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.

• September 2018
• August 2018
• July 2018

September 2018

T 0934/13 (Information processing server, and information processing method / … of 20.6.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06797440.2
Keywords Inventive step - cashback scheme using electronic wallet and emails (no Inventive step - obvious implentation of business method) Inventive step - narrowing down target information for an advertisement request (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - cashback information includes a link (no Inventive step - obvious implentation of non-technical feature) Inventive step - sending collected cashback identification information to the cashback provider using batch processing (no Inventive step - obvious implentation of non-technical feature)				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING SERVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T093413.20180620				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347.536K)
T 1211/14 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 11/04 H04N 7/26 H04N 5/44 H04N 5/14	Application no. 11164433.2
Keywords Claims - main request Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 1 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Image information encoding method and encoder, and image information decoding method and decoder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T121114.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417.723K)
T 1212/14 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 11/04 H04N 7/26 H04N 5/44 H04N 5/14	Application no. 11164405.0
Keywords Claims - main request and auxiliary request 2 Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 3 and 4 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (yes)				Application title Image information encoding method and encoder, and image information decoding method and decoder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T121214.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487.574K)
T 1001/15 (Triggering migration to a network access agent/ALCATEL-LUCENT) of 2.8.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 36/22	Application no. 10013869.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Registration of transfer (no)				Application title Triggering migration to a network access agent
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T100115.20180802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289.018K)
T 1068/15 (Migration of a network access agent/ALCATEL-LUCENT) of 2.8.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 07749997.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Registration of transfer (no)				Application title Triggering migration of a network access agent associated with an access terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T106815.20180802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290.167K)
T 1779/15 (Node upgrade/ALCATEL) of 4.9.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24 G06F 9/445	Application no. 05300066.7
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of the appellant Inventive step - (no): juxtaposition of obvious measures				Application title Enabling communication node capabilities on a pay-per-use basis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T177915.20180904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303.452K)
T 0777/16 () of 30.8.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/14 C08F 4/659 C08F 10/00 C08F 2/00	Application no. 07727516.2
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no) Auxililary requests submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - not held inadmissible				Application title SLURRY POLYMERISATION PROCESS OF ETHYLENE IN THE PRESENCE OF LOW AMOUNT OF SCAVENGER.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T077716.20180830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421.509K)
T 1067/17 (Dental composition/ KERR) of 19.6.2018
Online on 18.09.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/00 A61K 6/08	Application no. 04254247.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Methods of providing two-part self-adhering dental compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T106717.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364.005K)
T 1914/12 () of 13.6.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C 65/00 B29C 65/50 F17C 13/00	Application no. 06831349.3
Keywords Clarté (oui) Extension au-delà du contenu de la demande d'origine (non) Suffisance de description (oui) Nouveauté (oui) Pouvoir discrétionnaire quant à la recevabilité d'arguments tardifs (non) Renvoi à la division d'opposition (oui) Exclusion de certains documents de l'inspection publique (oui)				Application title Procédé de collage d'une bande de nappe souple sur un support
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T191412.20180613				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 600.666K)
T 0979/14 () of 4.9.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/551	Application no. 02709388.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title TUCKED FASTENER FOR IMPROVED FASTENER PERFORMANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T097914.20180904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278.168K)
T 2087/14 (Metadata display/PHILIPS) of 11.7.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 11.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/34 G11B 27/034 G06F 17/30 G06F 3/048 G06F 3/0482	Application no. 09786604.0
Keywords Amendments - main and first auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Displaying music metadata in a plurality of hierarchical levels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T208714.20180711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.976K)
T 0286/15 () of 7.9.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A01F 15/08	Application no. 10175443.0
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (no)				Application title Implement initiated control of tractor power take-off (PTO).
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T028615.20180907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269.696K)
T 2036/15 () of 10.7.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 31/12 G01N 29/26	Application no. 05744017.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs Neuheit				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM ULTRASCHALL-PRÜFEN DER SCHWEIßNAHT LÄNGSNAHTGESCHWEIßTER ROHRE AUF LÄNGSFEHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T203615.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 289.880K)
T 2321/15 (REHYDRATABLE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT/Biocompatibles UK Limited) of 14.6.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 9/16 A61K 47/30 A61K 47/48	Application no. 07786813.1
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (yes) Unrecognized problem				Application title REHYDRATABLE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T232115.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322.751K)
T 0861/16 (Adaption de la description par la division d'opposition sans … of 11.9.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B61C 3/00 B61D 1/06	Application no. 09173405.3
Keywords Fondement de décision - texte proposé ou accepté par le titulaire du brevet (non) Fondement de décision - vice substantiel de procédure (oui) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (oui)				Application title Automotrice de transport de voyageurs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T086116.20180911				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 287.186K)
T 1823/16 (Network Adapter/SONY ERICSSON) of 28.6.2018
Online on 17.09.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/10	Application no. 09779319.4
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Re-establishment of rights - independent cross-check (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title NETWORK ADAPTER, METHOD&COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T182316.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.316K)
T 1734/13 () of 18.7.2018
Online on 14.09.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 5/00 A01F 29/00	Application no. 08154449.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Apparatus and method for separating and mixing feed for live-stock
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T173413.20180718				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342.086K)
T 2226/13 () of 9.3.2018
Online on 14.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.3.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 63/04 F16L 59/02 F16L 59/06	Application no. 01118516.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Verfahrensmangel, der eine Zurückverweisung rechtfertigt (nein) Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 5A, 8A und 11A (ja) Neuheit von Anspruch 6 des Hilfsantrags 11A (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz zur weiteren Prüfung (ja)				Application title Folienumhüllter, evakuierter Wärmedämmkörper und Herstellungsverfahren für diesen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T222613.20180309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 463.027K)
T 1640/14 () of 17.7.2018
Online on 14.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 18/26	Application no. 07846811.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein				Application title Wickelvorrichtung zum Wickeln von Bändern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T164014.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454.842K)
T 1127/15 () of 12.6.2018
Online on 14.09.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 7/22	Application no. 07111268.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title Schott für einen PKW
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T112715.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 302.639K)
T 1177/16 (Substitut de lanoline/Aldivia) of 6.9.2018
Online on 14.09.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC C11C 3/00 A61K 7/48 A61K 47/00 C10M 159/00 C09D 11/00 C14C 9/02	Application no. 02762506.0
Keywords Requête produite tardivement - recevable (oui) (nouvelle requête principale) Modifications - admises (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Renvoi à la première instance - (oui) (continuation de la procédure d'examen)				Application title SUBSTITUT DE LANOLINE, SON PROCEDE D'OBTENTION ET SES APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T117716.20180906				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 299.004K)
T 1278/16 () of 20.7.2018
Online on 14.09.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B21D 51/26 B21D 17/02	Application no. 05013807.2
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for deforming thin walled bodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T127816.20180720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.885K)
T 2524/16 () of 20.6.2018
Online on 14.09.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B60G 21/00 A63C 17/02 B62K 5/04 B63B 15/00 B64C 39/08	Application no. 09761915.9
Keywords Revendications - clarté (non)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE SUSPENSION D'UN MOBILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T252416.20180620				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 276.715K)
T 1959/12 (Software anti-tamper measures/INSIDE SECURE) of 4.9.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/24	Application no. 09729198.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - support in the description (no)				Application title AN ANTI-TAMPER SYSTEM EMPLOYING AUTOMATED ANALYSIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T195912.20180904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297.893K)
T 2214/12 (Extracted planogram / ACCENTURE) of 5.7.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 5.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 08828590.3
Keywords Inventive step - planogram representing the current state of an inventory environment Inventive step - (no Inventive step - presentation of information)				Application title PLANOGRAM EXTRACTION BASED ON IMAGE PROCESSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T221412.20180705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.904K)
T 0995/14 (Displaying time variant tabular data/SAP) of 7.6.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/24 G06F 17/18	Application no. 02015347.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title A method and computer based system for displaying of time variant tabular data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T099514.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435.498K)
T 0512/15 () of 16.5.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.5.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC F21V 7/00 F21S 8/10 B60Q 1/14	Application no. 05291396.9
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Dispositif d'éclairage et/ou de signalisation pour véhicule automobile
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T051215.20180516				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 405.859K)
T 1033/15 () of 3.5.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F 1/01 F24F 13/20 F24F 1/00 F24F 3/04	Application no. 07021873.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Einrichtung zum Heizen, Kühlen und/oder Lüften eines Raumes eines Gebäudes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T103315.20180503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442.518K)
T 1204/15 (Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittel mit Fliessgrenze / HENKEL) of 1.8.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 3/20 C11D 17/00	Application no. 06707517.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit des spät eingereichten Vorbringens (Einwand fehlender Neuheit) (nein) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Klares Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittel mit Fliessgrenze
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T120415.20180801				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383.019K)
T 1305/15 (Zeta Potential of hollow fiber membrane / Asahi Kasei Medical) of 9.7.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/18 B01D 69/08 B01D 69/12 B01D 71/44 B01D 71/68	Application no. 04818557.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - all requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - Ill-defined parameter not reliably measurable (reasons 4.14-4.17)				Application title HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE FOR BLOOD PURIFICATION AND BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T130515.20180709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398.633K)
T 0507/16 (AMORPHOUS ADSORBENT/Clariant International Ltd) of 7.8.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 20/28 B01J 20/12 C11C 1/08 C11B 3/10	Application no. 07819665.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (main request and second auxiliary request) Sufficiency of disclosure - no Amendments not allowable (first and third auxiliary requests) Amendments - broadening of claim Amendments - yes Amendment not allowable (fourth auxiliary request) - lack of clarity				Application title METHOD OF PRODUCING AMORPHOUS ADSORBENT AND ITS USE IN THE BLEACHING OF FATS AND/OR OILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T050716.20180807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402.577K)
T 2248/16 () of 5.9.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F24D 19/00 F24D 19/10 B01J 47/00 C02F 1/00 C02F 1/48 G05D 21/02 C02F 103/02 C02F 1/42 B01J 47/02 B01J 49/00	Application no. 11007225.3
Keywords Veröffentlichungsfehler in der Patentschrift - (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - beschwerter Verfahrensbeteiligter (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und System zum Konditionieren von Wasser für wasserführende Kreislaufsysteme
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T224816.20180905				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385.852K)
T 1716/17 (VelocImmune mouse II/REGENERON) of 10.9.2018
Online on 13.09.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 10.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/00	Application no. 02709544.7
Keywords Missing statement of grounds - admissibility of the appeal (no)				Application title METHODS OF MODIFYING EUKARYOTIC CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T171617.20180910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247.820K)
T 2018/11 (RAID scores - I/DELL) of 17.7.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06	Application no. 07797739.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - appeal proceedings				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAID MANAGEMENT, REALLOCATION, AND RESTRIPING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T201811.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294.797K)
T 0470/12 (Array sensors/ILLUMINA) of 21.8.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 99931904.9
Keywords Main request - novelty (no) Fresh auxiliary requests - not admitted Auxiliary request 5 - reformatio in peius				Application title Decoding of array sensors with microspheres
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T047012.20180821				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402.179K)
T 1877/13 () of 6.9.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.9.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B21B 27/10	Application no. 05818097.7
Keywords Document produit tardivement - recevable (non) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE D'ALIMENTATION EN LUBRIFIANT LORS D'UN LAMINAGE A CHAUD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T187713.20180906				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 318.318K)
T 2326/13 (RAID scores - II/DELL) of 17.7.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06 G06F 11/10	Application no. 11002785.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - appeal proceedings				Application title System and method for RAID management, reallocation and restriping
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T232613.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290.841K)
T 2459/13 () of 28.8.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 23/31 H01L 23/00 H01L 23/485	Application no. 01982175.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM SCHUTZ ELEKTRONISCHER ODER MIKROMECHANISCHER BAUTEILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T245913.20180828				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351.657K)
T 1088/14 () of 13.6.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/48	Application no. 09006978.2
Keywords -				Application title Straßenfertiger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T108814.20180613				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 456.461K)
T 0299/15 (Fehlende Substantiierung des Einspruchsgrunds der erfinderischen Tä … of 25.4.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.4.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F28F 9/02 F28F 9/18 F28D 1/053	Application no. 07012127.2
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title Gewölbter Bodenteil für einen Sammelkasten eines Wärmeaustauschers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T029915.20180425				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328.906K)
T 0910/15 () of 6.9.2018
Online on 12.09.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.9.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/14 C07C 409/34 C07C 407/00	Application no. 09757299.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative (alle Anträge)				Application title ZUBEREITUNG ZUR INITIIERUNG VON RADIKALISCHEN REAKTIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T091015.20180906				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340.020K)
T 1080/12 () of 4.9.2018
Online on 11.09.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 4.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/46 H04N 7/26	Application no. 08154350.6
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Frame rate enhancement by repeating the current image if a fade-in/out is detected
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T108012.20180904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342.076K)
T 0987/13 () of 4.7.2018
Online on 11.09.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/00 H04N 7/173	Application no. 09168631.1
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title A method and system for delivery of data to an end user
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T098713.20180704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406.193K)
T 1293/14 () of 13.4.2018
Online on 11.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65H 5/06	Application no. 01906899.8
Keywords Admissibiliy of main request - yes Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - yes				Application title Self aligning transport mechanism for media of variable media widths
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T129314.20180413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333.990K)
T 1416/14 () of 2.5.2018
Online on 11.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B31F 1/07	Application no. 07425604.1
Keywords Novelty (main request) - no Admittance of the first to third auxiliary requests - yes Inventive step: first auxiliary request - no, second auxiliary request - yes				Application title A paper material with an improved embossed pattern and method for the production thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T141614.20180502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 502.741K)
T 2361/15 () of 11.6.2018
Online on 11.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F16J 1/09	Application no. 10008169.4
Keywords Admissibility of the appeal - yes Admittance of a new alleged public prior use in appeal - no Admittance of amendments to the appellant's case after it has filed its grounds of appeal - no				Application title Piston for engine having stable behavior of piston ring
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T236115.20180611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361.880K)
T 1458/16 () of 29.8.2018
Online on 11.09.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 67/02 C08K 5/00 C08G 63/672 D01F 6/62 D01F 6/84	Application no. 98941706.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T145816.20180829				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350.310K)
T 0527/15 () of 26.6.2018
Online on 10.09.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B23C 5/04 B27G 13/08	Application no. 10000837.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach				Application title Bearbeitungswerkzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T052715.20180626				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 286.225K)
T 1459/15 (Crossing document edges/APPLE) of 21.6.2018
Online on 10.09.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 08713567.9
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 8 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 3, 9 and 11 (no) Admission of auxiliary requests 2 and 4 to 6 - (no) Extension of scope of protection - auxiliary request 7 (yes) Clarity - auxiliary requests 9 and 10 (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 10 (yes)				Application title List scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T145915.20180621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1.040M)
T 2164/15 (Changing display images/SATURN) of 24.8.2018
Online on 10.09.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/14 G06F 3/048 H04N 5/445 H04N 21/478	Application no. 11175838.9
Keywords Support by the description - main request (no), auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Input method and input apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T216415.20180824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291.003K)
T 2282/15 () of 5.9.2018
Online on 10.09.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B63H 19/08	Application no. 10154249.6
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title Rudder for a ship
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T228215.20180905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228.728K)
T 0253/18 () of 5.9.2018
Online on 10.09.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.9.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D 5/245 G01D 5/36	Application no. 06114414.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for generating an origin signal of an encoder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T025318.20180905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334.723K)
T 0686/14 () of 7.5.2018
Online on 07.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 03706485.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 (nein) Änderungen im Anspruch Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 Änderungen - mangelnde Klarheit Spät eingereichte Druckschrift - zugelassen (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 3a - zugelassen (ja)				Application title Sicherheitselement und Sicherheitsdokument mit einem solchen Sicherheitselement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T068614.20180507				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 460.013K)
T 0904/14 (Location aware product placement/NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES) of 27.6.2018
Online on 07.09.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00	Application no. 01934225.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Location aware product placement and advertising
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T090414.20180627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374.139K)
T 0256/15 (COMPACT FLUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION/Procter & Gamble) of 4.7.2018
Online on 07.09.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/00 C11D 3/43 C11D 10/04	Application no. 07794543.4
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title COMPACT FLUID LAUNDRY DETERGENT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T025615.20180704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523.285K)
T 1514/16 (Stahlbauteil/Thyssen) of 26.7.2018
Online on 07.09.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C25D 3/56 C25D 5/48 C25D 5/50 C25D 1/18	Application no. 10706201.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES MIT EINEM METALLISCHEN, VOR KORROSION SCHÜTZENDEN ÜBERZUG VERSEHENEN STAHLBAUTEILS UND STAHLBAUTEIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T151416.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388.102K)
T 0590/18 (Gültigkeit des Formblattes EPA Form 1010) of 4.7.2018
Online on 07.09.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/632 E05F 15/70	Application no. 07107049.4
Keywords Gültigkeit des Formblattes EPA Form 1010 Beschwerdegebühr (entrichtet) - nein Begründung von Vertrauensschutz - Voraussetzungen Vertrauensschutz durch Homepage des Amtes - nein Vorlage an die Grosse Beschwerdekammer - Nein Vertrauensschutz durch Veröffentlichungen auf Homepage des Amtes - nein				Application title Schiebetüranlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T059018.20180704				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 437.132K)
T 0511/14 (DKK-1 antibodies/MEDIMMUNE) of 12.6.2018
Online on 06.09.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/18 A61K 39/395 A61P 19/00	Application no. 08725133.6
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Antibodies Specific for Dkk-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T051114.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305.586K)
T 2191/15 (Fabric Treatment Composition/Unilever) of 26.7.2018
Online on 06.09.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/50	Application no. 08787323.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - Main Request (yes) First Auxiliary Request				Application title FABRIC TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T219115.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444.442K)
D 0024/17 () of 22.8.2018
Online on 05.09.2018	Board DBA	Decision date 22.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:D002417.20180822				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 32.913K)
T 1274/12 (Error Recovery Timeout/EFI) of 21.8.2018
Online on 05.09.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/12	Application no. 08016797.6
Keywords Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Printing method and apparatus having multiple raster image processors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T127412.20180821				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 248.634K)
T 1323/13 () of 31.8.2018
Online on 05.09.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 31.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 5/222	Application no. 06829375.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag und erster bis vierter Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Bewegen einer auf einem Schwenk-/Neigekopf angeordneten Kamera entlang einer vorgegebenen Bewegungsbahn
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T132313.20180831				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321.958K)
T 1696/14 (Virtual keypad switching for portrait/landscape modes/SAMSUNG) of 19.7.2018
Online on 05.09.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/14 G06F 1/16 H04M 1/725 G06F 3/048	Application no. 09750790.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DISPLAY MODE SWITCHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T169614.20180719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309.942K)
T 0474/15 () of 28.8.2018
Online on 05.09.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/20	Application no. 08017768.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - unentrinnbare Falle (ja) Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title Sauggerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T047415.20180828				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343.143K)
T 1684/14 () of 28.8.2018
Online on 04.09.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 47/08	Application no. 10003258.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title A tamper-evident closure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T168414.20180828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289.080K)
T 1335/16 (Thread-based memory access/QUALCOMM) of 31.7.2018
Online on 04.09.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 31.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/38 G06F 12/06 G06F 12/08	Application no. 03774703.7
Keywords Inventive step over documents relied upon in the decision under appeal Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREAD-BASED MEMORY ACCESS IN A MULTITHREADED PROCESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T133516.20180731				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338.006K)
T 0647/12 () of 6.7.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 05004881.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Dialysemaschine mit einer Einrichtung zur Bestimmung der Dialysedosis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T064712.20180706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380.396K)
T 2170/12 () of 31.1.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 31.1.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 70/54 B32B 3/02 F03D 1/06	Application no. 05769632.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 7 (yes) Non-patent literature - availability to the public (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 7 (yes)				Application title A method of cutting off laminate layers, eg a glass-fibre or carbon-fibre laminate layer in the blade of a wind turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T217012.20180131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424.565K)
T 0004/14 (Oxyntomodulin/IMPERIAL) of 25.5.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 25.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17	Application no. 04701379.2
Keywords All requests - sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title Modification of feeding behaviour and weight control by oxyntomodulin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T000414.20180525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378.607K)
T 0021/14 () of 20.8.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 9/16 B29C 71/00 C08F 6/00	Application no. 07024555.0
Keywords -				Application title Removing volatile compounds from polymer pellets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T002114.20180820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313.947K)
T 0080/14 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/10 C07C 255/07	Application no. 05707028.6
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1-7: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HYDROCYANIERUNG VON BUTADIEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T008014.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380.573K)
T 0614/14 (Titration of tapentadol/GRÜNENTHAL) of 31.5.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 31.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/137 A61P 25/04	Application no. 08749016.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title TITRATION OF TAPENTADOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T061414.20180531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363.466K)
T 2187/14 () of 19.4.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 11/103 B22D 11/00	Application no. 04737866.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Late-filed evidence - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title METHOD FOR CASTING COMPOSITE INGOT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T218714.20180419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421.535K)
T 0025/15 () of 27.7.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/36	Application no. 09796115.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - party adversely affected by decision Novelty - main request (no) Claims - auxiliary request 1 clarity (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title CAPSULE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF BEVERAGE SUITABLE FOR CONSUMPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T002515.20180727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484.069K)
T 0411/15 () of 10.4.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 49/06 C08K 5/00 B29C 49/00	Application no. 05825220.6
Keywords Claims - lack of clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - all requests (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes)				Application title Process for preparing bottles from injection stretch blow moulding of compositions of polypropylene and non-sorbitol nucleating agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T041115.20180410				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.140K)
T 1101/15 () of 29.8.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08C 19/02 C08C 19/08 C08L 15/00	Application no. 09163917.9
Keywords Hauptantrag - Zulässigkeit - Neuheit - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Verwendung von ganz oder teilweise hydrierten Nitrilkautschuken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T110115.20180829				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324.880K)
T 1401/16 () of 24.8.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F16J 15/32	Application no. 09736456.6
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - opportunity to comment (no) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title Energised seal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T140116.20180824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310.305K)
T 2368/17 () of 11.6.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/49 A61Q 5/08 A61K 8/31 A61Q 5/10	Application no. 11700956.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title AUFHELLMITTEL MIT LIPOPHILEM ACYLPYRIDINIUM-KOMPLEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T236817.20180611				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308.783K)
T 2650/17 () of 27.8.2018
Online on 03.09.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 47/12 B29C 49/00	Application no. 08715858.0
Keywords Unzulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung nicht eingereicht				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur fortlaufenden Herstellung eines Verbundrohres mit Rohrmuffe und Verbundrohr
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T265017.20180827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 227.297K)

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August 2018

T 2489/11 (Panning and scrolling/HTC) of 2.8.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 08103901.8
Keywords Amendments - appeal proceedings Claims - clarity (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Electronic devices with touch-sensitive navigational mechanisms, and associated methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T248911.20180802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312.279K)
T 0383/14 () of 13.6.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC A01D 46/28 A23N 15/02 B07B 13/07	Application no. 08358006.8
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) (voir motif 3.5)				Application title Table de tri à rouleaux trieurs, pour l'élimination des corps étrangers restant mêlés aux produits de la récolte de petits fruits
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T038314.20180613				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 315.098K)
T 0055/15 () of 16.7.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/14 A47L 9/10	Application no. 08007225.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Staubsaugerfilterbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T005515.20180716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331.704K)
T 2332/15 () of 24.4.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC E01B 29/17	Application no. 05734048.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title RAILWAY RAIL HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T233215.20180424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 516.920K)
T 0576/16 () of 15.6.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F24J 2/52	Application no. 09785670.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Supporting frame for constructing a building including a thermal panel and a photovoltaic panel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T057616.20180615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318.951K)
T 0827/16 (Scrambling digital content/MICROSOFT) of 24.7.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 24.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 12001602.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Anti-virus method for scrambled digital content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T082716.20180724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309.718K)
T 1353/16 () of 26.7.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F24B 1/02	Application no. 08105923.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Heating apparatuses such as pellet-fired stoves and thermostoves
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T135316.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1.232M)
T 1403/16 (Discontinuation of the opposition proceedings / re-establishment of … of 27.8.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 31/00 B41F 31/02 B41F 31/10	Application no. 01109388.7
Keywords Re-establishment of rights in opposition proceedings Re-establishment of rights - loss of rights being the direct consequence of the failure to observe time limit (no) Re-establishement of rights - time limit under Rule 84(1) EPC (no) Late-filed request - failure of observe the two-month time limit under Rule 84(1) EPC				Application title Inking apparatus for printing press
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T140316.20180827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353.511K)
T 2351/16 () of 27.6.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B41C 1/04	Application no. 08158524.2
Keywords Compliance with Article 76(1) EPC (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title A precursor plate for the manufacture of intaglio printing plates for intaglio printing of sheets of security papers and a method of manufacturing an engraved plate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T235116.20180627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376.496K)
T 0118/18 () of 27.8.2018
Online on 31.08.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 50/22 G06F 19/00	Application no. 12796828.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING MEDICATION ADHERENCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T011818.20180827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222.249K)
T 0847/14 () of 9.8.2018
Online on 30.08.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D 10/00 A21D 8/04 B65D 81/20 A23L 3/3418 C12N 1/18 C12N 1/04 A23L 3/3445	Application no. 05759763.5
Keywords Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title PACKAGED POWDER COMPOSITION FOR BAKERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T084714.20180809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449.244K)
T 0323/15 () of 29.5.2018
Online on 30.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B 31/02	Application no. 02714862.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title LOAD INDICATING MEMBER WITH IDENTIFYING MARK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T032315.20180529				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290.727K)
T 1583/15 (Peptides conjugates/ AFFIBODY) of 7.6.2018
Online on 30.08.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/48 C12N 15/62	Application no. 10185522.9
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Use of serum albumin binding peptides conjugates for the preparation of a medicament
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T158315.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261.143K)
T 1745/12 (Temozolomide/JIANGSU) of 4.6.2018
Online on 29.08.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/41 A61K 31/395 A61K 9/24 A61P 35/00 A61K 9/00	Application no. 03753238.9
Keywords Main request: inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 1-8 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) 9-12 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title CONTROLLED RELEASES SYSTEM CONTAINING TEMOZOLOMIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T174512.20180604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350.739K)
T 1423/11 (Programme sécurisé / GEMALTO) of 12.7.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 12/14	Application no. 97400088.7
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - recours suffisamment motivé (non)				Application title Procédé de mise en oeuvre d'un programme sécurisé dans une carte à microprocesseur et carte à microprocesseur comportant un programme sécurisé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T142311.20180712				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 247.268K)
T 2048/11 (Transaktionsserver/SWISSRE) of 12.4.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.4.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 04738102.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - besondere Gründe gegen Zurückverweisung				Application title TRANSAKTIONSSERVER UND COMPUTERPROGRAMMPRODUKT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T204811.20180412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375.026K)
T 2376/11 (Process state information / ALACATEL-LUCENT) of 8.3.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 8.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/00	Application no. 05735535.6
Keywords Inventive step - pushing of process state information to the user space (no Inventive step - obvious combination of known features)				Application title MANAGING PROCESS STATE INFORMATION IN AN OPERATING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T237611.20180308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304.741K)
T 0436/12 (Matching electronic proposals to electronic requests/GENESYS) of 31.5.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 31.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06024090.0
Keywords Inventive step - matching requests with bids (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - entering requests and bids with template (no Inventive step - inevitable)				Application title System and methods for matching electronic proposals to electronic requests
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T043612.20180531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.804K)
T 0657/12 (Electronic training / ESPEED) of 22.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 22.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 04255492.3
Keywords Inventive step - trading rules (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - effect of reduction in number of messages (no Inventive step - not credible)				Application title Trading application program interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T065712.20180622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.608K)
T 0830/12 () of 21.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/387 H04N 1/053	Application no. 03009197.9
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for processing read-out images
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T083012.20180621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337.978K)
T 2179/12 (Coffres-forts dématerialisés/ALMERYS) of 18.7.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.7.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 21/24	Application no. 08826806.5
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (non) Invention brevetable - (non)				Application title GESTION ET PARTAGE DE COFFRES-FORTS DEMATERIALISES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T217912.20180718				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 381.513K)
T 2423/12 () of 14.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/58	Application no. 08012169.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - procedural economy				Application title Magnetic resonance imaging using preparation scan for optimizing pulse sequence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T242312.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.792K)
T 1123/13 (Viral vaccines/ZOETIS) of 12.4.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12 A61K 39/295 C07K 14/18	Application no. 04801973.1
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 15 - extension of scope of protection (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 16 to 19 and 21 to 23 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Safe mutant viral vaccines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T112313.20180412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402.848K)
T 1514/13 () of 19.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 07823802.9
Keywords première et deuxième requêtes auxiliaires - activité inventive (non) troisième requête auxiliaire - recevable (non)				Application title CABINE DE SANTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T151413.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 430.555K)
T 1975/13 () of 27.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 27.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/103	Application no. 00941251.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SKIN IMAGING AND ANALYSIS METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T197513.20180627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377.665K)
T 0252/14 () of 11.7.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G01J 3/46	Application no. 03787613.3
Keywords Neuheit (Hauptantrag: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein) Zulassung von Anträgen (Hilfsanträge: nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ANALYSE VON FARBABWEICHUNGEN VON BILDERN MIT EINEM BILDSENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T025214.20180711				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452.415K)
T 0005/15 (Medical control loop/CAREFUSION) of 9.7.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05791269.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - main, first to third auxiliary requests (yes) Admission of fourth and fifth auxiliary requests filed during oral proceedings - (no)				Application title System and method for dynamically adjusting patient therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T000515.20180709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372.961K)
T 0446/15 () of 19.7.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B21D 51/26	Application no. 03026418.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Deformation of thin walled bodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T044615.20180719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394.394K)
T 0681/15 (Detergent composition/P&G) of 29.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/22 C11D 3/30	Application no. 09170174.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - Main Request and Auxiliary Requests 1, 3, 3A, 7, 7A, 8, 8A, 10, 10A and 11 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Auxiliary Requests 2 and 2A Amendments - Shifting, extension, of the protection conferred (yes) Amendments - Auxiliary Requests 4, 4A, 5, 5A, 6, 6A, 9 and 9A				Application title Detergent composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T068115.20180629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 551.914K)
T 1401/15 () of 15.5.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 13/12	Application no. 08014338.1
Keywords Neuheit				Application title Spreizdübel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T140115.20180515				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400.916K)
T 1444/15 (Re-establishment of rights) of 8.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/05	Application no. 09820881.2
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the applicant (no)				Application title DYNAMIC BIPLANE ROENTGEN STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T144415.20180608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334.430K)
T 2362/15 () of 16.8.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/20 C21D 1/46 C21D 9/00 B60G 7/00 B60G 9/00	Application no. 09761038.0
Keywords Inventive step Amendments				Application title HARDENING OF FLEXIBLE TRAILING ARMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T236215.20180816				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292.851K)
T 0219/16 () of 19.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10 H01B 3/44 C08L 23/12	Application no. 09752955.6
Keywords Late-filed evidence Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title MULTIPHASE POLYMERIC COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR PREPARING CABLE INSULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T021916.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419.555K)
T 0277/16 (Location-based computer access/GOOGLE) of 26.6.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 26.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/31 G06F 21/62	Application no. 12189827.4
Keywords Inventive step - yes Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Location-based security system for portable electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T027716.20180626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347.952K)
T 0911/17 () of 30.7.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/32 B25B 23/142	Application no. 10012322.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Instrument for cutting tissue
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T091117.20180730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227.937K)
T 2478/17 () of 25.7.2018
Online on 28.08.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/40 G06Q 20/34 G06Q 20/38 H04L 29/06 G06Q 20/08 G06Q 20/32	Application no. 13825813.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR E-COMMERCE PAYMENT INTELLIGENT ACCESS CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T247817.20180725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 219.565K)
T 0536/13 () of 13.8.2018
Online on 27.08.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 19/10 H02K 1/27	Application no. 07013885.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by applicant (no) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Reluctance type rotating machine with permanent magnets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T053613.20180813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249.777K)
T 2225/13 () of 7.6.2018
Online on 27.08.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84 G01F 25/00	Application no. 06736194.9
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Unity of invention - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (no)				Application title FLOW METER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CABLE FAULT IN A CABLING OF THE FLOW METER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T222513.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369.890K)
J 0001/18 (Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.8.2018
Online on 22.08.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.8.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 H04B 10/80 A61B 5/0428	Application no. 17172357.0
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr				Application title MESSEINRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG PHYSIOLOGISCHER MESSWERTE EINES PATIENTEN UND SENSOREINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000118.20180816				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 233.910K)
T 1609/13 () of 11.6.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/315	Application no. 08708028.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INJECTION BUTTON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T160913.20180611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439.709K)
T 2234/13 (Magnetic ferrite/HITACHI) of 10.7.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 1/11 C01G 51/00 C04B 35/26 C04B 35/40 G11B 5/706	Application no. 06843243.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title OXIDE MAGNETIC MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T223413.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323.199K)
T 2235/13 (Sintered magnet/HITACHI) of 10.7.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 5/706 C01G 49/00 C01G 51/00 H01F 1/113 C04B 35/26	Application no. 11005769.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Oxide magnetic material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T223513.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288.266K)
T 0184/14 () of 10.7.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 18/14 A61B 17/32 A61B 17/22	Application no. 06707558.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein); Hilfsantrag 3 (ja)				Application title Endoskopisches Chirurgiegerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T018414.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401.895K)
T 0322/15 () of 20.7.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L 1/22 C07C 49/825 C07C 49/835 C07C 49/84	Application no. 08152668.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik				Application title Verwendung von 4-Hydroxychalkonderivaten zur Maskierung eines unangenehmen Geschmacks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T032215.20180720				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361.754K)
T 2363/15 () of 17.7.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D 35/00 C21D 1/673 C21D 9/46	Application no. 04741163.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES PRESSGEHÄRTETEN BAUTEILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T236315.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 292.283K)
T 2378/15 () of 29.6.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 9/11 A47B 43/00	Application no. 11002433.8
Keywords Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title Verfahren zur Schallreduzierung in Büroräumen mit einer Schallabsorption im Schrankmöbel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T237815.20180629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407.207K)
T 1555/16 (Optimisation of chemical loop/GE) of 31.7.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 31.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 3/56 C01B 3/10 C10J 3/00 C10J 3/72 F23C 10/00 G05B 19/02	Application no. 11707237.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CHEMICAL LOOPING PROCESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T155516.20180731				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270.213K)
T 0310/17 (Electronic control system/PIAGGIO) of 17.7.2018
Online on 20.08.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 9/00 B62K 5/00 G05B 19/05	Application no. 05108109.9
Keywords Novelty (no) Admissibility of late-filed requests - not clearly allowable, divergent, including unsearched subject-matter Re Rule 106 - alleged violation of the right to be heard (no)				Application title Electronic control system for operating groups of a vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T031017.20180717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418.828K)
T 0661/13 () of 29.6.2018
Online on 17.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 10/00	Application no. 02780070.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title CHAOLOGIC BRAIN FUNCTION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T066113.20180629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277.692K)
T 0182/17 () of 12.7.2018
Online on 17.08.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/18 C09D 5/14 A01N 43/40	Application no. 98904827.7
Keywords Late-filed argument - admitted (no Late-filed argument - change of case at the oral proceedings) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Discoloration prevention in pyrithione-containing coating compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T018217.20180712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349.050K)
T 0407/12 (Reductive alkylation/JOHNSON MATTHEY) of 10.4.2018
Online on 16.08.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 489/08 C07D 221/28 C07D 489/02	Application no. 05782842.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no)				Application title PREPARATION OF OPIATE ANALGESICS BY REDUCTIVE ALKYLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T040712.20180410				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352.818K)
T 1645/13 (Dual-specific ligand/DOMANTIS) of 27.3.2018
Online on 16.08.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/46 C12N 15/13 C12N 15/79 C12N 5/10 G01N 33/68 G01N 33/577 G01N 33/542	Application no. 02748987.1
Keywords Novelty of all requests Novelty - (no) Requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings - (yes)				Application title Dual-specific ligand and its use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T164513.20180327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374.792K)
T 2299/15 () of 15.5.2018
Online on 16.08.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/41 A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/12 A61Q 5/00	Application no. 07798125.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for inhibiting fading and enhancing color intensity of color-treated hair
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T229915.20180515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280.712K)
T 0525/13 () of 22.6.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/68 H05B 6/80	Application no. 00903274.9
Keywords Priority - Right of priority invalid Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Combination oven with manual entry of control algorithms
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T052513.20180622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306.744K)
T 0848/13 () of 11.6.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B07C 5/342	Application no. 03450252.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur optimierten Sortierung von Altpapier und Altkarton
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T084813.20180611				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333.841K)
T 0933/13 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H02H 3/20 H02H 11/006	Application no. 08019653.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title A detection circuit and a method for detecting a wrong power line connection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T093313.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287.384K)
T 2466/13 () of 5.6.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC F16L 59/02	Application no. 03760735.5
Keywords Validité formelle du transfert du droit de priorité (oui) Divulgation de la même invention (partiellement) Activité inventive (non : requête principale, requête subsidiaire 1 ; oui : requête subsidiaire 2)				Application title Panneau d'isolation pour conduit de distribution
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T246613.20180605				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 697.214K)
T 0405/15 () of 30.5.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/58 F16D 13/71	Application no. 03725185.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title KUPPLUNGSANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T040515.20180530				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 339.189K)
T 0469/15 (Process For Making A Water-Soluble Pouch/Procter & Gamble) of 26.7.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 B65D 65/46	Application no. 08101442.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Process For Making A Water-Soluble Pouch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T046915.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312.936K)
T 1640/15 () of 21.6.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 21/20 B60Q 5/00	Application no. 06705817.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title GENERATORTRÄGER FÜR EIN FAHRERAIRBAGMODUL ZUM EINBAUEN IN EIN LENKRAD EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T164015.20180621				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362.317K)
T 1065/16 () of 26.6.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B41J 3/407	Application no. 10752316.9
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - nein Mangelnde Ausführbarkeit - nein Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - ja Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr an Beschwerdeführerin I - ja				Application title Vorrichtung zum Behandeln von Packmitteln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T106516.20180626				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454.966K)
T 1093/17 () of 9.7.2018
Online on 14.08.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 9/15 B65B 67/12	Application no. 02748973.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title METHOD OF LOADING A SPOOL FOR A WASTE STORAGE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T109317.20180709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324.175K)
G 0003/08 (Computerprogramme) of 12.5.2010
Online on 13.08.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 12.5.2010	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2010:G000308.20100512				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 109.098K)
G 0003/08 (Programmes d'ordinateur) of 12.5.2010
Online on 13.08.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 12.5.2010	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2010:G000308.20100512				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 109.850K)
G 0002/13 () of 25.3.2015
Online on 13.08.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 25.3.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/10	Application no. 99915886.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Vorlagen der Beschwerdekammern – bejaht Rechtsfrage von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung - bejaht Auswirkungen des Artikels 53 b) EPÜ auf die Gewährbarkeit eines Erzeugnisanspruchs oder eines Product-by-Process-Anspruchs, der auf Pflanzen oder Pflanzenmaterial gerichtet ist Im Wesentlichen biologisches Verfahren zur Züchtung von Pflanzen Auslegung des Patentierungsausschlusses Auslegungsregeln Dynamische Auslegung – verneint Rechtliche Erosion des Patentierungsausschlusses - verneint				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:G000213.20150325				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 16.002K)
G 0002/13 () of 25.3.2015
Online on 13.08.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 25.3.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/10	Application no. 99915886.8
Keywords Mots-clés : Recevabilité des saisines de la chambre de recours – oui Question de droit d'importance fondamentale – oui Effet de l'article 53b) CBE sur l'admissibilité d'une revendication de produit ou d'une revendication de produit caractérisé par son procédé d'obtention ayant pour objet des végétaux ou une matière végétale Procédé essentiellement biologique d'obtention de végétaux Interprétation de l'exclusion de la brevetabilité Règles d'interprétation Interprétation dynamique - non Érosion juridique de l'exception à la brevetabilité - non				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:G000213.20150325				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 16.128K)
R 0008/17 (Violation of right to be heard/HOLLISTER) of 18.6.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 18.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00 A61M 25/01	Application no. 01114582.8
Keywords Raising of objection under Rule 106 EPC (no) - petition clearly inadmissible in part Violation of right to be heard (no) - surprise reasoning (no) - ignoring of essential arguments (no) - petition clearly unallowable in part				Application title A ready-to-use urinary catheter assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:R000817.20180618				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 52.063K)
T 1553/12 () of 3.7.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 3.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 11/00	Application no. 08725959.4
Keywords Novelty - main request, first auxiliary request, auxiliary request 1A (no) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - third and fourth auxiliary request (no) Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant				Application title VOICE-CONTROLLED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING AN ACCESS DEVICE OR BADGE APPLICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T155312.20180703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352.886K)
T 0436/14 (Online aktualisierbares Bediengerät für einen Umrichter/LENZE) of 21.3.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.3.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/042	Application no. 04020441.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge A.1, B, F und H Unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) - Hilfsanträge C, D, E' und G				Application title Online aktualisierbares Bediengerät (BAE) für einen Umrichter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T043614.20180321				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419.537K)
T 1972/14 () of 3.7.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/305	Application no. 05819164.4
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title USE OF INFANT FORMULA WITH REDUCED PROTEIN CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T197214.20180703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.577K)
T 2274/14 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A61K 31/00	Application no. 08766833.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (no, all requests)				Application title Lipid composition for improving brain function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T227414.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404.320K)
T 0181/15 () of 26.6.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F 15/131	Application no. 06805292.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DREHMOMENTÜBERTRAGUNGSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T018115.20180626				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324.742K)
T 0428/15 () of 30.5.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/38 C08G 75/06 G02B 1/04	Application no. 05765070.7
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Experimental report submitted with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted				Application title POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T042815.20180530				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 541.603K)
T 1966/15 (Frame control encoder/decoder/QUALCOMM) of 7.8.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04J 11/00 H04B 1/00 H04L 1/00 H04L 1/04 H04L 27/26 H03M 13/29	Application no. 01939932.8
Keywords Added subject-matter (yes) - all requests - intermediate generalisation				Application title FRAME CONTROL ENCODER/DECODER FOR ROBUST OFDM FRAME TRANSMISSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T196615.20180807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303.699K)
T 2070/15 () of 4.7.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 10/02	Application no. 06724465.7
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BREMSKENNLINIENEINSTELLUNG EINES RETARDERS FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T207015.20180704				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 423.563K)
T 0571/16 () of 7.8.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.8.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B66D 1/30 B66D 1/34 B66D 1/48 A47C 17/84 A61G 7/012 G05D 3/20	Application no. 09804071.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes)				Application title DEVICE FOR LIFTING BED STRUCTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T057116.20180807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251.407K)
T 1629/16 () of 3.7.2018
Online on 13.08.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 75/00	Application no. 10181765.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Resealable food container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T162916.20180703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348.950K)
J 0004/17 (Resumption of proceedings for grant) of 16.5.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/11 A61P 13/00	Application no. 03781836.6
Keywords Stay of proceedings for grant Resumption of proceedings for grant				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of Desmopressin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000417.20180516				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.989K)
J 0005/17 (Resumption of proceedings for grant) of 16.5.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/11 A61P 13/00	Application no. 11000464.5
Keywords Stay of proceedings for grant Resumption of proceedings for grant				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of Desmopressin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000517.20180516				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.684K)
J 0006/17 (Resumption of the proceedings for grant) of 16.5.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/11 A61P 13/00	Application no. 11000465.2
Keywords Stay of the proceedings for grant Resumption of the proceedings for grant				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of Desmopressin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000617.20180516				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.782K)
J 0007/17 (resumption of the proceedings for grant) of 16.5.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/11 A61P 13/00	Application no. 11000466.0
Keywords Stay of the proceedings for grant Resumption of the proceedings for grant				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of desmopressin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000717.20180516				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.895K)
J 0008/17 (Resumption of proceedings for grant) of 16.5.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/11 A61P 13/00	Application no. 11000467.8
Keywords Stay of proceedings for grant Resumption of proceedings for grant				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of desmopressin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000817.20180516				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.710K)
J 0009/17 (Resumption of the proceedings for grant) of 16.5.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 16.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/11 A61P 13/00	Application no. 11000468.6
Keywords Stay of proceedings for grant Resumption of proceedings for grant				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions including low dosages of Desmopressin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J000917.20180516				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.904K)
T 2570/11 (IL-17 inhibition/UCB) of 12.7.2017
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.7.2017	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 47/48 A61P 37/00	Application no. 04798568.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for the treatment of multiple sclerosis by inhibiting IL-17 activity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T257011.20170712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508.396K)
T 1805/14 () of 4.6.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 7/00 B05B 13/06 B05B 12/00	Application no. 04011308.6
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Hohlraumkonservierung und Vorzerstäuber
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T180514.20180604				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325.550K)
T 2148/14 () of 5.6.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 110/02 C08F 210/16 C08F 10/00 C08L 23/06 C08L 23/08 C08F 10/02 C08J 5/18	Application no. 06724350.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes)- main request Inventive step - (no) (main request) Late-filed argument - not admitted Late-filed argument - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Auxiliary requests 1,2 and 3-7 admitted - (no) - no explanation or substantiation given Auxiliary request 8 - filed at the oral proceedings - admitted - (no) - associated argument not previously presented in appeal proceedings				Application title MOLDING COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYETHYLENE FOR PREPARING FILMS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE MOLDING COMPOSITION IN THE PRESENCE OF A MIXED CATALYST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T214814.20180605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395.547K)
T 0498/15 () of 5.7.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/00 C08F 20/06	Application no. 08707886.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) (both requests)				Application title PRODUCTION OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T049815.20180705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341.320K)
T 1291/15 (Method for optimizing fluoride uptake of teeth by applying a liquid … of 12.6.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/16 A61K 7/18	Application no. 03027318.9
Keywords Auxiliary request 6 - Admission into the proceedings (yes) Clarity - All requests (no)				Application title Method for optimizing fluoride uptake of teeth by applying a liquid dentifrice composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T129115.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321.025K)
T 1748/15 (Oral care composition/ GLAXO) of 8.5.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/19 A61K 8/21 A61K 8/27 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 08735787.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Auxiliary request 2 - meets the requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title Oral care composition comprising particulate zinc oxide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T174815.20180508				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374.775K)
T 2296/15 () of 19.6.2018
Online on 10.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C 33/58 F16C 19/26 F16C 33/34	Application no. 05783315.4
Keywords Inventive step				Application title CYLINDRICAL ROLLER BEARING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T229615.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279.226K)
T 0515/13 (Organic/inorganic composite separator/LG and Toray) of 19.7.2018
Online on 09.08.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/14 H01M 2/16	Application no. 08712357.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITE SEPARATOR HAVING POROUS ACTIVE COATING LAYER AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T051513.20180719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302.407K)
T 0623/15 () of 14.6.2018
Online on 09.08.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/34	Application no. 02758484.6
Keywords Documents submitted with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal - admitted Main request - novelty acknowledged - obvious modification - lack of inventive step Late-filed evidence - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) First to third auxiliary requests - lack of inventive step Fourth auxiliary request submitted during the oral proceedings - not admitted				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING RIGID URETHANE-MODIFIED POLYISOCYANURATE FOAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T062315.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419.522K)
T 0976/15 () of 3.7.2018
Online on 09.08.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 1/30 B66B 3/00	Application no. 04724394.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 11, 15 (yes), auxiliary request 16 (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title CONTROL DEVICE OF ELEVATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T097615.20180703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396.834K)
T 1611/15 () of 7.6.2018
Online on 09.08.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/06 C08J 5/18 C08F 10/00	Application no. 08861098.5
Keywords Inventive step - Main request and first to third auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - Fourth auxiliary request (yes)				Application title COPOLYMERS OF PROPYLENE WITH HEXENE-1 AND BLOWN FILMS OBTAINED FROM THEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T161115.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399.935K)
T 0872/17 (Kommunikationsverbindung/GRUBER) of 25.6.2018
Online on 09.08.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H04M 3/42 H04W 12/02 H04W 4/12 H04L 29/12 H04L 29/06	Application no. 12772060.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER KOMMUNIKATIONSVERBINDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T087217.20180625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403.847K)
T 1000/18 () of 1.8.2018
Online on 09.08.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.8.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC C02F 3/12 C02F 1/78	Application no. 06808062.1
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - absence de mémoire de recours				Application title PROCEDE D'EPURATION D'EAUX USEES AVEC AJOUT D'AGENT OXYDANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T100018.20180801				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 221.138K)
T 2563/11 (Doppelpatentierung) of 5.9.2017
Online on 08.08.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.9.2017	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/487 A61B 5/00	Application no. 10197027.5
Keywords Verbot der Doppelpatentierung Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Elektrochemischer Sensor zur Ermittlung einer Analyt-Konzentration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T256311.20170905				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 518.285K)
R 0009/17 () of 4.6.2018
Online on 07.08.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 4.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/426 C07C 237/40 C07D 213/81 C07D 213/82 C07D 231/38 C07D 233/90 C07D 239/42 C07D 263/48 C07D 277/56 C07D 409/12 C07D 417/12	Application no. 00922102.9
Keywords Admissibility of petition: yes Right to be heard fundamentially violated: no Petition for review: clearly unallowable				Application title CYCLIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:R000917.20180604				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 51.572K)
T 2335/12 (Hydrolysed soy-based medium for producing botulinum toxin/ALLERGAN) of 6.7.2018
Online on 07.08.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/64 C12N 1/20 C12P 21/02	Application no. 04782286.1
Keywords Admissibility of late-filed experimental evidence - (no) Inventive step: main request and auxiliary request 1 Inventive step - (no) Amendments: auxiliary requests 2 and 3 allowable Amendments - (no)				Application title Animal product free media and processes for obtaining a botulinum toxin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T233512.20180706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451.496K)
T 2391/13 (Mobile communication device/NOKIA) of 26.7.2018
Online on 07.08.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/00 H04B 1/38 H01Q 1/38 H01Q 21/08 H01Q 1/48 H01Q 1/24 H01Q 1/44 H01Q 9/04 H04M 1/60	Application no. 10151117.8
Keywords Non-compliance with Article 123(2) EPC - all requests				Application title Mobile communication device and related construction method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T239113.20180726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285.232K)
T 1207/15 () of 24.7.2018
Online on 07.08.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F21L 4/04 F21V 21/088 F21V 21/40	Application no. 09743456.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FLASHLIGHT WITH INTEGRATED CLAMP HANDLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T120715.20180724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.134K)
T 0272/18 () of 31.7.2018
Online on 07.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 6/387 F16H 37/08 B60K 6/365 B60K 6/48	Application no. 11819125.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title TRANSMISSION MODULE FOR A HYBRID DRIVE AS WELL AS DRIVE PROVIDED WITH THE TRANSMISSION MODULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T027218.20180731				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221.839K)
T 1561/14 () of 29.6.2018
Online on 06.08.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F02C 9/28 F02C 9/32 F02C 9/54	Application no. 08009564.9
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Gasturbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T156114.20180629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436.222K)
T 0100/16 (Ocular implant / ALLERGAN) of 10.7.2018
Online on 06.08.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 31/36 A61P 27/02	Application no. 10185774.6
Keywords Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Ocular implant obtained by double extrusion process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T010016.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329.381K)
T 0765/12 (Strontium/MOKWALO) of 14.6.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P 19/10	Application no. 05750580.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING STRONTIUM AND VITAMIN D AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T076512.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.992K)
T 1157/14 () of 8.6.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F16J 15/02	Application no. 09176329.2
Keywords Mangelnde Ausführbarkeit - nein Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Application title Dichtungsprofil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T115714.20180608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 557.393K)
T 2137/14 () of 13.6.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q 1/01	Application no. 08158691.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Bearbeitungsmaschine mit einem Betonteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T213714.20180613				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287.821K)
T 0149/15 (Testosterone gel/UNIMED) of 8.5.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/568 A61K 9/06 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/14 A61K 47/32 A61P 15/00	Application no. 06836341.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Priority - partial priority (yes) Priority - embodiments in the divisional application do not belong to the prior art Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title IMPROVED TESTOSTERONE GEL AND METHOD OF USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T014915.20180508				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462.045K)
T 0195/15 () of 15.6.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/04 C22C 38/06 C21D 9/46 C21D 8/04	Application no. 00915519.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STEEL SHEET FOR ULTRA-THIN TWO-PIECE CANS HAVING EXCELLENT ANTI-WRINKLING PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T019515.20180615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.874K)
T 0837/15 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B61D 17/18 B60R 13/02 B62D 31/02	Application no. 09177664.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Innenbekleidungssystem für Fahrzeuge im Personenverkehr
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T083715.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 303.382K)
T 1056/15 () of 30.5.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B62K 23/06	Application no. 04806903.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Undisclosed subject-matter - (no) Clarity (claim 1) - (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes)				Application title COLLAPSIBLE CONTROL LEVER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T105615.20180530				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.812K)
T 2007/15 (Strukturierter SCR-Katalysator / UMICORE) of 30.7.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 23/38 B01J 37/02 B01D 53/94 F01N 3/28 B01J 21/06 B01J 23/22 B01J 23/30 B01J 23/72 B01J 23/745 B01J 29/00 B01J 29/064 B01J 35/00	Application no. 07764577.8
Keywords Anforderungen des Artikels 84 EPÜ erfüllt (ja) - nach Änderung				Application title Strukturierter SCR-Katalysator zur Reduktion von Stickoxiden im Abgas von Magermotoren unter Verwendung von Ammoniak als Reduktionsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T200715.20180730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355.689K)
T 0946/18 () of 30.7.2018
Online on 03.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 6/04 A61G 13/00	Application no. 10735323.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title TABLE HAVING A CENTRAL CELLULAR HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE THERMALLY FUSED IN A SANDWICH CONFIGURATION BETWEEN TWO FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE FACE SHEETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T094618.20180730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249.395K)
T 2051/13 (On-board mobile communication/ERICSSON) of 12.6.2018
Online on 02.08.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/185	Application no. 05823688.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes)				Application title AIRBORNE ONBOARD BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T205113.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339.993K)
T 2215/14 () of 22.3.2018
Online on 02.08.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10 C08F 297/08	Application no. 02792963.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPACT-RESISTANT POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T221514.20180322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 589.426K)
T 0528/15 (SIMULATED MOVING BED / NOVASEP) of 29.6.2018
Online on 02.08.2018	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC B01D 15/18 B01D 15/36 B01D 15/38	Application no. 07788903.8
Keywords Nouveauté - brevet tel que délivré (oui) Activité inventive - brevet tel que délivré (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE SEPARATION SEQUENCE MULTICOLONNES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T052815.20180629				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 374.979K)
T 1354/15 (RNA interference mediators II/WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE) of 1.3.2018
Online on 02.08.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/713 C12N 15/113	Application no. 10184660.8
Keywords Admission of new evidence - (no) Disclaimer - added matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title RNA sequence-specific mediators of RNA interference
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T135415.20180301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424.389K)
T 1582/15 () of 14.6.2018
Online on 02.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 25/60 F16F 9/36	Application no. 07861210.8
Keywords inventive step (yes)				Application title AIRCRAFT SHOCK STRUT HAVING IMPROVED CYLINDER AND BEARINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T158215.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283.001K)
T 1545/16 () of 6.6.2018
Online on 02.08.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 21/11 B62D 21/15	Application no. 10747175.7
Keywords Wiedereinsetzung in Frist zur Einreichung der Beschwerdebegründung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title HILFSRAHMEN FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T154516.20180606				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420.982K)
T 2145/13 (RINAT/Treatment of post-surgical pain) of 12.4.2018
Online on 01.08.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 G01N 33/53	Application no. 03779091.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no)				Application title Methods for treating post-surgical pain by administering an antibody against nerve growth factor and compositions containing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T214513.20180412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395.136K)
T 0251/14 () of 24.5.2018
Online on 01.08.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/36	Application no. 04257498.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Air-bubble-monitoring medication assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T025114.20180524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343.346K)

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July 2018

J 0010/17 (Restoration of the right of priority/FIVE3 GENOMICS) of 7.5.2018
Online on 30.07.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 7.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 G06F 19/22	Application no. 13845204.0
Keywords Restoration of the right of priority under the PCT (no) Legitimate expectations (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUMOR CLONALITY ANALYSIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J001017.20180507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359.299K)
T 1614/14 () of 12.7.2018
Online on 30.07.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 13/00 F01N 3/28	Application no. 09250807.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Honeycomb structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T161414.20180712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329.862K)
T 1634/14 () of 24.7.2018
Online on 30.07.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F01K 23/06 F02C 3/28	Application no. 02758324.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES BRENNERS EINER GASTURBINE SOWIE KRAFTWERKSANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T163414.20180724				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325.173K)
G 2301/15 (Request for a proposal of removal from office) of 17.9.2015
Online on 27.07.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 17.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Request from the Administrative Council for a proposal that a member of the boards of appeal be removed from office under Article 23(1) EPC Composition of the Enlarged Board of Appeal in proceedings under Article 23(1) EPC Requirements in terms of reasons and substantiation to be fulfilled by a request under Article 12a(5) RPEBA Reimbursement of all the respondent's procedural costs proposed				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:G230115.20150917				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 66.467K)
G 2302/15 (Request for a proposal of removal from office) of 11.2.2016
Online on 27.07.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 11.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Case terminated by the withdrawal of the request from the Administrative Council for a proposal that a member of the boards of appeal be removed from office under Article 23(1) EPC Reimbursement of all the respondent's procedural costs proposed Publication (yes)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:G230215.20160211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 19.966K)
G 2301/16 (Request for a proposal of removal from office) of 14.6.2016
Online on 27.07.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Decision on the request of the Administrative Council under Article 23(1) EPC to make a proposal to remove the respondent from office: The Enlarged Board decides to make no proposal Petitioner party to adversarial proceedings (yes) Publication (yes) Reimbursement of all the respondent's procedural costs proposed Violation of Article 23(3) EPC, judicial independence, by Office President’s letter of 10 June 2016 (yes)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:G230116.20160614				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 96.141K)
T 0665/13 () of 19.6.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/027 G02B 19/00 G03F 7/20	Application no. 05768370.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Illumination optical apparatus, method of adjusting the illumination optical apparatus, exposure system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T066513.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 528.716K)
T 2447/13 () of 5.7.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 19/02 G09B 7/02	Application no. 01956652.0
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T244713.20180705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289.295K)
T 0022/14 (Test enabled application execution/QUALCOMM) of 22.6.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 15/00 G06F 1/00	Application no. 02759376.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Test enabled application execution
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T002214.20180622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294.052K)
T 0092/14 (Compression and mixing for hearing assistance devices/STARKEY) of 13.2.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.2.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 09161628.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Admissibility - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Compression and mixing for hearing assistance devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T009214.20180213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300.609K)
T 0314/14 () of 27.6.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F02F 3/00 F16J 9/08	Application no. 05814203.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - Vortrag nicht substantiert Ausführbarkeit - Anspruch 1 (ja) Neuheit - Anspruch 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Anspruch 1 (ja)				Application title KOLBENFENSTER MIT SCUPPERSOLTS UND FREIGUSS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T031414.20180627				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378.726K)
T 0381/14 () of 6.7.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A01D 89/00	Application no. 06120486.3
Keywords Haupt -und Hilfsantrag 1 - Neuheit Anspruch 1 (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - erfind Tätigkeit Anspruch 1 (nein) - Vortrag nicht substantiiert				Application title Aufsammeleinrichtung für landwirtschaftliche Erntemaschinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T038114.20180706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 254.292K)
T 0761/14 (SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS/JOHNSON & JOHNSON) of 5.6.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/64 A61Q 19/00	Application no. 00976694.0
Keywords Main request: Inventive step (no) - obvious alternative auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title SOY DEPIGMENTING AND SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T076114.20180605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326.530K)
T 0215/15 (PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLUOROPROPENES/Honeywell) of 17.5.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/25	Application no. 04817444.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLUOROPROPENES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T021515.20180517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397.905K)
T 2052/15 (Asychronous antivirus processing/KASPERSKY) of 19.6.2018
Online on 27.07.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 10176515.4
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Asynchronous processing of events for malware detection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T205215.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303.332K)
T 1815/14 () of 23.7.2018
Online on 26.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC F04D 1/00	Application no. 00954487.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM PUMPEN GROSSER FÖRDERMENGEN EINER FLÜSSIGKEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T181514.20180723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 256.770K)
T 0506/16 (Correction of patent/DOW GLOBAL) of 20.6.2018
Online on 26.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 10/0565 H01M 10/052 C08G 81/02	Application no. 10705476.9
Keywords Correction of error - grant decision Correction of error - request (rejected) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES AND SECONDARY BATTERIES INCLUDING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T050616.20180620				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364.203K)
T 1467/13 () of 6.6.2018
Online on 25.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/39 A24C 5/18	Application no. 03769456.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) (Entscheidungsgründe 3.1, 3.2) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM AUFBEREITEN VON TABAK BEI DER HERSTELLUNG VON ZIGARETTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T146713.20180606				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 478.079K)
T 0173/14 () of 15.6.2018
Online on 25.07.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 19/00	Application no. 10177605.2
Keywords Mit der Beschwerdebegründung neu eingereichter Einspruchsgrund - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Industrieroboter mit einem Gewichtsausgleichssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T017314.20180615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376.691K)
T 0558/14 () of 12.4.2018
Online on 25.07.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.4.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 15/60 C08F 8/44 C08J 3/24	Application no. 07724419.2
Keywords Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - geänderte Ansprüche mit Bezug auf nicht recherchierte Gegenstände				Application title HERSTELLUNG VON HOCHPERMEABLEN, SUPERABSORBIERENDEN POLYMERGEBILDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T055814.20180412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299.685K)
T 0404/15 () of 4.7.2018
Online on 25.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/50	Application no. 01982433.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung				Application title EINRICHTUNG ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER TROCKNUNGSLEISTUNG EINER GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T040415.20180704				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342.326K)
T 2141/15 (Granulate for detergent composition / UNILEVER) of 25.4.2018
Online on 25.07.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/22 C11D 3/50 C11D 7/26	Application no. 05715860.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Main Request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - First Auxiliary Request Novelty - (yes) Novelty - First Auxiliary Request Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - First Auxiliary Request				Application title GRANULATE FOR USE IN A CLEANING PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR ITS MANUFACTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T214115.20180425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 512.779K)
D 0013/17 () of 12.2.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board DBA	Decision date 12.2.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:D001317.20180212				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 45.937K)
D 0016/17 () of 12.2.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board DBA	Decision date 12.2.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:D001617.20180212				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 45.546K)
D 0021/17 () of 16.7.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board DBA	Decision date 16.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:D002117.20180716				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 46.653K)
R 0006/17 (Petition partially clearly inadmissible and partially clearly … of 28.5.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 28.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60Q 3/04 B60K 37/00	Application no. 05017320.2
Keywords Obligation to raise objections – objections raised (yes/no) Fundamental violation of the right to be heard (no) Review of substantive law excluded				Application title Vehicle interior illumination structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:R000617.20180528				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 62.613K)
T 0652/13 () of 18.1.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.1.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 01117285.5
Keywords Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - nein				Application title Optisches Merkmal, insbesondere für Wertdokumente, und Herstellungsverfahren zur nachträglichen Individualisierung oder Datenspeicherung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T065213.20180118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468.062K)
T 1539/13 () of 21.6.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D 7/12	Application no. 07818466.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Implementierung				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR OPTISCHEN UNTERSUCHUNG VON WERTDOCUMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T153913.20180621				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330.554K)
T 1565/13 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/32	Application no. 05026110.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Display device and method of driving the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T156513.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408.183K)
T 1652/13 () of 1.6.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 1.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 45/22 B41F 13/58	Application no. 05754347.2
Keywords Antrag des Patentinhabers auf Widerruf seines Patents				Application title Längsfalzvorrichtung mit unterschiedlich breiten Falztrichtern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T165213.20180601				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 231.069K)
T 2074/13 () of 5.6.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 27/12 H01L 21/265	Application no. 05709452.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOI WAFER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T207413.20180605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357.008K)
T 1595/15 () of 26.6.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B28B 1/26 B28B 17/00 B29C 33/30 B30B 15/02	Application no. 05425722.5
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)				Application title Support equipment for a die for a pressure die casting machine and method for adjusting the position of said die
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T159515.20180626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293.476K)
T 0958/16 (Hollow glucan capsules/EDEN RESEARCH) of 7.6.2018
Online on 24.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 13/02 A01N 25/28 A01N 35/06 A01N 35/02 A01N 31/16 A01N 31/08 A01N 31/02 A61K 9/50	Application no. 05744354.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - (no) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes)				Application title HOLLOW GLUCAN PARTICLES ENCAPSULATING A TERPENE COMPONENT, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T095816.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324.342K)
T 2488/11 (Quality Control/ROCHE) of 23.5.2018
Online on 23.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 06011417.0
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title A system and a method for managing sample test results and respective sample result context information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T248811.20180523				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311.293K)
T 1915/12 () of 16.7.2018
Online on 23.07.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G08C 19/02	Application no. 02772042.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Übertragung von Daten von wenigstens einem Sensor zu einem Steuergerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T191512.20180716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290.890K)
T 0877/13 () of 16.7.2018
Online on 23.07.2018	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 41/295	Application no. 08707262.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title Schaltung zur Wendelheizung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T087713.20180716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273.079K)
T 1482/14 () of 22.6.2018
Online on 23.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J 31/44	Application no. 08700994.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON MILCHSCHAUM ODER MILCHGETRÄNKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T148214.20180622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327.594K)
T 2208/14 () of 6.6.2018
Online on 23.07.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B23B 27/16 B23C 5/24	Application no. 07846330.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument zugelassen (ja)				Application title SPANABHEBENDES WERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T220814.20180606				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 440.179K)
T 2237/16 (Läutern einer Glasschmelze/Schott) of 2.7.2018
Online on 23.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C 1/00 C03C 10/00	Application no. 10001178.2
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum umweltfreundlichen Schmelzen und Läutern einer Glasschmelze für ein Ausgangsglas einer Lithium-Aluminium-Silikat (LAS)-Glaskeramik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T223716.20180702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335.351K)
T 0219/17 () of 6.6.2018
Online on 23.07.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 6/00 G01T 1/24 G03B 42/04 G06T 7/00 H04N 5/32 G06T 5/00 H04N 5/232 A61B 6/14	Application no. 10164295.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (main and eighth auxiliary requests - yes) Extension of scope of protection (ninth auxiliary request - no) Inventive step (ninth auxiliary request Inventive step - yes)				Application title Dental extraoral x-ray imaging system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T021917.20180606				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377.030K)
T 1860/11 (3D Motion User Interface/HTC) of 14.6.2018
Online on 20.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 08008196.1
Keywords -				Application title Electronic device with switchable user interface and electronic device with accessible touch operation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T186011.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281.271K)
T 1861/11 (3D Motion User Interface/HTC) of 14.6.2018
Online on 20.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 08008195.3
Keywords -				Application title Method for operating user interface and recording medium for storing program applying the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T186111.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282.698K)
T 1351/12 (Anti-CTLA-4 based immunotherapy/SQUIBB) of 16.7.2018
Online on 20.07.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 A61K 39/395 A61P 35/00	Application no. 04785793.3
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Surrogate therapeutic endpoint for anti-CTLA-4 based immunotherapy of disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T135112.20180716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322.483K)
T 1029/14 () of 10.4.2018
Online on 20.07.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 2/26 C23C 2/06	Application no. 03758730.0
Keywords Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - admissibility (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed argument - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes)				Application title ZINC HOT DIP GALVANIZED STEEL PLATE EXCELLENT IN PRESS FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T102914.20180410				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357.782K)
T 0425/15 () of 10.7.2018
Online on 20.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/09 C08K 5/098 C08L 81/06	Application no. 08774149.2
Keywords Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der ursprünglichen Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein; 1. Hilfsantrag: ja)				Application title FORMMASSEN ENTHALTEND POLYARYLETHER MIT VERBESSERTER OBERFLÄCHENQUALITÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T042515.20180710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 558.882K)
T 0103/13 () of 23.4.2018
Online on 19.07.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 G01N 33/551 G01N 33/574	Application no. 09002897.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for monitoring persons with IBD using total endogeneous lactoferrin as a marker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T010313.20180423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397.058K)
T 0923/13 () of 26.4.2018
Online on 19.07.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/56	Application no. 00900909.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - yes (main and auxiliary requests 1 and 2) Sufficiency of disclosure - no (auxiliary requests 3 to 7)				Application title Laminated packaging material for paper container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T092313.20180426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 571.960K)
T 1130/13 (Lithium exchange reactions in microreactor/LONZA) of 17.4.2018
Online on 19.07.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F 1/02 C07C 33/46 C07C 2/00	Application no. 08707494.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Fresh ground for opposition - not admitted				Application title METHOD FOR LITHIUM EXCHANGE REACTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T113013.20180417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384.381K)
T 1770/13 () of 14.6.2018
Online on 19.07.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/10 G06K 19/07	Application no. 99118731.1
Keywords -				Application title Portable electronic apparatus and message processing method for decoding message formats
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T177013.20180614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433.447K)
T 2456/16 (Oszillierender Injektionsstrom/TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN) of 4.7.2018
Online on 19.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01F 5/04 B01F 15/02 B01F 13/00	Application no. 11761485.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND MISCHVORRICHTUNG ZUM MISCHEN VON ZWEI FLUIDEN SOWIE DEREN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T245616.20180704				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 282.724K)
T 2019/17 () of 13.7.2018
Online on 19.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 65/30	Application no. 10736725.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON POLYETHEROLEN AUS ALKYLENOXIDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T201917.20180713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 227.394K)
T 2497/12 (Java RMI integration/MATHWORKS) of 28.6.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/54	Application no. 06740903.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN RMI ACTIVATION SYSTEM DAEMON WITH NON-JAVA APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T249712.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296.402K)
T 2156/13 () of 5.7.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G02C 7/04	Application no. 06839255.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONTACT LENS WITH HIGH-ORDER COMPENSATION FOR NON-AXISYMMETRIC STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T215613.20180705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305.981K)
T 0171/14 () of 2.7.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/49 G01N 27/42 G01N 27/48	Application no. 06720424.8
Keywords Exclusion from patentability (no) Public availability of a manual before the priority date (no) Admissibility of documents filed in appeal Inventive step (yes)				Application title METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T017114.20180702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470.483K)
T 0348/14 () of 2.7.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/50	Application no. 01941438.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request, auxiliary request 1 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (yes) Novelty - auxiliary requests (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title DISHWASHER BASKET WITH VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE RACK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T034814.20180702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358.812K)
T 1948/14 () of 19.6.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/25 G01N 21/64	Application no. 10007609.0
Keywords Clarity: main and first to ninth auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step: tenth auxiliary request (no) Admission of requests: eleventh auxiliary request (no)				Application title Device for determining concentration of spectrally distinguishable species in a biological sample
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T194814.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 515.057K)
T 0606/15 (Method for producing catalyst for N2O decomposition supported on … of 26.6.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/00	Application no. 03741670.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - main request Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPPORTED OXIDE CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T060615.20180626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340.752K)
T 1520/16 (Cleansing composition / KAO) of 15.6.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/44 A61K 8/46 A61K 8/60 A61K 8/64 A61K 8/86 A61Q 5/12 A61Q 5/02 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/35 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/33 A61K 8/92 A61K 8/365 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/891	Application no. 10715717.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 and 2 (no)				Application title Aqueous cleansing composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T152016.20180615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316.968K)
T 0097/18 (Missing statement of grounds/GUIDANCE SOFTWARE) of 12.7.2018
Online on 18.07.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 05855046.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title System and method for searching for static data in a computer investigation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T009718.20180712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 240.726K)
T 1560/14 (Network delays monitoring/ALCATEL) of 4.7.2018
Online on 17.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/26 H04J 3/06	Application no. 11290071.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Automatic capture of the network delay components
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T156014.20180704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301.463K)
T 1681/15 () of 28.6.2018
Online on 17.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC C08L 23/00 C08K 5/00 C08L 27/16	Application no. 07712656.3
Keywords Nouveauté - (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - justification du retard (non)				Application title AGENT D'EXTRUSION A BASE D'UN PVDF HETEROGENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T168115.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 365.219K)
T 2132/15 (FREEZE-DRIED FSH / LH FORMULATIONS/ARES TRADING S.A.) of 17.5.2018
Online on 17.07.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/24 A61K 47/26 A61K 9/19	Application no. 04766052.7
Keywords Remittal to the opposition division (no) Main request - Inventive step (no) Admission into the proceedings - Auxiliary requests 1-3 (yes) Auxiliary requests 1-3 - Inventive step (no) Admission into the proceedings - Auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title FREEZE-DRIED FSH / LH FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T213215.20180517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439.986K)
T 2389/16 () of 11.7.2018
Online on 17.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47K 3/40 E03F 5/04	Application no. 12151123.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Sanitärwanne
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T238916.20180711				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 274.416K)
T 0206/18 (Data-stream synchronisation/THOMSON LICENSING) of 12.7.2018
Online on 17.07.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/034 G11B 27/11 G11B 27/10 H04N 9/87 H04N 21/2387 H04N 21/242 G11B 27/32	Application no. 14175807.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T020618.20180712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473.604K)
J 0016/17 () of 12.7.2018
Online on 16.07.2018	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 12.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 43/28 A47G 21/02	Application no. 12740277.4
Keywords Incorrect form of decision under appeal - missing name of responsible employee Re-establishment of rights - request admissible (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case				Application title DOUBLE SERRATED FORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:J001617.20180712				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358.094K)
T 0265/14 (Rücknahme der Beschwerde nach Zweitbescheid der Kammer) of 3.7.2018
Online on 16.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 35/106 C04B 38/00 C04B 35/10 C04B 35/12 C04B 35/66	Application no. 06723618.2
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Rücknahme der Beschwerde erst nach Verstreichenlassen einer ersten von der Kammer gesetzten Stellungnahmefrist				Application title GEBRANNTES, KERAMISCHES FEUERFESTES PRODUKT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T026514.20180703				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325.831K)
T 1571/15 () of 2.5.2018
Online on 16.07.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 19/05	Application no. 04807451.2
Keywords Novelty Inventive step				Application title NICKEL-BASED SUPER-HEAT-RESISTANT ALLOY AND GAS TURBINE COMPONENT USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T157115.20180502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314.520K)
T 2675/16 () of 4.5.2018
Online on 16.07.2018	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/16 A61F 9/00 A61B 8/10	Application no. 11162125.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - request withdrawn before the opposition division				Application title Toric lenses alignment using pre-operative images
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T267516.20180504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381.991K)
T 0260/18 () of 11.7.2018
Online on 16.07.2018	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 F04B 33/00 F04B 37/10 F04B 49/08	Application no. 13189419.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Manually-actuated reduced pressure pump having regulated pressure capabilities
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T026018.20180711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222.125K)
T 1614/12 () of 25.6.2018
Online on 13.07.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 21/00 H01P 5/02	Application no. 05755062.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title ANTENNA COMPRISING A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T161412.20180625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315.129K)
T 2109/12 (Entrelacement avec calcul itératif/ORANGE) of 9.7.2018
Online on 13.07.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 9.7.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC H03M 13/27	Application no. 08160263.3
Keywords Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande Modifications - après modification (non)				Application title Entrelacement avec calcul itératif des adresses d'entrelacement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T210912.20180709				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 436.716K)
T 1863/13 (Performance-based routing/ALCATEL) of 24.5.2018
Online on 13.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56 H04L 12/24	Application no. 06784851.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING END-TO-END HIGH QUALITY SERVICES BASED ON PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF NETWORK CONDITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T186313.20180524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314.676K)
T 0822/15 () of 3.5.2018
Online on 13.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/06 C08F 10/00 C08K 3/00	Application no. 09001548.8
Keywords Novelty - state of the art (D20 and D21: yes) Inventive step - (all requests: no) Main request and all auxiliary requests - no reason to be held inadmissible				Application title Polypropylene composition with high stiffness and impact strength
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T082215.20180503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 622.319K)
T 2230/15 () of 17.5.2018
Online on 13.07.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/20	Application no. 07847041.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title ANHÄNGEFAHRZEUGBREMS- UND LUFTFEDERUNGSANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T223015.20180517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 276.100K)
T 0181/17 () of 7.6.2018
Online on 13.07.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30	Application no. 09743961.6
Keywords Inventive step attack based on new closest prior art Inventive step - not admitted Main request - allowed				Application title LIQUID HIGH-FAT PROTEIN COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T018117.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 519.920K)
T 1754/12 (Subtilisin variants with reduced immunogenicity/GENENCOR … of 15.6.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/12 C12N 5/10 C12P 21/02 C12N 9/56	Application no. 03711261.2
Keywords All requests - sufficiency of disclosure - (no Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title Subtilisin Carlsberg proteins with reduced immunogenicity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T175412.20180615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390.162K)
T 2395/12 () of 7.6.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K 19/077	Application no. 06725120.7
Keywords Requête produite tardivement - économie de procédure				Application title MODULE ELECTRONIQUE ET CARTE A PUCE AVEC INDICATEUR LUMINEUX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T239512.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 328.337K)
T 2398/12 (Computer input device/GYLLING INVEST) of 2.5.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G05G 9/047	Application no. 04016162.2
Keywords Public prior use D1 - inventive step - main request (no) Admissibility - second and third auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step starting out from D1 Inventive step - second auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Computer input device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T239812.20180502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439.070K)
T 2469/12 (Generating a subgroup of media items/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 15.5.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/10 G11B 27/32 G11B 27/34 G11B 27/36	Application no. 06000325.8
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Methods and systems for generating a subgroup of one or more media items from a library of media items
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T246912.20180515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406.652K)
T 0548/13 () of 8.12.2017
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.12.2017	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 02795218.3
Keywords Erfordernis der Einreichung einer Vollmacht nach Vertreterwechsel (nein) Ausführbarkeit der Erfindung (ja) Technische Natur des einzigen Unterscheidungsmerkmals (nein) Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrags (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein; Hilfsantrag: ja)				Application title Sicherheitselement für Sicherheitspapiere und Wertdokumente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T054813.20171208				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 661.503K)
T 1481/14 () of 12.4.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.4.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 4/04 C23C 4/12	Application no. 04786991.2
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Zäsurwirkung der Erteilung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BESCHICHTUNG EINER SUBSTRATOBERFLÄCHE UNTER VERWENDUNG EINES PLASMASTRAHLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T148114.20180412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443.183K)
T 0447/15 () of 24.5.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 265/10 C08J 3/24	Application no. 01924646.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes- structure of polymers not shown to be identical to those of prior art) Inventive step - (no) (all requests)				Application title STRUCTURALLY-MODIFIED POLYMER FLOCCULANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T044715.20180524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332.651K)
T 1388/15 () of 10.4.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 8/12 C09K 8/512 C09K 8/575 C09K 8/60 C09K 8/68	Application no. 08763074.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title WELL TREATMENT WITH COMPLEXED METAL CROSSLINKERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T138815.20180410				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273.981K)
T 1859/15 () of 13.4.2018
Online on 12.07.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 9/00 B64C 9/14 B64C 9/34	Application no. 09168141.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title Aerospace vehicle yaw generating systems and associated methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T185915.20180413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356.919K)
T 1217/12 (Extending the duration of on-time in dopamin replacement therapy/ … of 7.6.2018
Online on 11.07.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/00 A61K 31/136 A61K 31/353 A61K 31/495 A61P 25/16	Application no. 01976536.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title TREATMENT OF MOTOR FLUCTUATIONS WITH 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 1A RECEPTOR ACTIVITY ENHANCING COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T121712.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241.021K)
T 0311/14 () of 21.6.2018
Online on 11.07.2018	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 3/46	Application no. 07740460.6
Keywords Added subject-matter: no (amended claims) Clarity: Main request - no Inventive step: Auxiliary request Inventive step - yes				Application title METHOD FOR MEASURING COLOR OF OBJECT AND COLOR MEASURING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T031114.20180621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418.468K)
T 0073/15 () of 20.6.2018
Online on 11.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C08J 5/18 C08F 110/02	Application no. 06829327.3
Keywords Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T007315.20180620				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380.876K)
T 0378/15 () of 4.5.2018
Online on 11.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/22 C08K 7/10 C08K 9/02 C08K 9/04 C08K 9/06 B29C 67/00	Application no. 07844717.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - obvious alternative (main and auxiliary requests 1 to 13)				Application title POWDER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T037815.20180504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 541.549K)
T 0574/15 (EXTRAKTION MIT VERMINDERTER MULMBILDUNG/INVISTA) of 30.5.2018
Online on 11.07.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 31/40 B01J 38/56 B01D 11/04 C07C 253/10 C07C 253/32 B01J 31/18 B01J 31/24	Application no. 05798767.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Hauptantrag Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Änderungen zulässig (ja) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag				Application title EXTRAKTION VON NICKEL(0)-KOMPLEXEN AUS NITRILGEMISCHEN MIT VERMINDERTER MULMBILDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T057415.20180530				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468.005K)
T 0374/18 () of 7.6.2018
Online on 11.07.2018	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/702 A61K 31/733 A23L 1/30 A61K 35/74 A61P 37/00	Application no. 09762712.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title IMMUNE SYSTEM STIMULATING NUTRITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T037418.20180607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 219.930K)
R 0003/17 () of 24.5.2018
Online on 10.07.2018	Board EBA	Decision date 24.5.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B 26/02 C04B 28/02 C09K 3/22 C04B 24/26 C04B 24/36	Application no. 05110367.9
Keywords Décision sur le recours sans avoir statué sur une requête pertinente pour cette décision. (Non). Violation du droit d’être entendu. (Non). Requête manifestement non fondée.				Application title Composition de mortier, son procédé de préparation et son utilisation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:R000317.20180524				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 34.160K)
T 0266/14 () of 2.7.2018
Online on 10.07.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.7.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A46B 9/06 A46B 15/00	Application no. 06002599.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - beschwerdefähige Entscheidung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (ja)				Application title Zahnbürste und Verfahren zur Herstellung einer solchen Zahnbürste
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T026614.20180702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 256.483K)
T 0119/15 () of 3.5.2018
Online on 10.07.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 5/14 B32B 25/08 B32B 25/14 B29D 30/26 B29D 30/30 B32B 25/16 B32B 27/30 B60C 1/00	Application no. 10006601.8
Keywords Added subject-matter (yes) Admissibility of late filed auxiliary request (no)				Application title Polymer laminate and pneumatic tire using the same as inner liner
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T011915.20180503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345.490K)
T 1373/17 () of 3.5.2018
Online on 10.07.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC B62B 3/06	Application no. 99850213.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - name of appellant Novelty - main request (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Auxiliary request 2a - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2a (no)				Application title Control device for a tiller truck
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T137317.20180503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452.333K)
T 0224/18 (Prostate Cancer/CHAMPALIMAUD) of 19.6.2018
Online on 10.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 06825991.0
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING, DIAGNOSING AND PREDICTING THE OCCURRENCE OF A MEDICAL CONDITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T022418.20180619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263.199K)
T 1201/10 (Re-establishment / POLYGONE INTERNATIONAL) of 28.2.2018
Online on 09.07.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.2.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02747302.4
Keywords Re-establishment of rights (yes) Re-establishment of rights - time limit for paying renewal fee Re-establishment of rights - unrepresented applicant Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the applicant Re-establishment of rights - exceptional circumstances Exclusion of documents from file inspection (yes) T 0936/90 (of 22 July 1993)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALISED INTERACTIVE AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC MARKETING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T120110.20180228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317.621K)
T 1731/13 () of 8.6.2018
Online on 09.07.2018	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/00 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/40 H01L 21/20	Application no. 02013075.3
Keywords Claims - main request and 2nd to 11th auxiliary requests Claims - unclear characterization by parameters Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed request - 1st auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)				Application title A III nitride film and III nitride multilayer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T173113.20180608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365.946K)
T 2498/13 () of 15.5.2018
Online on 09.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 25/07	Application no. 05745371.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AN ARRANGEMENT FOR RECIRCULATION OF EXHAUST GASES OF A SUPER-CHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T249813.20180515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313.019K)
T 2499/13 () of 15.5.2018
Online on 09.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 25/07	Application no. 05746658.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AN ARRANGEMENT FOR RECIRCULATION OF EXHAUST GASES OF A SUPER-CHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T249913.20180515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314.852K)
T 1456/14 () of 15.6.2018
Online on 09.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/00	Application no. 06706421.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title SAUGREINIGUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T145614.20180615				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311.046K)
T 0416/16 (Low precision high dynamic range/SINGULAR) of 3.7.2018
Online on 09.07.2018	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 3.7.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 7/483 G06F 7/523 H03K 19/177	Application no. 10790095.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title PROCESSING WITH COMPACT ARITHMETIC PROCESSING ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T041616.20180703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287.084K)
T 1495/11 (Super Print Capabilities File/EFI) of 6.6.2018
Online on 06.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/12	Application no. 02709636.1
Keywords -				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING CAPABILITIES IN A VIRTUAL PRINTER GROUP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T149511.20180606				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268.247K)
T 0203/13 () of 6.6.2018
Online on 06.07.2018	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 5/335 H04N 5/225	Application no. 05804634.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, 2., 6. und 7. Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung, 1. und 3. Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Kameraanordnung mit Bildsensorabdichtung gegen Umwelteinflüsse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T020313.20180606				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402.150K)
T 2003/13 (Ophthalmic compositions/ J&J) of 26.4.2018
Online on 06.07.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 G02B 1/04	Application no. 05823311.5
Keywords Inventive step - Main and auxiliary requests 1 to 9 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Ophthalmic compositions comprising polyether substituted polymers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T200313.20180426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362.363K)
T 0402/14 () of 12.6.2018
Online on 06.07.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language FR	IPC D04H 3/04	Application no. 00420258.6
Keywords Requêtes produites tardivement - requêtes principale et subsidiaires 1-3 - requêtes clairement admissibles - clarté (non) Requêtes produites tardivement - requête subsidiaire 4 - requête clairement admissible (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Grille textile d'épaisseur réduite
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T040214.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 376.533K)
T 0829/15 (Network labelling information/ADVA) of 12.6.2018
Online on 06.07.2018	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/46	Application no. 12152169.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Method and network access device for accessing a virtual private network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T082915.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264.191K)
T 1268/16 () of 25.6.2018
Online on 06.07.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 25.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 5/00 C08K 5/10 C08K 5/103	Application no. 09165508.4
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja)				Application title Weichmacherzubereitungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T126816.20180625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 276.862K)
T 0753/17 () of 12.6.2018
Online on 06.07.2018	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/305 A23C 1/04 A61P 3/02 A23L 1/308	Application no. 08858188.9
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title HIGH ENERGY LIQUID ENTERAL NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T075317.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358.794K)
T 0049/13 (Method of manufacturing a peritoneal dialysis solution/BAXTER … of 1.6.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/37 C12Q 1/26 G01N 33/569	Application no. 05713781.2
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Methods for detection of microbial contaminants in peritoneal dialysis solutions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T004913.20180601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370.668K)
T 0156/15 (Rapid acting compositions/ELI LILLY) of 27.2.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.2.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 38/28 A61K 9/20 A61K 38/00	Application no. 09007867.6
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 10-16, 18 - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 1-9, 19 and 20 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Auxiliary request 17 - Extension of scope of protection (yes) Late submitted documents - admitted (no)				Application title Rapid acting drug delivery compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T015615.20180227				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420.732K)
T 0231/15 () of 12.6.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C08F 4/654	Application no. 07791177.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ETHYLENE POLYMER PARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T023115.20180612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 545.230K)
T 1475/15 () of 24.4.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.4.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/59	Application no. 07785354.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title SILICATE-BASE LUMINESCENT MATERIALS HAVING MULTIPLE EMISSION PEAKS, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T147515.20180424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342.028K)
T 0675/16 (Entstickung/Scheuch) of 13.6.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/86	Application no. 10727333.6
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1, 5, 6 Erweiterung des Schutzumfangs - Hilfsanträge 2,3,4 Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 7 - nicht zugelassen Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 8 - zugelassen - gewährbar				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ENTSTICKUNG VON RAUCHGASEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T067516.20180613				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425.840K)
T 1241/16 (Halogeniertes Polysilan/Nagarjuna) of 25.6.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 12/00 C01B 33/107 H05H 1/24	Application no. 09753539.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein)				Application title HALOGENIERTES POLYSILAN UND PLASMACHEMISCHES VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T124116.20180625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341.653K)
T 1242/16 (Halogeniertes Polysilan/Nagarjuna) of 27.6.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 12/00 C01B 33/107	Application no. 09753540.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein)				Application title HALOGENIERTES POLYSILAN UND THERMISCHES VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T124216.20180627				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327.682K)
T 1421/17 () of 5.3.2018
Online on 05.07.2018	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.3.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC E04D 7/00 C04B 41/50	Application no. 01918272.4
Keywords -				Application title PROCESS FOR PROVIDING A PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING ON A SUBSTRATE AND COATED SUBSTRATE OBTAINABLE BY THE PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T142117.20180305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222.168K)
T 1174/14 () of 20.6.2018
Online on 04.07.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC D01H 4/48	Application no. 04077813.6
Keywords Amendments, clarity of amended claim (no)				Application title Service trolley for open-end spinning machines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T117414.20180620				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285.564K)
T 1516/14 () of 8.6.2018
Online on 04.07.2018	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/04 A22B 5/08	Application no. 07793848.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCALDING POULTRY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T151614.20180608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351.347K)
T 2079/10 (Steuerung von zellulär aufgebauten Alarmsystemen/SWISSRE) of 19.4.2018
Online on 03.07.2018	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 19.4.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 08004682.4
Keywords Priorität - Grundlage im Prioritätsdokument (nein) Priorität - Gültigkeit des Prioritätstags (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mangelnde Berücksichtigung technischer Merkmale durch erste Instanz Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Elektronische Steuerungsvorrichtung sowie Verfahren zur Steuerung von zellulär aufgebauten Alarmsystemen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T207910.20180419				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350.543K)
T 2058/12 (LIGHT THERAPY / Leto Holdings) of 28.6.2018
Online on 03.07.2018	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 28.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/06	Application no. 04754312.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title HAND-HELD LIGHT THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T205812.20180628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308.480K)
T 2119/13 (Weiterreichungsverfahren/IPCom) of 9.5.2018
Online on 03.07.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC H04W 36/00 H04W 92/20	Application no. 07114706.0
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Weiterreichungsverfahren sowie entsprechende Mobilstation und Basisstation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T211913.20180509				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368.143K)
T 0486/14 () of 17.5.2018
Online on 03.07.2018	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.5.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/00 B23K 9/235 B23K 15/00	Application no. 07252261.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Late-filed auxiliary requests - prima facie unclear Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Enhanced weldability for high strength cast and wrought nickel superalloys
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T048614.20180517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345.082K)
T 1089/11 (Serum-free medium/BAVARIAN NORDIC) of 12.12.2017
Online on 02.07.2018	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.12.2017	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/0735	Application no. 03766057.8
Keywords Admission of documents (68) and (69) - (no) Added matter - (no) Clarity - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Priority - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR THE AMPLIFICATION OF A POXVIRUS UNDER SERUM FREE CONDITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T108911.20171212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 636.194K)
T 0736/12 (Glyphosate tolerant wheat plant/MONSANTO) of 5.12.2017
Online on 02.07.2018	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.12.2017	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/82 C12N 15/10 A01H 5/12	Application no. 01973471.4
Keywords "Main request - Inventive step (yes)"				Application title Glyphosate tolerant wheat plant 33391 and compositions and methods for detection thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T073612.20171205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326.994K)
T 1045/14 (Broadcast channel identification/CORE WIRELESS Licensing) of 8.6.2018
Online on 02.07.2018	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.6.2018	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 20/00	Application no. 07734844.9
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Broadcast channel identification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T104514.20180608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336.358K)
T 0081/15 (Thermosensitiver Strich / VOITH PATENT) of 17.5.2018
Online on 02.07.2018	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.5.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H 25/14	Application no. 05101506.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit eines im Einspruchsverfahren nicht zugelassenen Dokuments: ja Neuheit : ja Erfinderische Tatigkeit : ja				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Behandeln einer Bahn aus Papier oder Karton
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T008115.20180517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 467.836K)
T 2238/15 () of 11.4.2018
Online on 02.07.2018	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.4.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 33/04 B60J 5/06	Application no. 09014068.2
Keywords Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - Nichtzulassung eines rechtzeitig vorgelegten Beweisangebots durch die Einspruchsabteilung - Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Keine verspätet vorgebrachten Tatsachen, sondern Argumente Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title Planenaufbau eines Nutzfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T223815.20180411				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 472.434K)
T 1773/17 () of 26.6.2018
Online on 02.07.2018	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.6.2018	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 2/00 C08F 2/10 C08F 2/16 C08F 2/18 A61L 15/60 C08F 6/00	Application no. 08708656.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL DURCH POLYMERISATION VON TROPFEN EINER MONOMERLÖSUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T177317.20180626				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300.777K)

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