Recently published decisions

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

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T 1320/15 () of 19.9.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01L 1/047 F01L 1/053 F16H 53/02	Application no. 09000166.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no); auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)				Application title Camshaft apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T132015.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394.219K)
T 1454/15 () of 1.10.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/023 F01N 3/035 B01D 53/94 F01N 3/08 F01N 3/20	Application no. 05808839.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPRISING EXOTHERM-GENERATING CATALYST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145415.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354.224K)
T 1988/15 () of 20.9.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/786 H01L 21/77	Application no. 09170486.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Display device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T198815.20190920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375.279K)
T 1224/16 () of 27.9.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 09160105.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)- auxiliary request 1 Amendments - intermediate generalisation Novelty - (no) Novelty - new auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - new auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Atraumatic prosthetic heart valve prosthesis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T122416.20190927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 820.793K)
T 1788/16 () of 13.9.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60S 1/38	Application no. 09156718.0
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Added subject-matter (no)				Application title Windscreen wiper device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T178816.20190913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.590K)
T 2051/16 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 15/04	Application no. 05804236.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Evidence of alleged public prior use Evidence - not sufficiently proven Amendments - main request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - first auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (yes) Admissibility of first auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes) Admissibility of new line of attack on inventive step - (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes)				Application title ANTI SIPHON TANK INLET AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T205116.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 515.900K)
T 1684/18 () of 21.10.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B63H 21/17 B63H 23/24 H02P 3/00 B60L 15/00	Application no. 07016036.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Argumentationslinien - Argumentationslinien hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Schiffsantrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T168418.20191021				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 258.086K)
T 2492/18 (Request for continuation of opposition proceedings ignored) of 4.11.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F02K 1/72 F02K 1/76	Application no. 02252519.0
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of opposition proceedings Unambigous request ignored by the Opposition Division Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes)				Application title Lock for the turbofan engine thrust reverser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T249218.20191104				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256.925K)
T 0987/19 () of 5.11.2019
Online on 15.11.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61G 7/05 A61G 7/10	Application no. 15305982.9
Keywords Interlocutory revision - reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title PATIENT POSITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T098719.20191105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236.991K)
T 1448/14 () of 23.9.2019
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D 85/804 A47J 31/40	Application no. 07728201.0
Keywords Invention brevetable - (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Modification occasionnée par un motif d'opposition - (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non)				Application title CONDITIONNEMENT POUR L'INFUSION D'UNE MATIERE A INFUSER AVEC DEUX SENS SPECIFIQUES D'UTILISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T144814.20190923				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 444.771K)
T 0884/15 () of 12.9.2019
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F 7/031 G03F 7/32	Application no. 07025187.1
Keywords -				Application title Method for preparation of lithographic printing plate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T088415.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356.312K)
T 1406/15 () of 11.11.2019
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 17/00 B21D 51/38	Application no. 04075710.6
Keywords -				Application title Tin lid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T140615.20191111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351.190K)
T 0589/16 (Centrifugally cast layer/Hitachi) of 29.8.2019
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 37/00 B21B 27/00 B21B 27/02 B22D 13/02 B22D 19/16 C22C 37/06 F16C 13/00	Application no. 05783460.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title CENTRIFUGALLY CAST EXTERNAL LAYER FOR ROLLING ROLL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T058916.20190829				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451.227K)
T 2631/16 (Treatment of xerostomia/ COLGATE) of 7.10.2019
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/44 A61K 8/21 A61K 8/24 A61K 8/19 A61Q 11/00 A61K 31/198 A61P 1/02 A61K 8/20	Application no. 09707366.2
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF XEROSTOMIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T263116.20191007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286.648K)
T 0839/17 () of 13.8.2019
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29	Application no. 05737679.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title LIQUID CONCENTRATED FORMULA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083917.20190813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329.450K)
T 1222/19 () of 8.11.2019
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/284 G01F 23/296	Application no. 07857786.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdegebühr (nicht vollständig entrichtet) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - Sorgfaltspflicht des zugelassenen Vertreters Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - alle gebotene Sorgfalt (nein) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - Sorgfaltspflicht bei Einsatz von Hilfspersonen Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - alle gebotene Sorgfalt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ERMITTLUNG UND ÜBERWACHUNG DES FÜLLSTANDS EINES MEDIUMS IN EINEM BEHÄLTER NACH EINEM LAUFZEITMESSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T122219.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273.681K)
T 0497/98 () of 10.12.2001
Online on 14.11.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.12.2001	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 8/12	Application no. 91310446.9
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Transesophageal ultrasonic scanhead
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T049798.20011210				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22.314K)
T 0609/15 (Customer equipment profile for HVAC controls/LENNOX) of 7.11.2019
Online on 13.11.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/042 G05B 15/02	Application no. 10188813.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Customer equipment profile system for HVAC controls
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T060915.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270.937K)
T 0936/16 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 13.11.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/00 C09K 11/77	Application no. 01272546.1
Keywords Amendments - generalization of a specific feature Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T093616.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309.515K)
T 2009/16 () of 25.10.2019
Online on 13.11.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 1/84 G01F 25/00	Application no. 11000192.2
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - ja				Application title Verfahren zur Ermittlung einer Kenngröße für die Korrektur von Messwerten eines Coriolis-Massedurchflussmessgeräts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T200916.20191025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333.443K)
T 2224/16 (IMPLEMENTING A MULTIPLE DISPLAY MODE / NOKIA) of 8.10.2019
Online on 13.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 G06F 3/14 G06F 1/16 H04M 1/02	Application no. 11800238.5
Keywords Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A MULTIPLE DISPLAY MODE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T222416.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314.010K)
T 1553/13 (Unzulässigkeit einer Beschwerde bei Entrichtung der Beschwerdegebühr … of 20.2.2014
Online on 12.11.2019	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 Einlegung der Beschwerde nach Ablauf der Beschwerdefrist Zahlung der Beschwerdegebühr nach Ablauf der Beschwerdefrist Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer				Application title ABGASANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T155313.20140220				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328.077K)
T 1553/13 () of 23.11.2016
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N 3/035 F01N 3/28 F01N 13/18	Application no. 08716627.8
Keywords Beschwerde nicht fristgerecht eingelegt				Application title ABGASANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T155313.20161123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 243.867K)
T 1553/13 (Unzulässigkeit einer Beschwerde bei Entrichtung der Beschwerdegebühr … of 20.2.2014
Online on 12.11.2019	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 Einlegung der Beschwerde nach Ablauf der Beschwerdefrist Zahlung der Beschwerdegebühr nach Ablauf der Beschwerdefrist Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer				Application title ABGASANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T155313.20140220				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328.077K)
T 1553/13 (Inadmissibility of an appeal where the appeal fee is paid after … of 20.2.2014
Online on 12.11.2019	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 12.11.2019	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 2037/16 (Method of removing solvent from polymer solution/JSR) of 8.8.2019
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 1/14 B01D 3/38 C08F 6/10 C08F 6/12 C08C 2/06	Application no. 03741152.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title METHOD OF REMOVING SOLVENT FROM POLYMER SOLUTION AND SOLVENT REMOVING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T203716.20190808				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358.888K)
T 2195/16 () of 2.10.2019
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 77/60	Application no. 10787124.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title KINETISCH STABILE CHLORIERTE POLYSILANE UND DEREN HERSTELLUNG UND VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T219516.20191002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320.940K)
T 2732/16 () of 26.9.2019
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/05 C08K 5/12 C07C 67/08 C07C 69/44 C07C 69/80 C08K 5/11	Application no. 99973824.8
Keywords Neuheit - Parameter Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung im Stand der Technik Neuheit - Beweislast				Application title GEMISCH VON DIESTERN DER ADIPIN- ODER PHTHALSÄURE MIT ISOMEREN NONANOLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T273216.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391.032K)
T 2733/16 (Individual-centric/CENTRIFYHEALTH) of 10.10.2019
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 07853641.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title INDIVIDUAL HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T273316.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307.694K)
T 2031/17 (Selecting Edge Node/HUAWEI) of 21.5.2019
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24 H04L 29/06 H04W 12/08 H04L 29/12	Application no. 12792378.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title METHOD, DEVICE, AND EDGE NODE CONTROLLER FOR SELECTING EDGE NODE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T203117.20190521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288.562K)
T 2508/18 () of 10.10.2019
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 7/00 B32B 17/00 B32B 27/00 C08J 5/00 C09J 7/00 C09J 123/04	Application no. 09761958.9
Keywords Main request: clarity of parameter and of functional features - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 4: admission - (no)				Application title A REMOVABLE DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE ANCHOR FOR TEMPORARILY SECURING AN OBJECT IN PLACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T250818.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.553K)
T 2052/19 () of 4.11.2019
Online on 12.11.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 06726754.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds (not filed)				Application title APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T205219.20191104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228.438K)
T 0305/13 (Class II mannosidase/GLICOFY) of 26.2.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/00	Application no. 04713372.3
Keywords Main request - meets the requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title EXPRESSION OF CLASS II MANNOSIDASE AND CLASS III MANNOSIDASE IN LOWER EUKARYOTIC CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030513.20190226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475.531K)
T 1462/14 (Contactless circuit/WISeKey Semiconductors) of 1.10.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/07	Application no. 09792908.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes Amendments - main request; no Amendments - auxiliary request) Deletion of features essentiality test Skilled person vs lawyer				Application title CONTACTLESS INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T146214.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335.109K)
T 0767/16 () of 18.9.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/16	Application no. 09743477.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - partial problems Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title ASPHERIC TORIC INTRAOCULAR LENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T076716.20190918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409.596K)
T 0821/16 () of 8.10.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/14 B01D 53/62 B01D 53/78 B01D 53/96 C01B 31/20	Application no. 05720741.7
Keywords Late-filed allegation of fact - admitted (no) Main request - admitted (yes), novelty (no) Auxiliary request - admitted (yes), added matter (no), clarity (yes), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING CO2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T082116.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 905.003K)
T 1603/16 () of 24.9.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q 1/52 B23Q 16/02	Application no. 10774132.4
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title RUNDSCHALTTISCH MIT DIREKTEM ANTRIEB DER TRANSPORTKURVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160316.20190924				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348.908K)
T 1918/16 () of 1.10.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 15/30 E05F 15/622 E05F 15/63	Application no. 04103917.3
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Scherenanordnung, geeignet zum motorisch betriebenen Einstellen, Ausstellen oder Halten eines Flügels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T191816.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315.439K)
T 1956/16 () of 25.9.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/13	Application no. 10191930.6
Keywords Novelty - Main request and first auxiliary request (no) Adaptation of the description - Second auxiliary request (Yes)				Application title Aerogel, and composition and method for manufacture of the aerogel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T195616.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359.946K)
T 2227/16 (Reference signal patterns/ACER) of 31.10.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 31.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00 H04L 27/26 H04W 72/04	Application no. 11170716.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes, after amendments) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Method for reference signal pattern allocation and related communication device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T222716.20191031				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309.551K)
T 0169/19 () of 6.11.2019
Online on 11.11.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 43/18 B65B 43/28 B65B 7/20	Application no. 13194530.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Aufrichten eines Faltschachtelzuschnittes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T016919.20191106				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 270.031K)
T 2345/14 (Performing a process on a workpiece/ROLLS-ROYCE) of 27.9.2019
Online on 08.11.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/401 G05B 19/402 B23B 49/00 B23K 26/02	Application no. 08019235.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - second and third auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Performing a process on a workpiece
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T234514.20190927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368.062K)
T 0619/15 (Informationssignalspektrum/IZT) of 19.9.2019
Online on 08.11.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 1/28	Application no. 08802354.4
Keywords Prüfung des Einspruchs - Aufrechterhaltung des Patents in geändertem Umfang				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM EMPFANGEN EINES INFORMATIONSSIGNALS MIT EINEM INFORMATIONSSIGNALSPEKTRUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T061915.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397.264K)
T 0967/15 () of 4.11.2019
Online on 08.11.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 7/12 C08K 5/103 C09D 5/02 C09J 11/06 C09K 3/10	Application no. 07748204.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title A WATERBORNE BINDER COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T096715.20191104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357.109K)
T 2371/15 (Progressive delivery of multimedia objects/SLIPSTREAM) of 17.10.2019
Online on 08.11.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/02 H04L 12/16	Application no. 06790752.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRESSIVE DELIVERY OF MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T237115.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297.385K)
T 0899/16 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 08.11.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 53/00 A01N 27/00 A01N 35/06 A01N 43/30 A01N 43/90 A01N 49/00 A01N 65/00 A01P 7/04	Application no. 07848379.9
Keywords Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title INSECTICIDAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T089916.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371.193K)
T 1862/17 () of 5.11.2019
Online on 08.11.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 21/20	Application no. 14172532.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Transportabschnitt einer Horizontalfördereinrichtung mit mindestens einem verstellbaren Führungselement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T186217.20191105				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 280.202K)
T 0919/15 () of 8.7.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 57/20	Application no. 99942831.1
Keywords -				Application title HERBIZIDE MITTEL FÜR TOLERANTE ODER RESISTENTE SOJAKULTUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T091915.20190708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 579.636K)
T 1045/15 (Testing device for magnetic tape cassettes/FUJIFILM RECORDING MEDIA) of 30.9.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 30.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 15/07 G11B 15/68 G11B 23/04 G11B 23/087	Application no. 08007024.6
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Testing device for magnetic tape cassettes with a passive RFID chip, comprising a reading device for RFID and for a barcode and an evaluation device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104515.20190930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.672K)
T 1082/15 () of 23.9.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A22B 5/00 A22B 7/00 A22C 17/00	Application no. 08002022.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Method for processing items such as pieces of meat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108215.20190923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.408K)
T 1838/15 () of 25.7.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 14/06 C23C 14/00 C23C 30/00 C23C 14/02 C23C 14/58 C23C 14/32	Application no. 10010250.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title Werkstück mit AlCr-haltiger Hartstoffschicht und Verfahren zur Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T183815.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287.207K)
T 0818/16 (Time series search engine/SPLUNK) of 10.9.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07853813.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Time series search engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T081816.20190910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374.580K)
T 1044/16 () of 4.11.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 64/30	Application no. 04772002.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - solution not suggested by the state of the art (ex post facto analysis)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104416.20191104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 577.706K)
T 1576/16 () of 1.10.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F04D 29/42	Application no. 07006905.9
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Gehäuse für Radialgebläse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T157616.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371.164K)
T 1738/16 (Allergen extract/ALK-ABELLÓ) of 16.9.2019
Online on 07.11.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/36	Application no. 06005128.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of opposition proceedings (no)				Application title Process for producing an allergen extract
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T173816.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244.823K)
T 2139/14 () of 30.9.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/142 G06F 19/00	Application no. 08022100.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 3 (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Portable drug administration device switchable between two different administration modes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T213914.20190930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.339K)
T 2169/14 () of 5.9.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 10170545.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no); first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - first auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Wearable artificial kidney with regeneration system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T216914.20190905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424.427K)
T 2196/14 () of 5.9.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 10170546.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no); first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - first auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Dialysis machine with regeneration system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T219614.20190905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424.466K)
T 0828/15 () of 3.4.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.4.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C70/34	Application no. 06769909.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method of manufacturing curved composite structural elements
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T082815.20190403				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.660K)
T 1247/15 () of 7.5.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D15/00	Application no. 05739640.0
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Wertdokument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124715.20190507				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306.156K)
T 1299/15 () of 23.5.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L55/165	Application no. 08785286.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Übergang der Beweislast Ausreichende Offenbarung - Plausibilität				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Sanieren von Rohrleitungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T129915.20190523				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 256.869K)
T 1785/16 () of 8.8.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65H29/60 B65H29/62 A61F13/15	Application no. 08719714.1
Keywords Withdrawal of the approval of the text of the patent as granted				Application title Method for selective folding or redirecting of cut web products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T178516.20190808				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239.576K)
T 0378/17 () of 8.8.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G1/18 A23G1/00	Application no. 10075150.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 7 - admission into the appeal proceedings (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 6 - added matter (yes)				Application title Apparatus for continuous tempering of chocolate mass
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T037817.20190808				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417.421K)
T 0381/17 () of 9.8.2019
Online on 06.11.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G1/18 A23G1/00	Application no. 10075151.0
Keywords Added matter: auxiliary request 1 - no Sufficiency of disclosure: auxiliary request 1 Sufficiency of disclosure - yes Novelty: auxiliary request 1 Novelty - yes Inventive step: auxiliary request 1 Inventive step - yes				Application title Method and apparatus for continuous tempering of chocolate mass
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T038117.20190809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391.495K)
T 0586/13 (Kernschmelze-Rückhalteeinrichtung / AREVA) of 11.9.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G21C9/016	Application no. 06754548.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title WANNENARTIGE KERNSCHMELZE-RÜCKHALTEEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T058613.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376.157K)
T 0474/14 (Event distribution in messaging systems/ERICSSON) of 29.10.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 29.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/50	Application no. 08867678.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Form of decision - decision sufficiently reasoned (yes)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVENT DISTRIBUTION IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T047414.20191029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345.153K)
T 1191/14 () of 19.9.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/06	Application no. 02719480.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no)				Application title PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T119114.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346.369K)
T 0815/15 () of 21.10.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D5/34 G11B27/10 G06F17/30 G11B27/00	Application no. 03781849.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING VINYL RECORD ALBUM WITH EXTERNAL SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T081515.20191021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348.067K)
T 0838/16 () of 11.10.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B 13/00 F25B 40/00	Application no. 09011733.4
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Refrigeration/air conditioning equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083816.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302.231K)
T 1199/16 (Inter-cell feedback III/QUALCOMM) of 27.8.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 25/02 H04L 25/03 H04B 7/06 H04B 7/26 H04L 1/06 H04L 1/00 H04W 88/04	Application no. 13167292.5
Keywords Clarity - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 2a (no): reformulation of objective problem necessary Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes)				Application title Spatial interference mitigation schemes for wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T119916.20190827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373.597K)
T 1440/16 (Inter-cell feedback II/QUALCOMM) of 23.8.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 25/02 H04L 25/03 H04B 7/06 H04B 7/26 H04L 1/06 H04L 1/00 H04W 88/04	Application no. 13167293.3
Keywords Clarity - main request (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 1a (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no): re-formulation of objective problem necessary Inventive step - auxiliary request 1b (yes)				Application title Spatial interference mitigation schemes for wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T144016.20190823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400.389K)
T 1441/16 (Inter-cell feedback I/QUALCOMM) of 23.8.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 25/02 H04L 25/03 H04B 7/06 H04B 7/26 H04L 1/06 H04L 1/00 H04W 88/04 H04L 5/00	Application no. 09747718.6
Keywords Clarity - main request (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 1a (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no): re-formulation of objective problem necessary Inventive step - auxiliary request 1b (yes)				Application title Spatial interference mitigation schemes for wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T144116.20190823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388.814K)
T 0245/17 () of 9.10.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 15/04	Application no. 09732839.7
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ANTI SIPHON TANK INLET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T024517.20191009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299.996K)
T 0587/17 () of 4.9.2019
Online on 05.11.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F220/06 A61L15/60 C08F6/00 C08J3/24 C08K5/42 C08K5/53	Application no. 11707684.4
Keywords Synergismus nicht für gesamte beanspruchte Breite glaubhaft - naheliegende Ausführungsformen vom beanspruchten Gegenstand eingeschlossen				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL MIT VERBESSERTER FARBSTABILITÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T058717.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370.496K)
T 1259/12 (Version control/ORACLE) of 21.10.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60 G06F 17/30	Application no. 03722758.4
Keywords Inventive step - actively presenting the user with a choice (no Inventive step - obvious) Inventive step - removing "group awareness" (no Inventive step - obvious) Appeal proceedings - new document cited by the Board Remittal to the department of first instance (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Application title PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T125912.20191021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 612.458K)
T 0131/15 () of 10.10.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 7/12	Application no. 02258600.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Apparatus for sensing optical characteristics of a banknote
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T013115.20191010				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443.479K)
T 1757/15 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/28 F01N 3/021 F01N 13/14	Application no. 10157320.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Method of winding holding sealing material and method of manufacturing exhaust gas purifying apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T175715.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346.910K)
T 0406/16 (Composition de teinture d'oxydation / L'Oreal) of 4.7.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/87 A61K 8/46 A61K 8/86 A61Q 5/10	Application no. 06015350.9
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title Composition de teinture d'oxydation pour fibres kératiniques
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T040616.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 439.385K)
T 1759/16 () of 28.10.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/36 G01N 21/00 G01B 9/04 G01B 11/00	Application no. 08867252.2
Keywords Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T175916.20191028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333.869K)
T 2367/16 (Alkali metal alloy - silica gel composition / LEFENFELD) of 31.7.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 31.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/04 B01J 37/02 B01J 35/02 B01J 37/08 B01J 20/04 B01J 20/10 B01J 20/32 C01B 3/00 C07C 2/86 C07D 333/76	Application no. 12175978.1
Keywords Admissibility (New Main Request, New First Auxiliary Request, Second Auxiliary Request) : no - late filed and not prima facie allowable Admissibility (Amended Second Auxiliary Request) : yes Clarity (Amended Second Auxiliary Request) : yes Added matter (Amended Second Auxiliary Request) : no Remittal: yes				Application title Silica gel compositions containing alkali metals and alkali metal alloys
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T236716.20190731				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333.239K)
T 2569/16 () of 2.9.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E05F 15/12	Application no. 07107270.6
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - (no) Inspection of files - Exclusion of documents from file inspection (yes)				Application title Drive device for operating a vehicle door
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T256916.20190902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294.120K)
T 0636/17 () of 29.5.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 13/12 B60L 5/38 B60M 1/30 B66C 19/00 B60L 5/08	Application no. 12709860.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag X, Xa,VI Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag IV Verspätetes Vorbringen - korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Hilfsantrag IVa				Application title STROMABNEHMERSYSTEM, KRANANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUM ZUSTELLEN EINES STROMABNEHMERWAGENS ZU EINER STROMSCHIENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T063617.20190529				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310.124K)
T 0879/17 () of 25.7.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 13/08	Application no. 08802953.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SCHALLISOLIERUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR DEN KRAFTFAHRZEUGINNENRAUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T087917.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316.301K)
T 2729/17 (Feeding back channel states/ZTE) of 29.10.2019
Online on 04.11.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/06 H04L 1/00 H04L 5/00 H04L 25/03	Application no. 11797482.4
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes) Right to be heard - intention not to attend the scheduled oral proceedings: cancellation of oral proceedings				Application title Method and terminal for feeding back channel state information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T272917.20191029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346.015K)

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T 2164/13 (Protected distribution/QUALCOMM) of 26.9.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 07757500.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTED DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATIONS AND MEDIA CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T216413.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.931K)
T 0385/14 (In vitro differentiated cardiomyocytes/AXIOGENESIS) of 11.9.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/0735	Application no. 05740642.3
Keywords Decision under appeal set aside Remittal of the case to the opposition division for further prosecution				Application title ASSAY FOR DRUG DISCOVERY BASED ON IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATED CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T038514.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365.400K)
T 0570/14 () of 23.7.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/064 A61B 17/068 A61B 17/04 A61B 17/11	Application no. 07113565.1
Keywords Opposition admissible (yes) Extent of the opposition limited (yes) Admissibility of requests 2a, 2b (yes) Extension beyond the application as filed or the earlier application as filed - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 2a, 2b - (yes) Extension beyond the application as filed or the earlier application as filed - auxiliary request 2c - (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 2c - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2c Inventive step - (yes) Power to examine non-opposed claims (no)				Application title Endoscopic fundoplication devices for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T057014.20190723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1.027M)
T 1306/14 () of 6.8.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/315	Application no. 06707250.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes), sixth auxiliary request (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure Grounds for opposition - sixth auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - sixth auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - sixth auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - sixth auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings - admitted (yes) Minutes of oral proceedings - essentials of oral proceedings				Application title DOSE SETTING MECHANISM FOR AN INJECTION DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRESETTING A MAXIMUM DOSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T130614.20190806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 763.469K)
T 0048/15 () of 23.10.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 25/30 A01N 25/24 B01F 17/00 C11D 1/65 C11D 1/655	Application no. 06754770.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING NAPHTHALENE SULFONATE DERIVATIVES AND NITROGEN-CONTAINING SURFACTANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T004815.20191023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241.486K)
T 1328/15 () of 25.10.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 43/02 B65D 77/20	Application no. 08021268.1
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Rücknahme des (Hilfs-) Antrages auf mündliche Verhandlung durch die unterliegende Partei Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Behälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T132815.20191025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288.263K)
T 1494/18 () of 22.10.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A45C5/03	Application no. 15189148.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHALENKOFFER, INSBESONDERE HARTSCHALENKOFFER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T149418.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 249.130K)
T 2575/19 () of 18.10.2019
Online on 30.10.2019	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445 G07F 7/10	Application no. 12005325.1
Keywords -				Application title Communication device, information processing device, program, and reader/writer providing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T257519.20191018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276.893K)
D 0005/18 () of 11.7.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board DBA	Decision date 11.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:D000518.20190711				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 71.920K)
T 1450/14 (Mesylatsalz / BOEHRINGER) of 24.7.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D 401/12	Application no. 07115663.2
Keywords Zulassung spät eingereichter Tatsachen und Beweismittel in das Verfahren (teilweise verneint) Hauptantrag - erste Priorität (anerkannt) Hauptantrag - erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Zulassung eines spät eingereichten Hilfsantrags in das Verfahren (verneint)				Application title 3-[(2-{[4-(Hexyloxycarbonylamino-imino-methyl)-phenylamino]methyl}-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-5-carbonyl)-pyridin-2-yl-amino]-propionsäure-ethylester Methansulfonat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145014.20190724				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506.734K)
T 0087/15 () of 20.5.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80 A01N 25/22 A01P 1/00	Application no. 07252147.9
Keywords Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Microbicidal composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T008715.20190520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401.075K)
T 0432/15 (Lipid acyltransferase dough baked product/DUPONT NUTRITION … of 18.10.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/54 C12N 15/55 C12N 9/10 C12N 9/18 A23L 1/03 A23L 1/035 A21D 8/04	Application no. 06014353.4
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 2 to 5 - admission (no); Auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes);				Application title Method for the in situ production of an emulsifier in a foodstuff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T043215.20191018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353.662K)
T 0442/15 (Lipid acyltransferase egg-based dairy product/DUPONT NUTRITION … of 21.10.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/54 C12N 15/55 C12N 9/10 C12N 9/18 A23L 1/03 A23L 1/035	Application no. 06014355.9
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes); Auxiliary requests 2 to 7 - admission (no);				Application title Method for the in situ production of an emulsifier in a foodstuff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T044215.20191021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370.040K)
T 1747/15 () of 26.9.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/14 F01D 9/02 F01D 9/04	Application no. 09169493.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Gas Turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174715.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.489K)
T 0116/16 () of 24.9.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/08 F01N 3/20 B01D 53/94	Application no. 07848741.0
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 1 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 2 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Late-filed request - auxiliary request 2 Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 2 (no)				Application title APPARATUS COMPRISING LEAN BURN IC ENGINE AND AN EXHAUST SYSTEM THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T011616.20190924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366.814K)
T 0461/16 () of 23.10.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 1/52	Application no. 09000310.4
Keywords -				Application title Tor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046116.20191023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 267.359K)
T 2339/16 () of 5.6.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.6.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F21K 99/00 G02B 17/00	Application no. 06706019.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Einspruchsgründe - verspätet eingereichter Einspruchsgrund Einspruchsgründe - (nicht zugelassen)				Application title LICHT EMITTIERENDES MODUL MIT LED UND PASSSTIFTEN FÜR DIE MONTAGE EINES OPTISCHEN ELEMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T233916.20190605				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 284.329K)
T 1906/17 () of 25.9.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 1/04 B05B 1/34 B05B 1/32 E03C 1/04	Application no. 05815941.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung wäre erforderlich gewesen (ja) Beweisaufnahme - Begutachtung durch Sachverständigen nicht substantiiert und nicht erforderlich				Application title STRAHLAUSTRITTSELEMENT FÜR SANITÄRARMATUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T190617.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365.312K)
T 2413/17 () of 7.10.2019
Online on 29.10.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B66C 1/36 B66C 1/22	Application no. 09704422.6
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title HOOK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T241317.20191007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261.105K)
T 0852/13 (Formulation stabilisée contenant du dimère de paracétamol/NGUYEN-XUAN … of 2.4.2019
Online on 28.10.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.4.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 31/167 A61K 9/08	Application no. 04711333.7
Keywords Requête principale et première requête subsidiaire: produites tardivement - justification du retard (non)- clairement admissible (non) Deuxième, troisième et sixième requêtes subsidiaires: Modifications étendant la protection conférée du brevet (oui) Quatrième et cinquième requêtes subsidiaires: Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title FORMULATION LIQUIDE INJECTABLE DE PARACETAMOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T085213.20190402				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 442.211K)
T 2272/13 (Portable device inventory tracking/SAP SE) of 25.10.2019
Online on 28.10.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 12157737.3
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - technical features not properly assessed (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Portable device inventory tracking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T227213.20191025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324.389K)
T 1503/14 (Oral zu applizierende Darreichungsform / BOEHRINGER) of 25.7.2019
Online on 28.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50 A61K 31/4439 A61P 7/02	Application no. 03743368.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title ORAL ZU APPLIZIERENDE DARREICHUNGSFORM FÜR 3- [(2-{[4-(HEXYLOXYCARBONYLAMINO-IMINO-METHYL)-PHENYLAMINO]-METHYL}-1-METHYL-1H-BENZIMIDAZOL-5-CARBONYL)-PYRIDIN-2-YL-AMINO] -PROPIONSÄURE-ETHYLESTER ODER DESSEN SALZE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T150314.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 377.205K)
T 1801/14 () of 9.10.2019
Online on 28.10.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 9.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/30 H04N 7/36 H04N 7/24	Application no. 03813911.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 und 2 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Datenreduktion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T180114.20191009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307.249K)
T 0521/15 () of 1.10.2019
Online on 28.10.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84 G01F 25/00	Application no. 03736759.6
Keywords Novelty - after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title PROCESS CONNECTION ADAPTER FOR A METER CALIBRATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052115.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279.338K)
T 1048/16 (Traitement capillaire / L'ORÉAL) of 19.9.2019
Online on 28.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/04 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/87 A61K 8/895 A61K 8/92	Application no. 06300077.2
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Procédé de traitement capillaire et utilisation dudit procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104816.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 292.255K)
T 2100/12 (Minicircle vector/MAYRHOFER) of 7.11.2018
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.11.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63	Application no. 04730974.5
Keywords Admission of new evidence (no) Main request - fulfils requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title MINICIRCLE VECTOR PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T210012.20181107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 550.967K)
T 1745/13 (Heterogeneous processor pool/CITRIX) of 1.10.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/455	Application no. 09775012.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING VIRTUALIZATION OF A HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSOR POOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174513.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.722K)
T 0259/14 () of 18.10.2018
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4704 A61K 31/46 A61K 31/137 A61K 31/439 A61P 11/06	Application no. 04741123.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title MEDICAMENTS FOR INHALATION COMPRISING AN ANTICHOLINERGIC AND A BETAMIMETIC
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T025914.20181018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.077K)
T 0288/15 () of 30.7.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B19/00 A61L2/18	Application no. 09002027.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 6 (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Aufbereitung medizinischer und/oder chirurgischer Instrumente und Apparate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T028815.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 467.161K)
T 0959/15 () of 10.9.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC A47L13/40 D04H1/435 D04H1/498 D04H1/4291 D04H1/4374 D04H5/03 D04H1/492 B32B5/26 D04H5/02 A47L13/16	Application no. 06020789.1
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 3 (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - requête subsidiaire 3bis Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title Non-tissé comprenant une nappe en filaments continus, son procédé de fabrication et son application en tant que chiffon d'essuyage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T095915.20190910				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 484.508K)
T 0973/15 (Summarising photos/CYBERLINK) of 24.7.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 09177618.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Systems and methods for summarizing photos based on photo information and user preference
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T097315.20190724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289.733K)
T 0185/17 () of 18.9.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/42	Application no. 12193324.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title System, package, apparatus and method for dosing coffee beans
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T018517.20190918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 262.588K)
T 0831/17 (Haar oder München als Ort der mündlichen Verhandlung) of 21.10.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L29/06 H04L29/08 H04W28/06 H04W80/00 H04W80/02 H04W80/04 H04W88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Einwendungen Dritter - Rechtsstellung des Dritten Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (nein) Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Mobilfunknetzes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083117.20191021				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 251.208K)
T 0015/18 (Coding coefficients generation/CODE ON NETWORK CODING Coduing) of 22.10.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L1/00	Application no. 13819210.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DETERMINISTIC DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T001518.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281.047K)
T 0590/18 (Gultigkeit des Formblattes EPA Form 1010 Beschwerde eingereight - … of 9.8.2019
Online on 25.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/632 E05F 15/70	Application no. 07107049.4
Keywords Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt bei Nichtzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr				Application title Schiebeturanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T059018.20190809				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 277.438K)
T 1185/15 () of 4.7.2019
Online on 24.10.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G1/00 A23G1/21	Application no. 03751140.9
Keywords Opposition division's decision not to admit document overruled (yes) Added matter: main request (no) Novelty: main request (yes) Inventive step: main request (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CONDENSATE AND/OR FROST FORMATION IN CHOCOLATE SHELL MOULDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T118515.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493.863K)
T 2774/17 () of 20.9.2019
Online on 24.10.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D25/06	Application no. 10728130.5
Keywords Klarheit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title BAUKASTENSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES DACHMODULS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T277417.20190920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 255.510K)
R 0001/18 () of 30.9.2019
Online on 23.10.2019	Board EBA	Decision date 30.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G07F 7/00 E04H 6/14 G07B 15/00	Application no. 10181612.2
Keywords Paiement de la taxe hors délai Requête en restitutio in integrum - réputée non formée Requête en révision - réputée non formée				Application title Procédé et système de transport collectif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:R000118.20190930				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 341.401K)
T 1201/10 (Personalised interactive automated marketing/JEAN-LUC ROCHET) of 20.5.2019
Online on 23.10.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/60	Application no. 02747302.4
Keywords Inventive step - use of code to identify a product (no Inventive step - not technical) Correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALISED INTERACTIVE AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC MARKETING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T120110.20190520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371.287K)
T 1372/11 (Issuing machine and issuing system/SATO) of 24.10.2018
Online on 23.10.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 24.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 06011945.0
Keywords Inventive step - server-side authentication of hardcopy certificates based on combination of random pattern and cryptographic checksum (yes Inventive step - non-obvious combination)				Application title Issuing machine and issuing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T137211.20181024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338.866K)
T 1082/13 (Computer implemented system offering replacement services for … of 31.1.2019
Online on 23.10.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 31.1.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 06118708.4
Keywords Inventive step - forwarding a UDDI request for a tax calculation to another service after a timeout (no Inventive step - part of business requirement) Inventive step - automatically choosing a replacement system (no Inventive step - common general knowledge)				Application title A computer system and computer implemented method for applying tax legislation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108213.20190131				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354.787K)
T 1239/15 () of 8.10.2019
Online on 23.10.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01G19/00	Application no. 08020623.8
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Parallel path weight measurement system for sheet handling devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T123915.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.898K)
T 2381/16 () of 14.10.2019
Online on 23.10.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/10 C08J5/18 B32B27/32	Application no. 04741240.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - admitted (no) - no case presented for these				Application title POLYOLEFIN ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T238116.20191014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352.074K)
T 1647/17 (Pipettiervorrichtung/Eppendorf) of 20.9.2019
Online on 23.10.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01L3/02	Application no. 12001439.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Pipettiervorrichtung und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T164717.20190920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328.248K)
T 1797/15 () of 11.7.2019
Online on 22.10.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 37/66	Application no. 07703793.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR UNTERDRÜCKUNG DES EINFLUSSES VON WALZENEXZENTRIZITÄTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T179715.20190711				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327.198K)
T 0600/16 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 22.10.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC E04G 21/02	Application no. 04290846.7
Keywords Priorité - base dans le document de priorité (non) Nouveauté - (non) Modifications - extension de la revendication (oui)				Application title Plate-forme de lavage pour benne à béton
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T060016.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 481.249K)
T 1201/16 () of 17.10.2019
Online on 22.10.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B05C5/02	Application no. 10191188.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Liquid dispenser having individualized process air control
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T120116.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351.102K)
T 0697/17 (SQL extensions/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 17.10.2019
Online on 22.10.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04779537.2
Keywords Patentable invention - computer implemented invention Patentable invention - technical character of the invention Patentable invention - (yes) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - problem and solution approach Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title SQL language extensions for modifying collection-valued and scalar valued columns in a single statement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069717.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484.076K)
T 0158/15 () of 16.10.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.10.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 3/06 H05B 3/50 B60H 1/22	Application no. 06125375.3
Keywords Modifications - généralisation intermédiaire				Application title Optimisation d'un dispositif de chauffage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T015815.20191016				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 384.281K)
T 1386/15 () of 12.9.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 17/32	Application no. 12704914.6
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests Inventive step - (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T138615.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398.374K)
T 2344/15 () of 12.9.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D05C 15/18 D05C 15/34	Application no. 03813805.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - auxiliary requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Admission of auxiliary requests filed with statement of grounds of appeal (no)				Application title YARN FEED SYSTEM FOR TUFTING MACHINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T234415.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 471.799K)
T 0638/16 (Dextrose equivalent/BASF) of 11.7.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 19/44	Application no. 08745036.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - closest prior art				Application title PAPER COATING OR BINDING FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T063816.20190711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361.372K)
T 0910/16 (UNITIZED DOSE COMPOSITION / Procter & Gamble) of 17.7.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 17/04 C11D 1/74 C11D 3/00 C11D 3/12 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/22 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/382 C11D 3/40 C11D 3/42	Application no. 07753553.2
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title LIQUID TREATMENT UNITIZED DOSE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T091016.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288.551K)
T 1030/16 (Système d'interface d'accès/ENABLON) of 4.9.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 01965330.2
Keywords Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - toutes les requêtes (non)				Application title Système d'interface d'accès aux données d'une base de données
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T103016.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 343.789K)
T 2080/16 (Pharmaceutical compositions for inhalation/Vectura Limited) of 10.9.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/28	Application no. 07123922.2
Keywords Opponent's appeal admissible - Yes Main request - Sufficiency of disclsoure (Yes) Main request - Novelty (Yes) Main request - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions for inhalation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T208016.20190910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 559.006K)
T 1990/19 () of 16.10.2019
Online on 21.10.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.10.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G07F 7/10 G06F 9/445	Application no. 06794012.2
Keywords "Mémoire exposant les motifs du recours non déposé - recours irrecevable"				Application title PERSONNALISATION DE CARTE A PUCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T199019.20191016				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 221.023K)
T 1453/14 () of 17.7.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/14	Application no. 03749989.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Admissibility of auxiliary request 1 (yes) Amendments according to Rule 80 Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 1 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Request to record a statement in the minutes of oral proceedings (refused)				Application title Blood purifying device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145314.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410.361K)
T 1234/15 () of 18.9.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/00 F03D 11/04 E02D 27/42	Application no. 05716518.5
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - frühere europäische Anmeldung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ERRICHTEN EINES TURMES SOWIE WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T123415.20190918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376.221K)
T 1886/15 () of 8.8.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B21C 47/30 B21C 47/32	Application no. 05702268.3
Keywords Public prior use Late-filed request				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING COILS OF ROLLED OR DRAWN LONG PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T188615.20190808				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353.616K)
T 2106/15 (Polymer conjugate/DAKO) of 5.6.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/543	Application no. 04817923.8
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMMUNO-HISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T210615.20190605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425.555K)
T 2185/15 () of 17.7.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/14	Application no. 11180924.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Request to record a statement in the minutes of oral proceedings (refused)				Application title Medical device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T218515.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402.213K)
T 0318/16 () of 14.10.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D 43/11 B21D 43/00	Application no. 08716451.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR LAGEAUSRICHTUNG VON PLATTENFÖRMIGEN TEILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T031816.20191014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 281.382K)
T 0722/16 () of 6.9.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B 37/18 F02B 37/22 F02B 37/24	Application no. 04743317.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title TURBOCHARGER APPARATUS HAVING AN EXHAUST GAS SEALING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING GAS LEAKAGE FROM THE TURBOCHARGER APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T072216.20190906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322.533K)
T 2178/16 () of 10.10.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16D 69/04 F16D 65/092	Application no. 09425173.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Sintered material friction shoes for disc brakes of railway wheeled vehicles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T217816.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.250K)
T 2400/16 () of 18.9.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B 71/00 F02B 75/04 F02D 15/02 F02D 41/30	Application no. 06735815.0
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A FOUR-CYLINDER, FOUR-CYCLE, FREE PISTON, PREMIXED CHARGE COMPRESSION IGNITION, INTERNAL COMBUSTION RECIPROCATING PISTON ENGINE WITH A VARIABLE STROKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T240016.20190918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312.638K)
T 2743/16 () of 4.9.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/30	Application no. 09011431.5
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben eines Beteiligten Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen				Application title Regenschutzschiene
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T274316.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 250.951K)
T 0783/19 () of 8.10.2019
Online on 18.10.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 25/00 B62D 29/00 B62D 25/20 B62D 21/15	Application no. 08864311.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title INTEGRATED REINFORCING CROSSMEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T078319.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.758K)
T 1164/13 () of 5.8.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 5.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 3/74	Application no. 05758848.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - verspätet eingereichter Einspruchsgrund Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR FUNKPEILUNG MEHRERER SPEKTRAL ÜBERLAPPENDER FUNKSTATIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116413.20190805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454.623K)
T 0696/14 () of 14.10.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/84	Application no. 07709682.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SILICON CARBIDE DIMPLED SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069614.20191014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300.910K)
T 1278/14 (Tagging microorganisms/DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES) of 30.7.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 07777180.6
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title Tagged microorganisms and methods of tagging
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T127814.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352.904K)
T 1926/14 () of 27.6.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 27.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/03 A61K 8/04 A61Q 5/06 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/60	Application no. 05857846.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title CLEAR, TOW-PHASE, FOAM-FORMING AEROSOL HAIRSTYLING PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T192614.20190627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326.255K)
T 0569/15 (Measuring analytes in biological fluids/ASCENSIA) of 4.9.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/00 C12Q 1/54 C12Q 1/32 C12Q 1/26 C12Q 1/28	Application no. 05854033.7
Keywords Main request - novelty (no) First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title SIZE SELF-LIMITING COMPOSITIONS AND TEST DEVICES FOR MEASURING ANALYTES IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T056915.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.439K)
T 1241/15 () of 2.7.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/32 B65D 71/00 B65D 85/16	Application no. 09744956.5
Keywords -				Application title MULTILAYER FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124115.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464.528K)
T 1702/15 (Influenza vaccines against pandemic strains/NOVARTIS) of 30.4.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.4.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/145 A61K 39/39	Application no. 11162713.9
Keywords Clarity - sole request (no)				Application title Adjuvanted influenza vaccines including cytokine-inducing agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T170215.20190430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.839K)
T 1322/17 (Ibandronate/ATNAHS) of 19.3.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 19.3.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P 19/10 A61K 31/663 A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 31/675	Application no. 07014362.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title Bisphosphonic acids for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T132217.20190319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509.145K)
T 2385/17 () of 19.9.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B66F 9/20 B66F 9/075 B66F 9/24	Application no. 12187324.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Not substantiated auxiliary requests - not to be taken into account				Application title A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE HAVING A CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VARYING A SPEED LIMIT OF A STEER MOTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T238517.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288.998K)
T 2657/18 () of 23.9.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC H01L 51/00 B81C 1/00	Application no. 10354042.3
Keywords -				Application title Procédé de réalisation de motifs localisés
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T265718.20190923				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 230.210K)
T 1562/19 () of 14.10.2019
Online on 17.10.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 5/39	Application no. 03291505.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Accessing video memory in programming language representation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T156219.20191014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229.179K)
T 1248/12 (Privacy preserving data mining/CROSSIX) of 12.3.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.3.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/30	Application no. 05718937.5
Keywords Inventive step - de-identifying data (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title A PRIVACY PRESERVING DATA-MINING PROTOCOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124812.20190312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322.579K)
T 1992/14 () of 10.10.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778 H01L 21/338 H01L 29/207 H01L 29/20	Application no. 11153386.5
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no, after amendment) Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Inventive step - (yes, after amendment)				Application title Transistors with fluorine treatment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T199214.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297.638K)
T 1212/15 () of 10.10.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 11/58 G07F 11/60 A61J 7/00 G06F 19/00	Application no. 08747509.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title AUTOMATED MEDICATION HANDLING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T121215.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334.196K)
T 0807/16 (Exhaust gas cleaning/Proventia) of 2.8.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 3/04 B01F 5/04 B01F 5/06 F01N 3/20 B01F 5/00	Application no. 11193509.4
Keywords -				Application title Method and device for exhaust gas cleaning
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T080716.20190802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292.603K)
T 1342/16 (HYDROPHILIC FILTRATION DURING MANUFACTURE OF VACCINE ADJUVANTS / … of 10.10.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/107 A61K 39/12 A61K 39/39	Application no. 10252044.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - appeal not allowable				Application title Hydrophilic filtration during manufacture of vaccine adjuvants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T134216.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356.489K)
T 0355/17 () of 17.7.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K 11/08	Application no. 09778695.8
Keywords Zulassung in das Verfahren - Hauptantrag (nein)				Application title KÜHLERGRILLANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T035517.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 259.562K)
T 1208/17 () of 12.6.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 15/46	Application no. 06016651.9
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request, first to third auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - fourth and fifth auxiliary requests Remitted with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of auxiliary request 6				Application title Absorbent articles including odour control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T120817.20190612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405.345K)
T 1720/17 (Cationic polymer/P&G) of 12.9.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/12 A61Q 19/10 A61K 8/25 A61K 8/46 A61Q 5/00 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/02 A61K 8/04 C11D 1/52 C11D 3/04 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/37 C11D 17/00	Application no. 02773955.6
Keywords Amendments main request and auxiliary requests 1,3,6,7,9 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary requests 2,4,5,8,10,11 Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)				Application title COMPOSITION CONTAINING A CATIONIC POLYMER AND WATER INSOLUBLE SOLID MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T172017.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312.571K)
T 2529/17 (Ruban de sécurité/OBERTHUR) of 9.7.2019
Online on 16.10.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 21/42 D21H 21/44 D21H 21/48	Application no. 07858556.9
Keywords -				Application title FEUILLE DE SECURITE COMPRENANT UN SUBSTRAT FIBREUX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T252917.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 320.068K)
T 2038/14 (Using geographic information from natural language text/ROBERT BOSCH) of 19.6.2019
Online on 15.10.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 19.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 09175016.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Location based system utilizing geographical information from documents in natural language
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T203814.20190619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328.219K)
T 0852/15 () of 9.10.2019
Online on 15.10.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.10.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G02F 1/365 H01S 3/067 G02B 6/02	Application no. 11730355.2
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui) Revendications - clarté (non) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title SOURCE SUPERCONTINUUM IMPULSIONNELLE A DUREE D'IMPULSION VARIABLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T085215.20191009				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 358.790K)
T 0158/16 () of 30.7.2019
Online on 15.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 10184036.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes) Amendments - extension of protection conferred (yes)				Application title Cardiac valve prosthesis having internal cover for preventing regurgitation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T015816.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417.368K)
T 0873/17 (Hard shell capsule/Encap) of 12.9.2019
Online on 15.10.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 13/02	Application no. 07848591.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title HARD SHELL CAPSULE FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T087317.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269.942K)
T 1439/19 (WIDESPREAD GENE DELIVERY/ASSOCIATION INSTITUT DE MYOLOGIE\|) of 8.10.2019
Online on 15.10.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/864 A61K 48/00	Application no. 13729777.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title WIDESPREAD GENE DELIVERY OF GENE THERAPY VECTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T143919.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222.381K)
T 0052/14 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 14.10.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 G06T 3/40	Application no. 10197420.2
Keywords Admission of amended claims into the proceedings - main and first to fourth auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request (no)				Application title Coding and decoding of multiview videos
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T005214.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392.521K)
T 0026/15 () of 12.9.2019
Online on 14.10.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B61L 1/18	Application no. 09090001.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Abwägung absehbarer Vor- und Nachteile				Application title Schienenfahrzeug mit einer Induktionsschleife zur Gewährleistung einer niederohmigen elektrischen Verbindung zwischen Rädern des Schienenfahrzeugs und Fahrschienen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T002615.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321.213K)
T 0399/16 (Warmwalzstich/HYDRO ALUMINIUM) of 29.7.2019
Online on 14.10.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F 1/05 C22C 21/02 C22C 21/08	Application no. 09164221.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag III (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag I - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag II (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag III (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag III (ja)				Application title AlMgSi-Band für Anwendungen mit hohen Umformungsanforderungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T039916.20190729				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399.862K)
T 1447/16 () of 25.9.2019
Online on 14.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F04B 41/06 F04B 25/00 F04B 27/02 F04C 23/00	Application no. 07784621.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title MEHRSTUFIGER VERDICHTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T144716.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376.621K)
T 2281/17 (Balancing workload across multiple cells in cellular printing … of 10.9.2019
Online on 14.10.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/12	Application no. 11185865.0
Keywords Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Scope of protection sought does not encompass clearly trivial cases				Application title System and methods of balancing workload across multiple cells in cellular manufacturing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T228117.20190910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268.543K)
T 2081/12 (Reading secure information from IC chip / FELICA NEWORKS) of 3.5.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00	Application no. 09155361.0
Keywords Inventive step - using a script rather than an application for reading secure information from an IC chip Inventive step - (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and information processing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T208112.20190503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292.003K)
T 1537/13 () of 1.8.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 1.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/50 G06T 5/00 G06T 5/20	Application no. 09251080.9
Keywords Priority - transfer of priority right Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Adaptive filtering for bit-depth scalable video codec
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T153713.20190801				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331.205K)
T 2156/14 () of 28.5.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 57/20	Application no. 99944357.5
Keywords Änderungen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title HERBIZIDE MITTEL FÜR TOLERANTE ODER RESISTENTE BAUMWOLLKULTUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T215614.20190528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 528.347K)
T 0518/16 () of 27.6.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08C 1/12 C08C 2/00 C08F 6/10 C08L 9/02	Application no. 10157844.1
Keywords Documents submitted with the statement of grounds (admitted in part) Documents submitted shortly before the oral proceedings (not admitted) Main request - Inventive step (no) - obvious purification step Auxiliary request belated - prima facie allowable - admitted into the proceedins				Application title Process for the production of water and solvent-free nitrile rubbers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T051816.20190627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490.525K)
T 0712/16 () of 16.7.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 9/008 A61F 9/01 B23K 26/06 B23K 26/00 A61F 9/009	Application no. 04735284.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - offenbarter Disclaimer Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM PRÄZISEN BEARBEITEN VON MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T071216.20190716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 550.592K)
T 1147/16 (Tigecycline Compositions / WYETH) of 11.7.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/02 A61K 47/12 A61K 31/65 A61K 9/08	Application no. 06737947.9
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim, main request, auxiliary requests 1-3 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 4-8 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 9 (yes)				Application title TIGECYCLINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T114716.20190711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474.314K)
T 1782/16 () of 12.9.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/16 B29C 37/00 B32B 27/40 B32B 27/36	Application no. 10785452.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON POLYURETHAN-VERBUNDBAUTEILEN SOWIE DIE VERWENDUNG DIESER VERBUNDBAUTEILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T178216.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 518.710K)
T 2088/16 (Composition injectable a base d'acide hyaluronique ou l'un de … of 23.7.2019
Online on 11.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 31/00 A61K 9/08 A61K 47/12 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/18 A61K 8/03 A61Q 19/08 A61P 17/00	Application no. 09768146.4
Keywords Modifications - admises (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Composition injectable a base d'acide hyaluronique ou l'un de ses sels, de polyols et de lidocaïne, stérilisée à la chaleur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T208816.20190723				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 470.765K)
T 2431/12 (Antibody purification/LONZA BIOLOGICALS) of 11.10.2018
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.10.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/06 C07K 1/36 C07K 17/02 B01D 15/36 C07K 14/31 B01D 15/38	Application no. 04715906.6
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to III, VII and IX - extended scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary request IV - clarity (no) Auxiliary request V - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests VI and X - unallowable amendment (yes)				Application title Antibody purification by Protein A and ion exchange chromatography
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T243112.20181011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 522.890K)
T 2474/13 (Stroke/NONO) of 26.2.2019
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/07 A61K 38/08 A61K 38/09 A61K 38/10 A61K 38/16 C07K 14/00 C07K 7/04 C07K 7/06 C07K 7/08 C07K 5/00 A61P 25/00 A61P 9/10	Application no. 07796769.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and compositions for treating stroke with fever
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T247413.20190226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352.994K)
T 0124/16 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F01P 7/04 E02F 9/22 F15B 21/04	Application no. 09008470.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag B1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag B3 (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag B2 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument erstinstanzlich zugelassen (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens - nicht zugelassen - siehe Punkte 6 - 6.3				Application title Selbstfahrende Maschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012416.20190903				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 464.054K)
T 0225/16 (Oxyntomodulin/IMPERIAL) of 28.8.2019
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/26 A61P 3/04	Application no. 02758573.6
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Oxyntomodulin for preventing or treating excess weight
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T022516.20190828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229.823K)
T 0898/16 () of 9.7.2019
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 69/04 F16D 69/02	Application no. 08871858.0
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title REIBBELAG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T089816.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343.087K)
T 2072/16 (Power-headroom reports/INNOVATIVE) of 3.7.2019
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00	Application no. 10003062.6
Keywords Priority - "same invention" (no) Novelty - main, auxiliary requests 1 to 4 and 12 to 14 (no) Admission of auxiliary requests filed with grounds of appeal - (no) Admission of auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings - (no) Substantial procedural violation in opposition proceedings - (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for power headroom reporting
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T207216.20190703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457.339K)
T 2541/17 (Wassertank und Wasserfilterpatrone/Aquis) of 9.7.2019
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 27/08 A47J 31/44	Application no. 07818019.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein)				Application title TANK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T254117.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350.903K)
T 0767/18 () of 7.10.2019
Online on 10.10.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 9/73 H04N 9/67	Application no. 13716288.9
Keywords Debit order for payment of appeal fee - valid means for filing notice of appeal (no) Existence of appeal (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR WHITE BALANCE OF AN IMAGE CONSIDERING THE COLOURING OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T076718.20191007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270.774K)
T 0489/14 (Fußgängersimulation/CONNOR) of 22.2.2019
Online on 09.10.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50	Application no. 03793825.5
Keywords Patentierbare Erfindung Simulationsverfahren Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T048914.20190222				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 87.824K)
T 0489/14 (Pedestrian simulation/CONNOR) of 22.2.2019
Online on 09.10.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50	Application no. 03793825.5
Keywords Patentable invention - simulation method Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal				Application title Simulation of the movement of an autonomous entity through an environment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T048914.20190222				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 655.438K)
T 0489/14 (Simulation de flux de piétons/CONNOR) of 22.2.2019
Online on 09.10.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.2.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50	Application no. 03793825.5
Keywords Invention brevetable procédé de simulation Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T048914.20190222				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 89.282K)
T 0990/15 () of 16.9.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 81/32 B01F 15/02 B01F 5/10 B01F 15/06 A45D 44/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 07785984.1
Keywords Beschwerdeentscheidung - Prüfungsumfang Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES KOSMETISCHEN ARTIKELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T099015.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300.925K)
T 1821/15 () of 27.6.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/00	Application no. 09741913.9
Keywords Late-filed arguments: (admitted; no new case) Main request: sufficiency (yes), priority (no), novelty (no) Auxiliary requests: admitted (yes) New first auxiliary request: sufficiency (yes), priority (yes), novelty (yes) Remittal for further prosecution				Application title COMPOSITIONS OF EXPANDABLE VINYL AROMATIC POLYMERS WITH AN IMPROVED THERMAL INSULATION CAPACITY, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND EXPANDED ARTICLES OBTAINED THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T182115.20190627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517.847K)
T 1898/15 (Glycosyl hydrolase and benefit agent / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 2.7.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 3/50 C11D 17/00	Application no. 08869542.4
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Laundry detergent composition comprising a glycosyl hydrolase and a benefit agent containing delivery particle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T189815.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306.228K)
T 2051/15 (Seamless handover/ERICSSON) of 5.9.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 4/00 H04L 1/18 H04W 36/02	Application no. 08779269.3
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEAMLESS HANDOVER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T205115.20190905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345.343K)
T 0105/16 () of 16.7.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/56 A61F 13/60 A61F 13/62 A61F 13/66	Application no. 04775299.3
Keywords Evidence - public prior use Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed requests Late-filed request - requests clearly allowable (no)				Application title AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T010516.20190716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474.566K)
T 0534/16 (Enzyme and fabric hueing agent / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 2.7.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 3/40 C11D 3/12	Application no. 08869916.0
Keywords Admissibility of the new ground of opposition under article 100(b) EPC : no Inventive step (main request) : no Inventive step - improvement not plausible across the entire breadth of claim 1 (auxiliary request 1) : yes				Application title Enzyme and fabric hueing agent containing compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T053416.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389.274K)
T 0694/16 (If a claim is directed to a known compound or composition for use in … of 15.5.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/304 A23L 1/305 A61K 31/14 A61K 31/202 A61K 31/7072	Application no. 08766831.5
Keywords Main request: sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary request 4: added matter (no), sufficiency of disclosure (yes), novelty (yes), priority right (yes)				Application title FOOD COMPOSITION FOR PRODROMAL DEMENTIA PATIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069416.20190515				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 620.802K)
T 0060/17 () of 30.9.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D9/00 F03D11/00 F03D11/04	Application no. 07723881.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung (ja)				Application title WINDENERGIEANLAGE MIT STEUERBAREM DRACHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T006017.20190930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330.524K)
T 0657/17 (Interlocutory revision/ABBOTT) of 1.10.2019
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/48	Application no. 03729689.4
Keywords Interlocutory revision - competence of the Board of Appeal to decide (no)				Application title METHOD AND/OR SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING A COMPUTER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T065717.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249.716K)
T 1032/97 () of 5.9.2001
Online on 08.10.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 5.9.2001	Proc. language EN	IPC G21B 1/00	Application no. 92901743.2
Keywords Inadmissibility of a request aimed at the revision of a final decision of a board of appeal				Application title Energy/matter conversion methods and structures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T103297.20010905				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 141.870K)
T 2083/13 (Acessing locked files/LENOVO) of 9.9.2019
Online on 07.10.2019	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 9.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46 G06F 11/14	Application no. 04257684.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method and system of accessing a target file in a computer system with an operating system with file locking implemented at file-open time
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T208313.20190909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323.778K)
T 1774/15 (PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'AMINES / Rhodia) of 6.6.2019
Online on 07.10.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.6.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C07C 209/48 C07C 211/12	Application no. 07823502.5
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE FABRICATION D'AMINES PAR HYDROGENATION DE COMPOSES NITRILES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T177415.20190606				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 535.733K)
T 1647/16 () of 30.8.2019
Online on 07.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C 11/02	Application no. 10768178.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein) Angefochtene Entscheidung - ausreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung wäre erforderlich gewesen (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM BEFÜLLEN SCHLAUCH- ODER BEUTELFÖRMIGER VERPACKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T164716.20190830				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406.801K)
T 2634/16 () of 16.9.2019
Online on 07.10.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/00 G01N 29/00 F01D 21/00	Application no. 06124337.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method and system for assessing life of cracked dovetail in turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T263416.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263.642K)
T 0503/14 () of 21.5.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20	Application no. 07733015.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed -main and first auxiliary request (yes), third auxiliary request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes)				Application title INJECTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T050314.20190521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 694.131K)
T 1843/14 () of 19.6.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 27/00 A61M 1/00	Application no. 10155630.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of application or earlier application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Control of vacuum level rate of change
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T184314.20190619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384.482K)
T 2249/14 () of 10.9.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/04	Application no. 10251881.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Partial thickness rotator cuff repair system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T224914.20190910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464.126K)
T 0937/15 (Antibody having a TCR-like specificity/TECHNION) of 4.4.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 4.4.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/28	Application no. 09001632.0
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests I to VII: amendments - extension of subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary requests VIII and IX: amendements - extension of scope (yes)				Application title Antibody having a T-cell receptor-like specificity, yet higher affinity, and the use of same in the detection and treatment of cancer, viral infection and autoimmune disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T093715.20190404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397.916K)
T 1773/15 (Input device with haptic feedback / Kyocera) of 30.7.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/023 H01H 36/00 H03M 11/04 H03M 11/02 G06F 3/01	Application no. 09834407.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T177315.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324.266K)
T 2078/15 (Event-driven console/ALCON) of 29.7.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 10776896.2
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings				Application title EVENT DRIVEN CONFIGURATION OF A SURGICAL SYSTEM CONSOLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T207815.20190729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.322K)
T 2322/15 (High intensity fragrances / TAKASAGO) of 14.5.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/35 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/49 A61Q 13/00 C11B 9/00	Application no. 09169071.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title High intensity fragrances
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T232215.20190514				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.750K)
T 1129/16 (Intrathecal delivery/BIOMARIN) of 22.8.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/43 C12N 9/00 C12N 9/04 C12N 9/24 C12N 9/36 C12N 9/44	Application no. 04782579.9
Keywords Main request - meets requirements of EPC (yes)				Application title Delivery of therapeutic compounds to the brain and other tissues
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T112916.20190822				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335.867K)
T 1851/16 () of 24.6.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A43C 15/16 A43B 13/26	Application no. 07252009.1
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Novelty - after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Footwear sole
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T185116.20190624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329.065K)
T 2086/16 (Zahncreme / Henkel) of 19.9.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q 11/00 A61K 8/368 A61K 8/27 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/42 A61K 8/67 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/97 A61K 8/34	Application no. 13188214.4
Keywords Klarheit der Ansprüche (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title Feinschaumige Zahncreme mit verbessertem Mundgefühl
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T208616.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288.381K)
T 2321/16 (Bleaching agents/ P&G) of 16.7.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/22 A61Q 11/00 A61K 8/19	Application no. 04815090.8
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Emulsion composition for delivery of bleaching agents to teeth
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T232116.20190716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372.144K)
T 2444/16 () of 9.9.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/36 B65D 85/804	Application no. 12174373.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System, capsule and method for preparing a beverage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T244416.20190909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316.952K)
T 2677/16 (Drug target/QIAGEN) of 1.8.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 03706023.3
Keywords Modelling disease-related pathways - technical character (no) Drug target discovery - technical purpose (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DRUG DISCOVERY METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T267716.20190801				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.105K)
T 1966/17 (Air-drying device/Nabtesco) of 4.7.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/26 F16J 15/06 B60T 17/00	Application no. 10808266.0
Keywords Objection of partiality - not admitted Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 Amendments - allowable (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 3 and 5 (no) Late filed auxiliary request 8 - request clearly allowable (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title STRUCTURE FOR AN EXTERNAL COVER OF AN AIR-DRYING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T196617.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479.919K)
T 0772/19 (Missing statement of grounds) of 30.9.2019
Online on 04.10.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 30.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 49/10 A61K 51/04	Application no. 14165008.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Process for preparing a pharmaceutical formulation of contrast agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077219.20190930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 225.407K)
G 0002/19 (Rechtliches Gehör und richtiger Verhandlungsort) of 16.7.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board EBA	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08 H04W 28/06 H04W 80/00 H04W 80/02 H04W 80/04 H04W 88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Anspruch eines Dritten im Sinne von Artikel 115 EPÜ auf mündliche Verhandlung bei Beschwerde wegen Deutlichkeitsmängeln erteilter Patentansprüche - nein Prüfung der Zulässigkeitsgründe für eine Vorlage nach Artikel 112 (1) a) EPÜ durch die Große Beschwerdekammer Aufschiebende Wirkung der Beschwerde eines Dritten im Sinne von Artikel 115 EPÜ wegen Deutlichkeitsmängeln erteilter Patentansprüche nein Offensichtliche Unzulässigkeit eines Rechtsbehelfs liegt vor, wenn eine zur Rechtsmitteleinlegung nicht befugte Person (hier: Dritter im Sinne von Artikel 115 EPÜ) einen nach dem EPÜ nicht anerkannten Beschwerdegegenstand verfolgt (hier: Beseitigung von Deutlichkeitsmängeln des Patentanspruchs im Sinne von Artikel 84 EPÜ). Mündliche Beschwerdekammerverhandlungen in Haar - zulässig				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Mobilfunknetzes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000219.20190716				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 86.764K)
T 1532/13 () of 28.2.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.2.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B41M 3/14 B42D 15/00 B42D 15/10 G07D 7/00 G06K 19/14 G09F 3/00	Application no. 99910166.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja: Hauptantrag)				Application title Bedrucktes Wertdokument mit einem lumineszierenden Echtheitsmerkmal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T153213.20190228				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385.717K)
T 2263/13 (Logging out inactive printer users/CANON) of 20.9.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 08154370.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Information-processing apparatus, method for controlling information-processing apparatus, and storage medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T226313.20190920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319.642K)
T 0740/14 () of 13.9.2018
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/501 A61K 31/4412 A61K 31/4427 A61K 31/444 A61K 31/4166 A61P 9/00	Application no. 05716238.0
Keywords Claim request - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - second (or further) medical use (yes) Documents - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PIMOBENDAN TO BE USED FOR THE REDUCTION OF HEART SIZE IN MAMMALS SUFFERING FROM HEART FAILURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T074014.20180913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 552.934K)
T 1297/15 () of 25.7.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/00	Application no. 08716362.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title MAST FÜR EINE WINDTURBINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T129715.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347.638K)
T 0646/16 (Conduite flexible/Technip) of 31.7.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 31.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C21D 9/08 C21D 9/46 C21D 9/52 C22C 38/00 C22C 38/42 C22C 38/44 F16L 58/08 F16L 58/16 F16L 11/08	Application no. 09802556.2
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title CONDUITE FLEXIBLE POUR LE TRANSPORT D'HYDROCARBURES À HAUTE RÉSISTANCE À LA CORROSION ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T064616.20190731				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 302.030K)
T 1362/16 (Micronised tadalafil comprising formulations/ICOS) of 23.9.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4985 A61K 9/20 A61K 9/48 A61P 15/10	Application no. 00926368.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Pharmaceutical formulation comprising a beta-carboline and its use for treating sexual dysfunction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T136216.20190923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235.528K)
T 0164/17 () of 12.9.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D 1/00 G06F 15/00 G06M 11/04 G01D 9/00 G06Q 10/08	Application no. 13168571.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Methods and systems for providing sensor data using a sensor web
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T016417.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373.151K)
T 1716/19 () of 25.9.2019
Online on 02.10.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/50	Application no. 07852463.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds (not filed)				Application title METHOD FOR RHO-DOMAIN FRAME LEVEL BIT ALLOCATION FOR EFFECTIVE RATE CONTROL AND ENHANCED VIDEO CODING QUALITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171619.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222.176K)
T 2011/12 (Efficient calculation of sets of distinct result/SAP) of 2.9.2019
Online on 01.10.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 07009345.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Efficient calculation of sets of distinct result
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T201112.20190902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273.750K)
T 1534/13 () of 28.2.2019
Online on 01.10.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.2.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B41M 3/14 B42D 15/00 B42D 15/10 G07D 7/00 G06K 19/14 G09F 3/00	Application no. 99907459.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja: Hauptantrag)				Application title Bedrucktes Wertdokument mit einem lumineszierenden Echtheitsmerkmal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T153413.20190228				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 345.040K)
T 2073/13 (TEETHRIDGE AND FANG / 5-7 CORPORATION) of 13.9.2019
Online on 01.10.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 8/00 A61C 13/00	Application no. 08700743.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - conciseness (no) Claims - support in the description (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title ARTIFICAL TEETHRIDGE AND FANG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T207313.20190913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301.681K)
T 1058/14 () of 11.7.2019
Online on 01.10.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/232 H04N 5/235	Application no. 10151652.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Image capturing device, image capturing method, and image capturing program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T105814.20190711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377.362K)
T 1113/14 () of 20.8.2019
Online on 01.10.2019	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 7/00 G06T 1/00	Application no. 07738595.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Face-image registration device, face-image registration method, face-image registration program, and recording medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T111314.20190820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321.569K)
T 0524/15 () of 29.3.2019
Online on 01.10.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 29.3.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B31F 1/07	Application no. 06711441.3
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no: main request; yes: auxiliary request 7) Admissibility (no: first auxiliary request)				Application title Embossing roller, embossing device including said roller and paper article produced with said embossing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052415.20190329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1.246M)
T 2134/15 (Multicast control channel acquisition/INNOVATIVE SONIC) of 25.9.2019
Online on 01.10.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 72/00	Application no. 10012958.4
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request Admissibility (no) - second to fourth auxiliary requests (no substantiation) Main request withdrawn (proprietor's appeal withdrawn)				Application title Method and apparatus of multicast control channel acquisition in wireless communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T213415.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316.839K)

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T 0122/14 (Storage virtualization controller/INFORTREND) of 27.8.2019
Online on 30.09.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06	Application no. 05027918.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims				Application title SAS storage virtualization controller, subsystem and system using the same, and method therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012214.20190827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266.414K)
T 0398/14 (Early response/TOSHIBA) of 25.7.2019
Online on 30.09.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06 G06F 3/08	Application no. 05011740.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Mobile electronic equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T039814.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323.782K)
T 1375/14 () of 19.9.2019
Online on 30.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 3/74 H05B 6/06	Application no. 10158908.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Detektieren von Kochgeschirrelementen auf einem Matrix-Kochfeld
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T137514.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 257.397K)
T 0491/15 () of 30.7.2019
Online on 30.09.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 183/04	Application no. 06706647.2
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag bereits erstinstanzlich vorgebracht aber nicht Grundlage der Entscheidung der Einspruchsabteilung Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title ANTIADHÄSIVE BESCHICHTUNG VON BAUTEILEN ZUR VERHINDERUNG VON ÖLKOHLEANBACKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T049115.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374.992K)
T 1395/15 () of 9.7.2019
Online on 30.09.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/305	Application no. 05795459.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS HAVING IMPROVED QUALITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T139515.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351.251K)
T 0340/16 (Logikbaustein/PHOENIX CONTACT) of 13.8.2019
Online on 30.09.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/05	Application no. 10000398.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 Zulässigkeit (nein) - Hilfsantrag 2				Application title Verfahren und Kommunikationssystem zum Konfigurieren eines einen Logikbaustein enthaltenden Kommunikationsmoduls
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T034016.20190813				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355.073K)
T 0472/16 (Hearing aid with tap control/INTRICON) of 6.8.2019
Online on 30.09.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 6.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 H04R 3/00 H04R 1/10	Application no. 09807215.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Admissibility - auxiliary request (no)				Application title A SWITCH FOR A HEARING AID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T047216.20190806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.947K)
T 2166/13 () of 23.7.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/34 C07C 255/04 C07C 255/07	Application no. 05715209.2
Keywords Alle Anträge: Klarheit (ja) - Ausreichende Offenbarung (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HYDROCYANIERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T216613.20190723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328.118K)
T 1460/14 () of 10.9.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V 8/10	Application no. 06806456.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein) Patentansprüche - Auslegung von Begriffen Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND BEDIENEINHEIT ZUM KONFIGURIEREN UND ÜBERWACHEN EINER EINRICHTUNG MIT FUNKTIONALER SICHERHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T146014.20190910				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365.529K)
T 0424/15 () of 17.7.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01L 1/16 G01L 23/10 G01L 23/22 G01L 5/16	Application no. 04708296.1
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde der Patentinhaberin (ja) Änderungen - Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag I (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge II Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - VI Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title MESSSENSOR MIT VORSPANNVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T042415.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 529.145K)
T 0845/15 () of 11.7.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/221 A61F 2/95 A61F 2/24	Application no. 04757521.2
Keywords Admissibility of opposition Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no)				Application title MINIMALLY-INVASIVE HEART VALVE WITH CUSP POSITIONERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T084515.20190711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419.805K)
T 0981/15 () of 29.8.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D 7/12 G07D 7/00	Application no. 08801534.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale				Application title GITTERBILD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T098115.20190829				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344.910K)
T 2239/15 (MPEG INPUT DOCUMENTS / Fraunhofer - Dolby) of 19.6.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 19/02 G10L 21/02 G10L 21/04	Application no. 11707400.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - availability to the public MPEG standards Principle of good faith and legitimate expectations				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INPUT AUDIO SIGNAL USING CASCADED FILTERBANKS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T223915.20190619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465.608K)
T 2320/15 () of 27.8.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 21/22 B26B 21/56	Application no. 07735227.6
Keywords Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)				Application title RAZORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T232015.20190827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298.969K)
T 0383/16 (DETERGENT COMPRISING ANIONIC DYE POLYMER / Unilever) of 13.6.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 13.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D06P 1/00 C11D 3/40 C11D 3/37 D06L 3/12	Application no. 10721409.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING ANIONIC DYE POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T038316.20190613				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406.769K)
T 0584/16 () of 23.9.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 3/46	Application no. 05755549.2
Keywords Oral proceedings - Declaration of non-attendance and reliance on written arguments amounts to withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary request - Amendments - Added subject-matter (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING METAMERISM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T058416.20190923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.767K)
T 1189/16 () of 24.5.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B64D 23/00 A63G 31/00 G01M 9/02	Application no. 09782436.1
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title FREIFALLSIMULATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T118916.20190524				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 524.439K)
T 0316/17 (System for conditioning a liquid/BRITA) of 12.7.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/42 B01J 39/04 B01J 47/02 C02F 1/00	Application no. 12716037.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONING A LIQUID SUCH AS WATER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T031617.20190712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.279K)
T 0377/17 (Druckfestes Porenbetonmaterial/XELLA) of 2.7.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 28/18	Application no. 09161131.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (nein) Antrag auf Erstellen eines unabhängigen Gutachtens (abgelehnt) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Beweisaufnahme - Begutachtung durch Sachverständigen (nein) Beweisaufnahme - Zeugenvernehmung (nein)				Application title Porenbetonmaterial sowie Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T037717.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447.689K)
T 0868/18 () of 24.9.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/13357 H01J 31/12	Application no. 06847717.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds of appeal does not deal with all reasons for refusing the application				Application title DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING FIELD EMISSION UNIT WITH BLACK MATRIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T086818.20190924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282.929K)
T 2824/18 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 27.09.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K 6/48 B60K 6/365	Application no. 11708194.3
Keywords Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title KRAFTFAHRZEUG MIT KOMBINIERTEM ANTRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T282418.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 268.683K)
T 2457/13 (Laying-out a business park/HOFMAN) of 25.1.2019
Online on 26.09.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.1.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 09167747.6
Keywords Declaration of non-establishment of the Search Report Patentable invention - method of laying out business park (no Patentable invention - mental act) Inventive step - arranging valves in a ring main to enable exchange of wastewater for space heating between users (not notorious) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method for laying-out a business park and a business park
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T245713.20190125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301.779K)
T 0463/16 () of 4.6.2019
Online on 26.09.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 10164361.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed or earlier application as filed (no)				Application title Minimally-invasive heart valve with cups positioners
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046316.20190604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 550.238K)
T 2365/16 () of 3.7.2019
Online on 26.09.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B61D 1/06 B61D 35/00 A61G 3/00	Application no. 08105729.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1, 2, 4 Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 3				Application title Doppelstock-Schienenfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T236516.20190703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312.061K)
T 0540/17 () of 17.9.2019
Online on 26.09.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18	Application no. 08763224.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING LOW BASIS WEIGHT FILMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T054017.20190917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229.178K)
T 2748/17 () of 13.6.2019
Online on 26.09.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/304 A23L 1/305 A61K 31/14 A61K 31/202 A61K 31/7072 A23L 1/302	Application no. 11181091.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - Added matter (yes) Second auxiliary request - Admission (no)				Application title Food composition for prodromal dementia patients
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T274817.20190613				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398.361K)
T 0939/15 (Synergistic microbicidal compositions/ROHM and HAAS) of 12.9.2019
Online on 25.09.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/06 A01N 43/80 A01N 25/30 A01N 37/02	Application no. 08172107.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Synergistic microbicidal compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T093915.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 226.880K)
T 1273/15 () of 19.9.2019
Online on 25.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 26/00 G02F 1/167 C09B 67/00	Application no. 04794510.0
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Application title ELECTROPHORETIC MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T127315.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295.661K)
T 1854/15 () of 27.8.2019
Online on 25.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 27.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 21/16 G02B 21/00	Application no. 07010431.0
Keywords Erweiterung über den Inhalt der ursprünglich eingereichten Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Ausführbarkeit der Erfindung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Mikroskop mit erhöhter Auflösung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T185415.20190827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 568.529K)
T 0009/16 () of 23.7.2019
Online on 25.09.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 9/12	Application no. 04029086.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Motorized front derailleur mounting member
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T000916.20190723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412.118K)
T 0452/15 () of 23.5.2019
Online on 24.09.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 5/00 B29C 49/04 C09J 7/04	Application no. 09005587.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Kaschieren eines partikelarmen Folienschlauches
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T045215.20190523				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 291.439K)
T 1042/15 () of 26.7.2019
Online on 24.09.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 4/08 A23G 3/50 A23G 9/44 A23G 4/06	Application no. 07841527.0
Keywords Admissibility of late-filed requests (yes) Amendments occasioned by a ground for opposition (yes) Added subject-matter (yes): main request and auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6 Extension of the scope of protection (yes): auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, 7				Application title INDULGENT GUM BASE AND CHEWING GUM COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104215.20190726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469.360K)
T 2119/15 () of 17.7.2019
Online on 24.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 41/26 B65D 51/24	Application no. 10164907.7
Keywords Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary requests - (yes) Admissibility of late-filed documents - (yes) Late-filed document - remittal to the department of first instance Late-filed document - (no) Main request and auxiliary requests 2, 3, 5 and 6 - novelty or inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests 1, 4, 7 and 8 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 9 - inventive step (yes)				Application title Packaging assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T211915.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 568.542K)
T 2327/16 () of 12.7.2019
Online on 24.09.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/38	Application no. 08846680.0
Keywords Main request: novelty (no) Auxiliary requests 1-5: clarity (no) Auxiliary request 6: admissibility (no)				Application title INSTANT BEVERAGE PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T232716.20190712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403.818K)
T 2640/16 () of 19.9.2019
Online on 24.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/13	Application no. 12702106.1
Keywords Amended main request : Added subject-matter (no) - Clarity (no) First auxiliary request : Inventive step (no) Second auxiliary request : Added subject-matter (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING REDUCED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEWTON RINGS, AND/OR METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T264016.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369.250K)
T 1202/17 (Kochfläche für Induktion/Schott) of 18.7.2019
Online on 24.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C 3/087 C03C 3/097 C03C 10/12	Application no. 11735995.0
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (ja)				Application title GLASKERAMIK ALS KOCHFLÄCHE FÜR INDUKTIONSBEHEIZUNG MIT VERBESSERTER FARBIGER ANZEIGEFÄHIGKEIT UND WÄRMEABSCHIRMUNG, VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER SOLCHEN KOCHFLÄCHE UND IHRE VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T120217.20190718				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298.626K)
T 1520/15 () of 4.7.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C07D 279/20 C07D 279/22 A61K 31/5415 A61P 31/00 A61P 25/00 A61P 7/00	Application no. 11191740.7
Keywords Nouveauté Demande divisionnaire - extension de l'objet de la demande Revendications - clarté				Application title Procédé de préparation de composés diaminophenothiazinium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152015.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 381.882K)
T 1789/15 () of 27.6.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 123/06 C08L 23/06	Application no. 07024738.2
Keywords Inventive step				Application title Process for coating a pipe with high throughput using multimodal ethylene copolymer, and coated pipes obtained thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T178915.20190627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 512.558K)
T 2060/15 () of 10.9.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 27/411 G01N 33/20	Application no. 06024496.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, 1. und 2. Hilfsantrag Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - 3. Hilfsantrag Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Messsonde zur Messung in Metall- oder Schlackeschmelzen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T206015.20190910				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427.246K)
T 0001/16 () of 16.9.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E02F 9/22	Application no. 05711086.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title AN ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR A WORK VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T000116.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360.454K)
T 0177/16 (Fluoridation and mineralisation of teeth / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 5.9.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/21 A61K 8/81 A23G 4/06 A23G 4/08 A23G 4/12 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 03796993.8
Keywords Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Method of enhancing fluoridation and mineralization of teeth
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T017716.20190905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.992K)
T 0351/16 () of 2.7.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A45D 34/02 B05B 11/00	Application no. 05732206.7
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title REFILL PERFUME BOTTLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T035116.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 648.283K)
T 0469/16 () of 19.7.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07J 71/00 A61K 31/58 A61P 5/44	Application no. 10754274.8
Keywords Inventive step				Application title Pregnane derivatives condensed in the 16,17 position with an N-substituted isoxazolidine ring as anti-inflammatory agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046916.20190719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412.843K)
T 1239/16 () of 4.9.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42 A47L 15/46	Application no. 05709020.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A DISHWASHER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T123916.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.540K)
T 0821/17 () of 18.6.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 1/02 F28D 1/047 E21B 36/00	Application no. 10730573.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title SUBSEA COOLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T082117.20190618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355.264K)
T 1386/17 (Dental compositions / 3M) of 17.9.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/027 A61K 6/083 C03C 17/32	Application no. 06776521.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title DENTAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A SURFACE-MODIFIED FILLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T138617.20190917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 223.108K)
T 2588/17 () of 13.8.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 75/58 B65D 77/00	Application no. 10181784.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Resealable food container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T258817.20190813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451.793K)
T 0537/19 () of 16.9.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 31/501	Application no. 14824382.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title IMPROVED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF PIMOBENDAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T053719.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220.373K)
T 1519/19 () of 9.9.2019
Online on 23.09.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 29/02 G01R 13/02	Application no. 08806253.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PULSE ANALYZER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T151919.20190909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 219.728K)
T 2359/15 () of 2.7.2019
Online on 20.09.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC D01G 15/28	Application no. 12008343.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsantrag 2 eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Überwachen von Kontakten eines sich drehenden Bauteils einer Textilmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T235915.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 424.171K)
T 1871/16 (Allergen peptide fragments/ANERGIS) of 11.4.2019
Online on 20.09.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.4.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/35 A61K 39/36 A61P 37/08 C07K 14/415 C07K 14/435	Application no. 10011428.9
Keywords All claim requests - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Allergen peptide fragments and use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T187116.20190411				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.088K)
T 1085/17 () of 21.5.2019
Online on 20.09.2019	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/81 A61K 8/02 A61Q 13/00 D06M 13/00 C11D 3/50 A61K 8/11 A61Q 5/02	Application no. 06300921.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests Change of venue of oral proceedings - not allowed				Application title Encapsulation of bulky fragrance molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108517.20190521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365.565K)
T 0804/15 (Antibody/UNIVERSITY OF EXETER) of 16.7.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/14 G01N 33/558	Application no. 10700449.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Antibody
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T080415.20190716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275.819K)
T 1282/15 () of 5.9.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 5.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/28 F01D 9/02 F01D 25/24 C03C 17/23 C03C 17/25 C09K 3/18	Application no. 06022506.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no)				Application title Steam turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T128215.20190905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290.771K)
T 0057/16 () of 19.7.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 9/00 H02J 3/38 H02J 3/50	Application no. 11175580.7
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method and arrangement for operating a wind farm within voltage limit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T005716.20190719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405.690K)
T 0064/16 (Database navigation/DASSAULT SYSTEMES) of 16.9.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 3/03	Application no. 04293051.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method and system for graphically navigating among stored objects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T006416.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401.318K)
T 0273/16 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/42 A47L 15/24	Application no. 08156113.6
Keywords Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung (ja) Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der Einspruchsabteilung (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title Gewerbliche Geschirrspülmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T027316.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 295.761K)
T 0699/16 () of 24.7.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 25/08 F04D 33/00	Application no. 08788433.4
Keywords Appealed decision - reasoned (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Novelty - (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title A FAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069916.20190724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428.371K)
T 1484/16 () of 3.7.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00 C08F 6/00 B01J 8/00 B01J 19/18	Application no. 05792293.2
Keywords Amendments - all requests Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed request - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes)				Application title ENERGY EFFICIENT POLYOLEFIN PRODUCTION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T148416.20190703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403.727K)
T 1537/18 (Microalgae/CUTECH) of 16.9.2019
Online on 19.09.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/97	Application no. 11787628.4
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title EXTRACTS OF MICROALGAE AND THEIR APPLICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T153718.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258.655K)
T 0109/13 (Alzheimer's diagnosis/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) of 5.4.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.4.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 08827578.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Inventive step - (no)				Application title IMPROVED ALZHEIMER'S DIAGNOSIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T010913.20190405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283.347K)
T 0235/13 (Composition for treating short stature disorders/NAKAO) of 10.4.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.4.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/00 A61K 38/00 A61K 38/22 A61P 19/00 A61P 43/00 C12Q 1/02 G01N 33/15 G01N 33/50 C07K 14/47 C12N 15/00 C12N 15/09	Application no. 05728903.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING BODY HEIGHT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T023513.20190410				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314.364K)
T 1556/14 (nab-Paclitaxel combinations/ABRAXIS) of 12.8.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/337 A61K 31/555 A61K 38/22 A61K 31/7068 A61P 35/00	Application no. 06735710.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text and agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title COMBINATIONS AND MODES OF ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND COMBINATION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T155614.20190812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251.019K)
T 0008/15 (Enzymvermittelte Fluoreszenzmarkierung in der STED-Mikroskopie/LEICA) of 18.2.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.2.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/50 G01N 33/533 G01N 33/68	Application no. 07115163.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination				Application title Verfahren zur räumlich hochauflösenden Untersuchung von einer mit einer fluoreszierenden Substanz markierten Struktur einer Probe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T000815.20190218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 507.554K)
T 0235/15 (Tube feeding/NESTLÉ) of 17.6.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/06 A23L 1/29 A61P 3/02 A23L 1/303 A23L 1/304 A23L 1/305	Application no. 07821451.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - Method for treatment by therapy - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Auxiliary request 8 - admitted (no)				Application title LONG-TERM ENTERAL FEED FOR MAINTENANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T023515.20190617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361.562K)
T 1168/16 () of 10.7.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06	Application no. 09777267.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title WIND TURBINE BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116816.20190710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 556.059K)
T 2300/16 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W 40/08 B60W 40/10 B60W 40/06 B60W 40/12	Application no. 09765161.6
Keywords Amendments - added feature combines with the originally claimed invention to form a single general inventive concept				Application title METHOD FOR FORECASTING THE EVOLUTION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF A DATA FOR A VEHICLE JOURNEY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T230016.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327.491K)
T 0583/17 (Uniform films / MONOSOL RX LLC) of 18.7.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4545 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/70 A61K 9/16 A61K 45/00	Application no. 11157819.1
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment				Application title Uniform films for rapid dissolve dosage form incorporating taste-masking compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T058317.20190718				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434.795K)
T 1843/17 () of 30.8.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 30.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 21/32 G02B 21/00	Application no. 04023496.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Lichtrastermikroskop mit punktförmiger Lichtquellenverteilung und Verwendung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T184317.20190830				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360.752K)
T 0336/19 (Reimbursement of appeal fee) of 28.8.2019
Online on 18.09.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 9/32 H04L 29/06 G06F 21/35 G06F 1/14 G06K 19/07 H04L 29/08 G06F 21/34	Application no. 15853646.6
Keywords Interlocutory revision - reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME VERIFICATION OF CLOCK SYNCHRONISATION-BASED DYNAMIC PASSWORD ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TAG VALIDITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T033619.20190828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250.075K)
T 0639/13 () of 6.3.2018
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/122 A61B 17/128	Application no. 02775909.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title THROUGH THE SCOPE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T063913.20180306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 529.775K)
T 0825/13 (Java virtual machine/ORACLE AMERICA) of 20.3.2018
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 20.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 01937489.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title A Java**(TM) virtual machine configurable to perform as a web server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T082513.20180320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376.929K)
T 1454/13 () of 1.3.2018
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 1.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/40 H01L 21/268	Application no. 04780967.8
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main and 1st auxiliary requests (yes) Amendments - 2nd auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - 2nd auxiliary request (yes)				Application title LOCALIZED ANNEALING OF METAL-SILICON CARBIDE OHMIC CONTACTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T145413.20180301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366.812K)
T 1504/13 () of 6.3.2018
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B62B 3/06 B62D 51/00 B62D 51/04 B66F 9/06	Application no. 08164776.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title A tiller arm for a tiller arm truck
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T150413.20180306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366.906K)
T 0170/14 () of 7.5.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/072	Application no. 07250382.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Surgical Instrument with electronic safety-interlocks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T017014.20190507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 741.731K)
T 0594/14 () of 9.7.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 21/04	Application no. 11169827.0
Keywords Amendments - main and first auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed request - second auxiliary request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Method and system for fall detection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T059414.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264.450K)
T 0607/14 () of 26.6.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 07700165.9
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CONTAINER FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T060714.20190626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656.490K)
T 1159/14 () of 6.8.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 41/298 H05B 41/292	Application no. 08164248.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Electronic connection device for a lamp
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T115914.20190806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276.170K)
T 1184/14 (STRIP COIL ARRAY / PHILIPS) of 9.7.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/34 G01R 33/3415	Application no. 09730146.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DOUBLE LAYER MULTI ELEMENT RF STRIP COIL ARRAY FOR SAR REDUCED HIGH FIELD MR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T118414.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.945K)
T 1658/14 () of 23.1.2018
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.1.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B21J 5/02 B21J 5/00 B22D 31/00	Application no. 01420234.5
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - avec les motifs du recours				Application title Procede de fabrication de pieces moulees puis forgees comprenant un ou des evidements et installation de mise en oeuvre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T165814.20180123				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 319.577K)
T 2227/14 (Polynucleotide arrays/ILLUMINA) of 31.1.2018
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.1.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 B01J 19/00	Application no. 07008271.4
Keywords Admission main request (yes) Admission objections under Articles 76(1), 100(b), 123(2) EPC, Rule 80 EPC (no) Main request - extension of protection (no); clarity (yes); novelty (yes); inventive step (yes) Apportionment of costs and refund of appeal fee (no) Remittal for adaptation of the description (yes)				Application title Methods of sequencing polynucleotide arrays, and preparation methods therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T222714.20180131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 586.258K)
T 0063/15 () of 11.7.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C09B 5/62 C09B 67/22	Application no. 05701347.6
Keywords Hauptantrag - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Neuheit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title SCHWARZE PERYLENPIGMENTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T006315.20190711				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407.179K)
T 1428/15 () of 7.2.2018
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.2.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B60H 3/06	Application no. 08842311.6
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title SYSTEME DE CHAUFFAGE/CLIMATISATION A REGENERATION DE FILTRE POUR VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE ET PROCEDE DE CONTROLE ET FILTRE ASSOCIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T142815.20180207				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 260.394K)
T 0792/16 (Serially transmitting graphics data / ATI) of 9.7.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/14	Application no. 00306738.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - obvious modification Examination procedure - amendments Examination procedure - consent of examining division (no) Examination procedure - correct exercise of discretion (yes) Auxiliary request - identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for serially transmitting graphics data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T079216.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318.282K)
T 2426/16 (Sensing patterns for a touch screen/SAMSUNG) of 12.9.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/044	Application no. 10150110.4
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes) Inventive step - (no): no synergistic technical effect Right to be heard - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Application title Touch screen panel and method for fabricating the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T242616.20190912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.191K)
T 1734/17 (Managing multiple subscriptions in a UICC/GEMALTO) of 21.5.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 8/18 H04M 1/67	Application no. 11810811.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN A UICC
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T173417.20190521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289.299K)
T 2469/17 (Polysaccharide derivatives/ DOW) of 4.7.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/36 A61K 9/20	Application no. 12714149.7
Keywords Late-filed experimental evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title NOVEL POLYSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVES AND DOSAGE FORMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T246917.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356.934K)
T 1506/19 () of 9.9.2019
Online on 17.09.2019	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 50/00	Application no. 15000582.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Steuerung einer Konferenz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T150619.20190909				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 220.240K)
T 2049/12 (Data structure for defining transformations / MICROSOFT) of 9.5.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 9.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 99/00 G06F 17/00	Application no. 07750851.3
Keywords Inventive step - computer program defining data transformations declaratively (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title DECLARATIONS FOR TRANSFORMATIONS WITHIN SERVICE SEQUENCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T204912.20190509				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304.275K)
T 1486/14 () of 17.7.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 45/27	Application no. 09006138.3
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Tip assembly having at least three components for hot runner nozzle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T148614.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506.260K)
T 1824/14 () of 2.7.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 5/00 G07C 5/08 G06Q 30/02	Application no. 12152304.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Tire management system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T182414.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.698K)
T 1965/14 () of 16.7.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/103 A61B 5/11	Application no. 10000149.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Posture assessment and feedback device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T196514.20190716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252.187K)
T 0315/15 () of 13.3.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.3.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 13/14	Application no. 09178912.3
Keywords Added matter (yes: main request; no: auxiliary request 1) Clarity (no: auxiliary request 1) Admissibility of the request (no: auxiliary request 2)				Application title Device, method and kit of parts for forming a press-fit connection with a tube
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T031515.20190313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1.534M)
T 2307/15 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 5/10 B65B 15/04 B65B 61/02 B65B 61/26 B65D 75/32 A61J 1/03	Application no. 10716052.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE COMMISSIONING OF PIECE GOODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T230715.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312.810K)
T 0563/16 (Modellgestütztes AOD-Verfahren/Primetals) of 18.6.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.6.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C21C 5/00 C21C 5/46 F27D 19/00 F27D 21/00	Application no. 02450259.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Metallschmelze an Hand eines dynamischen Prozessmodells, inklusiv Korrekturmodell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T056316.20190618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361.878K)
T 1481/16 (Anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody/CENTRO DE INMUNOLOGIA MOLECULAR) of 16.4.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.4.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00 C07K 16/28	Application no. 07855983.8
Keywords Main request - EPC requirements met (yes)				Application title Pharmaceutical composition, comprising an anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody used in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T148116.20190416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327.276K)
T 1927/16 () of 3.7.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/36	Application no. 11185961.7
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Starten einer Hämodialyse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T192716.20190703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352.604K)
T 1530/17 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B08B 1/00 C03B 35/16 F27D 25/00 B65G 45/10 F27B 9/30	Application no. 11705032.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title ROLLER CLEANING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T153017.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271.531K)
T 2162/17 () of 6.9.2019
Online on 16.09.2019	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00 B62D 25/08	Application no. 10767968.0
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title SUCTION UNIT OF A VEHICLE'S AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T216217.20190906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274.448K)
T 2132/14 () of 6.9.2019
Online on 13.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/187 H01R 13/26	Application no. 07254357.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds does not address all main reasons for the decision				Application title Electrical connector assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T213214.20190906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258.817K)
T 0427/15 () of 17.6.2019
Online on 13.09.2019	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.6.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C23C 2/02 C23C 2/26 C25D 5/02 C25D 5/10 C25D 5/56 C25D 1/00 G03F 7/00 G03F 7/40	Application no. 09807920.5
Keywords Procédure orale - droit d'être entendu pendant la procédure orale Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (requête principale Modifications - oui) Motifs d'opposition - nouveau motif d'opposition (oui) Motifs d'opposition - extension de l'objet du brevet (requête subsidiaire Motifs d'opposition - non) Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (requête subsidiaire Motifs d'opposition - non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE PIÈCES MÉTALLIQUES MULTI-NIVEAUX PAR LA TECHNIQUE LIGA-UV
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T042715.20190617				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 450.470K)
T 1689/14 () of 1.8.2019
Online on 12.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 1.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H03J 1/00	Application no. 08103611.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request Inventive step - patent in amended form (yes)				Application title Method for estimating the type of broadcast for minimizing the time for channel installation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T168914.20190801				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.218K)
T 1690/14 () of 1.8.2019
Online on 12.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 1.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H03J 1/00	Application no. 08162759.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and circuit for saving power of remote control according to user position
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169014.20190801				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394.918K)
T 1691/14 () of 1.8.2019
Online on 12.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 1.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H03J 1/00 H02J 9/00 H02M 3/33	Application no. 08166746.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - Inventive step Novelty - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)				Application title Intelligent home automation system providing power saving in standby mode
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169114.20190801				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.886K)
T 1287/15 (Evaporative emissions/WestRock) of 24.6.2019
Online on 12.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 25/08 B01D 53/04	Application no. 02748109.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title METHOD, SYSTEM AND CANISTER FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T128715.20190624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511.228K)
T 1262/16 (Cavitation/Valmet) of 11.6.2019
Online on 12.09.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D21C 7/06 D21C 3/24	Application no. 09723152.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title FEEDING SYSTEM COMPRISING PUMPS IN PARALLEL FOR A CONTINUOUS DIGESTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T126216.20190611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323.488K)
T 2684/16 (Polysilanherstellung/Nagarjuna) of 18.7.2019
Online on 12.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B 33/107	Application no. 10793199.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON HALOGENIERTEN POLYSILANEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T268416.20190718				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323.354K)
T 1003/19 (Failure to communicate the text intended for grant - missing drawing … of 30.8.2019
Online on 12.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 30.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C22B 11/00 C22B 3/12 C22B 3/22 C22B 3/24 C22B 3/42 B01D 11/00	Application no. 11846831.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appellant adversely affected despite decision to grant a patent Fundamental procedural defect - patent granted without agreement on the text for grant				Application title CO-CURRENT AND COUNTER CURRENT RESIN-IN-LEACH IN GOLD LEACHING PROCESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T100319.20190830				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344.190K)
T 0688/14 (Recombinant Factor VIII production/OCTAPHARMA) of 24.7.2019
Online on 11.09.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/02 C07K 14/755	Application no. 06725404.5
Keywords Main request - novelty (no) Auxiliary request - added subject-matter (no), novelty (yes), inventive step (no);				Application title METHOD FOR ISOLATION OF RECOMBINANTLY PRODUCED PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T068814.20190724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 562.562K)
T 1087/16 () of 18.7.2019
Online on 11.09.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 47/00	Application no. 05706754.8
Keywords Änderungen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title UNTERDRUCK-HALTEVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108716.20190718				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370.042K)
T 0462/17 (Water-soluble article/Reckitt) of 6.6.2019
Online on 11.09.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/39 C11D 3/48 B65B 9/04 C11D 17/04	Application no. 05750214.8
Keywords Novelty - Main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Novelty - Third auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING WATER-SOLUBLE ARTICLES AND SUCH ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046217.20190606				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338.584K)
T 0005/13 (Resolving transactions/APOLLO) of 6.12.2018
Online on 10.09.2019	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.12.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 05812200.3
Keywords Inventive step - rules based transaction settlement (no Inventive step - non technical) Inventive step - use of XML-based dictionaries to translate credit reports in different data formats (no Inventive step - obvious) Inventive step - revert to starting point in the closest prior art (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOLVING TRANSACTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T000513.20181206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320.246K)
T 1359/14 () of 19.7.2019
Online on 10.09.2019	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC H03K 17/082	Application no. 05106595.1
Keywords Brevet tel que délivré - activité inventive (oui)				Application title Dispositif de commande d'un transistor de puissance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T135914.20190719				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 445.438K)
T 0986/15 (Media-content transfer/THOMSON LICENSING) of 5.7.2019
Online on 10.09.2019	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/10 H04N 5/00 H04N 5/76	Application no. 07798910.1
Keywords Basis of decision - pending requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Digital media device having media content transfer capability
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T098615.20190705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443.585K)
T 1968/15 () of 18.6.2019
Online on 10.09.2019	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00 C09D 11/10 G06K 1/00 G06K 19/00	Application no. 09167868.0
Keywords Inventive step				Application title Ultra-violet curable gellant inks for tactile and regular print applications as security features for signature and document authentication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T196815.20190618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334.283K)
T 2301/15 () of 14.6.2019
Online on 10.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.6.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 19/02 B65G 47/61	Application no. 09175094.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Belade-Station für in einer Hänge-Förder-Anlage transportierte Transport-Taschen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T230115.20190614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353.725K)
T 1722/17 () of 5.9.2019
Online on 10.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B 11/00 B29C 65/06 B29L 31/00 B29C 65/00	Application no. 12163556.9
Keywords Nouveauté - après modification Requête produite tardivement - requête aurait pu être produite en première instance (oui)				Application title Flacon de distribution d'un produit fluide équipé d'une soupape de remplissage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T172217.20190905				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 416.575K)
T 0847/16 () of 13.6.2019
Online on 09.09.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F23R 3/00 F23R 3/60	Application no. 10197445.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for maintenance of a combustion chamber of a gas turbine plant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T084716.20190613				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.945K)
T 1596/16 (Aluminum oxide/Fujimi) of 14.6.2019
Online on 09.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 37/00 C09K 3/14 H01L 21/304 C01F 7/02	Application no. 09762550.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title ALUMINUM OXIDE PARTICLE AND POLISHING COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T159616.20190614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428.940K)
T 1796/16 () of 2.7.2019
Online on 09.09.2019	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 9/16	Application no. 06007142.0
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Schweissen hochfester Stähle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T179616.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 286.887K)
T 1255/13 (CTLA4 production/BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB) of 2.7.2019
Online on 06.09.2019	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/54 A61K 38/00 A61K 38/45 A61K 39/395	Application no. 03808535.3
Keywords "Main Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)"				Application title PRODUCT QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURE PROCESSES FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T125513.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 502.710K)
T 1300/15 () of 2.7.2019
Online on 06.09.2019	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 17/38 B65G 17/06	Application no. 09706659.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title CONVEYOR BELT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T130015.20190702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.815K)
T 0804/16 (Aminocarboxylates/Ecolab) of 20.5.2019
Online on 06.09.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/33 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/10	Application no. 08869466.6
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title SOLIDIFICATION MATRIX USING AN AMINOCARBOXYLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T080416.20190520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324.328K)
T 0865/16 (Öffnung aufweisendes Sicherheitselement / GIESEKE+DEVRIENT) of 22.5.2019
Online on 06.09.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H 21/40	Application no. 09772132.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag) : nein				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Sicherheitselements mit beidseitig aufgebrachter Beschichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T086516.20190522				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358.146K)
T 0907/16 (Sequential enzyme delivery system / UNILEVER) of 4.6.2019
Online on 06.09.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 D06F 39/02	Application no. 08774456.1
Keywords Inventive step (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 8A'): no Admissibility of auxiliary request 9 filed during oral proceedings: no				Application title Sequential enzyme delivery system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T090716.20190604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365.376K)
T 1315/16 (Stable non-aqueous composition/Procter & Gamble) of 15.5.2019
Online on 06.09.2019	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/22 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/43 C11D 17/04	Application no. 10167227.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 12 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 12 - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 12 Claims - clarity (yes) -auxiliary request 12 Inventive step - auxiliary request 12 (yes)				Application title Stable non-aqueous liquid compositions comprising a cationic polymer in particulate form
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T131516.20190515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409.074K)
T 1946/16 (Grinding beads/Zircoa) of 28.6.2019
Online on 06.09.2019	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 35/488 C04B 35/624 C04B 35/632 C09K 3/14 C04B 35/626	Application no. 08782231.8
Keywords Correction of error - (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)				Application title GRINDING BEADS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T194616.20190628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.333K)
T 1665/16 () of 25.6.2019
Online on 05.09.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 21/14 C08K 5/02 C08L 11/00 C08L 9/00 C08L 9/02 C08L 23/08 C08L 27/06 C08L 83/00 C08K 3/22	Application no. 09007437.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Intervention of the assumed infringer - status of the submitted documents Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Fire retardant elastic foam material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T166516.20190625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.875K)
T 1894/16 () of 21.6.2019
Online on 05.09.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 69/00 C08L 51/00 C08K 3/22	Application no. 08787097.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - Auxiliary Request 11 Amendments - occasioned by ground of opposition Amendments - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T189416.20190621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367.176K)
T 0590/15 () of 4.6.2019
Online on 04.09.2019	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.6.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L 3/00 A23L 3/10 A23L 3/14 A61L 2/04 A61L 2/07	Application no. 08804615.6
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 2 - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 3 - Nicht zugelassen				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM STERILISIEREN VON QUADERFÖRMIGEN KARTON/KUNSTSTOFF-VERBUNDPACKUNGEN IN EINEM AUTOKLAVEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T059015.20190604				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 448.077K)
T 1260/16 () of 14.6.2019
Online on 04.09.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.6.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 77/06 C08L 83/04	Application no. 11164116.3
Keywords Unklar definierter Parameter - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Siliconemulsionen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T126016.20190614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385.855K)
T 2104/16 () of 5.7.2019
Online on 04.09.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/06 C08J 5/18 C08F 110/06	Application no. 09800007.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes)- not proven beyond all reasonable doubt Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - objection raised in fact one of clarity Late submitted material - documents admitted (no)- no grounds to overturn decision of opposition division Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED OPTICS FOR FILM AND MOULDING APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T210416.20190705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374.516K)
T 0441/17 () of 1.8.2019
Online on 04.09.2019	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.8.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 77/02 C08K 7/24 C08K 5/00 C08K 5/17 C08L 33/08 C08L 77/12	Application no. 11779165.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title CARBON NANOTUBES ENTHALTENDE POLYAMID 12-ZUSAMMENSETZUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T044117.20190801				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363.309K)
T 0831/17 (Haar oder München als Ort der mündlichen Verhandlung) of 25.2.2019
Online on 04.09.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.2.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08 H04W 28/06 H04W 80/00 H04W 80/02 H04W 80/04 H04W 88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör am richtigen Ort Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - durch die Beschwerdekammer Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - Rechtsfrage von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde Mündliche Verhandlung - vor der Beschwerdekammer Recht auf mündliche Verhandlung - auch bei ersichtlich unzulässiger Beschwerde?				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Mobilfunknetzes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083117.20190225				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397.213K)
T 0831/17 (Haar or Munich as venue for oral proceedings) of 25.2.2019
Online on 04.09.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.2.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08 H04W 28/06 H04W 80/00 H04W 80/02 H04W 80/04 H04W 88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Right to be heard at the correct venue Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal by the board of appeal point of law of fundamental importance Admissibility of appeal Oral proceedings before the board Right to oral proceedings - even if appeal obviously inadmissible?				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083117.20190225				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 68.063K)
T 0831/17 (Haar ou Munich comme lieu de la procédure orale) of 25.2.2019
Online on 04.09.2019	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.2.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08 H04W 28/06 H04W 80/00 H04W 80/02 H04W 80/04 H04W 88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Droit d'être entendu au lieu approprié Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours - par la Chambre de recours Question de droit d'importance fondamentale Recevabilité du recours Procédure orale - devant la Chambre Droit à une procédure orale - également en cas de recours manifestement irrecevable ?				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083117.20190225				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 29.599K)
T 0778/15 () of 1.7.2019
Online on 03.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/007	Application no. 06824285.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD OF AND AN INSTALLATION FOR MILKING AN ANIMAL HAVING AT LEAST TWO TEATS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077815.20190701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309.522K)
T 0204/16 () of 27.6.2019
Online on 03.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 11/12 A22C 15/00 B65G 47/26	Application no. 09012521.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main and first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title System for storing products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T020416.20190627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432.567K)
T 1911/16 () of 8.7.2019
Online on 03.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/50	Application no. 10002618.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cutlery tray, dishwasher basket and dishwasher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T191116.20190708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290.420K)
T 2250/15 () of 21.5.2019
Online on 02.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06 F03D 3/06 F03B 3/12	Application no. 09729071.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title A WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH AN AUXILIARY AIRFOIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T225015.20190521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369.157K)
T 2358/15 () of 12.7.2019
Online on 02.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M 25/07 F02B 29/04	Application no. 03767518.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR KÜHLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T235815.20190712				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350.350K)
T 0688/16 () of 22.7.2019
Online on 02.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/48 A47L 15/00 A47L 15/24	Application no. 07801699.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag identisch mit dem im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren nicht zugelassenen Hilfsantrag				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BEURTEILUNG UND SICHERSTELLUNG DER THERMISCHEN HYGIENEWIRKUNG IN EINER MEHRTANKGESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T068816.20190722				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385.037K)
T 0447/17 () of 9.5.2019
Online on 02.09.2019	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F24H 3/04	Application no. 03290191.0
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Austausch von Wärme
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T044717.20190509				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 440.121K)
T 2298/17 () of 4.7.2019
Online on 02.09.2019	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 37/07 A47J 37/06	Application no. 12006927.3
Keywords Inventive step - could-would approach Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Apparatus for cooking food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T229817.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376.296K)

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