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

December 2020

T 1622/16 () of 14.12.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/02 F01N3/021	Application no. 04747403.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162216.20201214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)
T 0063/17 (Stable Plasmodium vivax protein/BHARAT) of 4.3.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K14/445 C07K1/14 C07K1/22 A61K39/00 A61K39/002 A61K39/015	Application no. 09787605.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) non-obvious alternative				Application title Stable immunogenic protein having multiple cysteine molecules, process therefore and composition thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T006317.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2851/18 (Lixisenatide for treating obese type 2 diabetics/SANOFI) of 17.12.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/26 A61K38/22 A61P3/10	Application no. 10747854.7
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text of the patent as granted withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Use of AVE0010 for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Diabetes mellitus Type 2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T285118.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0845/19 (Anti-PCSK9 antibodies/AMGEN) of 29.10.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/40 A61P3/06 A61K39/395 A61K45/06 A61K31/22 A61K31/366 A61K31/40 A61K31/405 A61K31/44 A61K31/47 A61K31/505 A61K31/66 A61K39/00 C12N15/113	Application no. 08798550.3
Keywords Main Request - Maintenence in amended form (yes)				Application title Antigen binding proteins to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084519.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 2277/15 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/145 A61M31/00	Application no. 08851580.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POWER INJECTOR WITH STATUS MESSAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227715.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 760 KB)
T 1076/16 () of 23.9.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H26/08	Application no. 11156967.9
Keywords Neuheit (ja: Hauptantrag) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein: Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I; ja: Hilfsantrag III) Zulassung von Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja: Hilfsantrag III) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja: Hilfsantrag II)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Kontrolle von Spulen mit aufgewickeltem Folienmaterial
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107616.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 533 KB)
T 1783/16 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C45/16 H01H33/66	Application no. 10015327.9
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title A push rod of a vacuum interrupter and method of manufacturing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T178316.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1180/18 (Therapeutic human albumin solutions / GRIFOLS, S.A.) of 26.10.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K51/08	Application no. 05380116.3
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Late-filed evidence - admittance of documents filed in appeal proceedings (Late-filed) Requests - admittance in appeal proceedings Amendments - main request, auxiliary requests 1-21 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - auxiliary requests 22-31 Amendments - extension of protection (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 32 (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request 32 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 32 (yes)				Application title Therapeutic human albumin solutions with low prekallicrein activator (PKA) activity and process for obtaining them
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118018.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 667 KB)
T 2656/18 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 3.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184226.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Touch event model programming interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T265618.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1893/19 () of 16.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F1/86 G01M15/10 G01F1/00 G01N1/22 G01F1/74 G01N33/00	Application no. 12864266.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) - after amendment				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE MASS FLOW BY MEANS OF DILUTION OF AN EXHAUST GAS FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189319.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2040/19 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 3.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184222.5
Keywords Enabling disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Touch event model programming interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204019.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0333/20 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C49/12 B29C49/58 B29K67/00 B29C49/06 B29C49/36 B29C49/64	Application no. 04762730.2
Keywords Rücknahme der Beschwerde - Einstellung der Verfahrens (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) da der volle Gebührenbetrag nicht rechtzeitig entrichtet				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BLASFORMUNG VON BEHÄLTERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033320.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
R 0010/18 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 17.12.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R1/10	Application no. 08766905.7
Keywords Decision sufficiently reasoned for purposes of the right to be heard (yes) Petition allowable (no) no violation of petitioner's right to be heard				Application title Improved earpiece
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R001018.20201217				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2155/17 () of 18.11.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/10	Application no. 10722727.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Main request Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 1 Late filed objection - admitted - (no) Document submitted with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted - (yes) - response to findings of decision				Application title MACHINE DIRECTION ORIENTED FILM FOR LABELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215517.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0545/18 (Metal scavenging polymers/NALCO) of 3.11.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F1/58 C08F20/10 C08F20/56 C08L33/06 C08L33/26 C02F1/68 B01D53/64 C02F1/56 C02F103/18 C02F103/36	Application no. 11766567.9
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no) Right to be heard - examination procedure Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METAL SCAVENGING POLYMERS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054518.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1627/18 (Liposomes with lipids having an advantageous pKa-value for RNA … of 16.12.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/127 A61K39/00 C12N15/86	Application no. 11736500.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title LIPOSOMES WITH LIPIDS HAVING AN ADVANTAGEOUS PKA-VALUE FOR RNA DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162718.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1812/19 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C49/06 B29C49/12 B29C49/36 B29C49/42 B29C49/48 B29C49/56 B29C49/78	Application no. 13817852.0
Keywords Rücknahme der Beschwerde - Einstellung der Verfahrens (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) da der volle Gebührenbetrag nicht rechtzeitig entrichtet				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BLASFORMUNG VON BEHÄLTERN MIT EINER ANTRIEBSEINRICHTUNG UND MIT GEKOPPELTEN BEWEGUNGSABLÄUFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181219.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1726/15 (Heterologous FPPS/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) of 13.8.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/15	Application no. 05775484.8
Keywords Main request - extended scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - admission into the proceedings (yes) Added matter (yes)				Application title GENETICALLY MODIFIED HOST CELLS AND USE OF SAME FOR PRODUCING ISOPRENOID COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172615.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 1483/16 (Compositions with a surfactant system/SYMRISE) of 12.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/22 A23L2/44 A23L2/56 A23D9/00 A23L2/52 A23L2/58	Application no. 10151491.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Admission of late filed experiments - (no)				Application title Compositions with a surfactant system comprising saponins, and lecithin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148316.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1818/16 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61M5/172 A61B5/15 B01L3/00 B01J19/00	Application no. 10179887.4
Keywords Admissibility of all requests (no) - primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (no)				Application title Analyte monitoring and drug delivery
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181816.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1904/16 (Assay for toxinogenic C. difficile strains/KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS) of 20.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68	Application no. 10713524.6
Keywords Admission of new evidence and a new line of argument submitted at oral proceedings due to a change of representative - (no) Auxiliary request 2 - requirements of the EPC met - (no)				Application title Method for the detection and characterization of a toxinogenic Clostridium difficile strain
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190416.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 524 KB)
T 0135/17 (Tinnitus alleviation/OTICON) of 24.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 11168755.4
Keywords Novelty - Art. 54(3) EPC Novelty - main and first auxiliary request (no) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes, after amendment) Inventive step - no attacks invoked by appellant-opponent Admittance - fresh ground for opposition under Art. 53(c) EPC - (no): no approval of proprietor Admittance - auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings - (yes): exceptional circumstances and no fresh case				Application title A hearing device for diminishing loudness of tinnitus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013517.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2388/17 (Predictive search results/Google) of 4.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 11751746.6
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Predictive query completion and predictive search results
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238817.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0428/18 (Predictive search results II/Google) of 4.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 11752020.5
Keywords Amendments - first to third auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - main request and fourth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Predictive query completion and predictive search results
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T042818.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1778/18 (G-CSF Flüssigformulierung/BIOCEUTICALS) of 3.6.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K38/18 A61K9/06	Application no. 09158328.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 (nein)				Application title G-CSF Flüssigformulierung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177818.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
R 0002/19 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 6.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C55/28	Application no. 05791246.1
Keywords Petition for review - admissible (yes) Petition for review - obligation to raise objection (no) Petition for review - review of substantive law excluded Petition for review - fundamental violation of the right to be heard (no) Petition for review - clearly unallowable				Application title POLYLACTIC ACID BLOWN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R000219.20201006				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1715/14 (Optoelektronischer Sensor / Sick) of 2.12.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S17/93	Application no. 09179696.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171514.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 2279/15 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q9/16 H01Q21/10 H01Q5/00 H01Q1/24 H01Q9/04 H01Q21/24	Application no. 10831783.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INSTALLATION METHOD OF RADIATING ELEMENTS DISPOSED ON DIFFERENT PLANES AND ANTENNA USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227915.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1979/16 (Triggering retransmissions/QUALCOMM) of 29.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W72/04 H04L1/18 H04L5/00 H04L1/06 H04W72/14	Application no. 11730835.3
Keywords Oral proceedings - held by videoconference upon request Inventive step - (no)				Application title Demodulation reference signals (DM-RS) for PHICH or PDCCH based retransmission in LTE-A wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197916.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1538/17 (Real time database replica/ORACLE INTERNATIONAL) of 1.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 06826229.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)- main and auxiliary requests Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no)				Application title Apparatus and method for creating a real time database replica
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153817.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1861/17 (Rückkopplungsunterdrückung/SIVANTOS) of 12.11.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 10187394.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 (nein): "subjektive Aufgabe" wird nicht glaubhaft gelöst Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Parametereinstellungen Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja)				Application title Hörgerät mit Frequenzverschiebung und zugehöriges Verfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186117.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 0232/14 (Method and apparatus for identifying, authenticating, tracking and … of 6.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 09722519.7
Keywords Inventive step - determining ranges of unit identifiers (no Inventive step - not technical and obvious) Inventive step - technical effect of saving storage (no Inventive step - bonus effect) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING, AUTHENTICATING, TRACKING AND TRACING MANUFACTURED ITEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T023214.20201006				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0610/15 (Combined dual-mode and bandwidth extension decoding / SAMSUNG) of 9.11.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L21/02 G10L19/14	Application no. 07851633.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter in auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - choice of closest prior art Inventive step - (no) Admission of new requests - (no)				Application title METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR BANDWIDTH EXTENSION ENCODING AND DECODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061015.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0492/16 (Peptides for pain treatment/NONO) of 10.12.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/08 A61P29/00	Application no. 09812187.4
Keywords Main request - clarity of dependent claims (yes), novelty (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Agents and methods for treatment of pain
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049216.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1387/16 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C7/08 F24C15/10 A47L15/42 D06F39/00	Application no. 08105876.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Hausgerät mit einer Steuereinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138716.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2028/16 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H5/26	Application no. 08785694.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title ABSENKBARE OPTIKAUFNAHME INSBESONDERE FÜR EIN MIT EINER WAFFE AUSGERÜSTETES KAMPFFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202816.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 585 KB)
T 2314/16 (Distributing rewards by assigning users to partial advertisement … of 7.9.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q50/00 G06Q30/00 G06Q30/02	Application no. 11800813.5
Keywords Technical effect - reduced computational load (no - technical, but no embodiment to enable verification) Inventive step - distributing rewards by assigning users to partial areas of an advertisement banner (yes Inventive step - involves technical considerations of the web page system)				Application title INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROCESSING REWARD PAYMENT, REWARD PAYMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH REWARD PAYMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THERON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231416.20200907				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2071/17 () of 3.12.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B51/02	Application no. 11161167.9
Keywords Inventive step main request Inventive step - (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - auxiliairy requests not substantiated				Application title A cutting head comprising a drill tip and a drill having such a cutting head
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207117.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2394/18 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C7/08 F24C15/10 A47L15/42 D06F39/00	Application no. 11180226.0
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Hausgerät mit einer Steuereinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T239418.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2295/15 () of 12.11.2020
Online on 15.12.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/26 H04N13/00	Application no. 09820314.4
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title SHARING OF MOTION VECTOR IN 3D VIDEO CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229515.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2049/16 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 15.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D25/29 B42D25/328 G09F3/02 B41M3/14 G02B5/18 G02B27/42 G09F3/03	Application no. 07831864.9
Keywords Inadmissible extension (yes: main request) Exclusion of document D20 (no) Novelty (no: auxiliary request 1) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 2 to 16 (no)				Application title Display and Information-Printed Matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204916.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2380/15 () of 26.11.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N5/913	Application no. 06723851.9
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1: Klarheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 2: erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND EINRICHTUNG ZUM WEITERÜBERTRAGEN SOWIE ZUM BEARBEITEN UND/ODER WIEDERGEBEN UND/ODER SPEICHERN VON TON- UND/ODER BILDINHALTEN SOWIE GERÄT ZUM BEARBEITEN UND/ODER WIEDERGEBEN UND/ODER SPEICHERN VON TON- UND/ODER BILDINHALTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238015.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1322/16 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/022	Application no. 05003570.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Blood pressure measuring device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132216.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 262 KB)
T 1241/17 (Circuit for compressing data/MOVIDIUS) of 17.11.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M7/30	Application no. 08717870.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no after amendment) Claims - clarity (yes after amendment) Inventive step - (yes over the prior art on file) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes after amendment)				Application title A circuit for compressing data and a processor employing same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124117.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1575/17 (Céramique mate/COMADUR) of 10.9.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B41/91 G04B37/22	Application no. 11172580.0
Keywords Statut légal de la requérante Recevabilité du recours - recours suffisamment motivé (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (non) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Requête produite tardivement - recevable (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Activité inventive - analyse a posteriori Activité inventive - effet supplémentaire (oui) Activité inventive - état de la technique le plus proche				Application title Procédé de fabrication d'une céramique mate non marquante
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T157517.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0122/18 (Beschichtungsmasse/STO) of 27.11.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B28/02 C04B26/02 C09D1/04 E04F13/00 C09D5/02 C04B28/10	Application no. 10152699.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Verhältnis von Art. 83 zu Art. 84 EPÜ Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Priorität - Grundlage im Prioritätsdokument (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title VISKOSE, KORNHALTIGE AUSHÄRTENDE BESCHICHTUNGSMASSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012218.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0669/18 (Multimedia object presentation/VODAFONE) of 22.10.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 11182757.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Presentation of multimedia objects at user devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066918.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2021/18 (Nicotine-Containing Pharmaceutical Composition / MODORAL) of 1.12.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/20 A61K31/465	Application no. 12769823.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2-6 (no)				Application title NICOTINE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202118.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0929/15 (Identifying a user issuing a voice request/ACCENTURE) of 17.11.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L15/26 G06F3/048 H04L29/08	Application no. 11425055.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Client and server system for natural language-based control of a digital network of devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T092915.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 2154/15 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M3/156	Application no. 08008268.8
Keywords Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title D. c. converter, speaker apparatus and d. c. converter control method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215415.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0104/16 (Meningococcal serogroup Y/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 2.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095	Application no. 05733998.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Immunising against meningococcal serogroup Y using proteins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010416.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1195/16 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N3/28 F01N13/14 F01N13/18 F01N1/24	Application no. 05850238.6
Keywords -				Application title GEHÄUSE FÜR EIN BAUTEIL EINER ABGASANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T119516.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1604/16 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61G3/06 B60P1/43 B60R3/02	Application no. 09775807.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Review of a finding of fact of the department of first instance - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title FOLDABLE RAMP ALLOWING AN INVALID WHEELCHAIR PASSENGER ENTER INTO A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160416.20201207				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 2903/18 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H1/4382 B32B5/14 B32B5/26 B32B27/02 D04H13/00 D04H1/42	Application no. 08868572.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title COMPOSITE NONWOVEN FIBROUS WEBS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T290318.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 2034/19 (Formulierungen enthaltend Triazinone und Eisen / BAYER) of 17.9.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K47/10 A61K47/12 A61K9/00 A61K31/53 A61K33/26 A61K45/06 A61P7/06 A61P33/02	Application no. 08758648.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title FORMULIERUNGEN ENTHALTEND TRIAZINONE UND EISEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203419.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 838 KB)
T 0265/20 (Deemed approval to the text intended for grant) of 26.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G16H40/00 G16H40/40 G16H40/60 G16H40/67	Application no. 11820257.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appellant adversely affected despite decision to grant a patent Approval by paying fee for grant and publishing and filing translations - binding effect				Application title SYSTEM FOR ENABLING TEST DATA FROM A CLINICAL ANALYTIC DEVICE TO BE COMMUNICATED TO AN ELECTRONIC PATIENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026520.20201026				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0755/20 (Implicit authentication in an NGN system using the line ID / Telekom) of 29.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/24 H04L12/28 H04L29/08 H04L29/06	Application no. 11729565.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Remittal - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT USE OF A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075520.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0900/20 (Implicit authentication in an NGN system using the line ID / Telekom) of 29.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/24 H04L12/28 H04L29/08 H04L29/06	Application no. 11729563.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Remittal - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT USE OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090020.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1686/20 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L21/336 H01L21/00 H01L27/01 H01L29/76	Application no. 06773179.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title SHORT CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168620.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255 KB)
T 2708/16 (Digital-to-analog converter using a chopper voltage reference for a … of 11.9.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M3/00	Application no. 09740614.4
Keywords Claims - independent claims of sole request Claims - after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Multi-level feed-back digital-to-analog converter using a chopper voltage reference for a switched capacitor sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270816.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 497 KB)
T 1243/17 (Procédé de pilotage/NAILLON) of 4.12.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F9/44	Application no. 99400939.7
Keywords Activité inventive - (non) Stagnation de la procédure d'examen sans explication - (oui) Obligation de la requérante de raccourcir la procédure autant que possible remplie - (non) Violation de l'article 6(1) CEDH - (non)				Application title Procédé de pilotage d'un processus décisionnel lors de la poursuite d'un but dans un domaine d'application déterminé, tel qu'économique, technique organisationnel ou analogue et système pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124317.20201204				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1102/18 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B11/00 G06T5/00 G06T7/00	Application no. 15002762.1
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG EINER KALIBRIERUNG MEHRERER UMGEBUNGSSENSOREN EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS UND KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110218.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1166/18 (Nasswäscher/CFT) of 20.11.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D47/06 E21C35/22 B01D46/52 B01D46/00 E21F5/20	Application no. 12722276.8
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title NASSWÄSCHER MIT REDUZIERTEN ENERGIEBEDARF ERFORDERNDEM KOMPAKTDEMISTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116618.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 2805/19 (Procédé de pilotage/NAILLON) of 4.12.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06N5/04	Application no. 00402875.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non), Stagnation de la procédure d'examen sans explication - (oui) Obligation de la requérante de raccourcir la procédure autant que possible remplie - (non) Violation de l'article 6(1) CEDH - (non)				Application title Procédé de pilotage de processus décisionnel lors de la poursuite d'un but dans un domaine d'application déterminé, tel qu'économique, technique, organisationnel ou analogue
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T280519.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0676/16 (Mutual authentication/QUALCOMM) of 1.12.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W12/06	Application no. 13169907.6
Keywords Oral proceedings - postponement (no): request not filed as soon as possible Right to be heard - (yes) Added subject-matter - all requests (yes) Clarity - all requests (no)				Application title Mutual authentication with modified message authentication code
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067616.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2530/16 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J61/44 C09K11/78 C09K11/64 C09K11/81	Application no. 09792200.9
Keywords Inventive step - (main request, no, effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim) Amendments - added subject-matter (auxiliary request, yes)				Application title ENHANCED COLOR CONTRAST LIGHT SOURCE AT ELEVATED COLOR TEMPERATURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253016.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1778/17 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G69/46	Application no. 11749194.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - zugelassen (ja: Hauptantrag b und Hilfsanträge 1b bis 5b) Einspruchsgründe - Erweiterung von Patentansprüchen (ja: Hauptantrag b und Hilfsanträge 1b bis 4b) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja: Hilfsantrag 5b)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON VERARBEITUNGSSTABILEM POLYAMID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177817.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 494 KB)
T 1025/18 (Pharmaceutical compositions containing Formoterol/MYLAN) of 22.10.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/12 A61K9/72 A61K9/08 A61P11/08 A61K31/167	Application no. 02709742.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1-11 - Inventive step (No) Admission of auxiliary requests 12-25 into the proceedings (No)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FORMOTEROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102518.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 569 KB)
T 1798/18 (Structured polycyclic peptide / BICYCLERD) of 19.11.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K47/48 G01N33/68	Application no. 10703808.5
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Priority - basis in priority document (no) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title STRUCTURED POLYCYCLIC PEPTIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179818.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0517/16 (Quellcodeerzeugung/ALLGEIER) of 18.11.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F9/44 G06F11/36	Application no. 05008903.6
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren und System zum Erzeugen eines Quellcodes für ein Computerprogramm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051716.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2271/16 (Book-binding application/CANON) of 23.9.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/21	Application no. 05008167.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Document processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227116.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1762/17 (Different combinations in the same area/NEC) of 10.11.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/041 G06F3/023 G06F3/048 H03M11/04 H04M1/00 H04M1/02 G06F3/0488 H04M1/23 G06F3/0484	Application no. 12782531.3
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure (no)				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176217.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0578/18 () of 6.11.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/02 F03D11/00	Application no. 12166371.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Methods and apparatus for controlling wind turbine thrust
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057818.20201106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0378/16 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/20 A61M5/32	Application no. 01270353.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title AUTO-INJECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037816.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0833/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F19/00	Application no. 05735388.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title APPARATUS FOR PREVENTION OF READING OF MAGNETIC CARDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T083316.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0948/16 (Hearing aid with occlusion reduction I/SIVANTOS) of 2.12.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 07821151.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of oral proceedings following respondent's announcement of non-attendance Added subject-matter - main request (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation Admittance of requests - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no)				Application title Hearing aid having an occlusion reduction unit, and method for occlusion reduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094816.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0952/16 (Hearing aid with occlusion reduction II/SIVANTOS) of 2.12.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 07821154.7
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of oral proceedings following respondent's announcement of non-attendance Added subject-matter - all requests (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation Clarity - auxiliary request 7 (no)				Application title Hearing aid having an occlusion reduction unit, and method for occlusion reduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095216.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0483/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C19/38 F03D11/04 F16C33/36 F16C35/063	Application no. 12175578.9
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - public prior use (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Retainer segment of roller bearing for supporting main shaft of wind-power generator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048317.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1837/17 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B5/124 G01V8/22 G06F3/042	Application no. 09702040.8
Keywords Added subect-matter (no, amended claims) Inventive step (yes, amended claims)				Application title RETROREFLECTOR FOR USE IN TOUCH SCREEN APPLICATIONS AND POSITION SENSING SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183717.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2852/18 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B88/04 E05F5/00 E05F5/02	Application no. 13172385.0
Keywords -				Application title Einzugvorrichtung für Möbel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T285218.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0392/20 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N25/48 G01N21/84 G01N33/558	Application no. 13706780.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title THERMAL CONTRAST ASSAY AND READER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039220.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0127/14 (DNA SEQUENCING BY OLIGONUCLEOTIDE EXTENSION/SOLEXA) of 1.12.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H21/04 C12P19/34 C12Q1/68	Application no. 96912800.8
Keywords Main request - Novelty (no) First and second auxiliary requests - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no) Third auxiliary request - Novelty (no) Fourth auxiliary request - meets all requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title DNA SEQUENCING BY PARALLEL OLIGONUCLEOTIDE EXTENSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012714.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 1214/15 (Abasic site/ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE) of 24.11.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68	Application no. 10011728.2
Keywords Admission of new evidence - (no) Main request - inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no)				Application title Preparation of templates for nucleic acid sequencing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121415.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1291/16 (Focusing on audio scenes/NOKIA) of 4.9.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/00 H04S7/00	Application no. 13161611.2
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - held by videoconference upon request Admittance of claim requests filed shortly before the oral proceedings - (no): amendments do not overcome objections raised under Art. 84 EPC				Application title Focusing on a portion of an audio scene for an audio signal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129116.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1974/16 (Multiple subscriber profiles/THALES) of 30.11.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 11749378.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: no oral proceedings necessary Novelty - main request (no) Admittance of new requests - all auxiliary requests (no): should have been filed earlier				Application title System and method for securely using multiple subscriber profiles with a security component and a mobile telecommunications device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197416.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0108/18 () of 26.11.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F15/34	Application no. 11002919.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument zugelassen (nein)				Application title Auswuchtgewicht mit Haltefeder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010818.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 592 KB)
T 0709/16 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12 H04N7/26	Application no. 04712388.0
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request I - admitted (no) Auxiliary Request II (request for remittal) - granted (no)				Application title PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE DECODING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070916.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1363/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/04	Application no. 04753283.3
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Claims - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136316.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0631/17 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 07723681.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title ROTORBLATT EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063117.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1799/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L15/23 A47L15/42	Application no. 02781329.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title UMSTEUEREINRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR EINE GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179917.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0557/18 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B21/08 A01B49/02 A01B5/08	Application no. 11831819.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein)				Application title BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055718.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1185/18 (Coated detergent composition and manufacture process/Dalli-Werke GmbH … of 27.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D17/00 C11D1/66 C11D3/20 C11D3/22 C11D3/37 C11D3/38	Application no. 07018340.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - Termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Coated detergent composition and manufacture process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118518.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 0666/20 () of 30.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61G1/013 A61G1/044 A61G1/01	Application no. 15775450.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit Patentansprüche - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title RETTUNGSTRAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066620.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2257/15 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D5/36 C09D5/03 C09D11/02 C09C1/00	Application no. 06734845.8
Keywords Amendments Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title MULTILAYER EFFECT PIGMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225715.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2160/16 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C51/41 C07C57/04 B01J14/00 C08F20/06 C08F220/06	Application no. 06793091.7
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Argumente Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title NEUTRALISATIONSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216016.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 469 KB)
T 2602/17 (Metadata for graph-based computations/Ab Initio) of 26.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F9/44	Application no. 06785623.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Managing metadata for graph-based computations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T260217.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 574 KB)
T 1097/18 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D15/00 B42D25/00	Application no. 10703800.2
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit gegenüber der Druckschrift E1 (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz zur weiteren Entscheidung				Application title Optisch variables Sicherheitselement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109718.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 641 KB)
T 1298/18 () of 27.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B13/00 A47C15/00	Application no. 12748337.8
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title FURNITURE HAVING LOAD-BEARING OR NON-LOAD BEARING STRUCTURES FOR STORAGE OF WATER OR OTHER MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129818.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2534/18 (COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES … of 24.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/18 A61K38/44 A61K9/08 A61K9/14 A61K9/06 A61P27/02	Application no. 13768403.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDATIVE STRESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253418.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0461/17 (Encapsulated aerosol generating agent/BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO) of 22.9.2020
Online on 01.12.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B15/16 A24B15/28 A24F47/00	Application no. 10768538.0
Keywords Main request - novelty - (no) Auxiliary requests - admitted Auxiliary request 1 - novelty - (no) Auxiliary request 2 - allowable				Application title CONTROL OF PUFF PROFILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046117.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0188/18 (Preparation of hydrolysed whole grain flour/QUAKER OATS) of 18.9.2020
Online on 01.12.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D2/26 A21D6/00 A23L1/00 A23L1/03 A23L1/10 A23L1/105 A23L1/187	Application no. 10727309.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (no)				Application title METHOD OF PREPARING HIGHLY DISPERSIBLE WHOLE GRAIN FLOUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018818.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)

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T 1879/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H3/04 C07H3/06	Application no. 09715865.3
Keywords Priority - partial priority (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OLIGOSACCHARIDE INGREDIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187915.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 1151/16 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C4/10	Application no. 03784932.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title PLASMA SPHEROIDIZED CERAMIC POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115116.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0969/19 (SHELLAC BASED SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN/Mantrose-Haeuser Co. Inc.) of 23.11.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/00	Application no. 12831671.8
Keywords Amendments (Yes) Consisting of - Disclaimer (No) Remittal to Examining Division				Application title SHELLAC BASED SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096919.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0943/14 (Digitales Signieren/GIESECKE+DEVRIENT) of 23.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F21/00	Application no. 07009498.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum digitalen Signieren und/oder Verschlüsseln einer auf einer Datenverarbeitungseinheit gespeicherten Datei
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094314.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1928/14 (Risk management of sports-associated businesses) of 23.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00 G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00	Application no. 09835790.8
Keywords Further processing - request admissible (yes) Further processing - omitted act completed within the period for making the request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Admission of request into appeal proceedings (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT OF SPORTS-ASSOCIATED BUSINESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192814.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1730/16 (Risedronate dosage regime/ALLERGAN) of 28.10.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/663 A61P19/10	Application no. 02795891.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings				Application title METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF BONE DISORDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173016.20201028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1962/16 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J7/02 B32B7/06 B32B7/12	Application no. 07788353.6
Keywords Änderungen - neue Ansprüche im Beschwerdeverfahren Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title HAFTKLEBESTREIFEN FÜR FEUCHTIGKEITSUNEMPFINDLICHE WIEDERABLÖSBARE VERKLEBUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196216.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2116/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B17/107 G08B29/04	Application no. 10186854.5
Keywords Änderungen - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Rauchmelder mit Ultraschall-Abdecküberwachung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211616.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 2504/16 (Hydrophilic diagnostic devices/ADHESIVES RESEARCH) of 10.9.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/53 G01N33/543 G01N33/537 B01L3/00	Application no. 10158529.7
Keywords Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - change of category Amendments - allowable (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Hydrophilic diagnostic devices for use in the assaying of biological fluids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T250416.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0457/17 () of 19.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L15/04	Application no. 10015538.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Threaded joint for steel pipes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045717.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1929/17 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/22 B60C1/00 C08K3/04 C08L21/00 C08L21/02	Application no. 10753524.7
Keywords -				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RUBBER-WET MASTERBATCH, RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192917.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0670/19 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A45D44/00	Application no. 09760368.2
Keywords Patentable invention - technical character of the invention (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title CLINICAL ASSESSMENT SCALES AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067019.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0777/15 (Crystalline form of aripiprazole/OTSUKA) of 17.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/496 C07D215/22 A61P25/18	Application no. 02782507.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Appellant-opponent 5: Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds (not filed) Appellant-opponent 5: partial reimbursement (no) Appellant-opponent 2: partial reimbursement of appeal fee (yes) - 25%				Application title LOW HYGROSCOPIC ARIPIPRAZOLE DRUG SUBSTANCE AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077715.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1730/15 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 G06F17/30	Application no. 03772570.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title METHOD OF ANNOUNCING SESSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173015.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0099/17 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00	Application no. 11152368.4
Keywords Amendments				Application title Ink set, ink container, inkjet recording method, recording device, and recorded matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009917.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2046/18 (Lapse of patent) of 19.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28 H04W52/02 H04W84/18	Application no. 11754505.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title AUTOMATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204618.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2099/15 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D487/04 A61K31/437 A61P29/00	Application no. 06825074.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - amendments Admissibility of appeal Late-filed evidence - documents not admitted in first instance proceedings Inventive step				Application title FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS KINASE MODULATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209915.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1882/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60L11/18 H02J7/00 H02J7/02	Application no. 10730480.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur induktiven Übertragung elektrischer Energie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188216.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1981/16 (Random access procedure/ERICSSON) of 17.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/26 H04J3/06 H04W56/00 H04W74/08	Application no. 06828846.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (no) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (yes): opposition proceedings may be continued even if the oppositions are withdrawn				Application title Technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198116.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2024/16 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H33/70	Application no. 05405049.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Hauptantrag - Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Vortrag in der Beschwerdeschrift nicht ausreichend substantiiert - zugelassen (nein) Neuer Einwand unter Artikel 56 EPÜ erstmals in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Düsenbefestigung für elektrisches Schaltgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202416.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 483 KB)
T 1642/17 (Anti-CXCR7 Ig variable domains/ABLYNX) of 16.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/28	Application no. 12713656.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title Bispecific anti-CXCR7 immunoglobulin single variable domains
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T164217.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 2891/19 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C7/02 A47C7/18	Application no. 05789301.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title A SEAT PORTION FOR A SEAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T289119.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0646/20 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/02 F03D1/06	Application no. 07747361.9
Keywords Further processing - time limit for requesting further processing Further processing - request admissible (no) Admissibility of appeal - party adversely affected by decision (no)				Application title WIND TURBINE WITH SLENDER BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064620.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1057/15 (Datenträger für einen Straßenfertiger/VÖGELE) of 29.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/042 G06F9/445 G07C5/08 E01C19/48	Application no. 05017896.1
Keywords Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - glaubhaft (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I (nein) Zulassung ins Beschwerdeverfahren - Hilfsanträge II und III (nein): hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können				Application title Baumaschine und Verfahren zum Installieren von Anwendungs-Software in einer Baumaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105715.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2480/16 () of 7.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R4/68 H02G15/34 H01B12/16	Application no. 13306075.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum elektrisch leitenden Verbinden von zwei supraleitfähigen Kabeln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248016.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0612/17 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 05766902.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title INTERNAL CONNECTION DENTAL IMPLANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061217.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 2134/17 (Composition cosmétique capillaire coiffante/ L'OREAL) of 19.11.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/86 A61K8/39 A61K8/81 A61Q5/06	Application no. 07290051.7
Keywords -				Application title Composition cosmétique capillaire coiffante comprenant un polymère fixant non ionique particulier et un ester de polyethylèneglycol et d'acide gras, procédé de fixation de la coiffure et utilisations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T213417.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0588/18 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00	Application no. 11177753.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Ink set, ink container, inkjet recording method, recording device, and recorded matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058818.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2620/18 (Ermäßigte Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L1/047 F16H53/02 F01L1/344	Application no. 13783579.9
Keywords Beschwerdegebühr (nicht vollständig entrichtet) - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt ermäßigte Beschwerdegebühr - fehlende Berechtigung Korrektur des Abbuchungsauftrags (nein) Grundsatz des Vertrauensschutzes (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein)				Application title NOCKENWELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T262018.20200916				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 498 KB)
T 2728/18 (COMPOSITION COMPRENANT UN COLORANT NATUREL /L'OREAL) of 11.11.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q5/06 A61K8/34 A61K8/49 A61K8/97 A61Q5/10 A61K8/41	Application no. 10710088.5
Keywords Extinction du brevet dans tous les Etats contractants - clôture de la procédure de recours,				Application title COMPOSITION COMPRENANT UN COLORANT NATUREL ET UN ALCOOL MONOHYDROXYLE ALIPHATIQUE, COLORATION DE FIBRES KERATINIQUES LA METTANT EN OEUVRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272818.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0971/16 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/06	Application no. 13185438.2
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Methods and devices for threading sutures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097116.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1963/18 (Nutritional composition comprising indigestible oligosaccharides/ … of 12.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/42 A61K31/702 A61K31/202 A61K35/74 A61P11/00 A61P31/00 A23L1/30	Application no. 10180272.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Nutritional composition comprising indigestible oligosaccharides
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196318.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1421/20 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G5/36 H04N5/00 H04N5/44 G06T1/20	Application no. 03023968.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Auxiliary Requests - amendment to a party's case - raising new issues - undue burden - not admitted				Application title Network environment for video processing modules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142120.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0886/14 (Lottery game/Al-Ziyoud, Aiman H.) of 16.11.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 04731698.9
Keywords Inventive step - implementing progressive jackpot lottery game (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical game rules)				Application title LOTTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH REAL-TIME PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088614.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1864/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N21/845 H04N21/2343 H04N21/442 H04N21/658 H04N21/858 H04L29/06	Application no. 09824007.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186415.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1914/15 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D251/26 C07D251/34	Application no. 10780474.2
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition Amendments Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty Late allegation of fact Inventive step				Application title Method for storing triallyl isocyanurate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191415.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 669 KB)
T 1416/16 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00	Application no. 09743702.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - not admitted				Application title PAYMENT PROCESSING PLATFORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141616.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1564/16 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M5/24 B42D15/10 G06K19/02	Application no. 07814639.6
Keywords Added matter (yes)				Application title Laser Marking of Pigment Layers on Documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156416.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0083/18 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F9/075 B66F9/08	Application no. 08004305.2
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Schwingungskompensation am Hubgerüst eines Flurförderzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008318.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0849/18 (Hearing-aid antenna/STARKEY) of 17.11.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 09250303.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following the respondent's announcement of non-attendance				Application title Antenna used in conjunction with the conductors for an audio transducer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084918.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0995/18 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H1/00	Application no. 11776719.4
Keywords Hauptantrag - Zulassung (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Zulassung (Ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Zulassung (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title FAHRZEUG MIT EINER KLIMAANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099518.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2670/18 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B17/042 F16L15/00 F16L15/04	Application no. 13872310.1
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title SCREW COUPLING FOR STEEL PIPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267018.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2208/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N19/154 H04N19/186 H04N19/117 H04N19/17 H04N19/59 H04N19/172 H04N19/61 H04N19/136	Application no. 07829308.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Claims - clarity (no) Claims - missing essential features				Application title Method and apparatus for improving the interpolation accuracy of chrominance signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220815.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0570/16 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N13/00 G06F1/16 H04N13/02 H04N13/04	Application no. 11164284.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Hand-held electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057016.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1905/16 (Immune molecules/KYOWA KIRIN) of 16.11.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/09	Application no. 08002266.8
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of the appeal proceedings				Application title Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190516.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 2039/16 (Range of aseptically produced infant foods/Nestlé) of 17.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L5/20 A23L13/00 A23L15/00 A23L17/00 A23L19/00 A23L3/16	Application no. 08801858.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title RANGE OF ASEPTICALLY PRODUCED INFANT FOODS HAVING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF UNDESIRED BY-PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203916.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0468/18 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D41/24 F02D41/14 F02D41/00	Application no. 11151817.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds indicating the reasons for setting aside the impugned decision (no)				Application title A method of controlling a diesel engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046818.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1246/18 (Dünnschichtige Heizestrickonstruktion/Knauf) of 29.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B28/14 F24D3/14 C04B14/00	Application no. 09179498.2
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Dünnschichtige Heizestrichkonstruktion auf Trenn- und Dämmschicht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124618.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0886/15 (Power supply circuit board with radiation plate / Murata … of 1.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q1/50 G06K19/07 G06K19/077 H05K1/16 B42D15/10 G09F3/00 H01Q1/44	Application no. 07741395.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation added feature not the deliberate result of technical considerations				Application title ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH FEED CIRCUIT BOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088615.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2108/15 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61J1/05	Application no. 05010458.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Behälter für die Bereitstellung medizinischer Flüssigkeiten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T210815.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 759 KB)
T 1381/16 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E05B37/00 E05B67/24 E05B35/10 E05B37/10	Application no. 12179284.0
Keywords -				Application title Method of improving airline luggage inspection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138116.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2379/16 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 09000216.3
Keywords Patentierbare Erfindung - technische und nichttechnische Merkmale Patentierbare Erfindung - technischer Charakter der Erfindung Patentierbare Erfindung - computerimplementierte Erfindung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz				Application title Verfahren zur Ermittlung einer Vergleichbarkeit von Dienstleistungsangeboten oder Produkten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T237916.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1095/17 (Anti-LOR-1 antibody for use in treating fibrosis/TECHNION) of 10.6.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/40 C12N9/06 C12N15/53 A61P35/00 G01N33/574 C12Q1/68	Application no. 08020752.5
Keywords Main (sole) request - inventive step (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for modulating angiogenesis, inhibiting metastasis and tumor fibrosis, and assessing the malignancy of colon cancer tumors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109517.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0187/18 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C9/02 F16C33/10 F16C17/02	Application no. 12196480.3
Keywords Amendment to appellant's case - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Main bearing for crankshaft for internal combustion engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018718.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0210/18 (Bewegt-Bett-Vergaser) of 23.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C10J3/32 B01J8/10	Application no. 09799493.3
Keywords Änderung - zulässig (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG IN FORM EINES BEWEGT-BETT-VERGASERS UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES SOLCHEN IN EINER ANORDNUNG ZUR THERMISCHEN ZERSETZUNG VON ABPRODUKTEN UND ABFALLSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021018.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0492/18 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 12156864.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Participation in oral proceedings by way of private video connection (no)				Application title Arrangement to reduce noise originated by a wind turbine blade
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049218.20201012				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1752/18 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T17/02 F04B35/04 F04B49/02	Application no. 12184115.9
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - main and auxiliary requests 1, 1A Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - auxiliary request 2				Application title Compressed air system for a motor vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175218.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 644 KB)
T 0436/15 (User Interface Modification/CORIZON) of 12.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/44	Application no. 05759370.9
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE MODIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043615.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1984/16 (Substitute milk product/ARLA FOODS) of 28.9.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C11/04 A23C17/00	Application no. 11702852.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SUBSTITUTE MILK PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198416.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1539/18 (ISOPENTYLESTER / EVONIK) of 10.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q1/00	Application no. 12710517.9
Keywords Neuheit - Auswahlerfindung (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (nein) , wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja)				Application title ISOPENTYLESTER ZUR VERWENDUNG IN KOSMETISCHEN, DERMATOLOGISCHEN ODER PHARMAZEUTISCHEN KOMPOSITIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153918.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0123/20 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K6/48 B60K6/543 B60L11/14 B60W10/02 B60W20/00 F16H61/12 F16H61/662	Application no. 14806922.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012320.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2200/15 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68 A61D19/00 G01N15/14 C12N5/00	Application no. 10184282.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for providing sex-sorted animal sperm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220015.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 2265/15 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61D19/00 C12N5/00 G01N15/14	Application no. 10184018.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Apparatus and methods for providing sex-sorted animal sperm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226515.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2101/16 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/47 B05C1/08	Application no. 10152227.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - unter Artikel 13(1) VOBK 2000 nicht zugelassen				Application title Beleimung von Materialstreifen der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T210116.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 2727/16 (Coffee process/Zürcher Hochschule Für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Laux … of 14.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F5/02 A23F5/04 A23F5/08 A23F5/26 A23F5/28 A23F5/32 A23F5/36 A23F5/48 A23F5/50 A61K36/74	Application no. 09805827.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title COFFEE PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272716.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0478/17 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D405/06 A61K31/4025 A61P35/00	Application no. 10785289.9
Keywords Inventive step Amendments - admittance of the objection				Application title AN AMORPHOUS AND A CRYSTALLINE FORM OF GENZ 112638 HEMITARTRATE AS INHIBITOR OF GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047817.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0649/17 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F37/26	Application no. 09756708.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 4 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 3 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - auxiliary request 11 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title A HORIZONTAL AXIS WASHING MACHINE WITH RECESS IN THE TUB TO ACCOMODATE DRUM SEAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064917.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 1036/17 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/18	Application no. 06761928.8
Keywords Continuation of the appeal procedure after withdrawal of the opposition Amendments - Main request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - Main request (yes)				Application title Wind farm power control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103617.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1310/17 (Anwendungen auf SIM-Karten/TELEKOM) of 11.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L29/08 H04W8/18	Application no. 10190259.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Unterschied betrifft administrative (nicht-technische) Aspekte Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): mündliche Verhandlung nicht erforderlich				Application title Verfahren und System zur Provisionierung von Anwendungen auf SIM-Karten eines mobilen Endgerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131017.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1622/17 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C7/04	Application no. 12162080.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Seeding machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162217.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2457/17 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E05F11/38 B60J1/17	Application no. 07822988.7
Keywords -				Application title IMPROVED CLAMP AND BASE FOR SECURING GLASS TO A DEVICE INTENDED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WINDOWS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245717.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 2788/17 (Prebiotic formulation of human milk oligosaccharides) of 27.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/30 A23L1/308 A23L1/09	Application no. 12707135.5
Keywords Main request: Subject-matter excluded from patentability - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MODULATION OF GROWTH OF BIFIDOBACTERIA USING A COMBINATION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES FOUND IN HUMAN MILK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T278817.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0395/18 (Oligosaccharides for preventing allergic reactions in infants) of 11.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C9/20	Application no. 12703533.5
Keywords Main request: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 6: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary request 7: added matter - (no); sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Admissibility of late filed submissions - (yes) Violation of the right to be heard - (no) Serious doubts that a therapeutic effect is achieved - (yes) Oral proceedings by videoconference				Application title MATERNAL SUPPLEMENT TO ENHANCE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF AN INFANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039518.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0225/19 (Berechtigung zur Zahlung der ermäßigten Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C67/00	Application no. 11779556.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdegebühr (nicht vollständig entrichtet) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen eines dreidimensionalen Bauteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022519.20201016				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0426/16 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00 G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00	Application no. 08807366.3
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title WATER AS COMMODITY FOR FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T042616.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 0950/16 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/088 A61M25/04 A61F2/24	Application no. 09820051.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed document - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title MEDICAL DEVICES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERING MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095016.20200925				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1110/16 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F9/6574	Application no. 08744593.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty Inventive step				Application title ISOTHERMAL PROCESS FOR PHOSPHOROMONOCHLORIDITE SYNTHESIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111016.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 2364/16 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01H1/04 E01H1/05	Application no. 06002096.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title Kehrmaschine zum Reinigen von Wegen, Straßen o. dgl. Nutzflächen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236416.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 686 KB)
T 2457/16 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N57/20	Application no. 10010490.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Unvollständiger Sachvortrag in der Beschwerdebegründung, Nichtzulassung von Anträgen				Application title Herbizide Mittel für tolerante oder resistente Maiskulturen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245716.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2610/16 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H33/66 H01H33/14 H01H33/666	Application no. 04820595.9
Keywords Hauptantrag - unzulässige Zwischenverallgemeinerung (ja) Neue Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 nach Zustellung der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung - Vorliegen außergewöhnlicher Umstände (nein)				Application title Schaltgerät für den Mittel- und Hochspannungsbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261016.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2703/16 (Bi-directional drive current/GE) of 18.8.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B11/01	Application no. 11166788.7
Keywords Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Admittance of requests filed shortly before oral proceedings - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 3, 4 (no): no exceptional circumstances, fresh case and not clearly allowable				Application title Systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling bi-directional servo actuator with PWM control
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270316.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0149/17 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B49/24	Application no. 07765559.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR INCLUDING EQUIPMENT FOR CONTINUOUS REGULATION OF THE FLOW RATE IN THE SAID COMPRESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014917.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0417/17 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C7/00 A61C7/08	Application no. 10010227.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for fabricating a plurality of dental incremental position adjustment appliances
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041717.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1638/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C21/00	Application no. 08723862.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163817.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 1764/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A62B17/04	Application no. 08855060.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title RESPIRATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING REMOVABLE HEAD SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176417.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0113/18 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G15/02 C08G65/18 C08L71/03 G03G15/00 G03G15/08 G03G15/16 C08G65/333	Application no. 12765709.6
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - alleged anticipatory disclosure does not disclose claimed subject matter and is not prior art partial priority being acknowledged				Application title CONDUCTIVE MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011318.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0540/18 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B29/04 B23B27/10 B23B27/08	Application no. 12197927.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation (no) Novelty patent as maintained by the examining division Novelty - (yes) Inventive step patent as maintained by the opposition division Inventive step - (yes) Late filed requests - could have been filed in the first instance proceedings (yes) Late filed facts - could have been submitted in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Coupling for a cooling system in a cutting tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054018.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 566 KB)
T 1189/18 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K37/08 D21F5/02 D21F5/18	Application no. 12724883.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES YANKEEZYLINDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118918.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2940/18 () of 4.11.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S8/00	Application no. 07846754.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title OPERATIONS- ODER UNTERSUCHUNGSLEUCHTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T294018.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0712/14 (Portable acoustic monitor/Arbitron Inc.) of 26.6.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 05734009.3
Keywords Inventive step - indicating usage of a publication using a piezoelectric transducer and an acoustic transmitter (yes Inventive step - non-obvious solution)				Application title GATHERING DATA CONCERNING PUBLICATION USAGE AND EXPOSURE TO PRODUCTS AND/OR PRESENCE IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071214.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1759/14 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F7/20	Application no. 05803386.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Converging versions of claims - auxiliary request 2 (no) Justification for late filing - auxiliary request 3 (no)				Application title A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING PERIODIC AND/OR QUASI-PERIODIC PATTERN ON A SAMPLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175914.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 2077/14 () of 6.11.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12	Application no. 06850301.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title VIDEO ENCODING FOR SEAMLESS SPLICING BETWEEN ENCODED VIDEO STREAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207714.20201106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2088/15 (Maskierungsmodul für Videoüberwachunssystem / Robert Bosch) of 22.9.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K9/00 G08B13/196 H04N7/18	Application no. 08871630.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title MASKIERUNGSMODUL FÜR EIN VIDEOÜBERWACHUNGSSYSTEM, VERFAHREN ZUR MASKIERUNG VON SELEKTIERTEN OBJEKTEN SOWIE COMPUTERPROGRAMM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208815.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0764/16 (Bewegungsprofil/BOSCH) of 27.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/19 G05B19/416	Application no. 10724704.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung von nach der Ladung eingereichten Anspruchssätzen - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 (nein): eine von der Einschätzung der Einspruchsabteilung abweichende vorläufige Meinung ist kein "außergewöhnlicher Umstand"				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Generierung eines variablen Bewegungsprofils für eine Antriebseinheit einer Maschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076416.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0383/17 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G5/06	Application no. 08860626.4
Keywords Änderungen Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Schottisolator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038317.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1801/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M35/10 F02M35/104	Application no. 08721880.6
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed argument - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T180117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0373/18 (Phosphordiesterase 1B inhibitors in the treatment of psychotic … of 15.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/495 A61K31/519	Application no. 10775209.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure for further medical use Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no) Main request A, first and second auxiliary request A - not admitted				Application title ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037318.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1490/19 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/4458 A61K9/50	Application no. 09164379.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Methylphenidate modified release formulations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149019.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1556/14 (nab-Paclitaxel combinations/ABRAXIS) of 15.10.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/337 A61K31/555 A61K38/22 A61K31/7068 A61P35/00	Application no. 06735710.3
Keywords Apportionement of costs - admissibility (no)				Application title COMBINATIONS AND MODES OF ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND COMBINATION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155614.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 254 KB)
T 0371/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H47/00	Application no. 10158367.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Sichere Schalteinrichtung und modulares fehlersicheres Steuerungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037116.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 2646/16 (Raumklangsimulation/SHURE) of 23.10.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04S7/00	Application no. 12822957.2
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): Ankündigung der Nichtteilnahme an der anberaumten mündlichen Verhandlung Unzulässige Erweiterung - alle Anträge (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Raumklangsimulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T264616.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1503/17 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C7/00	Application no. 11720984.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title 3D-FOOD PRODUCT FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150317.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 2582/17 (Combinations of HKI-272 and vinorelbine / WYETH) of 11.8.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/436 A61K31/4745 A61P35/00	Application no. 13169077.8
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure over entire scope of the claim (yes) Main request - inventive step - non-obvious alternative (yes)				Application title Antineoplastic combinations containing HKI-272 and vinorelbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T258217.20200811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0171/18 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J5/007 A01J5/04 F04B37/14 F04B41/06 F04B49/02 G05D16/20	Application no. 05754093.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CONTROLLABLE VACUUM SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017118.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0305/18 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C7/04	Application no. 11779702.7
Keywords Novelty Amendments Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests				Application title SEED DISTRIBUTION ELEMENT FOR PRECISION SEED DRILLS, SEED DRILL INCLUDING SAID ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030518.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0894/20 (Target-image detection in a digital camera/OMRON) of 5.11.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00 G06K9/32 H04N5/232 H04N5/77 H04N5/907 H04N9/804	Application no. 14154828.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Target-image detecting device, control method and control program thereof, recording medium, and digital camera
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089420.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1870/15 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10	Application no. 11719488.6
Keywords Late-filed main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1, 2, and 3 - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1B - admitted (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1, 2, and 3 (no)				Application title PERSONALIZATION DATA PROVIDING UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187015.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 1908/15 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61N1/36 A61N1/372 A61N1/05 A61N1/08 A61B5/08	Application no. 09161958.5
Keywords Main request - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - prohibition of reformatio in peius (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 4 - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Obstructive sleep apnea treatment device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190815.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2184/16 (Ethanol production/SEKAB E-TECHNOLOGY) of 31.8.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P7/06 C12P19/00 C12M1/36	Application no. 09710344.4
Keywords Admission of new evidence filed in appeal (no); Main request - meets all requirements of the EPC (yes);				Application title METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM TWO DIFFERENT STARTING MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218416.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 579 KB)
T 0302/17 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/10 C08L23/12	Application no. 10709235.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title POLYOLEFIN MASTERBATCH AND COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR INJECTION MOLDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030217.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0916/17 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P3/22	Application no. 09781916.3
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 2 und 4 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 - Änderungen zulässig (nein)				Application title Umrichter mit verteilten Bremswiderständen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091617.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 2086/17 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G59/50 C09D163/00	Application no. 12183423.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Härtbare Zusammensetzungen auf der Basis von Epoxidharzen ohne Benzylalkohol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208617.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 2573/17 (Linking objects in databases/AVEVA) of 4.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 14157283.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes Inventive step - over document D1) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Linking objects in databases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T257317.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0711/20 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J9/16 B25J13/00 B65G47/90 G05B19/418	Application no. 15183816.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PICKING WORKPIECE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071120.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1813/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/08	Application no. 11191742.3
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Remittal to the department of first instance on the basis of auxiliary request 2				Application title Patient interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181315.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 673 KB)
T 0464/17 (Composition for the Transdermal Delivery of Fentanyl / 3M) of 16.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/70 A61K31/4468	Application no. 09176388.8
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Composition for the Transdermal Delivery of Fentanyl
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046417.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1768/17 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G65/00	Application no. 09740326.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary requests dealt with in the contested decision Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title HIGH PURITY DIPHENYL SULFONE, PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF FOR THE PREPARATION OF A POLY(ARYLETHERKETONE)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176817.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 992 KB)
T 2638/17 () of 3.11.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/66 C08G18/24 C08J9/00 C08G18/48	Application no. 10005107.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1-4 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hilfsantrag 5				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polyurethan-Weichschaumstoffen mit niedriger Emission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263817.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 647 KB)
T 2799/17 () of 28.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D15/24 E06B9/17 E06B7/23	Application no. 10012416.3
Keywords -				Application title Tor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T279917.20201028				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 756 KB)
T 0316/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D11/00	Application no. 09753562.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title A WIND TURBINE ROTOR, A WIND TURBINE AND USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031618.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2487/19 (Nitrile adsorption/ExxonMobil) of 1.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J20/00 B01J21/04 B01J29/70 B01J29/90 C07C2/12 C07C7/12	Application no. 12729489.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INTEGRATED NITRILE POISON ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248719.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1833/16 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/42 A61F13/84	Application no. 07805137.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLES INCLUDING A MONITORING SYSTEM POWERED BY AMBIENT ENERGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183316.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 0084/17 (Fabric treatment with probiotics /UNILEVER) of 22.9.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/38 C11D3/386 A61Q19/00	Application no. 08804202.3
Keywords Novelty (granted claims) Novelty - no Late-filed requests (Auxiliary Requests 1 to 4) Late-filed request - not admitted				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008417.20200922				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0517/17 (Event notification system/HTC) of 27.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M1/725 H04M19/04 G06Q10/06	Application no. 12150583.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes) Decision in written proceedings - (yes): cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following announcement of non-attendance Reimbursement of appeal fee at 100% Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no): appeal not allowable Partial reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% - (yes): timely withdrawal of request for oral proceedings; T 0073/17 not followed				Application title Event notification method and portable apparatus with event notification function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051717.20201027				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0640/17 (Use of PIBSI as a fuel antioxidant / INNOSPEC) of 30.9.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L1/14 C10L1/224 C10L1/22	Application no. 10196654.7
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Use of additives for improving oxidation stability of a fuel oil composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064017.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1182/17 (Black-plate/Nippon Steel) of 22.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B15/09 B05D7/14 B05D7/24 C09D5/08 C09D7/12 C09D133/00 C09D167/00 C09D175/04 C09D175/06	Application no. 10780680.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title CHROMATE-FREE BLACK COATED METAL PLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118217.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0844/18 (CRISPR-Cas/BROAD INSTITUTE) of 16.1.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63	Application no. 13818570.7
Keywords Priority - main request (no) Novelty - main request (no)				Application title Engineering of systems, methods and optimized guide compositions for sequence manipulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084418.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 785 KB)
T 1048/18 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B5/30 B42D25/29 B42D25/355	Application no. 05742370.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title FOLIE MIT POLYMERSCHICHT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104818.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1737/19 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V8/00 G02B6/00	Application no. 09750141.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIGHT-GUIDE APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173719.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1525/20 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 14763303.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE AND DISCOVERY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152520.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 1715/17 () of 16.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/38 C08F8/00 C08G81/02	Application no. 08170049.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request- admitted (no)				Application title Method For Making Polymers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171517.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2057/17 () of 30.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K3/04 H01L21/48	Application no. 09722883.7
Keywords Admittance of the main request, the 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - All requests Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title HEATSINKS OF THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PLASTIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T205717.20201030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1854/19 (Capsicum plants with powdery mildew resistance/SEMINIS) of 27.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68 C12N15/82	Application no. 12827559.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for producing Capsicum plants with powdery mildew resistance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185419.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1422/15 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S7/493 H01L27/148	Application no. 05785265.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states				Application title A range image sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142215.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 2192/15 () of 30.10.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 A47B67/00 G06F19/00	Application no. 08853918.4
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ACTIVE TAG-BASED DISPENSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219215.20201030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0922/17 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M3/335 H02J5/00	Application no. 04704453.2
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request Inventive step - obvious alternatives				Application title Adaptive inductive power supply
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T092217.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0596/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 03.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173 H04N5/44 H04N5/445 H04N21/434 H04N21/435 H04N21/4782 H04N21/61 H04N21/858 H04N5/50 H04N21/235 H04N21/438	Application no. 15158232.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of connecting to internet via broadcast receiving device and apparatus for the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059619.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
G 0001/18 (Formation du recours) of 18.7.2019
Online on 02.11.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Recours réputé formé Recours recevable Taxe de recours - remboursement				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 134 KB)
T 0584/14 (Isolator instances/RED BEND SOFTWARE) of 14.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/455	Application no. 07857090.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MULTIPLE EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS TO SHARE A DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058414.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1029/15 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173	Application no. 06812274.6
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD OF CONNECTING TO INTERNET VIA BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102915.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0361/17 (Gerätebeschreibungen für Feldgeräte/ENDRESS) of 9.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/04 G06F9/445 H04L29/06 H04L12/40 G05B19/042 H04L12/24	Application no. 03766223.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja): Beschwerde hinreichend begründet Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): naheliegende Lösungen von zwei Teilaufgaben				Application title Verfahren zum Aktualisieren von Gerätebeschreibungen für Feldgeräte der Prozessautomatisierungstechnik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036117.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0601/17 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F13/02 F24F13/14 F24C15/20	Application no. 10005732.2
Keywords Allgemeine Grundsätze - Vertrauensschutz Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Dunstabzugshaube mit einer Umleiteinrichtung zum Umleiten eines Luftstroms
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060117.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)

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T 1155/16 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/03 G06T11/00	Application no. 08012420.9
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title X-ray computed tomography apparatus, reconstruction processing apparatus and image processing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115516.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1217/17 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/18	Application no. 08160816.8
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Substantiierung nicht ausreichend Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringes Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - mündliche Verhandlung vor der Beschwerdekammer				Application title Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von Aromastoffen auf einen Tabakstrang, Zigarettenpapier oder Filter von Zigaretten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121717.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 621 KB)
T 0482/19 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A43B13/04 A43B13/12 A43B13/16 A43B13/18 B29D35/12 A43B13/02 A43B13/38 A43B1/00 B29D35/14	Application no. 13151596.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Grounds for opposition - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4-11 Novelty (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 Inventive step (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Soles for sports shoes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048219.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 0778/18 (Sustained release of antiinfectives/Insmed Incorporated) of 2.9.2020
Online on 29.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/127 A61K31/7036 A61P11/00	Application no. 11159754.8
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 2 - Inventive step (No) Frequency of a dose administration - Inventive (No) Auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - Not admitted into the proceedings				Application title Sustained release of antiinfectives
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077818.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1020/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/42 C08F10/02	Application no. 10795345.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - not substantiated - not admitted				Application title METHOD FOR REPLACING INCOMPATIBLE ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102017.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2524/17 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D1/184 B62D1/19	Application no. 10779470.3
Keywords Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title LENKSÄULE FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T252417.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0005/18 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J10/02	Application no. 09749539.4
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (JA) - Hilfsantrag (NEIN) Mangelnde Klarheit - Hilfsantrag (NEIN) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (JA)				Application title PROFILELEMENT ZUM VERBINDEN EINER FAHRZEUGSCHEIBE MIT EINEM WASSERKASTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000518.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0100/18 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F15/00 E05F3/22	Application no. 08849006.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title TÜRANTRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010018.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0538/18 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H1/32 F17C7/04	Application no. 11718969.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title REFRIGERATION VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR COOLING ITS REFRIGERATION SPACE USING A LOW-TEMPERATURE-LIQUEFIED COMBUSTIBLE GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053818.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0257/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C15/00	Application no. 09840447.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A WORLD STANDARD RAINBOW HIGHWAY MADE OF RAINBOW COLORS AND METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025719.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1642/20 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K35/30 B23K35/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/08 C22C38/12	Application no. 16193999.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title HIGH STRENGTH WELDING CONSUMABLE BASED ON A 10% NICKEL STEEL METALLURGICAL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T164220.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1721/13 (Enabling a device through a wireless interface/CANON) of 15.9.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/445	Application no. 04253586.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Device and method for enabling the use of a device through a wireless interface.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172113.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0943/15 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M37/00 B05B1/14 B05C5/00 B41J2/175 B67D5/00	Application no. 08797151.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary request 1 Claims - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - admitted (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094315.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 0534/17 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B5/008 G01B5/20 G01B21/04	Application no. 12169307.1
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Cross-sectional profile measuring method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053417.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 1483/17 (Ti-MWW Zeolite/Lyondell) of 12.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J29/89	Application no. 11788621.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - Claim interpreted in the light of the description				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING TITANIUM-MWW ZEOLITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148317.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1891/18 (Glycosyl hydrolase and grease cleaning polymer / PROCTER & GAMBLE … of 6.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/37	Application no. 08870461.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) : unexpected improvement shown Inventive step - burden of proof on the respondents/opponents				Application title A laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189118.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1897/18 (Glycosyl hydrolase and random graft copolymer /PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 6.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/37	Application no. 10178151.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) : unexpected improvement shown Inventive step - burden of proof on the respondents/opponents				Application title A laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189718.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2753/18 (Verfahren zum Behandeln von kunststoffhaltigen Abfällen/Fraunhofer- … of 20.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J11/08 B29B17/02	Application no. 10800702.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BEHANDELN VON KUNSTSTOFFHALTIGEN ABFÄLLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T275318.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1218/19 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/02 A61K8/36 A61K8/49 A61K8/97	Application no. 13708808.4
Keywords -				Application title A PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121819.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 1369/16 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 01962728.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ECHTHEITSPRÜFUNG VON DOKUMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136916.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1856/16 (Antibodies with variant Fc regions/MACROGENICS) of 24.8.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 C07K16/28	Application no. 04701279.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Identification and engineering antibodies with variant Fc regions and methods of using same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185616.20200824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1055/17 (Exhaust system/Johnson Matthey) of 28.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D53/94 F01N3/08 F01N3/035	Application no. 11709786.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOX STORAGE CATALYST AND CATALYSED SOOT FILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105517.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0306/18 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A01G3/037	Application no. 13166553.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête auxiliaire 2' (non) Activité inventive - requête auxiliaire 1" (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Répartition des frais - (non)				Application title Outil électroportatif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030618.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0758/18 (Augmented reality using KBS database/INHA) of 28.8.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/00 G06F17/00	Application no. 13833994.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INTERACTION METHOD AND INTERACTION DEVICE FOR INTEGRATING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY AND BULK DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075818.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 0330/15 (Hochfrequenzfilter / Ericsson) of 16.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01P1/202 H01P1/20	Application no. 10728135.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja nach Änderung)				Application title HOCHFREQUENZFILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033015.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0081/16 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H7/04 F41H11/16 F41H7/02	Application no. 07765117.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderungen - zulässig Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title GEPANZERTES UNTERSTÜTZUNGSFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008116.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0358/16 (Water absorbing agent/NIPPON SHOKUBAI) of 15.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/12 A61L15/60 B01J20/26 C08J3/24 B01J20/28 B01J20/30	Application no. 06713923.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) auxiliary request 2 - allowable (yes)				Application title WATER ABSORBING AGENT, WATER ABSORBING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF WATER ABSORBING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035816.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0802/16 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D1/00 G07D11/00	Application no. 06823337.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title BILL HANDLING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080216.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1233/16 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D07B1/16 C08J5/10	Application no. 08797931.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Use of a friction stabilizer in a polymer jacket material of a cord and corresponding method of making a cord assembly comprising a jacket
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123316.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2414/16 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B27/10	Application no. 09713367.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 3 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM UNLÖSBAREN VERBINDEN VON WERKSTÜCKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241416.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0091/17 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F27B11/00 F27D17/00 C21D9/667	Application no. 11719752.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM VORWÄRMEN VON GLÜHGUT IN EINER HAUBENGLÜHANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009117.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1207/17 (Konversionsschicht/Hydro) of 20.8.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C25D11/04 C25D17/00 C23C22/76 B05B5/14	Application no. 08105723.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Erzeugen einer Konversionsschicht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120717.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1592/17 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C27/48	Application no. 10400058.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Blade to rotor hub joint
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159217.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0311/18 (Tetrafluoropropene compositions/Chemours) of 15.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A62D1/00 C08J9/14 C09K3/30 C09K5/04	Application no. 09756626.9
Keywords Main and third aux. requests - Novelty (no) First and fourth aux. requests - Disclaimer - allowable (no) second and fifth to twelfth aux. requests - inventive step (no) thirteenth aux. request - allowable (yes)				Application title TETRAFLUOROPROPENE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031118.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1521/15 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/03 A61B5/113 A61N5/10	Application no. 04703444.2
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - claim 1 Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - claims 1 and 6 Added subject-matter (no)				Application title COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152115.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0853/17 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G64/20 C08G64/40 B29C47/76	Application no. 10726422.8
Keywords Versuche - zugelassen Hauptantrag - naheliegende weitere Vorrichtung zur Hestellung von Polycarbonat Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 - zugelassen Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 - naheliegende weitere Vorrichtungen zur Herstellung von Polycarbonat Hilfsanträge 6 und 7 - zugelassen Hilfsantrag 6 - Polycarbonat definiert durch Reinheitsgrad - ausführbar aber naheliegend Hilfsantrag 7 - Polycarbonat definiert durch Reinheitsgrad - naheliegend				Application title POLYCARBONATE MIT EXTREM HOHER REINHEIT UND GUTER EIGENFARBE UND THERMISCHER BESTÄNDIGKEIT SOWIE EINE VORRICHTUNG UND EIN VERFAHREN ZU IHRER HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085317.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 658 KB)
T 1176/17 (Keramischer Versatz/Refractory Intellectual Property) of 14.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B35/626 C04B35/043	Application no. 12172161.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Feuerfester keramischer Versatz und daraus gebildeter Stein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117617.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0131/18 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J27/14 F24C14/00 B08B9/093	Application no. 12795745.4
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG EINES TIEGELS SOWIE GARGERÄT MIT EINEM TIEGEL UND EINER REINIGUNGSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013118.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1554/16 () of 29.7.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B37/72 B21B37/44	Application no. 08734984.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht kurz vor der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEEINFLUSSUNG DER TEMPERATURVERTEILUNG ÜBER DER BREITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155416.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0074/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D11/00 F03D1/06 F03D7/02	Application no. 06761975.9
Keywords Durch die Einreichung eines neuen Hauptantrags ersetzter und implizit zurückgenommener Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichter Antrag - vor der Einspruchsabteilung zurückgenommenen Antrag				Application title WINDKRAFTANLAGE MIT EINER ROTORBLATTLAGERUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER DERARTIGEN WINDKRAFTANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007417.20200916				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 568 KB)
T 1121/17 (Oral Care Whitening Compositions / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 16.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/22 A61K8/81 A61K8/891 A61Q11/00	Application no. 12809970.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title ORAL CARE WHITENING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T112117.20201016				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1774/17 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B37/04 F16B19/10 F16B33/00	Application no. 10012461.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments to a party's case Amendments - admitted (yes) / (no)				Application title METHOD FOR USING AN EXPANDABLE COLLET ANCHOR SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177417.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1874/17 () of 7.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J7/04	Application no. 09752529.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Method and device for automatically bringing a fluid into contact with the teats of an animal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187417.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 0335/18 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47F5/08 A47B77/00 A47B88/20	Application no. 13000834.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Einrichtungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033518.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 2984/19 () of 16.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H57/04 F16D23/06	Application no. 15803195.5
Keywords Inventive step - amended claims (yes)				Application title ARRANGEMENT IN A GEARBOX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T298419.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 1877/14 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/32 H04N5/217 H01L27/146 H04N3/15	Application no. 06254480.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Image sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187714.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 2323/14 (Multi-mode device/QUALCOMM) of 6.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F1/32 G06F15/78	Application no. 11166665.7
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - both requests				Application title Dual processor architecture for multi mode device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232314.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0689/15 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N1/00	Application no. 03749490.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY PVR FUNCTIONS IN A BROADCAST ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068915.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0484/16 (Hybridantriebssteuerung/MTU) of 13.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B61L25/02	Application no. 09777481.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES HYBRIDANTRIEBS IN EINEM SCHIENENFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048416.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0947/16 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F1/84	Application no. 02757284.1
Keywords Amended claims submitted during oral proceedings: Admittance (no) Remittal for further prosecution (no)				Application title CORIOLIS FLOW METER WITH EXCITATION OPTIMIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094716.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0109/17 () of 15.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F10/00	Application no. 03014975.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja)				Application title Markise mit Infrarotstrahler und/oder Lautsprecher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010917.20200715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 504 KB)
T 0756/17 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/06 A61M5/32	Application no. 10709132.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title NEEDLE-TIP SHIELDING MECHANISM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075617.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0978/17 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F13/06 A61F13/08	Application no. 13001669.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Staatsangehörigkeit der Einsprechenden Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - juristische Personen Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag XVII (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge I bis III (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - D85 hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag XVII (nein)				Application title STÜTZBANDAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097817.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1631/17 () of 31.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C13/20 A61C5/10	Application no. 06754370.2
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - implizite Verfahrensschritte				Application title VERFAHREN UND MATERIALSATZ ZUM HERSTELLEN VON ZAHNERSATZTEILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163117.20200731				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2221/17 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D28/24 B21D28/28 B21D53/88 B60R19/00	Application no. 14163019.4
Keywords -				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines Energieabsorptionsprofils für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T222117.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2337/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C19/045	Application no. 13747655.2
Keywords -				Application title BESTIMMEN DER LAGE DER KONDYLEN-GELENKACHSE ZUM ERSTELLEN EINES VIRTUELLEN ARTIKULATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233719.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1439/16 () of 2.9.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G23/08 H02K7/10	Application no. 09169230.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Late-filed argument - amendments at the oral proceedings Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - procedural economy Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Motorized roller and motor unit for motorized roller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143916.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2415/16 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B27/10	Application no. 13158294.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Rücknahme der Beschwerde während der mündlichen Verhandlung vor Verkündung der Entscheidung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - anteilig (ja)				Application title PRESSWERKZEUG SOWIE AUFSATZ FÜR EIN PRESSWERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241516.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0174/17 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B11/00 B60R25/02 H01F7/18 H01H47/10	Application no. 12705129.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SPERRANORDNUNG FÜR MINDESTENS EIN SPERRSTÜCK UND ZUGEHÖRIGES ZÜNDSCHLOSS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017417.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2092/18 () of 25.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B66D1/74 B66D1/50 B66D1/52	Application no. 12714090.3
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - Main request and auxiliary requests I-IV, VII and IX Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Amendments - Auxiliary request V Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Auxiliary request VI Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A DEVICE FOR TIGHTENING ROPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1756/15 () of 30.7.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B18/18 A61B18/22 A61F9/011 A61M25/01 A61B18/24	Application no. 04758955.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DIRECTIONAL LASER PROBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175615.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1032/16 (Onions with high soluble solids content and low pungency/NUNHEMS) of 4.3.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 09703613.1
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no); auxiliary requests 1 to 4 - admitted (no)				Application title Onions with high storage ability, high soluble solids content and/or low pungency
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103216.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1255/17 () of 13.10.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F26B5/14 B30B9/26	Application no. 08008475.9
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel erstinstanzlich zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Entwässern von schütt- oder fließfähigem Aufgabegut durch dessen Verdichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125517.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1489/17 () of 2.9.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C21/02 A22C21/04	Application no. 02012165.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Vorbereitung von geschlachtetem Geflügel auf das Rupfen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148917.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2114/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N3/28	Application no. 12178935.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Einschieben eines Monolithen mit Lagerungsmatte in ein Gehäuse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211417.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0561/18 (Spinach plant resistant to Peronospora farinosa/ENZA ZADEN BEHEER) of 21.7.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N9/02 A01H5/08	Application no. 12155885.2
Keywords Main request - insufficiency of disclosure (yes); auxiliary request I - added subject-matter (yes); Form of decision - abridged form in respect of one or more issues				Application title Disease resistant plants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056118.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0560/20 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C65/00	Application no. 12821396.4
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title Polymer blend membranes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056020.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1610/15 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D15/10	Application no. 06707555.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Datenseite zur Einbindung in ein Passbuch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161015.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1360/16 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/08 G06Q50/22 B65G1/00	Application no. 10736923.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PORTABLE INVENTORY TRACKING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136016.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1338/17 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L1/352	Application no. 06003222.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 4 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Linearspannsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133817.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 529 KB)
T 2484/17 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T13/68 B60T17/00 B60T17/02 F04B49/02 F04B49/22	Application no. 11711777.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title EINRICHTUNG, VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR DRUCKLUFTSTEUERUNG UND DRUCKLUFTVERSORGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248417.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0214/18 (Phenylephrine composition with PEG/PFIZER) of 3.9.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/137	Application no. 07836046.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Enhanced stability phenylephrine liquid compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021418.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0890/15 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 14.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/44 H04N5/445	Application no. 09807081.6
Keywords main request and auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title USING A/V DEVICE TO SEND CONTROLLED DEVICE COMMUNICATION-RELATED PARAMETERS TO PROGRAM REMOTE CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089015.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0632/16 () of 2.12.2019
Online on 14.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/485 A61P25/04 A61K9/20 A61K9/70	Application no. 07802995.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - held inadmissible (yes)				Application title BUPRENORPHINE WAFER FOR DRUG SUBSTITUTION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T063216.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 0421/14 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/44	Application no. 05732613.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - after amendment Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Evidence submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Evidence - inadmissible (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHODS OF USING SUSTAINED RELEASE AMINOPYRIDINE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T042114.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 776 KB)
T 1288/15 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/24 H04H60/68	Application no. 10713450.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request and second auxiliary request (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title TRANSMISSION SCHEME FOR TEXT-BASED INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T128815.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 1549/15 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/775	Application no. 09157981.3
Keywords main request - inventive step (no) auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Input Detection Device For Lower Stand-By Power Consumption
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154915.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0294/16 (Taste masking compositions of praziquantel/LAVET.) of 10.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16	Application no. 13002434.2
Keywords Main request - Novelty (Yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title Taste masking compositions of praziquantel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029416.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0799/16 () of 4.9.2019
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/44	Application no. 11160247.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Methods of Using Sustained Release Aminopyridine Compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T079916.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 689 KB)
T 1467/16 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/532 A61F13/536 A61F13/15 A61F13/53 A61F13/539	Application no. 10182065.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Absorbent core for an absorbent article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T146716.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 1953/16 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K1/24 H02K1/32	Application no. 10726133.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Synchronous reluctance machine using rotor flux barriers as cooling channels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195316.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0039/17 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/48 F03D9/00 F03D7/02	Application no. 11701227.8
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Partial reimbursement of the appeal fee - withdrawal more than one month after summons (no)				Application title Arrangement for Generating a Control Signal for Controlling a Power Output of a Power Generation System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003917.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0344/17 () of 6.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P6/16 H02P27/08 H02M1/14	Application no. 11152387.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Steuersystem zum Ansteuern eines bürstenlosen Elektromotors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034417.20200806				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 1711/17 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C35/21	Application no. 10170500.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A selective synthesis of organophosphites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171117.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2299/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J27/08 A47J27/092	Application no. 13190721.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Abbau des Druckes im Garraum eines Druckgargerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229917.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2682/17 () of 13.7.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C19/00 E01C19/48 E01C23/088 E01C23/01 E01C23/07	Application no. 11715663.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title ÜBERWACHUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR EINE BODENBEARBEITUNGSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T268217.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 432 KB)
T 2690/17 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D7/14	Application no. 06754924.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LENKVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR EINE HINTERRADLENKUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T269017.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0487/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L15/20 A61F13/15 A61L9/00 A61L15/22 C08J3/20 C08K11/00 A61L15/46 A61L15/60 C08J3/24	Application no. 09749072.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048718.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1597/18 (Gestrichene dreilagige Faserstoffbahn /VOITH PATENT) of 10.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H27/30 D21H19/36 D21F11/04 D21H23/48 D21F3/02 D21F5/04 D21F9/00 D21G1/00 D21G9/00	Application no. 11721321.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Verfahrensmodifikation				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung einer gestrichenen, mehrlagigen Faserstoffbahn
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159718.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2584/18 (Controlled Release 25-Hydroxyvitamin D/Opko Ireland Global Holdings, … of 28.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/48 A61K31/593 A61K47/06 A61K47/14 A61K47/44	Application no. 14166756.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Controlled Release 25-Hydroxyvitamin D
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T258418.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2922/18 () of 25.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W20/00 B60W10/06 B60W10/08 B60W20/10 B60K6/48	Application no. 13862482.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title TORQUE DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR ENGINE AND MOTOR OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T292218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0244/19 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R13/08	Application no. 05806451.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title AKUSTIK-VERKLEIDUNGSTEIL FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024419.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1091/19 (Irplast/Sealing-Temperature) of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/32 B32B27/08 B32B7/02	Application no. 12166536.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Multilayer films
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109119.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1850/19 (Sicherheitsmodul/MAHLTIG) of 1.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F21/56 G06F21/60	Application no. 05782466.6
Keywords Einspruch gilt als eingelegt - (ja) Priorität - Wirksamkeit eines Prioritätstags (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSMODUL UND VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN UND KONTROLLIEREN EINES DATENVERKEHRS EINES PERSONALCOMPUTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185019.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 0917/16 (Conjugate vaccine/PFIZER) of 8.10.2019
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095 A61K39/102 A61K39/116 A61P31/04	Application no. 06762248.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Immunogenic composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T091716.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0607/17 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C3/00 G01C11/02 G01C11/06 G01S7/481 G01S11/12 G01S17/02 G01S17/42 G01S17/89 G06T7/00	Application no. 07018458.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Surveying method, surveying system and surveying data processing program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060717.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2312/17 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L3/02 C08J5/18	Application no. 08843316.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title POLYMERES MATERIAL UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231217.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506 KB)
T 0042/18 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00 B41M5/52	Application no. 08878797.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title SURFACE COATING COMPOSITION FOR INKJET MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004218.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 0241/18 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F4/649 C08F10/06 C08F4/646 C08F110/06	Application no. 04784378.4
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no)- construction of new case on appeal (D9, D10) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) raised after issue of the summons to oral proceedings; had been raised in opposition but was not invoked in the statement of grounds Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SELF LIMITING CATALYST COMPOSITION AND PROPYLENE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024118.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0645/18 (Polysaccharide-protein conjugate/WYETH) of 18.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61K39/02 A61K39/09	Application no. 07865465.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064518.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2067/18 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B63H20/02 B63H20/06 B63H20/08 B63H20/36 B63B7/08	Application no. 10737118.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Claims - clarity Claims - not open to examination				Application title APPARATUS FOR MOVING AN OUTBOARD MOTOR INSTALLED ON A BOAT AND BOAT WITH FOLDAWAY OUTBOARD MOTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206718.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 2422/18 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B17/29	Application no. 12008531.1
Keywords Reduzierte Beschwerdegebühr Vertrauensschutz (nein) Geringfügiger Fehlbetrag (nein) Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt				Application title Medizinisches Instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242218.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0883/20 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/02	Application no. 12189192.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Recommendation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088320.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1657/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 11.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D7/14	Application no. 05002160.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Metal plate coated with polyester resin, and can using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165715.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0512/16 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 11.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D33/00 A47G21/00	Application no. 11002622.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Papierbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051216.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1363/17 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B5/18 B42D15/00 G09F3/02	Application no. 07831863.1
Keywords Amendments (Main request, Auxiliary Request Main A, Auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 4, 6) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) (Auxiliary Request 5) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title INDICATION BODY AND LABELED ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136317.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1957/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K5/00 C08K5/17 C08K5/3465	Application no. 09755877.9
Keywords Neuheit - (Hauptantrag: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag: nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VULKANISIERBARE KAUTSCHUKMISCHUNG, INSBESONDERE AUF BASIS ACM ODER AEM, UND VULKANISAT, INSBESONDERE EIN SCHLAUCHMATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195717.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0323/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B62L3/02	Application no. 05076711.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure of the invention defined in claim 1 (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Master cylinder lever for a hydraulic disc brake having on the fly dead-band adjustment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032318.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0958/19 (Onion plant/SEMINIS) of 2.10.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 06787541.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Low pungency, long day onion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095819.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0959/19 (Onion seed/SEMINIS) of 2.10.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 11186853.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Low pungency, long day onion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095919.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0976/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B35/04 B21B37/46	Application no. 09748284.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM EINSTELLEN EINER ANTRIEBSLAST FÜR EINE MEHRZAHL AN ANTRIEBEN EINER WALZSTRASSE ZUM WALZEN VON WALZGUT, STEUER- UND/ODER REGELEINRICHTUNG, SPEICHERMEDIUM, PROGRAMMCODE UND WALZANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097616.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1444/16 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B37/26	Application no. 09736931.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR EINSTELLUNG EINER AUSLAUFDICKE EINES EINE MEHRGERÜSTIGE WALZSTRASSE DURCHLAUFENDEN WALZGUTS, STEUER- UND/ODER REGELEINRICHTUNG UND WALZANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144416.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0042/17 () of 14.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01M15/10 F02B77/08	Application no. 11010203.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Exhaust gas analyzing system and exhaust gas analyzing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004217.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0604/20 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/02 A61L15/58 A61L26/00 C09J7/02	Application no. 11157972.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Adhesive laminates and applications thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060420.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0350/17 (CASALE/UREA-MELAMINE) of 4.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J19/24 C07C273/16 C07D251/62 C07C273/12	Application no. 07818806.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR UREA AND MELAMINE PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035017.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 489 KB)
T 0516/18 () of 23.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B27/14 B23B51/00 B23C5/16 C23C16/30	Application no. 05795484.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Interpretation of unclear claims in the light of the description in order to asses compliance with Article 123(2) EPC No added subject-matter (combination of range ends) Remittal to the department of first instance for further prosecution				Application title EDGE REPLACEMENT TYPE CUTTING TIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051618.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0801/18 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60G17/018 B62K25/00 B62K25/04	Application no. 11153607.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 1 and 3 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - adaption of description (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for suspension adjustment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080118.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 627 KB)
T 0099/19 (BH4 for Phenylketonuria / BIOMARIN) of 7.7.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P3/00 A61K31/519 C07D475/04	Application no. 04819152.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - technical prejudice or disincentive in the art (no)				Application title TREATMENT OF PHENYLKETONURIA WITH BH4
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009919.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 536 KB)
T 0175/19 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/73 A61Q19/08	Application no. 10726573.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A FLUID COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HYALURONAN POLYMER AND MANNITOL FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017519.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1635/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B61/24 B65B9/10 B65D5/40 B65D5/74 B65D5/06 B65B9/20	Application no. 01954369.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PAPER PACKAGING CONTAINER, PAPER PACKAGING CONTAINER AND WEB-SHAPED PACKAGING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163515.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0481/16 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B1/22 B65B5/06 B65D77/00	Application no. 09744697.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PACKAGING POTATO CRISPS, AS WELL AS THE PACKAGE OBTAINED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048116.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0597/16 () of 10.8.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B13/196 H04N7/18 G06T15/20	Application no. 13153773.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Second auxiliary request insufficiently substantiated - admitted (no) Third to fifth auxiliary requests filed after notification of the summons - admitted (no)				Application title System and method of optimal video camera placement and configuration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059716.20200810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0786/16 (Linking ACK resources/QUALCOMM) of 24.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W4/00	Application no. 07865065.2
Keywords Clarity - main request and 1st to 5th auxiliary requests (no) Admittance of late-filed request - "5th auxiliary request revised" (no) Remittal to the examining division (no)				Application title Acknowledgement of control messages in a wireless communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078616.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1013/17 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/28 C08L23/02 C08L23/08 C08L101/00	Application no. 07806259.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late submitted material - document admitted (no)- D18, D19, D20, D21 Late submitted material - document admitted (yes) D16, D17				Application title RESIN COMPOSITION FOR DAMPING MATERIAL AND DAMPING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101317.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1712/17 (Pharmaceutical Formulations Containing Methylnaltrexone / PROGENICS) of 22.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/08 A61K45/06 A61K47/12 A61K47/18 A61K9/19 A61K31/047 A61K31/195 A61K31/485	Application no. 04759349.6
Keywords Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING METHYLNALTREXONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171217.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1718/18 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C19/06 A61K9/00 A61K9/70	Application no. 11706973.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title DENTAL STRIP FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171818.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1053/15 (Abschirmung gegen Strahlen / Alishahi) of 25.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N1/16 E04H9/12	Application no. 01925178.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM ABSCHIRMEN GEGEN STRAHLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105315.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1833/15 () of 30.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M7/48 H02J3/38 F03D7/04	Application no. 04739904.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 2, 4 und 6 (nein) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Hilfsanträge 1, 3 und 5 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1a, 3a, 5a und 6a Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - bedingter Antrag auf Zulassung prozessual unwirksam Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183315.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1836/15 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K1/27	Application no. 07010082.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Magnet retaining arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183615.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0381/15 (Solid milk and method of production the same/MEIJI) of 23.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C9/18 A23C9/16	Application no. 05757958.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SOLID MILK AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038115.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1054/15 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 H04L12/58	Application no. 08006061.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title System and method for generating a graphical user interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105415.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0860/16 (Sublingual immunotherapy/ALK-ABELLÓ) of 12.11.2019
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/35 A61K39/36	Application no. 09730293.9
Keywords Main (sole) request - inventive step (no)				Application title Mucosomal allergen-specific immunotherapy with initial dosing after start of pollen season
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T086016.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1188/16 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/00 A61M1/00	Application no. 09755801.9
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SUPER-ABSORBENT, REDUCED-PRESSURE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118816.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1329/16 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/02 F01N3/18 F02D45/00	Application no. 07850903.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title CONTROL METHOD OF EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132916.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2219/16 (Hose-Plasticizer/FITT) of 14.7.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/22 B32B1/08	Application no. 07815095.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title FLEXIBLE HOSE WITH NON-PHTHALATE PLASTICIZERS ADDITIVES FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD LIQUIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221916.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2245/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G3/06 A01G23/02 A01G31/00 A01G9/10	Application no. 07862903.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF ACCELERATING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TREES VIA ENHANCED ROOT DEVELOPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224518.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 2571/18 (Abiraterone and prednisone combination against prostate cancer/ … of 14.8.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P35/00 A61K31/58 A61K45/06	Application no. 12160586.9
Keywords Priority - basis in priority document (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for treating cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T257118.20200814				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2908/18 (Produit alimentaire multicouche/NESTLE) of 15.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A23L5/00 A23L9/10 A23L19/00 A23P20/00 A23C9/13 A23G3/34 A23G3/28 A23C9/133 A23C9/154 A23G3/20 B65B1/04	Application no. 06794237.5
Keywords Requête principale - Suffisance de l'exposé (oui) Renvoi de l'affaire (oui) Remboursement partiel de la taxe de recours (oui)				Application title PRODUIT ALIMENTAIRE MULTICOUCHE ET PROCÉDÉ POUR SA PRÉPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T290818.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0177/19 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/08 A61K8/46 A61K8/67 A61K8/73 A61K8/44 A61K8/49 A61K8/65	Application no. 08785671.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title INJECTABLE DERMATOLOGICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF WRINKLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017719.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1080/15 () of 28.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00 G06T3/00 G06F3/048	Application no. 10760099.1
Keywords Main request - novelty (no) First, third, fifth, sixth auxiliary request, auxiliary request IIIb - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests IIa and VII - admitted (no)				Application title GENERATING COMPOSITE MEDICAL IMAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108015.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 540 KB)
T 2329/15 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B8/14	Application no. 04754059.6
Keywords Novelty (no) Admissibility of a new auxiliary request filed at oral proceedings (no)				Application title SUBCUTANEOUS BIOPSY CAVITY MARKER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232915.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0178/16 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M7/5387 H02M1/32	Application no. 04724628.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition (not admitted) Grounds for opposition - discretion of Opposition Division not to admit was correctly exercised Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Configuration and Method for Protecting Converter Means
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017816.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1184/17 (Handhabung wässriger Methansulfonsäurelösungen/BASF) of 4.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C38/44 C22C38/50 C07C309/00	Application no. 10768963.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HANDHABUNG VON WÄSSRIGEN METHANSULFONSÄURELÖSUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118417.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1482/17 (Henkel/Pulverkomponente) of 18.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D17/04 B65B9/04 B65D65/46	Application no. 05776193.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Zulassung von Hilfsanträgen eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Ausnahmsweise zugelassen				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG PORTIONIERTER WASCH- ODER REINIGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148217.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2160/17 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F19/00	Application no. 08252742.5
Keywords Added subject matter - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Self-service terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216017.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0639/19 (Ulipristal acetate contraception/HRA) of 28.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/56 A61K31/57 A61K9/20 A61K9/06	Application no. 10717084.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all requests Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR ON-DEMAND CONTRACEPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063919.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)

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T 1496/15 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/20 G01V8/22	Application no. 08018504.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Mehrstrahliges Reflexionslichtgitter und Verfahren zum Ausrichten eines mehrstrahligen Reflexionslichtgitters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149615.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1820/16 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/04	Application no. 13178377.1
Keywords Patentable invention - (no) Patentable invention - mathematical method Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Method for solving multidimensional optimization problems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182016.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0030/17 (Signalling control information/ERICSSON) of 21.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/06 H04B7/04	Application no. 08836979.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes): feature taken with its ordinary meaning not originally disclosed (no need to invoke Art. 69(1) EPC)				Application title Method and arrangements for signaling control information in a communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003017.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0260/17 (Aqueous mineral materials / OMYA INTERNATIONAL) of 15.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C1/02 C09C3/04 D21H17/00 C09C1/04 D21H17/69	Application no. 09796366.4
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - (no) : improvement not shown over the closest prior art				Application title Process for manufacturing aqueous suspensions of mineral materials or dried mineral materials, the obtained products, as well as uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026017.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0593/17 (Medizinisches Instrument / Ferton) of 16.6.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N7/00 A61H23/00	Application no. 04026391.5
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag (Hilfsantrag XI) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Medizinisches Instrument zur Behandlung von biologischem Gewebe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059317.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2085/17 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/04	Application no. 14739834.1
Keywords Patentable invention - (yes) Patentable invention - technical character of the invention Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR SOLVING MULTIDIMENSIONAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208517.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0130/18 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D11/00 F03D1/06	Application no. 10839557.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)				Application title ROTARY BLADE OF WINDMILL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTARY BLADE OF WINDMILL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013018.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2618/19 (Everolimus solid brain tumour/NOVARTIS) of 18.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/436 A61P35/00	Application no. 14164565.5
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Treatment of solid brain tumours with a rapamycin derivative
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261819.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0863/20 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R29/18 G01R31/02	Application no. 09178807.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Meter phase identification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086320.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 226 KB)
T 0114/16 () of 11.8.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.8.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H03K17/955	Application no. 04103172.5
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Clarté - première et troisième requêtes subsidiaires (non) Extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée - requêtes subsidiaires (oui)				Application title Procédé de commande d'un dispositif de détection de présence d'un utilisateur pour véhicule automobile
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011416.20200811				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0833/17 (Cosmetic and pharmaceutical foam /FOAMIX) of 21.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/12	Application no. 03772600.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title COSMETIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL FOAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T083317.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2082/17 (PROCESS FOR PREPARING METAL HYDROXIDES, HYDROXYL ORGANOMETALS AND … of 22.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/00 A61K33/24 A61K33/44 C01B31/00 C01B31/02 C01B31/08	Application no. 10759993.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING METAL HYDROXIDES, HYDROXYL ORGANOMETALS AND WHITE CARBON SUITABLE FOR USE IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208217.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 2663/17 (Dishwashing detergent composition / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 18.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386	Application no. 08164650.7
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Automatic dishwashing detergent composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266317.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1396/18 (ORAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING TOOTH SENSITIVITY/ COLGATE) of 31.8.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/25	Application no. 10712276.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ORAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING TOOTH SENSITIVITY AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139618.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2723/18 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C23/01 E01C19/48 G01J5/00	Application no. 14182526.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title System für Straßenfertiger mit einer Temperaturmessvorrichtung, Verfahren zur Bestimmung eines Abkühlverhaltens eines von einem Straßenfertiger eingebauten Belages und computerlesbares Speichermedium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272318.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0002/16 (Sicherheitselement/L Kurz Stiftung) of 27.8.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B29/00 D21H21/44	Application no. 08707598.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000216.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0188/16 (Strassenmautsystem /Kapsch TrafficCom) of 25.6.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 09450193.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erster Hilfsantrag - Klarheit (nein) Zweiter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Fahrzeuggerät für ein Strassenmautsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018816.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0404/16 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M1/36	Application no. 06838361.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION SYSTEM FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040416.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 605 KB)
T 1170/16 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/514 A61F13/53 A61F13/15 A61F13/532 A61F13/535 B05C1/08 B05C11/10 B05C19/04 B32B37/00 G06F17/50	Application no. 05016289.0
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Process for producing sandwich structures with particulate material pattern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117016.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1797/16 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B41J2/165	Application no. 09005738.1
Keywords Zulassung der Hilfsanträge 1 und 2, eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund (ja) Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1: nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (Hilfsantrag 2: nein) Klarheit (Hilfsantrag 2: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 2: ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Reinigung von Wischelementen für einen Tintendruckkopf
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179716.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0264/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L27/18 A61L27/54 C08L71/02	Application no. 12794927.9
Keywords Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) medizinische Verwendung Neuheit - Stoff oder Stoffgemisch im Sinne von Artikel 54(4) bzw. 54(5) EPÜ				Application title SYNTHETISCHES SCHMIERMITTEL ZUR VERWENDUNG ALS SYNOVIALFLÜSSIGKEITSERSATZ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026417.20200922				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1004/18 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K11/04	Application no. 08011494.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Verspätet eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 - Zugelassen (nein)				Application title Frontendmodul für Fahrzeuge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100418.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2562/18 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M1/36	Application no. 11153847.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the original application and the parent application as filed - auxiliary request 1 (yes) - auxiliary request 2 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Citrate anticoagulation system for extracorporeal blood treatments
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T256218.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 727 KB)
T 0777/19 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/122 A61B17/128 A61B17/00 A61B17/12	Application no. 15158361.4
Keywords Subject-matter extends beyond content of original or earlier application - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4B (yes) - auxiliary request 5 (no) Claims - clarity and support in the description Claims - auxiliary request 5 (yes) Amendments - extension of the scope of protection of the patent (no) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 5 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (yes)				Application title MEDICAL DEVICE FOR CAUSING HEMOSTASIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077719.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 724 KB)
T 1568/15 (Phase cut dimmer / Tridonic) of 10.6.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B33/08	Application no. 10766043.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title PHASE CUT DIMMING OF LEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156815.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0752/16 (Relatives Extinktions-Minimum) of 27.8.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D21/02	Application no. 08801762.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein): Umformulierung der objektiven Aufgabe Zulassung von nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Anspruchssätzen - Hilfsanträge 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3 (nein): keine "außergewöhnlichen Umstände"				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur kontinuierlichen Aufbereitung belasteter Fluide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075216.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2778/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01L1/12 G01L3/10 G01L5/10 G01M5/00	Application no. 12854092.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title STRESS MONITORING DEVICE OF MAGNETO-ELASTIC AND MAGNETO-ELECTRIC EFFECT TYPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T277817.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0534/18 (Liquid nicotine formulation / McNeil AB) of 18.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K31/465	Application no. 09002569.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title A liquid pharmaceutical formulation comprising nicotine for the administration to the oral cavity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053418.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0702/18 (VOC-reduzierte Reinigungslösung und Konzentrat / CHEMISCHE WERKE … of 1.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D3/43 C09D9/00 C09D9/04	Application no. 11727630.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 1A und 2A : (ja) Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus - Hauptantrag sowie Hilfsanträge 1 und 1A : (ja) Mangelnde Klarheit - Hilfsantrag 2 : (ja) Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus - Hilfsantrag 2A : (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja)				Application title VOC-reduzierte, mildalkalische wässrige Reinigungslösung mit nichtionischen Tensiden sowie dessen Konzentrat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070218.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1430/19 (High amylose durum wheat grains/BARILLA) of 2.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A21D2/18 C08B30/00	Application no. 08425721.1
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title High amylose durum wheat grains, meal and starch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143019.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 2873/19 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B39/00 A61M39/00 F16L11/04 A61M25/00 A61M5/00 A61J1/20 F16L11/10 B65B3/04 A61M39/08 A61M39/12 B65B3/00	Application no. 16197448.0
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - Rückerstattung der zusätzlich entrichteten Recherchengebühr (nein)				Application title SCHLAUCHSET UND ABFÜLLNADEL ZUR VERWENDUNG IN EINEM SCHLAUCHSET ZUM ABFÜLLEN EINES FLIESSFÄHIGEN MEDIUMS, INSBESONDERE EINES PHARMAZEUTIKUMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T287319.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
T 3279/19 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N21/95	Application no. 10751799.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR DETEKTION VON RISSEN IN HALBLEITERSUBSTRATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T327919.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 236 KB)
T 2044/15 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 05722457.8
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title APPLICATION-BASED VALUE BILLING IN A WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204415.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0822/16 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/12 B42D15/00	Application no. 02790486.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein) Reformatio in peius				Application title WERTDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082216.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2351/17 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B27B31/06 B27G1/00 B27M1/08	Application no. 10177849.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Ausrichten von Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235117.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0686/18 (Geschäumte Polymermasse/TESA) of 14.7.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J9/32 C09J7/00 C09J7/02 C09J5/08 C08K7/22 B29C44/22 C08K5/00	Application no. 11188670.1
Keywords Hauptantrag: Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Hauptantrag: Neuheit - (ja) Hauptantrag: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) (rückschauende Betrachtungsweise) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung schäumbarer Polymermassen, Verfahren zur Herstellung geschäumter Polymermassen daraus, geschäumte Polymermassen und Klebeband damit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068618.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0595/16 (Kontrollbedüftiges Fahrzeug/TOLLCOLLECT) of 14.9.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 01273553.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title KONTROLLVERFAHREN ZUR STRASSENGEBÜHRENERFASSUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059516.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0911/16 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G49/04 B01J35/10 B01J23/85	Application no. 03785754.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HYDROPROCESSING OF HYDROCARBON USING A MIXTURE OF CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091116.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1609/16 (Process to reduce acidity of crude oil/Saudi Arabian Oil Company et … of 9.9.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G31/08 B01J21/06 C10G75/00	Application no. 08858300.0
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS TO REDUCE ACIDITY OF CRUDE OIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160916.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0602/15 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/10	Application no. 05016032.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Optischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060215.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0984/15 (Configuring proximity indication/HTC) of 8.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W36/14	Application no. 11000052.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes): no direct and unambiguous link between separate sections of a technical specification Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no): obvious improvement of a technical specification				Application title Methods and system to configure proximity indication in wireless communication systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098415.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0012/16 (Animal models/KYMAB) of 15.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K67/027 C07K16/00 C07K16/46 C12N15/85	Application no. 10734546.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Animal Models and Therapeutic Molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001216.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1376/17 () of 3.6.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 03814464.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title WINDTURBINENROTORBLATT MIT VERRINGERTER SCHALLEMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137617.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2402/17 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B5/008 G01B21/04	Application no. 11717500.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit: Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsantrag (ja) Anspruch: Relation zwischen relativen Begriffen - Klarheit (ja)				Application title BETRIEB EINER KOORDINATENMESSMASCHINE ODER EINER WERKZEUGMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240217.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0490/18 (Multi-language input with accents on touch screen / Samsung) of 16.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/0488	Application no. 14191284.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Multi-language input method and multi-language input apparatus using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049018.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1322/18 (Re-establishment of rights/Mignon Belle) of 17.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M21/02 A61G7/05 A61M21/00 A61N5/06	Application no. 10835717.9
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing notice of appeal Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Appeal deemed not to have been filed				Application title SLEEP INDUCTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132218.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2288/18 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60P3/20 H04L12/24 H04B5/00 H04B7/00 B60H1/00 B60H1/32 F25D29/00 B65D88/74 H04L29/08 H04W4/02	Application no. 10797532.8
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PERFORMANCE AND POSITION MONITORING OF A MOBILE HVAC&R UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228818.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0344/15 (Gapmer antisense compound/IONIS) of 11.9.2020
Online on 21.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/113	Application no. 07811872.6
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034415.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0452/14 (Integrating charts in documents / MICROSOFT) of 13.2.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 G06F17/00 G06F17/21	Application no. 06802783.8
Keywords Inventive step - handling user action with non-visible instance of spreadsheet (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title INTEGRATING CHARTS IN DOCUMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045214.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2110/14 (Optimizing translation lookaside buffer entries / QUALCOMM … of 4.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F12/10	Application no. 06739038.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (yes Inventive step - after amendment) Inventive step - contiguity check of individual entries at each TLB miss (yes Inventive step - non-obvious modification)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER ENTRIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211014.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0770/15 (RFID Tag / Sato Holdings) of 18.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K7/14	Application no. 04077912.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title A method for applying a RFID tag carrying label on an object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077015.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0848/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00	Application no. 06700549.6
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RISK OF LOSSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084815.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1154/16 () of 13.8.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F3/02 C08G18/10 C08G18/48 C08G18/76	Application no. 08777456.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title SHOE PRESS BELT FOR PAPER MAKING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115416.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0996/17 () of 26.8.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D21/00	Application no. 07016524.6
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum drahtlosen Austausch von Daten und Funksystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099617.20200826				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 622 KB)
T 1547/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B57/00 F02B41/10 F02M25/07 F02D23/02 F02B37/24 F02D41/00 F02D41/14	Application no. 08705768.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS, AND DIESEL ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154717.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1230/18 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D65/10 B01D69/02 G01N15/08	Application no. 10171837.7
Keywords Claims - all requests Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method for improved scaling of filters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123018.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1449/18 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N15/02 B01D45/04 B01D45/12 B01D21/00 B01D21/26 B01L3/00	Application no. 12156921.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - essential features				Application title Systems and methods for particle focusing in microchannels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144918.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2214/14 (New onset diabetes/UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH) of 8.9.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/11	Application no. 07813820.3
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met				Application title MICROSPHERE-BASED COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND/OR REVERSING NEW-ONSET AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221414.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2022/15 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/32 H03M7/36	Application no. 06798249.6
Keywords All requests - inventive step (no)				Application title DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202215.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1769/16 (Adaptive directional audio signals/CIRRUS) of 30.7.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/00 H04R1/40 H04R25/00	Application no. 04761108.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for producing adaptive directional signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176916.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0243/17 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C07D223/16 C07B37/10 C07B43/06	Application no. 09290466.3
Keywords Recevabilité du recours Document produit tardivement Activité inventive Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention				Application title Procédé de synthèse de la 7,8-diméthoxy-1,3-dihydro-2H-3-benzazépin-2-one, et son application à la synthèse de l'ivabradine et de ses sels d'addition avec un acide pharmaceutiquement acceptable
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024317.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 638 KB)
T 0487/17 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16F7/09 D06F37/22 D06F37/20	Application no. 09786334.4
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition proceedings Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FRICTION SHOCK ABSORBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048717.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 1832/16 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/20	Application no. 07736086.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title LEG CUT-OUT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183216.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 254 KB)
T 2493/16 (HIV-1 primers/BIOMERIEUX) of 7.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/70	Application no. 10183902.5
Keywords Auxiliary request 2 upheld at first instance (sole request) - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Nucleic acid sequences that can be used as primers and probes in the amplification and detection of all subtypes of HIV-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249316.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2721/16 (HIV-1 primers/BIOMERIEUX) of 7.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/70	Application no. 04077617.1
Keywords Auxiliary request 1 upheld at first instance (sole request) - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method for using nucleic acid sequences as primers and probes in the amplification and detection of all subtypes of HIV-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272116.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1255/18 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K3/22 C08K3/34 C08K9/04 C09D5/08 C09D7/12	Application no. 12003913.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject matter extends beyond the content of the earlier application (yes) (all requests) Auxiliary requests 4 to 7 submitted after notification of the summons to oral proceedings - admitted into the proceedings (yes) - exceptional circumstances				Application title Coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties, related coated substrates, and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125518.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 1353/19 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C08G83/00 C08G69/26 C08G69/08 C08G69/14 C08L101/00 C08L77/02 C08L77/06	Application no. 11711914.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title COMPOSITION POLYAMIDE DE HAUTE VISCOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135319.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2362/13 (Logistics central station/SCHNEIDER LOGISTICS) of 1.9.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/60	Application no. 01977530.3
Keywords Inventive step - providing different user interfaces and functions to different classes of users Inventive step - (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical requirements)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A SHIPPING SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236213.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0020/16 (OspC-Dimere/EUROIMMUN) of 11.2.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K14/20 G01N33/569	Application no. 08021660.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsäntrage 6 und 7Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 8 (nein) Hilfsantrag 10 - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrang 11Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Polypeptide und Verfahren zur spezifischen Detektion von Antikörpern bei Patienten mit einer Borrelieninfektion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002016.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0967/16 (Oxcarbazepine Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ACADEMIA SINICA PHARMIGENE) of 4.8.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68	Application no. 07797432.7
Keywords Main request (claims as granted) - inventive step (no); Auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - withdrawn; Auxiliary request 8 - admission in appeal (no);				Application title METHOD FOR PREDICTING A RISK OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS BY DETERMINATION OF HLA-B 1502
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096716.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0746/18 (Cinacalcet formulations / K.H.S. PHARMA HOLDING GMBH) of 4.9.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K31/137	Application no. 12007638.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Immediate release formulations of cinacalcet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074618.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 2352/18 ("La Jurisprudence des Chambres de recours", Neuvième é … of 25.8.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B61L25/02	Application no. 15161677.8
Keywords Nouveauté (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - irrecevables				Application title Procédé de calcul d'un intervalle de positions d'un véhicule ferroviaire sur une voie ferrée et dispositif associé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 488 KB)
T 1168/15 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/32 A61M5/315 A61M5/145	Application no. 05799659.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title INJECTION DEVICE WITH A PROCESSOR FOR COLLECTING EJECTION INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116815.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 0681/16 (Radio head device/ALCATEL) of 4.9.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B1/04 H03G3/30 H04B1/18	Application no. 11290161.6
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): no request for oral proceedings Added subject-matter - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no): no substantiation				Application title Radio head device and method of operating a radio head device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068116.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 1030/19 (Tetraploid corn salad/NUNHEMS) of 30.8.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H1/08 A01H5/12	Application no. 10793168.5
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no)				Application title Tetraploid corn salad
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103019.20200830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 1341/19 (High amylose durum wheat grains/BARILLA) of 3.9.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A21D2/18 C08B30/04 A23L1/16	Application no. 12195780.7
Keywords Sole claim request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title High amylose durum wheat grains, meal and starch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T134119.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0763/16 (Buffer state reports/NOKIA) of 3.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W4/00 H04L12/56	Application no. 07705514.3
Keywords Clarity - main request (no) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)				Application title Apparatus, method and computer program product providing threshold-based buffer state reports from user equipment to a wireless network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076316.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1487/17 (Danisco/enzyme-substrate) of 29.7.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D17/00	Application no. 09756878.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Admissibility of appeal Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features Inventive step - could-would approach Late filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CO-FORMULATED ENZYME AND SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148717.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1247/18 (Search-based application development framework/ORACLE INTERNATIONAL) of 4.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 07759453.9
Keywords Inventive step - (decision under appeal provides no suitable basis for assessing inventive step) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Search-based application development framework
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124718.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 3142/19 (Analyzing Cytological Specimens/HOLOGIC) of 1.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00	Application no. 14722003.2
Keywords Amendments - combination of optional features Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVIEWING AND ANALYZING CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T314219.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1452/14 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/16 H04N7/24	Application no. 09720027.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T145214.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1875/16 (Secured synchronisation message/ABB) of 28.7.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 10165325.1
Keywords Novelty - main and sixth auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - first to fifth auxiliary requests (no) Prohibition of reformatio in peius: seventh auxiliary request not to be challenged				Application title Secure clock synchronization
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187516.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2337/16 (Steuerelektronik/PHOENIX) of 15.6.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/05	Application no. 08707499.3
Keywords Bindungswirkung der vorangegangenen Beschwerdekammer-Entscheidung - (nein): keine abschließende Entscheidung zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit und neuer Sachverhalt Berücksichtigung von durch die Einspruchsabteilung zugelassenen Beweismittel - Dokumente ED1 und ED2 (ja): Nicht-Berücksichtigung würde Art. 12(2) VOBK 2020 entgegenstehen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Juxtaposition				Application title Steuer- und/oder Datenübertragungsmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233716.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0349/17 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B7/32 C09D7/14 C09D175/04	Application no. 06803385.1
Keywords Late submitted material - document admitted by first instance (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instantce - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COATING COMPOSITIONS WITH CUSTOMIZABLE PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034917.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1436/17 (Hot formed steel part/Tata) of 1.7.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D8/00 C21D8/02 C22C38/22 C22C38/28 C22C38/38 C22C38/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/12 C22C38/14 C21D1/673 C21D9/48 C21D9/46	Application no. 11772882.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF HOT FORMING A STEEL BLANK AND THE HOT FORMED PART
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143617.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0165/18 (Verfahren zur Bildung einer Filtermatte/HYDAC FILTERTECHNIK) of 9.7.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D29/11 B29C65/08 B29C65/16	Application no. 10781621.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BILDUNG EINER FILTERMATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T016518.20200709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0870/14 (Meningococcal Hib vaccine/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 20.7.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095 A61K39/102 A61K39/09	Application no. 08075538.2
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 8: inventive step - (no)				Application title Combined meningitis vaccines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T087014.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1399/16 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B41N1/08 B41N3/03	Application no. 10188553.1
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Lithoband für die elektrochemische Aufrauung sowie Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139916.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 643 KB)
T 1935/17 (Pool of storage/DELL) of 12.8.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/06 G06F11/14	Application no. 10010835.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Virtual disk drive system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193517.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2432/17 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B02C25/00 B02C2/00	Application no. 05803668.2
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without oral proceedings - (yes) Novelty - (no)				Application title A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CRUSHER AND A CRUSHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243217.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0601/19 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D5/00 C23C14/00 C09D5/28	Application no. 14730738.3
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title GLANZGRADEINSTELLUNG VON KUNSTSTOFFSUBSTRATEN MIT METALLISCHEM FINISH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060119.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2839/19 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L5/00 C08L3/00 C03C25/32 C07H5/04 C08F251/02 C08L51/02 C09D105/00 E04B1/78 E04B1/84 B29C70/68 C03C17/28 F16L59/02 F16L59/14 C09D167/04	Application no. 12198249.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Binders and materials made therewith
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T283919.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 0460/17 () of 24.7.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/40 C08G18/62 C08G18/79 C09D175/04	Application no. 10152208.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Two-component polyurethane clear coat kit system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046017.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1602/17 () of 31.8.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H1/64 C03C25/32 C08B37/00 C08L5/00 C09J179/00 D04H3/12	Application no. 11009802.7
Keywords Priority - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Article 100(c)- validly invoked as gorund of opposition - no Interpretation of the claims - unduly broad (Appellant); unduly narrow (Respondent)				Application title Improved spunbond polyester mat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160217.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 3218/19 (Light emitting devices/PRINCETON) of 20.8.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L21/00 C09K11/06 H05B33/14 H01L51/50 H01L51/30	Application no. 10180580.2
Keywords Main request: added subject-matter - no Remittal to opposition division for further prosecution - yes				Application title Very high efficiency organic light emitting devices based on electrophosphorescence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T321819.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1338/16 (Contention-free parallel LDPC decoder/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.09.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M13/11 H03M13/00	Application no. 09832102.9
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - not admitted Amendments - added subject-matter (yes Amendments - auxiliary request 4) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes after amendment Remittal to the department of first instance - auxiliary request 5)				Application title Contention-free parallel processing multimode LDPC decoder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133816.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1636/17 (Optimal flight/BOEING) of 17.8.2020
Online on 02.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G5/00 G01C21/20 G06Q10/04	Application no. 13182817.0
Keywords Main request - Novelty - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests 3 to 5 - Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Optimized flight plan management system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163617.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0344/15 (Gapmer antisense compound/IONIS) of 26.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/113	Application no. 07811872.6
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034415.20200826				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255 KB)
T 1353/15 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 01916492.0
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING PET FOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135315.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1031/16 (Myoblasts for treating the urinary sphincter muscle / UNIVERSITY OF … of 24.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K35/34 C12N5/0775 A61P13/02	Application no. 08169379.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - all requests (yes)				Application title Use of myoblasts in the manufacture of a medicament for treating stress urinary incontinence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103116.20200824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 604 KB)
T 1817/16 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B7/02 E21B19/083 E21B19/14 E21B19/15	Application no. 06821780.1
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes)				Application title WELL DRILLING MACHINE WITH NEW DRILL PIPE LOADER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181716.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2461/16 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B15/10 F25B27/00	Application no. 09785156.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title MODULAR COOLING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T246116.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0650/17 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D5/08 F02C7/18 F01D11/02	Application no. 03751268.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title GAS TURBINE SEALING AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065017.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0292/20 (Combination for treating HCV patients / ABBVIE) of 13.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/454 A61K31/4985 A61K31/7056 A61P31/22	Application no. 14725812.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title COMBINATION OF DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL AGENTS AND RIBAVIRIN FOR TREATING HCV PATIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029220.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)

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T 2090/16 (Programmable control of a hearing aid/STARKEY) of 30.6.2020
Online on 28.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 11250440.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 4 (no) Admission of late-filed requests - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 2', 3 and 5 (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title System for programming special function buttons for hearing assistance device applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209016.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0277/17 (Cyanocobalamin/PAR) of 20.8.2020
Online on 26.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/714 A61K9/08 A61K47/10	Application no. 06785533.8
Keywords Clarity - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 4 (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 5 and 6 (no) Partial reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) - late withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings				Application title CYANOCOBALAMIN LOW VISCOSITY AQUEOUS FORMULATIONS FOR INTRANASAL DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027717.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0617/16 (Multi-mode base station/QUALCOMM) of 10.7.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/26 H04W52/02	Application no. 11174472.8
Keywords Admissibility of prior-art document admitted by the opposition division - (yes): denial would contravene Art. 12(2) RPBA 2020 Inventive step - all requests (no): juxtaposition of obvious features				Application title Multi-mode base station method and apparatus for use in a wireless communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061716.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0670/16 (Gebührenguthaben/KAPSCH) of 17.8.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 01988918.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Verspätet eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ERHEBUNG VON NUTZUNGSGEBÜHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067016.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2210/16 (Verringern des Mikrofonrauschens/SIVANTOS) of 25.6.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 12190794.3
Keywords Ausführbarkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (nein): im Anspruch angegebener technischer Effekt nicht für alle unter den Schutzbereich fallenden und technisch sinnvollen Ausführungsarten erzielbar				Application title Hörvorrichtung mit einer Einrichtung zum Verringern eines Mikrofonrauschens und Verfahren zum Verringern eines Mikrofonrauschens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221016.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2072/17 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D11/00 G01N25/72	Application no. 12182635.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur thermischen Überprüfung des Bauzustandes von Windkraftanlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207217.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0533/15 (Transmitter arrangement / Philips) of 13.7.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R33/34 G01R33/3415 G01R33/561	Application no. 08737988.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD AND RF TRANSMITTER ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING RF FIELDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053315.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0891/15 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/00 H04N5/222	Application no. 04780741.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089115.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1504/15 () of 29.5.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 H04N5/781	Application no. 11162898.8
Keywords Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) First and second auxiliary requests - mixture of technical and non-technical features (yes), inventive step (no)				Application title A receiving device and method for presenting information about available programming
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150415.20200529				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 1826/15 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N1/60	Application no. 07808525.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING AT LEAST ONE FIRST-SPECTRUM IMAGE INTO A SECOND-SPECTRUM IMAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182615.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1267/16 (diabetes/EPSHTEIN) of 6.12.2019
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K41/00 C07K16/28 C07K16/40	Application no. 11773314.7
Keywords All claim requests - clarity (no) Postponement of oral proceedings (no) Right to be heard - violation (no)				Application title A combination pharmaceutical composition and methods of treating diabetes and metabolic disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T126716.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 505 KB)
T 2294/16 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C25/138	Application no. 09173532.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - common general knowledge (admitted) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Extension of scope of protection - interpretation of claims as granted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Tyre-changing machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229416.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1504/17 () of 17.8.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F13/211 A63F13/40	Application no. 11176961.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150417.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0623/16 () of 17.8.2020
Online on 20.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J1/62 H01J63/04 C09K11/06 H01J29/32 H05B33/14 H01J1/74	Application no. 02734378.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - completeness of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Essential features				Application title HIGH EFFICIENCY MULTI-COLOR ELECTRO-PHOSPHORESCENT OLEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062316.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1050/19 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 20.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S8/00 F21V21/40 F21V23/04 F21W131/205	Application no. 10181051.3
Keywords Antrag auf mündliche Verhandlung - nicht verspätet Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel erstinstanzlich zugelassen (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - nicht zugelassen Teile der Entscheidung in gekürzter Form (Zustimmung der Beteiligten) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Operationsleuchte mit steriler Bedieneinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105019.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
J 0012/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/08 A61B5/087 G01F1/68	Application no. 17195173.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title CONDUIT CONNECTOR FOR A PATIENT BREATHING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001218.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
J 0013/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/08	Application no. 17179765.7
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title PATIENT INTERFACE AND ASPECTS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001318.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
J 0014/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/00 A61M16/08	Application no. 16174992.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title INTERFACE COMPRISING A ROLLING NASAL BRIDGE PORTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001418.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
J 0007/19 (Withdrawal of application/Nitto Denko) of 15.1.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C17/34 G09F9/30 B32B17/06 B32B7/12 G02F1/1333 H01L51/50 H05B33/02 H05B33/10	Application no. 09734244.8
Keywords "Request for correction of a withdrawal of an application (not allowed)"				Application title TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000719.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
J 0010/19 (Unterbrechung des Verfahrens wegen Insolvenz des Patentinhabers) of 13.7.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L31/18 H01L31/0216 H01L31/068	Application no. 08850615.9
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINER SOLARZELLE MIT EINER OBERFLÄCHENPASSIVIERENDEN DIELEKTRIKUMDOPPELSCHICHT UND ENTSPRECHENDE SOLARZELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001019.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
J 0003/20 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/10 A61M16/20 A61M16/08	Application no. 18183683.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING GASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000320.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1224/15 (Structure multicouche a base de polyamide / ARKEMA FRANCE) of 21.7.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B27/34 C08K5/20 B29C45/16	Application no. 05775238.8
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Recevabilité des requêtes subsidiaires (requêtes subsidiaires 3 et 6 - oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1, 2, 4 et 5 Modifications - oui) (requête subsidiaire 6 Modifications - non) Nouveauté (requête subsidiairie 3 Nouveauté - non) (requête subsidiaire 6 Nouveauté - oui) Renvoi à la première instance - (oui)				Application title STRUCTURE MULTICOUCHE A BASE DE POLYAMIDE POUR RECOUVRIR DES SUBSTRATS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T122415.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2098/16 () of 5.8.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C13/00	Application no. 04000286.7
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Patentansprüche - Merkmal des erteilten Anspruchs Patentansprüche - nicht zu prüfen Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zahnersatz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209816.20200805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1877/19 () of 13.8.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B3/091 A47C4/04 A47C11/00	Application no. 14001369.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Klappgestell für Bänke oder Tische
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187719.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1503/16 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/28 F03D7/02 F03D1/06 H02J3/38	Application no. 07722543.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Reply to the appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title Wind turbine with a protection system for an electric generator and use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150316.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1412/17 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/54	Application no. 11727180.9
Keywords Novelty - Main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title ADVANCED HEATING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141217.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2472/17 (Non-invasive collection of colorectal mucocellular layer/DIAGNODUS) of 13.8.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/50 G01N33/574	Application no. 12730009.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE COLLECTION OF COLORECTAL MUCOCELLULAR LAYER AND DISEASE DETECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T247217.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0892/18 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F13/06 G07F17/32	Application no. 06786488.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS GAMING WITH LOCATION DETERMINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089218.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 0633/16 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03H1/18 G09F3/02 B31D1/02	Application no. 04747491.1
Keywords documents E6 to E10 filed with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Wikipedia extracts cited by appellant - admitted (no) appellant's new line of attack - alleged lack novelty based on E3 - admitted (yes) appellant's new line of arguments - admitted (yes) main request - claim 1 - novelty (yes) main request - claim 1 - inventive step (no) auxiliary requests 1 and 1a - claim 1 - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1b filed after oral proceedings have been arranged - admitted (yes) auxiliary request 1b - claims 1 and 6 - inventive step (yes)				Application title FORGERY PREVENTING LABEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063316.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 1689/16 () of 29.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F6/20 A61B17/12 A61N1/36	Application no. 09822269.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title AN APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARY MALE CONTRACEPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168916.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2253/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60M1/30	Application no. 10152165.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Definition des Anspruchsgegenstandes durch Bezugnahme auf weiteren Gegenstand Beschwerdevorbringen - im Verfahren berücksichtigt (nein) - nicht ausreichend substantiiert Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - unberücksichtigt geblieben (ja) - keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände				Application title Stromschiene
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225316.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 439 KB)
T 0206/17 () of 7.8.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K5/16 C08L75/08 C09J175/08 C08L101/10 C09J201/10 C08K5/57 C09K3/10	Application no. 12183144.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (no)- effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - obvious alternative Auxiliary requests not properly substantiated - not be taken into account				Application title Curable composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020617.20200807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 618 KB)
T 2530/17 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C08F10/02 C08F2/00	Application no. 12707885.5
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Faits produits tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title POLYMERISATION RADICALAIRE DE L'ETHYLENE AMORCEE PAR DES PEROXYDES ORGANIQUES A HAUTE PRODUCTIVITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253017.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1400/19 () of 14.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B63B35/12 B63H1/20	Application no. 11807145.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A PROPULSION UNIT FOR A MARINE VESSEL AND A MARINE VESSEL HAVING A PROPULSION UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140019.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 2158/15 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 14.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B25/06 G08B29/06 G08B29/08 G01R31/02	Application no. 09700171.3
Keywords Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiger Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten Beschwerdebegründung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge I bis VIII (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge I bis VIII (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge Ia und Va Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zulässig (nein)				Application title Überwachungsvorrichtung für ein Meldesystem, Meldesystem und Verfahren zur Überwachung des Meldesystems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215815.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0942/17 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 14.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F214/26 C08F2/24 C08J9/00	Application no. 10828382.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title AQUEOUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE EMULSION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AQUEOUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE DISPERSION OBTAINED USING THE EMULSION, POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FINE POWDER, AND STRETCH-EXPANDED BODY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094217.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 575 KB)
T 2232/16 () of 10.8.2020
Online on 13.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L25/07 H01L23/373	Application no. 09790134.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title GROUNDING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T223216.20200810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1503/18 (Electronic device using pen input device, determining tilt / Samsung) of 30.7.2020
Online on 13.08.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/0354 G06F3/0488	Application no. 13175799.9
Keywords Time limits - interruption in the delivery of mail Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title Input method and electronic device using pen input device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150318.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2214/15 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B25/04 G01R11/00 G01R21/00	Application no. 09729412.8
Keywords Lack of support - main, first and second auxiliary request - (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests - second auxiliary request (yes) - third auxiliary request (no)				Application title Device State Detecting Device, Device State Detecting Method, Device State Detecting Server, Device State Detecting System, Liver Abnormality Detecting Device, Liver Abnormality Detecting System, Liver Abnormality Detecting Method, and Device State Database Maintaining Server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221415.20200721				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0492/17 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N25/02 A01N25/30 A01N43/56 A01N43/80 A01P13/00	Application no. 09783537.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderungen				Application title ZUSAMMENSETZUNG ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER WIRKSAMKEIT VON HERBIZIDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049217.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0201/18 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/506 A61P35/00	Application no. 09704256.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES MEDIATED BY THE TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR KIT WITH IMATINIB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020118.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0796/15 () of 3.8.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M1/00	Application no. 08846963.0
Keywords Rücknahme des Patents im Beschwerdeverfahren - nicht möglich Auslegung des Antrags Antrag auf Widerruf des Patents durch den Patentinhaber				Application title PRÜFEINHEIT FÜR WUNDDRAINAGEAUFLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T079615.20200803				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 246 KB)
T 2101/15 () of 22.8.2019
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/155 A61K31/40 A61P3/10 A61K9/20 A61K9/48 A61K31/4439	Application no. 06815305.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request, auxiliary request 1 Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2				Application title FORMULATION COMPRISING METFORMIN AND VILDAGLIPTIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T210115.20190822				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 2149/15 () of 19.6.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/12	Application no. 09100159.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214915.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1613/16 (Multilayer structure/A. Schulman, Inc.) of 24.7.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/08 B32B27/32 B29C51/14	Application no. 12171722.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all claim requests Claims - clarity (no) Claims - auyiliary request I				Application title Multilayer structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161316.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1650/19 () of 5.8.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J5/00 B25J9/00 B25J9/16 B25J11/00 G05D1/02	Application no. 13151003.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Beacon collision avoidance method for a mobile robot system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165019.20200805				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0769/15 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B17/30	Application no. 05798826.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Electric bushing and a method of manufacturing an electric bushing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076915.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1135/15 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G07B17/02	Application no. 04292729.3
Keywords Requête produite tardivement - requête aurait pu être produite en première instance (non) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Procédé d'impression pour machine à affranchir compacte et machine à affranchir associée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T113515.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2042/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00	Application no. 06781500.1
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title METHOD OF CONTROLLING X-RAY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204215.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0289/16 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B17/00	Application no. 09305638.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Continuation of the appeal procedure after withdrawal of the opposition				Application title Postal indicia generating system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028916.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0400/16 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/04	Application no. 05750101.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Admissibility of a late-filed document (no)				Application title SUTURE DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040016.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0014/20 () of 24.7.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B31/02 B65B59/04	Application no. 16164932.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben eines Beteiligten Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERPACKUNG VON LEBENSMITTELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001420.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1734/14 (Quiescent current diagnostics device / Rosemount Inc.) of 9.1.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R31/28 G08C19/02	Application no. 04757422.3
Keywords Amendments - main request, sixth and eighth auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed first, second and third auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Claims - clarity Claims - fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth auxiliary request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - sixth auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS DEVICE WITH QUIESCENT CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173414.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0694/15 (Visualisation / Counterflo) of 4.6.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R19/145 G01R13/02 G02B6/44 H05B33/12 G01R13/40 H01B7/36 H01R13/66 H01R13/717	Application no. 06716969.8
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - problem and solution				Application title VISUALISATION ARRANGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069415.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1842/15 (FVIII/vWF for the treatment of a bleeding event/CSL BEHRING) of 10.10.2019
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/37 A61P 7/04	Application no. 09777111.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 11 - sufficiency of disclosure (no) auxiliary request 12 - novelty (yes), sufficiency of disclosure (no) auxiliary request 12A - inventive step (yes)				Application title Von Willebrand Factor or Factor VIII and von Willebrand Factor for the treatment of coagulopathy induced by inhibitors of thrombocytes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T184215.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 694 KB)
T 1418/17 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23P19/06 F16B37/06	Application no. 09008497.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag zugelassen Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Entscheidung teilweise in gekürzter Form Öffentliche Zugänglichkeit einer offenkundigen Vorbenutzung				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Einpressen von Befestigungselementen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141817.20200717				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 495 KB)
T 0452/19 (Brassica oleracea plants with improved nutritional value/SEMINIS … of 22.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A01H1/04 C12Q1/68 C12N15/11	Application no. 13184376.5
Keywords Sole claim request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Brassica oleracea plants with improved nutritional value
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045219.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1028/19 (Plants with an intense fruit phenotype/NUNHEMS) of 27.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/08 C07K14/415 C12Q1/68	Application no. 14766735.6
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Plants with an intense fruit phenotype
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102819.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1961/14 (Main counter ions/AJINOMOTO) of 30.7.2020
Online on 04.08.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P13/08	Application no. 01120248.8
Keywords Main request (patent as granted) - sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the opposition division - (yes)				Application title Method for producing basic amino acid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196114.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0115/17 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 04.08.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F7/06 F24F11/00 F24F11/02 F24F11/04	Application no. 12172716.8
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Rücknahme des Einspruchs Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Steuerung des Volumenstroms eines Ventilators
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011517.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0170/19 (Shampoo Containing A Gel Network / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 24.7.2020
Online on 03.08.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/86 A61Q5/02 A61K8/36 A61K8/04	Application no. 08856247.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case				Application title SHAMPOO CONTAINING A GEL NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017019.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)

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T 1994/16 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H69/00 B65H63/06	Application no. 09775790.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und zweiter Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombination technischer und nicht-technischer Merkmale Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - erster Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title QUALITÄTSUBERWACHUNG VON SPLEISSEN IN EINEM LÄNGLICHEN TEXTILEN PRÜFGUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199416.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0568/17 (Database transactions/OPEN TEXT SOFTWARE) of 28.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 09755851.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - not rendered obvious by document D1 Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method for performing transactions on data and a transactional database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056817.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0882/18 (Glasbauelement/SIKA) of 3.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C17/30 C03C27/04 E04F13/14 C09D183/04 C08G77/16	Application no. 13710340.4
Keywords -				Application title GLASBAUELEMENT UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088218.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0915/15 (Sicherheitsdokument/LEONHARD KURZ) of 26.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B29/00 D21H21/44	Application no. 08707586.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 1 bis 12 - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 13 und 14 - Zulassung (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091515.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1041/15 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B7/00	Application no. 08019720.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Koordination und/oder Durchführung von Unterrichtzwecken dienenden Lehreinheiten mit optischen und/oder akustischen Lehrinhalten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104115.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1561/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/12 G09B23/28 A61H31/00	Application no. 07400032.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Abgabe von Sauerstoff im Rahmen einer Reanimation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156115.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1994/15 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J1/15 G05D23/27	Application no. 10737667.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEATING A TIP APEX OF A CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199415.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0891/16 () of 26.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F17/32	Application no. 04765712.7
Keywords main request - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes) late-filed auxiliary request 1a - admitted (no) - article 13(1) RPBA 2020 in combination with article 25(1) RPBA 2020				Application title DOORFRAME FOR GAMING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089116.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1372/16 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D183/04 C04B41/49 C08J3/03	Application no. 05850021.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title HIGH-VISCOSITY AQUEOUS EMULSIONS OF FUNCTIONAL ALKOXYSILANES, CONDENSED OLIGOMERS THEREOF, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES, THEIR PREPARATION AND USE FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137216.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 496 KB)
T 1504/16 (System for manufacturing frozen edible products/GRAM) of 17.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G9/14 A23G9/16 A23G9/20 A23C3/00	Application no. 05772325.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Auxiliary requests - admission (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FROZEN EDIBLE PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150416.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
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