Recently published decisions

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

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D 0002/19 () of 30.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 30.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000219.20200330				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0707/15 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02B 1/20 H02B 11/04 H01H 33/66	Application no. 02726482.9
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Late-filed evidence - colour copy of D4 Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed fact - D5 not admitted in first instance proceedings - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Vacuum Switch Unit and Switch Gear
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070715.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1173/15 (LDPC encoding/SATURN LICENSING) of 12.2.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/19	Application no. 06745483.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first to third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Encoding apparatus and encoding method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1266/15 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 1/08 B60Q 1/00	Application no. 04795574.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Monitoring system for a mobile storage tank
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T126615.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2057/15 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 39/64	Application no. 09778446.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren nicht zugelassen Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Schleifringeinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T205715.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0029/17 () of 27.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B64F 1/30	Application no. 13004629.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Fluggastbrücke oder -treppe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002917.20200327				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0811/17 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/702 A61P 1/06 A61P 1/14	Application no. 10751504.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (yes)				Application title PREBIOTIC OLIGOSACCHARIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T081117.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2428/17 (DESIGN OF RE-TARGETED TOXIN CONJUGATES/Ipsen Bioinnovation Limited) of 19.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/48	Application no. 04768450.1
Keywords All requests - Novelty (No) Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - Auxiliary requests 1 and 3				Application title DESIGN OF RE-TARGETED TOXIN CONJUGATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242817.20200319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0205/18 (Highly-stable fertilizer/SADEPAN) of 5.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C05G 3/00 C05C 9/02	Application no. 01124513.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Method for making a highly-stable liquid nitrogenous fertilizer for controllably releasing nitrogen and the fertilizer made thereby
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020518.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1359/13 (Parallel processing at an Internet site/SRC LABS) of 19.9.2019
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/173	Application no. 02731698.3
Keywords Admissibility of requests filed with grounds of appeal (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB SERVER WITH A RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR OPERATING UNDER SINGLE OPERATION SYSTEM IMAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T135913.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1435/13 (Interrupt controller/MICROCHIP) of 16.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/24	Application no. 07872357.4
Keywords Inventive step - adding a conventional group interrupt controller to one using coalescing (no Inventive step - routine design) Inventive step - adding additional group interrupt controllers using coalescing with different time windows (yes Inventive step - not obvious over D1)				Application title INTERRUPT CONTROLLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143513.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2318/13 (Method for obtaining cash at cardless teller machines, using a … of 26.9.2019
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G07F 19/00	Application no. 04742050.0
Keywords Inventive step - providing central module to process requests between different banking entities (no Inventive step - part of business requirements)				Application title METHOD FOR OBTAINING CASH AT CARDLESS TELLER MACHINES, USING A PAYMENT ORDER VIA SMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T231813.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1041/14 (Providing a license for accessing protected content on a user device/ … of 5.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 09004727.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method, system, license server for providing a license to a user for accessing a protected content on a user device and software module
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104114.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1426/14 (Re-establishment of rights/CODIGITAL) of 21.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 10732735.5
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for paying the renewal fee Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Competence of the Board of Appeal to decide				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COLLABORATIVE CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142614.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0337/16 () of 26.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/00 B60R 25/00	Application no. 09450094.9
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Beschwerdeverfahrens (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur nutzungsspezifischen Initialisierung von Fahrzeuggeräten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033716.20200326				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2242/16 (Alkalilegierung/Nano-X) of 21.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C 1/00 C22C 24/00 B01J 23/02 B01J 23/04 B01J 35/00 B01J 37/02 B01J 21/06	Application no. 10714562.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ALKALI- UND ERDALKALILEGIERUNGEN UND VERWENDUNG DER ALKALI- UND ERDALKALILEGIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224216.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2483/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/02 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/52 H01L 21/8238	Application no. 10183272.3
Keywords Claims - support in the description (no)				Application title Semiconductor heterostructures having reduced dislocation pile-ups and related methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248316.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0016/17 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F26B 21/00 F26B 3/28 F26B 15/12	Application no. 08019768.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Coating film drying method and coating film drying apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001617.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 0146/17 (Procter&Gamble/Pouches) of 8.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/43	Application no. 05028022.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title Dishwashing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014617.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0702/17 () of 26.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/00 G06K 19/07 G01R 27/02	Application no. 11801238.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title FIELD-PORTABLE IMPEDANCE READER AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATING PARAMETERS IN AN ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070217.20200326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0710/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F16F 15/131	Application no. 09803825.0
Keywords Citation à une procédure orale - continuation de la procédure en l'absence de la partie régulièrement citée Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - alternative évidente				Application title DOUBLE VOLANT AMORTISSEUR A LIMITEUR DE BASCULEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071017.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2450/17 (Spachtelmasse mit Leichtzuschlag/HENKEL) of 10.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 28/02 C04B 111/40	Application no. 06706787.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Bergriffe Spät eingereichter Antrag - geänderte Passage in der Beschreibung Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen in der Beschreibung bzgl. Standes der Technik Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title SPACHTELMASSE MIT LEICHTZUSCHLAG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245017.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2712/17 (Verfahren für Aluminiumband/Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH) of 11.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F 1/04 C22F 1/047 C22C 21/06 C22C 21/00 B41N 1/08	Application no. 07023245.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Aluminiumband für lithografische Druckplattenträger und dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T271217.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)

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T 1877/16 (Cheese and method for its manufacturing/VALIO) of 13.2.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/304 A23C 19/02 A23C 19/05 A23C 19/068 A23C 19/09	Application no. 10773642.3
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title CHEESE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187716.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0433/17 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 15/00	Application no. 12002061.5
Keywords -				Application title Klammerstab zur Befestigung von Dämmplatten an Holzständern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043317.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1965/17 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 220/28	Application no. 13195047.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Late submitted ground of opposition - admitted (no) - not prima facie highly relevant Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - closest state of the art Inventive step - none of teachings invoked suitable Inventive step - main request Late filed ground - not admitted - correct exercise of discretion - (yes)				Application title UV-curable composition and pressure sensitive adhesive having breathability derived therefrom, as well as method for manufacturing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196517.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0770/18 () of 25.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.3.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B23B 27/00 B23B 29/02 B23C 5/00	Application no. 11305810.1
Keywords Revendications - clarté après modification (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Nouveauté - après modification Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Porte-outil tel que tête à aléser, mandrin à pince ou porte-fraise intégrant un dispositif d'amortissement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077018.20200325				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1050/18 () of 11.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N 2/235	Application no. 09807790.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DISC RECLINER WITH REDUCED BACKLASH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105018.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1374/19 () of 25.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/425	Application no. 10181264.2
Keywords Revocation of the patent in opposition appeal proceedings at the request of the patent proprietor				Application title SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM COMPRISING AN HIV PROTEASE INHIBITOR SOLID DISPERSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137419.20200325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0401/14 (Reversible cell staining/IBA GmbH) of 20.12.2019
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/50 C12N 5/06	Application no. 01986941.1
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title REVERSIBLE MHC MULTIMER STAINING FOR FUNCTIONAL PURIFICATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T040114.20191220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1657/14 (SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY/DEUTA) of 18.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/00 G06F 11/07	Application no. 10730168.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - the narrow concept of novelty under the EPC excludes equivalents of features which are explicitly disclosed Inventive step - main request (yes) Grounds for opposition - extent of opposition Grounds for opposition - withdrawal of oppositions				Application title METHOD FOR REPRESENTATION OF SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165714.20200318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0143/16 (Enhancing ability to learn in a puppy/IAMS) of 16.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/18 A23K 1/16	Application no. 04789251.8
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to VII - Extension of protection (yes) Auxiliary request VIII - Non patentable subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHODS AND KITS FOR ENHANCING ABILITY TO LEARN IN A PUPPY OR KITTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014316.20200316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0693/16 (VLANs configuration in an automation system/ABB) of 14.11.2019
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24 G05B 19/418 H04L 12/46	Application no. 08105067.6
Keywords Main request- amendments - deletion of features (yes) Document - implicit obligation to maintain secrecy (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Configuration of a process control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069316.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0020/17 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/04 C08K 7/00	Application no. 08804922.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1-4 Auxiliary reuqest filed during oral proceedings - admitted- no - opponents not in position to address issues raised Admittance of documents by opposition division - discretionary decision - taken according to correct principles				Application title HEAT-PROCESSABLE THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002017.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 635 KB)
T 1486/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 1/00 G01B 9/00 G02B 17/06 G02B 27/02 G02B 27/30	Application no. 03731448.1
Keywords Clarity and support by the description (no) Added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING AND ANALYZING A WAVEFRONT OF AN OPTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148617.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1823/17 (Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori … of 3.2.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/24 A61K 31/315 A61K 31/4164 A61K 31/43 A61K 31/4439 A61K 31/549 A61K 31/7048 A61K 45/06 A61P 1/04 A61P 31/04	Application no. 12008098.1
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to IV - Inventive step (no) Auxiliary request V - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori associated diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182317.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0765/18 (Cemented carbide-metallic alloy composites/KENNAMETAL) of 28.1.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 29/08	Application no. 13172168.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Cemented carbide-metallic alloy composites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076518.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0867/18 (Predetermined standard/KYOCERA) of 5.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/01	Application no. 10811447.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086718.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1031/14 (Electronic vouchers/I-MOVO) of 3.12.2019
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06808671.9
Keywords Inventive step - cash voucher string comprising a non-cash value related number, issuer id and a pos id (no Inventive step - cognitive data)				Application title ELECTRONIC VOUCHERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T103114.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1803/14 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/268	Application no. 08794515.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title MULTI-PREVIEW CAPABILITY FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T180314.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1863/14 (Electronic vouchers/I-MOVO) of 3.12.2019
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 10011926.2
Keywords Inventive step - voucher redemption request comprising an alphanumeric string having a cash value, issuer id and a redemption message (no Inventive step - cognitive data)				Application title Electronic vouchers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T186314.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1136/15 () of 23.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B 3/52 C08K 3/36 C08K 3/38	Application no. 08705506.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Insulating Tape having a Multi-layered Platelet Structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T113615.20200323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0194/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/56	Application no. 04771892.9
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed requests 1, 2 and 3 Late-filed request - diverging versions of claims				Application title DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019416.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0482/16 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 45/08 B01J 23/85 B01J 35/10	Application no. 07729938.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title CATALYTIC HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF AN OXYGENATE FEEDSTOCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048216.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1443/16 (Azelastine-mometasone/CIPLA) of 17.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/55 A61K 31/56 A61K 31/57 A61K 31/58 A61K 9/00 A61P 37/08 A61P 27/14 A61P 11/06	Application no. 09075101.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests III, V, VI (no) Admission - auxiliary requests I, II, IV (no)				Application title Combination of azelastine and mometasone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144316.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1936/16 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 21/15 B62D 29/00	Application no. 09814121.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Zulassung neuer Angriffslinie in mündl. Verhandlung - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title VERSTÄRKTE STRUKTUR EINES FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193616.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 595 KB)
T 1993/16 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/02 F01N 3/10 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/24 B01D 53/94 B01J 29/74	Application no. 05790571.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 19 (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST EMISSION FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199316.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2538/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62K 3/00 B62J 1/00 B62K 9/02	Application no. 11009298.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Kleinkind-Roller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253816.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0452/17 (Catalytic secondary reforming/Casale) of 23.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 5/00 B01F 5/04 B01J 8/02 C01B 3/38 B01J 8/04	Application no. 04790745.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - neighbouring field Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CATALYTIC SECONDARY REFORMING PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR SAID PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045217.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 3216/19 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/48 H01L 25/065	Application no. 07784074.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PACKAGED SYSTEM OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS HAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTERPOSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T321619.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 3262/19 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/528 H01L 23/485 H01L 21/60	Application no. 06814056.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD FOR FABRICATING LOW RESISTANCE, LOW INDUCTANCE INTERCONNECTIONS IN HIGH CURRENT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T326219.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0141/15 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 08016170.6
Keywords Exception to patentability - therapeutic and surgical treatment (yes)				Application title Method to determine the Kt/V parameter in kidney substitution treatments based on a non-linear fitting procedure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014115.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1548/15 (Crystalline taxol/BOSTON) of 10.3.2020
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/335 A61L 31/16 A61P 7/00 A61F 2/06 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/4035 A61K 31/407 A61L 31/14 A61K 31/04 A61K 31/131 A61K 31/135 A61K 31/165 A61K 31/17 A61K 31/365 A61K 31/40 A61K 31/4025 A61K 31/519 A61K 31/551 A61K 31/704 A61K 47/48	Application no. 09004768.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Implantable device comprising taxol in crystalline form for the inhibition or prevention of restenosis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154815.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 0308/17 (Methods for refolding of recombinant antibodies/AMGEN) of 11.9.2019
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 1/113 C07K 16/28	Application no. 05811874.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests I to IX, XI and XII (no) Admissibility of requests - auxiliary requests X, XIa, XIIa and XIII to XIX (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title Methods for refolding of recombinant antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030817.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
D 0010/19 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001019.20200205				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 204 KB)
D 0012/19 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001219.20200218				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 193 KB)
G 0001/18 (Einlegung der Beschwerde) of 18.7.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Als eingelegt geltende Beschwerde Zulässige Beschwerde Beschwerdegebühr Rückzahlung				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
G 0001/18 (Filing an appeal) of 18.7.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Appeal deemed filed Appeal admissible Appeal fee reimbursement				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0140/15 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 A61B 5/026	Application no. 08749811.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein); Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung ins Verfahren von Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung ins Verfahren von verspätetem Einwand (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR TRANSKUTANEN BESTIMMUNG VON BLUTGASEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014015.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0476/15 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 27/02 F16K 37/00 F16K 1/22 B64D 37/32	Application no. 06253009.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Shrouded valve apparatus and related methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047615.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 962 KB)
T 1285/15 () of 18.11.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 3/14	Application no. 03772406.9
Keywords Admission of late filed documents (yes) Admission of a late filed attack (no) Remittal (no) Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Added matter (yes: main request A; no: auxiliary request 0A) Novelty (yes: auxiliary request 0A) Inventive step (yes: auxiliary request 0A)				Application title Security Device and its Production Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T128515.20191118				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1389/15 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 13/66 H02H 7/22 H02H 11/00 G01R 27/20	Application no. 10803074.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 5 (ja)				Application title Selbstüberwachende Anschlussleitung und Betriebsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138915.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0297/16 (SIP conferencing system/HUAWEI) of 23.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/08 H04M 3/56 H04L 12/18 H04L 29/12 H04L 29/06	Application no. 07721649.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (yes) - all requests				Application title A method, device and system for implementing the session service
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029716.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0330/16 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 39/04 D06F 37/42 D06F 35/00	Application no. 06011421.2
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Method for operating a domestic appliance, especially a home dryer or a washing machine, and domestic appliance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033016.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2453/16 (Synchronizing user revisions to a shared object/MICROSOFT LLC) of 31.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 05112294.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method and system for synchronizing multiple user revisions to a shared object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245316.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0002/17 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 13/00 B41F 33/00 B41K 3/12	Application no. 07789741.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - resubmitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (admitted) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request I (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request II (yes)				Application title Numbering device for typographic numbering
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000217.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656 KB)
T 0305/17 (Methods of vaccine administration/ZOETIS SERVICES) of 12.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/02 A61K 39/175 A61K 39/10 A61K 39/23 A61K 39/12 A61K 39/295 A61K 39/155	Application no. 07825750.8
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Methods of vaccine administration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030517.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260 KB)
T 0787/17 () of 11.10.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 5/18 G02B 27/22 G02B 3/00	Application no. 10728614.8
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein: Hauptantrag; ja: Hilfsantrag 1)				Application title Mehrschichtkörper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T078717.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0800/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017	Application no. 12715731.1
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)				Application title HUMAN ASSISTED MILKING ROBOT AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080017.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0905/17 () of 16.9.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 11/14 F16L 11/16 F16L 11/04 F16L 11/08	Application no. 01974060.4
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Armoured, flexible pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T090517.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 864 KB)
T 1014/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 83/06	Application no. 12713120.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein: D27-D31) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Erweiterung von Patentansprüchen (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Spät vorgebrachte Einwände - zugelassen (nein)				Application title WÄSSRIGE DISPERSIONEN VON ORGANOSILICIUMVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101417.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1000/19 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 20/06 C08L 33/04 C08K 3/34 D21H 17/19 C08F 220/06 C08F 222/02 C08F 222/04 C08F 2/38	Application no. 11848633.1
Keywords Correction of error - form for payment of opposition fee (yes)				Application title STABLE POLYACRYLIC ACIDS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND THEIR USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100019.20200320				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0038/15 () of 16.10.2019
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16P 3/10	Application no. 08786151.4
Keywords Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichte Beweismittel (zugelassen) Beweismittel - Begutachtung durch Sachverständigen (nicht erforderlich) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Schutz von Personen bei ihrer Arbeit an einer Servopresse sowie Servopresse mit Personenschutzeinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003815.20191016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 0247/15 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02703183.0
Keywords Mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING ONLINE TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024715.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1525/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B31F 1/07	Application no. 00940748.7
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Embossing method for the production of multi-ply web material, and product made in this way
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152515.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 677 KB)
T 0252/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC E21B 17/01 F16L 11/08	Application no. 04786274.3
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Méthode d'évacuation des gaz de perméation d'une conduite tubulaire flexible et conduite adaptée à sa mise en ½uvre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1059/16 (Sub-carriers numbers signalling/AVAGO) of 16.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00	Application no. 12002702.4
Keywords Late-filed request - change of subject-matter Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Downclocking with adaptive sub-carriers for single user, multiple user, multiple access and/or MIMO wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105916.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 1627/16 (Volatile memory in hearing aids/OTICON) of 21.2.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 09172644.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Admission of late-filed auxiliary requests - (no): not convergent and/or not clearly allowable Admission of auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings - (no): returning to previous claims and not clearly allowable				Application title A listening system comprising a charging station with a data memory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162716.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1721/16 () of 19.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/3065 H01L 21/00	Application no. 06117783.8
Keywords Clarity - after amendment (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - (yes)				Application title Etching method and etching apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172116.20200319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0023/17 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06 B29C 67/00	Application no. 11714254.7
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge				Application title POLYMERPULVER AUF DER BASIS VON POLYAMIDEN, VERWENDUNG IN EINEM FORMGEBENDEN VERFAHREN UND FORMKÖRPER, HERGESTELLT AUS DIESEM POLYMERPULVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002317.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0280/17 (PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CROSS-LINKED GELATIN MICROBEADLETS/BASF … of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16	Application no. 04721495.2
Keywords Appeal admissible - Yes Amended main request admissible - No				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CROSS-LINKED GELATIN MICROBEADLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028017.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0397/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 7/02 B60J 7/043	Application no. 11176299.3
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Roof system for a vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039717.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0325/15 (Diagnosis of stroke/BIO-RAD) of 12.12.2019
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68 G01N 33/74 C07K 14/58	Application no. 09781380.2
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Novelty - (main request: no) Inventive step - (auxiliary request: no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF STROKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T032515.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2202/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 13/04 B41J 3/407	Application no. 05788705.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING IMAGES TO A SURFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220215.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 591 KB)
T 0175/16 (Circuit-switched fallback in LTE/ERICSSON) of 18.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 36/14	Application no. 11192773.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request III (no) Admission into appeal proceedings - auxiliary requests I, II and IV (no): fresh case				Application title Circuit switched fallback in evolved packet system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017516.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0320/16 () of 18.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 21/38 B26B 21/52	Application no. 05797884.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings				Application title VIBRATING WET SHAVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032016.20200318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0828/16 (Verarbeitung von Terahertzwellen/TELEKOM) of 16.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 10/12	Application no. 09732829.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verarbeitung von Terahertzwellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082816.20200316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1169/16 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 11/00 F03D 11/04 E04H 12/08 E04H 12/34 F03D 1/00 B66B 9/00	Application no. 09012887.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Novelty - (yes)				Application title A wind turbine tower elevator and a method for assembling a wind turbine tower
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116916.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1258/16 (Abiraterone prednisone combination for treatment of prostate cancer/ … of 6.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 A61P 35/00 A61K 31/58 A61K 45/06	Application no. 07837326.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Compositions for treating cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125816.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1450/16 (Acoustic port of a hearing device/SHURE) of 17.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 1/10	Application no. 11193846.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and second auxiliary request (no): selection of closest prior art to be made by the deciding body (T 855/15 followed) Admission of late-filed first auxiliary request - (no): not clearly allowable				Application title Earphone for sound reproduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T145016.20200117				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2020/16 () of 11.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 25/08 B60K 15/035 F02D 41/00 B60W 20/00 B60K 6/20	Application no. 08012618.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - combination invention (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Evaporative emission control in battery powered vehicle with gasoline engine powered generator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202016.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0546/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 10734669.4
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR UNTERDRUCKTHERAPIE VON WUNDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054617.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0662/17 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03B 7/08	Application no. 13750562.4
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag I und II (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - -Hilfsantrag IIIa (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title ANORDNUNG ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG EINER HYGIENESPÜLUNG IN EINER WASSERINSTALLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066217.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 828 KB)
T 2704/18 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/58 B60T 13/74	Application no. 14787200.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein)				Application title ELEKTROMECHANISCH UND HYDRAULISCH BETÄTIGBARE KRAFTFAHRZEUGBREMSE MIT WAHLWEISER SELBSTHEMMUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270418.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0209/15 () of 31.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/34	Application no. 06121820.2
Keywords Late filed ground for opposition - admitted (no) Late filed document - admitted (no) Discretionary decision - revised (no) Late filed line of argument of lack of inventive step - admitted (no) Late filed line of argument of lack of novelty - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes)				Application title A needle mount and use of the needle mount for mounting a needle assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020915.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 833 KB)
T 1546/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 27/14 E21B 33/038	Application no. 08164976.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Pressure compensator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154615.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1485/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 37/00	Application no. 13773343.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title SIGNAL CAPTURE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRIC SIGNALS IN LIQUIDS AND BIOLOGICAL MATTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148517.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1518/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/12 C08F 297/08	Application no. 11734139.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) (all requests) Multiple documents as closest state of the art- need to show inventive step with respect to each Late submitted material - document admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted Late-filed auxiliary requests - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - response to findings of decision (auxiliary request I)				Application title PROPYLENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T151817.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1964/17 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08L 23/14	Application no. 10715556.6
Keywords Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed facts or evidence Late-filed facts - held inadmissible (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title PROPYLENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196417.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
J 0006/19 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/46 C02F 1/76 C02F 1/50	Application no. 15848194.5
Keywords Withdrawal of an application - Correction of error after publication (No) - Telephone call - Protection of legitimate expectations (No)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OXIDATION OF AMMONIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000619.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0136/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 1/14 B66B 1/18	Application no. 04106222.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Beförderung von Personen in einem Gebäude
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013616.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 0939/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29B 9/16 B29B 9/06 C08G 63/00 C08G 63/90	Application no. 06791670.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 7: nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (D8: nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - erneut eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (Hilfsanträge 1-3: ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (Hilfsantrag 8: nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERRINGERUNG DES ACETALDEHYDGEHALTES VON POLYESTERGRANULAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T093916.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 619 KB)
T 1010/16 (Sounding reference signal triggering/ERICSSON) of 5.12.2019
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00 H04L 27/26	Application no. 10774301.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR DYNAMICALLY TRIGGERING THE TRANSMISSION OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T101016.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1880/16 (Ammonia synthesis gas/thyssenkrupp) of 8.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 3/02 C01B 3/38 C01B 3/48 C01C 1/04	Application no. 08853299.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AMMONIA SYNTHESIS GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188016.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0223/18 (Product insert update/BIO-RAD) of 18.2.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 11778166.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED PRODUCT INSERTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022318.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0113/19 (Composition a base d'oxyde de zirconium/Rhodia) of 17.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C01G 25/00 B01D 53/94 B01J 23/10 B01J 21/00	Application no. 03761645.5
Keywords Modifications - admises (oui) Modifications - nouvelle plage Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - plage sans limite supérieure Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title COMPOSITION A BASE D OXYDE DE ZIRCONIUM ET D OXYDES DE CERIUM, DE LANTHANE ET D UNE AUTRE TERRE RARE, SON PROCEDE D E PREPARATION ET SON UTILISATION COMME CATALYSEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011319.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0418/15 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B07C 3/08	Application no. 07150496.3
Keywords Inventive step - seventh auxiliary request (yes) New ground for opposition in appeal proceedings - no consent of the patent proprietor				Application title Mail sorting and sequencing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041815.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1533/15 (COATING OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE CANS) of 10.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 151/08 B65D 17/00	Application no. 05825629.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed items of evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR CANS AND METHODS OF COATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153315.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656 KB)
T 1566/15 (Random access in a telecommunications system/ERICSSON) of 20.2.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 74/08	Application no. 08874734.0
Keywords Novelty - patent as granted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2A, 5A and 6 (no) Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request 7 (no): divergent and not clearly allowable				Application title Methods and apparatuses for performing random access in a telecommunications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156615.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2281/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 11725362.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERBESSERTE KLIMAANLAGENSTEUERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T228116.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0272/17 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B63G 7/02	Application no. 12195733.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag I (ja) Zulassung des Hilfsantrags I - mit Beschwerdeerwiderung als Hilfsantrag IV eingereicht (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag I (ja)				Application title Kampfmittelräumgerät zum Räumen von Kampfmitteln, wie Seeminen, unter Wasser, Kampfmittelräumkombination mit unbemanntem Unterwasserfahrzeug und derartigem Kampfmittelräumgerät sowie Verfahren hierzu
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T027217.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1336/17 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 163/00	Application no. 04012885.2
Keywords Main request and first to third auxiliary requests - Inventive step (no) Fourth auxiliary request - Prohibition of reformatio in peius				Application title Epoxy adhesive composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133617.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2069/17 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/05 G01N 21/64 G02B 21/00	Application no. 09743421.1
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - admitted (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - justification for late filing (yes) - admitted (yes) - inventive step (no)				Application title COMPENSATOR FOR MULTIPLE SURFACE IMAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206917.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2140/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B 13/08	Application no. 06721687.9
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ANCHOR ASSEMBLY FOR FASTENER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214017.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2383/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/48 F01P 11/10 F01P 5/06	Application no. 12007422.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik muss gattungsgemäß sein				Application title Baumaschine mit Maschinenkomponenten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238317.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2659/17 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23D 47/04 B25B 5/06	Application no. 09000326.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Beweismittel - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Beweismittel - Zeugenvernehmung Beweismittel - schriftliche Erklärung an Eides statt Beweismittel - Maßstab bei der Beweiswürdigung Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - stillschweigende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Plattenaufteilanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T265917.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0278/15 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M 1/12 H02M 1/44	Application no. 03737935.1
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichte Anträge - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Stromkompensierte Drossel und Schaltungsanordnung mit der stromkompensierten Drossel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027815.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0394/15 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 08848709.5
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of parties Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title AUTO INJECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC NEEDLE RETRACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039415.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1088/15 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 5/00 C08F 8/00 C23C 22/00	Application no. 06724403.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STROMFREIEN APPLIKATION VON LACKSCHICHTBILDENDEM KORROSIONSSCHUTZMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108815.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1727/15 (PBX mobility system with multiple call legs/BLACKBERRY) of 11.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/58	Application no. 09153698.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Admissibility - auxiliary requests (no): should have been filed before the first instance or not clearly allowable				Application title PBX mobility system with multiple call legs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172715.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2111/15 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/36	Application no. 11000919.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Display apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211115.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0641/17 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 77/02 B65D 77/30 B65D 85/10	Application no. 10732286.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title ZIGARETTENPACKUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN VON ZIGARETTENPACKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064117.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0781/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/06 C07D 519/00 H01L 51/50	Application no. 10835884.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078117.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2014/19 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 43/02 B65D 43/16	Application no. 14306112.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201419.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 245 KB)
T 2305/14 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38	Application no. 07113031.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - invention to be performed over whole range claimed Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Control system for positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230514.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0043/15 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38	Application no. 07113039.7
Keywords Amendments - generalization of a specific feature Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title Control system for positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1191/15 () of 21.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 10004110.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)				Application title Dialysis apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T119115.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1471/16 (Hyaluronidase/HALOZYME) of 24.1.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/26	Application no. 13184202.3
Keywords Main request - admission (yes); Main request - fulfils all requirements of the EPC (yes);				Application title Large-scale production of soluble hyaluronidase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T147116.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1982/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38 B63B 21/66	Application no. 07113028.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title Control system for the positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0851/18 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/10 F16D 25/12 F16D 25/0638	Application no. 12759630.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title STATOR FÜR EINE REIBUNGSKUPPLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085118.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 2554/18 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 88/02	Application no. 13005922.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Kopplung einer Innenlade an einer Außenlade eines Möbels sowie Möbel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T255418.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 3003/18 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/38	Application no. 14166143.9
Keywords Admission of amended request filed during oral proceedings (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Amendments - Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Compliance of amendments to the description with Rule 80, under consideration of Article 101(3) EPC (yes) Novelty and inventive step (amended claims, yes)				Application title Fiber optic plug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T300318.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 572 KB)
T 0466/15 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/01	Application no. 04776021.0
Keywords Amendments extending beyond the content of the application documents as filed (yes) Admittance of late filed auxiliary request (no) - does not overcome all problems, introduces new problems				Application title System and Method for Evaluating Vehicle and Operator Performance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046615.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1379/15 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 3/34 F04C 29/00 F04C 18/356 H02K 3/52	Application no. 08711458.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Insulator for Motor, Stator, Motor and Compressor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137915.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1942/15 (Automatische Bestimmung des Hörerwunsches/SIVANTOS) of 30.1.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 07117099.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja): glaubhafter technischer Effekt Zulassung ins Verfahren - spät eingereichter Stand der Technik (nein): keine angemessene Reaktion und nicht prima facie relevant				Application title Verfahren zum zeitgesteuerten Einstellen einer Hörvorrichtung und entsprechende Hörvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T194215.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1735/16 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/20 G09G 5/10 G09G 3/34	Application no. 09730656.7
Keywords Added subject matter - no Clarity - after amendment (yes) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - after amendment (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173516.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2240/17 (Patching system/COMMSCOPE) of 9.3.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 1/14	Application no. 05853191.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Telecommunications patching system that utilizes RFID tags to detect and identify patch cord interconnections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224017.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 2289/13 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 17/46 G01S 7/486	Application no. 01127862.9
Keywords Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title Method and device for detection of an object, with background elimination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228913.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1062/15 (OFDM pilot subcarriers transmission/TOSHIBA) of 17.7.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04L 25/02 H04B 7/10 H04L 5/02	Application no. 05251501.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OFDM Signal transmission method and apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T106215.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1430/15 () of 24.2.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02N 11/00	Application no. 10700896.3
Keywords Main request - insufficient disclosure Auxiliary request - added subject-matter				Application title Energy Transducer and Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143015.20200224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1523/16 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00 A61C 1/00	Application no. 99125490.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Zulassung in das Verfahren (ja) Hilfsantrag c' - Neuheit - (ja) Hilfsantrag c' - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zahnersatz und dentalen Hilfsteilen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152316.20191216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1915/16 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/00 E05F 15/20 E05F 15/14	Application no. 07113038.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb einer automatischen Schiebetüranlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T191516.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 2412/16 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/296	Application no. 05858608.2
Keywords Klarheit und Stützung der Ansprüche durch die Beschreibung (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR AUSWERTUNG UND KORREKTUR VON MESSSIGNALEN EINES NACH DEM LAUFZEITVERFAHREN ARBEITENDEN FÜLLSTANDSMESSGERÄTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241216.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 2445/16 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 17/042 F16L 15/00	Application no. 09176859.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Threaded joint sealed to [ultra high] internal and external pressures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T244516.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 1549/16 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03C 1/046	Application no. 11007130.5
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur therapeutischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Verfahren zur Applikation eines Wirkstoffs in Duschwasser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154916.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1988/16 (Matériau en feuille avec fenêtre / OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE) of 12.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 27/30 D21H 21/42 D21H 21/44 D21H 27/32 D21F 11/08 D21H 21/40	Application no. 08827310.7
Keywords Admissibilité d'un élément de preuve tardif (no) - appartenance à l'etat de la technique pas supporté Activité inventive (oui) Activité inventive - pas d'objection soulevée par la requérante				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN MATÉRIAU EN FEUILLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T198816.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2639/16 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/00 A47J 31/40	Application no. 12151548.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Chocolate beverage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263916.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0266/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 31/00 A01K 45/00	Application no. 09787794.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title TRANSPORTING UNIT FOR LIVE POULTRY ON BOARD OF A TRUCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026617.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0297/17 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 26/00	Application no. 01944809.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COATING SYSTEM FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STAINLESS STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029717.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1297/17 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B61K 9/12 G01M 17/10 G01H 1/00 B61L 23/00	Application no. 01985425.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung der Erfindung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ÜBERWACHEN DES FAHRVERHALTENS VON SCHIENENFAHRZEUGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T129717.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287 KB)
T 2208/17 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E04D 12/00 B32B 27/40 B32B 27/12 B32B 5/02 B32B 5/08 B32B 3/06 B32B 3/08	Application no. 11188793.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Wasserdichte Unterdeckbahn für ein geneigtes Dach
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T220817.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2475/17 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 03740215.3
Keywords Vorliegen wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Erzeugen eines Gitterbildes, Gitterbild und Sicherheitsdokument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T247517.20200309				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0667/18 (Common vital sign/PHILIPS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05799470.9
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title MESSAGE INTEGRITY FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION OF WIRELESS MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066718.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 1534/18 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B81C 1/00	Application no. 09761542.1
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR EIN MIKROMECHANISCHES BAUELEMENT BESTEHEND AUS EINEM TRÄGER UND EINEM HALBLEITERCHIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153418.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2069/18 (Berührungsempfindlicher Bildschirm, der zwei gleichzeitige Berü … of 21.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 3/038	Application no. 05025836.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Rückzahlung von Jahresgebühren (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Berührungsempfindlicher Bildschirm, der zwei gleichzeitige Berührungspunkte erkennt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206918.20200121				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 2864/18 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E04H 6/18 E04H 6/24 E04H 6/30 E04H 6/36	Application no. 15732380.9
Keywords Correction of errors in decisions Correction of error - grant decision				Application title TRANSFERRING CARRIAGE OF VEHICLES FOR AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL PARKING SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T286418.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 0522/19 (Katalytisch beschichteter Partikelfilter/Umicore) of 3.3.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.3.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/94 B01D 46/24 F01N 3/035 B01J 37/02 B01J 23/40 B01J 23/42 B01J 23/44	Application no. 05774993.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title KATALYTISCH BESCHICHTETES PARTIKELFILTER UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG SOWIE SEINE VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052219.20190303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2277/19 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/00 A61B 17/04 A61B 17/064 A61B 17/06 A61B 17/08 A61B 17/10	Application no. 12739909.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appellant not adversely affected by decision to grant a patent				Application title SYSTEMS FOR SEALING A TISSUE WALL PUNCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T227719.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1313/14 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00 G02B 21/22	Application no. 06018707.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) First auxiliary request - sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Second auxiliary request - extension of conferred scope of protection (yes)				Application title Medical stereo observation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131314.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1745/14 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/10 C07C 253/34 C07C 255/07	Application no. 05701203.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON 3-PENTENNITRIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174514.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0532/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 7/00 G06K 9/20 H04N 5/272	Application no. 10186448.6
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title An automated test method including transparent black regions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053215.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1932/15 (Low-fat food/AJINOMOTO) of 6.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A23C 9/152 A23D 9/007 A23L 1/22 A23L 1/24 A23L 1/227 A23L 1/228	Application no. 08752255.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 3 - clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title LOW-FAT FOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193215.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0388/16 (Pet food composition/HILL'S) of 31.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/00 A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18	Application no. 04758686.2
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PET FOOD COMPOSITION AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038816.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0986/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/00	Application no. 07252552.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for cooling an animal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098616.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1050/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 5/44	Application no. 05722177.2
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance as main request Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 3 and 10 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 2 and 4 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title A PANT-TYPE ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T105016.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1274/16 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B61G 11/16	Application no. 03703244.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title TRAIN PROVIDED WITH ENERGY ABSORBING STRUCTURE BETWEEN VEHICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T127416.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1384/16 () of 24.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/22 A23L 1/236 A23L 1/308 A23G 3/42 A23G 1/40	Application no. 08748937.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary request 8 - Extension of the scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 7 and 9 to 17 - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no)				Application title REDUCING THE SENSORY COOLING EFFECT OF POLYOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138416.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1867/16 (Co-Processed Carbohydrate System / SPI PHARMA) of 18.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50	Application no. 02787055.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title CO-PROCESSED CARBOHYDRATE SYSTEM AS A QUICK-DISSOLVE MATRIX FOR SOLID DOSAGE FORMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186716.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1908/16 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 15/00	Application no. 09012518.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and system for weighing products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190816.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2255/16 (COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES / MALVERN … of 21.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/02 A61K 8/14 A61K 8/55 A61K 8/97 A61Q 19/00 A61K 9/107 G01N 33/68 A61K 47/48	Application no. 07824940.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES OF LIPID AND SURFACTANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225516.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1677/17 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03F 5/04	Application no. 08020387.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Ablaufvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T167717.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2406/17 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/20 B66F 9/22 B66F 9/075	Application no. 13157621.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 (nein)				Application title Hubvorrichtung eines Flurförderzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240617.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2172/15 (Sequencing/ILLUMINA) of 5.2.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/11 C40B 40/06	Application no. 10770456.1
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Remittal to the opposition division				Application title Sequencing methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217215.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0123/16 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/06 G02B 21/32 G02B 21/00	Application no. 07009066.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Illuminating device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012316.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0184/16 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 19/06	Application no. 04771314.4
Keywords Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure Objection under Rule 106 EPC				Application title NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AGAINST SODIUM-DEPENDANT TRANSPORTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T018416.20191212				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 529 KB)
T 1902/16 (Triggered release/Unilever) of 9.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 17/00	Application no. 09726019.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ENZYME TRIGGERED RELEASE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T190216.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2690/16 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 110/06 C08F 2/06 C08F 4/6592	Application no. 08873769.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)- main request, auxiliary request Admittance of documents to proceedings - yes Incorrect application of problem solution approach - elements of solution in definition of problem				Application title ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCED FROM SUPERCRITICAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T269016.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2306/18 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 13713055.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING ABSORBENT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230618.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 534 KB)
T 3247/19 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/355 B65B 57/10 B65B 61/00 B65B 5/02 B65D 5/28	Application no. 16190898.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PACKAGING ITEMS VARYING IN SIZE AND NUMBER FOR SHIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T324719.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
D 0007/19 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000719.20200218				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 249 KB)
T 1921/13 (Authentication of products / INEXTO) of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 17/00	Application no. 05792643.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Grounds for opposition - invention not sufficiently disclosed over whole breadth of claim Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MARKING, TRACKING AND AUTHENTICATION OF PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T192113.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1609/15 () of 5.12.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 3/00	Application no. 08701033.6
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung wäre erforderlich gewesen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG VON GETRÄNKEABFÜLLANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160915.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1751/15 (Steam-to-carbon ratio control/MICRO MOTION) of 13.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 11/02 G01F 1/84 C01B 3/34	Application no. 02737293.7
Keywords Admitting of main request filed at oral proceedings - (no): returning to an earlier version Added subject-matter - all other requests (yes)				Application title Steam to carbon ratio control in steam reforming of hydrocarbons
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175115.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2183/15 (Selection and sorting of services/NOKIA) of 12.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/20 H04H 1/00	Application no. 04794208.1
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVICE SELECTION AND SORTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0779/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 29/12	Application no. 09781015.4
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title VAKUUMPUMPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077916.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1178/16 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/08 A01J 7/04 A01J 7/02 B08B 9/00 F16K 7/17	Application no. 07103689.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Milking equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117816.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1815/16 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C 18/08 F04C 18/16	Application no. 10747261.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DRY SCREW DRIVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T181516.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0101/17 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 13/20 A47L 13/16 A47L 13/24	Application no. 10171437.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Cleaning element and cleaning tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010117.20200129				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1386/18 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/22 B03C 3/40 B03C 3/38	Application no. 10840300.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METAL BELT-PLATE STRUCTURE REACTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138618.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2931/19 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/0488 A61B 5/0492 A61M 16/04 A61N 1/05 A61B 5/00 A61M 16/08 A61M 39/08	Application no. 13812262.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBE APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T293119.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1236/15 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C08L 29/04 C11D 17/04	Application no. 03025704.2
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests - admissibility (no)				Application title Water-soluble film
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123615.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0284/16 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/56	Application no. 06713261.3
Keywords -				Application title FILM FORMING COMPOSITION AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T028416.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 0036/17 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/20 B23C 5/22	Application no. 11177659.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Indexable, double-sided cutting insert and cutting tool including such an insert
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003617.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0609/17 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10 C09J 123/10 B32B 27/32	Application no. 04755558.6
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no)				Application title TACKIFIED AMORPHOUS-POLY-ALPHA-OLEFIN-BONDED STRUCTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060917.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0991/17 () of 4.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60G 17/052 F16K 31/06	Application no. 11787798.5
Keywords Zulassung eines verspätet eingereichten Dokuments - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DRUCKLUFTVERSORGUNGSANLAGE UND PNEUMATISCHES SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T099117.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 481 KB)
T 1047/17 (TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS WITH HIGH DOSE CHONDROITIN SULFATE … of 17.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 31/737 A61P 13/10 A61K 33/14 A61K 9/00	Application no. 04711966.4
Keywords Admission of documents (yes) Admission of requests (yes) Main request - Novelty (Yes) All requests - Inventive step (No)				Application title TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS WITH HIGH DOSE CHONDROITIN SULFATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104717.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 0756/18 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B65B 3/00 B65B 31/02	Application no. 11711610.3
Keywords Droit d'être entendu - vice substantiel de procédure (oui) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - équitable en raison d'un vice substantiel de procédure Renvoi à la première instance - vice majeur dans la procédure de première instance (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET UNITE D'EMPLISSAGE STERILE D'UN CONTENEUR ELEMENTAIRE FINAL AVEC UN CONTENU DESTINE AU DOMAINE BIOPHARMACEUTIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T075618.20191216				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1977/19 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C 7/50	Application no. 15173027.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Footrest device for armchairs or sofas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197719.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1524/15 (Sequencing method/ILLUMINA) of 5.12.2019
Online on 04.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 07705178.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - added subject-matter - (yes) Auxiliary requests 4 and 5 - inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 7 - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Method for sequencing a polynucleotide template
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152415.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 653 KB)
T 1049/17 (Method of converting NOx/JOHNSON MATTHEY) of 4.12.2019
Online on 04.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/94 B01J 23/72 B01J 29/072 B01J 29/76	Application no. 09737470.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - pointer to the claimed selection (no) Amendments - main and first auxiliary requets Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - second auxiliary request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title A METHOD OF CONVERTING NITROGEN OXIDES WITH TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING ALUMINOSILICATE ZEOLITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104917.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0395/15 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/327 C12Q 1/00 G01N 33/487	Application no. 04813255.9
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request: yes) Consideration of an auxiliary request submitted during first-instance proceedings (first auxiliary request: yes) Clarity of claims (first and second auxiliary requests: no) Admission of amended claims filed during oral proceedings (third auxiliary request: no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYTE SENSORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039515.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1296/15 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 11/79 C09K 11/67	Application no. 10803059.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag und erster Hilfsantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (ja) Zweiter Hilfsantrag - Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSMERKMAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129615.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0057/17 (BIOLOGICAL TISSUE/Edwards Lifesciences) of 28.1.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/36 A61L 27/50 A01N 1/02 A61F 2/24	Application no. 07871218.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)				Application title BIOLOGICAL TISSUE FOR SURGICAL IMPLANTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T005717.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2087/17 (Multi-code signalling/SISVEL) of 5.2.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/707 H04J 11/00 H04B 7/26 H04J 13/00	Application no. 02024039.6
Keywords Priority - "same invention" (no) Inventive step - main and 1st to 4th auxiliary requests (no) Admission of late-filed requests - 5th to 7th auxiliary requests (no): not clearly allowable Admission of request filed during oral proceedings - 8th auxiliary request (no): fresh case and against procedural economy				Application title Method for compact representation of multi-code signaling in communication systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208717.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0513/18 (Überwachung einer Werkzeugmaschine/SCHWÄBISCHE WERKZEUGMASCHINEN) of 10.12.2019
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/4063	Application no. 13163801.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Überwachen mindestens einer Werkzeugmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T051318.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1872/18 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/36 G02B 21/16 H04N 5/225 H04N 5/915 H04N 1/21 G11B 27/031 G02B 21/00 H04N 5/262	Application no. 07828091.4
Keywords Main and auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings - prima facie clearly allowable (no) - admitted (no)				Application title MICROSCOPE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187218.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2646/18 () of 4.12.2019
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 9/008 A61F 9/01 B23K 26/06 B23K 26/00 A61F 9/009	Application no. 10010955.2
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum präzisen Bearbeiten von Material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T264618.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1003/13 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06T 7/00	Application no. 08775590.6
Keywords Activité inventive - alternative évidente Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - report de la procédure orale aurait été nécessaire (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE DETERMINATION DE LA POSE D'UN OBJET TRIDIMENSIONNEL DANS UNE IMAGE ET PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE CREATION D'AU MOINS UNE IMAGE CLE POUR LE SUIVI D'OBJETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100313.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 400 KB)
T 2148/13 (Urine assay device/ALERE) of 31.10.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 31.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/543 G01N 33/52 G01N 31/22	Application no. 03700843.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIQUID SAMPLE ASSAY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T214813.20191031				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1714/14 (Cladding tubes / Westinghouse) of 27.11.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G21C 3/07 G21C 21/02 C22F 1/18	Application no. 03809908.1
Keywords Novelty Use established by way of the terms employed to define a physical entity Use not novel despite the absence of evidence that actual use ever took place Apportionment of costs - (no) malicious intention not established General principles - protection of legitimate expectations				Application title METHOD, USE AND DEVICE CONCERNING CLADDING TUBES FOR NUCLEAR FUEL AND A FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR A NUCLEAR PRESSURE WATER REACTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171414.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0825/15 (Degummed fatty acid alkyl esters/NOVOZYMES) of 24.2.2020
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 7/62	Application no. 06753304.2
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title ENZYMATIC PRODUCTION OF DEGUMMED FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082515.20200224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0983/15 (Mobilitätsverwaltung von Endgeräten in Mobilfunknetzen/SBB) of 28.1.2020
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04W 4/00	Application no. 07113889.5
Keywords Ausführbarkeit der beanspruchten Erfindung - (nein)				Application title Verfahren für die Mobilitätsverwaltung von Endgeräten in Mobilfunknetzen, Mobilfunknetz und Mobilendgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098315.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 919 KB)
T 0709/17 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 403/06 A61K 31/506 A61P 31/10	Application no. 10737869.7
Keywords Insufficiency of disclosure Novelty Inventive step				Application title A 1-(1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-1-YL)BUTAN-2-OL DERIVATIVE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL USE, AND THE USE OF A 1-(1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-1-YL)BUTAN-2-OL DERIVATE WITH SUBSTANTIALLY UNDEFINED CRYSTAL SHAPE FOR PREPARING SAID 1-(1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-1-YL)BUTAN-2-OL DERIVATIVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T070917.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0924/17 () of 11.10.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 15/02 B60W 50/08 B60W 30/095 B60W 50/14 B60Q 9/00 B60R 21/01 B62D 1/00 B60W 30/08 B60W 10/18 B60R 25/104	Application no. 10177323.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (yes) Inventive step (main request, auxiliary request 2 and 3: no) Admissibility of late filed request (no)				Application title Method for an automotive hazardous detection and information system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T092417.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)

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T 0384/16 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 7/00	Application no. 01650041.5
Keywords Amendments Claims - clarity Late-filed auxiliary requests Late-filed facts				Application title Rheological additives and paint and coating compositions containing such additives exhibiting improved intercoat adhesion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T038416.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0775/16 (Triple combination for brain health/NUTRICIA) of 21.11.2019
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/7072 A61K 31/202 A61K 31/355 A61K 45/06 A61K 9/48 A61P 25/28	Application no. 08844952.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title UNIT DOSAGE FOR BRAIN HEALTH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077516.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0908/17 (Ni(0) enthaltendes Katalysatorsystem für Hydrocyanierung/BASF) of 4.12.2019
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 31/18 B01J 31/24 C07C 253/10	Application no. 02791454.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja, D4 und D5; nein, D1a und D1b) Spät eingereichter, neuer Hauptantrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - neuer Hauptantrag Änderungen - (formal) gewährbar (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - neuer Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Ni(0) ENTHALTENDES KATALYSATORSYSTEM FÜR HYDROCYANIERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T090817.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 471 KB)
T 2720/17 (Dry powder formulation of glycopyrrolate / VECTURA) of 21.2.2020
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/12 A61K 31/40	Application no. 11190637.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Dry powder compositions of glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272017.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0041/15 () of 25.10.2019
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.10.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC H02K 7/08	Application no. 08170130.2
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Couronne d'orientation motorisée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T004115.20191025				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1714/15 (Low-temperature impact-resistant poylamide-based stretch-oriented … of 20.1.2020
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/34 B29C 71/02	Application no. 01941175.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) (Main request) Sufficiency of disclosure - enablement over the whole lifetime of the patent Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (no)				Application title LOW-TEMPERATURE IMPACT-RESISTANT POLYAMIDE-BASED STRETCH-ORIENTED MULTILAYER FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171415.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0164/16 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/532 A61F 13/536 A61F 13/42	Application no. 10714522.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING WETNESS INDICATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T016416.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2383/16 (Method for moving interface object / Huawei) of 13.12.2019
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0481 G06F 3/0486 G06F 17/21	Application no. 13194556.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Method for moving interface object and apparatus for supporting movement of interface object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T238316.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1494/18 () of 22.10.2019
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A45C5/03	Application no. 15189148.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHALENKOFFER, INSBESONDERE HARTSCHALENKOFFER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T149418.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2455/13 (Überwachung von Kapitalunterlegungshöhen bei Risikoereignissen/SWISS … of 29.1.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 05762958.6
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - kein Vorliegen besonderer Gründe Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Technische Merkmale aus dem Stand der Technik vorbekannt Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Naheliegende Implementierung der nicht-technischen geschäftsbezogenen Unterschiede				Application title SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR RÜCKGEKOPPELTEN, DYNAMISCHEN ÜBERWACHUNG VON UNTERLEGUNGSHÖHEN BEI RISIKOEREIGNISSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245513.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0094/14 (Muscle Stimulator / Mainstay Medical) of 13.11.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/00	Application no. 08726632.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes)				Application title MUSCLE STIMULATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T009414.20191113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1015/14 (Abstandsmessung mittels modulierten Lichtstrahlen / FARO Technologies … of 13.12.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/10 G01S 17/36	Application no. 09706836.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM BESTIMMEN EINER ENTFERNUNG ZU EINEM OBJEKT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T101514.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0213/15 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 163/00 C10M 101/02 C10M 129/54 C10M 135/36 C10M 137/04 C10M 159/22 C10M 141/10 C10N 40/04	Application no. 06782833.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed allegation of fact - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title LUBRICANT OIL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T021315.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 1265/15 (Processor address generation unit/ERICSSON) of 19.2.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/34 G06F 9/38	Application no. 03717501.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Special reasons for remittal - (yes)				Application title AN ADDRESS GENERATION UNIT FOR A PROCESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T126515.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0350/16 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 3/04	Application no. 06776149.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title PLATTENELEMENT FÜR EINEN PLATTENKÜHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035016.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0673/16 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 9/05 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/50	Application no. 11156537.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Reinigungs- und Beduftungsmittel für den Sanitärbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T067316.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1171/16 () of 21.2.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/53	Application no. 05255736.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title Drapeable sanitary absorbent napkin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117116.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1997/16 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 6/00	Application no. 10760727.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR NACHBEFEUCHTUNG OBERFLÄCHENNACHVERNETZTER WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T199716.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2443/16 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 9/02 C08K 5/098 C08K 9/00 C09K 3/10 F16G 1/06	Application no. 07767413.3
Keywords Novelty- main request Novelty - (yes) Novelty - product-by-process feature makes structural contribution Inventive step - main request Inventive step - (yes)				Application title NITRILE RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKABLE NITRILE RUBBER COMPOSITION AND CROSSLINKED RUBBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T244316.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 0178/17 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 22/02	Application no. 11723598.6
Keywords Claims: clarity and support in the description (all requests: no)				Application title RF REFLECTION FOR INSPECTING CARBON FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017817.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2465/17 () of 17.10.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60Q 1/32 B60Q 1/26	Application no. 11195987.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 2 Zulassung in das Verfahren - (nein) - Hilfsantrag 1 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3, 4, 4.1, 4.2				Application title Außenliegendes Montagebauteil für ein Fahrzeug mit einem Lichtmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T246517.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1902/13 (Assessing competence levels/SWISS RE) of 4.7.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 05706524.5
Keywords Inventive step - assessing the competence of an organisation by processing score data (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of a business method)				Application title COMPUTER-BASED METHOD FOR ASSESSING COMPETENCE OF AN ORGANIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T190213.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0168/15 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 31/0216	Application no. 11006399.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 3 - admitted (no)				Application title Solar cell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T016815.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0053/16 (Non-tobacco moist snuff/SWEDISH MATCH) of 18.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B 15/18 A24B 15/16 A24D 1/18	Application no. 07748070.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title A MOIST SNUFF NON-TOBACCO COMPOSITION AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T005316.20191118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0664/16 (Gegen Missbrauch gesicherte Darreichungsform / GRÜNENTHAL) of 21.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/22 A61K 31/135	Application no. 05769988.6
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (ja) Hauptantrag - Priorität - Erste Anmeldung (nein) Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag - Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Hilfsantrag - Änderungen - Klarheit (ja) Hilfsantrag - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Hilfsantrag - Neuheit (ja) Hilfsantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title GEGEN MISSBRAUCH GESICHERTE, ORALE DARREICHUNGSFORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T066416.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 558 KB)
T 0845/16 (Sequencing method/ILLUMINA) of 22.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 07824052.0
Keywords Claims as granted Claims - requirements of the EPC met Claims - (yes)				Application title Method for sequencing a polynucleotide template
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T084516.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0889/16 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G07C 5/08 H04L 29/08	Application no. 08787140.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title DIAGNOSEVERFAHREN FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T088916.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1892/16 () of 8.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B63C 9/00 B65D 25/42 F16K 15/20 F16K 41/08	Application no. 05717964.0
Keywords inventive step (auxiliary request 3 : yes) main request (novelty : no)				Application title FLUID FLOW CONNECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T189216.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0458/17 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/48	Application no. 09014845.3
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Leistungsregelung eines Straßenfertigers oder Beschickers und Straßenfertiger oder Beschicker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045817.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1508/17 () of 31.1.2020
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 35/00 B64C 3/56	Application no. 10786579.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title WINGTIP AND SPONSON INTERACTION ON AN AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150817.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1557/17 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 13/14 B21B 27/02	Application no. 10775807.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title WALZGERÜST ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON WALZBAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T155717.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273 KB)
T 0155/18 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 23/00 B60C 15/024	Application no. 07721824.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title A CHAMBER OF A PERISTALTIC PUMP FOR TIRE PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015518.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2800/18 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 3/663	Application no. 09010884.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed document - admitted (yes)				Application title Spacer profile for a spacer frame for an insulating window unit and insulating window unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T280018.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0084/15 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 231/44	Application no. 06744557.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FIPRONIL, AN INSECTICIDE, AND RELATED PYRAZOLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008415.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0969/15 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 175/04 C09C 1/00 C09C 1/64 C09D 5/36	Application no. 08758569.1
Keywords Neuheit Beschwerdebegründung - unsubstantiierter Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten				Application title WÄSSRIGE, PIGMENTIERTE BESCHICHTUNGSMITTEL, VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG UND DEREN VERWENDUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON MEHRSCHICHTLACKIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096915.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 509 KB)
T 1232/15 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B 21/00	Application no. 08161184.0
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Diagnostizierverfahren Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Haptikstreifen und daraus hergestelltes taktiles Orientierungs- und Koordinatensystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123215.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1552/15 () of 5.12.2019
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 27/146	Application no. 11006012.6
Keywords Neuheit - nach Änderung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Halbleiterstruktur zur Photonendetektion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T155215.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2063/15 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 5/00	Application no. 08758980.0
Keywords Novelty - Main request and auxiliary request 2 (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments occasioned by a ground for opposition Amendments - auxiliary request 2 (yes), auxiliary request 3 (no) Remittal - auxiliary request 4 (yes)				Application title SINGLE BRAKESHOE TEST (ELECTRICAL) FOR ELEVATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T206315.20191212				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 482 KB)
T 0363/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E02D 7/26 E02D 7/28	Application no. 03723499.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING AT LEAST ONE FOUNDATION ELEMENT IN THE GROUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036316.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0097/17 (Galvanising method/Tata) of 27.11.2019
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/52 C21D 9/56 C23C 2/02 C23C 2/06 C23C 2/40 F27B 9/06	Application no. 10193219.2
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) First auxiliary request - admissible (yes), allowable (yes)				Application title Method of galvanising a steel strip in a continuous hot dip galvanising line
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T009717.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 1744/14 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 487/04 A61K 31/519 A61P 7/02 A61P 9/10	Application no. 04015299.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Priority - basis in priority document (yes)				Application title New crystalline and amorphous form of a triazolo(4,5-D)pyrimidine compound
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174414.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0304/15 () of 2.12.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/12 H05B 6/06	Application no. 07115692.1
Keywords Late-filed requests not admitted Late-filed request - no convincing justification for late filing, detrimental to procedural economy				Application title An Improved Induction Cooking Appliance and a Method for Checking the Cooking Capabilities of a Piece of Cookware
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030415.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2029/15 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 41/187 C04B 35/475 H01L 41/43	Application no. 09816590.5
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - all requests Inventive step - (no)				Application title NBT BASED LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T202915.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2153/15 () of 27.1.2020
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 7/493	Application no. 10774240.5
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title Control method for arranging DC/AC converters in parallel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215315.20200127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2269/15 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 1/00	Application no. 04763576.8
Keywords Inventive step Late-filed request Late-filed document Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T226915.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1434/16 () of 29.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B 65/12	Application no. 11001070.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Kraftfahrzeugschließsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T143416.20191129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 460 KB)
T 2246/16 (PROCESS TO ENRICH A CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOSITION/ Grupo Petromex) of 10.12.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/42 C07C 63/26	Application no. 06851350.6
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title A PROCESS TO ENRICH A CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T224616.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1303/17 () of 26.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B 47/04 A47B 96/20 F16B 12/26 B27N 3/02 B32B 21/00	Application no. 09807461.0
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMPOSED ELEMENT, MULTI-LAYERED BOARD AND PANEL-SHAPED ELEMENT FOR FORMING THIS COMPOSED ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T130317.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1001/13 (Expressionshemmung/ALNYLAM) of 9.1.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.1.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/11	Application no. 02702247.4
Keywords Hauptantrag (Patent in der erteilten Fassung) - hinreichende Offenbarung (nein) 1. Hilfsantrag - hinreichende Offenbarung (nein) 2. und 3. Hilfsantrag - Zulassung ins Verfahren (nein) 4. Hilfsantrag - hinreichende Offenbarung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HEMMUNG DER EXPRESSION EINES ZIELGENS UND MEDIKAMENT ZUR THERAPIE EINER TUMORERKRANKUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T100113.20190109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0086/14 (Antennenmodul / CONTINENTAL) of 8.11.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q 1/08 H01Q 1/32 H01Q 1/42 H01Q 21/28 H01Q 23/00 H01Q 1/12	Application no. 07010729.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Antennenmodul, insbesondere als zentrales Sende- und/oder Empfangsmodul für ein Fahrzeug, mit mehreren Antennen und mehreren Sende- und/oder Empfangseinrichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T008614.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0012/15 (Compositions comprising PUFAs, B Vitamins and uridine or cytidine to … of 20.8.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/202 A61K 31/4415 A61K 31/519 A61K 31/714 A61P 25/00	Application no. 02780164.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title PREPARATION FOR IMPROVING THE ACTION OF RECEPTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T001215.20190820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 972 KB)
T 0263/15 () of 9.12.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/20 B65D 5/42 B65D 5/56	Application no. 07804082.1
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF PREPARING WEB MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF RECEPTACLES FOR FOOD OR OTHER PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T026315.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0774/15 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 61/28 H01J 61/70 H01J 61/52	Application no. 07705734.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Novelty - "main request b" (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title LOW-PRESSURE MERCURY VAPOR DISCHARGE LAMP WITH AMALGAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077415.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0234/16 () of 26.11.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 61/28 H01J 61/70 H01J 61/52	Application no. 12152823.6
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - not admitted into appeal proceedings Late-filed novelty objection - admitted (no) New inventive step objections - admitted (no)				Application title Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp with amalgam, lamp system, water treatment system, use of a lamp system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T023416.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0278/17 (Air Filter/Donaldson) of 13.2.2020
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/52 F02M 35/024	Application no. 10167077.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Air filter arrangement, assembly, and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027817.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0296/17 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 2/08 A61F 2/06 B65B 55/02	Application no. 11195520.9
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (no)				Application title Reduced temperature sterilization of stents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T029617.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1599/17 (Cell ID acquisition in wireless FDMA system/QUALCOMM) of 14.2.2020
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04Q 7/32 H04J 13/00	Application no. 07841291.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title ACQUISITION IN FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159917.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 2523/17 (Probengefäßmatrix/PerkinElmer) of 6.12.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01L 3/00	Application no. 10787020.6
Keywords Klarheit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title PROBENGEFÄSSMATRIX UND DEREN HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T252317.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1695/18 (Hypoglycaemia/LÜCK) of 26.9.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/47 A61P 13/00	Application no. 09797440.6
Keywords Transfer of opponent status (yes) Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 7 (no) Novelty - non-limiting, non-therapeutic use Admission of late filed requests - auxiliary requests 16 to 23 (no)				Application title SUPPLEMENTATION OF PROPANE-1,2,3-TRIOL AND WATER IN FASTING SUBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169518.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 553 KB)
T 2180/15 () of 15.11.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC F25J 3/04	Application no. 04722884.6
Keywords Exposé insuffisant - (non) Motifs d'opposition - extension de l'objet du brevet (oui) Motifs d'opposition - nouveau motif d'opposition (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET INSTALLATION DE SEPARATION D'AIR PAR DISTILLATION CRYOGENIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T218015.20191115				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1340/16 (IgA secretion due to probiotics/NESTLE) of 11.12.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30	Application no. 09800034.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - inventive step (no) Late-filed request auxiliary request 2 Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title PROBIOTICS TO INCREASE IGA SECRETION IN INFANTS BORN BY CAESAREAN SECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T134016.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2041/16 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01C 21/34	Application no. 11735998.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ERMITTELN DER REICHWEITE EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204116.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2669/16 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04B 23/00 F04D 13/16	Application no. 10000378.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung				Application title Pumpeinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266916.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0155/17 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 65/26 C08G 65/00	Application no. 11719029.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON POLYETHERCARBONATPOLYOLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015517.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1543/17 () of 29.11.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 236/12 C08F 2/22 C08L 13/02 A61B 19/04	Application no. 03707139.6
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (admitted: yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title DIP-FORMING LATEX, DIP-FORMING COMPOSITION AND DIP-FORMED ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T154317.20191129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 2717/17 (Buprenorphine/ HEXAL) of 28.11.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/12 A61K 47/14 A61K 31/485 A61K 9/70	Application no. 11784951.3
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed attack on inventive step - admitted (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM COMPRISING BUPRENORPHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T271717.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 0079/14 (Antennenmodul / CONTINENTAL) of 8.11.2019
Online on 18.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q 1/08 H01Q 1/12 H01Q 1/32 H01Q 1/42 H01Q 21/28 H01Q 23/00	Application no. 07010730.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title Antennenmodul, insbesondere als zentrales Sende- und/oder Empfangsmodul für ein Fahrzeug, mit mehreren Antennen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T007914.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0447/16 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 18.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 9/00 H02J 3/36 H02J 3/38	Application no. 01811203.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Windenenergiesystem sowie Verfahren zum Betrieb eines solchen Windenenergiesystems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T044716.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0560/16 (TDK/magnetic material) of 19.11.2019
Online on 18.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 1/11 H01F 1/113 C04B 35/26 H01K 1/02 G11B 5/706 C01G 49/00	Application no. 04013256.5
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1-4 (no) Clarity - auxiliary requests 5-9 (no)				Application title Oxide magnetic material, ferrite particle, sintered magnet, bonded magnet, magnetic recording medium and motor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T056016.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 2063/14 (Procalcitonin in diabetes/BRAHMS) of 28.11.2019
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68 G01N 33/74	Application no. 10188289.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title Use of procalcitonin (PCT) in risk stratification and prognosis of patients with a primary, non-infectious disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T206314.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2367/15 (Process for producing glass/resin composite/AGC) of 16.1.2020
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 17/10 B29C 47/06 C03B 17/06	Application no. 09703567.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS/RESIN COMPOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236715.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0918/16 (Pioglitazone and metformin/TAKEDA) of 7.11.2019
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/06 A61K 31/41 A61K 31/13	Application no. 03751344.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title SOLID PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T091816.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 1627/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/06 C08F 210/16	Application no. 05853858.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ARTICLES HAVING IMPROVED CLARITY, PREPARED FROM PROPYLENE-ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162717.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0031/18 (HIGH DRUG LOAD TABLET/Novartis AG, Novartis Pharma GmbH) of 26.11.2019
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/26 A61K 9/28 A61K 47/32 A61K 47/38 A61K 31/505	Application no. 03722519.0
Keywords Admission of late filed documents (No) All requests - Inventive step (no) Experiments submitted after the filing date as evidence for inventive step - Taken in consideration (yes)				Application title HIGH DRUG LOAD TABLET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003118.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 0313/18 () of 11.2.2020
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/22 A61K 31/225 A61Q 3/00 A61P 31/10 A61K 47/10 A61K 9/00	Application no. 08734983.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Name und Anschrift des Beschwerdeführers				Application title TOPISCH ANWENDBARE FUNGIZIDE MITTEL ZUR NAGELBEHANDLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031318.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 238 KB)
R 0001/19 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 17.10.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 A61K 31/593 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/06 A61K 47/06 A61K 47/10 A61P 17/06	Application no. 11196067.0
Keywords Petition admissible (yes) - obligation to raise objection (no) Right to be heard - violation (no) no obligation for a Board to inform a party that it deems a particular argument relevant				Application title Pharmaceutical composition for dermal use comprising calcipotriol and betamethasone for treating psoriasis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:R000119.20191017				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0358/14 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 00308714.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first and second auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Improvements relating to an electronic programme guide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035814.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0777/14 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/10 C07C 253/30	Application no. 05701177.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ADIPODINITRIL DURCH HYDROCYANIERUNG VON 1,3-BUTADIEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077714.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1187/15 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/02 A61B 5/024 A61B 5/087 A61B 5/0205 A61B 5/0404	Application no. 05786636.0
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to X - added subject-matter (yes) Late filed auxiliary request XI - admitted (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND PRESENTATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118715.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1458/15 () of 10.10.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/56	Application no. 03812298.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure Grounds for opposition - main request (yes), auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE DIAPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145815.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2288/15 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/58	Application no. 04751815.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no) Procedural economy - Reasons 5.1.1 to 5.1.7				Application title FASTENING FILM SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FASTENING FILM SYSTEM AND A SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T228815.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 0653/16 () of 24.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 63/04 H02K 7/18	Application no. 08803818.7
Keywords Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Kategoriewechsel Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach				Application title SCHWIMMFÄHIGE HAFENSTROMVERSORGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065316.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1082/16 () of 21.11.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/58	Application no. 04002150.3
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title Reibungskupplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108216.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 478 KB)
T 1597/16 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 15/00 B05D 7/08 B05D 3/06	Application no. 05746316.8
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title PANEEL AUS HOLZWERKSTOFF MIT OBERFLÄCHENBESCHICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159716.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2619/16 () of 20.11.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 12/08 C08F 4/34	Application no. 10712412.5
Keywords Inventive step - (main request: no) Auxiliary requests submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no)				Application title AQUEOUS SOLID DIACYL PEROXIDE SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T261916.20191120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0600/18 (Storm Emma) of 4.2.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 13/46	Application no. 10765486.5
Keywords Re-establishment of rights (no) Re-establishment of rights - no conclusive case presented in request Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the professional representative (no)				Application title TACTILE CUEING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060018.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2274/18 (Method For Treating Human Perspiration /L'ORÉAL) of 7.2.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/96 A61K 8/02 A61K 8/26 A61K 8/25 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/28 A61Q 15/00	Application no. 09737000.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title COSMETIC METHOD FOR TREATING HUMAN PERSPIRATION USING PARTICLES OF AN EXPANDED AMORPHOUS MINERAL MATERIAL; COMPOSITIONS.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227418.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2248/14 (DNA polymerases/ILLUMINA) of 26.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/12	Application no. 10180445.8
Keywords Main request - admission (yes); added-subject-matter (yes);				Application title Modified DNA polymerases for improved incorporation of nucleotide analogues
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T224814.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0134/15 (Echtzeitsteuerverfahren für eine Steuerungseinrichtung/SIEMENS) of 21.1.2020
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/05	Application no. 04019104.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsanträge 2 und 3 (ja) Zulassung - Hilfsantrag 4 (nein): verspätet und nicht konvergent				Application title Echtzeitsteuerverfahren für eine Steuerungseinrichtung eines industriellen technischen Prozesses und Echtzeitbetriebsverfahren für eine Recheneinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013415.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1331/15 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778 H01L 21/60 H01L 23/36	Application no. 03800265.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title GROUP III NITRIDE BASED FLIP-CHIP INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T133115.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1025/17 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 5/02 E05D 5/04 E05D 7/04	Application no. 08020799.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Scharnierbeschlag zur schwenkbaren Befestigung des Rahmens eines Fensterladens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T102517.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 541 KB)
T 1665/18 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08H 8/00 C10G 1/00 C10L 1/02 C10L 5/44 C08L 1/02 C08L 97/02 C08J 3/28 C10G 3/00 C10G 15/00 C10G 32/00 C10G 49/12 C12M 1/00 C12P 3/00 C12P 5/00 C12P 7/04 C12P 7/10 C12P 7/16 C12P 7/02	Application no. 11007752.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of preparation of alcohols, organic acids, proteins, sugars, hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof from biomass
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T166518.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1854/18 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08H 8/00 C10G 1/00 C10L 1/02 C10L 5/44 C08L 1/02 C08L 97/02 C08J 3/28 C10G 3/00 C10G 15/00 C10G 32/00 C10G 49/12 C12M 1/00 C12P 3/00 C12P 5/00 C12P 7/04 C12P 7/10 C12P 7/16 C12P 7/02	Application no. 11007747.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Method for generating energy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T185418.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0233/15 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 6/06	Application no. 06742762.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Anordnung zur Leistungsversorgung mehrerer Induktionsspulen bei einem Induktionsgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T023315.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1875/15 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 141/10 C10M 161/00	Application no. 03709392.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objections - admitted (no)				Application title LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS WITH GOOD THERMAL STABILITY AND DEMULSIBILITY PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T187515.20191203				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 604 KB)
T 2259/15 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B07B 1/46	Application no. 07820480.7
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM KLASSIEREN WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T225915.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 1181/16 (DD Washer/Valmet) of 11.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D21C 9/06	Application no. 06747848.7
Keywords Novelty - public prior use (no) Novelty - insufficient substantiation/ evidence Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CELLULOSE PULP IN A WASHING APPARATUS ARRANGED WITH A REINFORCING FRAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T118116.20191111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2155/16 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42 D06F 39/00	Application no. 09015603.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Dishwasher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215516.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 2350/16 () of 18.10.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 05778617.0
Keywords Übertragung der Einsprechendenstellung (nein) Zulassung der Vergleichsversuche (ja) Neuheit (nein: Hauptantrag; ja: Hilfsantrag I) Zulässigkeit des Disclaimers (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja: Hilfsantrag I)				Application title METALLISIERTES SICHERHEITSELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T235016.20191018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2633/16 (UTILISATION D'ACIDES BENZOÏQUES HALOGENES / TOTAL) of 28.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C09K 8/58 E21B 47/10	Application no. 11720588.0
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - auraient pu être produites en première instance (non)				Application title UTILISATION D'ACIDES BENZOÏQUES HALOGENES POUR LE MARQUAGE D'EAU D'INJECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T263316.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1449/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60C 5/04 B60C 29/04	Application no. 12170727.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schlauchsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144917.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1497/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60C 5/04 B60C 29/04	Application no. 12170728.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Schlauchsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149717.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 0372/18 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 16/027	Application no. 14306297.4
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Anordnung für in einem Kraftfahrzeug montierte elektrische Leitungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037218.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273 KB)
T 1085/18 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 19/00 B66C 13/22	Application no. 10763602.9
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein)				Application title PORTALHUBWAGEN ZUM EINSATZ IN CONTAINERTERMINALS UND FÜR ALLGEMEINE TRANSPORTZWECKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108518.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1841/19 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/00 A61C 7/08	Application no. 09746147.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title DENTAL APPLIANCE REINFORCEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184119.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220 KB)
T 2227/15 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 19/06 B26B 19/20 B26B 19/38	Application no. 09251666.5
Keywords Late-filed lines of attack - admitted (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) RPBA 2020 - applicability and transitional provisions Form of decision - abridged form in respect of one or more issues				Application title Blade assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T222715.20200129				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0044/16 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/511 A61F 13/84 A61F 13/514	Application no. 11155400.2
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Disposable diapers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004416.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1524/16 (Functional antibodies/GENENCOR) of 29.1.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.1.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 16/46 C12N 15/63 C12N 15/64 C12N 15/80 C12N 1/15 A61K 39/395	Application no. 03719861.1
Keywords Main request and aux. requests 3 and 6 - inventive step (no) Aux. requests 1, 4, 5 and 7 to 10 - clarity (no) Aux.requests 1a, 2a, 4a, 5a and 7a to 10a - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Production of functional antibodies in filamentous fungi
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152416.20190129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 560 KB)
T 1591/16 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D 9/10 F02D 11/10	Application no. 04006975.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title Motor driving type throttle apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T159116.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1621/16 (Hand dishwashing/Procter&Gamble) of 14.10.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 3/33 C11D 3/36 C11D 1/83 C11D 1/94	Application no. 09163237.2
Keywords Amendments - mutliple selections from lists of converging alternatives Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T162116.20191014				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 1672/16 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F24D 19/10 G05D 7/06 E03B 7/00 E03B 7/08 E03B 7/07	Application no. 08874783.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (no) Inventive step Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T167216.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 1741/16 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 3/10	Application no. 09786382.3
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 2 and 9 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 7 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 12 and 13 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title TABLET PRODUCTION MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF TABLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174116.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2093/16 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/00 A47L 15/46	Application no. 04804765.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT ZWISCHENPUMPBETRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209316.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2133/16 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 1/46	Application no. 08801838.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 3 - mangelnde Substantiierung - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsanträge 4 und 5 - zugelassen (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 4 und 5 (nein)				Application title KOMPAKTE FLEXIBLE CSP-ANLAGE FÜR ENDLOS-, SEMI-ENDLOS- UND BATCHBETRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T213316.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348 KB)
T 2420/16 (Content access across devices/QUALCOMM) of 7.10.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07871635.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Preserving a user experience with content across multiple computing devices using location information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T242016.20191007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 2741/16 (Haptic feedback assisted text manipulation / Immersion) of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01 G06F 3/048 G06F 17/24	Application no. 11191507.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious modification Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Haptic feedback assisted text manipulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T274116.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2746/16 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/06 F03D 7/02 F03D 7/04 F03D 9/00 H02J 3/04 H02J 3/24 H02J 3/38 H02P 9/00 H02P 9/10	Application no. 10710316.0
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T274616.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0163/17 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C 19/16 F16C 19/55 F16C 33/58 F16C 35/067 F16C 35/04	Application no. 08012058.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal and the reply thereto Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case				Application title Assembling method of bearing unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T016317.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0645/17 (Curable polymer separator/UC & UMD) of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 3/00 G01N 33/49	Application no. 14190681.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) -main and first to sixth auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (yes) -seventh auxiliary request Claims - clarity (yes) -seventh auxiliary request Remittal to the examining division				Application title Curable polymer separator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T064517.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1169/17 (Process for making a detergent base composition/Procter & Gamble) of 21.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/04 C11D 1/37	Application no. 11715377.5
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - not admissible Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING A DETERGENT BASE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116917.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 1724/17 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40	Application no. 09827899.7
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title BEVERAGE MAKER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172417.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 2199/14 () of 21.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/00 H01L 25/16 H01L 27/15 H01L 33/00 H01L 25/075	Application no. 03724539.6
Keywords Priority - identity of invention (no) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLID-STATE LIGHT SOURCE AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T219914.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0702/15 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C10M 171/00	Application no. 04817445.2
Keywords Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title FLUORINATED ALKENE REFRIGERANT COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070215.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260 KB)
T 1940/15 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778 H01L 29/20 H01L 29/207 H01L 29/423	Application no. 06734062.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title GROUP III NITRIDE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (FETS) CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING HIGH TEMPERATURE REVERSE BIAS TEST CONDITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T194015.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0026/16 () of 24.9.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E01H 4/02 F16P 3/14 G08G 1/16	Application no. 11153413.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Pistenpflegefahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T002616.20190924				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0261/16 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16F 1/38 B64D 41/00	Application no. 08843213.3
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH ELASTOMERIC MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026116.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0302/16 () of 17.10.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F28G 1/16	Application no. 02009244.1
Keywords Zulassung eines neuen Einspruchsgrunds - (nein) Zulassung spät vorgebrachter Einwände - (nein) Zulassung einer spät vorgebrachten offenkundigen Vorbenutzung - (nein) Zulassung spät eingereichter Beweismittel - (nein) Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Online-Kesselreinigung von Abfallverbrennungsanlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030216.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 550 KB)
T 0361/16 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24H 3/04 F24H 9/18 H05B 3/24 B60H 1/22	Application no. 09012038.7
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Elektrische Heizvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036116.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 227 KB)
T 0414/16 () of 12.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A45D 27/46 B26B 19/38	Application no. 04710801.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SYSTEM AUS EINEM ELEKTRISCHEN TROCKENRASIERAPPARAT UND EINEM DIESEM ZU GEORDNETEN ELEKTRISCHEN REINIGUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T041416.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0471/16 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E02F 3/92 E02F 9/28	Application no. 10728679.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title CUTTER HEAD FOR DREDGING GROUND, CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER PROVIDED WITH SUCH A CUTTER HEAD AND USE OF THE CUTTER HEAD FOR DREDGING GROUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T047116.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1161/16 (COBALT-NICKEL-CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS/ATI) of 18.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 19/00	Application no. 04752617.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - availability to the public Novelty - multiple selection Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown Late-filed document - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title COBALT-NICKEL-CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF TITANIUM NITRIDE INCLUSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116116.20191118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1366/16 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 9/15	Application no. 12187784.9
Keywords Neuheit				Application title Rollladen mit einer Mehrzahl parallel angeordneter und gelenkig verbundener Rollladenstäbe aus einwandigem, dünnem Metallblech
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T136616.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 259 KB)
T 1690/16 () of 5.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 45/02	Application no. 06832688.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COOLING APPARATUS FOR HOT ROLLED STEEL BAND AND METHOD OF COOLING THE STEEL BAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169016.20191105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2734/16 (Zulassung neuer Angriffslinie - Verspätetes Einreichen … of 15.10.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 23/088 E01C 19/00	Application no. 08157838.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Selbstfahrende Großfräse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T273416.20191015				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 599 KB)
T 0598/17 (Continuous annealing/TATA) of 22.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/26 C21D 9/46 C21D 9/52 C21D 6/00 C22C 38/04	Application no. 11703586.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE HEAT TREATMENT OF METAL STRIP MATERIAL, AND STRIP MATERIAL PRODUCED IN THAT WAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T059817.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2643/17 () of 13.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 3/04	Application no. 11003326.3
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title Heat exchanger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T264317.20191113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0087/18 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B62L 3/02 B60T 7/10 B60T 11/16	Application no. 07001857.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (yes)				Application title Bicycle hydraulic brake actuation device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T008718.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1640/19 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21H 1/06	Application no. 12735873.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title WALZE FÜR EIN RINGWALZWERK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T164019.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 226 KB)
T 2184/14 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D 35/10 B65D 47/08	Application no. 08017038.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - (oui) Procédure orale - en l'absence des requérantes 2 et 4 et de l'intimée Requête principale et requête subsidiaire 2 produites tardivement - recevables (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 1 (non)				Application title Tubes souples en matière plastique et leur procédé de fabrication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T218414.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1405/15 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/095	Application no. 05852940.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Power supply for LED signal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140515.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1604/15 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 41/34	Application no. 08701348.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURE CAP AND A COMBINATION OF THE CAP AND A CONTAINER NECK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160415.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0032/16 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61F 13/02	Application no. 10724890.8
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) - special circumstances of the case				Application title HYDROGEL WOUND DRESSING FOR USE WITH SUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003216.20200114				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0243/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 77/04	Application no. 09398009.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Pallet container for liquids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024316.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1166/16 (LYOPHILIZED RECOMBINANT VWF FORMULATIONS/Baxalta Incorporated and … of 3.12.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 38/36 A61K 9/08 A61K 47/12 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26 A61K 48/00 A61K 38/16	Application no. 09740822.3
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (No) Auxiliary request - Admission into the proceedings (No)				Application title LYOPHILIZED RECOMBINANT VWF FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116616.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1714/16 (Procter&Gamble/Aminosilicones) of 27.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 1/02 C11D 1/37 C11D 1/65 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/895 A61Q 5/00 A61Q 19/00 C11D 1/88 C11D 1/94 C11D 3/22 C11D 11/00 C11D 17/00	Application no. 10731679.6
Keywords Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title AMINOSILICONE CONTAINING DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171416.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1720/16 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/02 B60S 5/02 B67D 5/14 G06F 3/033 G07F 13/02	Application no. 03022730.0
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Secure controller of outdoor payment terminals in compliance with EMV specifications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172016.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1520/17 () of 12.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/26 A61L 27/52 A61L 27/58 C08L 5/08 C08B 37/00	Application no. 10750046.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3 Amendment of the appellant's case. Admitted (no)				Application title VISCOELASTIC GELS AS NOVEL FILLERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152017.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1690/17 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 75/58 B65D 77/00	Application no. 10181886.2
Keywords Novelty - after amendment Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Resealable Food Container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169017.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 1612/19 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/25 C21D 8/02 C21D 8/04	Application no. 11743330.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCT, AND A HOT-ROLLED STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161219.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224 KB)
T 0083/15 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00	Application no. 07024538.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T008315.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 0396/15 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B24D 13/08	Application no. 07731681.8
Keywords Faits produits tardivement - recevable (oui) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title MEULE D'EBARBAGE FINE, UTILISATION DE CETTE MEULE ET PROCEDE POUR LA FABRIQUER.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T039615.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 506 KB)
T 1279/15 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/804 A47J 31/36	Application no. 09796130.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CAPSULE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A CAPSULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T127915.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1591/15 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 13/005 B29D 11/00 C08F 290/08 C09D 175/16 C09J 151/00	Application no. 07013158.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for blocking a lens blank, adhesive composition and use of the latter in lens blocking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T159115.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1937/15 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01G 11/00	Application no. 10015400.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (ja)				Application title Wägevorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193715.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0690/16 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00	Application no. 11001190.5
Keywords -				Application title Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069016.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1029/16 (Content metadata processing/SONY) of 27.9.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03778956.7
Keywords Inventive step - main, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - third auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - third auxiliary request (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Remittal to department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T102916.20190927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 1100/16 (Procédé d'oxydation/Primetals) of 12.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C21D 1/76 C21D 9/48 C21D 9/52 C21D 9/56 C23C 2/02 C23C 2/40 F27B 9/06 C21D 9/00	Application no. 08829848.4
Keywords Invention brevetable - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF D'OXYDATION/REDUCTION CONTROLEE DE LA SURFACE D'UNE BANDE D'ACIER EN DEFILEMENT CONTINU DANS UN FOUR A TUBES RADIANTS EN VUE DE SA GALVANISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T110016.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 261 KB)
T 1238/16 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/44	Application no. 05826001.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED AND STEAMED MILK FROM MILK CONCENTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T123816.20191216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1455/16 (Image search to obtain shooting spot/RAKUTEN) of 20.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 20.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11775122.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Information providing device, method of providing information, information providing processing program, and recording medium on which an information providing processing program is recorded
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145516.20191120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1754/16 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F04B 43/00 F04B 49/06	Application no. 10001643.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Dosierpumpenaggregat sowie Verfahren zur Steuerung eines Dosierpumpenaggregates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T175416.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2385/16 (Encoding and decoding apparatus/NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE … of 8.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 12/00 G06F 5/00 G06F 17/21	Application no. 07860476.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Encoding and decoding apparatus, method, and program, and recording medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T238516.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2628/16 () of 13.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 11/12 A22C 15/00 B65H 75/44	Application no. 10194964.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Clip supply
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T262816.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0696/17 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/1333 G02F 1/13357	Application no. 14171255.4
Keywords Subject-matter extending beyond the earlier application as filed (no, amended claims) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Liquid crystal display apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069617.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0880/17 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00	Application no. 10016140.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T088017.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 482 KB)
T 1248/17 (Water-absorbing agent / NIPPON SHOKUBAI) of 7.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 20/26 G01N 5/00 A61L 15/60 A61F 13/15 C08F 20/00	Application no. 05108718.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - clarity (no) Amendments - all requests				Application title Water-absorbing agent, its production process and use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124817.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1633/17 () of 20.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/04 B60T 15/14	Application no. 11794460.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title BETRIEBSBREMSVENTIL MIT WENIGSTENS EINEM UNMITTELBAR DURCH EINEN RELAISKOLBEN BETÄTIGBAREN ELEKTRISCHEN SCHALTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T163317.20191120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1879/17 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 23/00 B60R 1/00	Application no. 05851654.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request Claims - clarity (no) Claims - first auxiliary request Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187917.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 1045/18 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 11/20 A47L 11/40 A47L 11/30	Application no. 10766222.3
Keywords Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - Fehlerhafte Ausübung des Ermessens der Prüfungsabteilung Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Prüfungsabteilung				Application title HANDGEFÜHRTES BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104518.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0547/14 (Verfahren zur Vorhersage von Schimmelpilzbildung/FRAUNHOFER) of 29.1.2020
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02794505.4
Keywords Patentierbare Erfindung - "Bestimmung physikalischer Grössen zur Vorhersage von Schimmelpilzbildung" (Verfahren für gedankliche Tätigkeiten Patentierbare Erfindung - nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - "Bestimmung physikalischer Grössen zur Vorhersage von Schimmelpilzbildung" (nicht-technisch oder allgemeines Fachwissen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - technische und nicht-technische Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Unterschiedsmerkmale sind nicht notorisch Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VORHERSAGE VON SCHIMMELPILZBILDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054714.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1023/15 () of 9.7.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 11/00	Application no. 09290092.7
Keywords Admissibility of the appellant's requests (no)				Application title Ultraviolet curing-type inkjet printer and printing method used in Ultraviolet curing-type inkjet printer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T102315.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2003/15 () of 25.7.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29D 99/00 B64C 1/06 B64C 1/12 B64C 1/00 B61D 17/04 B63B 3/28 B63B 3/36 B64C 3/26 B64C 3/18	Application no. 05788068.4
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Structural panels for use in aircraft fuselages and other structures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T200315.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 1217/16 () of 18.9.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B61C 17/04 B60K 37/00	Application no. 09090012.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Beweisaufnahme - Zeugenvernehmung				Application title Führerstand eines spurgebundenen Fahrzeuges, Insbesondere eines Schienenfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T121716.20190918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1672/17 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 25/00	Application no. 13152894.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes: main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3) Added matter (yes: auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5) Remittal to the depart of first instance (yes)				Application title Optically variable security device and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T167217.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1447/15 (Method for designing an addendum/AUTOFORM) of 14.11.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/4099	Application no. 01927551.0
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE DESIGNING OF TOOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T144715.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1931/15 (Transdermales therapeutisches System / LTS LOHMANN) of 5.12.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/70 A61P 5/24 A61P 15/08 A61P 15/12 A61P 5/18	Application no. 02762444.4
Keywords Hauptantrag - eingereicht mit Beschwerdebegründung - zugelassen (ja) Hauptantrag - Neuheit - (nein)				Application title TRANSDERMALES THERAPEUTISCHES SYSTEM AUF DER BASIS VON POLYACRYLAT-HAFTKLEBERN OHNE FUNKTIONELLE GRUPPEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T193115.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0117/16 () of 7.11.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 11/128	Application no. 06755231.5
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REGELUNG EINES ANSTELLSEGMENTES IN EINER STRANGGIEßANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T011716.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0634/16 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A41B 11/12 A61F 13/08	Application no. 09745991.1
Keywords Procédure orale - présentation orale par un assistant (non) Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (oui) Requêtes subsidiaires - modification des moyens invoqués aprés dépôt des motifs de recours - recevables de prime abord (non)				Application title BANDE AUTO-FIXANTE DE MAINTIEN ET DE CONTENTION NOTAMMENT POUR BAS DE CONTENTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063416.20200110				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1874/16 () of 2.10.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00	Application no. 01974254.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3 Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title DRUCKLUFTAUFBEREITUNGSEINRICHTUNG FÜR KRAFTFAHRZEUGE UND VERFAHREN ZUR REGENERATION DES TROCKNUNGSMITTELS EINES LUFTTROCKNERS EINER LUFTDRUCKVERSORGUNGSANLAGE EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T187416.20191002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2500/16 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01P 5/12 F16D 35/02	Application no. 05003510.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 9 (nein)				Application title Kühlmittelpumpe für ein Kraftfahrzeug, mit regelbarem Antrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T250016.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0217/17 (Ester liquide ramifié/ L'OREAL) of 20.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/38 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/23 A61K 8/37	Application no. 08100319.6
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Composition pour la décoloration des cheveux comprenant un ester liquide ramifié non volatile d'acide carboxylique à point de solidification inférieur à 4°c
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021717.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1826/17 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00 B60T 15/04	Application no. 06010659.8
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title Druckluftversorgungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182617.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 482 KB)
T 2664/17 (Oral Care Product / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 23.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/03 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/36 A61K 8/368 A61K 8/49 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 10779423.2
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title ORAL CARE PRODUCT AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266417.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 0528/18 (Method for producing a stabilised antibody/CHUGAI) of 12.7.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/705 C07K 16/00 C07K 1/107 C07K 16/36	Application no. 02792048.7
Keywords Main request, first to fifth auxiliary request: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Method of stabilizing protein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052818.20190712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0128/15 () of 9.12.2019
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B31B 1/90 B31B 19/90 B65B 61/06 B65B 61/18 B65B 61/20	Application no. 09000746.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Tabak-Beuteln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012815.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1623/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07C 5/08 G08G 1/16	Application no. 08774004.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title FAHRZEUGSTEUERSYSTEM FÜR EINEN KRAFTWAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162315.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1798/16 () of 30.7.2019
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C 57/04 B21D 41/02	Application no. 11160491.4
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention (non)				Application title Dispositif d'outil à expansion pour pince ou machine à réaliser des emboîtures aux extrémités de tuyaux en matière plastique ou composite
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T179816.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2363/16 (URL based email filtering/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 6.12.2019
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04103338.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title URL based filtering of electronic communications and web pages
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T236316.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0484/17 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 26/12 B23K 26/16 B23K 26/36 B23K 26/06	Application no. 10171819.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Gas-assisted laser ablation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048417.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1773/19 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 10702844.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PAYMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177319.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)

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