Decisions in 2020

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2020 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2020

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July 2020

T 0140/17 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B26D7/08	Application no. 07003846.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Dokumente sowie darauf gestützte Argumentationslinien - zugelassen (nein) korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) - im Beschwerdeverfahren zugelassen (nein) Spät vorgebrachte Argumentationslinien - zugelassen (nein) Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Neuheit (ja) Hilfsantrag 2 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Anteilige Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) - 25 % der gezahlten Beschwerdegebühr				Application title Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten von Werkstücken mittels Ultraschall sowie Verfahren zum Betreiben einer derartigen Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014017.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0218/17 () of 7.4.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C13/00 B32B1/08 B32B27/20 B32B5/18	Application no. 06021304.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title Food casings capable of transferring a functional additive from a porous inner layer onto an encased food product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021817.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0477/17 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16G3/02 F16G3/09	Application no. 11745958.6
Keywords -				Application title STAHLSEILFÖRDERGURT MIT EINEM VERBINDUNGSSCHARNIER ZUM KOPPELN ZWEIER GURTENDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047717.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2152/17 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D3/64 F16F15/124	Application no. 12007229.3
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Elastische Wellenkupplung mit adaptiver Charakteristik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215217.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 240 KB)
T 2153/14 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T7/00	Application no. 08762935.8
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE SERIES OF BIOLOGICAL IMAGES OBTAINED FROM A PATIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215314.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1879/16 (Pressure compensation apparatus/NOKIA) of 17.6.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R1/22	Application no. 09804590.9
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - held by videoconference Added subject-matter - all requests (yes)				Application title Apparatus incorporating an adsorbent material, and methods of making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187916.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1109/17 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B13/14 B21B29/00	Application no. 12184124.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cold-rolling mill, tandem rolling system, reversing rolling system, modification method of rolling system, and operating method of cold-rolling mill
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110917.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 1316/17 () of 20.5.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/12 C08G18/62 C08G18/40 C09J175/04	Application no. 04753154.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Main request and auxiliary requests I-III Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary requests IV-VII				Application title MOISTURE CURING REACTIVE POLYURETHANE HOT MELT ADHESIVES MODIFIED WITH ACRYLIC POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131617.20200520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1990/15 (Value holding apparatus/PANASONIC) of 18.6.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B15/00 G07F7/08	Application no. 04732017.1
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - could-would approach				Application title VALUE HOLDING SYSTEM, VALUE HOLDING METHOD, VALUE HOLDING PROGRAM, AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199015.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1378/16 (Internet connection through a NAT or firewall/NOKIA) of 8.5.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06 H04L29/12	Application no. 06765540.7
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - converted into a videoconference with the appellant's consent Inventive step - (no)				Application title System, terminal, method and computer program product or establishing a transport-level connection with a server located behind a network address translator and/or firewall
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137816.20200508				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2300/17 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M37/22 F02M37/00 B62K11/00 B62J37/00 B01D35/00	Application no. 14188294.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Saddle riding type vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230017.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0942/18 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B19/38	Application no. 11158576.6
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no)				Application title Electric shaver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094218.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0776/16 (Reducing mannose content/AMGEN) of 30.10.2019
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P21/00	Application no. 07717002.5
Keywords Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Admission of auxiliary requests I, II, IIa, III and IIIa into the proceedings (yes) All auxiliary requests - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR MODULATING MANNOSE CONTENT OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077616.20191030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 2328/16 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M51/06 F02M61/16 F02M63/00	Application no. 11196257.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kraftstoffeinspritzkomponente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232816.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1203/17 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C19/26 E01C19/28 F01P5/02 F01P3/18 E02D3/026 E02D3/032 E02D3/046 E02D3/02 F02B29/04 F02M25/07	Application no. 12708810.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)-implizierte Offenbarung Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title BODENVERDICHTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120317.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0498/19 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C23/88 B66C23/90 B66C15/06	Application no. 13820710.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR MELDUNG VON KIPPGEFAHR EINES KRANS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049819.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 281 KB)
T 1365/20 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G15/08 G03G21/18	Application no. 18166572.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136520.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2258/15 (PTK7 antibodies/SQUIBB) of 16.1.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/30 C07K16/40 A61P35/00	Application no. 06848508.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Human monoclonal antibodies to protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) and their use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225815.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 2164/16 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B7/23	Application no. 09007167.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Tor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216416.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1351/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/32 C08G18/36 C08G18/48 C09J175/04	Application no. 11807904.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KLEBSTOFF FÜR ROTORBLÄTTER FÜR WINDKRAFTANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2724/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/67 C08G18/75 C08F222/10 C09D175/16 C08F220/18	Application no. 10731499.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title BINDEMITTEL ZUR HERSTELLUNG SCHNELL ÜBERROLLBARER FAHRBAHNMARKIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272417.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0674/20 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F9/24 B66F9/075	Application no. 17174238.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES FLURFÖRDERZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067420.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2039/14 (Certificate-stamp identifying system / NEC) of 19.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/66 G07D7/00	Application no. 07023162.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Certificate stamp identifying system and certificate stamp identifying method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203914.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1142/15 () of 26.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00	Application no. 11250498.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - not admitted				Application title Method and device for conducting trusted remote payment transactions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T114215.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1294/15 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/02	Application no. 10799779.3
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT DEVICE, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT SYSTEM, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT METHOD, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129415.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2366/15 () of 26.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F17/12 G06Q10/00	Application no. 02736449.6
Keywords Main Requst - not admissible (reformatio in peius) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DELIVERY AND RETURN SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236615.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 2044/16 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/24 A24D3/02	Application no. 10173019.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Bilden eines Filterstrangs der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204416.20200624				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1744/18 (THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INGENOL-3-ANGELATE/LEO … of 25.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/06 A61K9/107 A61K47/10 A61P35/00	Application no. 06820561.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INGENOL-3-ANGELATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174418.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 2282/18 () of 19.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D3/14 A24D3/18 A24B15/28 A24D3/06 A24D3/04	Application no. 13717982.6
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title SMOKING ARTICLE MOUTHPIECE WITH COOLING AGENT INCLUSION COMPLEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228218.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)

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June 2020

T 0738/15 (Gene silencing/CSIRO) of 30.10.2019
Online on 30.06.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N15/11	Application no. 99910592.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Industrial application - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no)				Application title Methods and Means for Obtaining Modified Phenotypes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T073815.20191030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 715 KB)
T 1845/18 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 30.06.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K8/38 B01F17/00 C09K8/518 C09K8/528 C09K8/536 C09K8/54 C09K8/584 C09K8/594 C09K8/70 C09K8/94 C11D1/00 C23F11/00	Application no. 15194729.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title MULTIFUNCTIONAL FOAMING COMPOSITION WITH WETTABILITY MODIFYING, CORROSION INHIBITORY AND MINERAL SCALE INHIBITORY/DISPERSANTS PROPERTIES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND ULTRA HIGH SALINITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184518.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0320/20 (Missing statement of grounds) of 15.6.2020
Online on 30.06.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K49/10	Application no. 16194654.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION OF CONTRAST AGENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032020.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0680/16 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22F1/00 C22C1/04 C22C24/00 H01M10/052 H01M4/04	Application no. 11767963.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Hauptantag - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Neuheit der Verwendung Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) nicht medizinische Verwendung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title STABILISIERTES, REINES LITHIUMMETALLPULVER UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068016.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1501/17 (Lapse of patent) of 23.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D215/48 A61K31/282 A61K31/47 A61P35/00 A61K45/06	Application no. 08846814.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title COMBINATION OF ANTI-ANGIOGENIC SUBSTANCE AND ANTI-TUMOR PLATINUM COMPLEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150117.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2038/17 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H7/04 F41H7/02 F41H5/007 B60R21/013	Application no. 11001197.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Schutzsystem für ein Fahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203817.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 542 KB)
T 2830/18 (Aluminiumlegierung/AMAG) of 16.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F1/05 C22C21/08	Application no. 01890265.0
Keywords Beschränkungsverfahren - Beschränkung des Europäischen Patents Beschränkungsverfahren - (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Ausscheidungshärten einer Aluminiumlegierung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T283018.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 3029/18 (Wiedereinsetzung in die Beschwerdefrist) of 3.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D9/04 F02D9/10 F02D11/06 F02D11/10 F16K1/22	Application no. 09003474.5
Keywords Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - (ja) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - Sorgfaltspflicht bei Einsatz von Hilfspersonen Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - alle gebotene Sorgfalt (ja) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - einmaliges Versehen in einem zuverlässigen System zur Fristenüberwachung				Application title Abgasklappenantrieb für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T302918.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1612/14 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H03K3/00 H04L25/02	Application no. 10016003.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schaltungsanordnung zur Übertragung von Signalen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161214.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1426/15 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 05019772.2
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 2, 3, 4: Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 1, 2a: Neuheit - (nein) Hilfsanträge 3a, 4a: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsanträge 2b, 2c: spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Sicherheitselement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142615.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 482 KB)
T 1632/15 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/335 H04N3/15	Application no. 06251681.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Identifying a photoelectric sensor array size
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163215.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0876/16 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C70/08 B32B1/08 F16L9/12 B29C65/48 C09J5/06 F16L11/08 F16L9/133 B29K27/18 B29L23/00	Application no. 07009577.3
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Rotationssymmetrischen Hohlkörpers aus einer faserverstärkten Kunststoffarmierung und einer mit PVE modifizierten PTFE-Auskleidung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T087616.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 474 KB)
T 2884/18 (Kumulativ darzulegenden Tatsachen) of 28.5.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J10/50 B60J10/74 B60J10/763 B60J10/27	Application no. 13814538.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (nein)				Application title DICHTUNGSPROFIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T288418.20200528				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 3286/19 (Recours irrecevable/INRIA) of 23.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K9/64 G06T7/00 A61N2/02 A61B5/05	Application no. 10703314.4
Keywords -				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ D'AIDE À LA LOCALISATION CÉRÉBRALE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T328619.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0126/20 (Appeal inadmissible/TEXAS INSTRUMENTS) of 17.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/48	Application no. 09155494.9
Keywords -				Application title Interrupt- related circuits, systems and processes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012620.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0989/15 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F31/02 B41F31/26 B41N7/06 B23K26/08	Application no. 08836787.5
Keywords Late-filed requests filed after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (main request, first to third auxiliary requests: no; fourth auxiliary request: yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title A method for printing a substrate using an anilox roll, an anilox roll for a printing method and a printing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098915.20200305				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0344/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F13/00 B41K3/10 B41K3/12	Application no. 10168523.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (main request Amendments - yes, auxiliary request Amendments - no)				Application title Numbering device for typographic numbering having a releasable indexing mechanism
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T034416.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0682/16 (Non-human organism/INTREXON) of 5.6.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63 C12N15/85 C12N15/12 C12N15/62 C07K14/705 C07K14/72 A01H5/00 C12Q1/68 G01N33/68	Application no. 02714955.8
Keywords Admission joint opposition and appeal (yes); Main request - admission in appeal (yes); Main request - overcomes all grounds of opposition (yes); Main request - remittal to the first instance (yes);				Application title NOVEL ECDYSONE RECEPTOR/INVERTEBRATE RETINOID X RECEPTOR-BASED INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068216.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0789/16 (Non-human organism/INTREXON) of 5.6.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63 C12N15/85 C12N15/12 C12N15/62 C07K14/705 C07K14/72 A01H5/00 C12Q1/68 G01N33/68	Application no. 02714990.5
Keywords Admission joint opposition and appeal (yes); Main request - admission in appeal (yes); Main request - overcomes all grounds of opposition (yes); Main request - remittal to the first instance (yes);				Application title CHIMERIC RETINOID X RECEPTORS AND THEIR USE IN A NOVEL ECDYSONE RECEPTOR-BASED INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078916.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1713/17 () of 29.5.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F2/00 C08F2/06 C08F2/18 C08F2/22	Application no. 12729029.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein: alle Anträge)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR KONTINUIERLICHEN HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171317.20200529				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0123/18 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F13/00 B41K3/12 B41K3/10 B41F33/00	Application no. 12185299.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (main request, auxiliary requests I, II, III, IIIa Amendments - yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (auxiliary request IIIb Amendments - no) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Numbering device for typographic numbering having independent driving means
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012318.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 0249/18 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N27/327	Application no. 12183629.0
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Multi-electrode biosensor system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024918.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1151/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R1/00	Application no. 13151456.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung der Erfindung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (NEIN) Zulassung in das Verfahren - Hilfsantrag - (NEIN)				Application title Sichtsystem für Nutzfahrzeuge zur Darstellung von gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Sichtfeldern eines Hauptspiegels und eines Weitwinkelspiegels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115117.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0132/19 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 24.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B60K6/48 B60K6/547 B60W20/00 B60W40/12	Application no. 15185799.2
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION DU MODE CINÉMATIQUE D'UNE TRANSMISSION HYBRIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013219.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 318 KB)
T 3221/19 (Appeal inadmissible/NXP) of 19.6.2020
Online on 24.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/06 G06F9/44 G06F11/08 G06F11/10	Application no. 12874768.0
Keywords -				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA IN A CALL STACK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T322119.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1012/15 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 23.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B44C3/02 B44F9/02	Application no. 08008164.9
Keywords Withdrawal of the approval of the text of the patent				Application title Floor panel, method for manufacturing floor panels and transfer foil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101215.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 0005/16 (Anti TNF antibody for use in adjunctive therapy to methotrexate in … of 21.11.2019
Online on 23.06.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61K31/505 A61P19/02 A61P37/06 A61K38/17 C07K14/705	Application no. 08005013.1
Keywords Main request, auxiliary request I: amendments - allowable (no) auxiliary request II - admitted (no)				Application title TNF antagonists for use in adjunctive therapy to methotrexate in the treatment of autoimmune diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T000516.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0800/16 (Cardiac troponin as biomarker for heart disease/ROCHE) of 3.3.2020
Online on 23.06.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/68	Application no. 07114174.1
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Cardiac troponin as an indicator of advanced coronary artery disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080016.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1684/15 () of 3.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/46 B65D85/62 B65D81/05	Application no. 12738200.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title METHOD AND PACKAGE FOR FLAT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168415.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1216/16 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M1/00 A61M27/00	Application no. 07794746.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICE FOR WOUND THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121616.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2141/16 (Reduction of risk of obesity/NESTLE) of 16.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/30 A61K35/74 A61P3/04	Application no. 08716883.7
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Main request - inventive step (yes) Decision in written proceedings after withdrawal of request for oral proceedings by both parties Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% (yes)				Application title PROBIOTICS FOR REDUCTION OF RISK OF OBESITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214116.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0954/17 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N23/083	Application no. 10162321.3
Keywords Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - after amendment Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title X-ray inspection device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095417.20200310				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1082/17 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R25/14	Application no. 09757635.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings Lapse of patent in all designated states - Patent proprietor sole appellant				Application title Connectors with brushes and pins which slide along electrical guides for home, business or industrial installations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108217.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1150/13 (Linking data/TRA) of 26.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 09157878.1
Keywords Inventive step - protection of privacy by linking customer data with a key instead of personally identifiable information (no Inventive step - not technical) Postponement of oral proceedings - representative unable to identify authorised person (no - reason in sphere of appellant) Exclusion from file inspection - details of arrangements for providing instructions to a representative (no - not prejudicial to appellant's legitimate interest)				Application title Analyzing return on investment of advertising campaigns using cross-correlation of multiple data sources
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115013.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0698/14 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L21/04 H01L29/06 H01L29/417 H01L33/38	Application no. 10182703.8
Keywords Added subject matter beyond the content of parent application - after amendment - (no) Claims - Support in the description Claims - after amendment Claims - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Silicon carbide dimpled substrate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069814.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 2280/15 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G53/30 B65G53/14 B22F9/08	Application no. 09770482.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Main request -Novelty (yes) Main request - Inventive step (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUT OF GRANULATE FROM THE BOTTOM OF A TANK THAT IN ADDITION TO GRANULATE HOLDS LIQUID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228015.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0073/17 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J9/16 G05B19/423	Application no. 11741080.3
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Anteilige Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) - 25 % der gezahlten Beschwerdegebühr Voraussetzungen nach Regel 103 (4) a) EPÜ i.d.F. ab 01.04.2020 erfüllt (ja) - Rücknahme der Beschwerde in der Entscheidungsphase Voraussetzungen nach Regel 103 (4) c) EPÜ i.d.F. ab 01.04.2020 erfüllt (nein) - keine ausdrückliche Rücknahme des Antrages auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM PROGRAMMIEREN ODER VORGEBEN VON BEWEGUNGEN ODER ABLÄUFEN EINES INDUSTRIEROBOTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007317.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 563 KB)
T 0565/17 (Cross-system analytics/SAP) of 15.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F19/28	Application no. 14183888.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Cross system analytics for in memory data warehouse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056517.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1963/17 (Layered catalyst composite / BASF) of 28.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J23/46 B01J23/44 B01J37/02 B01D53/94	Application no. 12736476.8
Keywords Replacement of the original description: not allowable Compliance with the requirements of Article 84 EPC (all requests): no - Wording "substantially simultaneoulsy" unclear				Application title Three-way conversion catalyst with alumina-free rhodium layer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196317.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 1770/18 (Lithiumsilikat Glaskeramik Restauration/Ivoclar) of 25.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C3/095 C03C10/12 A61K6/027 A61K6/02	Application no. 13179985.0
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Lithiumsilikat-Glaskeramik und -Glas mit Gehalt an ZrO2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177018.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2063/18 (Lithiumsilikat Glaskeramik/Ivoclar) of 25.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C10/12 A61K6/027 A61K6/02 C03C3/095	Application no. 13179987.6
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Lithiumsilikat-Glaskeramik und -Glas mit Gehalt an ZrO2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206318.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2636/18 (Herstellung von Lyocellfasern/List Technology) of 10.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC D01D5/06 D01D13/02	Application no. 13722303.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON FORMKÖRPERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263618.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2986/18 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D65/46 B65D1/26 B65D3/22 B65D1/28 B65D25/36 B65D81/38	Application no. 11177853.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Verpackungsbehälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T298618.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2133/14 (Implant revision/CODMAN) of 3.6.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/445 A61N1/372	Application no. 09250414.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step (no)				Application title Implant revision recognition by exchanging the revision data during transmission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T213314.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2262/16 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/52	Application no. 10748090.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BEVERAGE MACHINE FOR A NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226216.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0846/17 (Unit dose detergent/ DIVERSEY) of 4.6.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D17/00 C11D17/04 C11D7/54	Application no. 06110656.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Unit dose detergent for cleaning a coffee machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084617.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)
T 2519/17 (ORAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF/Colgate-Palmolive Company) of 15.5.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/25 A61Q11/00	Application no. 09747658.4
Keywords Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes) Main request - Clarity (Yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title ORAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T251917.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0161/18 (Äquivalenter Aortendruck/ARC SEIBERSDORF) of 12.5.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 06804383.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES HERZZEITVOLUMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T016118.20200512				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1304/19 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 17.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B21/04	Application no. 11782526.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title The localization and activation of alarm of persons in danger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T130419.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1075/15 (Error management in a safety unit/OMRON) of 26.5.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B19/05	Application no. 06007864.9
Keywords Added subject-matter - all requests (yes)				Application title Input device of a safety unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107515.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2688/16 (REINIGUNGSMITTEL / Henkel AG & Co. KGaA) of 10.3.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D3/33 C11D3/37	Application no. 07847823.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title REINIGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T268816.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 2444/17 () of 5.6.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N27/16	Application no. 09151052.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Temperature and humidity compensated single element pellistor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T244417.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2796/17 (Adsorptionsmittelgranulat/Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH) of 12.3.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J20/18 B01D53/04	Application no. 09717626.7
Keywords Erst mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung eingereichter 1. Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen (erstmals während der mündlichen Verhandlung geltend gemacht) zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - kein zulässiger Einwand erhoben				Application title ADSORPTIONSMITTELGRANULAT UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T279617.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2330/15 (Tunable multichannel headphone/PAN) of 8.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/00 H04R3/06 H04R1/28 H04S3/00	Application no. 12185789.0
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (no, after amendments) Clarity - main request (yes, after amendments) Remittal to the examining division - (yes): "special reasons" (ruling on novelty and inventive step for the first time on appeal would constitute an undue burden)				Application title Tunable multichannel headphone and method for assembling the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233015.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2272/16 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N27/87	Application no. 06775800.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (nein) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde nicht ausreichend begründet				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ZERSTÖRUNGSFREIEN PRÜFUNG VON ROHREN AUF OBERFLÄCHENFEHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227216.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2411/16 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N29/46 G01N29/04	Application no. 06775801.1
Keywords Beschwerde zulässig (nein) - Beschwerde nicht ausreichend begründet				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ZERSTÖRUNGSFREIEN PRÜFUNG VON ROHREN AUF OBERFLÄCHENFEHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241116.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0410/17 () of 29.5.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F220/06 A61L15/60 A61L15/22 C08F2/01 B01J19/00 C07C51/41	Application no. 09780113.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041017.20200529				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 423 KB)
T 1822/17 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62K21/12 B62K21/26	Application no. 11178302.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 3b Berücksichtigung - (nein) - Hilfsanträge 4, 5, 6a, 7 bis 10				Application title Fahrradgriff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182217.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1847/17 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B2/74 A47G5/00 F16M11/20	Application no. 11772315.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AN ARRANGEMENT WITH A BASE PLATE AND A COVERING HOOD FOR A SCREEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184717.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1278/18 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25C1/24 F25C1/04	Application no. 07108409.9
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Water spillage management for in the door ice maker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T127818.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1241/14 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P7/00 H02P7/29 H02P7/28 B25F5/00	Application no. 08773840.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Ansteuervorrichtung für einen Elektromotor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124114.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 274 KB)
T 1717/15 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D201/04 C07D201/06	Application no. 03000846.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Procsess for producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171715.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2131/15 () of 13.3.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B13/24	Application no. 03724161.9
Keywords Amendments - main request and first and second auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title System and method for managing assets using a portable combined electronic article surveillance system and barcode scanner
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T213115.20200313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 2253/15 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G3/34 G09G3/20	Application no. 04781635.0
Keywords Novelty - after amendment (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225315.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0411/17 (Automatic adaptation to acoustic environments in a hearing aid/SONOVA … of 19.5.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 06120253.7
Keywords Novelty - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Admission of second auxiliary request not admitted by the opposition division - (yes): sufficient time for the opponent to deal with the request Remittal to opposition division - (yes): "special reasons" (ruling on inventive step for the first time on appeal would constitute an undue burden) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Hearing device and method of operating a hearing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041117.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1160/17 (Soluble unit dose articles comprising a cationic polymer / The … of 5.6.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/22 C11D3/37 C11D10/04 C11D17/00 C11D17/04 C11D1/04 C11D3/20	Application no. 10167234.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Soluble unit dose articles comprising a cationic polymer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116017.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 574 KB)
T 0908/19 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G1/04 C05F9/04	Application no. 12002101.9
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late submitted material - justification for late filing (no)				Application title A METHOD OF TRANSPORTING COMPOST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090819.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2279/16 () of 3.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L29/78 H01L29/739 H01L29/872 H01L29/06 H01L29/40	Application no. 11756731.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title TRENCH DMOS DEVICE WITH IMPROVED TERMINATION STRUCTURE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227916.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2355/16 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16H3/66 B60K6/547	Application no. 15187090.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein)				Application title GETRIEBE FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG, SOWIE ANTRIEBSSTRANG FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235516.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0418/17 (Therapeutic Oral Composition / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K6/00 A61K8/25 A61K8/44 A61K9/00 A61Q11/00	Application no. 10727321.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title THERAPEUTIC ORAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041817.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0438/17 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B7/16 C23C4/06 C23C4/12 C23C24/04 C23C24/08 B05B7/14	Application no. 12002884.0
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum thermischen Spritzen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043817.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0244/20 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G63/00 B65G67/60 B66C13/48 B66C19/00 G06Q10/08	Application no. 13169146.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Method and system for predicting working progress of a gantry crane
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024420.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 1750/13 (Scheduling opportunity previewer/Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) of 1.10.2019
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 09755574.2
Keywords Inventive step - previewing a scheduling opportunity in a mini-calendar format (no Inventive step - presentation of information)				Application title SCHEDULING OPPORTUNITY PREVIEWER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T175013.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1798/13 (Forecasting the value of a structured financial product/SWISS … of 25.5.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00	Application no. 05796344.9
Keywords Inventive step - improving a weather forecast (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title A METHOD AND A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING THE VALUE OF A STRUCTURED FINANCIAL PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179813.20200525				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1005/15 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K1/34 C07K1/36 A61M1/02 A61M1/00	Application no. 09731947.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Two-stage ultrafiltration/diafiltration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100515.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 671 KB)
T 2177/15 () of 27.5.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B5/04	Application no. 03722683.4
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Revendications - fondement sur la description (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Modifications - extension de la protection (non) Arguments produits tardivement - recevable (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Requêtes subsidiaires 1, 2, 4 et 7 produites tardivement - économie de procédure Activité inventive - requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 3, 5 et 6 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 8 (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE PULVERISATION DE PRODUIT DE REVETEMENT LIQUIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217715.20200527				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 730 KB)
T 0630/16 (Détection simultanée d'un antigène et d'un anticorps/BIO-RAD) of 26.11.2019
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G01N33/576 G01N33/569 C07K16/10 C07K16/42 C07K14/005	Application no. 03749938.1
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - acte et mémoire de recours Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (non), requête auxiliaire 2 (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée Modifications - requête auxiliare 1 (oui) Activité inventive - requête auxilaire 2 (non) Requêtes auxiliaires produites tardivement - recevable (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE DETECTION SIMULTANEE D'UN ANTIGENE ET D'UN ANTICORPS D'UN MICROORGANISME INFECTIEUX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T063016.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 557 KB)
T 1402/17 (galvanische Abscheidung/Enthone) of 3.6.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C25D3/58 C25D3/60	Application no. 02022718.7
Keywords Vor der Einspruchsabteilung zurückgenommenen Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Elektrolyt zur galvanischen Abscheidung von Bronzen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140217.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0097/14 (Asynchronous web service/ORACLE) of 25.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F15/16	Application no. 02756343.6
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Substantial procedural violation - opportunity to comment (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes Appeal decision - the Board cannot decide the case on the merits because the search was not complete)				Application title WEB SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS WEB SERVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009714.20200525				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1702/14 () of 25.9.2019
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C57/06 B29C57/00 F16L9/12 B29C61/02	Application no. 03077403.8
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Apparatus and method for post-forming thermoplastic ducts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T170214.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1703/16 () of 7.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B1/00	Application no. 08769222.4
Keywords -				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND RETENTION OF CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T170316.20200507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1867/17 (Stylet pour mesure de pression/INGENICO) of 14.2.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F3/033 G06F3/0354	Application no. 13730278.2
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Modifications - admises (oui) Requête produite tardivement - justification du retard (oui) Renvoi à la première instance				Application title STYLET DE SAISIE DE DONNÉES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186717.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2012/17 (Customised application/INTELLIPOCKET) of 2.6.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F21/00 H04L29/08 G06Q30/02 G07F7/10	Application no. 11849211.5
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Providing a customized application to a user terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201217.20200602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2327/17 (Authenticated encryption of audio data/BOSCH) of 21.2.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L9/00	Application no. 10713889.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 and 5 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 3 and 4 (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATED ENCRYPTION OF AUDIO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232717.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2382/17 () of 7.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E02F5/12 E02F5/10 B63B35/03	Application no. 04740592.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRENCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238217.20200507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0367/18 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G5/04	Application no. 12181171.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Gerüstverankerung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036718.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2936/19 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G7/04	Application no. 13766682.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title LIGHTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING HORTICULTURE LIGHT AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING HORTICULTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T293619.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1986/16 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J31/36 A47J31/44 A47J31/52	Application no. 12171460.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Brüheinrichtung eines Kaffeeautomatens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198616.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2113/16 (Chipmischung/ZWEIFEL) of 20.5.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A23B7/02 A23B7/03 A23L1/216 A23L1/217 A23L1/31 A23L1/325 A23L1/212 A23B4/03	Application no. 10015938.3
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr in Höhe von 25% Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title Chipmischung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211316.20200520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1011/17 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/4709 A61K31/496 A61P35/02	Application no. 12160638.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Treatment of imatinib resistant leukemia using 4-amino-quinoline-3-carbonitriles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101117.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2675/17 () of 26.5.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D29/00 A01G23/08 B60W10/06	Application no. 06820104.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER SOURCE OF A FORESTRY MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267517.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1684/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D215/54 A61K31/4709	Application no. 06774184.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - amendments New allegation of facts Inventive step				Application title CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 4-[(2,4-DICHLORO-5-METHOXYPHENYL)AMINO]-6-METHOXY-7-[3-(4-METHYL-1-PIPERAZINYL)PROPOXY]-3-QUINOLINECARB-ONITRILE AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168416.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1059/18 (Cell changing in heterogeneous networks/HUAWEI) of 27.5.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W36/04 H04W36/32 H04W36/00 H04W48/12 H04W48/20 H04W24/02 H04W84/04	Application no. 12800854.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method and device for cell changing in heterogeneous network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105918.20200527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0036/19 (Entering free form information in URL address/SPRING VENTURES) of 13.9.2019
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 13.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 10000433.2
Keywords Application pending for more than 20 years - legitimate interest of applicant in grant decision (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Third auxiliary request - inventive step over documents discussed in appeal proceedings (yes) - remittal to department of first instance (yes)				Application title WWW addressing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003619.20190913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 0648/19 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S45/60 F21S45/49 F21S45/10 F21S41/19 F21S41/147 F21S41/16 F21S41/14 F21S45/43	Application no. 13714533.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title FAHRZEUGSCHEINWERFER MIT LASERLICHTQUELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064819.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0989/19 (Fehlende Unterschrift auf Entscheidungs-Formblatt) of 25.5.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 16159081.5
Keywords Form der Entscheidung - fehlende Unterschrift eines zuständigen Bediensteten auf Formblatt 2048.2 Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rechtliches Gehör: Notwendigkeit einer beantragten mündlichen Verhandlung Rechtliches Gehör - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung, System und Verfahren zum Trocknen von Hörhilfegeräten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098919.20200525				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)

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T 1850/16 (An antibody which is monovalent for CD40L/DOMANTIS) of 18.2.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/28 A61K39/395 A61P37/06	Application no. 05784064.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests I to VI - extension of subject-matter (yes)				Application title Compositions monovalent for CD40L binding and methods of use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185016.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1900/16 () of 17.4.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B17/00	Application no. 08001906.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method and system for mitigating errors when processing print stream data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190016.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0025/17 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F2/01 A61L15/60 B01J19/26 C08F2/04 C08F2/44 A61L15/24 C08K5/00	Application no. 06793089.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Verfahren - nicht naheligende Alternative Vorrichtung - naheliegende Alternative				Application title POLYMERISATIONSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002517.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1232/17 (Polling by using non-acknowledged packets /INNOVATIVE SONIC) of 6.2.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/64	Application no. 06008830.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Priority - same invention (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for polling transmission status in a wireless communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123217.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1967/17 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F220/06 C08F2/38	Application no. 12708775.7
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title NIEDERMOLEKULARE PHOSPHORHALTIGE POLYACRYLSÄUREN UND DEREN VERWENDUNG ALS DISPERGIERMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196717.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0615/19 (Composition à réductibilité élevée / RHODIA) of 6.3.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B01J37/03 B01J37/08 B01J21/06 B01J23/10 B01J23/63 B01J35/10 B01J37/00 B01D53/94 C01G25/00	Application no. 07727063.5
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Activité inventive : (oui)				Application title Composition à base d'oxyde de zirconium et de cérium à réductibilité élevée et à surface spécifique stable, procédé de préparation et utilisation dans le traitement des gaz d'échappement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061519.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 396 KB)
D 0004/18 () of 5.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 5.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000418.20200505				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 1956/15 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G01V5/00	Application no. 09772762.2
Keywords Procédure orale - déclaration de non-comparution considérée comme retrait de la requête tendant à recourir à une procédure orale Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête subsidiaire 1 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 1 (non) Requêtes subsidiaires 2 et 3 non prises en considération par la Chambre - article 12(4) RPCR 2007 en combinaison avec l'article 12(2) RPCR 2007 et l'article 25(2) RPCR 2020				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR DÉTECTER LA PRÉSENCE, DANS UNE CHARGE, D'OBJETS SUSPECTS RENFERMANT AU MOINS UN MATÉRIAU À POIDS ATOMIQUE DONNÉ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195615.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1531/16 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B5/12 B65B21/06 B65G61/00 B65B65/00 B65G47/08	Application no. 11181230.1
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren ohne mündliche Verhandlung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Zusammenstellen eines Gebindes aus befüllten Behältern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153116.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0869/17 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65F1/06 B32B27/08 B32B27/32	Application no. 11166232.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title Waste packaging device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086917.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 0958/14 () of 27.9.2019
Online on 27.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C49/04 B29C69/00 B29C47/16 B29C47/22 B29C51/02 B29C47/06 B29C51/12 B29C49/20	Application no. 07820890.7
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Process for manufacturing a plastic hollow body from a parison
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T095814.20190927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0112/16 () of 8.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L23/38 H01L35/28	Application no. 05856066.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MICROELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY WITH BUILT-IN THERMOELECTRIC COOLER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011216.20200508				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0635/18 (Viable blood/HAEMONETICS) of 13.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 10012933.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method for ensuring the viability of blood to be transfused
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063518.20200513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1916/19 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/31 A61K8/34 A61K8/35 A61K8/37 A61K8/49 A61K8/81 A61K8/86 A61Q17/00	Application no. 11719581.8
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - (no) Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SKIN TREATMENT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191619.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2592/19 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M26/32 F28D21/00 F28F1/40 F28D7/16 F28F3/02	Application no. 12769434.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title HEAT EXCHANGER FOR GASES, ESPECIALLY ENGINE EXHAUST GASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259219.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0005/17 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/06 A61K33/12 A61P17/00	Application no. 09781176.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF DERMATOLOGICAL/MUCOSAL DISEASES, AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000517.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0385/17 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B19/38	Application no. 12160136.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Electric hair grooming appliance including touchscreen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038517.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0251/18 (PS-Schaumstoffe mit geringem Metallgehalt/BASF) of 14.5.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J9/00	Application no. 09738211.3
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Rücknahme der Anträge auf mündliche Verhandlung durch beide Parteien Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title PS-SCHAUMSTOFFE MIT GERINGEM METALLGEHALT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025118.20200514				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2202/19 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/816	Application no. 12808853.1
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without holding oral proceedings Remittal to the department of first instance (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case (no)				Application title CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220219.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0784/16 () of 15.5.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F01P3/08	Application no. 03356125.9
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title Gicleur a projections multiples pour refroidissement de moteur, et moteurs equipés de tels gicleurs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078416.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 279 KB)
T 2169/16 () of 28.2.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/557 A61K31/7072 A23L1/30 A23L1/304 A23L1/302 A61P25/28	Application no. 08766834.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Improving memory in subjects with mini-mental state examination of 24-26
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216916.20200228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 0902/17 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/20 B32B25/04 B32B25/14 B32B27/12 B32B27/32 C08J5/18 C08L23/16 B32B25/10	Application no. 09703318.7
Keywords Main request - novelty (yes) (ex post facto analysis) - sufficiency (yes) - inventive step (no) (obvious alternative) Auxiliary requests I to IV - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests V - extension beyond the scope of application as filed (yes)				Application title ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090217.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 0314/18 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C27/06 A47C27/07	Application no. 12198084.1
Keywords Alleged public prior use - witness offered but not heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Backfolded pocket mattress
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031418.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 3170/19 () of 15.5.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D65/40 B32B27/32	Application no. 14176477.9
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without holding oral proceedings				Application title Thin film for waste packing cassettes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T317019.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0655/14 (Process for preparing recombinant polypeptides/SANDOZ AG) of 11.5.2020
Online on 19.05.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/21 C12P21/02	Application no. 04764305.1
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065514.20200511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 1718/14 () of 13.5.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 13.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/26 H04N7/50	Application no. 06815754.4
Keywords Admissission into appeal proceedings - main request - (no) Admission into appeal proceedings - auxiliary requests II-B and II-C - (no) Substantial procedural violation - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests I, II-A and II-C (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed- auxiliary requests I, II-A and II-D- (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title REDUNDANT DATA ENCODING METHODS AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171814.20200513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2694/16 () of 8.5.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C49/46 B29C49/68 B29C49/06 B29C49/64 A61L2/20	Application no. 11726373.1
Keywords Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Procédé de recyclage d'air comportant un agent stérilisant et installation de fabrication de récipients comportant un circuit de recyclage d'air
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T269416.20200508				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 934 KB)
T 2710/16 (Speichereffizientes Suchen eines Anfragedatenelementes/SIEMENS) of 10.2.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 09010241.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum speichereffizienten Suchen mindestens eines Anfragedatenelementes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T271016.20200210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0910/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C49/78 B29C49/12 B29C49/06	Application no. 09716999.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und erster Hilfsantrag (nein) Neuheit - zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - zweiter Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Blasformung von Behältern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091017.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1505/17 (Transposition gestures/HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES) of 17.2.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/24	Application no. 12742291.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 2 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 and 3 (no)				Application title Method and device for graphical management of form
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150517.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
G 0003/19 (Pepper (follow-up to Tomatoes II and Broccoli II)) of 14.5.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 14.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords referred point of law re-phrased yes admissibility of referral by the President of the European Patent Office yes, after re-phrasing uniform application of the law - yes point of law of fundamental importance - yes different decisions by two Boards of Appeal yes application of Article 112(1)(b) EPC by analogy - no rules of interpretation hierachy of norms conflicting provisions - no of laws dynamic interpretation of Article 53(b) EPC yes impact of Rule 28(2) EPC on interpretation of Article 53(b) EPC yes exception to patentability of product claims or product-by-process claims directed to plants, plant material or animals, if the claimed product is exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process or if the claimed process features define an essentially biological process yes applicability of the exception to European patents granted before 1 July 2017 and pending European patent applications filed before that day no				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:G000319.20200514				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 567 KB)
T 2147/15 () of 12.5.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D19/40 B65D77/04	Application no. 12161093.5
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren ohne mündliche Verhandlung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Eckfusses für ein palettenartiges Untergestell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214715.20200512				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0283/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F27B1/00 F27D17/00 C04B7/44	Application no. 09781767.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title VERFAHREN UND SCHACHTOFEN ZUM BRENNEN VON STÜCKIGEM MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028316.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0009/17 (Zubereitung mit Fliessgrenze / BEIERSDORF) of 19.2.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/44 A61K8/46 A61K8/81 A61Q19/10	Application no. 04765528.7
Keywords Mangelnde Klarheit (alle Anträge) : (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (alle Anträge) : (ja)				Application title Schäumende Zubereitungen mit Fliessgrenze
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000917.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0847/17 (HEAVY FEED HYDROPROCESSING/ Albemarle) of 21.2.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J23/24 B01J35/10 C10G49/04	Application no. 03782317.6
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title HEAVY FEED HYDROPROCESSING USING A MIXTURE OF CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084717.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1539/17 () of 29.4.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B96/06 A47B57/42 A47G29/02 A47B57/16 A47F5/08	Application no. 11752750.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A RACK SYSTEM AND BRACKET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153917.20200429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 1545/18 (CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR HAIR/Kao Germany GmbH) of 6.5.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/898 A61Q5/02 A61Q5/12	Application no. 10795245.9
Keywords Main request (former auxiliary request) - Novel and inventive				Application title CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR HAIR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154518.20200506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1606/14 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K5/22 F04D13/06 H02K3/52	Application no. 06010873.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag V (nein) Klarheit - Hilfsanträge I, VII, VIII, IX (nein) Änderungen - zulässig Änderungen - Hilfsantrag II (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge III, IV, VI hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Pumpenaggregat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160614.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2162/15 (Urine progenitor cells/WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY) of 4.2.2020
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K35/22 C12N5/08 C12N5/06	Application no. 08754571.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title PROGENITOR CELLS FROM URINE AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216215.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1872/16 (IL-13 antibodies for the treatment of severe asthma/GLAXO) of 23.7.2019
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/24 A61P37/02 A61P37/08	Application no. 11181891.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure of further medical use Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4, 5 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (no)				Application title Chimeric and humanised monoclonal antibodies against interleukin-13
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T187216.20190723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 519 KB)
T 1914/16 (Ciclesonide/COVIS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/57 A61K31/58 A61K9/00	Application no. 04766791.0
Keywords main request - allowable				Application title USE OF CICLESONIDE FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191416.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0608/19 (Bewegliche Führung eines Stuhls/GORACON ENGINEERING GMBH) of 17.3.2020
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47C9/02 A47C1/023	Application no. 13003584.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fristgerecht eingelegt (nein) Wiedereinsetzung - erforderliche Sorgfalt - (nein) Ausnahme von der Akteneinsicht Kostenerstattung - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060819.20200317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
D 0009/18 () of 7.5.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000918.20200507				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 207 KB)
T 1584/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16C29/00 G01B3/00 G01B7/00 G01D5/347 F16C29/06	Application no. 08015177.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Führungsschiene mit absoluter Massverkörperung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T158416.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1825/16 (Process for preparing granules/NOVOZYMES A/S) of 7.5.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N9/98 C11D3/386 A23K1/165	Application no. 00943685.8
Keywords Main and auxiliary request 1 - Article 123(2) - (no) Auxiliary requests 2 to 6 - admitted (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 6 - Article 123(2) (no) Auxiliary requests 7 and 8 - admitted (no)				Application title A PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ENZYME CONTAINING GRANULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182516.20200507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0584/17 () of 10.2.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N29/024 G01N29/32 G01F1/66	Application no. 07765679.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Dokumente - zugelassen (ja) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 3 - zugelassen (ja) - Neuheit und erfindersiche Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verwendung einer Vorrichtung in einer Anlage zur Erzeugung von Biogas und Verfahren zur Ultraschallbestimmung der Konzentrationen von Komponenten eines Biogasgemisches
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058417.20200210				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 553 KB)
T 1177/17 (Fucosyllactose for treating and/or preventing viral infections / … of 13.2.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/702 A23L1/29 A23L1/09 A23L1/30 A61P31/12 A61P31/16 A61P31/18 A61P31/22	Application no. 10734570.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Fucosyllactose as breast milk identical non-digestible oligosaccharide for treating and/or preventing viral infections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117717.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0622/14 (Keramikprallkörper / Storz Medical AG) of 6.11.2019
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N7/00 A61B17/22 A61H1/00 B06B1/18	Application no. 08003840.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Behandlung biologischer Körpersubstanzen mit mechanischen Druckwellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T062214.20191106				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 1650/14 (Rotation parameter/SIEMENS GAMESA) of 17.2.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01P3/22 G01P3/44 F03D7/04 G01P15/18	Application no. 08009630.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)				Application title Wind turbine and method determining at least one rotation parameter of a wind turbine rotor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165014.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 619 KB)
T 0372/15 () of 4.5.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F7/095 B41C1/10 G03F7/34 G03F7/36 G03F7/09 G03F7/11 G03F1/00	Application no. 02251567.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (no) Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (yes)				Application title A process for making a flexographic printing plate and a photosensitive element for use in the process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037215.20200504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2024/15 () of 6.5.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/16 G06F21/00	Application no. 10152534.3
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Preventing the use of modified receiver firmware in receivers of a conditional access system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202415.20200506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0890/17 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/20 B32B25/04 B32B25/14 B32B27/12 B32B27/32 C08J5/18 C08L23/16 B32B25/10	Application no. 13155905.6
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - multiple selections Novelty - objection based on hindsight knowledge of the patent in suit Inventive step (yes) objection not substantiated				Application title Elastomeric materials
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089017.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0938/14 (Ex vivo human skin model/SYMRISE AG, CUTECH SRL) of 30.1.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N5/07	Application no. 08157036.8
Keywords New main and auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Auxiliary request 2 - admitted (yes) Auxiliary request 2 - inventive step - (no) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Ex vivo human skin model
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T093814.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481 KB)
T 1071/17 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C49/00 B29K105/00	Application no. 11774024.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (main request Amendments - no) Inventive step (main request Inventive step - no, auxiliary request III Inventive step - yes) Reformatio in peius (auxiliary requests I and II - yes)				Application title Process for producing injection stretch blow molded polyolefin containers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107117.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1912/17 (FREE SPACE POINTING DEVICES WITH TILT COMPENSATION / IDHL) of 31.1.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/01 G06F3/033	Application no. 05744089.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - closest prior art discloses features in combination				Application title FREE SPACE POINTING DEVICES WITH TILT COMPENSATION AND IMPROVED USABILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191217.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2496/17 (Accessing spreadsheet objects/PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES) of 6.5.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/24 G06F17/27	Application no. 12179096.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title System and method for accessing rich objects via spreadsheets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249617.20200506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0509/18 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K28/06 B60W50/14 A61B5/18 G06K9/00	Application no. 12765209.7
Keywords sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DRIVER ALERTNESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T050918.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 3074/19 (Missing statement of grounds/INTEL) of 5.5.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G11C16/34 G11C16/30	Application no. 14774103.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Auto-suspend and auto-resume operations for a multi-die NAND memory device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T307419.20200505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227 KB)
T 0369/15 () of 2.10.2019
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B29/06 B41M5/50 D21H17/20 D21H17/33 D21H19/76 D21H19/84	Application no. 08716179.0
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Hilfsantrag 1 Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja, siehe Punkt 3.1) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Rüge nach Regel 106 EPÜ - (zurückgewiesen, siehe Punkt 4)				Application title Verfahren zum Herstellen eines flächigen, bedruckten Bauteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T036915.20191002				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 665 KB)
T 0487/16 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01M13/04 B04B5/08 B04B9/10 B01D45/14	Application no. 03736402.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late filed inventive step objection - could have been filed before the opposition division (yes) - objection admitted (no) Document admitted by the opposition division upon which the decision was based - not to be excluded from appeal proceedings				Application title A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CLEANING OF CRANKCASE GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048716.20200430				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0695/16 () of 5.5.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D83/22	Application no. 12164862.0
Keywords Claims - support in the description (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Sprayhead for a spray device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069516.20200505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 2256/16 (SURFACE ACTIVE BLEACH/The Procter & Gamble Company) of 7.2.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D1/74 C11D1/66 C11D3/20 C11D3/22	Application no. 07751097.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title SURFACE ACTIVE BLEACH AT DYNAMIC PH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225616.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 2368/16 (Ionic liquid supported catalyst/IONIQA) of 7.2.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J31/18 C08J11/28 B01J31/16	Application no. 14753318.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - multiple selections from lists of converging alternatives Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title POLYMER DEGRADATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236816.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0786/15 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D143/04 B05D7/24 C09D5/16 C09D7/12	Application no. 07832304.5
Keywords Appealed decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title STAIN-PROOF COATING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE COMPOSITION, STAIN-PROOF COATING FILM FORMED BY USING THE COMPOSITION, COATED ARTICLE HAVING THE COATING FILM ON THE SURFACE, AND STAIN-PROOFING TREATMENT METHOD FOR FORMING THE COATING FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078615.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 1601/15 () of 4.12.2019
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C45/28	Application no. 06829241.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein: Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1; ja: Hilfsantrag 2)				Application title Betätigungsvorrichtung für Verschlussnadeln in Spritzgießvorrichtungen mit Nadelverschlussdüsen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160115.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 810 KB)
T 0446/16 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L2/00	Application no. 03003632.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel				Application title Verfahren zur Abtrennung von Viren aus einer Proteinlösung durch Nanofiltration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T044616.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0756/16 (Anti-IL-23 antibodies/JANSSEN) of 28.2.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 G01N33/567 C07H21/04 C12P21/06 C07K16/24	Application no. 06800000.9
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Anti-IL-23 antibodies, compositions, methods and uses
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075616.20200228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2114/16 (Paper Furnish/UPM-Kymmene Corporation) of 11.2.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H17/67 D21H11/18	Application no. 10719950.7
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - main request Novelty - (yes) Novelty - main request Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - main request				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING FURNISH, FURNISH AND PAPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211416.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 0629/18 () of 28.4.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H15/38	Application no. 13700991.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TOROIDAL TRANSMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062918.20200428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1616/18 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61G5/06 A61G5/10	Application no. 13800671.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title DEVICES FOR ENABLING MOVEMENT OF A WHEELCHAIR ON STAIRS AND A WHEELCHAIR INCLUDING THE DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161618.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 3032/19 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G5/00	Application no. 15196868.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds Request for oral proceedings only for discussion on the merits, not admissibility				Application title Systems and Method for Wirelessly and Securely Updating a Terrain Awareness Warning System Database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T303219.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0986/14 (Textilinformationsträger / ASTRA) of 8.1.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F3/02 G06K19/00 G06K19/077 H04B5/00	Application no. 07012087.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift (fehlerhaft) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Verfahrensökonomie				Application title Informationsträger für Textilien
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098614.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1676/14 (Befestigung einer Dachantenne / Hirschmann) of 28.1.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q1/32 H01Q1/12	Application no. 06742554.6
Keywords Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Bergriffe				Application title BEFESTIGUNG EINER DACHANTENNE EINES FAHRZEUGES MIT EINEM KLEMMTEIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T167614.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1749/14 (MOBILE PERSONAL POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL/MAXIM) of 3.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00 G07F7/08	Application no. 09810380.7
Keywords Inventive step - personalized mobile POS terminal Inventive step - distinguishing features provide for a technical contribution Inventive step - no mere automation of constraints imposed by business related aspects Inventive step - structural and functional modifications of the closest prior art required Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title MOBILE PERSONAL POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174914.20200403				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0700/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42C11/04	Application no. 05405604.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - (nicht zugelassen) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 3, 3a (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 4 (nicht zulässig) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Einrichtung für das Anreiben einer Buchdecke an den beleimten Aussenflächen von Buchblocks mit separatem Antrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070015.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 638 KB)
T 0581/16 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F28F9/02 F16L39/00	Application no. 04029971.1
Keywords -				Application title Dispositif de raccordement entre un échangeur de chaleur et ses conduits d'admission et de sortie de liquide et son procédé de montage correspondant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058116.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1845/16 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B65/20 B61D19/00 E05B65/12 E05B65/22	Application no. 09727371.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Reformatio in peius - Ausnahme vom Verschlechterungsverbot - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title VERRIEGELUNG FÜR AUSSENSCHWINGTÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184516.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0806/17 () of 29.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A62B33/00 A62B99/00	Application no. 06026770.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title Lawinenrettungsgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080617.20200429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1089/17 (Ambiguous queries on online social networks/FACEBOOK) of 7.2.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06Q50/00	Application no. 13197982.5
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Structuring ambiguous structured search queries on online social networks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108917.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 0433/18 () of 29.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C29/12 F04C2/344	Application no. 06745359.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title VACUUM PUMP FOR VEHICLE MOTORS AND A ONE-WAY VALVE FOR SAID VACUUM PUMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043318.20200429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2618/18 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B88/00 A47B88/04	Application no. 13005939.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Fehlende Klarheit durch Fremdbezug (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Einstellung eines mittels einer Führungseinheit bewegbaren Möbelteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261818.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 345 KB)
T 2045/16 () of 27.1.2020
Online on 05.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B13/06 F26B21/12 F26B17/12 F26B9/06	Application no. 08169234.5
Keywords Admissibility of the requests on file (no)				Application title High-efficiency system for dehumidifying and/or drying plastic materials
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204516.20200127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1002/17 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 05.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G9/30 B01F7/00 A23G9/12 A23G9/22	Application no. 08167234.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)				Application title A machine for producing and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid consumer food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100217.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0467/15 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 04.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B6/06	Application no. 08844102.7
Keywords Änderungen - Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2 Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Kostenverteilung - unbillig hohe Anzahl von Hilfsanträgen Kostenverteilung - (nein) Anordnung der Kostenverteilung - aufgehoben				Application title Kochvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046715.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 1443/15 (Lenalidomide polymorph/CELGENE) of 5.3.2020
Online on 04.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/445 C07D401/04	Application no. 04783095.5
Keywords Main request - admitted (yes) - added subject-matter (no) - remitted (yes) Late-filed objections - admitted (no)				Application title POLYMORPHIC FORMS OF 3-(4-AMINO-1-OXO-1,3 DIHYDRO-ISOINDOL-2-YL)-PIPERIDINE-2,6-DIONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144315.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1004/17 () of 28.4.2020
Online on 04.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B24B53/075 B24B53/12	Application no. 09000293.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Prototypen- und Kleinserienfertigung von Zahnrädern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100417.20200428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 339 KB)

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T 1653/14 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12 H04N7/26 H04N7/30 G06T3/40 G06T9/00 H04N7/50	Application no. 12160433.4
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - main request and auxiliary request I (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxliliary request I (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request II (no)				Application title Method for improving compressed image chroma information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165314.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1654/14 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12 H04N7/26 H04N7/30 G06T3/40 G06T9/00 H04N7/50	Application no. 12161254.3
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Method and system for improving compressed image chroma information including extended quantization parameter range function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165414.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0547/15 () of 22.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A62B9/06	Application no. 06704770.4
Keywords clarity (yes) novelty (yes) inventive step (yes)				Application title RESPIRATORY MASKS WITH GUSSETED CUSHIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054715.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2350/15 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/04 A61B17/062	Application no. 02761831.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (no) Apportionment of costs - (yes)				Application title SUTURING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235015.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0750/16 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L5/10 E04G15/06	Application no. 11002284.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Durchführung zum Einbau in ein Wand- oder Bodenelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075016.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0819/16 (Cucumis/NUNHEMS) of 19.11.2019
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/00	Application no. 03078990.3
Keywords Main request (patent as granted) - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request - admitted in proceedings (no)				Application title Resistance to powdery mildew infection and absence of necrosis in cucumber, Cucumis sativus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T081916.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2526/16 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B61G5/02	Application no. 06290690.4
Keywords Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Rame de train articulée et voiture permettant de constituer une telle rame
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T252616.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2617/16 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B63/20 E05B63/00	Application no. 11151046.7
Keywords Änderungen - Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Verriegelungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261716.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 411 KB)
T 2676/16 (Cyclic shift and sequence hopping/NOKIA) of 24.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04J11/00 H04L27/26	Application no. 08736378.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Coordinated cyclic shift and sequence hopping for Zadoff-Chu, modified Zadoff-Chu, and block-wise spreading sequences
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267616.20200424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0151/17 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/20 B60C1/00 C08L53/00 C08L53/02 B60C5/14	Application no. 11004001.1
Keywords Inventive step - Main request and auxiliary requests 1-7 (no) Amendments - Auxiliary request 8 Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Polymer sheet for inner liner and pneumatic tire using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015117.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1112/17 () of 9.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 10161786.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Dental superstructure, and a method of manufacture thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111217.20200409				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 0076/18 (Cement admixtures/Nippon Shokubai) of 3.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B24/26 C04B24/32 C08L51/00 C08L71/02 C08F216/14 C08F290/06 C08G65/26	Application no. 00125128.9
Keywords Requests and evidence filed with statement of grounds - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Cement admixtures and its use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007618.20200403				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0363/18 (Treatment of hematologic malignancies/BIOGEN) of 30.7.2019
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61P35/02	Application no. 09002504.0
Keywords All requests - claim 1 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Treatment of hematologic malignancies associated with circulating tumor cells using chimeric anti-CD20 antibody
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T036318.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1930/14 (Antibody Purification/HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 28.11.2019
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 C07K16/00 G01N30/34 C07K1/18	Application no. 06753791.0
Keywords Novelty - main and auxiliary request 1 (no) Auxiliary requests 2 and 4 to 6 - Admission (no) Auxiliary request 3 - clarity (no) Auxiliary request 7 - allowable (yes)				Application title Method for the purification of Antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T193014.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 635 KB)
T 0898/15 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B2/02 E04B2/14	Application no. 04716513.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM VERBINDEN VON BAUSTEINEN ZUR BILDUNG EINES BAUSTEINVERBUNDES SOWIE BAUSTEINVERBUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089815.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1615/15 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D15/10 B42D15/00	Application no. 07789183.6
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Photonic crystal security device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161515.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0129/16 (Multicast method in optical networks/ZTE) of 22.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q11/00 H04L12/18	Application no. 09847264.0
Keywords Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings Added subject-matter - main and first auxiliary requests (yes): intermediate generalisation Inventive step - second auxiliary request (no)				Application title Multicast processing method and apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012916.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2595/16 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F25B43/00	Application no. 10151858.7
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui) Document produit tardivement - modifications après fixation de la date de la procédure orale				Application title Dispositif de stockage présentant un moyen destiné à provoquer des turbulences.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259516.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 498 KB)
T 0229/17 (Stable Phenylephrine compositions) of 5.8.2019
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/137 A61P11/02	Application no. 07735602.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - improvement not credible				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND KITS OF PHENYLEPHRINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T022917.20190805				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 1077/17 (Immunoglobulin purification/Hoffmann-La Roche) of 26.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/00 C07K16/24 C07K16/32	Application no. 08758815.8
Keywords Late-filed evidence - justification for late filing (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title IMMUNOGLOBULIN PURIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107717.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1625/17 () of 22.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/38 C08L63/00 C08L63/02 C08L75/00 C09D163/00 C09D163/02 C09D175/02 C09D175/04	Application no. 09749928.9
Keywords New evidence admitted on appeal - direct and appropriate response to the contested decision Handout of slides made available during presentation - availability to the public (yes) Inventive step (no) (main request, 5th and 10 th auxiliary requests) Unsubstantiated 1st to 4th, 6th to 9th and 11th to 14th auxiliary requests - not admitted into the proceedings				Application title NOVEL FAST CURING ULTRA HIGH SOLIDS LOW VOC COATING SYSTEM FOR AGGRESSIVE CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162517.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508 KB)
T 0641/18 (Dihydroimidazolones for treating dogs / BOEHRINGER) of 24.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/5377 A61K31/515 A61P25/08 A61P25/22	Application no. 14191084.4
Keywords Main request - Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Use of dihydroimidazolones for the treatment of dogs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064118.20200224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1831/18 (Polymeric compositions comprising therapeutic agents in crystalline … of 16.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K47/48 A61K31/196 A61K31/337 A61K31/427 A61K31/454 A61K31/4745 A61K31/485 A61K31/565 A61K31/65 A61L27/54 A61L31/16 A61L33/00 A61K9/50	Application no. 06256581.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal by opponent Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4-6 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter, auxiliary requests 3, 7 (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim, auxiliary requests 4-7 (yes)				Application title Polymeric compositions comprising therapeutic agents in crystalline phases, and methods of forming the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183118.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1060/19 (Incorrect appeal fee/DASSAULT) of 11.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06G7/50 G06F17/50	Application no. 12855099.3
Keywords Payment of the appropriate fee for appeal in time (no) Re-establishment of rights (no) Payment of the appropriate fee for appeal in time (no) Re-establishment of rights (no)				Application title COMPUTER SIMULATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106019.20200211				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 598 KB)
T 3041/19 (ERK inhibitors/MERCK) of 16.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/415 C07D401/14 C07D405/14 C07D413/14 C07D409/14 C07D417/14 C07D471/04 A61K31/444 A61K31/454 A61K31/4545 A61K31/5377 A61K45/06	Application no. 11836905.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title NOVEL COMPOUNDS THAT ARE ERK INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T304119.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1376/15 () of 21.4.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N3/15	Application no. 09735547.3
Keywords Clarity - main request and auxiliary request (no) Extension beyond the content of the application as filed - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title IR DETECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137615.20200421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1602/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F9/06 B41F9/02 B41F11/02 B41F15/42	Application no. 07020523.2
Keywords Compliance with the requirements of the EPC (not contested)				Application title Liquid supply apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160215.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0072/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C53/56 F16L59/02 F16L59/14	Application no. 09749542.8
Keywords Public availability of prior use proven (no) Public prior use - (at least) implicit obligation to maintain secrecy (yes)				Application title Pipe section and method for its production
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007216.20200220				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 553 KB)
T 0102/16 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B22D11/10 B22D11/117 B22D21/00	Application no. 10707100.3
Keywords Modifications - admises (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête subsidiaire (oui) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE COULÉE POUR ALLIAGES D'ALUMINIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010216.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 749 KB)
T 0852/16 () of 10.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23G1/12 C23G1/22 C23G5/02 B41N1/08 B41N3/03	Application no. 06725588.5
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes) Grounds for opposition - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title CONDITIONING OF A LITHO STRIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085216.20200210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1480/16 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B61B9/00 B61B12/12 B61B13/12	Application no. 11450110.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 (nein) Zulassung des in der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Hilfsantrags 5 - (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens durch Streichung der Verfahrensansprüche - (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 5 Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 5 (ja)				Application title Anlage zur Beförderung von Personen und Verfahren zum Betrieb dieser Anlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148016.20200205				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1530/16 () of 7.4.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23G5/04 B23G5/10	Application no. 98105579.1
Keywords -				Application title Schneidkopf
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153016.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1550/17 () of 22.4.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N27/407	Application no. 08250632.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Gas sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155017.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1621/17 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01F25/20	Application no. 04100532.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method and apparatus for removing a quantity of fodder from a stock thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162117.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
R 0011/18 () of 26.11.2019
Online on 24.04.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L33/00	Application no. 02013075.3
Keywords Petition for review inadmissible Violation of right to be heard (no) Objection under Rule 106 raised (no)				Application title A III nitride film and III nitride multilayer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:R001118.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 2302/14 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/24 H03M7/40 H04N7/34 H03M13/07 H03M13/35	Application no. 09152752.3
Keywords Novelty - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed second and third auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Image encoding method and apparatus thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230214.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0275/15 () of 20.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B1/00 A61B5/00 A61B5/15	Application no. 01950550.2
Keywords -				Application title ANALYTE MONITOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027515.20200420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0513/15 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D133/06	Application no. 07774203.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title FOOD CANS COATED WITH A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ACRYLIC POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051315.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0955/15 () of 21.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/10 A61M16/20	Application no. 05775780.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095515.20200421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1007/15 () of 21.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06T7/00 G01N21/956	Application no. 05742834.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BEURTEILUNG EINER QUALITÄT EINER VON EINER DRUCKMASCHINE PRODUZIERTEN DRUCKSACHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100715.20200421				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1083/15 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/32 H04N7/26 H04N7/36 H04N7/46 H04N7/50	Application no. 09171879.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Filtering strength determination method, moving picture coding and decoding method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108315.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1663/15 (Yeast display systems/NOVARTIS) of 28.10.2019
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 28.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/10 C12N15/81 C40B40/08	Application no. 09774904.8
Keywords "Main Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)"				Application title YEAST DISPLAY SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T166315.20191028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 1959/15 (Inhibitors of epoxide hydrolase for cardiomyopathy/THE REGENTS OF THE … of 2.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/185 A61K31/336 C12N15/113 A61K45/06	Application no. 06772386.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title USE OF CIS-EPOXYEICOSATRIENOIC ACIDS AND INHIBITORS OF SOLUBLE EPOXIDE HYDROLASE TO REDUCE CARDIOMYOPATHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195915.20200402				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0149/16 (Adhesives for bonding composites/IPS) of 10.3.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J4/06	Application no. 02797024.3
Keywords Sole request by respondent consisting only of claim 1 held allowable by the opposition division - no objections by appellant (allowable: yes)				Application title ADHESIVES FOR BONDING COMPOSITES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014916.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0982/16 (Sensor array/OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES) of 24.1.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/487	Application no. 10716404.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of party				Application title LIPID BILAYER SENSOR ARRAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098216.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1020/16 (Smokeless Tobacco/REYNOLDS) of 28.1.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B15/28 A24B13/00 A24B3/04	Application no. 10152287.8
Keywords Main request: Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests 1, 2 to 4 - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1a - admitted (no)				Application title Smokeless Tobacco Compositions And Methods For Treating Tobacco For Use Therein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102016.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 2112/16 () of 17.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/00 F01N3/24 F01N13/00 F02D35/00	Application no. 08827129.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 1 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 2, 3 and 5 to 14 Late-filed request - procedural economy Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 1A and 4 Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 1A and 4 Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211216.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 2121/16 () of 20.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H03K17/082	Application no. 10192542.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schaltungsanordnung für Leistungshalbleiterbauelemente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212116.20200420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0658/17 (Method for manufacturing an electrical steel sheet/JFE) of 6.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00 B23K15/00 B23K26/00 C21D8/12 C22C38/04 C22C38/60 H01F1/16	Application no. 11814305.6
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)				Application title GRAIN-ORIENTED MAGNETIC STEEL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065817.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1061/17 (SYSTEM TIMEOUT RESET BASED ON AUDIO VIDEO MEDIA DETECTION / Google) of 19.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/14 G06F1/32 G09G5/00	Application no. 11811495.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title SYSTEM TIMEOUT RESET BASED ON MEDIA DETECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106117.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1395/17 (Compositions contenant un dérivé de triazine / L'OREAL) of 14.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.4.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q17/04 A61K8/37 A61K8/49	Application no. 05291121.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Compositions contenant un dérivé de triazine et un dérivé arylalkyl benzoate; utilisation en cosmétique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139517.20200414				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 620 KB)
T 1490/17 (Al alloy for lithographic sheet/NOVELIS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C21/00 C22C21/10 B41N1/08	Application no. 02758588.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title AI ALLOY FOR LITHOGRAPHIC SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149017.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1969/17 (High-strength steel sheet/JFE) of 14.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D8/00 C21D6/00 C21D8/02 C21D9/46 C22C38/00 C22C38/02 C22C38/06 C21D1/22 C22C38/04	Application no. 11752998.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196917.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 2146/17 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L15/32 A61L15/38 A61L26/00 A61L24/10	Application no. 11192607.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and first to fourth auxiliary requests Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request				Application title Gelatin-transglutaminase hemostatic dressings and sealants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214617.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0310/18 () of 10.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B37/04	Application no. 11723741.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)				Application title FASTENING UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031018.20200210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1739/18 (Services in virtual network/WMware) of 17.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28 H04L9/00 G06F9/455 G06F9/50	Application no. 13832887.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A FRAMEWORK FOR NETWORKING AND SECURITY SERVICES IN VIRTUAL NETWORKS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173918.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0864/15 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/76 G11B27/10 H04N7/24 H04N9/82	Application no. 10717339.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER RECORDING AND RENDERING PROGRAMS FORMED FROM SPLICED SEGMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086415.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0605/17 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F15/12 F16F15/131	Application no. 09154686.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen				Application title Torsionsschwingungsdämpfer, insbesondere für den Antriebsstrang eines Fahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060517.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0919/17 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F2/95	Application no. 03012920.9
Keywords -				Application title Controlled deployment delivery system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091917.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 0467/18 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C9/00 A61K6/00 A61K6/10	Application no. 03006052.9
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - Kategoriewechsel Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (nein)				Application title Dentalset für die Sulkus-Retraktion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046718.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1680/16 (Multimedia session call/HUAWEI) of 16.4.2020
Online on 22.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 08846806.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title A multimedia session call control method and the application server thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168016.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0256/17 () of 17.4.2020
Online on 22.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C03B17/06 G02F1/1333	Application no. 08739654.5
Keywords Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings Late-filed line of attack - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS PLATE AND GLASS PLATE PRODUCING EQUIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025617.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0677/17 (Augmented reality, detecting position of apparatus / Sony) of 13.2.2020
Online on 22.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/01 A63F13/12 G06T19/00	Application no. 10818085.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no)				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067717.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1396/15 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B5/12 H04R25/00	Application no. 11154032.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Hörtestverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139615.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0914/16 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03H1/04	Application no. 03705133.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request Novelty - yes Inventive step - main request Inventive step - yes				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOLOGRAM BY PICOSECOND LASER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091416.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1065/17 (Combining structured XPS documents comprising print settings / Canon) of 6.3.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/12	Application no. 09851660.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106517.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1323/17 () of 16.4.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L9/00 C08K3/04 C08K3/34 C08K3/36 B60C1/00 C08L7/02 C08K3/22 C08K3/00	Application no. 10767129.9
Keywords Novelty - implicit disclosure Novelty - no Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - not substantiated - not admitted				Application title RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132317.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 2342/17 () of 16.4.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D7/02	Application no. 10706992.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (nein)				Application title WINDENERGIEANLAGE UND ENERGIEÜBERTRAGUNGSEINRICHTUNG FÜR EINE WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T234217.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 2310/15 (Controlled energy distribution / GOJI Ltd.) of 8.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B6/68 A61M1/36	Application no. 09793619.9
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231015.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0450/16 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L29/423 H01L29/778 H01L29/40 H01L29/417	Application no. 06821723.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SINGLE VOLTAGE SUPPLY PSEUDOMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (PHEMT) POWER DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045016.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0953/16 (Secure provisioning of a wireless device/BLACKBERRY) of 14.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W12/08 H04W12/02 H04Q3/00 H04L29/06	Application no. 10165524.9
Keywords Inventive step - main and first auxiliary request (no): juxtaposition of well-known features Admission of auxiliary requests filed after notification of summons - (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title Method and system for secure provisioning of a wireless device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095316.20200414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1828/16 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B61/02 B41M1/04 B41M1/30 C11D17/04	Application no. 10720971.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD FOR PRINTING WATER-SOLUBLE FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182816.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 0304/17 (Antibody that binds IL-17A/F and inhibits induction of IL-8 and IL-6/ … of 10.1.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K14/54 C12N15/24 C07K16/24 A61K38/20 A61K39/395 G01N33/53	Application no. 04754234.5
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3: amendments - allowable (no)				Application title IL-17 A/F heterologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030417.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 562 KB)
T 0480/17 (Wärmebehandlungsverfahren/General Electric) of 3.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F1/10 C22C19/05	Application no. 07114884.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Wärmebehandlung von Nickel-Basis-Superlegierungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048017.20200403				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0625/17 () of 8.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M105/14 C10M105/40 C10M125/16 C10M129/08 C10M129/74 C10M177/00 C10N30/06 C10N40/12 C10N40/25 C10N50/00 C10N70/00 C10N80/00	Application no. 07742613.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LOW-FRICTION LUBRICATION ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062517.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1173/17 (Diesel particulate filter/BASF) of 4.2.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D53/94 F01N3/08 F01N3/10 F01N3/022 F01N3/035	Application no. 06844299.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 2, 5, 8, 11-14 Amendments - allowable (no) Clarity - auxiliary requests 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS HAVING ULTRA-THIN CATALYZED OXIDATION COATINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117317.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1746/17 (Content protection/QUALCOMM) of 4.3.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06K9/00 H04L9/00	Application no. 04781683.0
Keywords Basis of decision - interpretation of the appellant's requests Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 2 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 (no)				Application title Methods and apparatus for content protection in a wireless network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174617.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0731/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25G3/38 A47L13/258	Application no. 09013656.5
Keywords Verspätet eingereichte Entgegenhaltung - Zugelassen (nein) Verspätet eingereichter Hilfsantrag 6 - Zugelassen (ja) Hilfsantrag 6 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Gelenkanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T073116.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2173/16 (UTILISATION DE COLORANTS NATURELS / L'OREAL) of 8.1.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/35 A61K8/49 A61Q5/06	Application no. 07858616.1
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title UTILISATION DE COLORANTS NATURELS POUR LA COLORATION DES CHEVEUX HUMAINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217316.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2541/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C17/25 C07C21/18 C07B61/00 C07B39/00	Application no. 08852480.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING OLEFIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T254116.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1432/17 (Fc variants/ XENCOR) of 13.12.2019
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/00 A61K39/00 C07K16/32 C07K16/28	Application no. 11188573.7
Keywords All requests - admitted into the proceedings (no)				Application title Optimized Fc variants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T143217.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0292/18 (OPTIMUM PARTICLE SIZED HYBRID COMPOSITE/Kerr Corporation) of 7.4.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K6/083	Application no. 99925867.6
Keywords All requests - Sufficiency of disclosure (No)				Application title OPTIMUM PARTICLE SIZED HYBRID COMPOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029218.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2214/18 (Treatment of inflammation / KOMINOX) of 8.4.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/36 A61P35/00 A61P29/00	Application no. 14166070.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Sodium meta arsenite for use in the treatment of pain and/or inflammation associated with cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221418.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 2319/14 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C201/08 C07C205/06	Application no. 09011636.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Vergleichsversuche Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Bonuseffekt (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur kontinuierlichen Herstellung von Nitrobenzol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231914.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0557/15 () of 24.1.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B3/86 H05B3/84	Application no. 07766117.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1 et 2 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 4 (oui) Requête produite tardivement - requête subsidiaire 3 aurait pu être produite en première instance (oui) Document produit tardivement - justification du retard (non)				Application title Dispositif pour déposer un mince fil métallique sur une surface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055715.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1540/15 () of 8.4.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L25/065 H01L23/538	Application no. 02745704.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Clarity (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title SINGLE PACKAGE CONTAINING MULTIPLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154015.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0285/16 (Process of co-producing HFC-1225YE and HFC-1234YF / Honeywell) of 5.3.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C17/23 C07C17/354 C07C17/38 C07C17/25 C07C21/18	Application no. 09155177.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Process of co-producing HFC-1225YE and HFC-1234YF via 4-step reactions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028516.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1264/16 (Notch filter/STMICROELECTRONICS) of 22.1.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M7/00	Application no. 07301367.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for notch filtering a digital signal, and corresponding electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T126416.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2668/16 () of 8.4.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B3/56	Application no. 08861800.4
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BEFESTIGUNG EINER PLATTE ODER GLASSCHEIBE IN EINEM RAHMENELEMENT SOWIE DICHTUNGSELEMENT ZUR VERWENDUNG IN EINEM SOLCHEN VERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266816.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 245 KB)
T 2439/17 () of 9.4.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L27/00 A61L31/14 A61B17/68 A61B17/04 A61F2/44	Application no. 09777806.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs (ja) Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Existenz des Einsprechenden als juristische Person Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title IMPLANTAT AUS MAGNESIUM UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243917.20200409				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 2743/17 (Protofibril specific antibodies/BIOARCTIC NEUROSCIENCE) of 9.1.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/18 A61K39/395 A61P25/28 C07K14/47	Application no. 05753672.4
Keywords Main request - grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no)				Application title Antibodies specific for soluble amyloid beta peptide protofibrils and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T274317.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1656/14 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N13/00	Application no. 09153591.4
Keywords Main request, first to third auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Fourth auxiliary request - inventive step (no) Fifth auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Methods and systems for converting 2D motion pictures for stereoscopic 3D exhibition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165614.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 2495/16 (Commande de store par souris/SOMFY) of 8.4.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F3/048 G06F3/033 E06B9/30	Application no. 11804573.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Modifications - admises (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE D'UN ÉCRAN MOBILE A LAMES ORIENTABLES MOTORISÉ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249516.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0247/17 () of 11.2.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L31/00	Application no. 03815251.8
Keywords Admittance of documents (yes) Novelty - Main Request (no) Amendments - First and second auxiliary requests Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as originally filed (yes)				Application title POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024717.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1021/18 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01S3/109 H01S3/108 H01S3/13 H01S3/136 H01S3/081 H01S3/107 H01S3/0941 H01S3/16 H01S3/08 H01S3/06	Application no. 13177766.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Control of relaxation oscillations in intracavity optical parametric oscillators
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102118.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0720/15 () of 13.3.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/00 A61B17/12	Application no. 08250524.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes), auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1 - admitted (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)				Application title Percutaneous catheter directed intravascular occlusion devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T072015.20200313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 2169/15 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10	Application no. 12157590.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Personal identification number distribution device and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216915.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0019/16 (DHA supplementation/NESTLE) of 9.12.2019
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/202 A61P3/04	Application no. 07729358.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)				Application title MATERNAL SUPPLEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T001916.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2085/16 () of 7.4.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D25/06 F04D25/08 F04D29/68 F04F5/16 F04F5/46	Application no. 08788450.8
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title A FAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208516.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 2497/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D5/08 F01D5/30 F01D11/00 F01D25/12	Application no. 08425486.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Sealing element for a gas turbine, a gas turbine including said sealing element and method for cooling said sealing element
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249716.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0318/17 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L9/14	Application no. 09160485.0
Keywords -				Application title Filterbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031817.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2035/13 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N25/04 A01N31/14	Application no. 04714772.3
Keywords -				Application title PESTICIDES FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203513.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0968/14 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/232	Application no. 02025035.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Programmable and reconfigurable camera control unit for video systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096814.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1159/15 () of 6.4.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 10007106.7
Keywords Mixture of technical and non-technical features Features - technical (yes) - notorious (no) Prior art search should have been carried out Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case (yes)				Application title Model determination system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115915.20200406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1715/15 (Arrays on surfaces/ILLUMINA) of 27.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P19/34 C12Q1/68	Application no. 09774581.4
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes) Request for reimbursement of appeal fee (refused)				Application title USING POPULATIONS OF BEADS FOR THE FABRICATION OF ARRAYS ON SURFACES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171515.20200227				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1222/16 () of 6.4.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B15/12	Application no. 08784920.4
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Aufhebung der mündlichen Verhandlung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Ermessen der Einspruchsabteilung Neuheit - (nein) Hilfanträge - nicht zugelassen (unbegründet)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ABSCHEIDEN VON OVERSPRAY EINES FLÜSSIGEN BESCHICHTUNGSMATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T122216.20200406				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2129/16 (Sterol separation from tall oil pitch/RAISIO NUTRITION) of 29.1.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B13/00 C11B3/12 C07J9/00 C07B63/00	Application no. 09716095.6
Keywords Admissibility of the appeal: yes Admissibility of auxiliary request 5b: yes Added subject-matter (auxiliary request 5b) : no Inventive step (auxiliary request 5b): yes				Application title Process for separating sterols and acids from tall oil pitch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212916.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2591/16 (FIBER MADE FROM PP IMPACT COPOLYMER/EXXON) of 24.1.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F6/30 C08L23/12	Application no. 01903387.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title FIBERS AND FABRICS PREPARED WITH PROPYLENE IMPACT COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259116.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1818/17 (Plaque de plâtre/SINIAT) of 5.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B13/14 E04C2/04 E04B1/94	Application no. 01954089.7
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Requête produite tardivement - peu avant la procédure orale Requête produite tardivement - recevable (oui) Objection d'activité inventive produite pour la première fois en procédure orale - non recevable				Application title PLAQUE DE PLÂTRE ET SA PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181817.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0552/18 (Alpha-alumina powder/SUMITOMO) of 11.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C01F7/44 C30B29/20 C01F7/02	Application no. 07807447.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed Minutes of oral proceedings - request to record statement in the minutes				Application title ALPHA-ALUMINA POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055218.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 492 KB)
T 0827/18 (Remote sensor monitoring/SIPCO) of 10.3.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B25/00 H04L29/08 H04L12/26 H04Q9/00	Application no. 01959658.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no): conditions for referral not fulfilled				Application title Wireless communication networks for providing remote monitoring of devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082718.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1551/15 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 163/00	Application no. 08832886.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title TITANIUM COMPOUNDS AND COMPLEXES AS ADDITIVES IN LUBRICANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155115.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0041/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 213/81 A61K 31/44 A61P 35/00	Application no. 05797740.7
Keywords Inventive step				Application title THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE FORM OF BAY 43-9006 TOSYLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004117.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0144/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R5/04 B62D25/08	Application no. 11425131.7
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Trunk of a motor vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014417.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0177/17 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/04	Application no. 09776199.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONTROL OF WIND PARK NOISE EMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017717.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1900/17 (Fabric Conditioners/Unilever) of 17.1.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D1/835 C11D3/00	Application no. 11773710.6
Keywords Late-filed evidence - (partly) admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC CONDITIONERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190017.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1928/17 (Superabsorbierende Zusammensetzung mit Tanninen/EVONIK) of 6.3.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 7/14 C08F 220/06 A61L 15/00	Application no. 08802558.0
Keywords Verstoß gegen den Grundsatz des rechtlichen Gehörs Unzureichende Begründung				Application title SUPERABSORBIERENDE ZUSAMMENSETZUNG MIT TANNINEN ZUR GERUCHSKONTROLLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192817.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0753/18 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q5/04 A61K8/46 A45D7/02	Application no. 05300250.7
Keywords Admission des essais comparatifs (oui) Activité inventive - Requête principale (non) Activité inventive - Requête subsidiare 1 (non) Requête subsidiaire 2 - Admissible (oui) Activité inventive - Requête subsidiaire 2 (oui)-				Application title Procédé de traitement capillaire et utilisation dudit procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075318.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 363 KB)
D 0014/19 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001419.20200205				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1585/15 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80	Application no. 04255358.6
Keywords Amendments				Application title Synergistic microbicidal combinations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T158515.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1685/15 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80	Application no. 04257945.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Synergistic microbicidal combination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168515.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 0154/16 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B04B 9/12 B04B 9/14	Application no. 10726451.7
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Argumentationslinie - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title ZENTRIFUGE MIT EINEM SCHMIERMITTELSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015416.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0502/16 () of 2.4.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 11/32 B65B 19/22 B65B 51/10	Application no. 10732423.8
Keywords Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings Main request - Novelty (yes) Main request - Inventive step (yes)				Application title WRAPPING METHOD AND UNIT FOR FOLDING A SHEET OF WRAPPING MATERIAL ABOUT A GROUP OF CIGARETTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T050216.20200402				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0555/16 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B24B 5/42 B24B 21/02 B24B 35/00 B24B 41/00 B24B 41/04	Application no. 12152051.4
Keywords Hilfsantrag 2 - Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 2A, 2B, 2C Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Anträge eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Hilfsanträge 2A, 2B, 2C - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Feinbearbeitung einer bezogen auf eine Werkstückachse eines Werkstücks exzentrisch angeordneten Werkstückumfangsfläche
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055516.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1203/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 79/00	Application no. 09752342.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN EASY OPEN CAN END
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120316.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 1375/16 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/514 A61F 13/539	Application no. 10724174.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary requests 5 to 7 (yes)				Application title ATTACHMENT AREAS FOR WEARABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137516.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2555/16 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B61C 3/00 B61C 17/04 B61D 1/06	Application no. 08786529.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge				Application title SCHIENENFAHRZEUG MIT EINER ANTRIEBSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T255516.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287 KB)
T 2682/16 (Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittel mit optischem Aufheller und Farbü … of 12.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 3/42	Application no. 08786371.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichten Vergleichsversuche : (ja) Zulässigkeit eines mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung eingereichten Dokuments : (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag) : (nein) Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 1 bis 9 : (nein)				Application title Farbschützendes Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittel mit optischem Aufheller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T268216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2735/16 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16D 65/46 F16D 65/18 F16D 55/224 F16D 66/02 B60T 11/04 B62K 23/02 B62L 1/00 B62L 3/00 F16C 1/10	Application no. 01924728.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (yes) Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal Grounds for opposition - discretion of opposition division Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition, Article 100(b) EPC(yes) Inventive step - Main request (No) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - res iudicata Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (no) Claims - remittal				Application title BALL BEARING MECHANICAL DISC BRAKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273516.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0643/17 () of 2.4.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 77/04 B65D 77/06	Application no. 12195586.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Aufhebung des Termins zur mündlichen Verhandlung - (ja)				Application title Transport- und Lagerbehälter für Flüssigkeiten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064317.20200402				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0886/17 (Displaying review information in priority order/Rakuten) of 6.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06Q30/02	Application no. 12802228.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - all requests Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title Information processing device, information processing method, information processing program, and storage medium having information processing program stored thereon
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088617.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1270/17 () of 1.4.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 15/12	Application no. 06806005.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ABTRENNEN VON NASSLACK-OVERSPRAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T127017.20200401				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1984/17 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 16/03 B62D 25/20	Application no. 12306023.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Anordnung zur Stromversorgung von in einem Kraftfahrzeug angeordneten elektrischen Verbrauchern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198417.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0193/20 () of 13.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D67/00 B01D69/12 H01M8/10	Application no. 13181664.7
Keywords Withdrawal of appeal Reimbursement of appeal fee in full Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - partial reimbursement (yes)				Application title A method for preparing a composite membrane
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019320.20200313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0375/15 (Peptide sequences/PEPTCELL) of 16.7.2019
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/11 A61K 39/145	Application no. 07712678.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests I to V, VIB, VII-IX, XIV: extension of subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request XV: extension of scope (yes) auxiliary requests X to XIII, XVIA, XVIB: admitted (no)				Application title Peptide sequences and compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T037515.20190716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 640 KB)
T 1161/15 () of 31.1.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 47/00	Application no. 05731057.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag BE1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag BE3 (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag BE2 Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag BE3 (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title Meldegerät für eine Sicherheitsschaltung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116115.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0300/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/40 A23C 11/00	Application no. 07821936.7
Keywords Admission of late-filed documents (no) Main and auxiliary requests : inventive step (no)				Application title SOLUBLE FOAMING BEVERAGE POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030016.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1666/16 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 14/22 B29B 9/12 B29C 45/00 B29K 27/12	Application no. 05795766.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Novelty (yes) Parametric condition not shown to be fulfilled by prior art - no reversal of the burden of proof Prior use - ability of the skilled person to analyse and reproduce the product whose sale is invoked not demonstrated New prior art and accompanying evidence in order to demonstrate lack of novelty submitted with statement of grounds for appeal- not addmited in the absence of appropriate justification Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - objection based on unrealistic closest prior art (ex post facto analysis)				Application title POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN POWDER FOR MELT MOLDING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MOLDING FROM THE RESIN POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T166616.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 2398/16 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A44B 18/00 A61F 13/62	Application no. 02706055.7
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed request - change of subject-matter				Application title DIRECT HOOK ENGAGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T239816.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 1209/17 (Magnesium alloy/Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials) of 20.2.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 23/02 B22D 21/04	Application no. 11842453.0
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title MAGNESIUM ALLOY HAVING EXCELLENT IGNITION RESISTANCE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120917.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 2493/17 () of 31.3.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02G 5/02 F01K 23/06 F01N 3/04 F01N 5/02 F28D 7/16	Application no. 11733642.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title SYSTEM ZUR NUTZUNG VON ABWÄRME EINES VERBRENNUNGSMOTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249317.20200331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2603/18 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L 1/047	Application no. 13154654.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Antrag auf Nichtzulassung einer Entgegenhaltung				Application title Verstellbare Nockenwelle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T260318.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0485/14 (Hall sensor/MELEXIS) of 11.10.2019
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/06 G01R 33/07 G01R 33/00	Application no. 08021165.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes)				Application title Hall sensor array
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T048514.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 2340/15 (Soluble oat flour/QUAKER OATS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/00 A23L 1/10 A23L 1/164 A23L 2/52 A23P 1/12 A23L 1/105	Application no. 09740225.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary request - allowable (yes)				Application title SOLUBLE OAT OR BARLEY FLOUR AND METHOD OF MAKING UTILIZING ENZYMES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T234015.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0956/16 (Process for foil ripening of cheese/DSM IP) of 3.3.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 19/16	Application no. 08837198.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity in opposition proceedings Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR FOIL RIPENING OF CHEESE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095616.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1012/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 61/06 B01D 61/10	Application no. 09764573.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title OPTIMIZED WORK EXCHANGER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101216.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1327/16 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 263/20 C07C 265/14	Application no. 06781144.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for concentrating and treating polyisocyanate residues
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132716.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 2342/16 (Stable protein formulations/BMS) of 11.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 38/00 A61K 47/26 C07K 14/705	Application no. 06846683.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STABLE PROTEIN FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T234216.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0412/17 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01S 3/109 H01S 3/108 H01S 3/082 H01S 3/081 H01S 3/107 G02F 1/39	Application no. 09784820.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONTROL OF RELAXATION OSCILLATIONS IN INTRACAVITY OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041217.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2511/17 () of 31.3.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F21S 8/02 B60Q 3/02 F21V 21/04 F21V 21/30	Application no. 13783541.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Fresh grounds for opposition in appeal proceedings - not admitted				Application title RECESSED LIGHTING FIXTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T251117.20200331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
D 0002/19 () of 30.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 30.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000219.20200330				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0707/15 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02B 1/20 H02B 11/04 H01H 33/66	Application no. 02726482.9
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Late-filed evidence - colour copy of D4 Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed fact - D5 not admitted in first instance proceedings - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Vacuum Switch Unit and Switch Gear
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070715.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1173/15 (LDPC encoding/SATURN LICENSING) of 12.2.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/19	Application no. 06745483.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first to third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Encoding apparatus and encoding method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1266/15 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 1/08 B60Q 1/00	Application no. 04795574.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Monitoring system for a mobile storage tank
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T126615.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2057/15 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 39/64	Application no. 09778446.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren nicht zugelassen Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Schleifringeinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T205715.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0029/17 () of 27.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B64F 1/30	Application no. 13004629.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Fluggastbrücke oder -treppe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002917.20200327				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0811/17 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/702 A61P 1/06 A61P 1/14	Application no. 10751504.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (yes)				Application title PREBIOTIC OLIGOSACCHARIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T081117.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2428/17 (DESIGN OF RE-TARGETED TOXIN CONJUGATES/Ipsen Bioinnovation Limited) of 19.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/48	Application no. 04768450.1
Keywords All requests - Novelty (No) Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - Auxiliary requests 1 and 3				Application title DESIGN OF RE-TARGETED TOXIN CONJUGATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242817.20200319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0205/18 (Highly-stable fertilizer/SADEPAN) of 5.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C05G 3/00 C05C 9/02	Application no. 01124513.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Method for making a highly-stable liquid nitrogenous fertilizer for controllably releasing nitrogen and the fertilizer made thereby
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020518.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1359/13 (Parallel processing at an Internet site/SRC LABS) of 19.9.2019
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/173	Application no. 02731698.3
Keywords Admissibility of requests filed with grounds of appeal (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB SERVER WITH A RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR OPERATING UNDER SINGLE OPERATION SYSTEM IMAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T135913.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1435/13 (Interrupt controller/MICROCHIP) of 16.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/24	Application no. 07872357.4
Keywords Inventive step - adding a conventional group interrupt controller to one using coalescing (no Inventive step - routine design) Inventive step - adding additional group interrupt controllers using coalescing with different time windows (yes Inventive step - not obvious over D1)				Application title INTERRUPT CONTROLLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143513.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2318/13 (Method for obtaining cash at cardless teller machines, using a … of 26.9.2019
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G07F 19/00	Application no. 04742050.0
Keywords Inventive step - providing central module to process requests between different banking entities (no Inventive step - part of business requirements)				Application title METHOD FOR OBTAINING CASH AT CARDLESS TELLER MACHINES, USING A PAYMENT ORDER VIA SMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T231813.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1041/14 (Providing a license for accessing protected content on a user device/ … of 5.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 09004727.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method, system, license server for providing a license to a user for accessing a protected content on a user device and software module
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104114.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1426/14 (Re-establishment of rights/CODIGITAL) of 21.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 10732735.5
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for paying the renewal fee Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Competence of the Board of Appeal to decide				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COLLABORATIVE CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142614.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0337/16 () of 26.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/00 B60R 25/00	Application no. 09450094.9
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Beschwerdeverfahrens (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur nutzungsspezifischen Initialisierung von Fahrzeuggeräten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033716.20200326				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2242/16 (Alkalilegierung/Nano-X) of 21.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C 1/00 C22C 24/00 B01J 23/02 B01J 23/04 B01J 35/00 B01J 37/02 B01J 21/06	Application no. 10714562.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ALKALI- UND ERDALKALILEGIERUNGEN UND VERWENDUNG DER ALKALI- UND ERDALKALILEGIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224216.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2483/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/02 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/52 H01L 21/8238	Application no. 10183272.3
Keywords Claims - support in the description (no)				Application title Semiconductor heterostructures having reduced dislocation pile-ups and related methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248316.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0016/17 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F26B 21/00 F26B 3/28 F26B 15/12	Application no. 08019768.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Coating film drying method and coating film drying apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001617.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 0146/17 (Procter&Gamble/Pouches) of 8.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/43	Application no. 05028022.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title Dishwashing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014617.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0702/17 () of 26.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/00 G06K 19/07 G01R 27/02	Application no. 11801238.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title FIELD-PORTABLE IMPEDANCE READER AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATING PARAMETERS IN AN ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070217.20200326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0710/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F16F 15/131	Application no. 09803825.0
Keywords Citation à une procédure orale - continuation de la procédure en l'absence de la partie régulièrement citée Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - alternative évidente				Application title DOUBLE VOLANT AMORTISSEUR A LIMITEUR DE BASCULEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071017.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2450/17 (Spachtelmasse mit Leichtzuschlag/HENKEL) of 10.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 28/02 C04B 111/40	Application no. 06706787.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Bergriffe Spät eingereichter Antrag - geänderte Passage in der Beschreibung Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen in der Beschreibung bzgl. Standes der Technik Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title SPACHTELMASSE MIT LEICHTZUSCHLAG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245017.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2712/17 (Verfahren für Aluminiumband/Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH) of 11.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F 1/04 C22F 1/047 C22C 21/06 C22C 21/00 B41N 1/08	Application no. 07023245.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Aluminiumband für lithografische Druckplattenträger und dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T271217.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)

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T 1877/16 (Cheese and method for its manufacturing/VALIO) of 13.2.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/304 A23C 19/02 A23C 19/05 A23C 19/068 A23C 19/09	Application no. 10773642.3
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title CHEESE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187716.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0433/17 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 15/00	Application no. 12002061.5
Keywords -				Application title Klammerstab zur Befestigung von Dämmplatten an Holzständern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043317.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1965/17 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 220/28	Application no. 13195047.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Late submitted ground of opposition - admitted (no) - not prima facie highly relevant Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - closest state of the art Inventive step - none of teachings invoked suitable Inventive step - main request Late filed ground - not admitted - correct exercise of discretion - (yes)				Application title UV-curable composition and pressure sensitive adhesive having breathability derived therefrom, as well as method for manufacturing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196517.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0770/18 () of 25.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.3.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B23B 27/00 B23B 29/02 B23C 5/00	Application no. 11305810.1
Keywords Revendications - clarté après modification (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Nouveauté - après modification Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Porte-outil tel que tête à aléser, mandrin à pince ou porte-fraise intégrant un dispositif d'amortissement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077018.20200325				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1050/18 () of 11.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N 2/235	Application no. 09807790.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DISC RECLINER WITH REDUCED BACKLASH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105018.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1374/19 () of 25.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/425	Application no. 10181264.2
Keywords Revocation of the patent in opposition appeal proceedings at the request of the patent proprietor				Application title SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM COMPRISING AN HIV PROTEASE INHIBITOR SOLID DISPERSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137419.20200325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0401/14 (Reversible cell staining/IBA GmbH) of 20.12.2019
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/50 C12N 5/06	Application no. 01986941.1
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title REVERSIBLE MHC MULTIMER STAINING FOR FUNCTIONAL PURIFICATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T040114.20191220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1657/14 (SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY/DEUTA) of 18.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/00 G06F 11/07	Application no. 10730168.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - the narrow concept of novelty under the EPC excludes equivalents of features which are explicitly disclosed Inventive step - main request (yes) Grounds for opposition - extent of opposition Grounds for opposition - withdrawal of oppositions				Application title METHOD FOR REPRESENTATION OF SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165714.20200318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0143/16 (Enhancing ability to learn in a puppy/IAMS) of 16.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/18 A23K 1/16	Application no. 04789251.8
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to VII - Extension of protection (yes) Auxiliary request VIII - Non patentable subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHODS AND KITS FOR ENHANCING ABILITY TO LEARN IN A PUPPY OR KITTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014316.20200316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0693/16 (VLANs configuration in an automation system/ABB) of 14.11.2019
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24 G05B 19/418 H04L 12/46	Application no. 08105067.6
Keywords Main request- amendments - deletion of features (yes) Document - implicit obligation to maintain secrecy (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Configuration of a process control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069316.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0020/17 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/04 C08K 7/00	Application no. 08804922.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1-4 Auxiliary reuqest filed during oral proceedings - admitted- no - opponents not in position to address issues raised Admittance of documents by opposition division - discretionary decision - taken according to correct principles				Application title HEAT-PROCESSABLE THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002017.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 635 KB)
T 1486/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 1/00 G01B 9/00 G02B 17/06 G02B 27/02 G02B 27/30	Application no. 03731448.1
Keywords Clarity and support by the description (no) Added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING AND ANALYZING A WAVEFRONT OF AN OPTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148617.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1823/17 (Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori … of 3.2.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/24 A61K 31/315 A61K 31/4164 A61K 31/43 A61K 31/4439 A61K 31/549 A61K 31/7048 A61K 45/06 A61P 1/04 A61P 31/04	Application no. 12008098.1
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to IV - Inventive step (no) Auxiliary request V - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori associated diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182317.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0765/18 (Cemented carbide-metallic alloy composites/KENNAMETAL) of 28.1.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 29/08	Application no. 13172168.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Cemented carbide-metallic alloy composites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076518.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0867/18 (Predetermined standard/KYOCERA) of 5.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/01	Application no. 10811447.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086718.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1031/14 (Electronic vouchers/I-MOVO) of 3.12.2019
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06808671.9
Keywords Inventive step - cash voucher string comprising a non-cash value related number, issuer id and a pos id (no Inventive step - cognitive data)				Application title ELECTRONIC VOUCHERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T103114.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1803/14 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/268	Application no. 08794515.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title MULTI-PREVIEW CAPABILITY FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T180314.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1863/14 (Electronic vouchers/I-MOVO) of 3.12.2019
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 10011926.2
Keywords Inventive step - voucher redemption request comprising an alphanumeric string having a cash value, issuer id and a redemption message (no Inventive step - cognitive data)				Application title Electronic vouchers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T186314.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1136/15 () of 23.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B 3/52 C08K 3/36 C08K 3/38	Application no. 08705506.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Insulating Tape having a Multi-layered Platelet Structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T113615.20200323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0194/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/56	Application no. 04771892.9
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed requests 1, 2 and 3 Late-filed request - diverging versions of claims				Application title DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019416.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0482/16 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 45/08 B01J 23/85 B01J 35/10	Application no. 07729938.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title CATALYTIC HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF AN OXYGENATE FEEDSTOCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048216.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1443/16 (Azelastine-mometasone/CIPLA) of 17.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/55 A61K 31/56 A61K 31/57 A61K 31/58 A61K 9/00 A61P 37/08 A61P 27/14 A61P 11/06	Application no. 09075101.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests III, V, VI (no) Admission - auxiliary requests I, II, IV (no)				Application title Combination of azelastine and mometasone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144316.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1936/16 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 21/15 B62D 29/00	Application no. 09814121.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Zulassung neuer Angriffslinie in mündl. Verhandlung - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title VERSTÄRKTE STRUKTUR EINES FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193616.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 595 KB)
T 1993/16 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/02 F01N 3/10 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/24 B01D 53/94 B01J 29/74	Application no. 05790571.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 19 (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST EMISSION FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199316.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2538/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62K 3/00 B62J 1/00 B62K 9/02	Application no. 11009298.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Kleinkind-Roller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253816.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0452/17 (Catalytic secondary reforming/Casale) of 23.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 5/00 B01F 5/04 B01J 8/02 C01B 3/38 B01J 8/04	Application no. 04790745.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - neighbouring field Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CATALYTIC SECONDARY REFORMING PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR SAID PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045217.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 3216/19 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/48 H01L 25/065	Application no. 07784074.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PACKAGED SYSTEM OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS HAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTERPOSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T321619.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 3262/19 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/528 H01L 23/485 H01L 21/60	Application no. 06814056.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD FOR FABRICATING LOW RESISTANCE, LOW INDUCTANCE INTERCONNECTIONS IN HIGH CURRENT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T326219.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0141/15 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 08016170.6
Keywords Exception to patentability - therapeutic and surgical treatment (yes)				Application title Method to determine the Kt/V parameter in kidney substitution treatments based on a non-linear fitting procedure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014115.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1548/15 (Crystalline taxol/BOSTON) of 10.3.2020
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/335 A61L 31/16 A61P 7/00 A61F 2/06 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/4035 A61K 31/407 A61L 31/14 A61K 31/04 A61K 31/131 A61K 31/135 A61K 31/165 A61K 31/17 A61K 31/365 A61K 31/40 A61K 31/4025 A61K 31/519 A61K 31/551 A61K 31/704 A61K 47/48	Application no. 09004768.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Implantable device comprising taxol in crystalline form for the inhibition or prevention of restenosis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154815.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 0308/17 (Methods for refolding of recombinant antibodies/AMGEN) of 11.9.2019
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 1/113 C07K 16/28	Application no. 05811874.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests I to IX, XI and XII (no) Admissibility of requests - auxiliary requests X, XIa, XIIa and XIII to XIX (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title Methods for refolding of recombinant antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030817.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
D 0010/19 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001019.20200205				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 204 KB)
D 0012/19 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001219.20200218				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 193 KB)
G 0001/18 (Einlegung der Beschwerde) of 18.7.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Als eingelegt geltende Beschwerde Zulässige Beschwerde Beschwerdegebühr Rückzahlung				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
G 0001/18 (Filing an appeal) of 18.7.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Appeal deemed filed Appeal admissible Appeal fee reimbursement				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0140/15 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 A61B 5/026	Application no. 08749811.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein); Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung ins Verfahren von Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung ins Verfahren von verspätetem Einwand (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR TRANSKUTANEN BESTIMMUNG VON BLUTGASEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014015.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0476/15 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 27/02 F16K 37/00 F16K 1/22 B64D 37/32	Application no. 06253009.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Shrouded valve apparatus and related methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047615.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 962 KB)
T 1285/15 () of 18.11.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 3/14	Application no. 03772406.9
Keywords Admission of late filed documents (yes) Admission of a late filed attack (no) Remittal (no) Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Added matter (yes: main request A; no: auxiliary request 0A) Novelty (yes: auxiliary request 0A) Inventive step (yes: auxiliary request 0A)				Application title Security Device and its Production Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T128515.20191118				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1389/15 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 13/66 H02H 7/22 H02H 11/00 G01R 27/20	Application no. 10803074.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 5 (ja)				Application title Selbstüberwachende Anschlussleitung und Betriebsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138915.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0297/16 (SIP conferencing system/HUAWEI) of 23.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/08 H04M 3/56 H04L 12/18 H04L 29/12 H04L 29/06	Application no. 07721649.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (yes) - all requests				Application title A method, device and system for implementing the session service
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029716.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0330/16 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 39/04 D06F 37/42 D06F 35/00	Application no. 06011421.2
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Method for operating a domestic appliance, especially a home dryer or a washing machine, and domestic appliance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033016.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2453/16 (Synchronizing user revisions to a shared object/MICROSOFT LLC) of 31.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 05112294.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method and system for synchronizing multiple user revisions to a shared object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245316.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0002/17 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 13/00 B41F 33/00 B41K 3/12	Application no. 07789741.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - resubmitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (admitted) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request I (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request II (yes)				Application title Numbering device for typographic numbering
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000217.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656 KB)
T 0305/17 (Methods of vaccine administration/ZOETIS SERVICES) of 12.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/02 A61K 39/175 A61K 39/10 A61K 39/23 A61K 39/12 A61K 39/295 A61K 39/155	Application no. 07825750.8
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Methods of vaccine administration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030517.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260 KB)
T 0787/17 () of 11.10.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 5/18 G02B 27/22 G02B 3/00	Application no. 10728614.8
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein: Hauptantrag; ja: Hilfsantrag 1)				Application title Mehrschichtkörper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T078717.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0800/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017	Application no. 12715731.1
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)				Application title HUMAN ASSISTED MILKING ROBOT AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080017.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0905/17 () of 16.9.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 11/14 F16L 11/16 F16L 11/04 F16L 11/08	Application no. 01974060.4
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Armoured, flexible pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T090517.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 864 KB)
T 1014/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 83/06	Application no. 12713120.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein: D27-D31) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Erweiterung von Patentansprüchen (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Spät vorgebrachte Einwände - zugelassen (nein)				Application title WÄSSRIGE DISPERSIONEN VON ORGANOSILICIUMVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101417.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1000/19 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 20/06 C08L 33/04 C08K 3/34 D21H 17/19 C08F 220/06 C08F 222/02 C08F 222/04 C08F 2/38	Application no. 11848633.1
Keywords Correction of error - form for payment of opposition fee (yes)				Application title STABLE POLYACRYLIC ACIDS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND THEIR USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100019.20200320				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0038/15 () of 16.10.2019
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16P 3/10	Application no. 08786151.4
Keywords Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichte Beweismittel (zugelassen) Beweismittel - Begutachtung durch Sachverständigen (nicht erforderlich) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Schutz von Personen bei ihrer Arbeit an einer Servopresse sowie Servopresse mit Personenschutzeinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003815.20191016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 0247/15 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02703183.0
Keywords Mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING ONLINE TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024715.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1525/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B31F 1/07	Application no. 00940748.7
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Embossing method for the production of multi-ply web material, and product made in this way
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152515.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 677 KB)
T 0252/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC E21B 17/01 F16L 11/08	Application no. 04786274.3
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Méthode d'évacuation des gaz de perméation d'une conduite tubulaire flexible et conduite adaptée à sa mise en ½uvre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1059/16 (Sub-carriers numbers signalling/AVAGO) of 16.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00	Application no. 12002702.4
Keywords Late-filed request - change of subject-matter Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Downclocking with adaptive sub-carriers for single user, multiple user, multiple access and/or MIMO wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105916.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 1627/16 (Volatile memory in hearing aids/OTICON) of 21.2.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 09172644.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Admission of late-filed auxiliary requests - (no): not convergent and/or not clearly allowable Admission of auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings - (no): returning to previous claims and not clearly allowable				Application title A listening system comprising a charging station with a data memory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162716.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1721/16 () of 19.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/3065 H01L 21/00	Application no. 06117783.8
Keywords Clarity - after amendment (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - (yes)				Application title Etching method and etching apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172116.20200319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0023/17 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06 B29C 67/00	Application no. 11714254.7
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge				Application title POLYMERPULVER AUF DER BASIS VON POLYAMIDEN, VERWENDUNG IN EINEM FORMGEBENDEN VERFAHREN UND FORMKÖRPER, HERGESTELLT AUS DIESEM POLYMERPULVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002317.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0280/17 (PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CROSS-LINKED GELATIN MICROBEADLETS/BASF … of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16	Application no. 04721495.2
Keywords Appeal admissible - Yes Amended main request admissible - No				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CROSS-LINKED GELATIN MICROBEADLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028017.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0397/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 7/02 B60J 7/043	Application no. 11176299.3
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Roof system for a vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039717.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0325/15 (Diagnosis of stroke/BIO-RAD) of 12.12.2019
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68 G01N 33/74 C07K 14/58	Application no. 09781380.2
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Novelty - (main request: no) Inventive step - (auxiliary request: no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF STROKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T032515.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2202/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 13/04 B41J 3/407	Application no. 05788705.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING IMAGES TO A SURFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220215.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 591 KB)
T 0175/16 (Circuit-switched fallback in LTE/ERICSSON) of 18.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 36/14	Application no. 11192773.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request III (no) Admission into appeal proceedings - auxiliary requests I, II and IV (no): fresh case				Application title Circuit switched fallback in evolved packet system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017516.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0320/16 () of 18.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 21/38 B26B 21/52	Application no. 05797884.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings				Application title VIBRATING WET SHAVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032016.20200318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0828/16 (Verarbeitung von Terahertzwellen/TELEKOM) of 16.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 10/12	Application no. 09732829.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verarbeitung von Terahertzwellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082816.20200316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1169/16 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 11/00 F03D 11/04 E04H 12/08 E04H 12/34 F03D 1/00 B66B 9/00	Application no. 09012887.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Novelty - (yes)				Application title A wind turbine tower elevator and a method for assembling a wind turbine tower
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116916.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1258/16 (Abiraterone prednisone combination for treatment of prostate cancer/ … of 6.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 A61P 35/00 A61K 31/58 A61K 45/06	Application no. 07837326.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Compositions for treating cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125816.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1450/16 (Acoustic port of a hearing device/SHURE) of 17.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 1/10	Application no. 11193846.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and second auxiliary request (no): selection of closest prior art to be made by the deciding body (T 855/15 followed) Admission of late-filed first auxiliary request - (no): not clearly allowable				Application title Earphone for sound reproduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T145016.20200117				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2020/16 () of 11.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 25/08 B60K 15/035 F02D 41/00 B60W 20/00 B60K 6/20	Application no. 08012618.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - combination invention (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Evaporative emission control in battery powered vehicle with gasoline engine powered generator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202016.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0546/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 10734669.4
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR UNTERDRUCKTHERAPIE VON WUNDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054617.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0662/17 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03B 7/08	Application no. 13750562.4
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag I und II (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - -Hilfsantrag IIIa (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title ANORDNUNG ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG EINER HYGIENESPÜLUNG IN EINER WASSERINSTALLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066217.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 828 KB)
T 2704/18 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/58 B60T 13/74	Application no. 14787200.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein)				Application title ELEKTROMECHANISCH UND HYDRAULISCH BETÄTIGBARE KRAFTFAHRZEUGBREMSE MIT WAHLWEISER SELBSTHEMMUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270418.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0209/15 () of 31.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/34	Application no. 06121820.2
Keywords Late filed ground for opposition - admitted (no) Late filed document - admitted (no) Discretionary decision - revised (no) Late filed line of argument of lack of inventive step - admitted (no) Late filed line of argument of lack of novelty - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes)				Application title A needle mount and use of the needle mount for mounting a needle assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020915.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 833 KB)
T 1546/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 27/14 E21B 33/038	Application no. 08164976.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Pressure compensator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154615.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1485/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 37/00	Application no. 13773343.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title SIGNAL CAPTURE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRIC SIGNALS IN LIQUIDS AND BIOLOGICAL MATTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148517.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1518/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/12 C08F 297/08	Application no. 11734139.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) (all requests) Multiple documents as closest state of the art- need to show inventive step with respect to each Late submitted material - document admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted Late-filed auxiliary requests - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - response to findings of decision (auxiliary request I)				Application title PROPYLENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T151817.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1964/17 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08L 23/14	Application no. 10715556.6
Keywords Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed facts or evidence Late-filed facts - held inadmissible (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title PROPYLENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196417.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
J 0006/19 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/46 C02F 1/76 C02F 1/50	Application no. 15848194.5
Keywords Withdrawal of an application - Correction of error after publication (No) - Telephone call - Protection of legitimate expectations (No)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OXIDATION OF AMMONIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000619.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0136/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 1/14 B66B 1/18	Application no. 04106222.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Beförderung von Personen in einem Gebäude
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013616.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 0939/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29B 9/16 B29B 9/06 C08G 63/00 C08G 63/90	Application no. 06791670.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 7: nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (D8: nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - erneut eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (Hilfsanträge 1-3: ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (Hilfsantrag 8: nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERRINGERUNG DES ACETALDEHYDGEHALTES VON POLYESTERGRANULAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T093916.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 619 KB)
T 1010/16 (Sounding reference signal triggering/ERICSSON) of 5.12.2019
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00 H04L 27/26	Application no. 10774301.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR DYNAMICALLY TRIGGERING THE TRANSMISSION OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T101016.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1880/16 (Ammonia synthesis gas/thyssenkrupp) of 8.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 3/02 C01B 3/38 C01B 3/48 C01C 1/04	Application no. 08853299.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AMMONIA SYNTHESIS GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188016.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0223/18 (Product insert update/BIO-RAD) of 18.2.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 11778166.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED PRODUCT INSERTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022318.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0113/19 (Composition a base d'oxyde de zirconium/Rhodia) of 17.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C01G 25/00 B01D 53/94 B01J 23/10 B01J 21/00	Application no. 03761645.5
Keywords Modifications - admises (oui) Modifications - nouvelle plage Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - plage sans limite supérieure Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title COMPOSITION A BASE D OXYDE DE ZIRCONIUM ET D OXYDES DE CERIUM, DE LANTHANE ET D UNE AUTRE TERRE RARE, SON PROCEDE D E PREPARATION ET SON UTILISATION COMME CATALYSEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011319.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0418/15 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B07C 3/08	Application no. 07150496.3
Keywords Inventive step - seventh auxiliary request (yes) New ground for opposition in appeal proceedings - no consent of the patent proprietor				Application title Mail sorting and sequencing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041815.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1533/15 (COATING OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE CANS) of 10.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 151/08 B65D 17/00	Application no. 05825629.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed items of evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR CANS AND METHODS OF COATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153315.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656 KB)
T 1566/15 (Random access in a telecommunications system/ERICSSON) of 20.2.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 74/08	Application no. 08874734.0
Keywords Novelty - patent as granted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2A, 5A and 6 (no) Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request 7 (no): divergent and not clearly allowable				Application title Methods and apparatuses for performing random access in a telecommunications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156615.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2281/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 11725362.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERBESSERTE KLIMAANLAGENSTEUERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T228116.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0272/17 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B63G 7/02	Application no. 12195733.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag I (ja) Zulassung des Hilfsantrags I - mit Beschwerdeerwiderung als Hilfsantrag IV eingereicht (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag I (ja)				Application title Kampfmittelräumgerät zum Räumen von Kampfmitteln, wie Seeminen, unter Wasser, Kampfmittelräumkombination mit unbemanntem Unterwasserfahrzeug und derartigem Kampfmittelräumgerät sowie Verfahren hierzu
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T027217.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1336/17 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 163/00	Application no. 04012885.2
Keywords Main request and first to third auxiliary requests - Inventive step (no) Fourth auxiliary request - Prohibition of reformatio in peius				Application title Epoxy adhesive composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133617.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2069/17 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/05 G01N 21/64 G02B 21/00	Application no. 09743421.1
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - admitted (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - justification for late filing (yes) - admitted (yes) - inventive step (no)				Application title COMPENSATOR FOR MULTIPLE SURFACE IMAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206917.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2140/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B 13/08	Application no. 06721687.9
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ANCHOR ASSEMBLY FOR FASTENER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214017.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2383/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/48 F01P 11/10 F01P 5/06	Application no. 12007422.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik muss gattungsgemäß sein				Application title Baumaschine mit Maschinenkomponenten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238317.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2659/17 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23D 47/04 B25B 5/06	Application no. 09000326.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Beweismittel - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Beweismittel - Zeugenvernehmung Beweismittel - schriftliche Erklärung an Eides statt Beweismittel - Maßstab bei der Beweiswürdigung Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - stillschweigende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Plattenaufteilanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T265917.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0278/15 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M 1/12 H02M 1/44	Application no. 03737935.1
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichte Anträge - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Stromkompensierte Drossel und Schaltungsanordnung mit der stromkompensierten Drossel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027815.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0394/15 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 08848709.5
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of parties Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title AUTO INJECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC NEEDLE RETRACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039415.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1088/15 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 5/00 C08F 8/00 C23C 22/00	Application no. 06724403.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STROMFREIEN APPLIKATION VON LACKSCHICHTBILDENDEM KORROSIONSSCHUTZMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108815.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1727/15 (PBX mobility system with multiple call legs/BLACKBERRY) of 11.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/58	Application no. 09153698.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Admissibility - auxiliary requests (no): should have been filed before the first instance or not clearly allowable				Application title PBX mobility system with multiple call legs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172715.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2111/15 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/36	Application no. 11000919.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Display apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211115.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0641/17 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 77/02 B65D 77/30 B65D 85/10	Application no. 10732286.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title ZIGARETTENPACKUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN VON ZIGARETTENPACKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064117.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0781/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/06 C07D 519/00 H01L 51/50	Application no. 10835884.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078117.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2014/19 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 43/02 B65D 43/16	Application no. 14306112.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201419.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 245 KB)
T 2305/14 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38	Application no. 07113031.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - invention to be performed over whole range claimed Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Control system for positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230514.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0043/15 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38	Application no. 07113039.7
Keywords Amendments - generalization of a specific feature Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title Control system for positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1191/15 () of 21.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 10004110.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)				Application title Dialysis apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T119115.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1471/16 (Hyaluronidase/HALOZYME) of 24.1.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/26	Application no. 13184202.3
Keywords Main request - admission (yes); Main request - fulfils all requirements of the EPC (yes);				Application title Large-scale production of soluble hyaluronidase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T147116.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1982/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38 B63B 21/66	Application no. 07113028.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title Control system for the positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0851/18 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/10 F16D 25/12 F16D 25/0638	Application no. 12759630.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title STATOR FÜR EINE REIBUNGSKUPPLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085118.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 2554/18 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 88/02	Application no. 13005922.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Kopplung einer Innenlade an einer Außenlade eines Möbels sowie Möbel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T255418.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 3003/18 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/38	Application no. 14166143.9
Keywords Admission of amended request filed during oral proceedings (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Amendments - Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Compliance of amendments to the description with Rule 80, under consideration of Article 101(3) EPC (yes) Novelty and inventive step (amended claims, yes)				Application title Fiber optic plug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T300318.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 572 KB)
T 0466/15 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/01	Application no. 04776021.0
Keywords Amendments extending beyond the content of the application documents as filed (yes) Admittance of late filed auxiliary request (no) - does not overcome all problems, introduces new problems				Application title System and Method for Evaluating Vehicle and Operator Performance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046615.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1379/15 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 3/34 F04C 29/00 F04C 18/356 H02K 3/52	Application no. 08711458.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Insulator for Motor, Stator, Motor and Compressor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137915.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1942/15 (Automatische Bestimmung des Hörerwunsches/SIVANTOS) of 30.1.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 07117099.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja): glaubhafter technischer Effekt Zulassung ins Verfahren - spät eingereichter Stand der Technik (nein): keine angemessene Reaktion und nicht prima facie relevant				Application title Verfahren zum zeitgesteuerten Einstellen einer Hörvorrichtung und entsprechende Hörvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T194215.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1735/16 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/20 G09G 5/10 G09G 3/34	Application no. 09730656.7
Keywords Added subject matter - no Clarity - after amendment (yes) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - after amendment (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173516.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2240/17 (Patching system/COMMSCOPE) of 9.3.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 1/14	Application no. 05853191.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Telecommunications patching system that utilizes RFID tags to detect and identify patch cord interconnections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224017.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 2289/13 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 17/46 G01S 7/486	Application no. 01127862.9
Keywords Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title Method and device for detection of an object, with background elimination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228913.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1062/15 (OFDM pilot subcarriers transmission/TOSHIBA) of 17.7.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04L 25/02 H04B 7/10 H04L 5/02	Application no. 05251501.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OFDM Signal transmission method and apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T106215.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1430/15 () of 24.2.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02N 11/00	Application no. 10700896.3
Keywords Main request - insufficient disclosure Auxiliary request - added subject-matter				Application title Energy Transducer and Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143015.20200224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1523/16 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00 A61C 1/00	Application no. 99125490.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Zulassung in das Verfahren (ja) Hilfsantrag c' - Neuheit - (ja) Hilfsantrag c' - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zahnersatz und dentalen Hilfsteilen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152316.20191216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1915/16 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/00 E05F 15/20 E05F 15/14	Application no. 07113038.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb einer automatischen Schiebetüranlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T191516.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 2412/16 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/296	Application no. 05858608.2
Keywords Klarheit und Stützung der Ansprüche durch die Beschreibung (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR AUSWERTUNG UND KORREKTUR VON MESSSIGNALEN EINES NACH DEM LAUFZEITVERFAHREN ARBEITENDEN FÜLLSTANDSMESSGERÄTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241216.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 2445/16 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 17/042 F16L 15/00	Application no. 09176859.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Threaded joint sealed to [ultra high] internal and external pressures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T244516.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 1549/16 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03C 1/046	Application no. 11007130.5
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur therapeutischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Verfahren zur Applikation eines Wirkstoffs in Duschwasser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154916.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1988/16 (Matériau en feuille avec fenêtre / OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE) of 12.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 27/30 D21H 21/42 D21H 21/44 D21H 27/32 D21F 11/08 D21H 21/40	Application no. 08827310.7
Keywords Admissibilité d'un élément de preuve tardif (no) - appartenance à l'etat de la technique pas supporté Activité inventive (oui) Activité inventive - pas d'objection soulevée par la requérante				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN MATÉRIAU EN FEUILLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T198816.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2639/16 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/00 A47J 31/40	Application no. 12151548.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Chocolate beverage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263916.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0266/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 31/00 A01K 45/00	Application no. 09787794.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title TRANSPORTING UNIT FOR LIVE POULTRY ON BOARD OF A TRUCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026617.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0297/17 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 26/00	Application no. 01944809.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COATING SYSTEM FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STAINLESS STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029717.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1297/17 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B61K 9/12 G01M 17/10 G01H 1/00 B61L 23/00	Application no. 01985425.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung der Erfindung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ÜBERWACHEN DES FAHRVERHALTENS VON SCHIENENFAHRZEUGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T129717.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287 KB)
T 2208/17 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E04D 12/00 B32B 27/40 B32B 27/12 B32B 5/02 B32B 5/08 B32B 3/06 B32B 3/08	Application no. 11188793.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Wasserdichte Unterdeckbahn für ein geneigtes Dach
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T220817.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2475/17 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 03740215.3
Keywords Vorliegen wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Erzeugen eines Gitterbildes, Gitterbild und Sicherheitsdokument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T247517.20200309				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0667/18 (Common vital sign/PHILIPS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05799470.9
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title MESSAGE INTEGRITY FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION OF WIRELESS MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066718.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 1534/18 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B81C 1/00	Application no. 09761542.1
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR EIN MIKROMECHANISCHES BAUELEMENT BESTEHEND AUS EINEM TRÄGER UND EINEM HALBLEITERCHIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153418.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2069/18 (Berührungsempfindlicher Bildschirm, der zwei gleichzeitige Berü … of 21.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 3/038	Application no. 05025836.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Rückzahlung von Jahresgebühren (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Berührungsempfindlicher Bildschirm, der zwei gleichzeitige Berührungspunkte erkennt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206918.20200121				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 2864/18 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E04H 6/18 E04H 6/24 E04H 6/30 E04H 6/36	Application no. 15732380.9
Keywords Correction of errors in decisions Correction of error - grant decision				Application title TRANSFERRING CARRIAGE OF VEHICLES FOR AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL PARKING SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T286418.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 0522/19 (Katalytisch beschichteter Partikelfilter/Umicore) of 3.3.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.3.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/94 B01D 46/24 F01N 3/035 B01J 37/02 B01J 23/40 B01J 23/42 B01J 23/44	Application no. 05774993.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title KATALYTISCH BESCHICHTETES PARTIKELFILTER UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG SOWIE SEINE VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052219.20190303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2277/19 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/00 A61B 17/04 A61B 17/064 A61B 17/06 A61B 17/08 A61B 17/10	Application no. 12739909.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appellant not adversely affected by decision to grant a patent				Application title SYSTEMS FOR SEALING A TISSUE WALL PUNCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T227719.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1313/14 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00 G02B 21/22	Application no. 06018707.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) First auxiliary request - sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Second auxiliary request - extension of conferred scope of protection (yes)				Application title Medical stereo observation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131314.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1745/14 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/10 C07C 253/34 C07C 255/07	Application no. 05701203.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON 3-PENTENNITRIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174514.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0532/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 7/00 G06K 9/20 H04N 5/272	Application no. 10186448.6
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title An automated test method including transparent black regions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053215.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1932/15 (Low-fat food/AJINOMOTO) of 6.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A23C 9/152 A23D 9/007 A23L 1/22 A23L 1/24 A23L 1/227 A23L 1/228	Application no. 08752255.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 3 - clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title LOW-FAT FOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193215.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0388/16 (Pet food composition/HILL'S) of 31.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/00 A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18	Application no. 04758686.2
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PET FOOD COMPOSITION AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038816.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0986/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/00	Application no. 07252552.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for cooling an animal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098616.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1050/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 5/44	Application no. 05722177.2
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance as main request Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 3 and 10 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 2 and 4 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title A PANT-TYPE ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T105016.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1274/16 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B61G 11/16	Application no. 03703244.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title TRAIN PROVIDED WITH ENERGY ABSORBING STRUCTURE BETWEEN VEHICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T127416.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1384/16 () of 24.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/22 A23L 1/236 A23L 1/308 A23G 3/42 A23G 1/40	Application no. 08748937.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary request 8 - Extension of the scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 7 and 9 to 17 - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no)				Application title REDUCING THE SENSORY COOLING EFFECT OF POLYOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138416.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1867/16 (Co-Processed Carbohydrate System / SPI PHARMA) of 18.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50	Application no. 02787055.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title CO-PROCESSED CARBOHYDRATE SYSTEM AS A QUICK-DISSOLVE MATRIX FOR SOLID DOSAGE FORMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186716.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1908/16 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 15/00	Application no. 09012518.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and system for weighing products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190816.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2255/16 (COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES / MALVERN … of 21.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/02 A61K 8/14 A61K 8/55 A61K 8/97 A61Q 19/00 A61K 9/107 G01N 33/68 A61K 47/48	Application no. 07824940.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES OF LIPID AND SURFACTANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225516.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1677/17 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03F 5/04	Application no. 08020387.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Ablaufvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T167717.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2406/17 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/20 B66F 9/22 B66F 9/075	Application no. 13157621.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 (nein)				Application title Hubvorrichtung eines Flurförderzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240617.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2172/15 (Sequencing/ILLUMINA) of 5.2.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/11 C40B 40/06	Application no. 10770456.1
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Remittal to the opposition division				Application title Sequencing methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217215.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0123/16 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/06 G02B 21/32 G02B 21/00	Application no. 07009066.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Illuminating device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012316.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0184/16 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 19/06	Application no. 04771314.4
Keywords Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure Objection under Rule 106 EPC				Application title NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AGAINST SODIUM-DEPENDANT TRANSPORTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T018416.20191212				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 529 KB)
T 1902/16 (Triggered release/Unilever) of 9.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 17/00	Application no. 09726019.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ENZYME TRIGGERED RELEASE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T190216.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2690/16 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 110/06 C08F 2/06 C08F 4/6592	Application no. 08873769.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)- main request, auxiliary request Admittance of documents to proceedings - yes Incorrect application of problem solution approach - elements of solution in definition of problem				Application title ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCED FROM SUPERCRITICAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T269016.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2306/18 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 13713055.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING ABSORBENT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230618.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 534 KB)
T 3247/19 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/355 B65B 57/10 B65B 61/00 B65B 5/02 B65D 5/28	Application no. 16190898.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PACKAGING ITEMS VARYING IN SIZE AND NUMBER FOR SHIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T324719.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
D 0007/19 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000719.20200218				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 249 KB)
T 1921/13 (Authentication of products / INEXTO) of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 17/00	Application no. 05792643.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Grounds for opposition - invention not sufficiently disclosed over whole breadth of claim Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MARKING, TRACKING AND AUTHENTICATION OF PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T192113.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1609/15 () of 5.12.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 3/00	Application no. 08701033.6
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung wäre erforderlich gewesen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG VON GETRÄNKEABFÜLLANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160915.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1751/15 (Steam-to-carbon ratio control/MICRO MOTION) of 13.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D11/02 G01F1/84 C01B3/34	Application no. 02737293.7
Keywords Admitting of main request filed at oral proceedings - (no): returning to an earlier version Added subject-matter - all other requests (yes)				Application title Steam to carbon ratio control in steam reforming of hydrocarbons
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175115.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2183/15 (Selection and sorting of services/NOKIA) of 12.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/20 H04H 1/00	Application no. 04794208.1
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVICE SELECTION AND SORTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0779/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 29/12	Application no. 09781015.4
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title VAKUUMPUMPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077916.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1178/16 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/08 A01J 7/04 A01J 7/02 B08B 9/00 F16K 7/17	Application no. 07103689.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Milking equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117816.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1815/16 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C 18/08 F04C 18/16	Application no. 10747261.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DRY SCREW DRIVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T181516.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0101/17 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 13/20 A47L 13/16 A47L 13/24	Application no. 10171437.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Cleaning element and cleaning tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010117.20200129				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1386/18 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/22 B03C 3/40 B03C 3/38	Application no. 10840300.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METAL BELT-PLATE STRUCTURE REACTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138618.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2931/19 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/0488 A61B 5/0492 A61M 16/04 A61N 1/05 A61B 5/00 A61M 16/08 A61M 39/08	Application no. 13812262.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBE APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T293119.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1236/15 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C08L 29/04 C11D 17/04	Application no. 03025704.2
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests - admissibility (no)				Application title Water-soluble film
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123615.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0284/16 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/56	Application no. 06713261.3
Keywords -				Application title FILM FORMING COMPOSITION AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T028416.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 0036/17 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/20 B23C 5/22	Application no. 11177659.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Indexable, double-sided cutting insert and cutting tool including such an insert
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003617.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0609/17 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10 C09J 123/10 B32B 27/32	Application no. 04755558.6
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no)				Application title TACKIFIED AMORPHOUS-POLY-ALPHA-OLEFIN-BONDED STRUCTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060917.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0991/17 () of 4.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60G 17/052 F16K 31/06	Application no. 11787798.5
Keywords Zulassung eines verspätet eingereichten Dokuments - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DRUCKLUFTVERSORGUNGSANLAGE UND PNEUMATISCHES SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T099117.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 481 KB)
T 1047/17 (TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS WITH HIGH DOSE CHONDROITIN SULFATE … of 17.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 31/737 A61P 13/10 A61K 33/14 A61K 9/00	Application no. 04711966.4
Keywords Admission of documents (yes) Admission of requests (yes) Main request - Novelty (Yes) All requests - Inventive step (No)				Application title TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS WITH HIGH DOSE CHONDROITIN SULFATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104717.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 0756/18 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B65B 3/00 B65B 31/02	Application no. 11711610.3
Keywords Droit d'être entendu - vice substantiel de procédure (oui) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - équitable en raison d'un vice substantiel de procédure Renvoi à la première instance - vice majeur dans la procédure de première instance (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET UNITE D'EMPLISSAGE STERILE D'UN CONTENEUR ELEMENTAIRE FINAL AVEC UN CONTENU DESTINE AU DOMAINE BIOPHARMACEUTIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T075618.20191216				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1977/19 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C 7/50	Application no. 15173027.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Footrest device for armchairs or sofas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197719.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1524/15 (Sequencing method/ILLUMINA) of 5.12.2019
Online on 04.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 07705178.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - added subject-matter - (yes) Auxiliary requests 4 and 5 - inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 7 - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Method for sequencing a polynucleotide template
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152415.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 653 KB)
T 1049/17 (Method of converting NOx/JOHNSON MATTHEY) of 4.12.2019
Online on 04.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/94 B01J 23/72 B01J 29/072 B01J 29/76	Application no. 09737470.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - pointer to the claimed selection (no) Amendments - main and first auxiliary requets Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - second auxiliary request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title A METHOD OF CONVERTING NITROGEN OXIDES WITH TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING ALUMINOSILICATE ZEOLITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104917.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0395/15 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/327 C12Q 1/00 G01N 33/487	Application no. 04813255.9
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request: yes) Consideration of an auxiliary request submitted during first-instance proceedings (first auxiliary request: yes) Clarity of claims (first and second auxiliary requests: no) Admission of amended claims filed during oral proceedings (third auxiliary request: no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYTE SENSORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039515.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1296/15 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 11/79 C09K 11/67	Application no. 10803

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