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.

• June 2023
• May 2023
• April 2023

June 2023

T 1498/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 09.06.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04	Application no. 09773598.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title REFRIGERANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING 1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROETHANE (HFC134a) AND 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE (HFO1234yf)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T149819.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0801/20 (NFC mobile wallet processing system/PAYPAL) of 1.6.2023
Online on 09.06.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.6.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/34 G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/40 G06Q 20/36	Application no. 15755379.3
Keywords Inventive step - transmitting transaction details in two steps (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title NFC MOBILE WALLET PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T080120.20230601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0961/21 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 09.06.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B 39/08 A01B 39/18	Application no. 15839097.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - Ermessensausübung				Application title BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT; VERFAHREN ZUR HÖHENFÜHRUNG MINDESTENS EINES FINGERHACKENWERKZEUGES ÜBER EINER REIHE IN EINER REIHENKULTUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T096121.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1867/18 (Approximate string matching/AB INITIO) of 5.6.2023
Online on 07.06.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.6.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 7/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 08870601.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title MANAGING AN ARCHIVE FOR APPROXIMATE STRING MATCHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T186718.20230605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1139/19 (Iron carboxymaltose complex/VIFOR) of 24.5.2023
Online on 07.06.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/715 A61P 7/06	Application no. 07716309.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF IRON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T113919.20230524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)
T 2155/19 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 07.06.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61F 13/02 A61M 1/00 A61M 27/00	Application no. 14706464.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title ABSORBENT DRESSING WITH HYBRID DRAPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215519.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1216/20 (Consumption meter with error correction/KAMSTRUP) of 9.5.2023
Online on 07.06.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 9/00 G01D 4/00 G06Q 50/06 H04L 1/00	Application no. 14805781.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no): opposition division's claim construction not followed Admittance of request filed during oral proceedings - auxiliary request (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title Consumption meter with error-correction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T121620.20230509				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1764/20 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 07.06.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/611	Application no. 08733256.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren zugelassen (nein)				Application title KLAPPENANTRIEBSSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T176420.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1807/15 () of 2.12.2022
Online on 06.06.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 1/02	Application no. 04758381.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title High Efficiency Amplifier and Method of Designing Same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T180715.20221202				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 570 KB)
T 1739/19 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 06.06.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B29L 7/00	Application no. 13758913.1
Keywords Compétence de la chambre pour examiner la clarté de la revendication 1 de la requête principale (oui) Clarté de la revendication 1 (non ; toutes les requêtes)				Application title Procédé de cuisson d'un matelas continu de fibres minérales ou végétales
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T173919.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2177/19 () of 1.6.2023
Online on 06.06.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 1.6.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00 G06Q 50/00 G06Q 30/02 G06F 17/30	Application no. 11832927.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title SECURELY RENDERING ONLINE ADS IN A HOST PAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T217719.20230601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 2536/19 () of 26.4.2023
Online on 06.06.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 17/14 A61B 5/08	Application no. 11723517.6
Keywords Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête auxiliare n°3 (non) Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles Modification après signification - requêtes auxiliares n°4 et n°5 (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME D'ANALYSE DE L'ACTIVITÉ RESPIRATOIRE D'UN PATIENT ET APPLICATIONS CORRESPONDANTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T253619.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2617/19 (Taste-masking agent/NUTRICIA) of 1.6.2023
Online on 06.06.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.6.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/7052 A61K 31/7072 A61K 35/60 A61K 47/36 A61K 47/38 A61P 25/28 A61K 9/00 A61K 38/02 A23L 29/262 A23L 29/269 A23L 33/115 A23L 33/13 A23L 33/17 A23L 33/00 A61K 33/06 A61K 47/42 A61K 47/44	Application no. 08864664.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title A PALATABLE NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING A NUCLEOTIDE AND/OR A NUCLEOSIDE AND A TASTE MASKING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T261719.20230601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0654/20 (Stem cell immunodepletion/STANFORD UNIVERSITY) of 16.2.2023
Online on 06.06.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A01N 63/00	Application no. 07871350.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Selective immunodepletion of endogenous stem cell niche for engraftment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T065420.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 547 KB)
T 0970/21 () of 21.4.2023
Online on 06.06.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 7/00 A23P 1/10	Application no. 03761866.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND MOULDING DEVICES FOR MOULDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T097021.20230421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2324/18 () of 11.5.2023
Online on 05.06.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/18	Application no. 07116280.4
Keywords Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - auxiliary requests Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - specification of all facts, arguments and evidence relied on (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Double feeding for the serpentine of a cooled blade
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T232418.20230511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 2023/19 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 05.06.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 09015497.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and first and second auxiliary requests (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - no exceptional circumstances and prima facie giving rise to new issues				Application title Methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T202319.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2294/19 () of 4.5.2023
Online on 05.06.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 11/06 F04D 29/12 F16J 15/34 F16J 15/40	Application no. 12790924.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request 1 Inventive step - (no)				Application title DRY GAS SEAL FOR SUPERCRITICAL CO2 PUMP-HIGH PRESSURE BUFFER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T229419.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0084/20 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 05.06.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A41D 27/28 A41D 3/00	Application no. 13802338.7
Keywords Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title SPORTJACKE MIT VORRICHTUNG ZUR WÄRMEREGULIERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T008420.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 272 KB)
T 0157/20 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 05.06.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/56	Application no. 11159316.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Blasformanordnung mit kontrolliertem Verriegelungsmechanismus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T015720.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1034/20 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 05.06.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A01M 29/06 A01M 29/10 C03C 17/23 C03C 23/00	Application no. 09014121.9
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Patentansprüche - wesentliche Merkmale Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Transparente Scheibe, Vogelschlagvermeidungsverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T103420.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1424/21 () of 27.4.2023
Online on 05.06.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 1/30 B05D 5/06 B05D 1/40 B05D 7/06 B05D 7/00 C09D 5/00	Application no. 11802909.9
Keywords Ermessensfehler - (nein) Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title HOCHGLANZOBERFLÄCHE DURCH HOTCOATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T142421.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0730/19 (Electric heater / LG Electronics) of 24.4.2023
Online on 02.06.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 3/16	Application no. 08778779.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - Main Request Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - Auxiliary Requests 1,2,3 (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary Requests 3a,4,4a,4b,5,6,7 (no) Amendments - Auxiliary Requests 3,4,4a,6,7,8,9,10,11 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - Auxiliary Request 4a (no) Amendment after summons - Auxiliary Request 4c Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title ELECTRIC HEATER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T073019.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476 KB)
T 1138/19 () of 13.2.2023
Online on 02.06.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B29B 13/02	Application no. 12734963.7
Keywords Recevabilité du recours de la requérante I (oui) Nouveauté (non: requêtes auxiliaires 1 et 3: oui: requête auxiliaire 4) Activité inventive (non: requête auxiliaire 4)				Application title Procédé de chauffe d'une ébauche de récipient à faible température de paroi externe et unité de chauffage d'ébauches
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T113819.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 961 KB)
T 1795/19 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 02.06.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 5/00	Application no. 09180014.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Patentierbare Erfindung - technischer Charakter der Erfindung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - gegenüber D2 Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Ferndiagnose einer Aufzuganlage und Aufzuganlage zur Durchführung des Verfahrens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T179519.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 493 KB)
T 0957/20 () of 11.5.2023
Online on 02.06.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.5.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC A61B 17/70 A61B 17/02	Application no. 13731368.0
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Requêtes subsidiaires insuffisamment motivées dans la réponse au mémoire de recours - recevables (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardidement - circonstances exceptionnelles (non) - recevables (non)				Application title SYSTEME D'INSTRUMENTATION POUR LA REALISATION D'UNE INTERVENTION CHIRURGICALE SUR DES VERTEBRES COMPRENANT DES MOYENS DE BLOCAGE TEMPORAIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095720.20230511				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 632 KB)
T 0048/21 (Disaggregated network architecture/HUAWEI) of 30.5.2023
Online on 02.06.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 30.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/173	Application no. 14764967.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first and second auxiliary requests (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - third to eighth auxiliary requests				Application title Disaggregated network architecture for data centers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004821.20230530				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0151/21 (Module execution/THE NIELSEN COMPANY) of 25.5.2023
Online on 02.06.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 25.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00 G06Q 30/02	Application no. 14748932.2
Keywords Amendment to case - request no longer maintained in first-instance proceedings Amendment to case - main request (not admitted) Amendments - first to fourth auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Methods and apparatus for efficient execution of modules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T015121.20230525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
R 0003/21 (Antrag auf Überprüfung) of 24.5.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board EBA	Decision date 24.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 8/00	Application no. 06790255.1
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung - teils offensichtlich unzulässig Antrag auf Überprüfung - Überprüfung materiellrechtliche Fragen Antrag auf Überprüfung - teils offensichtlich unzulässig Antrag auf Überprüfung - verspätet Antrag auf Überprüfung - teils offensichtlich unzulässig oder zumindest offensichtlich unbegründet Antrag auf Überprüfung - keine rechtskräftig festgestellte Straftat Antrag auf Überprüfung - verfrüht				Application title ZAHNIMPLANTAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:R000321.20230524				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 518 KB)
R 0014/21 (Antrag auf Überprüfung - rechtliches Gehör) of 24.5.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board EBA	Decision date 24.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F16C 33/46	Application no. 03020732.8
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung - offensichtlich unbegründet Antrag auf Überprüfung - schwerwiegende Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein)				Application title Käfig für ein Wälzlager
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:R001421.20230524				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 2391/18 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F27B 3/28 F27D 19/00 F27B 3/18 C21C 5/56 F27D 3/12 F27D 3/00 B65G 47/51 C21C 5/52 C21B 13/12	Application no. 06742598.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Observations by third parties - legal position of third party Observations by third parties - relevant (no) Observations by third parties - admissibility of a new document (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title EQUIPMENT FOR MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF LOAD MATERIAL OR SCRAP FEEDING INTO A FURNACE AND RELATIVE METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T239118.20230419				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 513 KB)
T 2151/19 () of 26.5.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 9/06 B29C 71/00 C08J 3/18 C08B 37/00 C08B 1/00	Application no. 18158802.1
Keywords Inventive step (yes) Remittal for further prosecution				Application title Method for pelletizing biomaterial composites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215119.20230526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2309/19 () of 4.5.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 3/155	Application no. 05786208.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Step-down voltage converter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T230919.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0419/20 () of 9.5.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 9.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00 H04N 13/04	Application no. 12844506.1
Keywords Appellant's sole request - Admittance (no)				Application title VIDEO PRESENTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T041920.20230509				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0990/20 () of 31.5.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 31.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 7/00 B60C 1/00 B29B 7/74	Application no. 14739399.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title SCHWEFELVERNETZBARE KAUTSCHUKMISCHUNG UND FAHRZEUGLUFTREIFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T099020.20230531				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1314/21 () of 28.4.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 65/40 B65D 85/72 B32B 5/18 B32B 5/20 B32B 5/26 B32B 7/02 B32B 7/04 B32B 23/00 B32B 23/06 B32B 23/08 B32B 27/08 B32B 27/10 B32B 27/32	Application no. 15724700.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features Late-filed evidence - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed evidence - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title PACKAGING MATERIAL AND PACKAGING CONTAINER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T131421.20230428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1790/21 () of 12.5.2023
Online on 01.06.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A62B 7/00 A61M 16/12 A61M 16/16 A62B 7/02 A61M 16/10 A61M 16/00	Application no. 06757911.0
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A BREATHING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS WITH A MANIFOLD TO ADD AUXILIARY GASES TO AMBIENT GASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T179021.20230512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)

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May 2023

T 1587/18 (Earthquake damage prediction/SWISS RE) of 28.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 09781198.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE PREDICTION AND PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T158718.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1893/18 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 23/04 F26B 21/08 F26B 23/00	Application no. 11170081.1
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Bogenverarbeitende Maschine mit einem oder mehreren Trocknern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T189318.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 529 KB)
T 2330/18 () of 11.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60L 11/18 H02J 5/00 H02J 7/02	Application no. 15739609.4
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Claims - clarity (no) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Operation of an inductive power transfer system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T233018.20230511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1219/19 (Methods for nucleic acid sequencing I/PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES) of 18.1.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 15191903.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Discretion of the opposition division not to admit amended claims filed at the oral proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Methods for nucleic acid sequencing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T121919.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 584 KB)
T 2351/19 (Animal food/HILL'S PET NUTRITION) of 4.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 40/00 A23K 10/26 A23K 20/174 A23K 20/147 A23K 20/158 A23K 50/48 A23K 20/163	Application no. 12891430.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ANIMAL FOOD COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T235119.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2410/19 (PCV2 composition/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 16.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12	Application no. 06850366.3
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title PCV2 immunogenic composition for lessening clinical symptoms in pigs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T241019.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 2835/19 (Methods for nucleic acid sequencing II/PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES) of 18.1.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 16189216.1
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3 and 5 to 8 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods for nucleic acid sequencing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T283519.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 0484/20 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B 1/76	Application no. 09768324.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title FACADE INSULATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T048420.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1023/20 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F23R 3/00 F23M 5/02	Application no. 14752417.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 5 (yes) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes- auxiliary requests 1-4) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes -auxiliary request 5) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no- auxiliary requests 6,7)				Application title TILE FOR COVERING COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, IN PARTICULAR FOR GAS TURBINE ENERGY PRODUCTION POWER PLANT AND COMBUSTION CHAMBER COMPRISING SAID TILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T102320.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1007 KB)
T 1171/20 (Zugriffsgeschützter Datenträger/GIESECKE) of 10.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 21/77 G06F 21/55 G06Q 20/34 G07F 7/08 H04L 9/00	Application no. 99924992.3
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung in Präsenz Mündliche Verhandlung - gegen den Antrag einer Partei Mündliche Verhandlung - in Abwesenheit einer Partei Kostenverteilung - nein Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein), Hilfsantrag 7 (ja) Nichtzulassungsentscheidung der Einspruchsabteilung bestätigt - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Zulassung eines mit der Beschwerde eingereichten Antrags - Hilfsantrag 7 (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 7 (ja) Ursprüngliche Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 7 (ja) Vor der Einspruchsabteilung nicht aufrechterhaltener Tatsachenvortrag - Berücksichtigung (nein)				Application title ZUGRIFFSGESCHÜTZTER DATENTRÄGER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T117120.20230510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 579 KB)
T 1743/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F 11/18	Application no. 14163023.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Lower profile for balcony railing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T174320.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1846/20 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 471/04 A61K 31/519 A61P 35/00	Application no. 15810067.7
Keywords -				Application title PYRIDINO[1,2-A]PYRIMIDONE ANALOGUE USED AS PI3K INHIBITOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T184620.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1991/20 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C 7/08 H05B 3/74 H05B 6/06	Application no. 13182240.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Kochfeldvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T199120.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 671 KB)
T 2055/20 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/00 B29D 28/00 B29C 64/153 B29C 64/20 B29L 31/00	Application no. 11752232.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT HAVING AN INTERNAL STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T205520.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 756 KB)
T 1259/21 () of 26.4.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 5/10	Application no. 12153333.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1, 2 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfantrag 3 (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Anordnung von Sensoren für eine elektronische Betätigung einer Klappe eines Kraftfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T125921.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 609 KB)
T 1621/21 () of 25.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 7/00	Application no. 12005997.7
Keywords Inventive step - identification of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - problem-solution approach Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Variation and control of sensory work playback
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162121.20230525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1622/21 () of 25.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 7/00	Application no. 12005999.3
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Variation and control of sensory work playback
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162221.20230525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1623/21 () of 25.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 7/00	Application no. 12006000.9
Keywords Inventive step - identification of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - problem-solution approach Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Variation and control of sensory work playback
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162321.20230525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0423/22 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 23/04	Application no. 09179826.4
Keywords Evidence - public prior use Evidence - hearing witness Taking of evidence - hearing witness by videoconference				Application title RFID enabled tire control system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T042322.20230324				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0080/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F28D 7/16 F28F 1/02 F28D 21/00	Application no. 15190213.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichter Einwand - wäre bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorzubringen gewesen (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title WÄRMEÜBERTRAGER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T008020.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1314/20 (Biometric transaction authentication using mobile devices/CHIPTEC) of 25.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 14833551.6
Keywords Inventive step - use of biometric instead of PIN-based verification to be carried out inside a SIM card (no Inventive step - obvious alternative)				Application title SYSTEM, USER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T131420.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1563/20 () of 20.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/713 A01P 3/00 A01P 7/00 A01N 51/00 A01N 47/38 A01N 47/34 A01N 47/24 A01N 47/14 A01N 47/12 A01N 43/88 A01N 43/653 A01N 43/56 A01N 43/54 A01N 43/40 A01N 37/50 A01N 37/34	Application no. 17158810.6
Keywords Inventive step				Application title PESTICIDE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A TETRAZOLYLOXIME DERIVATIVE AND AN INSECTICIDE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T156320.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1829/20 () of 16.5.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 12733240.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title NEEDLE SHEATH REMOVER ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T182920.20230516				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 574 KB)
T 0126/21 () of 1.3.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 101/02	Application no. 05709364.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - (no: main request and first auxiliary request) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title HARDENABLE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T012621.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0874/21 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 6/00 F01D 17/02 F01D 17/20 F01D 25/16 F01D 17/08 F23M 11/04 H04Q 9/00	Application no. 11790510.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SENSOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MACHINE HAVING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087421.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1256/21 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/44	Application no. 05826001.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED AND STEAMED MILK FROM MILK CONCENTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T125621.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1742/21 (FGFR3 fusion/ASTELLAS PHARMA) of 16.3.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/6886	Application no. 13757006.5
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - claims - clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 8 and 9 - amendement to case - admitted (no)				Application title Novel FGFR3 fusion product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T174221.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 2417/22 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/105 C22C 1/04 C22C 9/00 B33Y 70/00 B22F 3/24 C22F 1/08 C22C 9/06 B33Y 80/00 B22F 10/20	Application no. 17198275.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds Oral proceedings - abandonment of request				Application title USE OF A COPPER ALLOY POWDER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED ARTICLE, AND ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T241722.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0695/18 (Withdrawal of the withdrawal of the appeal/ZTE) of 3.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 68/00 H04L 5/00 H04W 24/10	Application no. 11865564.6
Keywords Correction of withdrawal of appeal - (no): Rule 139 EPC not applicable to non-pending appeal cases Pendency of application after withdrawal of appeal - (no) Divergence from an interpretation of the EPC in earlier decisions of any Board - (yes): different interpretation of Rule 139 EPC				Application title Method for notifying interference measurement reference information, method and device for measuring interference
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T069518.20230303				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 561 KB)
T 1292/19 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/68 C09J 7/02	Application no. 12005517.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Folienband
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T129219.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 544 KB)
T 1626/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 11/00	Application no. 08843739.7
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendment after summons - response to objection raised in the oral proceedings for the first time Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - all requests (yes)				Application title MANAGING MEDICATIONS AT THE BEDSIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162619.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2257/19 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 25/355	Application no. 08720207.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes) Amendments - relationship between Art. 123(2) and Art. 123(3) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - objection not overcome				Application title SECURITY ELEMENT PARTICULARLY FOR BANKNOTES, SECURITY CARDS AND THE LIKE, HAVING ANTI-COUNTERFEITING FEATURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T225719.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0872/20 () of 22.5.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 23/06 E01C 23/14	Application no. 03792366.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title IMPROVED ROAD REPAIR SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087220.20230522				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0895/20 (2XXX SERIES ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOYS/Arconic) of 7.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 21/00 C22C 21/12	Application no. 12747128.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title 2XXX SERIES ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T089520.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0911/20 (Druckluftaufbereitungseinrichtung/Haldex) of 27.2.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/26 B60T 17/00	Application no. 11171179.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Druckluftaufbereitungseinrichtung mit zwei Lufttrocknungskartuschen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T091120.20230227				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1333/20 () of 26.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D 7/24 B05D 1/26 B32B 27/00 B41M 5/00 B41M 7/00	Application no. 12829296.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete appeal case Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment to appeal case - admitted (no) Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no) Discretion not to admit submission - submission admitted (no)				Application title UV INK PRINTING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T133320.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0900/21 (Overload and elute chromatography/Hoffmann La Roche) of 29.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 15/08	Application no. 17157670.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary requests 1-4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 13a Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 5, 7, 10-12 Inventive step - (no) auxiliary request 14 allowable				Application title OVERLOAD AND ELUTE CHROMATOGRAPHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T090021.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0139/22 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 9/48 F01D 21/14 F01D 21/02 F01D 21/00 F01D 19/00	Application no. 13711687.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF OPERATING A TURBINE ENGINE AFTER FLAME OFF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T013922.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0531/22 () of 9.5.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 85/804	Application no. 13730232.9
Keywords Dokumente nicht zugelassen im Einspruchsverfahren - Ermessensfehler (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title PORTIONSKAPSEL UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES GETRÄNKS MIT EINER PORTIONSKAPSEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T053122.20230509				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0836/22 (Adaptive immunity profiling/ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES) of 17.5.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 17.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C40B 50/06 C12N 5/078 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 16162568.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Adaptive immunity profiling and methods for generation of monoclonal antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T083622.20230517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 248 KB)
T 0237/20 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/00 B29K 307/04 B29B 17/00 B29B 17/04 B29K 105/04 B29K 105/06	Application no. 13175878.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Hilfsantrag I (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge II und III (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Leichtbauelementen aus kohlenstofffaserverstärktem, thermoplastischem Kunststoff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T023720.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 479 KB)
T 0255/20 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/103 A61B 5/11 G06F 19/00	Application no. 11837661.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes) Primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision Obiter Dictum not forming part of the grounds for refusal				Application title COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS AND MONITORING OF MOBILITY ABNORMALITIES IN HUMAN PATIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T025520.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 0532/20 () of 8.2.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 9/00 F03D 7/02	Application no. 04704812.9
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Added subject-matter (yes) - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 Clarity (no) - auxiliary request 6 to 9 Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) Objection under Rule 106 (dismissed)				Application title Wind Turbine Generator with a Low Voltage Ride-Through Controller and a Method for Controlling Wind Turbine Components
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T053220.20230208				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 710 KB)
T 0761/20 (Automated script grading/UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE) of 22.5.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06N 99/00	Application no. 11183934.6
Keywords Patentable invention - field of technology Patentable invention - computer implemented invention Patentable invention - mathematical method Inventive step - (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Automated assessment of examination scripts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T076120.20230522				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0817/20 (Feuerlöschsystem mit Hochdruckregler/SCHURACK) of 2.3.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 16/10	Application no. 06116418.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Juxtaposition von naheliegenden Maßnahmen				Application title Druckregler für Hochdruckgas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T081720.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 574 KB)
T 1634/20 (Bildqualität/BUNDESDRUCKEREI) of 22.5.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 9/00 G06K 9/03	Application no. 14727447.6
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Keine technische Aufgabe				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BEWERTEN EINER BILDQUALITÄT EINES BILDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T163420.20230522				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0268/21 (Acid gas separation/Hu) of 19.4.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/40	Application no. 16151560.6
Keywords Clarity - result to be achieved (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACID GAS SEPARATION USING A SELF-CONCENTRATING ABSORBENT WHICH FORMS A CONCENTRATED-AGENT PHASE AND A REMAINDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T026821.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1765/18 (Adaptive immunity profiling/ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES) of 16.5.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C40B 50/06 C12N 5/078 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 10732172.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Adaptive immunity profiling and methods for generation of monoclonal antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T176518.20230516				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 0479/19 (Multi-client ultrasound inaging - B-K Medical ApS) of 19.5.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 7/00 G01S 15/89 G01S 7/52 G06F 9/50	Application no. 13710542.5
Keywords Decision in written proceedings (yes) announcement of non-attendance of the oral proceedings				Application title MULTI-CLIENT ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T047919.20230519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0791/19 () of 28.4.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/145 A61B 8/08 G01N 29/024 G01N 29/07 G01S 7/52 G01N 29/032 A61B 5/00	Application no. 14723042.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS DETECTION OF CHANGES OF DENSITY IN FLUIDS AND SOLIDS AS WELL AS USE OF THE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T079119.20230428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1187/20 (Wet food compositions having the characteristics of dry food … of 27.4.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 10/20 A23K 50/48	Application no. 10804827.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title WET FOOD COMPOSITIONS HAVING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DRY FOOD COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T118720.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0914/21 (Brazing sheet/UACJ) of 16.3.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 21/00 B23K 1/00 B23K 1/19 B23K 31/02 B23K 35/14 B23K 35/22 B23K 35/28 B23K 103/10 B32B 15/01 F28F 21/08 B23K 1/008 B23K 35/02 C22C 21/02 C22C 21/06	Application no. 15826433.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title ALUMINIUM ALLOY BRAZING SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T091421.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1322/21 (Dry powder formulation / CHIESI FARMACEUTICI) of 16.5.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 31/167 A61K 31/57 A61P 11/00 A61P 11/06	Application no. 13704372.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DRY POWDER FORMULATION COMPRISING A CORTICOSTEROID AND A BETA-ADRENERGIC FOR ADMINISTRATION BY INHALATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T132221.20230516				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2155/21 (Steel sheet/KABUSHIKI) of 3.3.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/00 C21D 9/46 C22C 38/06 C22C 38/58	Application no. 10780303.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Amendment to a party's case after summons - cogent reasons (no) - taken into account (no)				Application title HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215521.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1593/18 () of 31.3.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 11005559.7
Keywords Appeal case directed to facts on which decision was based (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System for replacing a deficient native heart valve
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T159318.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0416/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 13166985.5
Keywords Main request - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) - not admitted First auxiliary request - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes) - admitted First to third auxiliary requests - inventive step (no)				Application title System and/or method for distributing media content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T041619.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 2400/19 () of 27.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/225 B60R 11/04 H04N 13/02	Application no. 14167380.6
Keywords Main request taken into account pursuant to Article 12(2),(4) RPBA 2007 (no) First, second and third auxiliary requests - Inventive step (no) Second auxiliary request - Clarity (no)				Application title Imaging system for a motor vehicle and method of mounting an imaging system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T240019.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 3280/19 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00	Application no. 09804262.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Brazed plate heat exchanger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T328019.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0156/20 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F42B 12/20 F42B 3/02	Application no. 16000974.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fristgerecht eingelegt (ja) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title GESCHOSS MIT SPRENGLADUNG MIT VORGEGEBENEM VOLUMEN UND VORGEGEBENER ÄUSSERER FORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T015620.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1135/20 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 21/10 G08B 27/00	Application no. 08748029.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - auxiliary request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title An information broadcasting system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T113520.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0879/21 (Geopolymer composite/SYNTHOS) of 21.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/00 C08J 9/16 C04B 28/00 C08J 9/20	Application no. 16700584.2
Keywords Opposition division's discretion to admit documents exercised according to wrong principles and in unreasonable manner Remittal of the case to the opposition division				Application title EXPANDABLE VINYL AROMATIC POLYMER GRANULATE AND EXPANDED VINYL AROMATIC POLYMER FOAM COMPRISING GEOPOLYMER COMPOSITE AND ITS USE THEREIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087921.20230421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0948/21 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/10	Application no. 15767302.1
Keywords Correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (no) Novelty - main request (no) Remittal - special reasons (yes)				Application title PACKET OF SMOKE ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T094821.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1731/21 () of 4.5.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 7/00 B60B 27/00 F16C 19/36 F16C 19/54 F16C 33/66 F16C 33/78 F16C 33/80	Application no. 09850121.6
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Main request and auxiliary requests 2-9 - Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary request 1 - Amendment - allowable (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 10 - Admitted in opposition proceedings - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Auxiliary request 10 - Amendments - allowable (yes) Auxiliary request 10 - Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to appeal case after summons Amendment to appeal case - (no)				Application title A WHEEL HUB UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T173121.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 1393/19 () of 20.4.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/08	Application no. 15704813.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request Late-filed request - second auxiliary request submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - not taken into account Late-filed request - third auxiliary request filed with the statement of grounds Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACING ITEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T139319.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0162/20 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 65/00 C08G 75/23	Application no. 10713605.3
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (Hauptantrag: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag: ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON CHLORARMEN POLYBIPHENYLSULFON-POLYMEREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T016220.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 527 KB)
T 1027/20 (Availability status/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 15.2.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 15/16 G06F 9/44 G06F 3/14	Application no. 11832929.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Presenting availability statuses of synchronized objects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T102720.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1473/20 () of 20.4.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N 2/70 B60N 2/28	Application no. 15183145.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Amended auxiliary request after summons - taken into account (yes) Amended auxiliary request after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amended auxiliary request after summons - cogent reasons (yes) New submission after summons - taken into account (no) New submissions after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) New submissions after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION FOR CHILD SAFETY SEATS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T147320.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 562 KB)
T 2032/20 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/37	Application no. 12726112.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Verhältnis von Art. 83 zu Art. 84 EPÜ Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title NATURKOSMETIK-KONFORME-ZUBEREITUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T203220.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1645/21 (Tuyau flexible à base de polyamide/ARKEMA) of 2.5.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 1/08 B32B 27/34 F16L 11/04 B32B 27/32 F16L 11/08 C08L 77/02 C08K 5/00 C08L 23/08 C08L 51/06 C08L 77/00 C08K 5/435	Application no. 17150352.7
Keywords Fondement de décision - texte ou consentement au texte retiré par le titulaire du brevet				Application title UTILISATION D'UNE COMPOSITION A BASE DE POLYAMIDE POUR DES TUYAUX FLEXIBLES DESTINES A VEHICULER DU PETROLE OU DU GAZ ET TUYAU FLEXIBLE A BASE D'UNE TELLE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T164521.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1541/19 () of 17.2.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/00 C09K 3/18	Application no. 12806238.7
Keywords Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD OF MITIGATING ICE BUILD-UP ON A SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154119.20230217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1874/19 () of 27.4.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 6/06	Application no. 12160496.1
Keywords Zulassung bzw. Berücksichtigung geänderter Ansprüche, eingereicht während der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Schaltungsvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T187419.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2408/19 () of 15.5.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 16152466.5
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title A REPLACEMENT VALVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T240819.20230515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 2733/19 (Whey protein micelles/NESTLE) of 14.3.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/20 A61P 3/04 A23L 33/19 A23L 33/10	Application no. 12786858.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)				Application title USE OF WHEY PROTEIN MICELLES FOR ENHANCING ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND SATIETY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T273319.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0621/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 10712101.4
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - main and auxiliary requests 2-5 Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by surgery Exceptions to patentability - auxiliary request 1 Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 6, 7 Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 8				Application title HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T062120.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0978/20 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/00 F03D 1/06	Application no. 12737573.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title WIND TURBINE BLADE COMPRISING VORTEX GENERATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T097820.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0409/21 (Activating a storage's "power up in standby mode" … of 4.5.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06	Application no. 14838194.0
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STORAGE DEVICE SUPPORTING PERIODIC WRITES WHILE IN A LOW POWER MODE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T040921.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0659/22 () of 2.5.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E21B 7/02 E02D 7/00 E02F 9/26	Application no. 10004085.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale				Application title Baumaschine mit einer Sicherheitseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T065922.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2766/19 (Phosphorescent OLED/NOVALED) of 22.3.2023
Online on 18.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/54	Application no. 14165200.8
Keywords Auxiliary request 2: Added subject matter - (no) Clarity, sufficiency of disclosure, inventive step - (yes)				Application title Phosphorescent OLED and hole transporting materials for phosphorescent OLEDs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T276619.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 625 KB)
T 0951/17 (Method of manufacturing anticounterfeiting labels / Istituto … of 23.3.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/077 G06K 19/02	Application no. 11182173.2
Keywords Main request - Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Second auxiliary request - late-filed request - request withdrawn before the opposition division Second auxiliary request - primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (no) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition in appeal proceedings (yes) Grounds for opposition - no consent of proprietor Novelty, Inventive step Novelty - third auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Anti-counterfeiting tags and related manufacturing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095117.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 2323/19 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 8/00 A61C 13/265	Application no. 13727071.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 Neuheit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2 Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title RETENTIONSEINSATZ UND VERBINDUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR DENTALE APPLIKATIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T232319.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 2525/19 (PROCEDE DE CHAUFFAGE ET/OU CLIMATISATION D'UN VEHICULE/ARKEMA) of 26.1.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC C09K 5/04 B60H 1/00	Application no. 09760545.5
Keywords Requêtes principale et subsidiaire 1 - Nouveauté - (non) Requêtes subsidiare 2 - Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title PROCEDE DE CHAUFFAGE ET/OU CLIMATISATION D'UN VEHICULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T252519.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 513 KB)
T 1164/20 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 1/34	Application no. 15163914.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE POSITION DETECTION OF AN ELEVATOR CAR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T116420.20230510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1267/20 () of 4.5.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B 21/04 G01D 5/347	Application no. 11709710.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title MESSVERFAHREN FÜR EINE OBERFLÄCHENVERMESSENDE MESSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T126720.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0402/21 (Preparation of a rivaroxaban composition / SANDOZ) of 20.4.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/5377	Application no. 14727455.9
Keywords primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to objections on which decision was based (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 to 7 (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING RIVAROXABAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T040221.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 0617/18 (Purification Vaccinia virus/BAVARIAN NORDIC) of 11.5.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 7/02 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/285 A61K 48/00 C12N 15/863	Application no. 08749384.7
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no); Auxiliary requests I and II - admission (no); Appellant's right to be heard (yes);				Application title PURIFICATION OF VACCINIA VIRUS- AND RECOMBINANT VACCINIA VIRUS-BASED VACCINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T061718.20230511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1161/20 () of 6.3.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC E05B 83/16 E05B 79/02 E05B 81/76 E05B 81/54	Application no. 01947603.5
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - requête principal (non) Activité inventive - après modification (oui) Requête auxiliaire soumise tardivement - objet de la revendication maintenu dans la procédure de première instance (non) - prise en compte de la finalité de l'article 12(6), 2ème phrase RCPR 2020 Objection soumise tardivement - circonstances du recours justifiant son admission (non)				Application title ENSEMBLE DE COMMANDE DE SERRURE POUR UN OUVRANT DE VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE ET OUVRANT MUNI DE CET ENSEMBLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T116120.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0296/21 (WASTE WATER PURIFICATION/Kemppainen) of 24.3.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/463 C02F 1/465	Application no. 15754254.9
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTE WATER PURIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T029621.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0563/21 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D 41/02 F02D 41/14 F02D 41/00	Application no. 14744553.0
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER BRENNKRAFTMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T056321.20230510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1558/21 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B 69/00 A01B 79/00	Application no. 15401040.9
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Antrag nicht beschieden oder falschen Antrag beschieden Berichtigung von Mängeln - sofort erkennbar dass nichts anderes beabsichtigt sein konnte (nein) Berichtigung von Fehlern in Entscheidungen - nein Berichtigung von Fehlern in Unterlagen - nein				Application title LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE ARBEITSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T155821.20230510				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1683/19 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/00 G07D 7/00 G07D 7/20 B42D 25/29 G03H 1/00 G03H 1/02 G03H 1/30 B42D 25/40 B42D 25/324 B42D 25/328 G07D 7/207	Application no. 11705983.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - patent as maintained by the opposition division - proprietor sole appellant - no power to challenge the patent - not examined Auxiliary requests 2 to 7 - more limited versions of patent as maintained - prohibition of reformatio in peius - not examined				Application title SECURITY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T168319.20230510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2284/19 () of 28.3.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/00	Application no. 15166328.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests 11 and 12 - Contravention of the principle of prohibition of reformatio in peius (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING A SURFACE OF DAMAGED METAL COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T228419.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 3171/19 (Republishing mobile content/BLACKBERRY) of 21.2.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/10 H04L 29/08 H04N 21/262 G06F 17/30 H04N 21/414 H04N 21/433 H04N 21/458 H04N 21/4722	Application no. 09765288.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first to third auxiliary requests - not admitted Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - fourth to seventh auxiliary requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPUBLISHING MOBILE CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T317119.20230221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0141/20 (Ballonkatheter/ BAYER) of 20.1.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 29/16	Application no. 10163581.1
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - mündliche Verhandlung vor der Einspruchsabteilung Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein) Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Teilanmeldung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1-12 Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Teilanmeldung - nach Änderung Teilanmeldung - Hilfsantrag 13 Spät eingereichter Antrag - wäre bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorzubringen gewesen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title Medizinische Vorrichtung zur Arzneimittelabgabe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T014120.20230120				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 561 KB)
T 1304/20 () of 17.4.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/06 F03D 13/10	Application no. 13714314.5
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung räumt Einwände aus (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Antrag				Application title ROTORBLATT EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T130420.20230417				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0817/21 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 18/16 F04C 23/00 F04C 25/02 F04C 28/02 F04C 28/06	Application no. 13727952.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND PUMPENANORDNUNG ZUM EVAKUIEREN EINER KAMMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T081721.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1225/19 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 12174629.1
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary request (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - third auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Methods and devices for providing action item reminders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T122519.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1371/19 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 12735534.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Obvious implementation of non-technical constraints				Application title AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF GENRE-SPECIFIC RELEVANCE OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T137119.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 2022/20 (INPUTTING INFORMATION BY DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLOWABLE CLOSED … of 15.2.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 G06F 3/033	Application no. 08845230.5
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION BY DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLOWABLE CLOSED TRAJECTORIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T202220.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1309/21 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/24	Application no. 14195890.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Ermessensfehler in erster Instanz (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Flurförderzeug mit Anzeige- und Bedienvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T130921.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0802/20 () of 26.4.2023
Online on 11.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 75/04 C09D 181/02	Application no. 08797021.6
Keywords Amendment to case - exercise of discretion Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING WITH RADIATION CURABLE POLYENE/POLYTHIOL COATING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T080220.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
D 0035/21 () of 11.2.2022
Online on 10.05.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D003521.20220211				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0933/18 (Method for preparing a biosensor/IKEDA FOOD RESEARCH / PHC … of 27.1.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/09 C12M 1/00 C12N 1/15 C12N 1/19 C12N 1/21 C12N 5/10 C12N 9/04 C12Q 1/32	Application no. 11156649.3
Keywords Patent as granted - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase and polynucleotide encoding the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T093318.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 878 KB)
T 2630/18 (Compliance of PPE articles/3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES) of 31.1.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 08782226.8
Keywords Inventive step - evaluating a criterion concerning a personal protection article based on data sensed in the working environment (no Inventive step - not technical at the claimed level of generality)				Application title TRACKING COMPLIANCE OF PERSONAL PROTECTION ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T263018.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2876/18 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/02 C09K 11/62 C09K 11/66 C09K 11/88 H01L 33/50 G09G 3/36	Application no. 15186267.9
Keywords -				Application title LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T287618.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2879/18 (Proximity-dependent reminders/BLACKBERRY) of 6.12.2022
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 07109405.6
Keywords Inventive step - the automatic conversion of a proximity-dependent reminder into a time-dependent one (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - detecting that two mobile devices are nearby using ultra wideband radio (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title Proximity-dependent events
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T287918.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1447/19 (Determination of a container's position / Cargotec) of 20.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 17/42 B66C 13/46	Application no. 12781941.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (no) Late-filed evidence - some admitted, some not				Application title SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF A CONTAINER'S POSITION IN A VEHICLE AND/OR IN ITS TRAILER TO BE LOADED WITH CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T144719.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1563/19 () of 6.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F15B 13/08 F16K 31/04	Application no. 13708725.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichts Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title Gasregeleinheit in modularer Bauweise und Gasregelventil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T156319.20230206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 548 KB)
T 1654/19 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/14 C08K 3/34 C08K 3/36 C08K 5/00 C08K 5/098 C08K 5/3462 C08K 13/02 F16L 9/12 F16L 9/127	Application no. 14726226.5
Keywords Additional evidence submitted to fill a gap in the reasoning - admitted (yes) Additional inventive step objection starting from the same document - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title HEAVY METAL FREE CPVC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165419.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 532 KB)
T 1828/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 5/06 C09J 7/00 C09J 163/00 C08K 7/22 C08K 5/00 C08K 3/36 B32B 7/12 B32B 15/092 B32B 37/12 B21D 39/02	Application no. 12181578.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal Admissibility of appeal - requests in the grounds of appeal different from requests in the notice of appeal Admissibility of request different from request in the notice of appeal - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Structural adhesive film
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T182819.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0256/20 (Potato derived flavour enhancing composition/UNILEVER) of 18.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 27/22 A23L 27/10	Application no. 14707722.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title POTATO DERIVED FLAVOUR ENHANCING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T025620.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0290/20 () of 7.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 227/18 C07C 227/36 C07C 229/16	Application no. 14758971.7
Keywords Auxiliary request 4 - Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 5 - Admissibility - (yes) Auxiliary request 5 - Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to case - change in case during oral proceedings before the opposition division Admission of document not admitted by the opposition division - justified reaction of opponent - admitted (yes)				Application title MIXTURES OF ENANTIOMERS, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SUCH MIXTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T029020.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0315/20 (Polydiorganosiloxane-treated powders/DOW) of 18.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C 1/00 C09C 1/02 C09C 1/36 C09C 1/42 C09C 1/40 C08G 77/18	Application no. 07820270.2
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Novelty - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Unallowable intermediate generalisation				Application title FILLERS, PIGMENTS AND MINERAL POWDERS TREATED WITH ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T031520.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0665/20 (Fibrous reinforcement/TAPE WEAVING SWEDEN) of 25.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/02 B32B 5/06 B32B 5/08 B32B 5/26 B32B 7/00 B32B 7/12 B32B 7/14 B32B 3/08 B29B 15/00 B29C 70/00 D04H 13/00	Application no. 14194313.4
Keywords Amendments (sole request) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Tape-like dry fibrous reinforcement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T066520.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0064/21 (Dyed coated bleach / RECKITT BENCKISER) of 27.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/39 C11D 3/40 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/22	Application no. 11791621.3
Keywords Inventive step (main request) Inventive step - (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - (no) - filed after summons to oral proceedings - no exceptional circumstances				Application title Dyed coated bleach material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T006421.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0486/21 () of 3.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/08	Application no. 15801229.4
Keywords Description - adapted to claims (yes)				Application title ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER WITH ISOLATED SEGMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T048621.20230403				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0506/21 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 51/02 B29C 51/14 B32B 37/15 B32B 38/14 B32B 38/12 B32B 27/08 B29K 27/06 B29L 9/00	Application no. 10172121.5
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Herstellen von thermoplastisch geformten Anordnungen und Folienanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T050621.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0691/21 (Secure web browsing/RANDED TECHNOLOGIES) of 3.5.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08	Application no. 16382216.6
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes): opposition substantiated Inventive step - all requests (no) Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of hearing following appellant's announcement of non-attendance Partial reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% - (yes)				Application title Server and method for providing secure access to web-based services
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T069121.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0735/21 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F42D 5/04 B63G 7/02	Application no. 11754719.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title ATTACHMENT DEVICE AND ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T073521.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0795/21 (Chemical compounds / NUCANA) of 24.3.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P 43/00 A61P 35/00 C07H 19/10	Application no. 15154759.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) main request, auxiliary requests 1-3, 10-13, 24-27, 34-37, 48-49, 52-53, 60-61, 54-65, 72-75, 84-87, 96-97, 201-103 Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - (yes) auxiliary requess 4-9, 14-23, 28-33, 38-47, 50-51, 54-59, 62-63, 66-71, 76-83, 88-95, 98-101, 104-107				Application title Chemical compounds
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T079521.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 729 KB)
T 0984/21 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 11715319.7
Keywords Admission of amended requests (no)				Application title VIBRATING FLOW METER AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T098421.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1589/21 (Vaccine comprising non-live antigens/INTERVET) of 28.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/295 A61K 39/106 A61P 31/04 A61P 31/12 A61K 39/02	Application no. 13169835.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application and application as filed (yes) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - admitted (no)				Application title Vaccine for protection against Lawsonia intracellularis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Porcine circo virus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T158921.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1045/19 (Single dose administration/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 2.5.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12	Application no. 11164849.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Use of a PCV2 immunogenic composition for lessening clinical symptoms in pigs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T104519.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2054/19 () of 2.5.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/053 A61B 8/08 A61B 5/145 A61B 5/1477 A61B 5/0408	Application no. 14188200.1
Keywords Substantial procedural violation Reimbursement of appeal fee Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method for the detection and characterisation of bubbles in liquids and device therefor, resp.system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T205419.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 2211/19 () of 6.3.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 37/12 A01N 37/44 A61K 31/198 A61K 31/167 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/20	Application no. 10800558.8
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim				Application title N-ACETYL CYSTEINE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE IN IMPROVING THE THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF ACETAMINOPHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T221119.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2432/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49	Application no. 09156501.0
Keywords Right to oral proceedings in form of a videoconference (no) Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 5 to 8 Late-filed auxiliary requests - procedural economy (no)				Application title Disposable diaper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T243219.20230425				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0182/22 () of 2.5.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 8/00 B25B 15/00 F16B 23/00	Application no. 17183481.5
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title SCREWDRIVER FOR DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T018222.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
D 0049/21 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 08.05.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D004921.20220209				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 1609/19 () of 4.4.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/514 B32B 37/20 A61F 13/511	Application no. 06813007.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING AN ELASTIC LAMINATE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160919.20230404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2265/19 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/49 A61F 13/53 B29C 53/04 A61F 13/533	Application no. 11792417.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 4 Inventive step - (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ABSORBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T226519.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0653/20 () of 27.4.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 27/00 H01R 31/06	Application no. 09765311.7
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents				Application title Dreipoliges Zwischensteckerset mit einem Steckerteil und einem in das Steckerteil einsteckbaren Dosenteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T065320.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0926/20 (Mobile location-based task assignment/AR CHECK) of 21.3.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 H04W 4/00	Application no. 15731333.9
Keywords Inventive step - assigning tasks based on user location and profiles (no Inventive step - non-technical)				Application title A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MOBILE LOCATION BASED INFORMATION SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T092620.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0396/21 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/198 A61K 31/375 A61K 31/60 A61K 33/06 A61K 33/22 A61K 33/24 A61P 39/06	Application no. 13770444.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title THERAPEUTISCHE NUTZUNG VON WASSERSTOFFMOLEKÜLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T039621.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2684/18 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 167/00 B65D 1/26 C09D 7/12 B05D 7/14	Application no. 12845742.1
Keywords Text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - appeal dismissed				Application title COATING COMPOSITION FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T268418.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258 KB)
T 1128/19 (Bispecific Single Chain Antibody/AMGEN) of 10.3.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 C07K 16/22 C07K 16/30 C07K 16/40 A61K 39/00	Application no. 16167900.6
Keywords Divisional application - double patenting (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title Cross-Species-Specific PSMAXCD3 Bispecific Single Chain Antibody
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T112819.20230310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2916/19 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C08F 4/654	Application no. 07791177.4
Keywords Novelty - state of the art Objection raised during the opposition proceedings and submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ETHYLENE POLYMER PARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T291619.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 3234/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 23/00	Application no. 07824034.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TESTING AND VENTING PIPE ANNULUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T323419.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1526/20 (Liveness testing/SAMSUNG) of 14.3.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 15163789.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Correction of error - (yes)				Application title LIVENESS TESTING METHODS AND APPARATUSES AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T152620.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1067/21 () of 23.3.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A24C 1/00 C12M 1/34 G06F 19/00	Application no. 13857169.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Discretional decision of the Board to hold oral proceedings by videoconference				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PLANT TISSUE SAMPLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T106721.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 637 KB)
T 1655/18 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/40 C09D 11/101 C08F 2/50 C09D 11/322	Application no. 06122098.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - not admitted by the opposition division Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Methods for preparing curable pigment inkjet ink sets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165518.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0002/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC F01N 3/021 F01N 3/035 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/28 F01N 13/00	Application no. 10809286.7
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Objection soumise tardivement - aurait du être soumise en première instance (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE POST-TRAITEMENT DES GAZ D'ÉCHAPPEMENT D'UN MOTEUR À COMBUSTION INTERNE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T000219.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0529/19 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/103 G01N 21/64	Application no. 04257677.7
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - diagnostic method Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method of assessing skin and overall health of an individual
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T052919.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1416/19 () of 2.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 17/04 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/67 A61K 8/92	Application no. 12759212.9
Keywords -				Application title ECO-COMPATIBLE SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T141619.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1441/19 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61H 15/00 A63B 22/00 A63B 23/00 A61H 7/00	Application no. 10740852.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED EXERCISE ROLLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T144119.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 259 KB)
T 2932/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 19/00 G06F 19/00	Application no. 05740306.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TOOL MEMORY-BASED SOFTWARE UPGRADES FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T293219.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 3085/19 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 24/68 H01R 35/04 H01R 31/06 H01R 13/71 H01R 12/72 H01R 12/71	Application no. 14190946.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Fundamental procedural defect - (yes) Remittal - (no) Re-establishment of rights - (no) Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A plug-in device having a foldable plug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T308519.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 0019/20 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/101 C09D 11/40 C09D 11/322 C08F 2/50	Application no. 14179426.3
Keywords Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendment after summons - line of defence Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Methods for preparing curable pigment inkjet ink sets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T001920.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0639/20 (Wind-farm optimisation/GENERAL ELECTRIC) of 30.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 9/00 G05B 13/04 F03D 17/00	Application no. 15164911.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no): incorrect claim interpretation by the opposition division Admittance of claim requests filed but not examined during the opposition proceedings - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (yes) Remittal - "special reasons" (yes): auxiliary requests not examined yet by the opposition division				Application title Systems and methods for optimizing operation of a wind farm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T063920.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0825/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/10 A61L 29/00	Application no. 12835108.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CATHETER BALLOON AND BALLOON CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T082520.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1308/20 (Zeit-Sync-Master/SIEMENS) of 20.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H04J 3/06 G04G 7/00	Application no. 11173295.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung von in der mündlichen Verhandlung vorgebrachtem Anspruchssatz - Hilfsantrag (nein): keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände				Application title Verfahren zur Arbeitstakt- und Zeittaktsynchronisation in einem Automatisierungsnetzwerk
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T130820.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1445/20 (Error overflow/HUAWEI) of 27.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/11	Application no. 12732365.7
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): indication of non-attendance by applicant - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient Admittance of request filed with the appeal - sole claim request (no): amendment not suitable to address the issues which led to the appealed decision				Application title Decoding method and decoding device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T144520.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 1731/20 () of 13.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C 11/02	Application no. 10192860.4
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Skalierbare Maschine und Verfahren zu ihrem Betrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T173120.20230413				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 0165/21 (Verfolgung von Mautverletzern / Toll Collect) of 18.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/06 G08G 1/01	Application no. 15175360.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - zulässig nach weiterer Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VERFOLGUNG MAUTPFLICHTIGER FAHRZEUGE IN EINEM MAUTSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T016521.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0618/21 (Videokonferenz/KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH) of 29.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/34	Application no. 14176939.8
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - vor der Beschwerdekammer Zweckmäßigkeit der Durchführung als Videokonferenz Ermessensentscheidung der Kammer gegen den Willen einer Partei				Application title Anordnung und Verfahren zur Überprüfung von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T061821.20230329				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 581 KB)
T 0701/21 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 1/07 B60D 1/24 B60D 1/54 B60R 9/06	Application no. 13001794.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Beschwerdeerwiderung - vollständiges Beschwerdevorbringen eines Beteiligten Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (nein)				Application title Kupplungsanordnung für einen Heckträger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070121.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1251/21 () of 12.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F02F 7/00	Application no. 12175309.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Brennkraftmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T125121.20230412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384 KB)
D 0027/22 () of 27.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D002722.20230227				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 2649/18 (Motorcycle with GPS unit / Yamaha) of 9.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 1/32 G01S 1/00 B60R 25/10 G01S 19/16	Application no. 11008955.4
Keywords Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4b (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title Straddle-type vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T264918.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1483/19 (card transaction terminal / GOLDMINE WORLD) of 27.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 07813356.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-LANGUAGE USER SELECTION AND CURRENCY CONVERSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T148319.20230227				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1813/19 (Malware detection/WITHSECURE) of 26.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 09782681.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title MALWARE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T181319.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2121/19 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 3/663	Application no. 12708668.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title SPACER PROFILE AND INSULATING GLASS UNIT COMPRISING SUCH A SPACER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T212119.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2292/19 () of 22.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 1/00	Application no. 10771837.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title CONTAINERS FOR COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MELOXICAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T229219.20230422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2490/19 () of 5.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F 15/14	Application no. 11819055.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title FLIEHKRAFTPENDEL UND KUPPLUNGSSCHEIBE MIT DEMSELBEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T249019.20230405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 588 KB)
T 2973/19 () of 9.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B 1/00 C09K 5/04	Application no. 09715074.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Priority - same invention (yes) Novelty - multiple selection Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)				Application title REFRIGERATING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T297319.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0506/20 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 70/44 B29C 70/54 B29L 31/08	Application no. 13733002.3
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Method and moulding system for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object via a feedback system for controlling resin flow rate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T050620.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 623 KB)
T 0934/20 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F24D 5/08 F24D 12/02 F24H 6/00 F24H 8/00 F24D 1/00	Application no. 10776422.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - disclosure in drawings Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICE FOR HEATING ENVIRONMENTS AND HEATING SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T093420.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1089/20 (Usable communication channels I/QUALCOMM) of 28.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/247 H04M 1/725 H04M 1/2745	Application no. 16157697.0
Keywords Added subject-matter having regard to earlier application: main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes) Admittance of requests filed after summons - auxiliary requests 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B: no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons (including reasons related to parallel national proceedings)				Application title Method and device for communication channel selection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T108920.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1105/20 (Usable communication channels II/QUALCOMM) of 28.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/247 H04M 1/725 H04M 1/2745	Application no. 16157698.8
Keywords Added subject-matter having regard to earlier application: main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes) Admittance of requests filed after summons - auxiliary requests 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B: no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons (including reasons related to parallel national proceedings)				Application title Method and device for communication channel selection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T110520.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2043/20 (Synchronising multicast service user information/HUAWEI) of 24.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56	Application no. 10813359.6
Keywords Amendment to case - third to fifth auxiliary requests Amendment to case - admitted (yes) Amendment to case - sixth and seventh auxiliary requests Amendment to case - admitted (no) Amendments - main request and first to fifth auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title USER SIDE MULTICAST SERVICE PRIMARY AND STANDBY PROTECTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND ROUTE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T204320.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0965/21 () of 31.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 96/20 E06B 9/11	Application no. 16168093.9
Keywords Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title MÖBEL- UND/ODER RAUMTEILERSTRUKTURELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T096521.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1358/21 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 13/02 B60R 13/04 B60R 13/06 B60R 13/07	Application no. 06026466.0
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Säulenblende für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T135821.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1973/21 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 9/02	Application no. 05076181.6
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title Suction nozzle for vacuum cleaner or the like
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T197321.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0412/22 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/024 A61B 5/0402	Application no. 13774371.2
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ERKENNEN UND MELDEN EINES BELASTUNGSZUSTANDES EINER PERSON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T041222.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)

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April 2023

T 1668/18 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC F01N 3/035 F02B 37/00 F01N 3/20 F01N 13/08 B60K 13/04	Application no. 12705320.5
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (oui)				Application title ENSEMBLE DE POST-TRAITEMENT DES GAZ D'ECHAPPEMENT D'UN MOTEUR A COMBUSTION SURALIMENTE, ET VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE COMPORTANT UN TEL ENSEMBLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T166818.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0379/20 () of 28.3.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 10727584.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title STENTED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T037920.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0743/20 () of 15.2.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/73 C08G 18/44 C08G 18/08 C08G 18/10 C08G 64/02 C08G 64/30 C09D 175/06	Application no. 08850010.3
Keywords Admittance of documents Inventive step - Main Request (no) Admittance of auxiliary requests 2 and 10 (no)				Application title POLYCARBONATE DIOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T074320.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0975/20 (Visual localization method/NAVVIS) of 8.2.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11719575.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests I to III (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request IV (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - auxiliary request V (no) Oral proceedings - substantial procedural violation (no) Oral proceedings - request for continuation of proceedings in writing (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title Visual localization method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T097520.20230208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1772/20 (Dynamic multifactor authentication/ONESPAN) of 21.4.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 12/06 H04L 29/06	Application no. 06820602.8
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): withdrawal of request for oral proceedings - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient Added subject-matter - main and auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title System and method for dynamic multifactor authentication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T177220.20230421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0477/21 (Brass alloy/Garret Transportation I) of 2.3.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22F 1/08 C22C 9/04 F16C 33/08 F16C 33/12 F01D 25/16 F02C 7/06 F02B 39/00	Application no. 14770702.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Amendments - remaining auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (no) Remittal - (no)				Application title BRASS ALLOYS FOR USE IN TURBOCHARGER BEARING APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T047721.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0557/21 () of 27.3.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 1/00 B67D 1/08	Application no. 14815375.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title BEVERAGE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR DISPENSING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEVERAGES OR BEVERAGE COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T055721.20230327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0565/20 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 27.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 70/30 B29C 33/42 F03D 1/06 B29C 70/08	Application no. 12758775.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - Gründe deutlich und knapp angegeben (nein) Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - in Abwesenheit eines Beteiligten abgehalten				Application title Form und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Steges und Steg für ein Rotorblatt einer Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T056520.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1600/21 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 27.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 3/10 C11B 3/14 C11C 1/08 C11C 1/10 A23L 5/20	Application no. 12810306.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF TREATING A VEGETABLE OIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160021.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
D 0001/20 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D000120.20230424				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
J 0003/21 () of 7.2.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Correction of originally filed application documents (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:J000321.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2447/19 () of 31.3.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/494 A61F 13/49 A61F 13/15	Application no. 11004097.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Absorbent garment with strand coated adhesive components
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T244719.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0260/20 (Retrieving an object/KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA) of 23.1.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06T 17/10	Application no. 12195449.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and first to ninth auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title An apparatus and a method for retrieving an object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T026020.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 1328/20 (Endoxifen / JINA PHARMACEUTICALS) of 6.4.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 9/127 A61K 9/19 A61K 31/138 A61K 31/35 C07D 309/10 A61P 35/00	Application no. 07871563.8
Keywords Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no) Amendment to case - suitability of amendment to address issues (no)				Application title ENDOXIFEN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T132820.20230406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 1656/20 (Hypocaloric, high protein nutritional compositions/NESTLÉ) of 13.2.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 15/00 A23L 33/00	Application no. 11730513.6
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Late-filed request - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 3 to 5 (no)				Application title HYPOCALORIC, HIGH PROTEIN NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165620.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0045/21 (Lipopeptide compositions / CUBIST) of 2.2.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 38/12 A61P 31/04 A61K 9/08 A61K 38/00 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26 C07K 11/02 A61P 17/00 A61P 31/00	Application no. 10832379.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - relationship between Article 83 and Article 84 Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIPOPEPTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004521.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0704/21 (Wellbore isolation device/Halliburton) of 21.3.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 1/04 C22C 32/00	Application no. 14870921.5
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title WELLBORE ISOLATION DEVICE MADE FROM A POWDERED FUSIBLE ALLOY MATRIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070421.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
D 0037/22 () of 24.2.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 24.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003722.20230224				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 0524/18 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/16 C09D 7/12 C09D 183/04	Application no. 10792948.1
Keywords Admittance of claim requests submitted on appeal (yes) Admittance of experimental reports and documents Inventive step (no) Inventive step - obvious improvement				Application title NOVEL FOULING CONTROL COATING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T052418.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 565 KB)
T 0382/20 (Dow/Sealant composition) of 20.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/00 C08J 5/00 C08L 23/08	Application no. 13779661.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title SEALANT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T038220.20230320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0705/20 (Streckwärmebehandlung/SIG) of 24.2.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 38/04 B65D 5/74 B32B 3/10	Application no. 11760994.1
Keywords Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels				Application title VON EINER ROLLE GEFORMTER BEHÄLTER MIT VERBESSERTEN ÖFFNUNGSEIGENSCHAFTEN DURCH STRECKWÄRMEBEHANDLUNG VON POLYMERSCHICHTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070520.20230224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1094/20 (Streckwärmebehandlung/SIG) of 24.2.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 38/04 B32B 3/10 B65D 5/74	Application no. 11760993.3
Keywords Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels				Application title AUS EINEM BEHÄLTERROHLING GEFORMTER BEHÄLTER MIT VERBESSERTEN ÖFFNUNGSEIGENSCHAFTEN DURCH STRECKWÄRMEBEHANDLUNG VON POLYMERSCHICHTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T109420.20230224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1567/20 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 13/10 E04H 12/08 F03D 13/20	Application no. 14165927.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung und zum Errichten eines Rohrturmbauwerks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T156720.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0347/21 (Dry oil-and-fat separation method/FUJI) of 28.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 7/00 A23D 9/00	Application no. 10738316.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title DRY OIL-AND-FAT SEPARATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T034721.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 0875/21 (Method of making structured protein compositions/NESTLÉ) of 19.4.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J 3/26 A23J 3/16 A23P 30/20 A23P 30/30	Application no. 12724759.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF MAKING STRUCTURED PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087521.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 1193/21 (PRINTED WATER-SOLUBLE PACKAGE/UNILEVER) of 9.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 B65D 65/46	Application no. 16736438.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - indication of the reasons for setting aside the decision (yes) Late-filed evidence - abuse of procedure (no) Right to be heard - violation (no)				Application title WATER-SOLUBLE PACKAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T119321.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0261/18 () of 17.1.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 3/14	Application no. 04812972.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Interpretation of prior art documents - norms and standards				Application title PATTERNED LASER TREATMENT OF THE RETINA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T026118.20230117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 0042/19 () of 19.1.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/315	Application no. 13723906.7
Keywords Public prior use (no) - insufficient evidence (yes) Late-filed request to hear witness Late-filed request - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Free evaluation of evidence				Application title INJECTION DEVICES USING A RESILIENTLY COMPRESSIBLE TORSION SPRING AS DRIVING FORCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004219.20230119				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 678 KB)
T 1167/19 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 07008330.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Statement of grounds of appeal - mere reference to first instance proceedings Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title System for providing information to a user
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T116719.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1298/19 (Medicament comprising phenylephrine hydrochloride and paracetamol / … of 20.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/137 A61K 31/135 A61K 31/167 A61P 11/02 A61P 11/12	Application no. 14746905.0
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title A COMBINATION MEDICAMENT COMPRISING PHENYLEPHRINE AND PARACETAMOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T129819.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1529/19 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 35/00	Application no. 09741302.5
Keywords Amendments - Main request and auxiliary requests 2 and 6 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Remittal - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims 1, 3-5 and 7 Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) 7 to 13 Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims				Application title A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE USING OZONE GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T152919.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0180/20 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 16/06 A61M 16/08	Application no. 10774623.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PATIENT INTERFACE AND ASPECTS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T018020.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0347/20 () of 13.2.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 3/12 H02J 3/14 H02J 3/24	Application no. 14156363.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Ausreichende Substantiierung (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Namensänderung des Beschwerdeführers vor Beschwerdeeinlegung (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen zulässig Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Änderung Beschwerdevorbringen nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge 1a, 1b und 1c - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Voraussetzungen des Art. 12 (3) VOBK 2020 erfüllt (nein)				Application title Nutzung eines drehzahlgeregelten Antriebs zur Netzstabilisierung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T034720.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0628/20 (Detergent + quaternary ammonium salt additives/INNOSPEC) of 8.3.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/224	Application no. 11709796.4
Keywords Amendment (main request and auxiliary requests 1-6 and 14-19) - correction of error (no) Amendment (main request and auxiliary requests 1-6 and 14-19) - broadening of claim (yes) Amendment (auxiliary requests 7-13) - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Method for reducing deposits in an engine with a fuel composition comprising a detergent and a quaternary ammonium salt additive
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T062820.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0836/20 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 1/20 H02K 1/32	Application no. 14001794.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Hilfsantrag Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein)				Application title Bleche und Blechpaket für elektrische Maschinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T083620.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 283 KB)
T 0517/21 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/327 A63F 13/235 A63F 13/34	Application no. 17154178.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T051721.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2623/16 (Survivine/CEA) of 17.4.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 39/00 A61K 38/10 A61K 38/16 C07K 7/08 C07K 14/705 C07K 19/00 C12N 15/12 C12N 15/63 G01N 33/574 G01N 33/68 A61P 35/00	Application no. 06808209.8
Keywords Extinction du brevet dans tous les Etats contractants - poursuite de la procédure de recours (non)				Application title Epitopes T CD4+ de la survivine et leurs applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T262316.20230417				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1079/18 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/56 A61K 31/425 A61P 19/06	Application no. 11727454.8
Keywords Inventive step - try and see situation, bonus effect Reimbursement of appeal fee Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title POLYMORPHS OF AN ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T107918.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 624 KB)
T 0668/19 () of 10.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/422	Application no. 06742565.2
Keywords Novelty - Sole request (no)				Application title Electrical Connector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T066819.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0203/20 () of 25.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 141/08 C10M 163/00 C10N 10/04 C10N 30/10 C10N 40/20	Application no. 10725593.7
Keywords Inventive step Amendment to appeal case				Application title ENGINE OIL FORMULATIONS FOR BIODIESEL FUELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T020320.20230125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523 KB)
T 0818/20 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 50/10 A61B 6/00 H01F 38/18 H01F 27/36	Application no. 14198919.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no)				Application title Inductive rotary joint with U-shaped ferrite cores
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T081820.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1245/20 (Identifying an application type of unknown data/MAGNET FORENSICS) of 3.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 14848057.7
Keywords Amendment after summons - sole request Amendment after summons - admissible Inventive step - sole request Inventive step - no technical effect over the whole scope of claim				Application title METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING AN APPLICATION TYPE OF UNKNOWN DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T124520.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0049/21 (Use cases/ROCHE) of 17.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 09803731.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title STRUCTURED TESTING METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPY SUPPORT OF A PATIENT WITH A CHRONIC DISEASE AND DEVICES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004921.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0503/21 (Controlling TX/RX mode of a UART / TI) of 18.4.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/38 G06F 13/42	Application no. 15751545.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title CONTROL OF TX/RX MODE IN SERIAL HALF-DUPLEX TRANSCEIVER SEPARATELY FROM COMMUNICATING HOST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T050321.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0546/21 () of 31.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/56 A61K 31/425 A61P 19/06	Application no. 15181097.5
Keywords Inventive step - try and see situation, bonus effect Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title POLYMORPHS OF FEBUXOSTAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T054621.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 627 KB)
T 0942/21 (Zirconium and yttrium oxide/Daiichi) of 9.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC C01G 25/00 C04B 35/486	Application no. 05753596.5
Keywords Modification après signification - prise en compte (oui) Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Activité inventive - alternative non évidente				Application title COMPOSITION À BASE D'OXYDES DE ZIRCONIUM ET D'YTTRIUM, PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉPARATION ET UTILISATION DANS UN SYSTÈME CATALYTIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T094221.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 318 KB)
D 0031/22 () of 17.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003122.20230317				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0809/16 (Opioid dosage forms for reducing adverse effects associated with … of 1.2.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/485 A61K 9/22 A61K 47/10 A61K 9/36	Application no. 06836771.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious selection among a number of commonly known possibilities				Application title METHODS OF REDUCING ALCOHOL-INDUCED DOSE DUMPING FOR OPIOID SUSTAINED RELEASE ORAL DOSAGE FORMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T080916.20230201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1065/18 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/56 A61K 31/425 A61P 19/06	Application no. 10167344.0
Keywords Clarity Inventive step - try and see situation, bonus effect Reimbursement of appeal fee Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title Polymorphs of Febuxostat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T106518.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 662 KB)
T 1454/18 () of 23.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/431 H04N 21/854 H04N 21/488 H04N 21/478 H04N 21/4722 G11B 27/34 G06F 17/30	Application no. 13718435.4
Keywords Main request and first, third, fourth and fifth auxiliary requests - Added subject-matter (yes) Second auxiliary request - Admittance (no)				Application title A USER INTERFACE TO PROVIDE COMMENTARY UPON POINTS OR PERIODS OF INTEREST IN A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T145418.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2358/18 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/50 H04N 7/26	Application no. 10701751.9
Keywords Main request - Added subject-matter (yes) First auxiliary request - Admittance (no)				Application title FRAME PACKING FOR VIDEO CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T235818.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2778/18 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/70 H04N 19/61	Application no. 13813437.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first to third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title VIDEO PREDICTIVE ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO PREDICTIVE ENCODING PROGRAM, VIDEO PREDICTIVE DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO PREDICTIVE DECODING METHOD, AND VIDEO PREDICTIVE DECODING PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T277818.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1700/19 (Tenofovir alafenamide hemifumarate / GILEAD) of 14.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 473/34 A61K 31/52 A61P 31/18 A61P 31/20	Application no. 12753867.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE HEMIFUMARATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T170019.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2968/19 () of 28.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F25J 3/04 G05B 13/04	Application no. 15718770.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (nein) Patentansprüche - wesentliche Merkmale fehlen Patentansprüche - Auslegung mittels Rückgriff auf Defition in der Beschreibung (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR TIEFTEMPERATURZERLEGUNG VON LUFT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T296819.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 3289/19 (Dose sphérique de café moulu compacté/COMPAGNIE MÉDITERRANÉENNE DE … of 1.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC A23F 5/12	Application no. 11720767.0
Keywords Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non)				Application title DOSE SPHÉRIQUE DE CAFÉ MOULU COMPACTÉ ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T328919.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1606/20 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/20 C07C 17/25	Application no. 13770976.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - Main request and auxiliary requests 1-9 Amendments - Amendments during oral proceedings Amendments - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendments - taken into account (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 10 and 11				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160620.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1890/20 (DISPLAY DEVICE / NEC) of 1.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 G06F 3/14 G06F 3/041	Application no. 11826676.6
Keywords Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)				Application title DISPLAY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T189020.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0271/21 () of 13.1.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B 11/00	Application no. 15197393.0
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title SYSTÈME DE DISTRIBUTION D'UN PRODUIT FLUIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T027121.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 303 KB)
T 1099/21 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80 A01N 25/28 A01P 15/00 C09D 5/16	Application no. 07250962.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter				Application title BLENDS OF ENCAPSULATED BIOCIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T109921.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1545/21 () of 17.4.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC F04B 27/02 B60T 17/02 F04B 39/00 F04B 39/06	Application no. 15781023.5
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title COMPRESSEUR FERROVIAIRE A PISTONS SEC FERME AVEC UN CAISSON DE PROTECTION ET D'INSONORISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154521.20230417				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 284 KB)
T 1825/21 () of 13.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/12 A61K 31/506 A61P 35/00	Application no. 16167355.3
Keywords Inventive step				Application title CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 5-CHLORO-N2-(2-ISOPROPOXY-5-METHYL-4-PIPERIDIN-4-YL-PHENYL)-N4[2-(PROPANE-2-SULFONYL)-PHENYL]-PYRIMIDINE-2,4-DIAMINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T182521.20230313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
D 0017/22 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 19.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D001722.20230314				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
D 0030/22 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 19.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003022.20230314				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 2541/18 () of 10.3.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/00 H04N 1/203 H04N 1/32	Application no. 12805544.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SCANNER WITH EXCEPTION PREVIEW
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T254118.20230310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2760/18 (Enhanced scrollbar/BLACKBERRY) of 26.1.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 12175430.3
Keywords Inventive step - modifying the width of a scrollbar's navigation element according to the relative time span of displayed items (no Inventive step - presentation of information)				Application title Displaying content items in a graphical user interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T276018.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1959/19 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 47/76	Application no. 09401015.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsanträge - ausreichend substantiiert (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Führen von Leergut
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T195919.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2077/19 (Specimen areas/SONY) of 7.2.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06K 9/46 G02B 21/36 G06F 3/0485 G06T 7/00 G06T 7/33	Application no. 12826830.7
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - case can be properly understood Admissibility of opposition - indication of facts and evidence Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T207719.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 2736/19 () of 19.1.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 44/38 C08G 18/48 C08G 18/76 C08J 9/14	Application no. 06827462.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Resubmission of objections withdrawn at the opposition stage - admitted (no)				Application title Method of molding rigid polyurethane foams with enhanced thermal conductivity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T273619.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0489/20 (Buprenorphine/LOHMANN) of 17.3.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 31/485 A61P 25/04	Application no. 12826670.7
Keywords Amendment after summons Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY SYSTEM COMPRISING BUPRENORPHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T048920.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1404/20 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 25/06 B65B 35/30 B65B 35/44 B65B 35/54 B65G 47/08 B65G 15/24	Application no. 15000291.3
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Produktformatierung von Lebensmittelprodukten auf einer Fördereinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T140420.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1548/20 () of 8.2.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/00 C08F 4/48 C08F 36/04 C08F 2/06 C08F 212/08	Application no. 14825947.6
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154820.20230208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1923/22 () of 12.4.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C 49/12	Application no. 17305812.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours (non : mémoire de recours manquant)				Application title Procédé de fabrication par étirage-soufflage d'un récipient à vitesse d'étirage élevée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T192322.20230412				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2980/18 (Closed-loop current transducer / LEM International) of 9.3.2023
Online on 17.04.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 15/18	Application no. 11769940.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no)				Application title CLOSED-LOOP CURRENT TRANSDUCER WITH SWITCHED MODE AMPLIFIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T298018.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0172/20 () of 3.2.2023
Online on 17.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 75/23 C08G 65/40	Application no. 14758946.9
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Neuheit - Beweislast Neuheit - (ja) Beweismittel - Maßstab bei der Beweiswürdigung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verbesserung nicht glaubhaft Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title POLYARYLENETHERSULFON-POLYMERE FÜR MEMBRANANWENDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T017220.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454 KB)
T 1722/20 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 17.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01L 9/00 G01L 19/06 G01L 23/10 G01L 23/18	Application no. 14180120.9
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Drucksensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T172220.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 473 KB)
R 0011/21 (Petition for review) of 8.12.2022
Online on 14.04.2023	Board EBA	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C13/00 C08J5/18 C08L29/04 C08L77/00	Application no. 05001395.2
Keywords Petition for review - partly clearly inadmissible and partly clearly unallowable Objection under Rule 106 EPC – raised prematurely Written reasoned decision - Fundamental violation of Article 113(1) EPC (no)				Application title Smokable polymeric casing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R001121.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2583/18 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 14.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/235 H04N 5/335	Application no. 10852372.1
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CMOS IMAGE SENSOR, TIMING CONTROL METHOD AND EXPOSURE METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T258318.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0741/20 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 14.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01K 1/08	Application no. 14169351.5
Keywords Submissions with respect to sufficiency of disclosure and novelty not substantiated or incomplete (admission: no) Unallowable intermediate generalisation (no) Admission of late-filed objection (no) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Temperature sensor assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T074120.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2297/19 (Melange primaire/ARKEMA) of 4.4.2023
Online on 13.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J 3/24 C08K 5/01 C08K 5/101 C08K 5/14 C08K 5/23 C08K 5/34 C08L 23/06 H01B 7/04	Application no. 13765378.8
Keywords Fondement de décision - texte ou consentement au texte retiré par le titulaire du brevet - brevet révoqué				Application title MELANGE PRIMAIRE D'INITIATEUR ET DE PROMOTEUR DE RETICULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T229719.20230404				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 246 KB)
T 0435/20 (Anti-IL-23 antibodies binding at conformational epitope/MERCK SHARP & … of 14.7.2022
Online on 12.04.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/24 C12N 15/13 A61K 39/395 A61P 35/00 A61P 37/00	Application no. 06802592.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes) Late submitted material - correct exercise of discretion (no)				Application title Engineered anti-IL-23 antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043520.20220714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 601 KB)
T 2152/22 (RNA-containing particles/HIGHLIGHT) of 4.4.2023
Online on 12.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 9/19 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/69 A61K 31/713 A61P 35/00	Application no. 16805990.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title NOVEL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PARTICLES COMPRISING A COMPLEX OF A DOUBLE-STRANDED POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE AND A POLYALKYLENEIMINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215222.20230404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
D 0046/21 () of 17.2.2022
Online on 11.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D004621.20220217				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1651/20 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 11.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 1/16	Application no. 13165513.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Sprayer nozzle cartridge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165120.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1227/21 () of 23.3.2023
Online on 11.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B07B 13/10	Application no. 17182187.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete appeal case Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHOD OF SEPARATING PARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T122721.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1577/21 (SOFT CHEWABLE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/Intervet International B.V.) of 27.3.2023
Online on 11.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/12	Application no. 13715654.3
Keywords Main request - Admissibility (Yes) Main request - Amendments (Yes) Deletion of a proviso Change of the scope of the claims and Article 123(2) EPC Remittal to the opposition division				Application title SOFT CHEWABLE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T157721.20230327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
D 0055/21 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D005521.20230321				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2652/17 (Trial Stimulation System / Medtronic) of 14.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/375	Application no. 13717084.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 to 7 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 to 7 (no) Late-filed request - main request withdrawn before the Examining Division Amendment to appeal case - auxiliary requests 1A to 7A Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolving issues raised (no)				Application title TRIAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T265217.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0665/19 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60L 15/00 B60L 15/20 B60L 3/00	Application no. 12156390.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DC-link decoupling circuit for parallel inverters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T066519.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1336/19 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 2/16 A61L 101/32 A23L 3/3463 A01N 35/02 C02F 1/50 A01N 37/02 A23K 20/105 A23K 20/158	Application no. 12842371.2
Keywords -				Application title ANTIMICROBIAL FORMULATIONS WITH PELARGONIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T133619.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2234/19 (COSMETIC COMPOSITION/L'OREAL) of 10.1.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/84 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/46 A61Q 5/06 A61K 8/97 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/81 A61Q 5/02 A61K 8/891 A61K 8/92 A61K 8/36 A61Q 5/00 A61K 8/89	Application no. 12732596.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (no) Main request: Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 1: Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary request 2: Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PARTICULAR AMPHOTERIC POLYMER AND AT LEAST ONE PARTICULAR CONDITIONING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T223419.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0739/20 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C07C 19/08	Application no. 11778316.7
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - all requests				Application title USE OF COMPOSITIONS FOR REFRIGERATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T073920.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 0315/21 () of 20.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40	Application no. 13714278.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING METERED AMOUNTS OF INGREDIENT, ESPECIALLY FOR A TAILORED NUTRITION TO INFANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T031521.20230320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
D 0040/21 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D004021.20230322				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
D 0033/22 () of 1.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003322.20230301				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288 KB)
T 0768/17 (Authenticating wireless payments/VODAFONE) of 26.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/20 G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/38 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 13175965.6
Keywords Inventive step - authenticating a wireless payment by comparing information about a transaction provided independently by a customer's mobile device and a merchant system (no - obvious implementation of a business requirement)				Application title Direct debit procedure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T076817.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1182/18 () of 14.2.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D03D 27/06 D03D 27/10 D03D 39/00 D03D 39/16	Application no. 03075127.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Equipment of a weaving machine, method for the modification of a weaving machine equipment, and weaving process making use of a weaving machine having such equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T118218.20230214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0130/19 () of 11.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/16 C09D 183/12	Application no. 12805420.2
Keywords Correction of error - form for payment of appeal fee (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title FOULING CONTROL COATING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T013019.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 692 KB)
T 1011/19 () of 16.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B29B 13/02	Application no. 08761848.4
Keywords Opposabilité du document E4 (non) Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Motifs d'opposition - non brevetable (non) Interprétation de l'objet de la revendication 1 Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Perfectionnements à la chauffe des matières plastiques par rayonnement infrarouge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T101119.20230116				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2648/19 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 19/06 C07H 19/10 C07H 19/16 C07H 19/20 C07H 21/00 C12Q 1/68 G01N 33/53	Application no. 09005942.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Labelled nucleotides
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T264819.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1049/21 (Prédiction de demande de consommation/ELECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE) of 20.12.2022
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/04 G06Q 10/06 G06Q 50/06	Application no. 17740416.7
Keywords Restitutio in integrum (non) Restitutio in integrum - mécanisme de vérification indépendant (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉDICTION DE DEMANDE DE CONSOMMATION, UTILISANT UN MODÈLE DE PRÉDICTION PERFECTIONNÉ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T104921.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1349/21 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12C 12/04 C12G 3/02 C12G 3/08 C12G 3/06 C12C 5/02	Application no. 12813354.3
Keywords Inventive step				Application title LOW ALCOHOL OR ALCOHOL FREE FERMENTED MALT BASED BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T134921.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 611 KB)
T 1834/21 () of 27.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04	Application no. 11716470.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A WIND TURBINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T183421.20230327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2113/17 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/34	Application no. 08841705.0
Keywords Primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - taken into account (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OPTIMIZING CLEARANCE FOR PROTEIN BOUND MOLECULES USING CASCADE FILTRATION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T211317.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 547 KB)
T 2204/18 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 9/00	Application no. 12156831.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late filed auxiliary request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) - admitted in appeal proceedings (no) Correction of error in decision Correction of error - request (refused) Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title Methods and apparatus to control access
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T220418.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0078/19 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 2/18 A61L 2/24	Application no. 06780013.6
Keywords -				Application title COLD STERILIZER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T007819.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2770/19 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E03F 5/04	Application no. 16158711.8
Keywords Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - zulässig unter Regel 137(5) EPÜ (ja) Änderungen - geänderte Ansprüche mit Bezug auf nicht recherchierte Gegenstände (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title DICHTMITTEL FÜR DIE ABDICHTUNG EINER ABLAUFVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T277019.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2831/19 () of 3.2.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 4/00 H02J 3/38 H02J 3/18	Application no. 13720894.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method and controller for continuously operating a plurality of electric energy generating machines during a high voltage condition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T283119.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 3006/19 (Dynamic code management/LIVEPERSON) of 19.1.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 15771812.3
Keywords Amendments - main request (not allowable) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)				Application title Dynamic code management
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T300619.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0868/20 (Wasserreiche Bleicherde/Clariant) of 21.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 20/12 B01J 20/22 B01J 20/30 C11B 3/10	Application no. 15706222.5
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title TROCKEN MODIFIZIERTE, SÄUREAKTIVIERTE BLEICHERDE, VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG UND VERWENDUNG DIESER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T086820.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1520/20 (Verfahren zur Herstellung von expandierten thermoplastischen … of 27.1.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 9/18 C08J 9/232 C08J 9/236 B29C 44/34	Application no. 14783597.9
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Änderungen Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1-3 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Klarheit der Ansprüche - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON EXPANDIERTEN THERMOPLASTISCHEN ELASTOMERPARTIKELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T152020.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 545 KB)
T 1750/20 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/51	Application no. 14195059.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Nephelometric turbidimeter using a labeled cuvette
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T175020.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1792/20 (Focal length of mobile terminal/HUAWEI) of 23.1.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0488 H04N 5/232 G06F 3/0484	Application no. 15893601.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PHOTOGRAPHING FOCUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL THROUGH TOUCH CONTROL PANEL AND MOBILE TERMINAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T179220.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1924/20 (Hearing-device hull/SONOVA) of 16.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 12761978.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no): juxtaposition of obvious features Admittance of claim requests filed after summons - auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no): increased complexity + no clear allowability				Application title Encapsulated hearing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T192420.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0139/21 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/64 B29C 49/78 B29C 49/68	Application no. 16192433.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title HEIZEINRICHTUNG UND HEIZVERFAHREN FÜR BLASMASCHINE SOWIE BLASMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T013921.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0802/21 () of 17.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 37/18 F16K 31/04 F01P 3/20	Application no. 15705024.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung				Application title ABGASTURBOLADER MIT EINEM WASTE-GATE-VENTIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T080221.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1009/21 (Negotiating the USB role of a USB device / Micro Motion) of 16.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/38 G06F 13/40	Application no. 14781732.4
Keywords Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title A METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL A MODE OF A DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T100921.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 2907/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/04 H01L 29/66	Application no. 12181385.1
Keywords Amendments - main, first to third auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - main, first to third auxiliary requests Claims - clarity (no) Claims - fifth auxiliary request Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - main, second auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - fourth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - fifth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Double patenting - same subject-matter (no)				Application title Methods of processing semiconductor wafers having silicon carbide power devices thereon
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T290719.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0213/20 (GROBHANDREINIGER / Deb IP) of 31.1.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/39 A61K 8/60 A61Q 19/10	Application no. 08749638.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz				Application title HAUT- UND HÄNDEREINIGUNGSMITTEL MIT HYDROPHILEN EMOLLIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T021320.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1785/20 (Notification events/HUAWEI) of 31.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 9/54 G06F 3/048 G06F 3/0481 G06F 3/0488 H04M 1/725	Application no. 13867968.3
Keywords Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)				Application title TASK EVENT PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T178520.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0822/21 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01G 19/393 G01G 13/24 G01G 13/02	Application no. 10011970.0
Keywords Inventive step (main request Inventive step - no) Remittal for further prosecution (yes)				Application title Weighing arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T082221.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0883/21 (COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC ALKOXYSILANE POLYMER/L&# … of 19.1.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/58 A61K 8/86 A61Q 5/04 A61Q 5/06	Application no. 13700922.1
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (No) Admission of the auxiliary requests (No)				Application title COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC ALKOXYSILANE POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T088321.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1235/21 () of 13.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B 13/02 F04B 23/06 G01N 1/38 G01N 1/40 G01N 30/20	Application no. 10746644.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title AUTOMATED DILUTION FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T123521.20230313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1788/21 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 19/22 B65B 35/56	Application no. 17162182.4
Keywords Auxiliary request 2 - prohibition of reformatio in peius (no) - admitted (yes) - inventive step (yes)				Application title ORIENTATION UNIT AND METHOD FOR CAUSING A CHANGE IN ORIENTATION OF A PARALLELEPIPED-SHAPED ARTICLE IN A PACKING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T178821.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1808/21 () of 27.2.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 1/04	Application no. 16166677.1
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - availability to the public Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title ROBOT FOR TRANSPORTING STORAGE BINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T180821.20230227				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 586 KB)
T 1000/22 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 33/02 F02F 1/00 F16J 10/04 F02F 1/20	Application no. 16203511.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title CYLINDER LINER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T100022.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)

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