydrochloride/DAIICHI UBE) of 25.5.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4365 A61K 9/20 A61P 7/02	Application no. 07850168.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING LOW-SUBSTITUTED HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T259412.20180525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.361K)
T 0676/13 () of 22.10.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 25/08 G08G 1/123	Application no. 06018924.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1, 4 Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsverfahren Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein) Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge 2, 3				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Benachrichtigung von Notrufabfragestellen der Polizei, der Feuerwehr oder der Rettungsdienste über eingegangene Notrufe mit Ortungsinformationen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T067613.20181022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400.583K)
T 0299/14 () of 18.10.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC D21F 11/08 D21H 21/42 D21H 21/44 D21H 27/30 D21H 27/32 D21H 21/40	Application no. 08827561.5
Keywords Moyens de preuve produits avec les motifs du recours Moyens de preuve - recevabilité (oui) Document produit tardivement dans la procédure de recours Document produit tardivement - justification du retard (non) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN MATÉRIAU EN FEUILLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T029914.20181018				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 521.813K)
T 0342/14 () of 12.10.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 08788463.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Clarity - first auxiliary request (no) Oral proceedings - opportunity to present comments (yes)				Application title SCANNING TERAHERTZ PROBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T034214.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319.484K)
T 1120/14 () of 2.10.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 11/16	Application no. 07001076.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes)				Application title Hub transmission for a bicycle and method for shifting such a hub transmission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T112014.20181002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346.070K)
T 1957/14 (Quantitative trait loci/ SYNGENTA) of 17.1.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.1.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/82	Application no. 08701583.0
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - clarity (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 4 and 5 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Maize plants characterised by quantitative trait loci (QTL)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T195714.20180117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483.800K)
T 0963/15 () of 12.10.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A23L 1/29 A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18 A61K 38/00 A61K 31/195	Application no. 04739936.5
Keywords Main, 1st-11th auxiliary request - added matter (yes)				Application title AMINO ACID SUPPLEMENTATION FOR A HEALTHY MICROBIOTA ECOSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T096315.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358.559K)
T 1129/15 (Sample processing/APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS) of 24.9.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 7/00	Application no. 07812273.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COOLING IN A THERMAL CYCLER USING HEAT PIPES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T112915.20180924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.003K)
T 1890/15 (Epoxidation with catalyst on a fluoride-minaralised carrier/SHELL) of 19.12.2017
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 19.12.2017	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 301/10	Application no. 05815008.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Oral submission by an accompanying person (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)				Application title A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN OLEFIN OXIDE, A 1,2-DIOL, A 1.2-DIOL ETHER, OR AN ALKANOLAMINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T189015.20171219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480.074K)
T 2273/16 (Fliesenkleber/DOW GLOBAL) of 22.10.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 24/38	Application no. 01104579.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verwendung von Polysacchariden oder Polysaccharidderivaten, die nach Vergelung und Heiss-Dampf-Mahltrocknung mittels Gas- oder Wasserdampftrocknung hergestellt wurden, in Baustoffgemischen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T227316.20181022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307.042K)
T 2441/16 (Therapy Control / MEDTRONIC) of 19.9.2018
Online on 30.11.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/36	Application no. 09733481.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER THERAPY CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T244116.20180919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347.920K)
T 0827/13 (Providing cloud storage/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 26.11.2018
Online on 29.11.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 10163521.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Client, brokerage server and method for providing cloud storage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T082713.20181126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383.484K)
T 1590/15 (Efavirenz/ MSD) of 25.10.2018
Online on 29.11.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/28 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/535	Application no. 03076054.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Efavirenz compressed tablet formulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T159015.20181025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.606K)
T 1628/18 (Web-data integration/SIEMENS ÖSTERREICH) of 26.11.2018
Online on 29.11.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 13162170.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title Computer implemented method for integrating data from the Web from different sources by using SPARQL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T162818.20181126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241.469K)
T 0970/13 (Flexible request-response cycles/SAP) of 23.11.2018
Online on 28.11.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 03005712.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and computer system for enabling flexible request-response cycles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T097013.20181123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301.096K)
T 2387/13 () of 18.4.2018
Online on 28.11.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 11/12 F16L 11/16	Application no. 07846449.2
Keywords Admissibility of auxiliary request 9 (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no; all requests)				Application title A flexible pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T238713.20180418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488.222K)
T 0555/14 () of 19.9.2018
Online on 28.11.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A01C 9/02 A01B 49/06	Application no. 06708189.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title KOMBINIERTE LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE MASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T055514.20180919				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 816.746K)
T 2262/15 () of 9.10.2018
Online on 28.11.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/17 B60T 8/32 B60T 8/88 B60T 17/08	Application no. 08707449.8
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BREMSANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN EINER BREMSANLAGE FÜR EIN NUTZFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T226215.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287.506K)
T 0443/17 () of 13.11.2018
Online on 28.11.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.11.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B66F 9/075 B60G 9/02 B60G 17/005	Application no. 06290336.4
Keywords Faits produits tardivement - avec les motifs du recours Requête produite tardivement - recevable (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Dispositif de contrôle du basculement pour chariot élévateur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T044317.20181113				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 349.135K)
T 1553/13 (Inadmissibility of an appeal where the appeal fee is paid after … of 20.2.2014
Online on 27.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.2.2014	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N 3/035 F01N 3/28 F01N 13/18	Application no. 08716627.8
Keywords Notice of appeal filed after expiry of appeal period Appeal fee paid after expiry of appeal period Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T155313.20140220				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.407K)
T 1553/13 (Irrecevabilité d'un recours en cas de paiement de la taxe de … of 20.2.2014
Online on 27.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.2.2014	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N 3/035 F01N 3/28 F01N 13/18	Application no. 08716627.8
Keywords Formation du recours après l'expiration du délai de recours Paiement de la taxe de recours après l'expiration du délai de recours Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T155313.20140220				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 27.576K)
T 1910/13 () of 21.11.2018
Online on 27.11.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/15 H04N 7/18 G10L 19/00 G10L 19/14	Application no. 10178971.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Apparatus, method, and computer program for supporting video conferencing in a communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T191013.20181121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315.760K)
T 0263/14 () of 7.10.2018
Online on 27.11.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/402 A61K 31/4704 A61K 31/428 A61P 11/00	Application no. 05749635.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by patent proprietors (no)				Application title COMBINATIONS OF GLYCOPYRROLATE AND BETA2 ADRENOCEPTOR AGONISTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T026314.20181007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235.690K)
T 0756/14 (Optoelektronischer Sensor - Rückzahlung weiterer Recherchegebühren/ … of 21.9.2018
Online on 27.11.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/02	Application no. 07119594.5
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - fehlende Möglichkeit zur Stellungnahme vor Zwischenentscheidung über Nichtrückzahlung sämtlicher weiterer Recherchengebühren Rechtliches Gehör - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor sowie Verfahren zur Erfassung und Abstandsbestimmung eines Objekts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T075614.20180921				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287.882K)
T 2059/15 () of 8.11.2018
Online on 27.11.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G07C 5/00 G07C 5/08	Application no. 08786433.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title TACHOGRAPH, ANORDNUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR DATEN-ÜBERTRAGUNG ÜBER EINE BENUTZERFREUNDLICHE SCHNITTSTELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T205915.20181108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300.301K)
T 2482/12 (Optoelektronischer Sensor/SICK) of 21.9.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/02	Application no. 07119594.5
Keywords Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - gleiche oder entsprechende besondere technische Merkmale Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor sowie Verfahren zur Erfassung und Abstandsbestimmung eines Objekts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T248212.20180921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384.976K)
T 2360/13 () of 20.11.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/00	Application no. 01996074.9
Keywords Inventive step: yes (amended claims)				Application title REMOTE CORIOLIS FLOWMETER SIZING AND ORDERING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T236013.20181120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304.405K)
T 1046/14 (Icon manipulations on touch screen/OPTIS CELLULLAR) of 13.9.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 07006748.3
Keywords -				Application title Method of displaying object and terminal capable of implementing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T104614.20180913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286.205K)
T 1521/14 () of 20.9.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 43/11 C11D 1/825	Application no. 03718790.3
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title ALKOXYLATGEMISCHE UND DIESE ENTHALTENDE WASCHMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T152114.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312.178K)
T 1809/14 (Agent de coloration /L'Oréal) of 26.9.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/34 A61Q 5/08 A61Q 5/10 A61K 8/22 A61K 8/31 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/44	Application no. 10194754.7
Keywords Moyens invoqués tardivement - document admis (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (non) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Agent de coloration et/ou de décoloration des fibres kératiniques en deux parties, comprenant un corps gras et un agent séquestrant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T180914.20180926				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 430.271K)
T 0652/15 () of 27.9.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B23K 9/12	Application no. 08168171.0
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - requête principale (oui)				Application title Procédé de soudage à l'arc par court-circuit avec électrode fusible
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T065215.20180927				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 305.387K)
T 0820/15 (Pilot training patterns/COHERENT) of 18.9.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 25/02 H04L 25/03	Application no. 09755804.3
Keywords Oral proceedings held in the absence of the appellant Unsearched subject-matter - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Transmission of multimedia streams to mobile devices with variable training information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T082015.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380.593K)
T 1301/15 () of 9.10.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B21D 51/44 B21D 51/38 B65D 51/14	Application no. 10165997.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable Amendments - main request , auxiliary requests 1,3 (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 2 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Late submitted material - document admitted (no)				Application title A metal closure with separate disc and ring from a single closure blank
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T130115.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355.535K)
T 0006/16 () of 9.11.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E03D 9/08	Application no. 04021610.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument erstinstanzlich zugelassen (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja)				Application title Wasserklosett
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T000616.20181109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370.696K)
T 1113/18 () of 26.10.2018
Online on 26.11.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61K 39/395 A61K 9/127 C12N 15/13 A61P 29/00 A61P 35/00	Application no. 11824164.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ANTI-HUMAN FOLATE RECEPTOR BETA ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T111318.20181026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224.467K)
T 0715/13 () of 20.9.2018
Online on 23.11.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00	Application no. 06757934.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title STEREOPROJECTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T071513.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341.303K)
T 1465/13 () of 5.11.2018
Online on 23.11.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F41G 3/26	Application no. 02729392.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Combat Simulation wherein Target Objects are Associated to Protecting Object by means of a Local Co-operation Between the Target Objects and the Relevant Protecting Objects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T146513.20181105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.683K)
T 1314/14 () of 25.9.2018
Online on 23.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC D01G 25/00 D01G 15/46 D04H 1/70 D04H 1/72	Application no. 09370008.6
Keywords Nouveauté - (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - requêtes clairement admissibles (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - recevables (non)				Application title Dispositif ou système tampon et système de production d'une bande de non-tissé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T131414.20180925				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 376.526K)
T 2013/14 (Cleansing composition / KAO) of 20.9.2018
Online on 23.11.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/42 A61Q 5/02	Application no. 03029668.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title Hair cleansing composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T201314.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352.358K)
T 1376/16 (TOTAL / PRODUCTION OF NAPHTHA / CRACKING OF NAPHTHA) of 18.9.2018
Online on 23.11.2018	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 3/00 C11C 3/12 C11C 3/00 C11C 3/02	Application no. 10730483.4
Keywords Late-filed main request - request filed at the oral proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIO-NAPHTHA FROM COMPLEX MIXTURES OF NATURAL OCCURRING FATS&OILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T137616.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.081K)
T 0482/13 (Peptide YY/CURIS) of 12.11.2018
Online on 22.11.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/22 C12N 5/071 G01N 33/50 A61P 3/06 A61P 3/08 A61P 5/48	Application no. 00913417.2
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Peptide YY (PYY) for treating glucose metabolic disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T048213.20181112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238.053K)
T 2507/16 (Gasentwicklungszelle/Simatec) of 30.10.2018
Online on 22.11.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 30.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H01M 4/42 H01M 4/62 H01M 6/06 H01M 12/06	Application no. 09179207.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Elektrochemische Gasentwicklungszelle, insbesondere quecksilberfreie Wasserstoffentwicklungszelle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T250716.20181030				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297.406K)
T 0339/17 (Heissleimauftragssystem/BAUMER) of 11.10.2018
Online on 22.11.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 23/24 B05C 5/02	Application no. 07786592.1
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title HEISSLEIMAUFTRAGSSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR REGELUNG UND ÜBERWACHUNG DES HEISSLEIMAUFTRAGSSYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T033917.20181011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332.510K)
T 1568/13 () of 17.10.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173	Application no. 99902737.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Digital television system which selects images for display in a video sequence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T156813.20181017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.194K)
T 0840/14 () of 26.10.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A01F 15/08	Application no. 07103031.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Steuereinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T084014.20181026				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293.992K)
T 1594/14 () of 6.11.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/16 A61M 39/04	Application no. 07009566.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Medizinisches Arbeitsmittel, medizinische Baugruppe mit einem derartigen Arbeitsmittel sowie Verwendung eines derartigen medizinischen Arbeitsmittels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T159414.20181106				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306.245K)
T 1663/14 () of 18.10.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G01C 15/00 G01S 5/16	Application no. 04002857.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Bestimmung der räumlichen Lage und Position eines Reflektorstabes in Bezug zu einem Messpunkt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T166314.20181018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 469.711K)
T 2003/14 () of 13.9.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00	Application no. 07849179.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING STABILIZED ABSORBENT STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T200314.20180913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360.965K)
T 0104/15 (Populating data entry fields/BLACKBERRY) of 15.11.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/16	Application no. 10178511.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of the appellant Inventive step - main request (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary requests (yes) Remittal for further prosecution - (no): introduction of new evidence alone does not necessitate remittal				Application title User interface for integrating applications on a mobile communication device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T010415.20181115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368.771K)
T 2376/15 () of 26.10.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 10425244.0
Keywords Amendments - extension of protection (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Automotive air-conditioning system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T237615.20181026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330.922K)
T 0964/17 (Filteranordnung/MAHLE INTERNATIONAL) of 18.10.2018
Online on 21.11.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 46/52 B01D 46/00 B01D 46/10 B01D 46/42	Application no. 11724649.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Streichung in der Beschreibung einer den zitierten Stand der Technik betreffenden Passage Änderungen - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title FILTERANORDNUNG, INSBESONDERE LUFTFILTERANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T096417.20181018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370.501K)
T 1840/15 (Trimeric NadA/NOVARTIS) of 28.6.2018
Online on 20.11.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/095 C07K 14/22 A61P 31/04	Application no. 10181233.7
Keywords Main request - subject-matter extends beyond the content of the earlier application (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - non-obvious alternative Remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Polypeptide-vaccines for broad protection against hypervirulent meningococcal lineages
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T184015.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.943K)
T 1946/17 () of 14.11.2018
Online on 20.11.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 33/14	Application no. 07811466.7
Keywords Appealed decision - reasoned (no) Appealed decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Lighting Device and Lighting Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T194617.20181114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360.511K)
T 0839/14 () of 14.9.2018
Online on 19.11.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 25/00 F04B 13/00 F04B 17/03	Application no. 04766691.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - discretion of opposition division Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title DOSING PUMP FOR A LIQUID FUEL ADDITIVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T083914.20180914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305.268K)
T 0066/15 (Hörhilfegerätesystem/SIVANTOS) of 23.8.2018
Online on 19.11.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 05106572.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Hörhilfegerätesystem sowie Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Hörhilfegerätesystems bei Audio-Empfang
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T006615.20180823				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364.910K)
T 0595/15 () of 1.10.2018
Online on 19.11.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 10150058.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Deskinner for poultry parts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T059515.20181001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398.328K)
T 2158/16 (Luftfilter mit Vorabscheider/Mann + Hummel) of 24.10.2018
Online on 19.11.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 46/00 B01D 46/24 B01D 46/52	Application no. 12180399.3
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (ja) Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Luftfilter mit Vorabscheider
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T215816.20181024				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305.376K)
T 2650/16 (Verfahren zur gleichmäßigen Dampferzeugung/THYSSENKRUPP) of 6.11.2018
Online on 19.11.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 8/06 C07C 5/42	Application no. 10714568.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR GLEICHMÄSSIGEN DAMPFERZEUGUNG AUS DER ABWÄRME EINER ALKANDEHYDRIERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T265016.20181106				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307.437K)
T 1519/17 () of 25.10.2018
Online on 19.11.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G07G 1/14 G07F 13/02 G06Q 20/00	Application no. 05075146.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request Inventive step - (no) Late-substantiated auxiliary request - admitted (yes)				Application title Vending control apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T151917.20181025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357.251K)
T 1045/12 (Data communication system/CANON) of 23.10.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 06256350.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Data communication system, device, and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T104512.20181023				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318.214K)
T 2587/12 (Voltage Limiter / NXP) of 12.10.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/07	Application no. 06765688.4
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title TRANSPONDER WITH AN IMPROVED VOLTAGE LIMITER CIRCUIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T258712.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331.509K)
T 0867/13 (Pompe disease/DUKE UNIVERSITY) of 6.3.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/47 A61P 21/00	Application no. 01951000.7
Keywords Main (sole) request - inventive step (no)				Application title Treatment of glycogen storage disease type II
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T086713.20180306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 560.073K)
T 1163/13 () of 8.11.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 13/00 G05B 23/02	Application no. 01972030.9
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - vom Patentinhaber vorgelegte oder gebilligte Fassung (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Anzeige des Betriebsverhaltens von Anlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T116313.20181108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 238.866K)
T 0529/14 () of 15.10.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 75/58 B29C 59/00	Application no. 06776875.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title EASY-TO-OPEN PACKAGING COMPRISING A LAMINATE AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SAID LAMINATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T052914.20181015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.577K)
T 0588/14 () of 28.9.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F04D 29/28 F04D 29/44	Application no. 04717095.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title RADIALLÜFTERRAD, LÜFTEREINHEIT UND RADIALLÜFTERANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T058814.20180928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343.907K)
T 0711/14 () of 17.10.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61D 17/00 A01K 29/00	Application no. 06013184.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Automatisierung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Management von milchgebenden Tieren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T071114.20181017				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370.590K)
T 0733/14 (UNIFORM FILMS FOR RAPID DISSOLVE DOSAGE FORM INCORPORATING TASTE- … of 16.10.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/16	Application no. 02801042.9
Keywords Auxiliary request 4 - Admission into the proceedings (yes) Remittal to the opposition division				Application title UNIFORM FILMS FOR RAPID DISSOLVE DOSAGE FORM INCORPORATING TASTE-MASKING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T073314.20181016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294.407K)
T 1242/14 () of 11.10.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/42 H01H 35/42 A61F 13/20	Application no. 03754582.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed document - reliance on document in party's case (no)				Application title DISPOSABLE ARTICLES HAVING A FAILURE DETECTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T124214.20181011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381.407K)
T 0813/18 () of 9.11.2018
Online on 16.11.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.11.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 3/16 B66C 13/14	Application no. 12001151.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kran
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T081318.20181109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288.321K)
T 0101/13 () of 21.9.2018
Online on 15.11.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 C12M 1/00 G01N 33/574 G01N 33/68	Application no. 07836742.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title ORGAN-SPECIFIC PROTEINS AND METHODS OF THEIR USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T010113.20180921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268.019K)
T 0727/14 (Simulationen in einer erweiterten Realität/SIEMENS) of 16.10.2018
Online on 15.11.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 04804510.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title System und Verfahren zur Durchführung und Visualisierung von Simulationen in einer erweiterten Realität
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T072714.20181016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361.526K)
T 2318/14 (Emergency information prompt report system/TOSHIBA) of 9.8.2018
Online on 15.11.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 1/00	Application no. 06019049.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Emergency information prompt report system using a broadcast system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T231814.20180809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.966K)
T 0226/17 () of 4.10.2018
Online on 15.11.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B26D 3/16 A24C 5/28	Application no. 10075385.4
Keywords Beitritt des vermeintlichen Patentverletzers - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Schneiden eines kontinuierlich geführten Strangs in strangförmige Artikel variabler Länge sowie Strangmaschine mit einer solchen Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T022617.20181004				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421.795K)
T 2270/18 () of 12.11.2018
Online on 15.11.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/06	Application no. 14190892.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages for pourable food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T227018.20181112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291.090K)
T 1431/12 () of 8.2.2018
Online on 14.11.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.2.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 33/00	Application no. 04722573.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Zulässigkeit einer Korrektur der Entscheidung (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein) Möglichkeit des Vortrags einer Begleitperson (ja, mit Beschränkungen) Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4 (ja) Neuheit (nein: Hilfsanträge 2 bis 6)				Application title Druckmaschine und Verfahren zum Betrieb einer Druckmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T143112.20180208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 680.518K)
T 1688/12 () of 2.10.2018
Online on 14.11.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 47/00	Application no. 08102402.8
Keywords Neuheit - Offenbarung im Internet (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Modulare Sicherheitssteuerung und Sicherheits-Relaismodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T168812.20181002				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 472.448K)
T 1235/14 () of 10.10.2018
Online on 14.11.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C 5/06 A01C 7/00 A01B 49/06	Application no. 04723262.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes)				Application title IMPROVED SEED DRILL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T123514.20181010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333.243K)
T 0068/16 () of 5.3.2018
Online on 14.11.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F16J 15/08 F16J 15/12 F01N 13/18	Application no. 09734391.7
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title Metallic Flat Gasket
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T006816.20180305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.418K)
T 2128/16 () of 18.10.2018
Online on 14.11.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60W 40/04 B60W 30/08 G08G 1/16	Application no. 08842777.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1, 2 Neuheit - (nein) Zulassung in das Verfahren - Hilfsantrag 3 - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 4, 5 Patentansprüche - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM ERHÖHEN DER SICHERHEIT IN EINEM KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T212816.20181018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383.970K)
T 2506/13 () of 6.11.2018
Online on 13.11.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 21/04	Application no. 06820114.4
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Method and System for Guarding a Person in a Building
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T250613.20181106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268.255K)
T 2004/14 () of 6.9.2018
Online on 13.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/514 A61F 13/535 A61F 13/472 A61F 13/532	Application no. 00978178.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH FLUID IMPERMEABLE BACKSHEET PORTION BENEATH MAIN ABSORPTION AREA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T200414.20180906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338.624K)
T 0162/15 () of 18.9.2018
Online on 13.11.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 B32B 1/00	Application no. 04788541.3
Keywords Inventive step - problem and solution Inventive step - partial objective technical problems Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T016215.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387.340K)
T 0448/15 () of 8.11.2018
Online on 13.11.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/18 C08L 23/16	Application no. 06782584.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COPOLYMER RUBBER, RUBBER COMPOSITIONS AND RUBBER MOLDINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T044815.20181108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361.722K)
T 0526/15 (Laundry domestic method/UNILEVER) of 21.9.2018
Online on 13.11.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/72 C11D 1/83 C11D 3/42 C11D 10/04	Application no. 10150161.7
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title Surfactant ratio in dye formulations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T052615.20180921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383.537K)
T 1119/17 (Dental surface adhesion enhancing agent/COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 8.11.2018
Online on 13.11.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/22 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/891 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 11808085.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title ORAL CARE WHITENING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T111917.20181108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296.928K)
T 0430/15 () of 2.10.2018
Online on 12.11.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/16 C08J 5/18	Application no. 06827206.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (main request: no; first auxiliary request: yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (first auxiliary request: yes) Inventive step - (first auxiliary request: yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (yes and no)				Application title HETEROGENEOUS, COMPOSITIONALLY PHASE SEPARATED, ETHYLENE ALPHA-OLEFIN INTERPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T043015.20181002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 540.768K)
T 0613/15 () of 17.9.2018
Online on 12.11.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/00	Application no. 99959104.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A DENTAL APPLIANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T061315.20180917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314.920K)
T 1923/15 () of 9.10.2018
Online on 12.11.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F 15/02	Application no. 08168247.8
Keywords -				Application title Mechanically joinable rectangular floorboards
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T192315.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.499K)
T 1933/15 () of 12.10.2018
Online on 12.11.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 9/007	Application no. 04785373.4
Keywords Amendments Novelty Inventive step				Application title CONTROL OF PULSE DUTY CYCLE BASED UPON FOOTSWITCH DISPLACEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T193315.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.078K)
T 2278/15 () of 9.10.2018
Online on 12.11.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 14/06	Application no. 10010192.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hautpantrag und Hilfsanträge 1-16, 18 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 17a, 19-21 (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Polyvinylchlorid (PVC) Harzes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T227815.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 501.112K)
T 2287/16 (Secured personal data handling system/OS NEW HORIZON) of 9.10.2018
Online on 12.11.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/32 G06F 21/62	Application no. 11752936.2
Keywords Inventive step (no) Substantial procedural violation (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title A SECURED PERSONAL DATA HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T228716.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382.726K)
T 0137/13 (Content sharing / ENERGETIC POWER) of 20.9.2018
Online on 09.11.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/00	Application no. 05739789.5
Keywords Inventive step - allowing a user to experience content by selecting a playlist/webpage being experienced by another user (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED MESSAGING AND COMMERCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T013713.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297.828K)
T 1192/15 () of 30.10.2018
Online on 09.11.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/32 B60H 1/00	Application no. 02765397.1
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - adaptation of the description and figures				Application title AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T119215.20181030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355.333K)
T 0674/17 () of 10.10.2018
Online on 09.11.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 20/00 A23C 20/02 A23L 1/314 A23L 1/317	Application no. 10703814.3
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant				Application title EMULSION-LIKE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T067417.20181010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286.479K)
T 0815/17 (Replaceable synaptic weight storage/QUALCOMM) of 5.11.2018
Online on 09.11.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06N 3/063	Application no. 11733755.0
Keywords Inventive step (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Right to two instances (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REPLACEABLE SYNAPTIC WEIGHT STORAGE IN NEURO-PROCESSORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T081517.20181105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.629K)
T 0969/17 (Schmutztopf/MAHLE) of 20.9.2018
Online on 09.11.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 35/153 B01D 35/16 B01D 36/00 F02M 37/22	Application no. 10751600.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title FILTEREINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T096917.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 291.898K)
T 1305/17 (User interface modification/CORIZON) of 10.10.2018
Online on 09.11.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 9/445	Application no. 10012512.9
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Methods for user interface generation and application modification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T130517.20181010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349.532K)
T 1785/18 () of 5.11.2018
Online on 09.11.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/38	Application no. 03291922.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Processor-processor synchronization
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T178518.20181105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.275K)
T 2370/13 () of 11.10.2018
Online on 08.11.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/34	Application no. 10013691.0
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Liquid crystal display apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T237013.20181011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295.349K)
T 0059/16 (Clostridial toxin/ ALLERGAN) of 11.9.2018
Online on 08.11.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/32 A61K 38/48	Application no. 06816283.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Auxiliary request - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity in opposition proceedings Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title NON-PROTEIN STABILIZED CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T005916.20180911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350.704K)
T 0758/13 () of 27.9.2018
Online on 07.11.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 27.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/02	Application no. 09786635.4
Keywords Claims - support in the description (no)				Application title 3D DISPLAY HANDLING OF SUBTITLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T075813.20180927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.934K)
T 0298/15 () of 4.9.2018
Online on 07.11.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/76 D04H 1/00	Application no. 08749004.1
Keywords -				Application title WÄRMEDÄMM-VERBUNDSYSTEM ZUR DÄMMUNG VON AUSSENFASSADEN VON GEBÄUDEN MIT EINER DÄMMSCHICHT AUS FASSADENDÄMMPLATTEN SOWIE VERWENDUNG EINER FASSADENDÄMMPLATTE ALS BESTANDTEIL DES WÄRMEDÄMM-VERBUNDSYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T029815.20180904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372.372K)
T 1619/15 () of 2.11.2018
Online on 07.11.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 19/00 G01C 19/56 G01C 21/16 G01C 25/00 G01P 9/04	Application no. 05790599.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR UNIT AND ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR DIAGNOSING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T161915.20181102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.880K)
T 1993/18 () of 31.10.2018
Online on 07.11.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 31.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/436 H04N 21/462 H04N 21/4627	Application no. 15158533.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Methods and systems of playing multi-license media content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T199318.20181031				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 219.754K)
T 0188/15 (Plant protein hydrolysate/NOVO NORDISK) of 31.10.2018
Online on 06.11.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/00 C12P 21/02	Application no. 06708017.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of the appeal proceedings				Application title PRODUCTION OF A POLYPEPTIDE IN A SERUM-FREE CELL CULTURE LIQUID CONTAINING PLANT PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T018815.20181031				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238.188K)
T 0882/15 () of 17.9.2018
Online on 06.11.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/74 B65D 5/06	Application no. 09168013.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Multilayer sheet packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T088215.20180917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.738K)
T 1203/13 () of 26.9.2018
Online on 05.11.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 5/04	Application no. 05807583.9
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Systems and methods employing a collision avoidance system to enhance pilot awareness
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T120313.20180926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257.693K)
T 0142/15 () of 23.8.2018
Online on 05.11.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/06 A61K 47/10 A61K 31/56 A61K 31/573 A61K 31/59 A61K 31/593 A61K 47/06 A61K 9/00	Application no. 00901483.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title NON-AQUEOUS PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR DERMAL USE TO TREAT PSORIASIS COMPRISING A VITAMIN D, A CORTICOSTEROID AND A SOLVENT COMPONENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T014215.20180823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446.315K)
T 0615/13 (Gestion du temps/VIACCESS) of 26.10.2018
Online on 02.11.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 26.10.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 08843803.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title PROCEDE DE GESTION DU TEMPS D'EXPLOITATION D'UN CONTENU
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T061513.20181026				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 338.313K)
T 2175/14 (ROBOTIC DEVICE/POLY-CLIP) of 31.7.2018
Online on 02.11.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 31.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/418 A22C 15/00	Application no. 09012519.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Robotic device for inserting or removing rod-like elements
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T217514.20180731				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.233K)
T 0556/16 () of 14.9.2018
Online on 02.11.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B63B 1/06	Application no. 06716749.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - main request Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - auxiliary requests				Application title A FORESHIP ARRANGEMENT FOR A VESSEL OF THE DEPLACEMENT TYPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T055616.20180914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303.678K)
T 2343/16 (Medical Solution / GAMBRO) of 8.10.2018
Online on 02.11.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 33/42 A61P 7/08 A61K 9/08	Application no. 05793316.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title MEDICAL SOLUTION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T234316.20181008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304.406K)

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T 0041/14 () of 18.10.2018
Online on 31.10.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 1/04	Application no. 10000025.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Umlenkvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T004114.20181018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327.278K)
T 1896/15 (PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SOLID DISPERSION / ABBOTT) of 9.10.2018
Online on 31.10.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 B29C 47/00 B29C 47/60 B29C 31/00 B29C 47/10 B29C 47/38 B29C 47/40 B29C 47/64 B29C 47/76 B29C 47/82	Application no. 07726820.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - submitted during oral proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SOLID DISPERSION OF AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T189615.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361.351K)
T 1095/16 () of 27.9.2018
Online on 31.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 05768558.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title KLIMAANLAGE, INSBESONDERE KRAFTFAHRZEUG-KLIMAANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T109516.20180927				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314.430K)
T 1542/14 () of 24.10.2018
Online on 30.10.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E03D 9/08	Application no. 04021611.1
Keywords -				Application title Wasserklosett
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T154214.20181024				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428.191K)
T 1237/15 () of 14.9.2018
Online on 30.10.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 201/10	Application no. 07810197.9
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Silane functional adhesive composition and method of bonding a window to a substrate without a primer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T123715.20180914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399.876K)
T 0033/16 () of 12.10.2018
Online on 30.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 15/54 B60T 17/00	Application no. 10002670.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Relaisventil, Geräuschdämpfer, Ventileinrichtung und Fahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T003316.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375.591K)
T 0392/16 () of 19.10.2018
Online on 30.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 11/00 B60C 11/12	Application no. 09170104.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title Pneumatic tire
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T039216.20181019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300.115K)
T 0975/17 () of 16.10.2018
Online on 30.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 25/00 G01F 1/84	Application no. 03749230.3
Keywords Admission of amended claims (yes) Added subject-matter (no, amended claims) Clarity (yes, amended claims) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING OUTPUT INFORMATION OF FLOW MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T097517.20181016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334.379K)
T 2282/17 () of 5.10.2018
Online on 30.10.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 75/00 B65D 75/28 B65D 75/56 B65D 75/58	Application no. 10815762.9
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - violation of the right to be heard (yes)				Application title FLEXIBLE CONTAINER WITH FITMENT AND HANDLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T228217.20181005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430.484K)
T 1733/12 () of 12.10.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P 5/46 B65G 1/04 B60M 3/06	Application no. 05734875.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - zur Prüfung weiterer Stand der Technik				Application title Regallagersystem mit Energierückkopplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T173312.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316.997K)
T 0631/13 () of 9.8.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 06009537.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title Catheter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T063113.20180809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369.188K)
T 2206/13 () of 26.7.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 9/12	Application no. 06004024.3
Keywords Late-filed argument - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - requests clearly allowable (no)				Application title Assembly of a bicycle frame and a low profile derailleur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T220613.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 955.246K)
T 1136/14 () of 25.9.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/06 A61B 5/05	Application no. 10000362.3
Keywords Novelty (no)				Application title Medical positioning system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T113614.20180925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274.666K)
T 0612/15 () of 11.9.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 35/04	Application no. 08801809.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title MONTAGESCHRAUBE UND BEFESTIGUNGSANORDNUNG MIT EINEM HOHLKAMMERPROFIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T061215.20180911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387.837K)
T 1310/15 () of 13.9.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 3/154 B25B 11/00	Application no. 08763830.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Amendments to a party's case on the day of the oral proceedings Amendments - admitted (no)				Application title MONOLITHIC MAGNETIC APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAID MONOLITHIC MAGNETIC APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T131015.20180913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373.080K)
T 1873/15 () of 18.9.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 69/00	Application no. 09735078.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SCHLAGZÄHMODIFIZIERTE POLYCARBONAT-ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN MIT HOHER HYDROLYSEBESTÄNDIGKEIT UND HELLEM ROHTON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T187315.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452.382K)
T 1981/15 () of 9.10.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/60 H01L 23/02 H01L 23/12 H01P 1/00 H01P 5/02 H01L 23/66	Application no. 08720878.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Languages of the EPO - translation into official language of the EPO				Application title HIGH FREQUENCY PACKAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T198115.20181009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341.306K)
T 0778/17 (GPU idle period/ERICSSON) of 23.10.2018
Online on 29.10.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/50 G06F 9/48 G06T 1/20 G06T 15/00	Application no. 10004490.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Technique for GPU command scheduling
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T077817.20181023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308.622K)
T 1872/12 (Resource grid/ORACLE) of 18.10.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445 H04L 12/24	Application no. 04255302.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A system and method for automatically establishing a resource grid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T187212.20181018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330.511K)
T 0662/15 (USING OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS IN WET GRANULATION OF MOXIFLOXACIN/Abdi … of 18.9.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/395	Application no. 08807939.7
Keywords -				Application title USING OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS IN WET GRANULATION OF MOXIFLOXACIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T066215.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309.046K)
T 1124/15 () of 7.9.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/15	Application no. 06005546.4
Keywords Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Gerät zum Polymerisieren von polymerisierbarem Dentalmaterial sowie Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Polymerisationsgrades
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T112415.20180907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306.781K)
T 1263/15 () of 21.8.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B21D 51/26 B21D 22/30 B65D 1/16 B65B 1/46	Application no. 05714143.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Basis of proceedings - statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)				Application title BOTTOM PROFILE FOR DRAWN AND IRONED CAN BODY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T126315.20180821				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308.505K)
T 1425/15 () of 23.10.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.10.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC G01N 21/64 G01N 21/47	Application no. 09174241.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Activité inventive - après modification				Application title Procédé et dispositif de mesure de caractéristiques optiques d'un objet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T142515.20181023				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 704.729K)
T 1457/16 () of 24.9.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/02 A61L 15/16	Application no. 05713798.6
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title TRANSDERMAL SYSTEMS CONTAINING MULTILAYER ADHESIVE MATRICES TO MODIFY DRUG DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T145716.20180924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327.612K)
T 0918/17 () of 22.10.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 15/03	Application no. 13190479.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title Self-adjusting connector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T091817.20181022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264.594K)
T 1902/17 (SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM/LEONARDO) of 12.10.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 7/02	Application no. 08717416.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T190217.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220.609K)
T 1387/18 () of 16.10.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/41 H04N 21/485 H04N 5/445 G06F 3/048 G09F 9/00 G09G 5/00 G09G 5/377	Application no. 12863600.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal				Application title Display device, display control method, and program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T138718.20181016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.327K)
T 1626/18 () of 15.10.2018
Online on 26.10.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 31/3185	Application no. 02290839.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Configurable scan path structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T162618.20181015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220.795K)
T 0929/14 () of 4.9.2018
Online on 25.10.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 19/00 A61B 19/08	Application no. 08167095.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulässigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Integration von chirurgischem Instrument und Anzeigevorrichtung zur Unterstützung der bildgeführten Chirurgie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T092914.20180904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332.555K)
T 1949/15 () of 20.9.2018
Online on 25.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 63/00	Application no. 07021437.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title Process for the preparation of polyether-ester polyols
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T194915.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423.543K)
T 2492/16 (Ethylene oxide/SD LIZENZVERWERTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT) of 11.9.2018
Online on 25.10.2018	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 301/10	Application no. 08797735.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Remittal to the opposition division - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR INITIATING A HIGHLY SELECTIVE ETHYLENE OXIDE CATALYST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T249216.20180911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430.340K)
T 2543/12 (Application integration/REAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS DEVELOPMENT) of 25.7.2018
Online on 24.10.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 25.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 01202210.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Server-based computer environment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T254312.20180725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.481K)
T 1315/13 (Cancer biomarker Cyr61/CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION) of 29.5.2018
Online on 24.10.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53	Application no. 06735465.4
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Novelty - (no) Admission of requests for which claims were not formulated - (no)				Application title CYR61 AS A BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF CANCERS OF EPITHELIAL ORIGIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T131513.20180529				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289.472K)
T 0642/14 (Epichlorohydrin production/SOLVAY) of 7.5.2018
Online on 24.10.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 303/08 C08G 59/04	Application no. 06121086.0
Keywords Notification - letter deemed to be delivered Summons to oral proceedings - continuation of proceedings without duly summoned party Late-filed document admitted Novelty - all requests (no) Product-by-process features				Application title Process for producing organic compounds from glycerol, the glycerol coming from renewable raw material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T064214.20180507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395.038K)
T 0876/14 (Electronic token device/ONESPAN) of 11.10.2018
Online on 24.10.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00 G06K 5/00 H04L 29/06	Application no. 01910964.4
Keywords Claims - support in the description (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - completeness of disclosure Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title FIELD PROGRAMMABLE SMART CARD TERMINAL AND TOKEN DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T087614.20181011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.313K)
T 1933/14 () of 5.10.2018
Online on 24.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A01F 15/08	Application no. 10161386.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title Round baler with electrically driven roller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T193314.20181005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307.704K)
T 0621/15 () of 14.9.2018
Online on 24.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 5/36	Application no. 02777164.1
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Doppelpatentierung - (nein)				Application title Staubsauger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T062115.20180914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462.189K)
T 2166/16 () of 17.10.2018
Online on 24.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 1/06	Application no. 08761264.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A FUSELAGE CELL OF AN AIRPLANE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T216616.20181017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305.923K)
T 0148/11 (Memory channel / INTEL CORPORATION) of 23.1.2018
Online on 23.10.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 23.1.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/16	Application no. 04753015.9
Keywords Inventive step - fail-over circuit for redirecting signals (no Inventive step - known in the art) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title MEMORY CHANNEL WITH BIT LANE FAIL-OVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T014811.20180123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319.669K)
T 0658/12 (Network order system and network server/FUJIFILM) of 18.10.2018
Online on 23.10.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 07008777.0
Keywords Remittal - examination of novelty and inventive step (yes - technical features not assessed) Substantial procedural violation - features incorrectly assessed as non-technical (no Substantial procedural violation - error of judgement)				Application title Network order system and network server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T065812.20181018				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326.119K)
T 1932/14 () of 26.9.2018
Online on 23.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C 13/00	Application no. 07002927.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Nahrungsmittelhülle mit einer Bindemittelschicht, die übertragbare Additive enthält
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T193214.20180926				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325.311K)
T 0346/15 () of 13.9.2018
Online on 23.10.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G09F 13/04 G09F 13/14 G02F 1/1335 7 E04B 9/00	Application no. 06812715.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed document Observations by third parties - admissibility of a new document (no)				Application title DISPLAY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T034615.20180913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 497.564K)
T 1131/16 () of 6.9.2018
Online on 23.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 13/02 B60R 13/04	Application no. 09405154.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein), Neuheit (ja), Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Bauteils mit einem flächigen Dekorelement und Bauteil mit einem flächigen Dekorelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T113116.20180906				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392.782K)
T 0332/17 () of 20.9.2018
Online on 23.10.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18 A23K 1/00 A61K 35/74	Application no. 00992099.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no) Claims - clarity after amendment auxiliary requests 5 to 7 (no) Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party				Application title PET FOOD COMPOSITION FOR TREATING HELICOBACTER SPECIES IN PETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T033217.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380.170K)
R 0004/18 (Decision, existence of) of 10.10.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 10.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 7/00	Application no. 09735962.4
Keywords Petition for review inadmissible No decision by Board of Appeal				Application title Lipid-containing compositions and methods of use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:R000418.20181010				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 25.312K)
T 0990/13 () of 11.7.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 01993120.3
Keywords Main request - lack of novelty (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for automatic generation of query search terms for a program recommender
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T099013.20180711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359.250K)
T 0880/15 () of 15.3.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T 8/00 B60T 8/32 B60T 13/66 B60T 13/68 B60T 13/74 B60T 17/02	Application no. 09009817.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Trailer electronic braking system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T088015.20180315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411.453K)
T 1162/15 () of 11.7.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 25/04	Application no. 08158598.6
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Apportionment of costs - not equitable				Application title Reinforcing member for vehicle center pillar
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T116215.20180711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316.982K)
T 2351/15 () of 10.8.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.8.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B23K 26/08	Application no. 09741361.1
Keywords Activité inventive				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE SOUDAGE LASER DE TYPE CO2 AVEC BUSE À JET DYNAMIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T235115.20180810				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 306.495K)
T 0295/16 (Tensioactifs pour plaques de plâtre/Siniat) of 18.9.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B 24/16 C04B 28/14 C04B 28/10	Application no. 01969896.8
Keywords Requête produite tardivement - recevable (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui) Modifications - admises (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title COMPOSITION DE TENSIOACTIFS POUR PLAQUES DE PLATRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T029516.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 596.634K)
T 0587/16 () of 11.10.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.10.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC G01C 21/34 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 09775128.3
Keywords Exposé suffisant de l'invention (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ POUR LA MISE EN PLACE D'UNE SÉQUENCE DE DONNÉES PERMETTANT LA GÉNÉRATION D'UN VOYAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T058716.20181011				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 341.228K)
T 2230/16 (Freeze-thaw cycles/VALSPAR SOURCING) of 24.7.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 41/63 C04B 41/71 E04C 2/06	Application no. 07710405.7
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title COATING SYSTEM FOR CEMENT COMPOSITE ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T223016.20180724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400.191K)
T 2471/16 () of 23.5.2018
Online on 22.10.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 A61K 31/593 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/06 A61K 47/06 A61K 47/10 A61P 17/06	Application no. 11196067.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title Pharmaceutical composition for dermal use comprising calcipotriol and betamethasone for treating psoriasis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T247116.20180523				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503.422K)
T 0982/13 () of 13.9.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 13.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00	Application no. 08861393.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title TRANSPORT OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA OVER A DISPLAY INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T098213.20180913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369.936K)
T 1185/13 () of 21.9.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 02255213.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no Inventive step - presentation of information) inventive step - (no - no credible technical effect)				Application title Television system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T118513.20180921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373.482K)
T 1799/13 (Carotenoids oleaginous Yarrowia fungus/DSM) of 7.8.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 23/00 A23L 1/275 C12N 15/80 C12R 1/645	Application no. 06748522.7
Keywords New set of claims filed with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no)				Application title PRODUCTION OF CAROTENOIDS IN OLEAGINOUS YEAST AND FUNGI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T179913.20180807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327.051K)
T 0773/14 (Method for programming a hearing aid system/STARKEY) of 21.8.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 01942849.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request Inventive step - no Inventive step - auxiliary request II-B Inventive step - yes Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request II-B - yes				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FITTING HEARING AIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T077314.20180821				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398.087K)
T 0917/14 () of 21.9.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42 D06F 39/10	Application no. 03000076.4
Keywords Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request Amendments - intermediate generalization (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Clarity, Sufficiency - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title A screen filter for a liquid-conducting device, in particular a dishwashing machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T091714.20180921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.653K)
T 1655/14 () of 12.10.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 21/34	Application no. 03255659.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method for streamlined representation of roads in a geographic database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T165514.20181012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.698K)
T 1974/14 () of 25.9.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 5/00 C09J 9/00 B05C 5/02 B27G 11/00	Application no. 07107166.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (ja) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - verspätet eingereichter Antrag (zugelassen) Klarheit der Beschreibung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Verbinden von (Holz-)Bauteilen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T197414.20180925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 304.451K)
T 0553/15 () of 17.9.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M 37/22	Application no. 09166288.2
Keywords Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja)				Application title Filtereinrichtung für Dieselkraftstoff eines Kraftfahrzeug-Verbrennungsmotors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T055315.20180917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323.536K)
T 0785/18 (Missing statement of grounds/TEXAS INSTRUMENTS) of 15.10.2018
Online on 19.10.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 5/02 G11B 20/10	Application no. 04101390.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Apparatus and method for applying write signals for driving a write head
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T078518.20181015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.187K)
T 2420/12 (Collision warning / MOBILEYE) of 2.8.2018
Online on 18.10.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 2.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06K 9/32 G06T 7/20 B60W 30/08 G08G 1/16 G05D 1/02	Application no. 08150604.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes)				Application title Collision warning system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T242012.20180802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355.098K)
T 2319/15 (Liquid treatment composition/P&G) of 27.9.2018
Online on 18.10.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/22 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/42	Application no. 07104506.6
Keywords Amendment to the patent specification occasioned by a ground for opposition (yes) - late-filed request (admitted) - Amendment allowable (yes) - new page 2 of the patent specification Extension of the subject-matter of Claim 1 as granted beyond the content of the application as originally filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - Main Request Novelty - (yes) Novelty - Main Request Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Inventive step - Main Request				Application title Liquid treatment composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T231915.20180927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413.101K)
T 2368/12 (Botulinum toxin/ALLERGAN) of 5.6.2018
Online on 17.10.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/48 A61P 21/00	Application no. 01966482.0
Keywords Main request, first and second auxiliary request - amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Third and fourth auxiliary reques - amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed fifth auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Botulinum toxin for use in the treatment of acute injuries to skeletal muscles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T236812.20180605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342.504K)
T 1564/14 () of 14.9.2018
Online on 17.10.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D 47/18 B65D 47/20 A61F 9/00 A61J 1/14 B05B 11/04 B05B 11/00	Application no. 09734605.0
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête subsidiaire 1 (oui) Faits produits tardivement - recevable (non) Renvoi à la première instance - (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE DISTRIBUTION DE LIQUIDE SOUS FORME DE GOUTTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T156414.20180914				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 415.412K)
T 1334/15 (Feuille absorbante/SCA) of 10.9.2018
Online on 17.10.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 27/00	Application no. 07731292.4
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (non)				Application title FEUILLE ABSORBANTE DELITABLE MULTIPLIS, ROULEAU ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION ASSOCIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T133415.20180910				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 308.359K)
T 1626/16 () of 28.9.2018
Online on 17.10.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 9/087 G03G 9/097 G03G 9/08	Application no. 10169036.0
Keywords Amendments - correction of error Amendments - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended Amendments - no Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - yes (main request and first and second auxiliary requests) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - no (third auxiliary request) Remittal for further prosecution				Application title Electrophotographic toner and method of preparing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T162616.20180928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335.980K)
T 0505/13 (Adaptive web browser/NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES) of 6.6.2018
Online on 16.10.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03712163.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and second auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - third auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes)				Application title An adaptive web browser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T050513.20180606				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385.769K)
T 0760/13 () of 31.8.2018
Online on 16.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 31.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/405 G06K 15/10	Application no. 02002141.6
Keywords Admission of amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal (no)				Application title Multiple marker inkjet printing for increased print speed
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T076013.20180831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.095K)
T 2136/13 () of 4.7.2018
Online on 16.10.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 41/083	Application no. 08009705.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objections - admitted (no)				Application title Multi-layer piezoelectric device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T213613.20180704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417.668K)
T 1627/14 (Sensorvorrichtung für Förderer/ROCKWELL) of 13.6.2018
Online on 16.10.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 9/16 G05B 19/4061	Application no. 08707735.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title Sensorvorrichtung sowie Anlage mit einem Förderer und einer Sensorvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T162714.20180613				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 537.056K)
T 1934/14 () of 8.10.2018
Online on 16.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 101/14 C08K 3/10 A61F 13/53 A61L 15/60	Application no. 04746711.3
Keywords Correction of minutes of oral proceedings				Application title WATER ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T193414.20181008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301.348K)
T 1080/17 (Drospirenon/BAYER) of 2.7.2018
Online on 16.10.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C07J 53/00	Application no. 09100011.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Drospirenon (6ß, 7ß; 15ß,16ß-Dimethylene-3-oxo-17alpha-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone, DRSP)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T108017.20180702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 651.729K)
T 1118/13 () of 21.8.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/34	Application no. 05762877.8
Keywords Admissibility of modified claims (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Clarity (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Admissibility of a further objection (no)				Application title Apparatus for testing a filter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T111813.20180821				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460.866K)
T 2115/13 (Azetidines/EXELIXIS) of 13.7.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 205/04 C07D 205/06 C07D 401/06 C07D 401/12 C07D 401/14 C07D 403/04 C07D 403/06 C07D 403/12 C07D 405/12 C07D 409/06 C07D 409/12 C07D 413/12 C07D 413/14 C07D 417/12 C07D 471/04	Application no. 06825554.6
Keywords -				Application title AZETIDINES AS MEK INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T211513.20180713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 903.034K)
T 0225/14 (ECOLAB / MEAT DISINFECTION BY CHLOROUS ACID) of 7.9.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N59/00	Application no. 06786199.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title OXIDATION METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T022514.20180907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322.762K)
T 0254/14 () of 2.10.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/284	Application no. 01938202.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 1 - vor der Einspruchsabteilung zurückgenommener Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 2 - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein)				Application title FÜLLSTANDSMESSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T025414.20181002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352.017K)
T 0404/14 () of 20.9.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/762 H01L 21/20	Application no. 09164802.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge				Application title Glass-based soi structures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T040414.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353.945K)
T 1308/14 (Wohnungsstation für eine Tür-Kommunikationsanlage/RITTO) of 18.9.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H04M 11/02 H04M 1/02 H02G 3/16	Application no. 03005879.6
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Wohnungsstation für eine Tür-Kommunikationsanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T130814.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312.599K)
T 2267/14 () of 23.7.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 06023608.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)				Application title Apparatus for taking down poultry from shackles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T226714.20180723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338.118K)
T 0554/15 () of 26.7.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F16H 3/66	Application no. 09778739.4
Keywords Patentansprüche - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Patentansprüche - Verhältnis von Art. 83 zu Art. 84 EPÜ Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein)				Application title GETRIEBEEINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T055415.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392.657K)
T 0622/15 () of 11.9.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 3/00 C08L 63/00 C09D 163/00	Application no. 08168009.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsanträge eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - nicht gerechtfertigt, sie nich zuzulassen Hilfsanträge eingereicht nach der Beschwerdebegründung - nicht gerechtfertigt, sie nicht zuzulassen Hilfsantrag eingereicht am Ende der mündlichen Verhandlung - nicht zugelassen				Application title Hitzehärtende Epoxidharzzusammensetzungen einsetzbar als Rohbauklebstoff oder Strukturschaum
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T062215.20180911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 488.854K)
T 0756/15 () of 10.7.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/08 C08F 255/02 C08F 2/34 C08F 297/00	Application no. 07863496.1
Keywords Admissiblity of the appeal of opponent 1 (no) Main request - novelty (no) Auxiliary request 1 - inventive step (no) - obvious alternative Auxiliary requests 4 and 5 - novelty (no) - burden of proof not shifted to the opponents Auxiliary request 6 - inventive step (yes) - unexpected improvement - new objection of inventive step at the end of oral proceedings (not admitted)				Application title HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, INJECTION MOLDED ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM, AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T075615.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 651.794K)
T 0877/15 () of 10.7.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 22/34	Application no. 07105237.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Product-by-Process-Anspruch Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja)				Application title Mittel zur Herstellung von Korrosionsschutzschichten auf Metalloberflächen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T087715.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 345.680K)
T 0017/16 () of 2.8.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B21D 41/02 B29C 57/04	Application no. 08761637.1
Keywords Amendments				Application title METHOD AND TOOL FOR EXPANDING A PIPE END
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T001716.20180802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381.464K)
T 1648/17 (Long reach optical amplification device/ZTE) of 12.9.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 10/297	Application no. 10850600.7
Keywords Admissibility of requests (no)				Application title Long reach optical amplification device, passive optical network and method for transmitting optical signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T164817.20180912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291.899K)
T 0925/18 () of 8.10.2018
Online on 15.10.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/04 A61B 17/06	Application no. 12177242.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Knotless suture constructs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T092518.20181008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220.877K)
T 1868/16 (Everolsimus/NOVARTIS) of 8.11.2017
Online on 12.10.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.11.2017	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/436 A61P 35/00 A61P 35/04 A61K 38/31 A61K 45/06	Application no. 10175197.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Auxiliary requests submitted with reply to the statment of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Late filed auxiliary request 6 - admitted (no) Sufficeincy of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of endocrine tumors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T186816.20171108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 602.548K)
T 0312/12 (Amino acid production/AJINOMOTO) of 31.8.2018
Online on 11.10.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/20 C12N 15/11 C07K 14/245	Application no. 05005783.5
Keywords Main request (granted claims) - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - broadening of claim (yes) Auxiliary request 2 - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 3 - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes); admitted (no) Opponent's right to be heard - opposition procedure (yes)				Application title Method for producing L-amino acid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T031212.20180831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446.320K)
J 0001/18 (Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.8.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 H04B 10/80 A61B 5/0428	Application no. 17172357.0
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr				Application title MESSEINRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG PHYSIOLOGISCHER MESSWERTE EINES PATIENTEN UND SENSOREINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000118.20180816				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 233.910K)
T 1037/14 () of 24.9.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 03076522.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Method for filleting slaughtered poultry
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T103714.20180924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281.597K)
T 1280/14 () of 23.3.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.3.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 07703280.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Gebotene Verfahrensökonomie - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nicht zugelassen - siehe Entscheidungspunkt 3)				Application title Sicherheitselement mit einer optisch variablen Struktur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T128014.20180323				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506.284K)
T 1755/14 () of 26.7.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23P 1/04 B01J 13/02 C12N 1/16 A23K 1/16 A23L 1/00 A23G 3/00 A61K 9/16	Application no. 02788615.9
Keywords Transfer of opposition (no) Correction of opponent's name (yes) - objective intention (yes) Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - (yes)				Application title MICROCAPSULES AND ORAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T175514.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355.051K)
T 0022/15 () of 25.9.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01M 11/02 G02C 7/04	Application no. 03783457.9
Keywords Fresh ground for opposition not admitted into proceedings by the opposition division - subsequent agreement of the patentee for admitting fresh ground Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title AUTOMATED INSPECTION OF TINTED OPHTHALMIC PARTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T002215.20180925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376.937K)
T 1593/15 () of 8.8.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F 5/02	Application no. 07736654.0
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Right to be heard - violation (no) Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Fresh ground for opposition introduced in appeal proceedings - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title YANKEE CYLINDER FOR A PAPER PRODUCING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T159315.20180808				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 515.012K)
T 2316/15 (Transdermal formulation/ LTS) of 12.7.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 31/485	Application no. 10012336.3
Keywords Documents submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Transdermal formulation comprising an opioid analgesic and an aloe composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T231615.20180712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352.686K)
T 1465/16 () of 25.9.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/68 E04B 1/16	Application no. 13189617.7
Keywords -				Application title Fugenblech
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T146516.20180925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316.450K)
T 2528/16 () of 7.6.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 11/22 E03F 1/00 E03F 3/04	Application no. 04255634.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Surface drainage arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T252816.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521.231K)
T 0802/17 () of 5.10.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 5.10.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 13/00 A61K 8/02 A61L 15/22 A61L 15/28 A61L 27/20	Application no. 10165551.2
Keywords Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Nichtzulassung von Anträgen Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title Schichtförmige perforierte Biomatrices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T080217.20181005				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315.675K)
T 1445/18 () of 4.10.2018
Online on 10.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 4.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173 H04N 5/445	Application no. 10162785.9
Keywords Missing statement of grounds				Application title Method for providing information relating to objects shown in a video
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T144518.20181004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.194K)
T 0831/12 () of 5.7.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445 H04N 7/52 H04N 5/60	Application no. 03256946.9
Keywords Amendments - main request and first, second and seventh auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - third, fourth, fifth and sixth auxiliary requests Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Clarity - eighth auxiliary request (no)				Application title Language selection in digital broadcasting receiver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T083112.20180705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452.090K)
T 2276/12 () of 23.8.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/04	Application no. 06123455.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Three-dimensional display device and driving method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T227612.20180823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335.473K)
T 2253/13 () of 17.7.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/34	Application no. 08164517.8
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Image display device and method capable of adjusting brightness
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T225313.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307.365K)
T 0045/14 () of 21.9.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/284	Application no. 01956572.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES FÜLLSTANDES EINES FÜLLGUTS IN EINEM BEHÄLTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T004514.20180921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288.087K)
T 0469/14 () of 12.9.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC D01G 25/00 D01G 15/46	Application no. 98954520.7
Keywords Modifications - suppression d'une caractéristique (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIFS POUR PRODUIRE UNE NAPPE TEXTILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T046914.20180912				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 341.775K)
T 1385/14 () of 19.7.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 19.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/00	Application no. 07108950.2
Keywords Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 2 (no) Claims - interpretation of ambiguous terms Amendments - deletion of definition from description Amendments - restriction of claim (no)				Application title Absorbent article with printed layer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T138514.20180719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.670K)
T 1854/14 () of 4.10.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/13357	Application no. 08726525.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title BACKLIGHT UNIT WITH VERTICAL INTERIOR REFLECTORS AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T185414.20181004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388.808K)
T 2251/14 () of 10.7.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/16 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/302 A23L 1/308	Application no. 06846849.5
Keywords Added subject-matter - no Admittance of late-filed document - no Sufficiency of disclosure - yes Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes				Application title METHOD FOR MODIFYING GUT FLORA IN ANIMALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T225114.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459.962K)
T 0687/15 () of 12.9.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 33/04 C08L 23/08	Application no. 09171400.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request Auxiliary requests filed with statement of grounds of appeal but not motivated - admittance - no				Application title A composition to improve cold flow properties of fuel oils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T068715.20180912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383.839K)
T 2075/15 () of 3.9.2018
Online on 09.10.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B44C 5/04 B30B 15/06	Application no. 10004832.1
Keywords -				Application title Werkstoffplatte mit Dekorschicht und Prägung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T207515.20180903				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 234.440K)
T 0144/11 (Security rating System / SATO MICHIHIRO) of 14.8.2018
Online on 08.10.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 03012362.4
Keywords Inventive step - objective calculation of the safety rating of an investment (no Inventive step - part of business requirement) Inventive step - including count of transmissions of rating information in the rating (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of business requirement) Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no)				Application title Security rating system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T014411.20180814				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394.672K)
T 0650/13 (Adaptive data compression/GOOGLE) of 2.10.2018
Online on 08.10.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 7/30	Application no. 02700074.4
Keywords Novelty - claims 1 and 8 of the main request (yes) Inventive step - claims 1 and 8 of the main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for adaptive data compression
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T065013.20181002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396.135K)
T 0644/14 (Veterinary compositions/ ZOETIS) of 5.7.2018
Online on 08.10.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/06 A61K 9/10 A61P 31/04	Application no. 03775738.2
Keywords Apportionment of costs - (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Veterinary compositions for treating mastitis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T064414.20180705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481.368K)
T 1608/14 () of 11.7.2018
Online on 08.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 7/00 A23P 1/10	Application no. 03761866.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title METHOD AND MOULDING DEVICES FOR MOULDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T160814.20180711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304.618K)
T 1655/13 (Data management/LOUREIRO) of 21.6.2018
Online on 05.10.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 02777607.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - support in the description (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Data management
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T165513.20180621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395.475K)
T 2103/15 (Border crossing during data input/MICROSOFT) of 11.9.2018
Online on 05.10.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 07009695.3
Keywords Oral proceedings held in the absence of the appellant Added subject-matter - (yes)				Application title Mobile terminal with touch screen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T210315.20180911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277.544K)
T 1924/16 () of 29.5.2018
Online on 05.10.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04	Application no. 09172381.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and first to sixth auxiliary requests Late-filed seventh auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Refrigerant compositions and use thereof in low-temperature refrigeration systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T192416.20180529				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.398K)
T 2074/12 (USER-INTERFACE FEATURES FOR COMPUTERS WITH CONTACT SENSITIVE DISPLAYS … of 28.9.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16	Application no. 03793432.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title USER-INTERFACE FEATURES FOR COMPUTERS WITH CONTACT SENSITIVE DISPLAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T207412.20180928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326.810K)
T 1448/13 (Cyclic referencing management/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 5.9.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 17/22	Application no. 05789801.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - first auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Cyclic referencing management method and apparatus, parsing method and apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T144813.20180905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357.550K)
T 2279/13 () of 13.7.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 27/21 A47J 27/00 F24C 5/10	Application no. 03739294.1
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title HEATING VESSEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T227913.20180713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364.072K)
T 0008/14 () of 11.9.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G02C 7/02 G02C 13/00 A61B 3/10 B24B 13/00	Application no. 04796886.2
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T000814.20180911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 262.224K)
T 0588/15 () of 31.8.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 9/54 F02C 6/08 F02C 9/52	Application no. 07001010.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (main and auxiliary requests 1 to 8 yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (auxiliary requests 9 and 10 yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Control method and control system of gas turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T058815.20180831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367.137K)
T 2076/15 () of 28.9.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G01J 3/42 G01J 3/02 G01J 1/42	Application no. 13162144.3
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit: ja (geänderte Ansprüche) Antrag auf Rückzahlung einer Recherchengebühr: nicht zulässig				Application title Spektrometer und Verfahren zum Betrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T207615.20180928				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404.951K)
T 0265/16 () of 18.9.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 23/06	Application no. 07110323.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Neuheit - mehrfache Auswahl Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kolben mit Kolbenmulde für eine Brennkraftmaschine und Verfahren zur Gemischbildung unter Verwendung einer Einspritzeinrichtung und eines derartigen Kolbens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T026516.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313.125K)
T 0408/18 () of 24.9.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/48 G05G 1/10	Application no. 11009536.1
Keywords -				Application title Straßenfertiger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T040818.20180924				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 224.355K)
T 1669/18 () of 28.9.2018
Online on 04.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC G02B 27/01	Application no. 13745658.8
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - absence de mémoire de recours				Application title DISPOSITIF D'AFFICHAGE, NOTAMMENT POUR VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T166918.20180928				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 227.585K)
T 0914/12 (Mobile terminal device / SONY CORPORATION) of 22.5.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 22.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 04717846.2
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - converging versions of claims (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Inventive step - IC chip identification for electronic payment (no Inventive step - obvious combination of known features)				Application title MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL PROGRAM, PROVIDING SERVER DEVICE, PROVIDING SERVER METHOD, AND PROVIDING SERVER PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T091412.20180522				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398.643K)
T 1653/12 (MAGNETIC SENSOR / Alps Electric) of 7.9.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 7.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/09 H01L 27/22 H01L 43/08 H01L 43/12	Application no. 08704136.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - support in the description (no) Impossibility of meaningful search (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title MAGNETIC SENSOR AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T165312.20180907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.699K)
T 1754/13 () of 29.8.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40 A23F 5/08	Application no. 06015331.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for delivering faster a short coffee extract from capsule
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T175413.20180829				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308.788K)
T 2307/13 () of 18.9.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778	Application no. 06740668.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) (all requests)				Application title GROUP III NITRIDE EPITAXIAL LAYERS ON SILICON CARBIDE SUBSTRATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T230713.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.285K)
T 0969/14 (Pharmaceutical formulations for dry powder inhalers/Vectura Limited) of 5.6.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/72 A61K 9/14	Application no. 07110708.0
Keywords Transfer of partial priority (yes) Main request and auxiliary requests 1-3 - Validity of the priority (no) Main request and auxiliary requests 1-3 - Novelty under Article 54(3) EPC (no) Auxiliary request 4 - Admission into the proceedings (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical formulations for dry powder inhalers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T096914.20180605				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447.162K)
T 1356/14 () of 18.9.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/48 D06F 58/24 A47L 15/42	Application no. 05801270.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T135614.20180918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 303.242K)
T 2232/14 (Formulierung mit Überzug / HEXAL) of 26.9.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/36 A61K 9/26 A61K 9/62	Application no. 04790997.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - Product-by-Process-Merkmal in Verfahrensanspruch (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 (nein)				Application title PHARMAZEUTISCHE WIRKSTOFFHALTIGE FORMULIERUNG MIT ÜBERZUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T223214.20180926				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344.736K)
T 1806/15 () of 17.7.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/00 C08L 27/06	Application no. 09710365.9
Keywords Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - no reason to be held inadmissible Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A REPLACEMENT PLASTICIZER SYSTEM FOR PHTHALATE-PLASTICIZED FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T180615.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508.459K)
T 1926/15 () of 4.9.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 77/06 F16L 11/04	Application no. 05794788.9
Keywords Novelty - Main request and auxiliary requests 1-4 and 7 (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary requests 5 and 6 (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 8 (yes)				Application title FLEXIBLE SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYAMIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T192615.20180904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507.578K)
T 0287/16 (Exfoliated graphite sheet/TOYO TANSO) of 12.7.2018
Online on 02.10.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 31/04	Application no. 05765549.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T028716.20180712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401.853K)
T 0390/13 () of 14.8.2018
Online on 01.10.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P 9/30	Application no. 01122899.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Windenergieanlage sowie Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T039013.20180814				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 369.117K)
T 1305/14 (Vaccination of cats against H3N8 influenza A virus/INTERVET) of 19.9.2018
Online on 01.10.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 19.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00 A61K 39/145 A61K 39/395	Application no. 07871240.3
Keywords Sole Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title Feline Influenza Vaccine and Method of Use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T130514.20180919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341.045K)
T 1916/14 () of 17.7.2018
Online on 01.10.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 3/10	Application no. 07757012.5
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SUBJECTIVE REFRACTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING LOW AND HIGHER ORDER ABERRATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T191614.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274.448K)
T 2093/14 (Verfahren zur Reinigung von G-CSF/MYLAN) of 26.9.2018
Online on 01.10.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K 14/435	Application no. 06777781.3
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Reinigung von G-CSF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T209314.20180926				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290.471K)
T 2091/15 () of 20.9.2018
Online on 01.10.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 3/10 G01F 15/06	Application no. 05755574.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title OVAL GEAR METER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T209115.20180920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.132K)

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