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T 2153/18 (Banner advertisements/SAMSUNG) of 25.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/02	Application no. 14846739.2
Keywords Inventive step - retrieving advertisement-related information from a server responsive to user request (no)				Application title ADVERTISEMENT METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215318.20230125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 2623/18 (Hydrophilic filtration during manufacture of vaccine adjuvants/ … of 21.11.2022
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/107 A61K 39/12 A61K 39/39	Application no. 13157613.4
Keywords Admission of the main request (Yes) Admission of a new document (Yes) Admission of arguments regarding clarity (No) Admission of arguments regarding inventive step (Yes) Main request - Inventive step (No)				Application title Hydrophilic filtration during manufacture of vaccine adjuvants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262318.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1361/19 () of 11.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 27/146	Application no. 10156350.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T136119.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1398/19 (Nisshin/Purified palm oil) of 27.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 3/10 A23D 9/02 B01J 20/12	Application no. 12820381.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title PURIFIED GLYCERIDE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED GLYCERIDE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T139819.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1428/19 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F24C 3/12 F23N 5/20	Application no. 12181945.2
Keywords Admissibility of opposition Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Late-filed request - request not examined by the opposition division Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 1a, 2, 2a Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 3 Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary requests 1a, 2a Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Claims - auxiliary request 3 Inventive step - non-obvious solution Inventive step - auxiliary request 3				Application title Method of operating a gas burner of a cooking appliance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T142819.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 588 KB)
T 2091/19 () of 18.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/28 A61L 27/16 A61L 27/56	Application no. 09807104.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title CUSTOMIZED IMPLANTS FOR BONE REPLACEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T209119.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 3296/19 (Non-hydrogenated hardstock fat/UNILEVER) of 20.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11C 3/10 A23D 9/00	Application no. 06791577.7
Keywords Main Request: Added Matter - (no); Sufficiency of Disclosure - (yes); Novelty - (yes); Inventive step - (yes)				Application title NON-HYDROGENATED HARDSTOCK FAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T329619.20230120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0044/20 (Teriflunomide formulations / SANOFI-AVENTIS) of 13.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/277	Application no. 10752585.9
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title (Z)-2-CYANO-3-HYDROXY-BUT-2-ENOIC ACID-(4'-TRIFLUORMETHYLPHENYL)-AMIDE TABLET FORMULATIONS WITH IMPROVED STABILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004420.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0186/20 () of 19.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01L 3/10 G01D 5/04 G01L 5/22 B62D 15/02	Application no. 13197053.5
Keywords Pauschaler Verweis auf das Vorbringen in der ersten Instanz - nicht berücksichtigt Zulassung erstmals im Beschwerdeverfahren eingereichter Dokumente Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Application title Vorrichtung mit einer Drehmomentsensoreinrichtung und optional einer Lenkwinkelsensoreinrichtung für ein Kraftfahrzeug, und Verfahren zum Herstellen einer Drehmomentsensoreinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T018620.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 440 KB)
T 0706/21 (HEAVY OIL UPGRADING/Chevron) of 19.1.2023
Online on 03.02.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 65/02 C10G 45/00 C10G 69/02	Application no. 06845094.9
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title PROCESS FOR UPGRADING HEAVY OIL USING A HIGHLY ACTIVE SLURRY CATALYST COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070621.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1919/17 (Wingtip protection / Honeywell International) of 27.1.2023
Online on 02.02.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 13/93 G08G 5/04	Application no. 13184623.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary requests Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Statement of grounds of appeal - no substantiation for second, third and fourth auxiliary requests				Application title Systems and methods for performing wingtip protection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T191917.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2064/19 () of 19.12.2022
Online on 02.02.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 3/38 H02J 7/35	Application no. 10175112.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Energiesteuerungsvorrichtung für ein Energienetz mit einer Steuereinheit zum Steuern eines Energieflusses zwischen der Energieerzeugungseinheit, der Energiespeichereinheit, der Lasteinheit und/oder dem Energienetz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T206419.20221219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0649/20 (Monitoring thrombin inhibition/HAEMONETICS) of 13.10.2022
Online on 02.02.2023	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/86	Application no. 07762319.7
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no: auxiliary request 3) Novelty - availability to the public Inventive step - (no: auxiliary requests 1 and 2)				Application title PROTOCOL FOR MONITORING DIRECT THROMBIN INHIBITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T064920.20221013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0907/20 () of 25.11.2022
Online on 02.02.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/08 C08F 2/00 C08F 210/16 C08J 5/18	Application no. 13713186.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title MULTIMODAL POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T090720.20221125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1368/20 () of 13.1.2023
Online on 02.02.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01C 21/36 G06F 3/0481 G06F 3/0482	Application no. 08773949.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES BEDIENSYSTEMS UND BEDIENSYSTEM FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T136820.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1403/20 (Ink to text conversion/MICROSOFT) of 17.11.2022
Online on 02.02.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/24	Application no. 14730385.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Ink to text representation conversion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T140320.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0596/21 (Azeotrope-like compositions/HONEYWELL) of 3.1.2023
Online on 02.02.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C08J 9/00 C09K 3/30	Application no. 05738906.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)				Application title AZEOTROPE-LIKE COMPOSITIONS OF TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND PENTAFLUOROPROPENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T059621.20230103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2158/14 (Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus / Toshiba Medical Systems) of 25.1.2023
Online on 01.02.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 7/52	Application no. 09004040.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request I (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests II and III (no) Admissibility of requests				Application title Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215814.20230125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 0889/18 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 01.02.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/472 A61F 13/475 A61F 13/536 A61F 13/537 A61F 13/15	Application no. 10169545.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Absorbent article having nonwoven lateral zones
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T088918.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2282/19 () of 15.11.2022
Online on 01.02.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 25/29	Application no. 05739976.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T228219.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 536 KB)
T 1512/21 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 01.02.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 1/04 B65G 1/137 B65G 47/57 B65G 1/127 B65G 1/06	Application no. 11190626.9
Keywords Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes) Decision in writing - cancellation of oral proceedings (yes)				Application title Vertical conveyor system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T151221.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)

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T 1684/17 () of 14.11.2022
Online on 31.01.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D21F 5/02 D21F 5/18	Application no. 11007162.8
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung der Verfahrensökonomie abträglich (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Yankeezylinders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168417.20221114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2685/19 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 31.01.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H01T 13/46 H01T 13/54	Application no. 12717578.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fristgerecht eingelegt (ja) Beschwerdeführer erkennbar (ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag I und Ibis (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs Änderungen - Hilfsantrag II (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hilfsantrag IIbis (nein) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag IIIbis (nein)				Application title Zündkerze mit Endteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T268519.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 485 KB)
T 1491/20 () of 25.11.2022
Online on 31.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 7/042 F02C 7/045 F02C 7/047 F04D 29/68 F04D 19/00 F04D 29/54 F04D 29/58 F04D 29/66	Application no. 15185896.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH PARTIAL INLET VANE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T149120.20221125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1776/20 (IC comprising a USB connector with reduced EMI / Mediatek) of 11.1.2023
Online on 31.01.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/38	Application no. 14833448.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T177620.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1238/21 (Alpha-amylase variants/DANISCO) of 25.1.2023
Online on 31.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/43	Application no. 08846486.2
Keywords Main request - allowable				Application title Alpha-amylase variants with altered properties
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T123821.20230125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2546/18 () of 21.12.2022
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 17/02 G05B 23/02	Application no. 05254976.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title System for gas turbine health monitoring
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T254618.20221221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0084/19 (Methods for determining the presence or risk of developing FSHD/FRED … of 21.10.2022
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/11 A61K 48/00 G01N 33/68	Application no. 11818806.9
Keywords Appeal deemed validly filed - (yes) Main request - admission (yes), sufficiency of disclosure (no) Amended auxiliary request 1 after summons - admission/cogent reasons (no) Auxiliary request 2 - admission (yes), requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title Methods for determining the presence or risk of developing facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008419.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 561 KB)
T 0331/19 () of 16.12.2022
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16H 57/02 F16H 57/04 F16H 57/027	Application no. 13702363.6
Keywords Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - keine technische Wirkung				Application title GETRIEBEGEHÄUSE, GETRIEBEEINHEIT MIT EINEM SOLCHEN GETRIEBEGEHÄUSE UND GETRIEBEMOTOR MIT EINER SOLCHEN GETRIEBEEINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033119.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0563/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 50/18	Application no. 12881587.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK-BASED ISSUE RESOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T056319.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1199/19 () of 16.1.2023
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B07B 1/46 B07B 1/12 B01D 29/44 B01D 33/073 D21D 5/16	Application no. 08734932.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Hauptantrag - Neuheit - (nein) Hilfsanträge I bis IV und VI bis XIV - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsantrag V - erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SIEBVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T119919.20230116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1584/19 (Antineoplastic combinations / WYETH) of 16.11.2022
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/517 A61K 31/7068 A61K 45/06 A61P 35/00	Application no. 09791127.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Antineoplastic combinations of 4-anilino-3-cyanoquinolines and capecitabine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T158419.20221116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 2852/19 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/02 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 14868146.3
Keywords Patentable invention - technical and non-technical features Patentable invention - method for doing business Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Oral proceedings cancelled after withdrawal of request for oral proceedings, decision according to the state of the file				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC EVENT ATTENDANCE MANAGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T285219.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0151/20 () of 24.1.2023
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 7/00 H02K 7/116	Application no. 13753155.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Getriebemotor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T015120.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0297/20 (Power-grid GUI/HITACHI) of 17.1.2023
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 23/02 G05B 15/02	Application no. 09780007.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first to sixth auxiliary requests (no): presentation of information on a GUI Inventive step - "GAMBRO test" not passed Admittance of requests submitted after summons - seventh and eighth auxiliary requests (no): at least no clear allowability				Application title Power grid visualization
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T029720.20230117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656 KB)
T 0423/20 (Glaskorrosion/BASF) of 17.1.2023
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/00 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/33 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/39 C11D 11/00	Application no. 12762614.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title FORMULIERUNGEN, IHRE VERWENDUNG ALS ODER ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON GESCHIRRSPÜLMITTELN UND IHRE HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T042320.20230117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2164/22 () of 24.1.2023
Online on 30.01.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/38 C12P 21/00 C12N 5/00 C07K 16/00	Application no. 18194714.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Methods For Increasing Mannose Content Of Recombinant Proteins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T216422.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1041/17 (Soil/moisture resistant secure document/CRANE) of 22.12.2022
Online on 27.01.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 21/16 D21H 21/40	Application no. 07838720.6
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 11) - (yes) Inventive step (auxiliary request 12) Inventive step - (no)				Application title A soil and/or moisture resistant secure document
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T104117.20221222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2076/19 () of 30.11.2022
Online on 27.01.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 65/14 F16D 65/00 F16D 65/18 F16D 121/14	Application no. 15003114.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title SCHEIBENBREMSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T207619.20221130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2316/19 (Emulsifier system/NESTLÉ) of 11.1.2023
Online on 27.01.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 29/10	Application no. 13817687.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Protection conferred extended - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title EMULSIFIER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T231619.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2841/19 (Business service context/BMC SOFTWARE) of 25.10.2022
Online on 27.01.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 13716557.7
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Requesting and displaying a business service context from a virtual database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T284119.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1088/20 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 27.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/44	Application no. 11791532.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title SIMPLE USER-INTERFACE FOR A BEVERAGE MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T108820.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 498 KB)
T 2034/20 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 27.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/36 B65D 85/804	Application no. 13732572.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title BREWING SYSTEM WITH ADAPTABLE SEALING ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T203420.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0066/21 () of 2.12.2022
Online on 27.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01D 41/127 A01F 25/18	Application no. 16195680.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title AGRICULTURAL MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T006621.20221202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1005/18 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24	Application no. 05806479.1
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the applicant (no)				Application title INTERACTIVE VIDEO COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T100518.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1511/18 (Antigen-binding molecule/CHUGAI) of 27.10.2022
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 C12N 15/10 G01N 33/68 A61K 39/00 C07K 16/24	Application no. 09729337.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Antigen-binding molecule capable of binding to two or more antigen molecules repeatedly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151118.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 253 KB)
T 0073/19 (Austausch eines Kartenbetriebssystems/GIESECKE) of 18.1.2023
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 9/445 G06F 21/57 G06F 21/44 H04L 29/06 G06K 19/07	Application no. 13730810.2
Keywords Anspruchsauslegung Zulassung verspätet vorgelegter Dokumente (teilweise ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1-6 (nein) Wiedervorlage von im Einspruchsverfahren vorgelegten Hilfsanträgen - Nichtzulassungsermessen (in diesem Fall nein) Zurückverweisung zur weiteren Entscheidung über die Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM AUSTAUSCH DES BETRIEBSSYSTEMS EINES RESSOURCENBESCHRÄNKTEN TRAGBAREN DATENTRÄGERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T007319.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 467 KB)
T 0827/19 () of 1.12.2022
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 29/14 A61L 29/16	Application no. 11758026.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title COATING PROCESS FOR DRUG DELIVERY BALLOONS USING HEAT-INDUCED REWRAP MEMORY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T082719.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1779/19 (Chlorine deposition/Kemira/Valmet) of 11.1.2023
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 10/04 B01D 53/68 F22G 3/00 F23J 7/00 F23J 15/00	Application no. 06755414.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR PREVENTING CHLORINE DEPOSITION ON THE SUPERHEATER OF A BOILER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T177919.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2474/19 () of 23.1.2023
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/04 G07D 7/00	Application no. 09762206.2
Keywords Correction of withdrawal of appeal - relevant person committing the error - actual intention of the relevant person - relevant error within the meaning of Rule 139, first sentence, EPC - (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title DOCUMENT HANDLER CAPABLE OF PROTECTING A BUILT-IN SENSOR FROM EXTRANEOUS SUBSTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T247419.20230123				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0218/20 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 9/26 F02C 7/236	Application no. 12160237.9
Keywords Claims - lack of clarity after amendment (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (yes) Amendment to case - procedural economy				Application title Dual pump fuel flow system for a gas turbine engine and method of controlling
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T021820.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 0427/20 () of 16.12.2022
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 9/26 F02C 7/236	Application no. 12160235.3
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Claims - interpretation of ambiguous terms Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Requests violating the principle of the prohibition of reformatio in peius (yes) - not admitted				Application title Fuel flow control system and method for controlling two positive displacement pumps
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T042720.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1671/22 (Sterilerhitzung von Lebensmitteln/HIPP & CO) of 23.1.2023
Online on 26.01.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L 3/005 A23L 3/10	Application no. 12008338.1
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STERILERHITZUNG VON LEBENSMITTELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T167122.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0859/17 () of 26.10.2022
Online on 25.01.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F17C 7/00	Application no. 03002915.1
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title System and method for dispensing pressurized gas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T085917.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 589 KB)
T 2647/17 () of 30.11.2022
Online on 25.01.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 30.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 1/04 G03B 42/08	Application no. 11004521.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein) Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge 3 bis 5 Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja) Teilanmeldung - Hilfsanträge 3 bis 5				Application title Vorrichtung zum Auslesen von insbesondere flexiblen Speicherfolien
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T264717.20221130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1303/18 (UCB PHARMA / ROTIGOTINE POLYMORPH) of 21.11.2022
Online on 25.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 333/20 A61K 31/381 A61P 25/00	Application no. 08853236.1
Keywords Earliest priority - identity of invention (no) Amendment to appeal case (yes) New allegation of fact - admitted (no) Novelty - public prior use (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title POLYMORPHIC FORM OF ROTIGOTINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T130318.20221121				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 639 KB)
T 3257/19 (Mobility protocol type/QUALCOMM) of 20.1.2023
Online on 25.01.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 09709100.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): cancellation of hearing following appellant's announcement of non-attendance Standard-related document D11 prior art under Art. 54(2) EPC - (yes) Inventive step - main, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (no) Clarity - third auxiliary request (no)				Application title Policy control for encapsulated data flows
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T325719.20230120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0165/20 () of 26.10.2022
Online on 25.01.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/06 C08L 23/08	Application no. 14716660.7
Keywords Admittance of evidence (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POLYMER FILMS HAVING IMPROVED HEAT SEALING PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T016520.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 2050/20 () of 3.11.2022
Online on 25.01.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/35 A61K 8/40 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/49 A61Q 17/04	Application no. 07730186.9
Keywords Änderungen zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ERHÖHUNG DES LICHTSCHUTZFAKTORS EINER KOSMETISCHEN UND/ ODER DERMATOLOGISCHEN ZUBEREITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T205020.20221103				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 498 KB)
T 0051/21 (Coating method/LECLANCHE) of 5.1.2023
Online on 25.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/14 H01M 2/16 H01M 10/052	Application no. 14163569.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Electrochemical cells with glass containing separators
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T005121.20230105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 1672/20 () of 19.1.2023
Online on 24.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 45/00 G04G 21/00 G06F 1/16 G07C 5/08	Application no. 16194256.0
Keywords Correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH WEARABLE DEVICE ALERTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T167220.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0264/21 (Wesentliche Verfahrensmängel/SIEMENS) of 19.1.2023
Online on 24.01.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 14198598.6
Keywords Angefochtene Entscheidung - ausreichend begründet (nein) Angefochtene Entscheidung - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Grundlage der Entscheidung - vom Anmelder vorgelegte oder gebilligte Fassung der Anmeldung (nein) Grundlage der Entscheidung - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels				Application title Verfahren und System zur gemeinsamen Auswertung eines medizinischen Bilddatensatzes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T026421.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0163/16 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/072	Application no. 08001812.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Surgical stapler with universal articulation and tissue pre-clamp
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T016316.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 634 KB)
T 2019/18 () of 20.1.2023
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/34	Application no. 13704647.0
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title REDUCED LOOK-UP TABLE FOR LM MODE CALCULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T201918.20230120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481 KB)
T 2333/18 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 17/08 E21B 19/00	Application no. 14193668.2
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Trigger joint
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T233318.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0359/19 () of 25.10.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09B 69/00	Application no. 05853122.9
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title IMPROVED ANTHRAQUINONE colourant COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T035919.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0525/19 (Gel co-réticulé de polysaccharides/Laboratoires Vivacy) of 9.12.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A61L 27/20 A61L 27/52 A61L 27/50 A61L 27/48 C08B 37/08 C08J 3/075 C08J 3/24 C08L 5/08	Application no. 08356103.5
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui) Modification après signification - raisons convaincantes (non)				Application title Gel co-réticulé de polysaccharides
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T052519.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1049/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/02 G06F 21/62	Application no. 11827473.7
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - skilled person Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE IMPRESSIONS USING DISTRIBUTED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T104919.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0114/20 (Décomposition du N2O/RHODIA) of 24.10.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B01D 53/86 B01J 21/06 B01J 23/10	Application no. 09817288.5
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Priorité - base dans le document de priorité (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - effet supplémentaire (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE DECOMPOSITION DU N2O UTILISANT UN CATALYSEUR A BASE D'UN OXYDE DE CERIUM ET DE LANTHANE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T011420.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0516/20 () of 20.12.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B 23/02 A01B 15/02	Application no. 14705071.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - in zulässiger Weise vorgebracht und aufrechterhalten (ja) Änderung nach Ablauf der in einer Mitteilung nach R. 100 (2) EPÜ gesetzten Frist - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ablauf der in einer Mitteilung nach R. 100 (2) EPÜ gesetzten Frist - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title SCHARSPITZE BZW. WERKZEUGKOMBINATION MIT EINER SCHARSPITZE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T051620.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0670/20 (Pharmaceutcial composition/SANKYO) of 2.12.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/28 A61K 31/444 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/32 A61K 47/36 A61K 47/38 A61P 7/02 A61K 9/20 A61P 9/10	Application no. 08720658.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - public prior use (no) Inventive step - bonus effect (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T067020.20221202				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0823/20 () of 22.12.2022
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01C 23/00 A01M 7/00	Application no. 11188169.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Fahrbare Vorrichtung zum Ausbringen von flüssigen und/oder festen Wirkstoffen und Verfahren zur Steuerung der Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T082320.20221222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1289/20 () of 9.1.2023
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 3/04 H02K 3/50 H02K 3/28	Application no. 11873200.7
Keywords Inventive step - Main request (yes)				Application title Main electric motor for railway vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T128920.20230109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1005/21 () of 11.1.2023
Online on 23.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00 B60H 1/24	Application no. 13157354.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title Air conditioning system for motor vehicles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T100521.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2240/18 () of 10.1.2023
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A41D 13/018 A41D 13/05	Application no. 13169898.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no)				Application title Garment adapted to be associated with an inflatable protection element
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T224018.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 2771/18 (Content tracking/TETRA LAVAL) of 11.1.2023
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/08 G06Q 50/28	Application no. 10802517.2
Keywords Inventive step - labelling a package with cross-referenced information from a database (no Inventive step - obvious) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTENT TRACKING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T277118.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0174/19 () of 23.11.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G01K 7/42 G01K 13/02	Application no. 09801510.0
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Renvoi - motifs particuliers justifiant le renvoi				Application title PROCEDE ET SYSTEME D'ESTIMATION D'UNE TEMPERATURE DE VEINE DANS UN TURBOREACTEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T017419.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0296/19 () of 10.10.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/00	Application no. 14159100.8
Keywords Abridged reasons for decision - explicit consent of the parties Claims - clarity Novelty Inventive step Amendments				Application title Treated coated article and process of treating a coated article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T029619.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0561/19 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 21/18 C07C 19/10 C07C 17/25 C07C 17/20 C07C 17/383 B01D 3/00	Application no. 12732057.0
Keywords Extent of the appeal - claims 6 to 8 not part of the proceedings Late filed objection against claims 6 to 8 - not admitted Sufficiency of disclosure - yes Amendments - allowable Inventive step - yes Different aportionment of costs - yes				Application title LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION OF 2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T056119.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1078/19 () of 16.1.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 16.1.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 1/06 C07H 1/08 C07H 15/24 C07H 15/256	Application no. 11840896.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title METHOD FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF REBAUDIOSIDE B AND/OR REBAUDIOSIDE D IN STEVIA-DERIVED GLYCOSIDE COMPOSITIONS USING ADSORB-DESORB CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH A MACROPOROUS NEUTRAL ADSORBENT RESIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T107819.20220116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 2037/19 () of 18.1.2023
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/08 C08F 210/16 C08F 210/18 C08F 10/00 C08F 10/02 C08J 5/18	Application no. 10729769.9
Keywords Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - opposition proceedings Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Appeal decision - primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T203719.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2455/19 (Soluble immunobinders/ESBATECH) of 6.9.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/22 C07K 16/24	Application no. 09768694.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed request - submitted shortly before oral proceedings (auxiliary requests 1 to 4) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings (auxiliary request 5) Exceptional circumstances justified by cogent reasons (no)				Application title Solubility optimization of immunobinders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T245519.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 2703/19 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 2/232 B65B 55/02 B67C 7/00 A61L 2/238	Application no. 11176772.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Behandeln von Verpackungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T270319.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 461 KB)
T 3165/19 (PCSK9 antibody for reducing cardiovascular risk/SANOFI) of 9.1.2023
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/40 A61K 39/395 A61P 9/00	Application no. 15712241.7
Keywords Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (no) Amendment after summons - change of case (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal (yes)				Application title Methods for reducing cardiovascular risk
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T316519.20230109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0335/20 (Progranulin for use in treating dementia/MAYO FOUNDATION) of 29.9.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/6809 C12Q 1/6883	Application no. 13174869.1
Keywords Auxiliary request 1: priority - partial priority (yes); inventive step (no) auxiliary request 2: allowable (yes)				Application title Detecting and treating dementia
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033520.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 510 KB)
T 0397/20 () of 18.11.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F 6/46 D01F 6/30 D01F 6/04 D01D 5/42	Application no. 08734667.2
Keywords Admittance of documents (yes) Novelty - All requests (yes) Inventive step - Main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request I (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary requests IV and V (no) Admittance of auxiliary requests I-VII (yes) Clarity - Auxiliary requests II and III (no) Clarity - Auxiliary requests VI and VII (no)				Application title FIBRES, TAPES OR FILAMENTS COMPRISING A POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T039720.20221118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0702/20 (Sparsely connected neural network/MITSUBISHI) of 7.11.2022
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 7.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06N 3/04	Application no. 14882049.1
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title HIERARCHICAL NEURAL NETWORK DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD FOR DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND DETERMINATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070220.20221107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0950/20 () of 11.1.2023
Online on 20.01.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 11009904.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title Coriolis-Massedurchflussmessgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095020.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0166/18 (Augmenting capabilities of a host device/GOOGLE) of 19.12.2022
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/50	Application no. 13763365.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title AUGMENTING CAPABILITIES OF A HOST DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T016618.20221219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 1571/19 (Feed composition for fish/EWOS) of 9.11.2022
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 50/80 A23K 20/00	Application no. 13803287.5
Keywords Sufficiency (yes): therapeutic effect rendered plausible by the tests shown in the patent; no counter-evidence that the effect cannot be attained Novelty (yes): no convincing evidence that the invention was made available to the public by public prior use or oral disclosure Inventive step (yes): claimed therapeutic use not obvious over the cited prior art				Application title FEED COMPOSITION FOR FISH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T157119.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 2686/19 (Controlling media rendering/III HOLDINGS 2) of 16.1.2023
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 08877327.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Request not admitted by the examining division - auxiliary requests 2 to 5 - admitted (no)				Application title System and method for controlling media rendering in a network using a mobile device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T268619.20230116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0625/20 () of 7.12.2022
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F02C 7/045 B64D 29/06 F02C 7/057 F02K 3/062 B64D 33/02	Application no. 14703117.3
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui) Modification des moyens invoqués dans le cadre du recours Modification des moyens invoqués - modification surmontant les questions soulevées (oui) Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête subsidiaire (oui) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title MANCHE D'ENTRÉE D'AIR ACOUSTIQUEMENT OPTIMISÉE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T062520.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1127/20 (Inhibitory anti-IL-21 antibody/MABTECH) of 7.11.2022
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/24	Application no. 15808674.4
Keywords primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (no)				Application title Composition, kit and method for inhibition of il-21 mediated activation of human cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T112720.20221107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 1821/20 (Rühreinrichtung/Uts Biogastechnik) of 19.12.2022
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C12M 1/107 B01F 7/00 B01F 15/00 C12M 1/00 C12M 1/06	Application no. 14802828.5
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title RÜHREINRICHTUNG FÜR EINEN FERMENTER EINER BIOGASANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER RÜHREINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T182120.20221219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0804/21 () of 22.12.2022
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D 45/00 F02P 5/152 F02P 5/153 F02D 35/02	Application no. 16886542.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title KNOCKING DETECTION METHOD, IGNITION PERIOD CONTROL METHOD, AND IGNITION PERIOD CONTROL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T080421.20221222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 2057/21 (High energy liquid enteral nutritional composition/NUTRICIA) of 13.12.2022
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 2/52 A61K 35/20 A23L 33/115 A23L 33/125 A23L 33/16 A23L 33/19 A23L 33/21 A23L 33/00	Application no. 13189113.7
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title High energy liquid enteral nutritional composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T205721.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0043/22 () of 13.1.2023
Online on 19.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 405/14 C07D 405/12 C07D 307/92 A61K 31/343 A61P 35/00	Application no. 16714015.1
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee				Application title WATER-SOLUBLE PRODRUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004322.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0273/17 (Carte avec affichage électronique) of 27.6.2022
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.6.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K 19/077	Application no. 08717373.8
Keywords Modification occasionnée par un motif d'opposition Nouveauté - après modification Activité inventive - amélioration non évidente Modification après signification Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours - (non)				Application title CARTE INCORPORANT UN AFFICHAGE ELECTRONIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T027317.20220627				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 725 KB)
T 2585/18 (Exendin-4 sustained release composition/ALKERMES) of 10.10.2022
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/22 A61K 38/26 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50 A61K 47/34 A61K 31/573	Application no. 11180259.1
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Polymer-based sustained release device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T258518.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 538 KB)
T 2006/19 () of 10.1.2023
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 7/04	Application no. 03775221.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHUTZANORDNUNG GEGEN MINEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T200619.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 3220/19 () of 26.10.2022
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 55/04 H02K 7/00 H02K 9/20	Application no. 13847789.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title Field rotor for superconducting rotating machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T322019.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0170/20 (Bioactive bone graft substitute/Orthovita) of 12.12.2022
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/10 A61L 27/46 A61L 27/58	Application no. 15155133.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title Bioactive bone graft substitute
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T017020.20221212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 0652/20 (Aerosol device / L'OREAL) of 15.11.2022
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61K 8/04 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/02 A61K 8/89 A61K 8/34	Application no. 13723054.6
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 Amendment to case - admitted (no) Admittance of new items of evidence Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title AEROSOL DEVICE BASED ON SEBUM-ABSORBING POWDER AND A PARTICULAR WATER-INSOLUBLE MINERAL COMPOUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T065220.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2029/20 (Prädiktionsanalyse für eine Hörvorrichtung/SIVANTOS) of 13.1.2023
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 09178221.9
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): mündliche Verhandlung nicht sachdienlich Widerruf des Patents - (ja): keine gebilligte Fassung				Application title Hörvorrichtung mit automatischer Algorithmenumschaltung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T202920.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 245 KB)
T 0746/21 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 18.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 17/02	Application no. 12779208.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title ENHANCED INTERCONNECT FOR DOWNHOLE TOOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T074621.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1548/17 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC D21F 1/00	Application no. 07847940.9
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen verfahren Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zum Stellungnahme (ja) Neuheit - Hautantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title GEWEBEBAND FÜR EINE MASCHINE ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON BAHNMATERIAL, INSBESONDERE PAPIER ODER KARTON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154817.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1484/18 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/315 A61M 5/31	Application no. 13700569.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes)				Application title INJECTION DEVICE WITH A SLIDING SCALE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148418.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0468/19 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 7/02 E21B 15/00	Application no. 06716983.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title SENSOR ASSEMBLY IN A GEARBOX FOR POSITIONING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T046819.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 0830/19 (System for making beverages/CAFFITALY) of 17.11.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/36 A47J 31/36 B65D 85/804	Application no. 13716425.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Mere reduction of the number of claim requests from 71 filed with the grounds of appeal to 11 filed two days before the oral proceedings (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T083019.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1426/19 () of 20.11.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 489/08	Application no. 14704633.8
Keywords Procedural Violation (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF MORPHINAN-6-ONE COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T142619.20221120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 1449/19 () of 25.10.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 1/22 B21B 27/00	Application no. 07110866.6
Keywords Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Gründe warum Änderung im Beschwerdeverfahren erfolgt (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Beweismittel Änderung des Vorbringens - Gebot der Verfahrensökonomie Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Flachprodukt aus einem Metallwerkstoff, insbesondere einem Stahlwerkstoff, Verwendung eines solchen Flachprodukts sowie Walze und Verfahren zur Herstellung solcher Flachprodukte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T144919.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 646 KB)
T 1644/19 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F01D 25/20	Application no. 08101810.3
Keywords Revendications - caractéristiques essentielles Revendications - clarté (oui) Modifications - généralisation intermédiaire Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Activité inventive - requête principale (oui)				Application title Moteur comprenant un système de lubrification et procédé de lubrification de secours pour moteur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T164419.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1827/19 (Off-taste modulation/Nestlé) of 21.11.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 29/30 A23L 33/125	Application no. 13707169.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS HAVING A MODULATED OFF-TASTE INTENSITY AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T182719.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 2771/19 () of 2.11.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 21/04 C22C 21/02 C22C 21/08 C22F 1/00 C22F 1/043 C22F 1/05	Application no. 13744215.8
Keywords Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Prohibition of the reformation in peius (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title ALUMINiUM ALLOY FORGED MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T277119.20221102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 724 KB)
T 0303/20 (Article and method for forming article/General Electric) of 19.10.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 19/05 C22F 1/10	Application no. 15156338.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Article and method for forming article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T030320.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1009/20 () of 16.12.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02P 9/00	Application no. 14712979.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title CONTROLLED SPARK IGNITED FLAME KERNEL FLOW
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T100920.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1459/20 (Blechformteil/BMW) of 9.11.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C21D 9/48 C22C 38/02 B21D 22/02 B62D 29/00 C21D 1/673 C23C 24/08	Application no. 13750297.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombinationserfindung (ja) Weitere Einwände wegen mangelnder erfinderischer Tätigkeit				Application title VERFAHREN UND FERTIGUNGSANLAGE ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES WARMUMGEFORMTEN ODER PRESSGEHÄRTETEN BLECHFORMTEILS MIT EINER METALLISCHEN KORROSIONSSCHUTZBESCHICHTUNG, SOWIE HIERMIT HERGESTELLTES BLECHFORMTEIL UND FAHRZEUGKAROSSERIE MIT SOLCHEM BLECHFORMTEIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T145920.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0011/21 () of 1.12.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/06 B23C 5/22	Application no. 12706328.7
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title MILLING CUTTER WITH A TANGENTIAL CUTTING INSERT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T001121.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0277/21 () of 9.12.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 25/02 F02D 19/02 F02D 19/06 F02M 21/02 F02F 1/00	Application no. 16184417.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (ja)				Application title GASZUFÜHRSYSTEM UND ZYLINDERLINER FÜR EINE HUBKOLBENBRENNKRAFTMASCHINE, HUBKOLBENBRENNKRAFTMASCHINE, SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER HUBKOLBENBRENNKRAFTMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T027721.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0678/21 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 44/00 E21B 47/00	Application no. 11779923.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A PACKAGE OF SENSORS TO ENHANCE SUBTERRANEAN OPERATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T067821.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0776/21 () of 28.11.2022
Online on 17.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 23/06	Application no. 12796526.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title THE SPLIT BLENDED WINGLET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T077621.20221128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
J 0009/21 () of 23.11.2022
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00 A61P 35/00 G01N 33/68 G01N 33/574	Application no. 09007539.1
Keywords Interruption of proceedings (yes) Patent proprietor prevented by legal reasons from continuing the proceedings (yes) Competence of the Legal Division to declare interruption (yes) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title Cancer therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:J000921.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0360/18 (Fibrinogen-Formulierungen/CSL BEHRING) of 14.6.2022
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 38/17 A61P 7/00	Application no. 03016766.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title Lagerungsstabile, flüssige Fibrinogen-Formulierung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T036018.20220614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0920/18 () of 11.1.2023
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 25/04 A01N 25/12 A01N 25/28 A01N 43/40 A01N 43/653 A01N 43/70 A01N 43/90 A01P 13/00	Application no. 11815244.6
Keywords Novelty Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title PESTICIDE COMPOSITIONS OF MESO-SIZED PARTICLES WITH ENHANCED ACTIVITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T092018.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2866/18 () of 4.10.2022
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F28F 9/04	Application no. 06846060.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Novelty - prior disclosure Novelty - implicit features (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND MANUFACTURABILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T286618.20221004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 0172/19 () of 11.1.2023
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/16 A61B 17/82	Application no. 13713282.5
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title BONE FIXATION MEMBER SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T017219.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0630/19 () of 2.12.2022
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 45/02 B21B 39/08	Application no. 11828709.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no/yes)				Application title MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HOT-ROLLED STEEL STRIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063019.20221202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0728/19 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02P 25/06 B65G 43/00 B65G 54/02 H02K 41/03 H02P 29/02 B65G 25/04 H02K 11/00	Application no. 12848407.8
Keywords Admittance of document (yes) - admitted in opposition proceedings Grounds for opposition - inventive step Grounds for opposition - does not prejudice maintenance of patent				Application title Linear Conveyor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T072819.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2108/19 (Animal feed additive/NUTRECO) of 6.12.2022
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 20/158 A23K 50/70 A23K 50/75 A23K 50/30 A23K 50/80	Application no. 10702358.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title ANIMAL FEED ADDITIVE AND ANIMAL FEED COMPRISING ALKYL ESTERS OF MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACIDS, AND THEIR USE IN ANIMAL FEED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T210819.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 2416/19 () of 27.10.2022
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 3/00 C11C 3/12 C10L 1/02 C07C 9/00 C10L 1/06 C11B 3/00	Application no. 14713797.0
Keywords Inventive step Amendment after summons				Application title RENEWABLE HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T241619.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0043/20 (Pharmaceutical compositions / VIFOR) of 10.1.2023
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 33/26	Application no. 08848615.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004320.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1425/22 (No grounds of appeal) of 11.1.2023
Online on 16.01.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 23/19 F24D 19/10	Application no. 16183491.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (no): missing statement of grounds				Application title Heat exchanger system and method for detecting a relocation of a temperature sensor in a heat exchanger system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T142522.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 2794/17 (Heizungsanordnung mit PTC-Element / Mahle Behr) of 22.9.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 3/50 H05B 3/14	Application no. 03292475.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - ja, trotz fehlendem Beispiel Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title Heizungsanordnung mit PTC-Element, insbesondere für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T279417.20220922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2725/18 () of 4.1.2023
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 4.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC G06T 7/20	Application no. 12766317.7
Keywords -				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME D'ACQUISITION ET DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGES POUR LA DÉTECTION DU MOUVEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T272518.20230104				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 365 KB)
T 2826/18 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02C 13/00	Application no. 07301758.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 Late-filed request - lack of substantiation Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed substantiation - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Method of selecting a semi-finished ophthalmic lens according to a given spectacle frame
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T282618.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0674/19 () of 2.12.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/32 H04N 1/41 H04N 7/26 H04N 7/34 H04N 7/50	Application no. 08839649.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR THE DEVICES AND THE METHODS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T067419.20221202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0873/19 (Relational database for business objects/HASSO-PLATTNER-INSTITUT) of 22.9.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11155687.4
Keywords Inventive step - sole request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title Relational database for storing business objects and method for operating the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T087319.20220922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1137/19 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/00 H02B 13/065	Application no. 12809686.4
Keywords Novelty and inventive step (yes) Late-filed objection - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T113719.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1163/19 () of 24.11.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 25/00	Application no. 13779529.0
Keywords -				Application title SICHERHEITSMERKMAL FÜR EIN WERT- UND/ODER SICHERHEITSPRODUKT MIT FARBVERLAUFSSTRUKTUR UND DAS SICHERHEITSMERKMAL AUFWEISENDES WERT- UND/ODER SICHERHEITSDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T116319.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1170/19 () of 23.9.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 1/02 B22C 1/04 B22C 1/26	Application no. 10752733.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - zufällige Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - unschädliche Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title GIESSEREIADDITIV AUF GRAFITBASIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T117019.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 408 KB)
T 1296/19 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A01N 25/02 C07C 231/02 C07C 235/74 C08K 5/20 C09D 7/12 C11D 7/50	Application no. 09704290.7
Keywords Activité inventive Revendications - clarté Priorité				Application title UTILISATION D'ESTERAMIDES, NOUVEAUX ESTERAMIDES ET PROCEDES DE PREPARATION D'ESTERAMIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T129619.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 428 KB)
T 2219/19 () of 12.12.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 163/00 C10M 139/00 C10M 159/20 C10N 30/04 C10N 40/25	Application no. 08738775.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title LUBRICANT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T221919.20221212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 2902/19 () of 9.1.2023
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 498/04 A61M 15/00	Application no. 13864376.2
Keywords Inventive step				Application title 8'-HYDROXY-DIHYDROERGOTAMINE COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T290219.20230109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 0486/20 () of 7.12.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D 3/06	Application no. 14004268.0
Keywords Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Wärmegedämmter Behälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T048620.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1727/20 (Soot filter/BASF) of 21.12.2022
Online on 13.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/00 B01D 53/94 B01J 23/44 B01J 35/00 B01J 37/02 F01N 3/035 F01N 3/10 F01N 13/00 B01J 23/42	Application no. 11746943.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED CATALYZED SOOT FILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T172720.20221221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1515/16 () of 28.10.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 1/00 C03B 9/193 C03B 9/197 C03B 9/31 C03B 9/32 C03B 9/325 C03B 9/347	Application no. 08834164.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A NARROW NECK GLASS CONTAINER WITH INTERNAL EMBOSSMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151516.20221028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 556 KB)
T 0040/17 (Non-digestible oligosaccharides/NUTRICIA) of 9.1.2023
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/702 A23L 1/29 A61P 37/04 A61P 31/00 A61P 37/08 A61P 17/00 A61P 11/06 A61K 39/39	Application no. 10734842.7
Keywords Apportionment of costs - abuse of procedure				Application title Mixture of non-digestible oligosaccharides for stimulating the immune system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004017.20230109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 2442/17 () of 17.10.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D 3/00 E04C 3/30 B66B 11/04	Application no. 05825117.4
Keywords Correct exercise of discretion (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title ELEVATOR LOAD BEARING ASSEMBLY HAVING A JACKET WITH MULTIPLE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T244217.20221017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2580/17 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 11/20 G06T 17/00	Application no. 10763260.6
Keywords Main request and main request beta - Inventive step (no) First auxiliary request, first auxiliary request beta, second auxiliary request, second auxiliary request beta - Clarity (no) Remittal to the first-instance department (no)				Application title DRAWING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS IN A 3D SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T258017.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 2555/18 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/00 A61L 15/20 A61L 15/52 A61L 15/58	Application no. 05732235.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PARTICLES FOR SOFT TISSUE AUGMENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T255518.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1922/19 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/36 G02F 1/133 G09G 3/20 G09G 3/34	Application no. 14860719.5
Keywords Novelty - main and third auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - seventh and eighth auxiliary requests Inventive step - (no) Late-filed first, second, fourth and fifth auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Examination procedure - sixth auxiliary request Examination procedure - correct exercise of discretion (yes) Remittal - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192219.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 697 KB)
T 1973/19 () of 14.12.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 9/06 C08K 3/36 C09J 11/04 C09J 7/02	Application no. 13176092.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Klebeband, insbesondere doppelseitiges Klebeband, und dessen Verwendung zum Bekleben unpolarer Oberflächen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T197319.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 3248/19 () of 2.12.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/47 A24C 5/32	Application no. 13183015.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Antrag Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens - Einwand Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Fördern von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T324819.20221202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 3287/19 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/315	Application no. 11724422.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (no)				Application title DRIVE ASSEMBLY, DRIVE COMPONENT AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T328719.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0531/20 () of 5.12.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 7/047 F02C 7/14	Application no. 07114905.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title De-icing of turbine engine inlet and cooling of lubricant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053120.20221205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0974/20 (HVT-vectored ND-IBD vaccine/INTERVET) of 23.9.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12 A61K 39/17 A61K 39/295 C07K 14/005 C12N 15/86 A61K 39/00	Application no. 15817860.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Improved HVT-vectored ND-IBD vaccine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T097420.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 795 KB)
T 1436/20 (DNA-encoded libraries/X-CHEM) of 15.12.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/10 C40B 40/06	Application no. 13816635.0
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title DNA-ENCODED LIBRARIES HAVING ENCODING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE LINKAGES NOT READABLE BY POLYMERASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T143620.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 272 KB)
T 2012/20 (Ammonia-adding system/Jiangnan) of 11.11.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/34 B01D 53/50	Application no. 17177646.1
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - (yes) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title AUTOMATIC AMMONIA-ADDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AMMONIA-BASED DESULFURIZATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T201220.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0131/21 () of 10.11.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 33/035 E21B 33/038 E21B 33/076 E21B 43/013 E21B 41/10	Application no. 15826146.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T013121.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1386/21 () of 21.11.2022
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 1/00 F28F 3/04 F28F 3/08	Application no. 14790060.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD OF BRAZING A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER USING SCREN PRINTED BRAZING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138621.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1624/21 (14-3-3 eta antibodies/UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA) of 2.1.2023
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/18 A61K 39/395 A61P 19/02 G01N 33/53 C07K 16/00 G01N 33/543	Application no. 17159000.3
Keywords Novelty - burden of proof, standard of proof Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title 14-3-3 eta antibodies and uses thereof for the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162421.20230102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2093/21 () of 9.1.2023
Online on 12.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 43/22 C09K 8/58 C09K 8/582	Application no. 14813826.6
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Amendment to case - request Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 Amendment to case - exercise of discretion Amendment to case - complexity of amendment (no) Amendment to case - amendment clearly identified (yes) Amendment to case - suitability of amendment to address issues (yes)				Application title BIOLOGICAL AUGMENTATION OF LOW SALINITY WATER FLOODING TO IMPROVE OIL RELEASE USING NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T209321.20230109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 2225/18 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 11.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/30 A61K 9/00	Application no. 10710141.2
Keywords Claims - support in the description (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)				Application title HAZARDOUS AGENT INJECTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T222518.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1844/19 (Laines minérales/Saint Gobain) of 13.10.2022
Online on 11.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C03C 13/06 C03C 13/00 C03C 3/078 C03C 3/087	Application no. 07823797.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale, requêtes subsidiaires 1, 2, 3, 5 (non) Activité inventive - requêtes subsidiaires 4, 6, 7 (non)				Application title COMPOSITIONS POUR LAINES MINERALES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T184419.20221013				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2428/19 (RANKL Antagonist/ORIENTAL YEAST) of 9.11.2022
Online on 11.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 35/00 A61P 37/04	Application no. 12765137.0
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title CANCER IMMUNOPOTIENTING AGENT CONTAINING RANKL ANTAGONIST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T242819.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 262 KB)
T 0623/20 (Chabazite zeolite/Tosoh) of 19.10.2022
Online on 11.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 39/48 B01J 39/14 B01J 20/18 B01J 29/70 B01D 53/02 B01J 20/28	Application no. 09834841.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title CHABAZITE-TYPE ZEOLITE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T062320.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2046/20 () of 30.11.2022
Online on 11.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 6/00 B60W 50/16 B62D 5/04 B62D 1/04 B62D 1/06	Application no. 12802449.4
Keywords Appeal admissible (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - requests expressly specified (yes) Grounds for opposition - main request Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title SENSOR SYSTEM FOR STEERING WHEEL FOR VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T204620.20221130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0752/21 () of 15.11.2022
Online on 11.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F21V 5/04 F21V 5/08 F21V 14/06	Application no. 16196994.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein)				Application title INNEN- ODER AUSSENLEUCHTE, INSBESONDERE STRASSENLEUCHTE, MIT VERLAGERBARER FREIFORMLINSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T075221.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1444/21 () of 16.12.2022
Online on 11.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A47G 19/22 B05B 7/22 B05D 1/02 B28B 11/00 B28B 21/00 B28B 21/72 C03C 17/00 C03C 17/02 C03C 1/00	Application no. 10723201.9
Keywords Fondement de décision - texte ou consentement au texte retiré par le titulaire du brevet Fondement de décision - brevet révoqué				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN RÉCIPIENT EN VERRE ET RÉCIPIENT CORRESPONDANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T144421.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 238 KB)
J 0013/19 (Berechtigung zur Zahlung der ermäßigten Beschwerdegebühr) of 3.1.2023
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 3.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 21/00 G02B 27/58	Application no. 14161303.4
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Berechtigung zur Zahlung der ermäßigten Beschwerdegebühr (nein) Beschwerdegbühr nicht vollständig entrichtet - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt				Application title Lichtmikroskop und Verfahren zum Untersuchen einer mikroskopischen Probe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:J001319.20230103				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0717/15 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/072	Application no. 10006455.9
Keywords Objections examined by the opposition division - admitted (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Surgical stapler with universal articulation and tissue pre-clamp
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071715.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 712 KB)
T 1455/18 (Sensing connection of a USB device to an image forming apparatus in … of 3.1.2023
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 3.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/32	Application no. 13176269.2
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of sensing connection of usb device in power save mode and image forming apparatus for performing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T145518.20230103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0699/19 (Anti-NGF antibodies/RINAT) of 5.4.2022
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/22 A61K 39/395 A61P 25/04	Application no. 10176627.7
Keywords Priority - basis in priority document (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Novelty - enabling disclosure Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Anti-NGF antibodies and methods using same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069919.20220405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 648 KB)
T 1250/19 () of 25.10.2022
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 5/02	Application no. 13708660.9
Keywords -				Application title SCHUTZELEMENT ZUM SCHUTZ GEGEN BALLISTISCHE GESCHOSSE UND MILITÄRISCHES FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T125019.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 3267/19 (Registering a mobile user/BARCLAYS) of 15.12.2022
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/34 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 13702216.6
Keywords "Fourth" to "seventh" auxiliary requests - filed in response to the summons to oral proceedings - admitted (yes) - inventive step (no) "Eighth" auxiliary request - filed during oral proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title REGISTERING A MOBILE USER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T326719.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0104/20 (PCV2 ORF2 protein/Ceva) of 15.12.2022
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12 C07K 14/01	Application no. 12751536.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title SYNTHETIC CAPSID PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T010420.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 0171/20 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 10.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D 1/02 B41M 3/00	Application no. 12796202.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - completeness of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMPOSITION FOR COATING A PAPER WRAPPER FOR SMOKING ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T017120.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1427/17 (Runtime extension framework/SIEMENS) of 22.11.2022
Online on 09.01.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 07795841.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title RUNTIME EXTENSION FRAMEWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T142717.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0425/21 () of 14.11.2022
Online on 09.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B62K 5/01 B62K 5/027 B62K 5/08 B62K 5/10 B62D 9/02	Application no. 18200898.7
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Divisional application - after amendment Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - after amendment Remittal - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title MOTOR VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T042521.20221114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 2001/21 () of 2.1.2023
Online on 09.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B62J 6/00 B62K 21/12	Application no. 16726427.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A COMPACT LAMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T200121.20230102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0705/18 () of 6.10.2022
Online on 05.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 10179733.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Inventive step - could-would approach				Application title Injection device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070518.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 0561/21 (Omitted DAI bits/SISVEL) of 16.12.2022
Online on 05.01.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 72/04 H04L 5/00 H04W 72/12 H04L 1/18	Application no. 14839485.1
Keywords Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title Transmission methods and apparatuses in TDD-FDD combined system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T056121.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0702/21 () of 9.11.2022
Online on 05.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/30 A61M 5/20 A61M 5/28 A61M 5/32 A61M 5/46 A61M 5/48	Application no. 06719329.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - Main request (yes) - Auxiliary request II (no) Novelty - Auxiliary request I (no) Novelty - Auxiliary request II (yes) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Clarity - Auxiliary request II (yes) Inventive step - Auxiliary request II (yes)				Application title PREFILLED NEEDLE ASSISTED SYRINGE JET INJECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070221.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1668/21 (Einteiliger Kolben/FISCHER) of 20.12.2022
Online on 05.01.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 16/02 G05D 16/06	Application no. 20152900.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 2 (nein): "einteilig" und "integral" breit auszulegen Zulassung von nach der Ladung eingereichten Anspruchsänderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein): zumindest keine eindeutige Gewährbarkeit				Application title Druckreduzierventil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T166821.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2475/18 () of 27.10.2022
Online on 04.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/24 A61M 5/50	Application no. 09710102.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Änderungen - Festlegung des Schutzbereichs für Artikel 123(3) EPÜ gemäß Artikel 69 EPÜ Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title VERABREICHUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT BLOCKIERBAREM BETÄTIGUNGSELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T247518.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1724/20 () of 11.11.2022
Online on 04.01.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B 39/00 F01D 5/04 F02B 37/24 F01D 1/22 F02C 6/12 F01D 5/14 F01D 25/24	Application no. 12890828.2
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title RADIAL TURBINE ROTOR BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T172420.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0825/21 (Tin tetrachloride/Segura Ruiz) of 5.10.2022
Online on 04.01.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C01G 19/08 C03C 17/00 C03C 17/245	Application no. 12382072.2
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Stabilized non smoking tin tetrachloride
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T082521.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1295/18 () of 3.11.2022
Online on 03.01.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00 A61M 5/142 G06F 19/00	Application no. 10702137.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR GLYCEMIC CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T129518.20221103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 3005/18 (Bid tracking database/BLACKBERRY) of 28.10.2022
Online on 03.01.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 09176410.0
Keywords Claims - clarity main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no) Inventive step - exchanging, processing and storing bid-related information (no Inventive step - not technical scheme on notorious hardware)				Application title Method, system and apparatus for managing a bid tracking database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T300518.20221028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0444/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 03.01.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 1/10 E05F 15/00 E05F 15/53 E05F 15/72 E05F 3/10 E05F 3/22	Application no. 00122101.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Antriebseinrichtung für eine Tür
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T044419.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1572/19 () of 9.11.2022
Online on 03.01.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 1/62	Application no. 03027997.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein)				Application title Abdichtungsanordnung für Fugen zwischen einem Bauteil und einer Wand und Profilleiste für eine solche Abdichtungsanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T157219.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0996/20 () of 2.11.2022
Online on 03.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B66F 9/065 B66C 23/80 B66F 9/075	Application no. 14721006.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (yes)				Application title A LIFT TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH STABILIZER MEANS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T099620.20221102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 501 KB)
T 0768/21 (VERRE FEUILLETE/ST GOBAIN) of 8.11.2022
Online on 03.01.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 17/10 B64C 1/14 B60J 7/043	Application no. 14805975.1
Keywords Activité inventive				Application title VERRE FEUILLETÉ MINCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T076821.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1381/18 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/95 A61F 2/00 A61F 2/24	Application no. 12193316.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Two-part package for medical implant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138118.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0562/19 (PAPER COMPRISING MICROFILAMENTS/Teijin Aramid) of 7.12.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 13/26 D21H 15/06 D21H 15/08	Application no. 11807929.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PAPER COMPRISING MICROFILAMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T056219.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 1022/19 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/28	Application no. 09767267.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title DIALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING AUTOMATED EFFLUENT SAMPLING AND PERITONEAL EQUILIBRATION TEST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T102219.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1120/19 (Solenis/Paper with starch) of 17.11.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 21/36 D21H 17/28 D21H 17/37	Application no. 11758382.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - unambiguously derivable (no) Auxiliary request substantiated (yes) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR INCREASING THE ADVANTAGES OF STARCH IN PULPED CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN THE PRODUCTION OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T112019.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1945/19 () of 30.11.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C 33/10	Application no. 13766783.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 9 (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title JOURNAL BEARING AND METHOD OF FACILITATING HYDRODYNAMIC OIL FLOW, LOAD CAPACITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF BEARING PERFORMANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T194519.20221130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2502/19 (Climate control devices/SIEMENS) of 19.12.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 23/19 F24F 11/00	Application no. 13773914.0
Keywords Clarity - main request (no) Added subject-matter - first and second auxiliary requests (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation				Application title Social learning softthermostat for commercial buildings
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T250219.20221219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2769/19 () of 14.10.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 1/05 A61M 5/172 A61J 1/14 A61M 5/38	Application no. 10191221.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes/no) Late-filed objection - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (no/yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (yes/no) Objection withdrawn in first-instance proceedings, resubmitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no) Objection sufficiently substantiated (yes) - admitted (yes)				Application title Container for storing medical or pharmaceutical liquids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T276919.20221014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 713 KB)
T 0039/21 () of 21.12.2022
Online on 02.01.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00 A61M 15/00 A61L 9/03 A61M 15/06 F22B 1/28 H05B 6/06 A61M 11/04 H05B 6/10	Application no. 15725173.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (yes) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes)				Application title IMPROVED VAPORIZER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T003921.20221221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)

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T 1794/16 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/072	Application no. 10006462.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Added subject-matter - (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Surgical stapler with universal articulation and tissue pre-clamp
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T179416.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 665 KB)
T 2256/17 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/70 H04N 19/88 H04N 21/44	Application no. 14724585.6
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED RTP PAYLOAD FORMAT DESIGNS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T225617.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1248/18 (Sicherheitspapier/G+D) of 28.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H 21/42	Application no. 12769595.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES SICHERHEITSPAPIERS UND MIKROLINSENFADEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124818.20221128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 2941/18 () of 7.10.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/5313 C08L 77/00 C08K 7/14 C08J 5/08 C08J 5/04	Application no. 13170801.8
Keywords Berichtigung der Bezeichnung einer Einsprechenden (ja) Hilfsantrag 5 - zugelassen - hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Einwand mangelnder erfinderischer Tätigkeit - zugelassen (ja) Hilfsantrag 5 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) naheliegende Alternative Hilfsantrag 8 - nicht zugelassen - rechtfertigende Gründe für die Änderungen (nein)				Application title Glasfaserverstärkte flammgeschützte Polyamidformmassen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T294118.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 532 KB)
T 1473/19 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00 H01F38/18 H04B5/00	Application no. 11749363.5
Keywords New evidence filed on appeal - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes) Correction of error - (no)				Application title CONTACTLESS ROTARY JOINT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147319.20220930				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 1742/19 (Pharmaceutical composition containing an anti-nucleating agent/ MERCK … of 10.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/48 A61K 31/513	Application no. 05852790.4
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1-5 - Sufficiency of disclosure (No) Auxiliary request 6 - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes) Auxiliary request 6 - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANTI-NUCLEATING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T174219.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1943/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D01D 13/02 H01L 23/34	Application no. 13716999.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG SYNTHETISCHER FÄDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T194319.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2530/19 (Hearing aid's gain model/SONOVA) of 25.10.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H03G 3/30 H03G 3/32 H04R 25/00	Application no. 10752598.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no), second auxiliary request (yes) Sufficient disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T253019.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2599/19 () of 14.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 07871714.7
Keywords Admittance of main and sole request (no) - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title A VIBRATING FLOW DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A VIBRATING FLOW DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T259919.20221114				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1182/20 (Synergistic antimicrobial agents/NEVADA NATURALS) of 10.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 3/3508 A23L 3/3526 A23B 4/12 A01N 37/02 C07C 233/00	Application no. 12876407.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests (no) Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Synergistic antimicrobial agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118220.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1121/21 () of 26.9.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 9/04 C09C 3/08 C08J 3/20	Application no. 06749347.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (no) Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Opponent identifiable				Application title TREATED FILLER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T112121.20220926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1784/22 () of 20.12.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/122 A61B 17/128	Application no. 02775909.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title THROUGH THE SCOPE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178422.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0256/16 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 67/00 B27N 5/00	Application no. 05783838.5
Keywords Admittance of documents D7 to D16 (no) Admittance of auxiliary request 1 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes) Unallowable extension (yes: main request; no: auxiliary request 1) Apportionment of costs (no)				Application title Method for manufacturing products based on wood powder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T025616.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 731 KB)
T 2726/17 (Warning radar system / Airbus Helicopters Deutschland) of 16.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 13/94 G01S 13/90	Application no. 12400052.2
Keywords Filing of Notice of Appeal via Web-form filing, sufficient time for informing appellant Principles of legitimate expectations and of good faith Inventive step - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 to 4 (no)				Application title An obstacle and terrain warning radar system for a rotorcraft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T272617.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0436/18 () of 28.10.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 11/00	Application no. 07015018.0
Keywords Added matter (yes: main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4) Admittance of auxiliary requests 5 to 8 (no)				Application title Intaglio printing press
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043618.20221028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0450/18 () of 11.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board -	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Beschwerdeverfahren - Besorgnis der Befangenheit - (nein) Verweis des Verfahrens in Hauptsache an Beschwerdekammer mit anderer Besetzung und anderer Geschäftsstelle - (nein) Kostenverteilung zulasten der (der mündlichen Verhandlung fernbleibenden) Einsprechenden Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T045018.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 562 KB)
T 1280/18 (Managing data/SAMSUNG) of 15.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 15174165.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T128018.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2075/18 (Optical skin treatment / Koninklijke Philips N.V.) of 23.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/06 A61B 18/20 H05B 41/34 H05B 41/30 A61B 18/00	Application no. 11773563.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T207518.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2907/18 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/496 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/49	Application no. 10828107.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Remittal - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T290718.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 1213/19 () of 23.9.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 67/00	Application no. 12724706.2
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title Method for producing a three-dimensional object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T121319.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2213/19 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 15/06 E05D 15/00	Application no. 14003192.3
Keywords Hauptantrag: Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 1: Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 2: Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsanträge 3-9: Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Voraussetzungen des Art. 12 (3) VOBK 2020 erfüllt (nein)				Application title Halteschiene zur Aufnahme einer Glasscheibe, Glasscheibe und Befestigungsverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T221319.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2950/19 () of 7.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 09739629.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title VERY HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATORY FLOW METER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T295019.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0221/20 () of 7.10.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 11/00 B41F 5/02 B41F 5/06 B41F 23/08 B41F 13/004 B41F 11/02 B41F 13/00 B41F 13/70 B65H 29/22 B65H 43/04 B65H 5/06	Application no. 13848246.8
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Admittance - auxiliary requests 1 and 2, documents K7 and K8 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Combination printer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T022120.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1348/20 (Ecolab/alkali-acid system) of 1.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00 C11D 3/04 C11D 3/20 C11D 7/06 C11D 7/08 C11D 7/10 C11D 7/26	Application no. 12788936.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title NON-PHOSPHATE DETERGENTS AND NON-PHOSPHORIC ACIDS IN AN ALTERNATING ALKALI/ACID SYSTEM FOR WAREWASHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T134820.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1604/20 (Mobile terminal/LG ELECTRONICS) of 11.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 16167913.9
Keywords Divisional application - main request Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Divisional application - new auxiliary request Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Divisional application - after amendment Admissibility - late filed new auxiliary request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title MOBILE TERMINAL AND USER INTERFACE OF MOBILE TERMINAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T160420.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1617/21 () of 25.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 18173918.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title TOBACCO-CONTAINING SMOKING ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T161721.20221125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
D 0001/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D000119.20221213				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 215 KB)
D 0018/19 () of 22.11.2021
Online on 21.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 22.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D001819.20211122				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
R 0004/21 (Antrag auf Überprüfung) of 19.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 19.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B 5/12	Application no. 15770794.4
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung (offensichtlich unbegründet) Verstoß gegen Art. 112a (2) c) (nein)				Application title KNIEHEBELSPANNVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE ZUR VERWENDUNG IM KAROSSERIEBAU DER KFZ-INDUSTRIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R000421.20221219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 481 KB)
T 2803/18 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/42 G08B 19/00 G08B 23/00 G06N 5/04 G06N 99/00	Application no. 11794955.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHOD FOR ANALYSING EVENTS FROM SENSOR DATA BY OPTIMIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T280318.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0009/19 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 39/02	Application no. 07110130.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Laundry washing machine dispenser for detergent products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T000919.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 733 KB)
T 1134/19 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/04 B29C 45/32 B29C 45/16	Application no. 10181792.2
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (ja) Zulassung - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Spritzgiessvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T113419.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 504 KB)
T 1526/19 (Modifying search results based on context/LENOVO) of 15.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 16173805.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Modifying search results based on context characteristics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T152619.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1974/19 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F16B 7/04 F16L 3/133 F16L 3/24	Application no. 14290055.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - mémoire de recours Recevabilité du recours - déposé dans les délais (oui) Droit d'être entendu - procédure d'opposition Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Système de fixation d'un corps sur une paroi
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T197419.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2249/19 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/68 F16F 15/12 F16D 13/75 F16D 21/06	Application no. 06753290.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht in Frage gestellt Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KUPPLUNGSAGGREGAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T224919.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 281 KB)
T 3212/19 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B22D 11/049 B22D 11/20	Application no. 13706576.9
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui) Objet premier de la procédure de recours - moyens de recours invoqués portant sur les objections sur lesquelles la décision était fondée				Application title DISPOSITIF DE REFROIDISSEMENT A DOUBLE JET POUR MOULE DE COULEE SEMI-CONTINUE VERTICALE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T321219.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 542 KB)
T 0659/20 (Distribution of market data/REFINITIV) of 14.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/04 H04L 9/32	Application no. 14860317.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Request filed after summons - auxiliary request (not admitted)				Application title FAIR CREDIT SCREENED MARKET DATA DISTRIBUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T065920.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1058/20 (Alcohol production / Jupeng) of 4.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10J 3/66 C12P 7/08 C10J 3/02	Application no. 09767101.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) amendment of the party's appeal case - new request limited to one alternative (yes) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title METHODS FOR SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO ALCOHOLS VIA GASIFICATION AND FERMENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T105820.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0650/21 () of 15.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 11/14 E01C 11/08	Application no. 15162038.2
Keywords Admissibility of patent proprietor's appeal - statement of grounds - filed within time limit (no) Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - Prohibition of reformatio in peius Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title STRUCTURAL JOINT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T065021.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0695/21 () of 3.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B63H 25/50 G05D 1/02 B63H 25/42 B63H 5/125	Application no. 15152584.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of department of first instance Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no)				Application title Ship emergency stopping
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069521.20221103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2243/22 (A polypeptide/MICREOS) of 14.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/36	Application no. 16172568.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A polypeptide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T224322.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1108/18 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 38/18 H01F 27/36	Application no. 08728478.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no)				Application title Shielded Power Coupling Device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110818.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 1683/18 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41N 1/08	Application no. 07759824.1
Keywords Valid filing of the appeal (yes) Admittance of improved translation (yes) Added matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (no) Admittance of auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)				Application title Manufacturing process to produce litho sheet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168318.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 2911/19 (Beta-glucosidase/NOVOZYMES) of 8.6.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 19/04 C12P 7/06	Application no. 05736399.6
Keywords Patent as granted - added matter - (no) Admittance of experimental data not admitted in opposition proceedings - (no) Objection under Rule 106 EPC - dismissed Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Validity of the priority - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Admittance of late-filed evidence and lines of attack - (no)				Application title METHODS FOR DEGRADING OR CONVERTING PLANT CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T291119.20220608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 732 KB)
T 2924/19 (Methods of creating and screening DNA-encoded libraries/X-CHEM) of 14.12.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C40B 40/08 C40B 70/00	Application no. 10741877.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHODS OF CREATING AND SCREENING DNA-ENCODED LIBRARIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T292419.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 0448/20 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/14 C08L 23/00 C08L 23/26 H01B 1/00 H01B 3/44	Application no. 14802774.1
Keywords Late-filed objection raised after summons Late-filed objection - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title MOISTURE-AND PEROXIDE-CROSSLINKABLE POLYMERIC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T044820.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1621/20 (Physical-section-versus-virtual-section cross-referencing mechanism/ … of 28.11.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06 G06F 17/30	Application no. 10151426.3
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method for performing storage virtualization in a storage system architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T162120.20221128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 0383/21 (Switching another USB port into a charging port/Microchip) of 16.12.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/42	Application no. 15724834.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - appealed decision reasoned (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - request for oral proceedings withdrawn (yes)				Application title PORT DISCONNECT CHARGING FUNCTION FOR USB HUB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T038321.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1261/19 (Smallpox vaccine/BAVARIAN NORDIC) of 12.10.2022
Online on 19.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/285 A61K 39/145 A61K 39/29 A61K 39/12 A61P 37/04	Application no. 06707039.1
Keywords Admissibility of opponent's appeal (no) Late-filed objection - admitted into the proceedings (no) Main request - novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Application title Use of a modified poxvirus for the rapid induction of immunity against a poxvirus or other infectious agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T126119.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 0108/20 () of 2.12.2022
Online on 19.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J 31/44 A47J 31/52	Application no. 14165354.3
Keywords Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung im Sinne des Art. 12 (4) VOBK 2020 Änderung des Vorbringens - in zulässiger Weise vorgebracht und aufrechterhalten (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Bedien- und Anzeigevorrichtung für einen programmgesteuerten Getränkebereiter und Getränkebereiter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T010820.20221202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1612/20 (Two thresholds for signaling data/ROCHE) of 18.11.2022
Online on 19.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 16153000.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD FOR OPERATING A MEDICAL SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T161220.20221118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1924/15 (Plasma Arc Torch / Hypertherm) of 8.4.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05H 1/28 H05H 1/34	Application no. 04759383.5
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Novelty (no) Novelty - public prior use (yes) Novelty - burden of proof Amendment to appeal case - state of the proceedings				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNMENT OF COMPONENTS OF A PLASMA ARC TORCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192415.20220408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 524 KB)
T 1158/17 (Routing electronic message/ESCHER GROUP) of 12.12.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06Q 50/00	Application no. 09783613.4
Keywords Technical contribution - routing an electronic message and ensuring its integrity (yes - no mere automation of an administrative scheme) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC BUSINESS POSTAL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T115817.20221212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2007/17 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/20 A61B 17/00 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/145 A61K 9/14 A61M 37/00	Application no. 11767067.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SOLUBLE NEEDLE ARRAYS FOR DELIVERY OF INFLUENZA VACCINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T200717.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1141/18 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 A61B 5/0484 A61B 5/0488 A61B 5/16 G01R 33/48	Application no. 13798992.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Diagnostizierverfahren Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERPRÜFUNG DER VALIDITÄT VON REAKTIONEN EINER PERSON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T114118.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1545/20 (ELECTRONIC PERSONAL INTERACTIVE DEVICE / Poltorak) of 9.12.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01 G06F 3/048 G06F 17/30 G10L 15/00 H04L 12/28 G10L 13/033	Application no. 11781329.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC PERSONAL INTERACTIVE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T154520.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0158/21 () of 4.11.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/646	Application no. 10184050.2
Keywords Correction of error - set of claims Correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (no) Amendments - amended claims relating to unsearched subject-matter Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - Interlocutory revision				Application title Electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T015821.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0781/15 (Antenneneinrichtung / Continental) of 29.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q 1/32 H01Q 5/00	Application no. 10719939.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge 1, 2, 3 (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge 1, 2, 3 (nein)				Application title ANTENNENEINRICHTUNG FÜR DIE FAHRZEUGKOMMUNIKATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078115.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2049/18 (Kochfeld / BSH) of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 6/06	Application no. 11707358.5
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr Antrag auf Antragsbindung (abgelehnt wegen fehlender rechtlicher Grundlage)				Application title KOCHFELD MIT ZUMINDEST EINER KOCHZONE SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES KOCHFELDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T204918.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2113/18 (Automated external defibrillator with integrated modem /Qualcom Inc.) of 24.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/39	Application no. 10760166.8
Keywords Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED MOBILE STATION MODEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T211318.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2384/18 () of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 31/00 A61M 25/01	Application no. 09810642.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - problem and solution approach Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes)				Application title CATHETER CONTROL SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T238418.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 2474/18 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 3/00 B65B 59/00 B65B 31/02	Application no. 11008865.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Application title Automated pharmacy admixture system (APAS)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T247418.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2711/18 () of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 9/25 F03D 7/02 H02J 3/16 H02J 3/38	Application no. 11195355.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Method for determining a voltage bounding range
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T271118.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0178/19 (Multipurpose solutions for contact lens/DEMO) of 15.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 12/08 C11D 3/382 C11D 3/48 A01N 65/12	Application no. 11386025.8
Keywords Novelty - multiple selection Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Multipurpose solutions for contact lens care comprising chamomile
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T017819.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0334/19 () of 23.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 11178825.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no) Claims - functional features (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title Device and method for bringing into position and arranging a carcass part of slaughtered poultry on or in a product carrier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033419.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0503/19 (ANHYDROUS CONVERSION OF METHANE / Veolia North America) of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 303/06 C07C 309/04 C07C 29/00 C07C 31/04 C01B 3/34	Application no. 03778140.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ANHYDROUS CONVERSION OF METHANE AND OTHER LIGHT ALKANES INTO METHANOL AND OTHER DERIVATIVES, USING RADICAL PATHWAYS AND CHAIN REACTIONS WITH MINIMAL WASTE PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T050319.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0784/19 (Canine immunoglobulins/ZOETIS) of 23.5.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/22 C07K 16/46	Application no. 12723733.7
Keywords Sole request - Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Late-filed evidence - no reasons for submitting with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title Therapeutic canine immunoglobulins and methods of using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078419.20220523				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1119/19 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 293/00 G02B 1/04 C08J 7/00 B82Y 30/00 C08L 53/00 C08F 220/58	Application no. 13728602.7
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONTACT LENSES COMPRISING WATER SOLUBLE N-(2 HYDROXYALKYL) (METH)ACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS OR COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111919.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1589/19 (Competing antibodies/IMMUNEX) of 10.3.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61P 19/02 A61P 31/04 C07K 14/715	Application no. 15168899.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - main request and auxiliary request 1 (yes) Clarity - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no) Basis of proceedings - decision under appeal				Application title Use of interleukin-4 receptor antibodies and compositions thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T158919.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1116/20 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/58	Application no. 15180919.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (nein) Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für Vorlage erst im Beschwerdeverfahren (nein)				Application title HYBRIDBREMSSYSTEM FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ANSTEUERN EINES HYBRIDBREMSSYSTEMS FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111620.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 556 KB)
T 0387/21 (Solid dispersion of Rotigotine / UCB BIOPHARMA) of 28.10.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 31/381	Application no. 10796399.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE FOR THE STABILIZATION OF A SOLID DISPERSION OF THE NON-CRYSTALLINE FORM OF ROTIGOTINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T038721.20221028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2014/21 (Simulation accuracy/YOKOGAWA) of 7.12.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 17/02 G05B 23/02	Application no. 17192593.6
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no): improvement of simulation accuracy not credible over the whole scope of the claim				Application title Plant simulation device and plant simulation method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T201421.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0793/18 (Two factor authentication/ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES) of 9.12.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/42 G06F 21/43	Application no. 14741712.5
Keywords Inventive step - use of alphanumeric instead of QR verification code (no Inventive step - obvious alternative)				Application title TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T079318.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1356/18 () of 9.12.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 4/06 A61Q 3/02	Application no. 10750001.9
Keywords Interruption of proceedings (no) Admissibility of appeal (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title REMOVABLE COLOR GEL BASECOAT FOR ARTIFICIAL NAIL COATINGS AND METHODS THEREFORE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T135618.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1512/19 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 09789714.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - main request (yes) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - amendment overcomes issues raised Amendment after summons - main request (no)				Application title A FLOW METER INCLUDING A BALANCE MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151219.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 3038/19 (Stable formulations of Neisseria Meningitidis rLP2086 antigens / … of 6.9.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/095 A61K 47/02 A61K 47/34 A61K 47/44 G01N 33/569	Application no. 11757949.0
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1-9 (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - auxiliary request 10 (yes) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (yes)				Application title STABLE FORMULATIONS OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS rLP2086 ANTIGENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T303819.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 0103/20 (Antibody formulation/MILLENIUM) of 24.11.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 47/12 A61K 47/14 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26 A61K 9/00	Application no. 12722973.0
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Formulation for anti- 4 7 antibody
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T010320.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
T 0199/20 (ALK-inhibitors/TAKEDA) of 4.11.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/505 A61K 31/513	Application no. 09751617.3
Keywords Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - formulation of the objective technical problem				Application title PHOSPHOROUS DERIVATIVES AS KINASE INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T019920.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0714/20 (Pedestrian detection/HITACHI) of 1.12.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06T 7/00 B60R 1/00 G08G 1/16 H04N 5/235 H04N 7/18	Application no. 14757497.4
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Amendment to case - exercise of discretion Amendment to case - Article 12(4) and 12(6) RPBA 2020				Application title OBJECT SENSING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071420.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0236/18 () of 6.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/14	Application no. 10759895.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title GEHÄUSE MIT VERSCHLUSSKLAPPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T023618.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 2036/18 () of 20.9.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 273/02 C05G 3/00 C05C 9/00	Application no. 11790996.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition do not preclude the maintenance of the patent as granted				Application title FLUID BED GRANULATION OF UREA AND RELATED APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T203618.20220920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0232/19 (Process of treating hair/Rhodia Operations) of 6.12.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/02	Application no. 10702089.3
Keywords Admission of new evidence (No) Main Request - Sufficiently disclosed, novel and inventive				Application title Process of treating hair
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T023219.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0322/19 () of 11.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04	Application no. 10799241.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND DIFLUOROMETHANE AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T032219.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2345/19 (Power system/Brilliant Light Power) of 26.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/86 H01M 4/94 H01M 4/96 H01M 8/18 H01M 8/22 H01M 14/00 H01M 8/06	Application no. 12715500.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title H2O - BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN - CATALYST POWER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T234519.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2476/19 () of 21.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/64 B29C 49/78 B29C 49/68	Application no. 14173929.2
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Rücknahme der Beschwerde				Application title Heizeinrichtung und Heizverfahren für Blasmaschine sowie Blasmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T247619.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2601/19 () of 11.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 5/14	Application no. 07703196.1
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung des Anmeldungsgegenstandes (nein) Unzureichende Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title MESSANORDNUNG MIT MAGNET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T260119.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0005/20 () of 16.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F03B 13/08 F03B 3/02	Application no. 10732669.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHACHTKRAFTWERK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T000520.20221116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0430/20 (Goji Limited / Spatially controlled energy delivery) of 25.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/68 H05B 6/70	Application no. 15161925.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 Inventive step - 4 (no) Remittal - (no) Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met Discretion not to admit submission - auxiliary requests 5 Discretion not to admit submission - 11 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 12 Late-filed auxiliary requests - 33 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title SPATIALLY CONTROLLED ENERGY DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043020.20221125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 0948/20 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 27/08	Application no. 15150903.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vibrationszuführsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T094820.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1688/20 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 3/10 B05B 5/04	Application no. 16155743.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - (yes) Novelty - selection of numerical ranges Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ROTARY ATOMIZING ELECTROSTATIC APPLICATOR AND SHAPING AIR RING FOR THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168820.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2164/21 (Method for producing a stabilised antibody/CHUGAI) of 9.9.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/09 C07K 1/00 C07K 16/36 C12P 21/08 A61K 39/395 C12N 15/10 C07K 1/107 C07K 14/705 C07K 16/00	Application no. 19185595.6
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) auxiliary request 1 - sufficiency of disclosure (no) amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Method for stabilizing proteins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T216421.20220909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1834/22 (Mobile device analysis/Nanobiosym) of 8.12.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 3/00	Application no. 14722884.5
Keywords Missing statement of grounds				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICE ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T183422.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1110/19 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 1/44 D21F 1/00	Application no. 09792180.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PERMEABLE BELT FOR NONWOVENS PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111019.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 1485/19 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 5/50	Application no. 13706334.3
Keywords Withdrawal of appeal when application no longer pending Reimbursement of the appeal fee in part (no)				Application title FILTERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSION OF NON-STATIONARY REVERBERATION IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148519.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 2954/19 (Ulipristal acetate tablets / LABORATOIRE HRA) of 6.12.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/56	Application no. 09764855.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - Main request and auxiliary requests I to V (no)				Application title ULIPRISTAL ACETATE TABLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T295419.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0605/20 (Peptide formulations/NOVO NORDISK) of 11.11.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 38/26 A61K 38/28 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/20 A61K 47/26	Application no. 04797453.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - selection invention Inventive step - formulation of the technical problem				Application title PROPYLENE GLYCOL-CONTAINING PEPTIDE FORMULATIONS WHICH ARE OPTIMAL FOR PRODUCTION AND FOR USE IN INJECTION DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060520.20221111				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476 KB)
T 0732/21 (MRI-Safe Implantable Disk Magnet/MED-EL) of 28.9.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/36 A61N 1/372	Application no. 16189856.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MRI-SAFE DISK MAGNET FOR IMPLANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T073221.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 2340/17 () of 21.9.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 51/42 B65B 47/02	Application no. 07818306.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title Heizplatte mit einer Vielzahl von Heizpatronen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T234017.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2503/18 () of 15.9.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 15/06	Application no. 10784259.3
Keywords Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no) Prohibition of reformatio in peius - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2ter Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 3ter Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 3ter and 4 (no)				Application title Threaded connection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T250318.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1513/19 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/176 H04N 19/147 H04N 19/61 H04N 19/124 H04N 19/149 H04N 19/126 H04N 19/186	Application no. 13738936.7
Keywords All requests - priority (no) Main request and first auxiliary request - novelty (no) Second auxiliary request - admittance under Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 (no) Third auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER EXTENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151319.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 1783/19 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 5/00 B61D 17/22	Application no. 15163033.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title ÜBERGANGSSCHUTZ FÜR GELENKIG MITEINANDER VERBUNDENE SCHIENENFAHRZEUG-WAGENKÄSTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178319.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2119/19 () of 10.11.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 11/00 B42D 15/00 G06K 7/10 G06K 19/14 H04W 12/00 G06K 19/06	Application no. 11718740.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Neuheit - Auswahl aus einem Bereich Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title KOMBINATION VON LUMINESZENZSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T211919.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 2279/19 () of 23.9.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04 C08F 10/00 F16L 9/12	Application no. 09790097.1
Keywords Documents submitted with statement of grounds - not admitted Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T227919.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0031/20 () of 11.10.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02K 1/08 F02K 1/52	Application no. 09167793.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - non-obvious modification Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Variable slope exhaust nozzle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T003120.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1010/20 (Saving digital content by person-based clustering/SAMSUNG) of 27.10.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/40 G06F 17/30 G06K 9/00	Application no. 08778382.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title System and method of saving digital content classified by person-based clustering
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T101020.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1228/20 (Soluble foaming beverage powder/NESTLÉ) of 7.10.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/40 A23C 11/00	Application no. 12162948.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Soluble foaming beverage powder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T122820.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1776/18 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 2/66 A23L 33/00 A23L 33/185 A23J 3/14 A23J 3/16	Application no. 12769275.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Legal basis for not admitting late-filed requests Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title POWDERED NUTRITIONAL FORMULATIONS INCLUDING SPRAY-DRIED PLANT PROTEIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T177618.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 596 KB)
T 0638/19 (Disulfide-crosslinked hydrogels/BIOREGEN) of 13.9.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 C08B 37/00 C08J 3/075 A61P 19/00	Application no. 11823038.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed requests Late-filed request - requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title LOW-MODIFICATION BIOCOMPATIBLE HIGH POLYMER SULFHYDRYL-MODIFIED DERIVATIVES, CROSS-LINKED MATERIAL THEREOF, AND USES OF SAID MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063819.20220913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 0813/19 (Anti-activin A antibodies/AMGEN) of 7.7.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/22 A61K 39/395 C12N 15/13 A61P 5/06 A61P 9/10 A61P 35/00 A61P 37/00 A61P 43/00	Application no. 12154124.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title Anti-activin A antibodies and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T081319.20220707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 553 KB)
T 0814/19 (Olaparib solid dispersion/KUDOS) of 19.10.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/502 A61K 47/32 A61K 9/20	Application no. 09740728.2
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION 514
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T081419.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1038/19 (Rekombinates Verfahren zur Herstellung von PUFAs/BASF) of 6.9.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A23D 9/00 C12P 7/64 A23L 33/115 C12N 15/82 C11B 1/00 C12N 9/02 A23D 9/02	Application no. 09176083.5
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1B bis 1D, 2A bis 2D, 3A bis 3C, 4A bis 4C - Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag 6A - Erfordermisse des EPÜ erfüllt - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung mehrfach ungesättigter Fettsäuren in transgenen Organismen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T103819.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 849 KB)
T 3099/19 () of 24.11.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 11/06 G06T 7/00 B66B 9/08	Application no. 13713554.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION ABOUT A STAIRCASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T309919.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 3183/19 (LLR combination/NTT) of 29.11.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04J 99/00 H04B 7/04 H04B 7/022	Application no. 15746734.1
Keywords Inventive step - main and 1st auxiliary request (no): obvious modification Admittance of requests filed after summons - 2nd and 3rd auxiliary requests: no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons + "fresh case"				Application title Base station device, wireless communication system, and communication method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T318319.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1098/20 (MESSAGE USER INTERFACES FOR CAPTURE AND TRANSMITTAL OF MEDIA CONTENT … of 7.11.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 15728307.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title MESSAGE USER INTERFACES FOR CAPTURE AND TRANSMITTAL OF MEDIA AND LOCATION CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T109820.20221107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0837/18 (Heating with multifrequency microwaves / Goji limited) of 16.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/80	Application no. 12173921.3
Keywords Divisional application General principles - prohibition venire contra factum proprium (request for remittal not admitted)				Application title Method and system for heating with multi-frequency microwaves
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T083718.20221116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508 KB)
T 1385/18 (Audio signal decoder / Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) of 8.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 19/14 G10L 19/02	Application no. 10771705.0
Keywords Priority - main request (partial) Priority - auxiliary request 0 (yes) Documents - availability to the public (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 0 Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal - (yes) MPEG standards				Application title AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING OR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING AN ALIASING-CANCELLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138518.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 0260/19 (Fragments bioactifs de l'IL-33/CNRS) of 12.11.2021
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C07K 14/54 C07K 16/24	Application no. 12705692.7
Keywords Preuves déposées tardivement (article 13(2) RPCR) - raisons convaincantes (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requéte auxiliaire 3 (oui)				Application title Nouveaux fragments d'IL-33 superactifs et leurs utilisations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026019.20211112				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 607 KB)
T 2886/19 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/16 C08F 4/6592 C08L 23/08	Application no. 14710696.7
Keywords Late-filed facts - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Late-filed facts - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title POLYMER RESINS WITH IMPROVED PROCESSABILITY AND MELT FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T288619.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1320/20 (Porous polymer systems/Cytosorbents) of 10.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 20/26 B01J 20/28 B32B 3/26 C08J 9/00 B82Y 30/00	Application no. 11823877.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title SIZE SELECTIVE POLYMER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T132020.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1917/20 (Re-establishment of rights/MineRP IP) of 17.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/06 G06Q 10/08 G06Q 50/02	Application no. 15878306.8
Keywords Re-establishment of rights (no - no special circumstances, no isolated error)				Application title A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR LIFE OF MINE PLANNING AND COST CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T191720.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
R 0005/22 () of 24.11.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/50	Application no. 14172398.1
Keywords Violation of right to be heard (no) "surprise" reasoning in decision (no) - no causal link to decision (obiter dictum) - point 6 reasons				Application title Controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising a fumaric acid ester
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R000522.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2760/17 () of 28.9.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/12 B29C 49/46 B29C 49/06	Application no. 11822820.4
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - (ja) Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument und darauf gestützte Einwände Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BLASFORMUNG VON STERILEN BEHÄLTERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T276017.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 1129/18 (Wind Speed determination system/Hubbell Inc) of 9.11.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01P 5/10 H01R 4/50 H02G 1/02	Application no. 14776115.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step - Main Request (No) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 2a (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 1 (no), auxiliary requests 2, 2a (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - Auxiliary request 2 (no), Auxiliary request 2a (yes) Definition by reference to another entity (not clear)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WIND SPEEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T112918.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2985/18 (Verfahren zum Betreiben eines autonomen Flurförderfahrzeugs/KUKA) of 11.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/93 B66F 17/00 B66F 9/06	Application no. 11709103.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 2 - berücksichtigt (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 bis 6 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - berücksichitgt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES AUTONOMEN FLURFÖRDERFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T298518.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0696/19 (Piston ring/NISSAN) of 4.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16J 9/26 C22C 38/00	Application no. 12006986.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - bonus effect (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title Piston ring
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069619.20221004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1855/19 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 41/16 B65B 41/18 B65B 51/32 B65B 57/04 B65B 59/00 B65B 9/02	Application no. 15166670.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Hauptantrag Klarheit - Hauptantrag (nein) - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title FOLIENHANDLINGANORDNUNG, VERPACKUNGSMASCHINE UND DEREN BETRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T185519.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1017/20 (RAILWAY SYSTEMS USING ACOUSTIC MONITORING / Siemens Mobility) of 5.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L 29/32 B61L 29/18 B61L 25/02 B61L 23/06	Application no. 10752138.7
Keywords Main request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Main request - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Main request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Main request - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title RAILWAY SYSTEMS USING ACOUSTIC MONITORING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T101720.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1075/20 () of 10.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 21/18 B65B 21/20 B65B 35/36 B65B 5/06 B65B 5/08 B65B 5/10	Application no. 15189611.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM UMGANG MIT ARTIKELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T107520.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1162/20 (Sealing composition/Bona) of 27.9.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 41/49 C08G 18/10 C09J 175/00	Application no. 09007575.5
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A sealing composition, a method for preparing a sealing composition and the use of such a sealing composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T116220.20220927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0470/21 (Catalyst Carrier/Saint Gobain) of 27.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 21/04 B01J 21/12 B01J 35/10 B01J 37/00	Application no. 06772283.5
Keywords Right to be heard - violation (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment to case - amendment overcomes objection (no)				Application title A CATALYST CARRIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047021.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1766/16 (Alimentation en puissance d'éléments électriques / Brandt) of 12.7.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.7.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 6/04	Application no. 09290981.1
Keywords Activité inventive (non) pas d'e problème technique identifiable				Application title Procédé d'alimentation en puissance d'au moins un élément électrique et appareil de cuisson mettant en ½uvre le procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T176616.20220712				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 492 KB)
T 0607/18 (Dilemma des Fachmanns - nicht in Kombination ausführbare … of 22.11.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/96	Application no. 10159067.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Verbinden von Kunststoff-Hohlkammerprofilen im Eckbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060718.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0873/18 () of 26.8.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 17/107	Application no. 12183529.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 6, 9 bis 11, 13, 3A, 9A und 13A Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Reformatio in peius - Hilfsanträge 7, 8, 12, 14, 15				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Detektieren von Streulichtsignalen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T087318.20220826				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 482 KB)
T 1111/19 () of 21.11.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N 13/18 F01N 13/08 F01N 1/08	Application no. 13156077.3
Keywords Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - (nein) Berichtigung von Mängeln - offensichtlicher Fehler Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title SCHALLDÄMPFER-EINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111119.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 3084/19 () of 14.11.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 7/00 H02M 3/158 H03K 17/567 H03K 17/74	Application no. 11807435.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and third auxiliary request (no) Amendments - first and second auxiliary requests Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Power converter circuits including high electron mobility transistors for switching and rectification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T308419.20221114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
D 0016/21 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D001621.20220303				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 271 KB)
D 0018/21 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D001821.20220303				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 261 KB)
T 1242/18 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 53/00 H05B 3/58 B60S 1/48	Application no. 06022243.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - nach Rücknahme der Beschwerde in der mündlichen Verhandlung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - anteilig (ja)				Application title Beheizbarer Steckverbinder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124218.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2215/18 (Aqueous cosmetic compositions comprising alkylcellulose/ DIOR) of 2.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/891 A61Q 1/04 A61Q 19/00	Application no. 11757646.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I-VI - Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary requests VII-XIII - Admission into the proceedings (Yes) Auxiliary request VII - Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (No) Auxiliary request VII - Broadening of the claim (No) Auxiliary requests VII-XIII - Inventive step (No) Auxiliary requests XIV-XX - Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (Yes) Auxiliary request XXI - Admission into the proceedings (No)				Application title AQUEOUS COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING ALKYLCELLULOSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T221518.20220902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 2250/18 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 18/20 A61B 17/00 A61B 18/18 A61B 19/00 A61N 5/06	Application no. 09718363.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PHOTO-EPILATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T225018.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 568 KB)
T 2467/18 (Plasma arc torch failure detection / HYPERTHERM) of 23.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05H 1/34 B23K 9/095	Application no. 11760590.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no)				Application title FAILURE EVENT DETECTION IN A PLASMA ARC TORCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T246718.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0289/19 () of 6.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 169/04 C10N 30/02 C10N 30/06 C10N 30/00 C10N 40/25	Application no. 13744498.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Inventive step Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T028919.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0767/19 (Rubusosid/SYMRISE) of 8.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L 27/00 A23L 11/30	Application no. 11165566.8
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERWENDUNG VON RUBUSOSID ZUM VERRINGERN ODER UNTERDRÜCKEN VON BESTIMMTEN UNANGENEHMEN GESCHMACKSEINDRÜCKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T076719.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1096/19 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 18/20 A61B 18/18 A61N 5/06	Application no. 12161368.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Industrial application - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment of appeal's case after summons - cogent reasons (no) - admitted (no) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title PHOTO-EPILATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T109619.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 1151/19 () of 26.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 1/60 F16B 5/02	Application no. 07748494.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Fastener for fixing a door or window frame to the border of an opening in a building
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T115119.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1484/19 (Methods for evaluating peptide mixtures/MOMENTA) of 29.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 07761581.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHODS OF EVALUATING PEPTIDE MIXTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148419.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1820/19 (Process for preparing a pharmaceutical formulation of contrast agents … of 8.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 49/10 A61K 51/04	Application no. 14165006.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Process for preparing a pharmaceutical formulation of contrast agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T182019.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 0229/20 (Stabilizing proteins/MERZ) of 24.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 47/14 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/32 A61K 47/36	Application no. 11767935.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to arguments on which decision was based (no)				Application title FORMULATION SUITABLE FOR STABILIZING PROTEINS, WHICH IS FREE OF MAMMALIAN EXCIPIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T022920.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0530/20 () of 26.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A63G 7/00 B60R 21/00 B60R 22/00	Application no. 06753628.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely (no)				Application title AMUSEMENT DEVICE SEAT ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053020.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0554/20 (High milk solid chocolate composition/MONDELEZ) of 21.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 1/00 A23G 1/30 A23G 1/46	Application no. 06790790.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - evidence and auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title HIGH MILK SOLID CHOCOLATE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T055420.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1294/20 (PREPREG AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS/TORAY) of 30.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/24 C08K 7/06 C08L 101/00	Application no. 13169274.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title A PREPREG AND CARBON FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T129420.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1402/20 (Shared key exchange using proxy/NTT) of 21.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 9/08 G09C 1/00 H04L 9/30	Application no. 16737330.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title KEY-EXCHANGE METHOD, KEY-EXCHANGE SYSTEM, KEY DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T140220.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 1539/20 (Performance monitoring/INETCO SYSTEMS) of 24.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/34 H04L 12/26 H04L 12/24	Application no. 12814717.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - all requests (no)				Application title Method and system for monitoring performance of an application system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T153920.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1240/21 (Time decay I/PHILIPS) of 25.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0485 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 13184226.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Touch-screen image scrolling system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124021.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1534/21 (Time decay II/PHILIPS) of 26.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0485 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 13184227.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes)				Application title Touch-screen image scrolling system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T153421.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0822/19 () of 18.10.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 17/107	Application no. 11871783.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Photoelectric Smoke Detector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T082219.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0981/19 (CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE / Mitsubishi et al.) of 6.10.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/14 B01D 53/62 B01D 19/00	Application no. 14853394.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T098119.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1557/19 (Composition for inducing regulatory T cells/THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO) of 22.11.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 C12N 1/00 C12Q 1/02 G01N 33/50	Application no. 11728077.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Composition for inducing proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T155719.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 0211/20 (Reinigungsmittel/Henkel) of 18.11.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 1/72 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/39 C11D 3/20	Application no. 09763945.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Ermessensfehler in erster Instanz (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title REINIGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T021120.20221118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 278 KB)

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