Decisions in 2021

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2021 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2021

• April 2021
• March 2021
• February 2021
• January 2021

April 2021

T 0103/15 () of 21.4.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 11/16 B29L 31/30 B29K 101/10 B29K 301/12 B29K 307/04	Application no. 04010275.8
Keywords Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes) Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method for manufacturing a multiaxial fabric
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010315.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 1116/16 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F23/284 G01F23/00	Application no. 03020727.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Dokumente - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Füllstandsmessgerät und Verfahren zu dessen Einsetzen in einen Behälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111616.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 721 KB)
T 1453/16 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F58/04	Application no. 10790991.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title A LAUNDRY DRYER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T145316.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 2499/16 () of 17.3.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 15/04 B66D 3/04 F16H 55/50	Application no. 06101117.7
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents Grundlage der Entscheidung - Widerruf des Patents				Application title Treibrolle mit Beschichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T249916.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1423/17 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A47F 3/04	Application no. 05800509.1
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Motifs d'opposition - manque de nouveauté (non) Motifs d'opposition - manque d'activité inventive (non) Preuves produites tardivement - avec les motifs du recours				Application title VITRAGE ISOLANT, NOTAMMENT POUR OUVRANT D'ENCEINTE REFRIGEREE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142317.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 394 KB)
T 2262/17 () of 18.3.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E01H 4/02 E01H 12/00	Application no. 10013531.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Finisheranordnung und geschlepptes Pistenbearbeitungsgerät mit einer solchen Finisheranordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226217.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 2396/17 () of 29.3.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K3/04 H02K15/04	Application no. 10837111.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Reply to appeal - Reference to earlier submissions Amendment after communication - taken into account (no)				Application title Method for manufacturing winding coil of electric machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239617.20210329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0402/18 (Photosensitive resin composition/ASAHI KASEI) of 11.3.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F7/00 G03F7/033	Application no. 05806234.0
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Inventive step - fourth auxiliary request (yes)				Application title PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040218.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0683/18 () of 12.4.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 3/06 F02K 3/06 F02C 7/36 F01D 25/28	Application no. 12196028.0
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Gas turbine engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T068318.20210412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0818/18 () of 5.2.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 19/04 F04D 17/16	Application no. 10757819.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title VACUUM PUMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081818.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0852/18 () of 15.3.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K5/02	Application no. 08741841.4
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Feeding system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085218.20210315				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 0879/18 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A21B3/13 A23G3/54 A23G3/34 A23G1/54 A23G1/00	Application no. 11155965.4
Keywords Late submitted material - correct exercise of discretion (no) Late submitted material - request admitted Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title FOOD PRODUCT WITH A MOULDED BODY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087918.20210309				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0884/18 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A63B21/002	Application no. 06846239.9
Keywords Priority - basis in priority document (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title COMBINATION GRIP FOR AN EXERCISE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T088418.20210129				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2574/18 (Aluminum hydroxide/MARTINSWERK) of 24.2.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C01F7/02 C01F7/18 C08K3/22 C09K21/02	Application no. 07872100.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T257418.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2677/18 (Interactive preview/APPLE) of 22.1.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 07836525.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and first to fourth auxiliary requests (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons Amendment after summons - fifth to seventh auxiliary requests (no)				Application title User interface for a file system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T267718.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 563 KB)
T 2916/18 (GUI reconfiguration mode/APPLE) of 20.4.2021
Online on 23.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 09170697.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Portable electronic device with interface reconfiguration mode
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T291618.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2285/15 (Handover-Verfahren/IPCOM) of 12.2.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04W 36/08	Application no. 10168615.2
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein, nach Änderungen) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung Zurückverweisung - (ja): Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit noch nicht geprüft				Application title Verfahren zum Handover, Mobilstation für ein Handover und Basisstation für ein Handover
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T228515.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0106/16 () of 17.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24 H04N 13/02 H04W 4/18	Application no. 08837155.4
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) First auxiliary request - admittance under Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 (no) Second to fifth auxiliary request - admittance under Article 12(4) RPBA 2007 (no) Sixth auxiliary request - admittance under Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE/VIDEO CONTENTS ON TERMINAL BASED ON LIGHTWEIGHT APPLICATION SCENE REPRESENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010616.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0831/16 () of 13.4.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06F 15/16 G06F 15/173	Application no. 07843693.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HIERARCHICAL FEDERATION METADATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T083116.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1052/16 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 09759409.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Reduced-pressure, liquid-collection canister with multi-orientation filter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T105216.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1746/16 () of 4.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G07G 1/00	Application no. 12425123.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - skilled person				Application title Method and apparatus for the transfer of a money amount by using a two-dimension image code
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T174616.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 498 KB)
T 2192/16 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 6/03	Application no. 05730328.1
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) - berücksichtigt (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DREHÜBERTRAGER MIT DIELEKTRISCHEM WELLENLEITER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T219216.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 501 KB)
T 0198/17 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 G01N 33/493	Application no. 11706599.5
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title SYSTEM ZUR VERABREICHUNG VON MEDIKAMENTEN UNTER BERÜCKSICHTIGUNG VON URINWERTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T019817.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1601/17 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04	Application no. 06706123.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Claims - clarity after amendment Claims - auxiliary request 3 (no)				Application title A METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE FATIGUE LOADS IN THE COMPONENTS OF A WIND TURBINE SUBJECTED TO ASYMMETRICAL LOADING OF THE ROTOR PLANE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160117.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1630/17 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 1/34 B66B 19/00	Application no. 12708866.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR MODERNISIERUNG EINER AUFZUGSANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163017.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0568/18 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 5/14	Application no. 10162710.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein) Zulassung von nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Anspruchssätzen (erster und zweiter Hilfsantrag: nein)				Application title Multiturn-Drehgeber
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056818.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0981/18 (Touch input for scrolling through conversations of messages on a … of 12.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 07841749.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim				Application title PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR INSTANT MESSAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098118.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2243/18 () of 15.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23D 35/00 B23P 15/40	Application no. 11776131.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 (no) Oral submissions - taken into account (yes) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 2 Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Reimbursement of appeal fee - violation of the right to be heard (no)				Application title SHEAR FOR SHEARING ROLLED PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224318.20210315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2560/18 (Hearing-aid compression/STARKEY) of 12.4.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 13178787.1
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following the proprietor's withdrawal of the appeal Inventive step - all requests (no) Partial reimbursement of the proprietor's appeal fee at 25% - (yes)				Application title Compression of spaced sources for hearing assistance devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T256018.20210412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2738/18 (Touch screen display adjacent to a physical keyboard) of 26.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0488 G06F 3/048 G06F 1/16 G06F 3/023	Application no. 15702935.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title VIRTUAL COMPUTER KEYBOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273818.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1029/19 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 21/18 B65B 37/10 B65B 57/14 B65B 1/12 B65B 57/18	Application no. 11720413.1
Keywords Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung				Application title DOSIERVORRICHTUNG MIT SCHADENSÜBERWACHUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T102919.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1807/19 () of 18.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D 1/02 A24D 3/02 A24D 3/16 D21H 27/00	Application no. 08861079.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (yes) Main request' - Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Auxiliary request I - Amendments convergent- taken into account (yes) Auxiliary request I - Clarity and added subject-matter objections- Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Auxiliary request I - Inventive step objection - No amendment to apellant's appeal case Auxiliary request I - lack of inventive step (no)				Application title CIGARETTE FILTER, AND FILTER CIGARETTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T180719.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1991/19 (Supercritical water process/Saudi Arabian Oil) of 9.3.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 3/00	Application no. 12795124.2
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SUPERCRITICAL WATER PROCESS TO UPGRADE PETROLEUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T199119.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0017/21 (Appeal inadmissible/Gemalto SA) of 19.4.2021
Online on 22.04.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 17/30	Application no. 08803230.5
Keywords -				Application title A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROWSER-BASED ACCESS TO SMART CARDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001721.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 2375/15 (Spezialapplikationen in Kraftfahrzeugen/DEUTSCHE TELEKOM) of 16.4.2021
Online on 21.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04W4/04 B60R25/00	Application no. 01111820.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein): "integriert" breit auszulegen Zulassung von verspäteten Anträgen - Hilfsanträge 2 und 3 (nein): keine eindeutige Gewährbarkeit				Application title Kommunikationssystem zum Abwickeln von Spezialapplikationen in Kraftfahrzeugen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237515.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0813/17 (PROCESSES FOR SYNTHESIS OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS/ HONYWELL) of 24.2.2021
Online on 21.04.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C17/25 C07C21/18 C07C19/08 C07C17/21 C07C17/23	Application no. 08840751.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESSES FOR SYNTHESIS OF FLUORINATED OLEFINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081317.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1441/18 () of 12.4.2021
Online on 21.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D7/00 C09D7/12	Application no. 11715568.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title IMPROVED LOW TITANIUM DIOXIDE COATINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144118.20210412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 2135/18 (Bio-Oil from sludge/ENI) of 5.3.2021
Online on 21.04.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F11/10 C10G3/00	Application no. 12711246.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIO-OIL FROM SLUDGE COMING FROM A WASTEWATER PURIFICATION PLANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213518.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2208/16 () of 16.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B63B 3/54 B63B 25/16 B63B 27/24 B63B 27/14	Application no. 12187462.2
Keywords possibilité d'exécuter l'invention (oui) clarté (oui) extension de l'objet de la demande (non) nouveauté (oui) activité inventive (oui)				Application title Navire pourvu d'une zone de transfert d'un produit liquide potentiellement dangereux
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220816.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0998/17 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F3/06 B42D15/00 B32B7/12 B32B15/12 B41M3/00 B41M7/00	Application no. 05761954.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title LOTTERY TICKET WITH METALIZED SCRATCH OFF LAYER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099817.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2200/17 (TENOFOVIR PRODRUG / GILEAD SCIENCES) of 8.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F 9/6561 C07H 19/20 G01N 33/53 A61K 31/675 A61P 31/12 A61P 35/00	Application no. 01961695.2
Keywords Priority - validity of priority date (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Unsubstantiated objection - admitted (no) Submissions after summons - admitted (no)				Application title PRODRUGS OF PHOSPHONATE NUCLEOTIDE ANALOGUES AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AND MAKING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220017.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 657 KB)
T 2235/17 (Easy-open reclosable films / CURWOOD INC.) of 30.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/32 B32B7/10	Application no. 06018936.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Easy-open reclosable films having an interior frangible interface and articles made therefrom
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T223517.20210330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2418/17 () of 5.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D11/00	Application no. 12758751.7
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR ENTEISUNG EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241817.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0443/18 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23D 53/04 B23D 55/06 B23D 55/00	Application no. 14001221.2
Keywords Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Discretion correctly exercised by the first instance department (yes)				Application title Band saw machine, and saw blade driving method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T044318.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 0881/18 (Inhibition of Treg cells/IMMUNOVATIVE THERAPIES) of 13.4.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61K39/00 C07K16/00 C12N5/09 A61P35/00 C12N5/0783 A61K38/17 A61K38/21 A61K35/14	Application no. 11769425.7
Keywords Priority - same invention (no) Novelty - (yes)				Application title Methods and Compositions for inhibition of Treg Cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T088118.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1731/18 (Novel dispersible tablet composition / RUBICON) of 26.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/20 A61K31/55 A61K47/32 A61K47/36 A61K47/38	Application no. 06842712.9
Keywords Amendments, main request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title NOVEL DISPERSIBLE TABLET COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173118.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1839/18 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/60 A47J31/44	Application no. 11702622.9
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Novelty - (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title BEVERAGE DISPENSER WITH HYGIENIC CLEANING CYCLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183918.20210319				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 567 KB)
T 2029/18 (Rapidly disintegrating gelatinous coated tablets/Johnson & … of 26.1.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/40 A61K 9/44	Application no. 09075209.8
Keywords Main request - Amendments (Yes) Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes) Admission of new documents (No) Request to hear an expert (No) Request to provide samples (No) Prior use (No) Main request - Novelty (Yes) Main request - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title Rapidly disintegrating gelatinous coated tablets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T202918.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 792 KB)
T 1099/19 () of 13.4.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C2/10	Application no. 07859717.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Claims - product-by-process claims Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title OIL PUMP ROTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109919.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1337/19 (Azeotrope compositions/Chemours) of 19.3.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 7/19 C07C 17/15 C07C 17/38 C07C 17/383 C07C 21/18 C07C 17/25	Application no. 06827294.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AZEOTROPE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING E-1,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND HYDROGEN FLUORIDE AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T133719.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1850/20 (Yeditepe/Antimicrobial) of 26.2.2021
Online on 20.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06M 11/82 D06M 16/00	Application no. 12809341.6
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T185020.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 0240/16 (Lipid fraction for use in the support of the brain function /NUTRICIA … of 4.2.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/29 A23L1/30 A61K31/00 A23L2/52 A61K31/19 A61K31/201 A61K31/202	Application no. 11195555.5
Keywords Main request - admission into the appeal proceedings (no) Auxiliary request 1 - admission into the appeal proceedings (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter and extension of scope of protection (no) - Clarity (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - claimed subject-matter limited to a therapeutic application (yes) - Novelty (yes) Remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Lipid composition for improving brain function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024016.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 2060/16 (Polyisocyanate production method/ Mitsui Chemicals) of 12.1.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C263/10 C07C265/14	Application no. 11000010.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Polyisocyanate production method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T206016.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 471 KB)
T 2672/16 () of 5.3.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 37/20	Application no. 10196804.8
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (no) Late-filed main request - procedural economy Late-filed main request - request clearly allowable (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title Household appliance for treating soft goods with displacement sensor and method for measuring the weight of loaded soft goods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T267216.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1260/17 (Equaliser circuit for voltage potentials/ROSEMOUNT) of 30.3.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/042	Application no. 10757532.6
Keywords Added subject-matter - main and auxiliary requests I to V (yes) Admittance of auxiliary requests filed after summons - (no): no exceptional circumstances and no clear allowability Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no): appeal not allowable				Application title Industrial process control transmitter with multiple sensors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126017.20210330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1381/17 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/28	Application no. 07778530.1
Keywords clarity - (yes) added subject matter - (no) novelty - (yes) inventive step - (yes)				Application title GATE-COUPLED EPROM CELL FOR PRINTHEAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T138117.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2164/17 (Cheese low in saturated fatty acids/FRIESLAND) of 9.4.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C19/05 A23C19/055	Application no. 10803169.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no)				Application title CHEESE LOW IN SATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216417.20210409				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2481/17 () of 12.4.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01T 13/20	Application no. 07784479.3
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - juxtaposition of obvious features Admissibility of auxiliary requests - (no) - should have been filed in the first instance proceedings Prohibition of reformatio in peius - Admissiblity of auxiliary requests does not have to be decided in the present case Partial reimbursement of the appeal fee - 25% (yes)				Application title Small Diameter/Long Reach Spark Plug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T248117.20210412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1245/18 (Delivery particle/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 21.1.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 13/00 B01J 13/16 C11D 3/50 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/43 C11D 3/37	Application no. 09753282.4
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title BENEFIT AGENT CONTAINING DELIVERY PARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124518.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1369/18 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V 7/00 F21S 8/10 F21Y 101/02	Application no. 07425625.6
Keywords Discretion not to admit submission - submission admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title Modular reflective optical lighting system and lighting device equipped therewith, in particular for vehicles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136918.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1429/18 (Balanced amounts of branched amino acids/NUTRICIA) of 5.3.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/29 A23L1/305 A61P3/02	Application no. 11712054.3
Keywords Main request: sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - inventive step (yes)				Application title LOW PROTEIN INFANT FORMULA WITH INCREASED ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142918.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 3002/18 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F21V 17/16 F21V 13/04 F21V 5/00 F21V 5/04 F21V 7/00 F21V 7/22 F21Y 115/10	Application no. 14191613.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Optisches Element für eine Leuchte, sowie Leuchte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T300218.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0261/19 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 175/04 C08G 18/42 C08G 18/40 C08G 18/62 C08G 18/72 C08G 18/76 C08G 18/79 C09D 175/06	Application no. 08798832.5
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Admittance - claim requests Admittance - late filed allegation of fact (no)				Application title POLYURETHANE COATINGS WITH IMPROVED INTERLAYER ADHESION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026119.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 607 KB)
T 1193/19 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 27/26 G02B 27/22 G03B 21/28	Application no. 14742448.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119319.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481 KB)
T 2348/19 (Missing signatures/QUALCOMM) of 13.4.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 52/52 H03F 1/02	Application no. 14704496.0
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): no oral proceedings necessary or appropriate Missing signatures of opposition division's chair - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Power tracker for multiple transmit signals sent simultaneously
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T234819.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0081/20 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 19.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G03B 21/00 G02B 27/22 G02B 27/26 G03B 35/26	Application no. 12152963.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Priority - validity of priority date (yes) Novelty - (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title Combining p and s rays for bright stereoscopic projection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008120.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0949/16 () of 11.3.2021
Online on 16.04.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16 A61M 1/36	Application no. 10005282.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no)				Application title Kidney substitution device to automate blood sampling procedure in a kidney substitution treatment machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094916.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0658/19 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 16.04.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22F 3/105 B22F 5/04 F01D 5/28 F01D 25/00 B22F 5/00	Application no. 13197768.8
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Hauptantrag - ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) - Klarheit (ja) - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Neuheit (ja) - erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Niederschrift über mündliche Verhandlung - Antrag auf Korrektur der Niederschrift (abgelehnt)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines Bauteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T065819.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 531 KB)
T 1020/02 (Vapor permeation/BEND RESEARCH) of 16.5.2007
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.5.2007	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/22	Application no. 97306167.4
Keywords Novelty: main request (no), first auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Vapor permeation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T102002.20070516				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0831/15 (Dispositif de protection/INGENICO) of 1.3.2021
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 21/00 G07F 7/10	Application no. 11181475.2
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (non), Revendications - clarté (non), Renvoi - (non), Modification des moyens invoqués - justification pour soumettre la modification dans la procédure de recours (non),				Application title Dispositif de protection, procédé et produit programme d'ordinateur correspondant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T083115.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1148/15 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/00 H04N 5/44	Application no. 07004089.4
Keywords Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - objective technical problem Inventive step - selection of one of several obvious solutions Inventive step - ex post facto analysis (no) Claims - clarity (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes) Objection under Rule 106 EPC (dismissed)				Application title A protocol for control of network or bus attached cable TV set-top box front-end functionality
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114815.20210120				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 627 KB)
T 1755/16 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V 1/145 G10K 11/26	Application no. 08846417.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (nein)				Application title SYSTEM ZUR FESTSTELLUNG EINES OBJEKTS IN EINER ÜBERWACHUNGSFLÄCHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T175516.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2372/16 (Toray/seal strength) of 22.3.2021
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/00 B32B 27/32	Application no. 08833075.8
Keywords Novelty - Parametrical feature derived from a second document Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BIAXIALLY ORIENTED POLYPROPYLENE FILM WITH HIGH HEAT SEAL STRENGTH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237216.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0150/17 () of 5.2.2021
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/12 C08F 2/00	Application no. 10745274.0
Keywords Inventive step - Main request and first auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROPYLENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T015017.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 2792/17 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 251/60 C07D 251/62	Application no. 11164887.9
Keywords Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title Low-energy-consumption process for the production of high-purity melamine, through the pyrolysis of urea and relative equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T279217.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 793 KB)
T 2005/18 () of 12.4.2021
Online on 15.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 10742957.3
Keywords Novelty and inventive step (yes, amended claims)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A TEMPERATURE OF A VIBRATING SENSOR COMPONENT OF A VIBRATING METER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200518.20210412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1776/15 (VERFAHREN ZUR BIOGAS ERZEUGUNG/FRAUHENHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT) of 13.11.2020
Online on 14.04.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C12P 5/02 C02F 11/04	Application no. 08786369.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Konversion von Biomasse aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen zu Biogas in anaeroben Fermentern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177615.20201113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 577 KB)
T 0328/16 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 14.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC D21F 11/00 D21G 1/00 B31F 1/16 D21H 27/10 B65D 30/02 B31B 19/00	Application no. 09169216.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ermittlung von Amts wegen - Beschwerdeverfahren Antrag auf Aussetzung der mündlichen Verhandlungen mittels Videokonferenz und Neufestsetzung eines Termins zur mündlichen Verhandlung in phyischer Präsenz der Beteiligten - Antragstellung erst nach Eröffnung der mündlichen Verhandlung - zurückgewiesen Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung - schwerwiegende Gründe (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Sackpapier, Sackpapier und Papiersack
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T032816.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 542 KB)
T 1448/16 () of 14.1.2021
Online on 14.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/12	Application no. 08075281.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method of and implement for milking dairy animals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144816.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1230/17 (Leichtblech / ThyssenKrupp) of 6.4.2021
Online on 14.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 5/20 B32B 27/34 B32B 15/08 B29C 44/32 B32B 15/20 B32B 37/15	Application no. 08804687.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES LEICHTBLECHS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T123017.20210406				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1962/17 () of 19.2.2021
Online on 14.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 1/04	Application no. 10732299.2
Keywords Hauptantrag - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsantrag I neu Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsanträge II bis VI Weitere Hilfsanträge - Hilfsanträge II bis VI - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title HYBRIDLAGER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196217.20210219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2003/17 () of 18.1.2021
Online on 14.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M 51/06 H01L 41/083 H01L 41/09 H01L 41/053 H02N 2/02 H02N 2/00	Application no. 13700162.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title AKTORMODUL MIT EINEM IN EINEM GEHÄUSE ANGEORDNETEN VIELSCHICHTAKTOR UND KONSTANT EXTREM NIEDRIGEN LECKSTROM AN DER AKTOROBERFLÄCHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200317.20210118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1375/18 () of 8.4.2021
Online on 14.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01K 31/16 B65G 47/52 B65G 17/36	Application no. 07711721.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - (ja)				Application title FÖRDERVORRICHTUNG FÜR STOSSEMPFINDLICHE PRODUKTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T137518.20210408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0268/17 (Grouping and de-grouping of icons / Nokia) of 19.1.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/048	Application no. 10843654.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Amendments - auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title USER INPUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026817.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1122/17 () of 6.4.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 265/30 C07D 413/12 C07D 417/12 C07D 471/04 C07D 487/04 A61K 31/5377 A61K 31/553 A61P 25/00 A61P 9/00	Application no. 10737870.5
Keywords Agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - appeal dismissed				Application title OXAZINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS BACE INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112217.20210406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 2224/17 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01D 43/10 A01D 45/02	Application no. 11163188.3
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Maispflücker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T222417.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2426/17 (Grouped services icons/SAMSUNG) of 7.4.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 09166052.2
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title Display apparatus and user interface display method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T242617.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1942/18 (Titanium-containing catalyst/INOVYN) of 26.3.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 27/122 B01J 23/72 B01J 21/04 C07C 17/15	Application no. 04818425.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Catalyst and gas phase method using such a catalyst
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194218.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2307/18 (DIMENSIONAL STABILITY/ECOLAB) of 10.2.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/10 C11D 3/33 C11D 11/00 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/04 C11D 3/08	Application no. 10160830.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title SOLID CLEANING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T230718.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 2601/18 () of 8.4.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/44 G01B 11/16 G01L 1/24 G02B 6/12	Application no. 13859456.9
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Clarity (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title FIBER OPTIC STRAIN LOCKING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF STRAIN LOCKING A CABLE ASSEMBLY TO TUBING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260118.20210408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 3058/19 () of 5.3.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 3/14 B67C 3/04	Application no. 10194464.3
Keywords Anwendbarkeit der Artikel 12 und 13 VOBK im Wiedereinsetzungsverfahren Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - einmaliges Versehen in einem zuverlässigen System zur Fristenüberwachung (nein)				Application title Kühleinrichtung zum Stabilisieren einer Behältnisstruktur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T305819.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 303 KB)
T 3131/19 (Body movement dependent user interface/PHILIPS) of 7.4.2021
Online on 13.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01	Application no. 08854624.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T313119.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0169/03 () of 31.8.2004
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 31.8.2004	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 19/04	Application no. 98111379.8
Keywords Klarheit, ja nach Änderung				Application title Vorrichtung zum Befestigen von Abschlußleisten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T016903.20040831				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 37 KB)
T 0850/15 () of 8.3.2021
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02H 7/26 H02J 13/00	Application no. 04405747.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - newly filed documents relevant to assessment of public availability in impugned decision Admissibility of documents - (no) - should have been filed in first instance proceedings Admissibility of documents D7a-f and D8a-f - (yes) - appropriate reaction to change of opinion of Opposition Division and late objection of respondent concerning public availability Novelty - (yes) Novelty - prior art disclosure ambiguous, availability not proven beyond reasonable doubt Inventive step (yes) Clarity - (yes to the extent that it can be examined) Added subject-matter - (no)				Application title Transmission of Protection Commands to a Remote Tripping Device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085015.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0558/16 () of 6.4.2021
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01T 13/32 H01T 13/39	Application no. 07798759.2
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - patent proprietor (no)				Application title Spark plug with fine wire ground electrode
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055816.20210406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 2607/16 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 25/28 A01N 25/06 A01N 37/40 A01N 57/20 B01J 13/16 A01N 25/04	Application no. 11727066.0
Keywords Late submitted material - evidence admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MICROENCAPSULATED OILS FOR CONTROLLING PESTICIDE SPRAY DRIFT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260716.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 561 KB)
T 1127/17 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F 1/44 D21H 21/40	Application no. 09741019.5
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WATERMARK ELEMENT, WATERMARK ELEMENT, AND ALSO APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112717.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0488/18 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01M3/32 G01F23/00	Application no. 11186605.9
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren (ja) Unterbrechung des Beschwerdeverfahrens wegen Insolvenzverfahren (nein) Übertragung der Einsprechendenstellung (nein) - kein ausreichender Nachweis Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja) Teilweise Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title Leckagesonde für einen doppelwandigen Tank
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048818.20210325				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 623 KB)
T 0508/18 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47F 1/12	Application no. 12164532.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Warenvorschubeinsatz für ein Warenvorschubsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T050818.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2222/18 () of 7.4.2021
Online on 12.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 23/08	Application no. 14193334.1
Keywords Entscheidung im schrifltichen Verfahren ohne mündliche Verhandlung - (ja) Klarheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Trommelmotor für lärmempfindliche Umgebung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T222218.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1707/16 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 09.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/10 B31F 1/07 B65B 19/22 B65B 61/00	Application no. 09756486.8
Keywords -				Application title A PACK FOR SMOKING ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170716.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0429/17 () of 15.1.2021
Online on 09.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 55/08 B67C 7/00 A61L 2/08 A61L 2/24	Application no. 09168082.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title Elektronenstrahlsterilisation für Behältnisse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T042917.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1848/17 (Conditioning shampoo compositions / UNILEVER) of 16.3.2021
Online on 09.04.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/26 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/36 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/42 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/02 A61K 8/04	Application no. 07822032.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONDITIONING SHAMPOO COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T184817.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 2703/17 () of 8.3.2021
Online on 09.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 1/137 G06Q 10/08	Application no. 11158966.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Vorraussetzungen des Art. 13 (2) erfüllt (nein)				Application title System zur Ergänzung eines Kleingüterlagers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T270317.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0949/18 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 09.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 11/00	Application no. 12773285.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Beschwerdebegründung - Berücksichtigung unvollständigen Vorbringens (nein)				Application title SPENDER FÜR PASTÖSE MASSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094918.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0014/18 () of 31.3.2021
Online on 08.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 31.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D3/06 B27D3/00 B30B15/06 B41C1/00 B41N1/06 B44B5/02 B44C1/24 B05D3/02 B44C5/04	Application no. 12185205.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Application title Spreading a viscous masking ink on a press plate by use of a heater
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001418.20210331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0028/18 () of 31.3.2021
Online on 08.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 31.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B02C15/00	Application no. 10705268.0
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Beschwerdeverfahrens (ja) Einspruchsgrund - Hauptantrag - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der ursprünglich eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title WÄLZMÜHLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002818.20210331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0684/18 () of 18.3.2021
Online on 08.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/00 G01N 27/407 G01N 27/417 G01N 27/419 F02D 35/00 F02D 41/14	Application no. 10715220.9
Keywords Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung (nicht zugelassen)				Application title SENSORELEMENT ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINER EIGENSCHAFT EINES GASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T068418.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 464 KB)
T 2131/19 () of 31.3.2021
Online on 08.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 31.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D79/00	Application no. 11876615.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without oral proceedings - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title EASY PULL BOTTLE CAP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213119.20210331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0437/15 (Digestion buffer/LIFE TECHNOLOGIES) of 6.4.2021
Online on 07.04.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/10	Application no. 04820001.8
Keywords Main request - added matter (no) Remittal to opposition division (yes)				Application title METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARING RNA FROM A FIXED SAMPLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T043715.20210406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1516/16 () of 17.3.2021
Online on 07.04.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/021 A61B 5/022	Application no. 09773783.7
Keywords Admittance of late-filed evidence submited with the statement of grounds of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no); auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title EVALUATE AORTIC BLOOD PRESSURE WAVEFORM USING AN ADAPTIVE PERIPHERAL PRESSURE TRANSFER FUNCTION.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T151616.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2284/16 () of 3.3.2021
Online on 07.04.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/47 A61F13/532	Application no. 12001502.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 7 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 8 (ja)				Application title Bindenprodukt, Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Hygieneproduktes und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen eines Hygieneproduktes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T228416.20210303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 511 KB)
T 0266/18 (DATA STORAGE SYSTEM EXPORTING LOGICAL VOLUMES AS STORAGE OBJECTS / … of 30.3.2021
Online on 07.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06	Application no. 12768927.1
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) Appealed decision - reasoned (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation				Application title DATA STORAGE SYSTEM EXPORTING LOGICAL VOLUMES AS STORAGE OBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026618.20210330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 0917/18 () of 2.3.2021
Online on 07.04.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 3/02 F28F 3/08	Application no. 08741887.7
Keywords Inventive step - combination invention (yes) Late-filed document - justification for late filing (no) Oral proceedings - postponement (no)				Application title A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T091718.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1352/18 (Call routing matrix/AVAYA) of 23.3.2021
Online on 07.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/42	Application no. 05819443.2
Keywords Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests (no): mixed invention (administrative rules defined by a user profile) Admittance of late-filed request - second auxiliary request (no): no exceptional circumstances and fresh case				Application title Wireless device to manage cross-network telecommunication services
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T135218.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 903 KB)
T 1628/16 (GITR binding molecules/GITR) of 16.9.2020
Online on 06.04.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61P 35/00 A61K 39/395 A61P 31/00	Application no. 06748745.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title GITR binding molecules and uses therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162816.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1372/17 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 06.04.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/496 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/49	Application no. 08829799.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - auxiliary requests 10,11 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T137217.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1907/17 () of 30.3.2021
Online on 06.04.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 7/06	Application no. 01999218.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 3 to 5 (no)				Application title ELEVATOR HOIST ROPE THIN HIGH-STRENGTH WIRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T190717.20210330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2393/17 () of 11.3.2021
Online on 06.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42	Application no. 12190128.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Water supply device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239317.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0297/18 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 06.04.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F24H 9/18 H05B 3/24 F24H 3/04	Application no. 10290484.4
Keywords Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein) Patentierbare Erfindung - technischer Charakter der Erfindung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Wärmeübertrager
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029718.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0013/19 (Oral proceedings in absentia/JILDERDA) of 4.3.2021
Online on 06.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 07793860.3
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of appellant Added subject-matter - main and auxiliary requests (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no): appeal not allowable and no procedural violation				Application title Hearing aid, expansion unit and method for manufacturing a hearing aid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001319.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0219/19 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 06.04.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60S 3/04 B60S 3/06 B05B 13/04	Application no. 12790451.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED DEVICE FOR THE WASHING OF THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE IN A VEHICLES WASHING INSTALLATION AND RESPECTIVE NEW WASHING CYCLES PERFORMED WITH THIS DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021919.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0186/16 (Gaine à haute surface spécifique/IFP/) of 1.3.2021
Online on 01.04.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 1/08 B32B 27/18 F16L 11/08 F16L 11/12	Application no. 09766013.8
Keywords Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui), Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (oui), Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui), Modifications - admises (oui), Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui),				Application title CONDUITE AVEC GAINE A PERMEABILITE REDUITE AUX COMPOSES ACIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018616.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0266/16 () of 29.3.2021
Online on 01.04.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 21/56 B26B 21/60	Application no. 09790146.6
Keywords Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title RAZOR BLADES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026616.20210329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0078/17 () of 17.3.2021
Online on 01.04.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 43/16 H01R 4/18 H01R 13/04 H01R 13/405	Application no. 08801133.3
Keywords Angefochtene Entscheidung - ausreichend begründet (nein) Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (ja)				Application title Im Fliesspressverfahren geformter Steckerstift
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T007817.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1431/17 (Cow's milk peptide-containing hydrolysate/MJN HOLDING) of 9.3.2021
Online on 01.04.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A61K 38/01	Application no. 09015087.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment to appeal case - taken into account (no)				Application title Nutritional Formulation comprising a cow's milk peptide-containing hydrolysate and/or peptides derived thereof for tolerance induction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T143117.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 2149/17 () of 1.3.2021
Online on 01.04.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B 5/06 F16B 37/04 B60R 21/213	Application no. 09760610.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title PANEL-FASTENING CLIPS, ESPECIALLY FOR CURTAIN OR LATERAL AIRBAGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214917.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1205/18 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 01.04.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 29/26 F04D 29/056	Application no. 10704961.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ROTOR ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T120518.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1555/18 () of 26.3.2021
Online on 01.04.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01M 13/04 F16C 19/52	Application no. 16153773.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING WHEEL BEARING WEAR WITH MOUNTED ACCELEROMETERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155518.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)

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March 2021

T 0095/15 (Automatische Auswahl eines Antriebs/SEW-EURODRIVE) of 11.3.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/418	Application no. 02772216.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Einsprüche - (ja): Einsprüche substanziiert Patentierbare Erfindung - erteilte Fassung (nein): Verfahren für gedankliche Tätigkeiten als solches Zulassung spät eingereichter Hilfsanträge - (nein): neuer Sachverhalt ("fresh case") bzw. nicht eindeutig gewährbar Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein): Antrag gegenstandslos				Application title Verfahren und Anordnung zur Bestimmung und/oder Fertigung eines Antriebs oder Teilen für einen Antrieb, sowie Schnittstelle und Verfahren zur Bestimmung eines Betriebssicherheitsfaktors SB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009515.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0753/16 () of 14.1.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 12718907.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ERSTELLEN VON INDIVIDUELLEN REGALBILDERN FÜR VERSCHIEDENE VERKAUFSSTELLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T075316.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1696/16 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D 7/16	Application no. 09778614.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title KALIBRIEREN EINES SENSORS ZUR WERTDOKUMENTBEARBEITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169616.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2260/16 (AMINO PHOSPHINE / NOVA CHEMICALS) of 18.3.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 31/18	Application no. 08733578.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AMINO PHOSPHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226016.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0276/17 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 3/20 H05K 1/09 H05K 3/24 E05B 81/00 E05B 85/02	Application no. 06021464.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - Gründe deutlich und knapp angegeben (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens - Gründe warum Änderung im Beschwerdeverfahren erfolgt (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Beweismittel Änderung des Vorbringens - Antrag Änderung des Vorbringens - in zulässiger Weise vorgebracht und aufrechterhalten (nein)				Application title Kraftfahrzeugtürverschluss
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027617.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1451/17 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 33/04	Application no. 06726789.8
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ACRYLIC BLENDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T145117.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 1905/17 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07J43/00 C07J31/00	Application no. 11178005.2
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter Inventive step Late-filed facts				Application title Composition for the preparation of 17-vinyl- triflates as intermediates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T190517.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 570 KB)
T 2202/17 () of 11.3.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C13/08	Application no. 09180696.8
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Artificial turf structure and method of manufacturing thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220217.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 515 KB)
T 2261/17 () of 16.3.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F15/02 E04F15/04	Application no. 08166656.2
Keywords Right to be heard - opposition procedure Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes) Right to be heard - violation (no) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title A flooring material comprising sheet-shaped floor elements which are joined by means of joining members
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226117.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 528 KB)
T 0149/18 (Enteral composition comprising globular proteins/NUTRICIA) of 24.2.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C1/04 A61P3/02 A23L33/00 A23L33/19 A23L33/17	Application no. 13159400.4
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests: Amendments meeting the "gold standard" according to G 2/10 (no) - Added subject-matter - (yes)				Application title High protein liquid enteral nutritional composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014918.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0247/18 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D231/12 C07C251/80	Application no. 09715350.6
Keywords Änderungen Ausreichende Offenbarung Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REGIOSELEKTIVEN SYNTHESE VON 1-ALKYL-3-HALOALKYL-PYRAZOL-4-CARBONSÄUR E-DERIVATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024718.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1343/19 (Low frequency glatiramer acetate therapy/YEDA) of 10.9.2020
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/02 A61K 38/16 A61P 25/28 A61K 38/07 A61K 9/00 A61K 31/785	Application no. 15171065.4
Keywords Main (sole) request: inventive step - (no)				Application title Low frequency glatiramer acetate therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T134319.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 572 KB)
T 3272/19 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 33/04	Application no. 10185812.4
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - novelty of use Novelty - second (or further) non-medical use (no: main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Remittal (yes)				Application title ACRYLIC BLENDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T327219.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 637 KB)
T 0028/20 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 31.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 33/04	Application no. 10154164.7
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes and no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (auxiliary request 1: no) Inventive step - (main request: no)				Application title ACRYLIC BLENDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002820.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 478 KB)
T 2241/15 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K 17/96	Application no. 02803685.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary requests - added subject-matter (yes) Substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title Molded/Integrated Touch Switch/Control Panel Assembly and Method for Making Same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224115.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 2717/16 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N33/68 C07K14/705	Application no. 03779880.8
Keywords -				Application title SCD40L, PAPP-A UND PLAZENTALER-WACHSTUMSFAKTOR (PIGF) ALS BIOCHEMISCHE MARKERKOMBINATIONEN BEI KARDIOVASKULÄREN ERKRANKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T271716.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 236 KB)
T 0098/17 () of 3.3.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 25/04 B62D 29/00	Application no. 08849349.9
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Application title A B-PILLAR FOR A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009817.20210303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0960/17 (Flavoring of drug-containing chewing gums / JOHNSON & JOHNSON) of 4.2.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/36	Application no. 06770085.6
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title FLAVORING OF DRUG-CONTAINING CHEWING GUMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096017.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 1707/17 () of 19.2.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J37/32	Application no. 05794506.5
Keywords Amendments of main and 1st auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons (2nd auxiliary request) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title MATERIAL DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170717.20210219				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1875/17 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D25/00 B41M3/14 D21H21/48 G07D7/00	Application no. 10726160.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Security devices for security documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187517.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2832/18 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G01N21/64 A61B1/07 G02B21/00 A61B1/00 G01N21/63 A61B5/00 G02B26/10 G02B23/14	Application no. 08843195.2
Keywords Requête soumise tardivement - circonstances du recours justifiant son admission (oui), Renvoi - (oui), Renvoi - motifs particuliers justifiant le renvoi,				Application title DISPOSITIF D'IMAGERIE MODULAIRE, MODULE DE BALAYAGE ET D'INJECTION POUR CE DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE D'IMAGERIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T283218.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1655/20 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 30.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F21S 8/00 F21S 8/08	Application no. 11000036.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 Amendment to case - complexity of amendment (no) Amendment to case - exercise of discretion Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Lighting system and assembling method of the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T165520.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 1127/16 (Aircraft communication method/BOEING) of 18.2.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/185	Application no. 06077126.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - main, 1st and 4th to 13th auxiliary requests (yes): unallowable limitation Extension of protection conferred - 2nd and 3rd auxiliary requests (yes): "inescapable trap" Referral to the Enlarged Board - inescapable trap (no): not required and no divergence				Application title Multi-network aircraft communication systems and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112716.20210218				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 501 KB)
T 1352/16 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 17/30 G06Q 30/00 G11B 27/00	Application no. 08005605.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Third and fourth auxiliary requests filed with the grounds of appeal - admitted (no)				Application title Digital downloading jukebox with enhanced communication features
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T135216.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1365/16 (Key agreement protocol/BLACKBERRY) of 18.3.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 9/06	Application no. 04733283.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - all requests (yes): intermediate generalisation; general statements like "the invention ... may equally be utilised in ..." cannot replace a direct and unambiguous disclosure				Application title Key agreement and transport protocol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136516.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 2475/16 () of 3.3.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/06 A47J 31/40	Application no. 08709016.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)				Application title DEVICE FOR PREPARING A LIQUID BEVERAGE FROM A CARTRIDGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247516.20210303				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2539/16 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G 1/08	Application no. 10754493.4
Keywords Änderungen (Hauptantrag) Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Zulassung von Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens (nein) - Präzisierung der Argumente einer Partei in der Ladung sind keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände				Application title Einziehfederspitze mit Fußstück
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253916.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 2219/17 (Method for producing a mixture of antibodies/MERUS) of 5.11.2020
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/46 A61K 39/00 C12P 21/02 G01N 33/50 C07K 16/00 C07K 16/10 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/30 C07K 16/32 A61K 39/395 C12P 21/00	Application no. 10186063.3
Keywords Main request: inventive step - (yes)				Application title Recombinant production of mixtures of antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221917.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0375/18 (Authenticated home appliance management/LG) of 3.3.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/28	Application no. 12181412.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Information management system for home appliance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T037518.20210303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1175/18 () of 2.3.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 1/05 A47L 7/00 A47L 5/24	Application no. 14183727.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verbesserung nicht für gesamte beanspruchte Breite glaubhaft Beschwerdeerwiderung - nicht vollständiger Sachvortrag Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Tragbares Sauggerät für Flüssigkeiten oder Flüssigkeits-/Luftgemische
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117518.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 2244/18 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 29.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 17/12 F04D 29/62	Application no. 04797679.0
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title MULTISTAGE CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224418.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0777/17 (Degarelix in metastatic stage prostate cancer/FERRING) of 22.9.2020
Online on 26.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/09 A61P 35/00 A61P 35/04	Application no. 09711390.6
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 2 and 3 - Inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 4 to 7 - admitted into the proceedings (no) Late-filed argument - admitted into the proceedings (no)				Application title Treatment of metastatic stage prostate cancer with degarelix
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077717.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 0807/17 () of 22.2.2021
Online on 26.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 7/02 F03D 7/04	Application no. 08017519.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T080717.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0368/18 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 26.03.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F13/004 B41F27/12	Application no. 06017004.0
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (ja: Hauptantrag)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Druckmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T036818.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0840/18 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 26.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017 G06T 5/00	Application no. 12719209.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late filed request (admitted)				Application title VISION SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC ATTACHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T084018.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0737/16 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F28F 9/02 F25B 39/04 F28D 9/00 F28D 21/00	Application no. 03810494.9
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (oui), Nouveauté - requête principale (non), Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui),				Application title CONDENSEUR, NOTAMMENT POUR UN CIRCUIT DE CLIMATISATION DE VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE, ET CIRCUIT COMPRENANT CE CONDENSEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073716.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 621 KB)
T 1829/16 () of 12.2.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02C 7/04 A61F 2/16	Application no. 10750216.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title MULTIFOCAL CORRECTION PROVIDING IMPROVED QUALITY OF VISION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182916.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1043/17 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 5/48	Application no. 10195797.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - (nein)				Application title Bauelement mit Rohrleitungen und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Bauelementes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T104317.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1954/17 () of 4.3.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B 1/76 E04B 1/80	Application no. 12700805.0
Keywords Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title COMPOSITE THERMAL INSULATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195417.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 2372/17 (Multi-word autocorrection/APPLE) of 25.2.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/27	Application no. 13730715.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Multi-word autocorrection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237217.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1982/18 (Fabric conditioner containing a hydrophobic agent / UNILEVER) of 2.3.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/62 C11D 3/00 C11D 3/20	Application no. 11779648.2
Keywords New documents filed with the grounds of appeal and the reply thereto - admitted New objection against sufficiency of disclosure not substantiated at first instance - contested by the patent proprietor and not admitted Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative New arguments submitted during oral proceedings against auxiliary request 3 - not admitted - no exceptional circumstances Compliance with the requirements of the EPC (Auxiliary request 3) - (yes) - no objections raised in writing				Application title Fabric conditioners
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198218.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 2189/18 (Automatisches Hochfahren eines Antriebssystems/LENZE) of 22.3.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/042	Application no. 13162507.1
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein, nach Änderung) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben eines elektrischen Antriebssystems und Antriebssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T218918.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2505/18 (Aluminiumband/HYDRO) of 15.3.2021
Online on 25.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B41N 1/08 B22D 25/06	Application no. 11156689.9
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Rücknahme der Beschwerde Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Mündliche Verhandlung - Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Aluminiumband für lithografische Druckplattenträger mit Wasser basierenden Beschichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T250518.20210315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 0353/16 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/50	Application no. 08791042.8
Keywords All requests - inventive step (no)				Application title VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035316.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0816/16 (Nutritional composition/ALPIFLOR) of 4.2.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/19 A61K 31/70 A61K 31/7016 A61K 31/702 A61K 31/715 A23L 1/30 A61P 1/14	Application no. 10171504.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 13 (no)				Application title Nutritional composition and food supplement containing such a nutritional composition.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081616.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 2320/16 (Oral proceedings by videoconference) of 4.2.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 215/54 A61K 31/47 C07D 401/12 C07D 417/12 C07D 215/56 C07D 401/04 C07D 491/10 C07D 405/12 C07D 413/12 C07D 211/00	Application no. 10173332.7
Keywords Oral proceedings - by videoconference Inventive step - reasonable generalisation of the invention (yes) Inventive step - burden of proof				Application title SUBSTITUTED 3-CYANOQUINOLINES AS PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASES INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232016.20210204				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 766 KB)
T 1671/17 () of 18.3.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/491 A61F 13/53 A61F 13/49 A61F 13/551	Application no. 09732593.0
Keywords -				Application title DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING GENDER-SPECIFIC CONTAINMENT FLAPS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167117.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 2161/17 (Heat-treatment of polymeric particles/EVONIK) of 12.2.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 3/00 C08J 3/12 A61L 15/60 B29B 9/16	Application no. 12152803.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Heat-treatment of water-absorbing polymeric particles in a fluidized bed
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216117.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0376/18 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/02 C08J 5/18 B29C 49/00 B29K 105/00 C08F 210/16 C08F 4/659 B29C 47/00	Application no. 09783888.2
Keywords Late-filed facts - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title COPOLYMERS AND FILMS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T037618.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 0839/18 () of 3.3.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 55/226 F16D 65/095	Application no. 11181212.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsverfahren Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Scheibenbremse eines Kraftfahrzeugs und Bremsbelag
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T083918.20210303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1128/18 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B 69/00 A01B 79/00	Application no. 12178798.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung Beschwerdeerwiderung - unvollständiger Sachvortrag Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Visualisierungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112818.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2587/18 (Search string in compressed data/FUJITSU) of 10.2.2021
Online on 24.03.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 14177795.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first and second auxiliary requests (no) Amendment after summons - third auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T258718.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1737/14 () of 2.3.2021
Online on 23.03.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H04N5/00 H04N7/24	Application no. 07764512.5
Keywords Nouveauté - (non) Modifications déposées durant la procédures orale Modifications - admission (non)				Application title AUTO-ZAPPING PROGRAMME D'UN DECODEUR DU A L'IDENTIFICATION DE L'EVENEMENT TV CHOISI, PAR UTILISATION DE LA TECHNOLOGIE DVB ET DU CODAGE PAR MPEG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173714.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1355/16 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 23.03.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M3/335 H02M3/156	Application no. 14157603.3
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request, auxiliary requests 1 & 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests 3 to 5 (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Techniques for controlling a power converter using multiple controllers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135516.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2246/17 (WIRELESS AUDIO EQUIPMENT USING A QUADRATURE MODULATION SYSTEM, SIGMA- … of 21.12.2020
Online on 23.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M3/02 H04B1/04 H04L27/36	Application no. 11808754.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no)				Application title WIRELESS AUDIO EQUIPMENT USING A QUADRATURE MODULATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224617.20201221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1257/18 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 23.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C17/20 C07C17/25 C07C21/18	Application no. 10719653.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition do not preclude the maintenance of the patent as granted				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T125718.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2128/18 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 23.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/20	Application no. 13196195.5
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Transport von band- oder streifenförmigem Material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212818.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2037/14 (Alpha Source / Particle Beam source) of 4.3.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G21G4/08 H01J27/18 H01J37/08 H05H1/18	Application no. 09790533.5
Keywords Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title ECR PARTICLE BEAM SOURCE APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T203714.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1786/15 (BMP Antagonists/GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION) of 15.10.2020
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/17 A61K47/48 A61K39/395 A61P3/02 A61P7/06	Application no. 06735151.0
Keywords Priority - transfer of priority right (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Use Of BMP Antagonists To Regulate Hepcidin-Mediated Iron Metabolism And Treat Iron Deficiency
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T178615.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0803/16 (Antiperspirant usage / UNILEVER) of 11.3.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/02 A61K8/06 A61K8/97 A61Q15/00	Application no. 10723075.7
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ANTIPERSPIRANT USAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T080316.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0862/16 (Connection re-establishment/HTC) of 2.3.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W76/02	Application no. 12004150.4
Keywords Added subject-matter - main and auxiliary requests 1 to 10 (yes) Admittance of auxiliary request 11 filed at oral proceedings (yes): exceptional circumstances Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 11 (no, after amendments) Extension of protection - auxiliary request 11 (no) Objection introduced ex officio by the board - request for referral to Enlarged BoA (no) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (yes): novelty and inventive step not examined yet Request for reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no): no substantial procedural violation				Application title Methods for synchronizing PDCP operations after PRC connection re-establishment in a wireless communication system and related apparatuses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T086216.20210302				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 1891/16 () of 8.3.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61J1/20	Application no. 04003326.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Transfervorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T189116.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 2447/16 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B1/18	Application no. 04772528.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title CONTROLLER OF ONE-SHAFT MULTI-CAR SYSTEM ELEVATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T244716.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476 KB)
T 2723/16 () of 15.2.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/44 A61K8/49 A61Q5/08	Application no. 08787221.4
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title REDUKTIVE ENTFÄRBUNG KERATINHALTIGER FASERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T272316.20210215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0315/17 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J17/00	Application no. 06786588.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - after amendment Clarity - (yes) - after amendment Inventive Step - (yes) - after amendment Inventive Step - choice of closest prior art				Application title Wireless Non-Radiative Energy Transfer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031517.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1576/17 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/00 A61M1/00	Application no. 09748589.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request, first auxiliary request Sufficiency of disclosure - no				Application title DRESSING REDUCED-PRESSURE INDICATORS AND SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157617.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1583/17 (Use of coated films / Taghleef) of 24.2.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/40 C08J7/04 D21H19/82 C09D175/04	Application no. 09840260.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - relationship between Article 83 and Article 84 Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title USE OF A FILM FOR THE LAMINATION OF PRINTED MATTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF SUCH FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158317.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1153/18 () of 16.3.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N21/64 G01N33/542 G01N33/58 G01N35/10 G01N1/31	Application no. 07711875.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ERKENNUNG UND IDENTIFIZIERUNG VON ZIELSTRUKTUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115318.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2692/18 (Pastillieranlage/SANDVIK) of 25.2.2021
Online on 22.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J2/26	Application no. 11152543.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BANDKONDITIONIERUNG BEI PASTILLIERANLAGEN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM HERSTELLEN VON PASTILLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T269218.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1638/14 (Gefitinib resistant cancer/WYETH) of 1.12.2020
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/4706 A61K38/17 A61P35/00	Application no. 06720163.2
Keywords Admissibility of opposition (no) Admissibility of opposition - identification of the opponent Correction of error (no) Correction of error - late request and no evidence of true intention				Application title METHOD FOR TREATING GEFITINIB RESISTANT CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163814.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1090/16 () of 11.3.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/494 A61F13/49 A61F13/493 A61F13/496	Application no. 08779461.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109016.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 1950/16 () of 14.1.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B1/22	Application no. 07859801.8
Keywords Prior art - availability to the public (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - auxiliary request I Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Right to be heard - violation (no) Remittal - (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no)				Application title METHOD OF TEMPER ROLLING OF STEEL STRIP AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195016.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0403/17 () of 23.2.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N59/00 E01C5/00 E01H11/00	Application no. 04762849.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive Step (yes) Late-filed submissions - admitted (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title WEED CONTROL IN JOINTS OF CONCRETE BLOCK AND OTHER PAVING STONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040317.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1422/17 () of 23.2.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G11/08 E04G17/00 B28B7/18 E04G15/06	Application no. 10779724.3
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title AUSSCHALVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142217.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1051/18 () of 15.1.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/088 A61M25/095 A61M31/00 A61B1/05 A61B1/055	Application no. 10762456.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - prohibition of reformatio in peius (yes) Amendments - exception (no)				Application title OPTICALLY GUIDED FEEDING TUBE.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T105118.20210115				Distribution D	Decision No PDF available
T 1775/18 (Custom word lists/BLACKBERRY) of 27.1.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/27 H04M1/725	Application no. 09176236.9
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Systems and methods of building and using custom word lists
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177518.20210127				Distribution D	Decision No PDF available
T 2842/18 (Rituximab for use in a method for treating joint damage/ HOFFMANN-LA … of 1.10.2020
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61P19/02 A61K31/00 C07K16/28	Application no. 06837634.2
Keywords Main request, auxiliary request 1: amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes); auxiliary requests 2 and 3: admitted (no); Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title Method for treating joint damage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T284218.20201001				Distribution D	Decision No PDF available
T 0909/19 () of 15.1.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C45/37 B29C33/38 B29C33/42 B29C67/00 D21F1/44	Application no. 15001636.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Spritzgusswerkzeug und Prägestock zum Einsatz bei der Herstellung von Wasserzeichenpapier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090919.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2446/19 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 19.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S8/00 H01R25/14 F21S4/28 F21V21/35 F21V21/02 F21Y115/10 F21Y103/10 F21Y101/00	Application no. 15188707.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title LED-LEUCHTE MIT VERSTELLBAREM HALTEELEMENT SOWIE ANORDNUNG ZUR LICHTABGABE MIT EINER SOLCHEN LED-LEUCHTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T244619.20210201				Distribution D	Decision PDF nicht verfügbar
T 1750/15 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L31/12 A61L31/18	Application no. 06761706.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Neuheit des erteilten Patents und der Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 Neuheit - (nein) Hilfsanträge 3 und 4 eingereicht kurz vor der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (nein)				Application title STABFÖRMIGER KÖRPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T175015.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2344/16 (Bestimmung der Streuparameter eines Mehrtor-Messobjekts - Rohde & … of 15.2.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R35/00	Application no. 03810391.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe und Lösung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM MESSEN DER STREUPARAMETER EINES MEHRTOR-MESSOBJEKTES MITTELS EINES MEHRTOR-NETZWERKANALYSATORS MIT NICHTSINUSFOERMIGEN MESSSIGNALEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T234416.20210215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0102/17 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/36 B65D85/804	Application no. 11700261.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE COMPRISING AN IDENTIFICATION CODE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010217.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0539/17 (Sicherheitselement/GIESECKE) of 8.2.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B3/24 B32B29/00 B42D15/00	Application no. 10737935.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES SICHERHEITSELEMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T053917.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0317/18 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K63/10 A01K61/60	Application no. 09818676.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title In situ submarine net cleaning and inspecting device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031718.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0734/18 () of 15.1.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/46 A47J31/44	Application no. 10701110.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - public prior use Novelty - burden of proof Evaluation of evidence - credibility of witness Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title PUMP MOUNT IN A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073418.20210115				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0957/18 (Synergistic anti-CD47 therapy/LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY) of 24.9.2020
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/00 C12P21/08 C07K16/28	Application no. 10817793.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Synergistic anti-CD47 therapy for hematologic cancers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095718.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0312/19 () of 5.3.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B62L3/02 B62M25/04	Application no. 13198135.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - novelty as fresh ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - approval by patent proprietor (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 2 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 (yes) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 6bis Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Bicycle control device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031219.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 0571/19 (Heizvorrichtung/Mahle) of 11.2.2021
Online on 18.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C21D1/42 C21D9/30 F27D11/06 H05B6/10	Application no. 11791569.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Angefochtene Entscheidung - ausreichend begründet (nein) Angefochtene Entscheidung - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title HEIZVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057119.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1256/14 (Re-establishment of rights) of 4.12.2020
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K36/02 A61K36/11 A61K36/13 A61K36/14 A61K36/16 A61K36/18 A61K36/185 A61K36/88 A61K127/00 A61K135/00	Application no. 07870565.4
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - due care in dealing with assistants				Application title INTEGRATED PRODUCTION OF PHYTOCHEMICAL RICH PLANT PRODUCTS OR ISOLATES FROM GREEN VEGETATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125614.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1652/14 (Multi-band branched monopole antenna / Sony Ericsson) of 18.2.2021
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q1/24 H01Q1/38 H01Q5/00	Application no. 08787486.3
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title ANTENNA CARRIER AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T165214.20210218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1807/15 (Oral proceedings in the form of a videoconference) of 12.3.2021
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F1/02	Application no. 04758381.0
Keywords Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - point of law of fundamental importance Oral proceedings - format Oral proceedings - videoconference Oral proceedings - right to be heard in oral proceedings Right to in-person oral proceedings				Application title Doherty Amplifier with Output Hybrid Coupler
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T180715.20210312				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 553 KB)
T 0140/16 (Vorfolgung verdeckter Objekte / Robert Bosch) of 12.2.2021
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S13/66 G01S13/93 B60K31/00	Application no. 07821207.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINES RADARSYSTEMS BEI MÖGLICHER ZIELOBJEKTVERDECKUNG SOWIE RADARSYSTEM ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG DES VERFAHRENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014016.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0565/16 () of 12.2.2021
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M1/28 A61M1/34 A61M1/16	Application no. 07842194.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes)				Application title MEDICAL FLUID SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE SHEETING DISPOSABLE UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056516.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2320/17 () of 12.2.2021
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01J5/04	Application no. 08750196.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title MILCHSCHLAUCH FÜR EINE MELKEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232017.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0987/18 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B27D5/00 B32B27/08 B29C63/00 B29C65/16 A47B95/04	Application no. 13718114.5
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - (ja)				Application title KUNSTSTOFFKANTE, MÖBELPANEEL UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES MÖBELPANEELS MIT KUNSTSTOFFKANTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098718.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0128/19 (Phagocytosis/LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY) of 11.3.2021
Online on 17.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/28 A61K39/395 C07K16/46 A61K39/00 C07K16/18	Application no. 09701993.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Methods for manipulating phagocytosis mediated by CD47
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T012819.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0397/16 (ADS-B Satellitenanordnung/THALES) of 25.2.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G08G5/00 H04B7/185	Application no. 09719779.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title ANORDNUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR FLUGSICHERUNG UND/ODER FLUGLEITUNG VON LUFTFAHRZEUGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T039716.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2472/16 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N35/00	Application no. 04027974.7
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 - Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfansanträge 3 bis 6 - Änderungen - refomatio in peius (nein) Hilfansanträge 3 bis 6 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Analysieren von Proben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247216.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2552/16 (Ulipristal for treatment of fibroid-associated bleeding/USA & HRA … of 23.11.2020
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/57 A61P5/36 A61P15/00	Application no. 09706347.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Oral proceedings - held in absence of party				Application title USE OF ULIPRISTAL FOR TREATING UTERINE FIBROIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T255216.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1256/17 () of 3.2.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B21B27/10	Application no. 09784174.6
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui), invention de problème Activité inventive - (non)				Application title METHODE ET DISPOSITIF D'ARROSAGE D'UNE INSTALLATION DE LAMINAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T125617.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 790 KB)
T 1653/17 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B11/03 G01B11/25 G06T7/00	Application no. 12002237.1
Keywords Main request and first auxiliary request - Clarity (no) Second auxiliary request - Not admissible (reformatio in peius)				Application title Shape measurement device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T165317.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2215/17 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23F5/20 B23F9/08 B23F21/12 B23F21/20 B23F23/00	Application no. 09798885.1
Keywords Neuheit - nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung (nein)				Application title WERKZEUG MASCHINE UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON VERZAHNUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221517.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 542 KB)
T 0755/18 (Semi-automatic answering/3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES) of 11.12.2020
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F9/44	Application no. 11827611.2
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title User feedback in semi-automatic question answering systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075518.20201211				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2074/18 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B5/00 B23Q11/00 B23Q11/14	Application no. 07705199.3
Keywords Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title ARTICULATING PROBE HEAD APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T207418.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2061/19 () of 11.3.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G17/08 B65G15/30	Application no. 10187811.4
Keywords Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Oral proceedings - non-attendance at oral proceedings in first instance proceedings Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Link for a conveyor chain and multi-link conveyor chain with such links
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T206119.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0170/21 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 16.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K9/067 B23K9/09 B23K9/167	Application no. 15781272.8
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title WELDING TYPE POWER SUPPLY FOR TIG STARTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017021.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1472/14 (Verwendung anthropometrischer Daten zur Produktherstellung) of 19.1.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 10721658.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen - alle Anträge (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR PRODUKTOPTIMIERUNG AUF BASIS NATIONALER UND INTERNATIONALER REIHENMESSUNGSDATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T147214.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1140/16 () of 23.2.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B13/14	Application no. 05779534.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114016.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0160/17 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C5/20	Application no. 10189749.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cutting insert with grooved surface defining plural support surfaces
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016017.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1399/17 (Balanced myristate- and laurate-containing edible oils/BRANDEIS) of 5.3.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D7/00 A23D9/00 A23L33/00 A23L33/10 A23K20/158 A23L33/12 A61K31/20 A61K45/06	Application no. 11715092.0
Keywords Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - form and content Adaptation of the description				Application title BALANCED MYRISTATE- AND LAURATE-CONTAINING EDIBLE OIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T139917.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0343/18 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/64 A61K8/92 A61Q19/00 A61K8/06	Application no. 09807440.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title STABILISIERUNG VON HYDROLISIERTEM MILCHPROTEIN DURCH CITRUSÖLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034318.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0716/18 (Kosmetische Emulsionen / HENKEL) of 5.3.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/39 A61K8/73 A61K8/86 A61Q15/00 A61K8/06 A61Q19/00	Application no. 07724504.1
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title SCHNELL TROCKNENDE KOSMETISCHE EMULSIONEN ZUR ROLL-ON-APPLIKATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071618.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1877/18 (Ophthalmic compositions / ALLERGAN) of 19.1.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K31/717 A61K31/728 A61K47/26	Application no. 05821259.8
Keywords Late-filed objection - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 6A, 7A and 8A (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 9A (yes)				Application title OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING EYES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187718.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1935/18 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A47L9/02 A47L9/24 A47L9/00	Application no. 07356168.0
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non), Nouveauté - requêtes auxiliaires (non),				Application title Suceur d'aspirateur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T193518.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0407/20 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 15.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H1/00 B60H3/06 F04D29/42	Application no. 16187644.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title LUFTFÜHRUNGSGEHÄUSE UND EINE BELÜFTUNGS-, HEIZUNGS- ODER KLIMAANLAGE MIT EINEM SOLCHEN LUFTFÜHRUNGSGEHÄUSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040720.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1045/16 (Virus-resistant melons/MONSANTO) of 8.3.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/08 C12Q1/68	Application no. 06835672.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Closterovirus-Resistant Melon Plants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T104516.20210308				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2638/16 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C16/36 B21C25/02	Application no. 11826120.5
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 2 Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ERZEUGEN EINER BESCHICHTUNG AUF EINEM STRANGPRESSWERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263816.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 485 KB)
T 2697/16 (Antibody production/CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA) of 10.2.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/09 C12N5/10 C12P21/02	Application no. 08838661.0
Keywords Admission of new evidence and new ground for opposition (no); Main request fulfils the requirements of the EPC (yes); Appeal dismissed (yes);				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T269716.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 2781/17 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C27/04 F01D25/12 F04D25/02 F04D29/059 F02C6/12 F01D25/16 F16C19/18 F16C37/00	Application no. 11305763.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title Turbocharger, notably for a combustion engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278117.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0517/18 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16D55/228	Application no. 11717762.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title CALIPER BODY OF A DISC BRAKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051718.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 582 KB)
T 1022/18 () of 2.3.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B60R3/02 B61D23/02 B61D23/00 A61G3/06	Application no. 09801227.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (oui), Activité inventive - requête principale (oui),				Application title DISPOSITIF DEPLOYABLE POUR L'ACCES A UN VEHICULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T102218.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1046/18 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B79/00	Application no. 07106652.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title Methode zur Datenkonfiguration und Bereitstellung für landwirtschaftliche Arbeitsmaschinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T104618.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1702/18 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B43/04 F04B45/047	Application no. 12183361.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Fluid control device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170218.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2178/19 () of 4.3.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F25J3/04	Application no. 09808556.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AIR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217819.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 3136/19 () of 8.3.2021
Online on 12.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T8/00 B60T8/26	Application no. 00121534.2
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Abbremsung eines Fahrzeuges
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T313619.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 277 KB)
G 0001/19 (Pedestrian simulation) of 10.3.2021
Online on 11.03.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/50	Application no. 03793825.5
Keywords Admissibility of referral - (yes) Transitional provisions of the EPC 2000 Patentability of computer-implemented simulations				Application title SIMULATION OF THE MOVEMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS ENTITY THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000119.20210310				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 529 KB)
T 0411/16 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D21/02 B65D43/16	Application no. 10718307.1
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) at 25% due to withdrawal of the appeal before the decision is announced at the oral proceedings				Application title LID PART FOR A CONTAINER ASSEMBLY HAVING STACKING PROVISIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T041116.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1099/16 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D07B1/16 C08J5/10	Application no. 08797940.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - Inventive step Grounds for opposition - use claim Grounds for opposition - new technical effect Grounds for opposition - functional feature (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Competence of the boards of appeal - composition of the board of appeal Competence of the boards of appeal - enlargement (no) Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes)				Application title Use of an adhesion enhancer in a polymer jacket material of a metal cord and corresponding method of making a cord assembly comprising a jacket
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109916.20201211				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 571 KB)
T 0505/18 (Advertising-based mobile device navigation features/BLACKBERRY) of 12.11.2020
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 09154017.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - claim 1 (yes) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Claims - clarity Claims - claim 1 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - claim 1 (no) Bundesgerichtshof: BGH26 October 2010X ZR 47/07GRUR 2011125 - Wiedergabe topographischer Informationen Bundesgerichtshof: BGH23 April 2013X ZR 27/12GRUR 2013909 - Fahrzeugnavigationssystem				Application title Wireless communications system providing advertising-based mobile device navigation features and related methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T050518.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0655/18 () of 8.3.2021
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D65/46 B65B9/04 C11D17/04	Application no. 13739641.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja)				Application title GEFÄRBTE, WASSERLÖSLICHE VERPACKUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T065518.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0744/18 () of 10.12.2020
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C67/08 C07C69/00 C07C69/80	Application no. 09795970.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON CARBONSÄUREESTERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074418.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0802/18 (AlMgSi-Band/HYDRO) of 14.1.2021
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F1/05 B62D29/00	Application no. 11181519.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Herstellverfahren für AlMgSi-Aluminiumband
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T080218.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 2840/18 (Broccoli type/SEMINIS) of 19.2.2021
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 19.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/00	Application no. 05103316.5
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no)				Application title Broccoli type adapted for ease of harvest
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T284018.20210219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 1001/19 (ABSCHEIDUNG EINES FLÜCHTIGEN BESTANDTEILS/Scheuch) of 18.2.2021
Online on 11.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B7/43	Application no. 13791897.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ABSCHEIDUNG EINES FLÜCHTIGEN BESTANDTEILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T100119.20210218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1742/15 () of 23.2.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N41/10 A01N37/22 A01P13/02	Application no. 07799715.3
Keywords Inventive step				Application title HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T174215.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1190/16 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 10197199.2
Keywords Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) German Federal Court (BGH)X ZR 173/07 (Walzgerüst II)				Application title A search method for a containment-aware discovery service
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T119016.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 2515/16 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C10L1/02 C10L1/06	Application no. 08011970.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kraftstoffzusammensetzung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T251516.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0409/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G1/137	Application no. 10009896.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb einer Kommissioniervorrichtung und Kommissioniervorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040918.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0434/18 (Primary and secondary samples/ROCHE) of 12.1.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 10803688.0
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTATION, EXECUTION, DATA COLLECTION, AND DATA ANALYSIS OF A STRUCTURED COLLECTION PROCEDURE WHICH RUNS ON A COLLECTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T043418.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0772/18 (Erfassen einer Bewegungscharakteristik eines Fahrzeugs/TELEKOM) of 26.2.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q30/06 G07C5/00 G06Q30/02	Application no. 14157140.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Erfassen einer Bewegungscharakteristik eines Fahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T077218.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0850/18 () of 5.3.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N21/15 G01N21/33 G01J3/02 G01N21/09	Application no. 11709698.2
Keywords Inventive step (yes Inventive step - amended claims)				Application title DEVICE FOR UV-SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GASEOUS COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085018.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1104/18 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K11/00 A01K29/00	Application no. 14179858.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Method and system for monitoring the condition of livestock
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110418.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1937/18 (Deferiprone/CHIESI) of 8.12.2020
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/44 A61K31/16 A61P9/00	Application no. 01949158.8
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success				Application title A NEW USE FOR DEFERIPRONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193718.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2162/18 (Interworking for call waiting/BLACKBERRY) of 26.2.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M3/428 H04L29/06	Application no. 09749269.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no): difference obvious in view of common technical knowledge				Application title Method and apparatus for interworking with circuit switching and packet switching nodes for call waiting
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216218.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1348/19 () of 5.3.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C9/00	Application no. 03790057.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE RETRACTION OF TISSUE DURING CROWN AND BRIDGE PROCEDURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134819.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1895/19 (Automatic parameter adaptation in a hearing aid/SIVANTOS) of 24.2.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 03720029.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - main and auxiliary requests (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation				Application title Programmable auditory prosthesis with trainable automatic adaptation to acoustic conditions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T189519.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2517/19 (Site-specific conjugation of drugs to antibodies / BYONDIS) of 22.2.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K47/68	Application no. 15724638.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SITE-SPECIFIC CONJUGATION OF LINKER DRUGS TO ANTIBODIES AND RESULTING ADCS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T251719.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 3077/19 () of 4.3.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61H15/00 A47G9/02 A61M21/02	Application no. 09727929.3
Keywords Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Amendments - allowable (no) Apportionment of costs - not equitable Novelty - accidental disclosure Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - discretion of opposition division				Application title WEIGHT QUILT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T307719.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0132/20 () of 5.3.2021
Online on 10.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60Q1/08 B60Q1/14 G06K9/00	Application no. 14851180.1
Keywords Claims - support in the description (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXTERIOR VEHICLE LIGHTS ON MOTORWAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013220.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 2300/15 (Wooden product emissions/AKZO) of 2.3.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B27N7/00 A62D3/00 C08J7/16 C08J7/06 C09J129/04	Application no. 04721051.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WOODEN PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T230015.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2486/16 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C5/00 G06F21/24 G06Q40/00 G06Q50/00	Application no. 08748262.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title RECORDING AND REPORTING OF DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS WITH PRIVACY PROTECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T248616.20210112				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0844/17 () of 15.2.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 15.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J3/36 H02M7/00 H02M1/14 H02M7/49	Application no. 10732911.2
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Umrichten einer elektrischen Grösse umfassend einen Sternpunktreaktor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T084417.20210215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1735/17 (Optical Line Terminal sleep mode/MITSUBISHI) of 20.1.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/44 H04B10/00 H04Q11/00 H04J14/02	Application no. 10848313.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMMUNICATION METHOD, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL, AND OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173517.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2401/17 () of 16.2.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B9/68	Application no. 06777678.1
Keywords -				Application title STEUERVORRICHTUNG FÜR JALOUSIEN AN HOCHBAUTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T240117.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2515/17 (PURIFYING AND HYDROPROCESSING TALL OIL MATERIAL/UPM) of 16.2.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B13/00 B01D3/14 C10L1/18 C10G3/00	Application no. 11802115.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of modifications				Application title PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T251517.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 1338/18 () of 15.1.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C08K3/04	Application no. 09797081.8
Keywords Requête principale et première requête subsidiaire - Nouveauté de l'utilisation (non) - But défini n'est pas une caractéritique d'ordre fonctionnel Première et deuxième requête subsidiaire - admises à la procédure Deuxième requête subisidiaire - Renvoi à la première instance				Application title UTILISATION D'UN GRAPHITE EXPANSE DANS UN MATERIAU POLYMERE.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T133818.20210115				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 509 KB)
T 2010/18 (Oxygen carrier containing pharmaceutical/BILLION KING) of 24.2.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/42 A61K47/48 A61K47/30 A61P35/00	Application no. 12811843.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter and lack of clarity (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 and 3 - admitted into proceedings (no) Auxiliary requests 4,5,7,8 - novelty (no) Auxiliary request 6 - added subject matter (yes) Abridged reasons for decision				Application title A heat stable oxygen carrier-containing pharmaceutical composition for different treatment applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201018.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 2137/18 (Kationisches polymeres Retentionsmittel / BASF) of 12.2.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H21/10	Application no. 05817729.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 ) : (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung eines bekannten Verfahrens (Hilfsantrag 6) : (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung eines bekannten Verfahrens Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrags 5 : (nein) - eingereicht nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung - räumt die Bedenken der Kammer nicht aus Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrags 6 : (ja) - eingereicht nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung - prima facie gewährbar Unzulässige Änderung (Hilfsantrag 6) : (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung (Hilfsantrag 6) : (ja) Änderung verursacht von Einspruchsgründen (Anspruch 3 des Hilfsantrags 6) : (ja) Zulässigkeit von Dokumenten eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung : (ja) - eingereicht als Reaktion zur Entscheidung der Einspruchsabteilung und sehr relevant Zulässigkeit von einem von der Einspruchsabteilung nicht zugelassenen Dokument : (ja) - sehr relevant in Kombination mit den anderen neu eingereichten Dokumenten Zulässigkeit von Versuchen eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung : (nein) - nicht vegleichbar mit den Versuchen des Streitpatents Neue Angriffslinie für die erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht zugelassen : im Einspruchsverfahren nicht vorgebracht				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Papier, Pappe und Karton
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213718.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 2985/19 () of 3.3.2021
Online on 09.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/22 A61Q5/06 A61Q5/10 A61K8/365	Application no. 11805862.7
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title HAIR COLOURING COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUCONIC ACID AND/OR ITS SALTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T298519.20210303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2298/15 (Abriebfestes Gewebeklebeband/TESA) of 9.12.2020
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J7/04	Application no. 10175165.9
Keywords -				Application title Abriebfestes Gewebeklebeband
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229815.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 474 KB)
T 1165/16 () of 17.2.2021
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H04N5/345 H04N5/372	Application no. 11723534.1
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale et quatrième requête subsidiaire (non)				Application title PROCEDE D'IMAGERIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T116516.20210217				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0415/17 () of 23.2.2021
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D133/06 C09D131/04	Application no. 09788849.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds Amendments				Application title COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING INCREASED BLOCK RESISTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T041517.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0006/18 (Energy consumption control/LG) of 16.12.2020
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28 H02J3/00 H02J3/14 H02J3/28 H02J13/00 G06Q50/06	Application no. 11798421.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title NETWORK SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000618.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0269/18 () of 3.3.2021
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B27D5/00 B27D1/00 B27G11/00 B29C63/00 B32B21/00	Application no. 11161293.3
Keywords Einwendungen Dritter - relevant (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Beschichtung von Bauteilen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026918.20210303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0583/18 (Proprietor disapproves text as granted) of 2.3.2021
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F3/32 C02F3/06 C02F3/22 C02F3/30 C02F3/28	Application no. 09732650.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A PHYTOSYSTEM, ITS USE AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF SEWAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T058318.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0032/19 (Excellent surface quality aluminum alloy/UACJ Corporation) of 15.2.2021
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C21/00 C22C21/06 C22C21/08	Application no. 13001884.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Aluminum alloy sheet that exhibits excellent surface quality after anodizing and method for producing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003219.20210215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0049/19 (Printing from portable device/BROTHER) of 1.2.2021
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/12	Application no. 11176471.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Controlling device mounted on portable type terminal device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T004919.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0377/95 (Herpes-simplex-Virus) of 5.8.1998
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.8.1998	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/245	Application no. 83901021.2
Keywords Mißbrauch Neuheitsschonfrist Prioritätstag Geltungsbereich des Artikels 55 (1) EPÜ Befassung der Großen Beschwerdekammer				Application title MATERIAL UND VERFAHREN FÜR HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUSIMPFUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T037795.19980805				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 71 KB)
T 0377/95 (Herpes simplex virus) of 5.8.1998
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.8.1998	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/245	Application no. 83901021.2
Keywords Abuse Period of grace Priority date Scope of Article 55(1) EPC Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal				Application title MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS VACCINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T037795.19980805				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 65 KB)
T 0377/95 (HSV vaccine/UNIVERSITY PATENTS) of 24.4.2001
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.4.2001	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/245	Application no. 83901021.2
Keywords Claim 1 of main and auxiliary requests - inventive step (no)				Application title Materials and methods for herpes simplex virus vaccination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T037795.20010424				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 583 KB)
T 0377/95 (Herpes simplex virus/UNIVERSITY PATENTS, Inc.) of 5.8.1998
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.8.1998	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/245	Application no. 83901021.2
Keywords Abuse Period of grace Priority date Scope of Article 55(1) EPC Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal				Application title Materials and methods for herpes simplex virus vaccination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T037795.19980805				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0377/95 (Virus herpes simplex) of 5.8.1998
Online on 08.03.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.8.1998	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/245	Application no. 83901021.2
Keywords Abus Délai de grâce Date de priorité Champ d'application de l'article 55(1) CBE Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours				Application title MATERIAUX ET PROCEDES DE VACCINATION CONTRE LE VIRUS D'HERPES SIMPLEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1998:T037795.19980805				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 58 KB)
T 0212/16 (Antiperspirant composition comprising mica and fatty alcohol wax/ … of 1.3.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/26 A61K8/34 A61K8/92 A61Q15/00	Application no. 09763975.1
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING MICA AND FATTY ALCOHOL WAX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021216.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1432/16 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D01G21/00 D01G27/00	Application no. 12169364.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Deviation device of webs to a lap winder on a spinning line
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T143216.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1897/16 () of 5.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J37/32 H01J37/34	Application no. 09405031.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - reasons for setting aside the decision Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A power supply device for plasma processing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T189716.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 2730/16 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H7/04 A61K31/70 A61P3/10	Application no. 07784499.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reasonable expectation to solve objective technical problem (no)				Application title CRYSTALLINE SOLVATES OF (1S)-1,5-ANHYDRO-1-C-(3-((PHENYL) METHYL) PHENYL)-D-GLUCITOL DERIVATIVES WITH ALCOHOLS AS SGLT2 INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIABETES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273016.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1366/17 (DETERGENT COMPOSITION HAVING SHADING DYES AND LIPASE / UNILEVER) of 26.1.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/40 C11D11/00	Application no. 11773287.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title A DETERGENT COMPOSITION HAVING SHADING DYES AND LIPASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136617.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1523/17 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T7/20 B60T13/26 B60T13/68	Application no. 08716656.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title FESTSTELLBREMSANLAGE FÜR NUTZFAHRZEUGE UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN FÜR EINE FESTSTELLBREMSANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152317.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 554 KB)
T 2115/17 (Surveillance d'aéronefs par satellite/THALES) of 9.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H04B7/185	Application no. 12190593.9
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale et quatrième requête auxiliaire (non): modification évidente Admission des requêtes présentées avec le dépôt du ou la réponse au mémoire de recours - première à troisième et cinquième requêtes auxiliaires (non): elles auraient pu être produites ou maintenues en première instance Requêtes produites tardivement - sixième à neuvième requêtes auxiliaires: circonstances exceptionnelles (non)				Application title Système de surveillance d'aéronefs par satellite multi-spots et dispositif de réception
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T211517.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 434 KB)
T 2775/17 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A61B19/00 G09F3/00 G06K19/077	Application no. 13808215.1
Keywords Activité inventive Clarté Modification après signification, pas de circonstances exceptionnelles				Application title CAPSULE DE RADIO-IDENTIFICATION (RFID)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277517.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 558 KB)
T 0099/18 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F21S8/10	Application no. 07112665.0
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Faits produits tardivement - recevable (non), Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title Dispositif d'éclairage ou de signalisation comportant une nappe de guidage galbée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009918.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0303/18 (Klebeband/TESA) of 19.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B5/02 B32B5/08 B32B7/12 B32B27/08 B32B27/12 B32B27/32 C09J7/02	Application no. 12157819.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title KLEBEBAND MIT LAMINAT-TRÄGER GEBILDET AUS EINEM TEXTILEN TRÄGER UND EINER FOLIE ZUM UMMANTELN VON LANGGESTRECKTEM GUT WIE INSBESONDERE KABELSÄTZEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR UMMANTELUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T030318.20210219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1080/18 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 05.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B95/04	Application no. 08841486.7
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Offenbarung Figur Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title KANTENLEISTE FÜR MÖBELSTÜCKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108018.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1151/15 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N7/10 H03G3/20	Application no. 11009939.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verteilungssystem für ein Telekommunikationsnetz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115115.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 2392/16 (Fuel from renewable organic material/HALDOR TOPSØE) of 9.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G3/00 C10G45/02 C10G45/58	Application no. 09777387.3
Keywords Admissibility of the new main request filed during oral proceedings (yes) - reaction to an objection raised by the board for the first time during oral proceedings Amendments - broadening of claim Amendments - (no) Added subject-matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Hydroconversion process and catalyst
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239216.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2505/16 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B17/225	Application no. 12170016.5
Keywords Neuheit (ja)				Application title Schalldämpfungshülse zum Aufsetzen auf ein Druckwellengerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T250516.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0499/17 (Scanner arrangement / BEA) of 9.12.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L29/30 B61L29/02	Application no. 09178980.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - claim pertains to different subject-matter				Application title Scanner arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049917.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0720/17 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/804 A47J31/00	Application no. 10776705.5
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title CAPSULE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE SUCH AS COFFEE FROM SAID CAPSULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T072017.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1792/17 () of 30.11.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G49/04	Application no. 09713204.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Beschwerdeerwiderung - Berücksichtigung unvollständigen Vorbringens eines Beteiligten (nein)				Application title HÄNGEBAHNSYSTEM, TAUCHBEHANDLUNGSANLAGE MIT EINEM SOLCHEN, UND VERWENDUNG DIESES HÄNGEBAHNSYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179217.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2016/17 () of 1.3.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D23/00 B65D75/52 B65D75/56 B65D77/20 A61J1/10 B65D75/58	Application no. 09718935.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PACKAGING FOR FOOD PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR DRIP-FEED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201617.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0895/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L83/04	Application no. 05712751.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable- Amendments - no Request filed after issue of summons to oral proceedings - admitted - (no) - no "exceptional circumstances" Basis for examination of allowability of amendments - application as filed not granted patent Examination of allowability of amendments made prior to grant in combination with further amendments - not equivalent to introduction of a new ground of opposition - duty to examine				Application title POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITIONS WITH THIN-WALL FLAME RETARDANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089518.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1884/18 (Method and device for encoding elements/INTERDIGITAL) of 23.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/22 H03M7/30	Application no. 09811130.5
Keywords Novelty - publication date of document D1 Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method and device for encoding elements
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T188418.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2193/18 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06M15/11 D06M15/227 D06M15/233 C10M143/10 C10M143/12 C08K5/053 C09J103/02 C09J103/04 C08L3/00 C08L3/02 C08L9/02 C08L9/06 C08L13/00	Application no. 08861555.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - Main request and first auxiliary request (no) Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title BASE INTERLINING, METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T219318.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 2209/18 (NOx-Emissions/Andritz) of 3.2.2021
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D53/56 F22B21/34 F22B21/40 F23J15/00	Application no. 10727752.7
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF REDUCING NOx-EMISSIONS USING A REACTIVE AGENT, AND CORRESPONDING BOILER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220918.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1577/19 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 04.03.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B5/12	Application no. 15770794.4
Keywords VOBK 2020 - Anwendbarkeit auf bereits vor Inkrafttreten anhängige Beschwerdeverfahren - (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) vorrangiges Ziel des Beschwerdeverfahrens - Beschwerdevorbringen ist auf Anträge gerichtet, die Entscheidung zugrunde liegen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens				Application title KNIEHEBELSPANNVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE ZUR VERWENDUNG IM KAROSSERIEBAU DER KFZ-INDUSTRIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T157719.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 505 KB)
D 0008/19 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D000819.20210225				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1418/16 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 10816319.7
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title BEHAVIOR AND ATTENTION TARGETED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141816.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0004/17 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/49 A61F13/496	Application no. 09728908.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE DIAPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T000417.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0560/18 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J10/82	Application no. 08706800.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title FAHRZEUGDACH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056018.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0962/18 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L15/16 A61L15/64 A61L27/00 A61F13/00 A61L15/28	Application no. 10819241.0
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - main request Clarity - (no) - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5				Application title COMPOSITE LAYERED HEMOSTASIS DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096218.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1726/18 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L27/15	Application no. 09014568.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Light emitting diode having light emitting cells with different size and light emitting device thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172618.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 2219/18 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C3/10 B64C11/18 B64C23/06 B64C27/46	Application no. 09767892.4
Keywords added subject-matter (yes) inventive step (no) admission of late filed requests (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title CURVED WING TIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221918.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2806/18 () of 23.2.2021
Online on 03.03.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C11/02 G01S7/497 H04N5/349 G06F17/00 G01S17/02 G01S17/89 G06T17/05	Application no. 11862219.0
Keywords Admission of requests (no)				Application title SELF-CALIBRATED, REMOTE IMAGING AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T280618.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
R 0004/19 (Petition for review) of 26.11.2020
Online on 02.03.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B13/02 F02D29/02 B60W10/00 H02P9/04	Application no. 08837606.6
Keywords Petition for review - obligation to raise objection Petition for review - fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC (no) Petition for review - clearly unallowable				Application title OPTIMAL LOAD CONTROLLER METHOD AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R000419.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1873/14 (System and method for improved service oriented architecture/SAP SE) of 3.12.2020
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/06	Application no. 11010010.4
Keywords Inventive step - caching service-output values (no Inventive step - common general knowledge)				Application title System and method for improved service oriented architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187314.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2010/15 () of 10.12.2020
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173	Application no. 09175979.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and first auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (no) Third to eighth auxiliary requests filed after the summons - admitted (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for delivering video and video-related content at sub-asset level
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201015.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493 KB)
T 2209/16 (Hörgerät mit Einmessautomatik/SIVANTOS) of 29.1.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 06101565.7
Keywords Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja, nach Änderungen)				Application title Hörhilfegerät mit benutzergesteuerter Einmessautomatik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220916.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2508/17 () of 5.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F41A23/20 F41H7/00 B60R21/13	Application no. 11761266.3
Keywords Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Rücknahme des in der Beschreibung zitierten Stand der Technik - Zulassung (ja) Offenbarung im Internet - Stand der Technik Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen				Application title MILITÄRISCHES FAHRZEUG MIT EINEM ÜBERROLLSCHUTZ UND VERFAHREN ZUR REDUKTION DER FAHRZEUGHÖHE EINES MILITÄRISCHEN FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T250817.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0996/18 (Verbundscheibe/Schott AG) of 21.1.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B17/10	Application no. 11183946.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 4A Niederschrift über mündliche Verhandlung - Antrag auf Aufnahme einer Erklärung in die Niederschrift Prüfung von Artikel 123 (2) EPÜ von Amts wegen				Application title Verbundscheibe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099618.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506 KB)
T 1193/18 (Levothyroxine solution / HELM SWISS) of 8.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/08 A61K31/055	Application no. 11711688.9
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1-11 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 18 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 12-17 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 18 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 18 Amendments - intermediate generalisation (allowable) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 18 Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR THE PREPARATON OF A LEVOTHYROXINE SOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119318.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0224/19 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D15/56	Application no. 16164195.6
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title AUTOMATISCHE SCHIEBEFLÜGELANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T022419.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 254 KB)
T 2015/20 (Aclidinium for treatment of asthma/ALMIRALL) of 23.2.2021
Online on 02.03.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/14 A61K9/72 A61K31/46 A61K45/06 A61K9/00	Application no. 15173011.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INHALATION COMPOSITION CONTAINING ACLIDINIUM FOR TREATMENT OF ASTHMA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201520.20210223				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1283/16 (Aktivierungssignal nach Ausscluss aller Referenzobjekten / SICK AG) of 19.10.2020
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S17/02 G01B11/24	Application no. 11168837.0
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Zweideutigkeit des Anspruchswortlaut				Application title Entfernungsmessender optoelektronischer Sensor zur Montage an einer Durchgangsöffnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T128316.20201019				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2737/16 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F1/00 H05K5/02	Application no. 04405799.0
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Vorrichtung zum Schutz von in einer aus elektronischen Bauelementen und einem Prozessor bestehenden Schaltanordnung gespeicherten Daten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273716.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2293/17 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C7/04	Application no. 09803318.6
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title HIGH ENERGY REDUCTION IN A PROPANE DEHYDROGENATION UNIT BY UTILIZING A HIGH PRESSURE PRODUCT SPLITTER COLUMN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T229317.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0955/18 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B25/00 C23C8/14	Application no. 08710745.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed facts - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PLUG FOR USE IN PIERCING/ROLLING RAW METALLIC MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLIC TUBE, AND PLUG FOR USE IN PIERCING/ROLLING RAW METALLIC MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T095518.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1966/18 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D59/04 B60L11/18 B60L15/20 B60L7/12	Application no. 13188245.8
Keywords erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Rangierantrieb mit Zusatzbremsmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196618.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0088/20 (Use of a food product/ORKLA FOODS) of 18.2.2021
Online on 01.03.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L19/12 A23L29/238 A23L33/21 A23L7/117 A23L9/10 A21D2/18 A21D2/36 A61K31/736	Application no. 11829685.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title USE OF A FOOD PRODUCT COMPRISING VISCOUS FIBRES WHICH HAS A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008820.20210218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)

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February 2021

T 2222/15 (Noise reduction / SONOVA) of 9.12.2020
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L21/02 H04R3/00	Application no. 08708714.4
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN AN INPUT SIGNAL OF A HEARING DEVICE AS WELL AS A HEARING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T222215.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 774 KB)
T 0346/16 () of 1.12.2020
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E02F1/00 E02F3/88 E02F5/28	Application no. 08159701.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Admissibility late filed request - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method for delivering large quantities of under water soil to a reclamation area
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034616.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 657 KB)
T 1209/16 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K9/04 B21B27/03 B22D11/128 B23K35/02 B23K35/30 C22C38/48	Application no. 09734997.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Angefochtene Entscheidung - ausreichend begründet (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER ROLLE, MIT EINER AUFTRAGSCHWEISSUNG ; VERFAHREN ZUR WIEDERHERSTELLUNG EINER ABGENÜTZTEN ROLLE MIT EINER AUFTRAGSCHWEISSUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T120916.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0993/17 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D1/00	Application no. 03711857.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case				Application title TRANSITION ZONE IN WIND TURBINE BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099317.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1152/17 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F13/004 B41F13/016 B41F31/00	Application no. 09167740.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for driving printing press
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115217.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1865/17 (Generating two-dimensional visual objects/GMC SOFTWARE) of 4.12.2020
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/21	Application no. 11001927.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request, revised main request, first to third auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed request - revised third auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Method and devices for generating two-dimensional visual objects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186517.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508 KB)
T 2275/18 (EUTECTIC MIXTURES IN PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS/ Unilever) of 22.2.2021
Online on 26.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/00 A61K8/35 A61K8/365 A61K8/37	Application no. 13796053.0
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no) subject-matter excluded from patentability disclaimed				Application title EUTECTIC MIXTURES IN PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227518.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1945/16 () of 16.2.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N17/04 C07C263/10 B01J19/00	Application no. 10730408.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ERFASSUNG VON WASSEREINTRITTEN IN PHOSGENFÜHRENDEN ANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194516.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2267/16 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/34	Application no. 13159147.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Auxiliary request 2 filed after summons to attend oral proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title Smart card with external memory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226716.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0010/17 (Lubricity/Malaysian Palm Oil Board) of 3.2.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L1/19 C10L10/08	Application no. 05020081.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Fuel lubricity additive
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001017.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0265/17 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L33/00 H01L33/20 H01L33/22 H01L33/26	Application no. 10190784.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Semiconductor light emitting device comprising uneven substrate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026517.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1032/17 (Pimobendan composition / BOEHRINGER) of 1.12.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/501 A61K9/20 A61K9/14 A61K47/12 A61K47/26 A61K47/32 A61K47/38 A61K47/46	Application no. 05715625.9
Keywords Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (no) Main request - sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes) Main request - inventive step - non-obvious modification Late-filed evidence - justification for late filing (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PIMOBENDAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103217.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 1394/17 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D9/00 H02J3/38	Application no. 11169135.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				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:2021:T139417.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0978/18 () of 14.12.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/485 A61K9/28 A61K9/16 A61K9/50 A61K9/20 A61P25/04 A61P25/36 A61K9/48	Application no. 10011789.4
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes) Divisional application - main requests and auxiliary requests I to IV Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Tamper-resistant oral opioid agonist formulations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097818.20201214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 0538/20 () of 16.12.2020
Online on 25.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/20	Application no. 11704937.9
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - (no)				Application title VENTILATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053820.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1013/14 (Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an … of 20.10.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F13/42	Application no. 10156564.6
Keywords Novelty (yes Novelty - after amendment) Inventive step - tunneling through port associated with accessory specified application communication protocol (yes Inventive step - after amendment)				Application title Accessory and mobile computing device communication using an application communication protocol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101314.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0677/16 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/167 H04K1/00 H04L9/00 G06F12/14	Application no. 05705512.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title TRANSCODING CABLECARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T067716.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1330/16 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D9/00	Application no. 10168070.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 Nicht-recherchierte Merkmale hätten recherchiert werden sollen - Hilfsantrag 3 Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Auszahlung von Banknoten und Verfahren zur Ermittlung des Banknotenbestandes mindestens eines Banknotenbehälters dieser Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133016.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1917/16 (Fénofibrate/BGP) of 16.11.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K31/215 A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K9/50 A61K9/10	Application no. 08021428.1
Keywords Requête principale et requête subsidiaire A - éléments s'étendant au-delà du contenu de la demande antérieure (oui) Requête subsidiaire B-bis produite tardivement - recevable (non) Requête subsidiaire 1B - Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention (oui)				Application title Composition pharmaceutique de fénofibrate présentant une biodisponibilité élevée et son procédé de préparation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191716.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 464 KB)
T 2739/16 (Procédé de préparation de polystyrène expansible/ARKEMA) of 27.1.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J9/20 C08F2/18 C08F4/38 C08J9/14	Application no. 10752074.4
Keywords Requête subsidiaire 1 - aucune objection par la requêrante - admissible (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE PREPARATION DE POLYSTYRENE EXPANSIBLE PAR INJECTION EN CONTINU D'UN PEROXYDE ORGANIQUE LIQUIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273916.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 262 KB)
T 0967/17 (FET shunt regulator/HAMILTON) of 18.2.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05F1/45 H02J7/14 H02P9/48	Application no. 09252891.8
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes) Admittance of main request filed in response to a communication under R. 100(2) EPC - (no): not clearly allowable Added subject-matter - auxiliary request (no, after amendments) Clarity - auxiliary request (yes, after amendments) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes, after amendments)				Application title Current controlled shunt regulator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096717.20210218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1991/17 (Bone mass increase by inducing osteogenesis/ORIENTAL YEAST) of 5.10.2020
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K45/00 A61K38/00 A61P19/02 A61P19/08 A61P19/10 C07K14/705 C12Q1/02 G01N33/15 G01N33/50	Application no. 08765502.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden Novelty - auxiliary requests 1 and 3 (no) Admission of auxiliary requests 2 and 4 (no)				Application title NOVEL BONE MASS INCREASING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199117.20201005				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 0202/18 (Vehicle communication system/HARMAN) of 19.2.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/02 G10L21/02 G10K11/178	Application no. 06010757.0
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following the appellant's announcement of non-attendance Clarity - all requests (no) Partial reimbursement of the appeal fee at 25% - (no): indication of non-attendance not submitted in due time				Application title System and method for improving communication in a room
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020218.20210219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0281/19 (Hybrid seed potato breeding/AGVENTURE) of 12.2.2021
Online on 24.02.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H1/02 A01H5/04	Application no. 10770643.4
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Hybrid seed potato breeding
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T028119.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1156/15 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01H33/24	Application no. 08157339.6
Keywords Novelty - availability to the public of a product brochure (yes) Novelty - distance ratios not directly and unambiguously derivable from drawings and photographs Inventive step - (yes) Late filed objection of lack of inventive step - admitted (no) - no justification for late filing and not conducive to procedural economy				Application title High voltage circuit breaker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115615.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493 KB)
T 1984/15 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D11/00 C09D11/02 C09D7/00 C09D11/033	Application no. 08717386.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - eine willkürliche Mehrfachauwahl trägt nicht zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit bei (Punkt 4.5 der Entscheidungsgründe, vergleiche jedoch Punkt 10 der Entscheidungsgründe) Änderungen - ein nicht offenbarter Disclaimer im Sinne der Entscheidung G 1/03 verstößt gegen die Erfordernisse des Artikels 123 (2) EPÜ, wenn er zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit gegenüber einem Stand der Technik gemäß Artikel 54(2) EPÜ beiträgt (Punkt 7 der Entscheidungsgründe)				Application title DRUCKFARBE ODER DRUCKLACK FÜR LEBENSMITTEL-VERPACKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198415.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 471 KB)
T 0661/16 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F37/18	Application no. 03729560.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes), auxiliary requests 2 to 5 and 7 to 13 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Reformatio in peius - auxiliary request 6 - inadmissible (yes)				Application title WASHING MACHINE AND DRYER HAVING TILTED DOOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T066116.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0941/16 (anti-PSMA antibody/UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM FREIBURG) of 16.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/13 A61K47/48 C07K16/30	Application no. 11151622.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure of all claim requests Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Request for further oral proceedings (dismissed)				Application title Monoclonal antibodies and single chain antibody fragments against cell-surface prostate specific membrane antigen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094116.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1183/16 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B12/00 H01F6/00 H01L39/14	Application no. 04817705.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (no)				Application title Novel Superconducting Articles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118316.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1003 KB)
T 2201/16 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B1/00 A61B1/005	Application no. 11194019.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Steerable, follow the leader device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220116.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1447/17 () of 3.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F10/02 C08F110/02	Application no. 10795346.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) -main reqeust Auxiliary requests admitted - (no) - no reasoning provided in the written submissions				Application title METHOD FOR IMPROVING ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION REACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144717.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1134/18 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H1/00 F28D20/02 F28D1/053 F28D21/00 F28D20/00	Application no. 05815167.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Neuheit (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title KLIMAANLAGE MIT KÄLTESPEICHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T113418.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1786/18 (Component carrier indication in LTE/ERICSSON) of 15.1.2021
Online on 23.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L5/00	Application no. 10776839.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RECONFIGURING MAPPING OF CARRIER INDICATOR FILED TO COMPONENT CARRIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T178618.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0825/16 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/28 B01D53/94	Application no. 06011736.3
Keywords Novelty - Main request (no), Auxiliary request 1 (yes) Late-filed argument - prima facied highly relevant Late-filed argument - admitted (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title Holding and sealing material for use in a catalyst to clean gaseous emission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082516.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 0875/16 (Optical Control of Hair Growth / Koninklijke Philips N.V.) of 19.1.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N5/06 A61B18/18	Application no. 04744741.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - combination of ranges Sufficiency of disclosure - missing indication of how the claimed effect is measured				Application title DEVICE FOR LOW INTENSITY OPTICAL HAIR GROWTH CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087516.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 2247/16 (GEL VISCOELASTIQUE A USAGE DERMATOLOGIQUE / ANTEIS) of 24.11.2020
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/73 A61Q19/08 A61K9/00 A61K47/10	Application no. 07712641.5
Keywords Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - requête clairement admissible (oui), Arguments produits tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title GEL VISCOELASTIQUE A USAGE DERMATOLOGIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224716.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0889/17 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/38 C08G18/42 C08G18/72 C08G18/76 C08G18/78 C08G18/79 G02B1/04	Application no. 11731404.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) (alle Anträge)				Application title POLYURETHANE MIT GERINGEM VOLUMENSCHRUMPF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T088917.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1798/17 () of 17.2.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F210/06	Application no. 06755094.7
Keywords Main request - no reason to disregard Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PROPYLENE-ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179817.20210217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 0745/18 () of 16.2.2021
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B1/62	Application no. 11153040.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Schaumstoff-Dichtstreifen und Fensterrahmen mit Schaumstoff-Dichtstreifen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T074518.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1036/18 (Steel/JFE) of 3.12.2020
Online on 22.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00	Application no. 04727389.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title STEEL MATERIAL WITH EXCELLENT ROLLING FATIGUE LIFE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103618.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
D 0005/19 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D000519.20210201				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1324/16 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C45/14 B29C45/33 F16K5/06 F16K27/06	Application no. 08754042.3
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title PLASTIC BASED RADIATOR VALVE AND THE PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132416.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 1348/16 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/28 A61M5/24	Application no. 02762777.7
Keywords Review of a decision of opposition decision to admit a late-filed document Feature disclosed solely in a drawing Novelty Discretion not to admit a request Amendments - added subject-matter Inventive step				Application title 2-CHAMBER TYPE PREFILLED SYRINGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134816.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 664 KB)
T 0335/17 (Oil/fat powder/KAO) of 9.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D7/00 A23D7/015 A21D2/16	Application no. 03705223.0
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title OIL/FAT POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T033517.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 2378/17 () of 15.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/12 F16P3/14	Application no. 13162699.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title System und Verfahren zur Konfiguration eines Überwachungsbereiches einer optoelektronischen Überwachungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237817.20210215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2603/17 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B88/10 A47B88/14 F16C29/04 F16C33/40 F16C33/44 F16C33/38	Application no. 13152813.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zulassung neuer Angriffslinien - (nein)				Application title Auszugsführung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260317.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0262/18 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 13.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 09700007.9
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TOUCH EVENT MODEL PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026218.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0823/18 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L15/42 A47L15/48 B01D53/26 B01J20/18 D06F58/24	Application no. 09781447.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT SORPTIONSTROCKENVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082318.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1952/18 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60D1/56 B60D1/14 B60R19/34	Application no. 10837960.3
Keywords Public prior use (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title BUMPER FOR A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195218.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0357/19 () of 16.2.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B77/02 A47B51/00 A47B9/00	Application no. 14700538.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title INTELLIGENTE UND INTERAKTIVE MÖBELANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035719.20210216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2145/19 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 13.1.2021
Online on 19.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184223.3
Keywords Enabling disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Touch event model programming interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214519.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0573/15 (EMBEDDED MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE / Echo 360) of 21.12.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00 H04N5/232 H04N1/00 H04L29/06 H04N5/44	Application no. 07812250.4
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no)				Application title EMBEDDED APPLIANCE FOR MULTIMEDIA CAPTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057315.20201221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0944/15 (Monitoring patient position / Brainlab) of 3.11.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N5/10	Application no. 10711384.7
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Exceptions to patentability - (yes) Patentable invention - computer implemented invention Disclaimers				Application title CONTROLLING A PROCESS OF MONITORING THE POSITION OF A PATIENT DURING A RADIATION TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094415.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 1935/16 (Plants resistant to fungal pathogens/DUPONT) of 24.11.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N15/29 A01H5/00 C12Q1/68	Application no. 06740467.3
Keywords Main and auxiliary reqest 1: Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 2: Exceptions to patentability - essentially biological process for the production of plants (no)				Application title Polynucleotides and methods for making plants resistant to fungal pathogens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193516.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2316/16 () of 12.2.2021
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00 G07C5/00 G06Q50/30 G06Q10/10	Application no. 12737697.8
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Auxiliary requests 0A, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A should have been presented in the examination proceedings Statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely Statement of grounds of appeal - auxiliary requests 0A, 1A to 5 (no)				Application title DATA SELECTION FOR TRANSPORT SECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T231616.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2635/16 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D231/12 A61K31/4155 A61P35/00 A61P37/00	Application no. 09720914.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes): Selection from two lists one being present in a claim of the prior art document Inventive step - (yes)				Application title (E)-N-(2-AMINO-PHENYL)-3-{1-[4-(1-METHYL-1H-PYRAZOL-4-YL)-BENZENESULFONYL]-1H-PYRROL-3-YL}-ACRYLAMIDE SALTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T263516.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0525/17 (Thin film with non self-aggregating uniform heterogeneity/MONOSOL) of 21.1.2021
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/70 A61K9/00	Application no. 02782151.1
Keywords Main request - Article 123(2) EPC, Article 123(3) EPC, Article 84 EPC (Yes)				Application title THIN FILM WITH NON-SELF-AGGREGATING UNIFORM HETEROGENEITY, PROCESS FOR THER PRODUCTION AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS MADE THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T052517.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0876/18 (Online remote control of appliance/LG) of 1.12.2020
Online on 18.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28	Application no. 13183129.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 6 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary requests 4, 5 (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title Home appliance and online system including the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T087618.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1137/16 () of 12.2.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G3/36	Application no. 07018320.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Examination of own motion - appeal proceedings				Application title Apparatus and method for improving qualities of motion and still images to be output in a mobile communication terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T113716.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0290/17 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F15/632 E05F15/40 E05F15/73	Application no. 05013288.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Automatische Schiebetüranlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029017.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 513 KB)
T 0726/17 () of 18.1.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B1/76 E04F13/08	Application no. 07007884.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Streichung von Merkmalen (ja) Patentansprüche - funktionelle Merkmale (ja)				Application title Befestigungelement und Verfahren zur Befestigung von Dämmstoffplatten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072617.20210118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 680 KB)
T 0652/18 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F02F7/00 F16C9/02	Application no. 05005195.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Maschinengehäuse für eine Brennkraftmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T065218.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2154/19 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C9/00 E01C13/04	Application no. 08009090.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Bodenbelagselement, Bodenbelagsgitter und Anordnung von Bodenbelagsgittern, sowie Herstellungsverfahren eines Bodenbelagsgitters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215419.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 527 KB)
T 2210/19 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F210/02 C08F210/16 C08F4/24	Application no. 11764559.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CHROMIUM CATALYSED ETHYLENE COPOLYMER POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221019.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 1822/20 (Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Kindernahrungserzeugnisses/HIPP) of 5.2.2021
Online on 17.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L3/16 A23L3/22 A23L33/00	Application no. 17162025.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES KINDERNAHRUNGSERZEUGNISSES BESTEHEND AUS MEHREREN ZUTATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182220.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0713/14 (SUCCINIC ACID PRODUCING RUMEN BACTERIA MUTANTS/KOREA ADVANCED … of 2.12.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/21 C12P7/46 C12N15/74 C12R1/00	Application no. 04734158.1
Keywords Main request - clarity (no) Auxiliary request I - admitted - clarity (no) Auxiliary request II - admitted - inventive step (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title NOVEL RUMEN BACTERIA VARIANTS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUCCINIC ACID EMPLOYING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071314.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 567 KB)
T 0048/17 () of 18.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H33/24 H01H33/70 H01H33/42	Application no. 07820999.6
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui), Nouveauté - (oui), Réponse au recours Réponse - ensemble des moyens invoqués par une partie, Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non), Droit d'être entendu - possibilité de prendre position (oui),				Application title Chambre de coupure avec cylindre répartiteur de champ pour disjoncteurs haute ou moyenne tension
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004817.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 456 KB)
T 0291/17 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G43/10 B65G47/84	Application no. 11711469.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ÜBERGEBEN EINES ARTIKELS VON EINER ERSTEN AN EINE ZWEITE FÖRDEREINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029117.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0615/17 (Equipement mobile pour accéder au web/ALLANI) of 11.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 10003146.7
Keywords Requête principale, première, seconde et quatrième requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement (peu avant ou pendant la procédure orale) - requêtes non admises Activité inventive - troisième requête subsidiaire (non)				Application title Procédé et dispositif pour accéder à des sources d'information et services sur le web
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061517.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 471 KB)
T 1271/18 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D11/12 B22D11/22 G05B17/02 G01K7/42	Application no. 12759035.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja)				Application title GIESSVERFAHREN, INSBESONDERE STRANGGIESSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T127118.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2930/18 () of 3.2.2021
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F47/00	Application no. 12750770.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no)				Application title HEATING SMOKEABLE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T293018.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 2708/19 (TOPICAL COMPOSITION/GSK Consumer Healthcare S.A.) of 3.12.2020
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K31/196 A61K9/06 A61K9/107	Application no. 08844931.9
Keywords Admission of new documents (Yes) Admission of auxiliary requests 1-4 (Yes) Inventive step - All requests (No)				Application title TOPICAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270819.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 519 KB)
T 0717/20 () of 18.1.2021
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B1/68 E04F13/08 C09K3/10 A47K3/00	Application no. 11004035.9
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Dicht- und Montageband mit einem Schnittschutz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071720.20210118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 1510/20 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 16.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K6/48 B60W10/06 B60W10/08 B60W10/113 B60W20/00 B60W30/192 F02N11/00 B60W30/19	Application no. 13181926.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Ansteuern eines Hybridantriebsstranges
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T151020.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1866/17 (IC card command processing/Toshiba) of 16.11.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 13158933.5
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - after amendment (no)				Application title IC card and command processing method for IC card
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186617.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2225/17 () of 10.2.2021
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D3/04	Application no. 11715872.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - arguments only by reference to the notice of opposition disregarded Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title FILTER CIGARETTE WITH VARIABLE VENTILATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T222517.20210210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2270/17 () of 14.12.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K35/02	Application no. 11703701.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Form und Inhalt der Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Induktionsgenerator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227017.20201214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2272/17 (Prozessverfolgung bei Versuchstieren/HAMMELBACHER) of 20.1.2021
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/042 A01K11/00 H01Q1/22 G06F19/00	Application no. 11718261.8
Keywords Zulassung eines in der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Anspruchssatzes - Hauptantrag (nein): "Forum-Shopping" und keine eindeutige Gewährbarkeit				Application title Verfahren, Computerprogrammprodukt und Wechselstation zur Prozessverfolgung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227217.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2597/17 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F220/18 C08F2/22 C08F212/08 D21H19/58	Application no. 11724644.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit eines durch Verfahrensmaßnahme definierten Produkts (Nein) Hilfsantrag - zugelassen - Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (Ja)				Application title POLYMERDISPERSIONEN AUS VINYLAROMATISCHEN VERBINDUNGEN UND ACRYLATMONOMEREN, HERGESTELLT IN GEGENWART VON SAATLATEX UND KOHLENHYDRATVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259717.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0219/18 (DAPTOMYCIN PURIFICATION / XELLIA) of 26.1.2021
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K1/18 C07K1/20 C07K5/08 C07K7/08	Application no. 10707694.5
Keywords Clarity - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PURIFYING LIPOPEPTIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021918.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1972/18 () of 1.12.2020
Online on 15.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/20	Application no. 11176844.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197218.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 408 KB)
R 0008/20 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 10.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D213/81 A61K31/44 A61P35/00	Application no. 05797740.7
Keywords Petition for review - clearly unallowable Petition for review - fundamental violation of Article 113 EPC (no)				Application title THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE FORM OF BAY 43-9006 TOSYLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R000820.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2138/15 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10	Application no. 98907003.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title MULTI-APPLICATION IC CARD SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213815.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0564/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/06 A61M5/158 A61M5/32	Application no. 10808424.5
Keywords -				Application title Catheter instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056416.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 539 KB)
T 1939/16 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L29/778 H01L29/423 H01L29/40 H01L29/207	Application no. 06124388.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - main request, first to fourth auxiliary requests Novelty - (no) Novelty - fifth auxiliary request Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - sixth to thirteenth auxiliary requests				Application title Nitride based transistors for millimeter wave operation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193916.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 513 KB)
T 0871/17 () of 9.2.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D75/58 B65D77/20 B32B27/08	Application no. 10007352.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal at 25% - (yes)				Application title Flexible packaging structure with a built-in opening and reclose feature, and method for making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087117.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1426/17 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B81/66 E05B85/26 B60R16/027	Application no. 09776040.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung der Hilfsanträge I-V und VII-IX (nein) - mangelnde Substantiierung mit der Beschwerdebegründung - Substantiierung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag VI (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title KRAFTFAHRZEUGTÜRVERSCHLUSS MIT EINER SCHALTUNGSANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142617.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1545/17 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L41/08 G01B17/02 G01N29/11 G01N29/22 H01L41/113 G01N29/24	Application no. 11173957.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Device and system for measuring material thickness
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T154517.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0235/18 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01L1/12 G01L3/10	Application no. 13815220.2
Keywords Inventive step (yes Inventive step - amended claims)				Application title NON-CONTACT MAGNETOSTRICTIVE SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T023518.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0632/18 (Mehrkomponentenkit/FISCHERWERKE) of 8.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B26/14 C04B28/02 C08G59/62 C04B111/00	Application no. 04804155.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht kurz vor der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title MEHRKOMPONENTENKIT FÜR BEFESTIGUNGSZWECKE UND DESSEN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063218.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1823/18 () of 16.12.2020
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B62K25/04 B62K25/28 B62M25/08	Application no. 12156983.4
Keywords added subject-matter (auxiliary request 5, 7: yes) lack of clarity (auxiliary request 6,7, 8, 9: yes) novelty (main request, auxiliary request 10, 11, 12 : no) admissibility of late filed requests (auxiliary requests 1 to 4 : no)				Application title Bicycle suspension control apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182318.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 0270/19 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L11/40	Application no. 16153854.1
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Teilanmeldung - nach Änderung Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title HANDGEFÜHRTES BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027019.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 0947/19 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F47/00	Application no. 13736600.1
Keywords Abridged reasons for decision - explicit consent of parties Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of deparment of first instance Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 6 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 4 and 5 (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title ELECTRONIC VAPOUR PROVISION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094719.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0849/20 (Missing statement of grounds / Lenovo) of 27.1.2021
Online on 12.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L15/22 H04M3/428	Application no. 15201405.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title EXECUTING A VOICE COMMAND DURING VOICE INPUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T084920.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 0877/14 (RF-safe transmission line for interventional MRI / Philips) of 21.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R33/28	Application no. 09764592.3
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - support in the description Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Claims - support in the description Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title CONTINUOUS MECHANICAL TUNING OF TRANSFORMERS INSERTED IN RF-SAFE TRANSMISSION LINES FOR INTERVENTIONAL MRI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087714.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0642/16 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M15/08 A61F5/08	Application no. 07734890.2
Keywords Novelty - all requests (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title NASAL DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T064216.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1108/16 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B30B15/16 F15B11/024	Application no. 10740535.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VORGESPANNTER HYDRAULISCHER ANTRIEB MIT DREHZAHLVARIABLER PUMPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110816.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0340/17 () of 26.11.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K67/02 A01N1/02 G01N1/30	Application no. 12792326.6
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PROCESSED SPERM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034017.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0442/17 (Spinnvlies mit Funktionaladditiven) of 2.12.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC D01F2/00 D04H3/16 D04H3/018 D04H3/007 D01F1/10 D01D5/20 D01D5/14	Application no. 11767163.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein)				Application title HOCHFUNKTIONELLES SPINNVLIES AUS PARTIKELHALTIGEN FASERN SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T044217.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0559/17 () of 16.11.2020
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B41M3/14 G07D7/12 B41M1/26 B41M5/00	Application no. 10768457.3
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (ja: Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge I-III) Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrags VI (ja) Unklarheit (ja: Hilfsanträge IV, VI-IX)				Application title Verwendung der Markierstoffe mit schmalen Banden
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055917.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 512 KB)
T 0685/18 (Method for preparing a superabsorbent polymer/LG) of 20.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/24 C08J3/075 B01J20/26 C08F20/18 C08F220/06	Application no. 11842769.9
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - sufficiency (No)				Application title PREPARATION METHOD OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T068518.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0699/18 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/02	Application no. 04795549.7
Keywords Novelty Remittal - (yes)				Application title WIND TURBINE SYSTEM CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069918.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0939/18 (POLYMERKÖRPER/HENKEL) of 11.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D3/37 C11D3/39 C11D11/00 C11D17/00 D06L1/00 C11D17/04 D06L3/02	Application no. 10766061.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title WASCHEN MIT POLYMERKÖRPERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093918.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0982/18 () of 3.2.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B71/00	Application no. 11843714.4
Keywords Interlocutory revision - department of first instance should have rectified decision (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title HIGH-EFFICIENCY LINEAR COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098218.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0179/19 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A63B21/005 A61B5/11 G01L1/00 G06F19/00 H02P21/00 A63B71/00	Application no. 10168003.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Training apparatus, arrangement and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017919.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0348/20 (Preventing the leakage of juice from frozen fruits/DIRAFROST) of 3.2.2021
Online on 11.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/212 A23P1/08 A23B7/16 A23B7/04 A23B7/154	Application no. 02447020.5
Keywords Public prior use - (no) Granted claims - Novelty (yes) Granted claims - Inventive step (yes)				Application title Frozen fruits
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034820.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
J 0010/20 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J7/00 C07F9/10	Application no. 16874169.2
Keywords Extension of periods - COVID-19 pandemic - Notice from the EPO Protection of legitimate expectations (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal filed within time limit (yes) Date on which payment is made - payment through bank outside of a Contracting State Request for further processing within time limit (no) Request for re-establishment of rights within time limit (no)				Application title INDUSTRIAL METHOD FOR RECOVERING PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PRODUCING LECITHIN FROM A RESIDUE FROM THE PRODUCTION OF SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (SPC)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:J001020.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1264/15 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F15/12 E05D15/26	Application no. 10721618.6
Keywords -				Application title MÖBELKLAPPENANTRIEB FÜR VERSCHIEDENE KLAPPENTYPEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126415.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1107/16 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N13/00 G06F3/14 G09G5/00	Application no. 09764076.7
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) First and second auxiliary requests - inventive step (no) Third auxiliary request - admitted (no) Fourth to eighth auxiliary requests - clarity (no)				Application title 3D VIDEO REPRODUCTION MATCHING THE OUTPUT FORMAT TO THE 3D PROCESSING ABILITY OF A DISPLAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110716.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 512 KB)
T 0314/17 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/32 A61F13/26	Application no. 09158588.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 5, 6, 7 and 8 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Applicator for tampons
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031417.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2700/17 () of 18.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L27/18 C08L69/00 C08L101/00	Application no. 11829307.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title DRIPPING INHIBITOR AND RESIN COMPOUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T270017.20210118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0319/18 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 10.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/12 B29C45/00 B65D1/02 C08L23/14	Application no. 12707346.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request Fifth auxiliary request - admitted - (no) - complete case not presented with rejoinder; subsequent explanations not taken into account - no "exceptional circumstances"				Application title POLYOLEFIN-BASED CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031918.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0651/16 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 09.02.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B21/04	Application no. 08775757.1
Keywords Novelty - after amendment Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SCANNING HEAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T065116.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1102/16 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 09.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H47/00 G01R15/20	Application no. 11002953.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Relais, insbesondere für den Hochstrombereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110216.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1559/20 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 09.02.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 10765062.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title COMPLEX SITUATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155920.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0137/16 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M5/20 A61M5/24 A61M5/315	Application no. 07720074.9
Keywords Änderungen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund				Application title Injektionsvorrichtung mit Spannfeder und Spannelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013716.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 2416/16 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10 H04M1/725	Application no. 04743917.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Added subject-matter - all requests - yes Clarity - second auxiliary request - (no)				Application title DEVICE DELIVERING A SERVICE USING AN ASSOCIATED PORTABLE MEMORY, AND RELAYING MEANS FOR ALLOWING ACTIVATION OF AN APPLICATION OF THE PORTABLE MEMORY OF THE FIRST DEVICE BY A SECOND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241616.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1809/17 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B9/00 A47B9/20	Application no. 11185649.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - vollständige Offenbarung Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Erfassung von Kollisionen und entsprechendes Verfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T180917.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2064/17 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N47/36 A01N47/38 A01N25/04	Application no. 03813102.5
Keywords Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Spät vorgebrachter Sachvortrag - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title ÖLSUSPENSIONSKONZENTRAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206417.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 2190/17 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B21/04	Application no. 14152990.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Fall detection system and method for detecting a fall of a monitored person
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219017.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0186/18 (Non-human animals/MAX PLANCK) of 1.2.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K67/027 A01K67/033 C12N15/10 C07K14/47	Application no. 09781633.4
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - animals and animal species (no); Main request - overcomes all grounds of opposition (yes); Main request - remittal to the first instance for adaptation of the description (yes);				Application title MUTANT ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN, AND METHODS USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018618.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 2122/18 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T17/00 B01D53/26 B60T17/02	Application no. 13163513.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Druckluftaufbereitungseinrichtung für ein Nutzfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212218.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2521/19 (FLUOROPOLYETHER COMPOUNd/MORESCO) of 3.2.2021
Online on 08.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C43/23 C10M105/54 C10M107/38 G11B5/725 G11B5/84 C10N30/08 C10N40/18	Application no. 14869106.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FLUOROPOLYETHER COMPOUND, AND LUBRICANT AND MAGNETIC DISC COMPRISING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T252119.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0626/16 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/804	Application no. 08735106.0
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - main request, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests Auxiliary requests 3rd to 5th - submitted and not admitted in opposition proceedings - admitted (no) Auxiliary requests 6th to 8th - not examined by the opposition division - admitted (no)				Application title SINGLE-USE CONTAINMENT CAPSULE OF AN AROMATIC ESSENCE FOR PRODUCING AN INFUSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062616.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0961/16 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B26B13/26 B26B13/16 A01G3/025 B23D29/02	Application no. 11701032.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHERE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096116.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2545/16 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05C9/00 E05C7/04 E05B65/10 E05B63/24	Application no. 10159286.3
Keywords -				Application title Treibriegelschloss
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T254516.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454 KB)
T 0086/17 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D81/38 B65D3/14 B31B17/00 B31B43/00	Application no. 09000695.8
Keywords Spät vorgebrachter Klarheitseinwand - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Hauptantrag - Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Becher aus einem Papiermaterial
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008617.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 564 KB)
T 0271/17 (Holzwerkstoffplatte/XYLO) of 7.12.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B21/00 B27N3/04	Application no. 06776887.9
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LEICHTE MEHRSCHICHT HOLZWERKSTOFFPLATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027117.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2483/17 () of 13.11.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D83/14	Application no. 07766758.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title NON-ROUND PLASTIC PRESSURIZED DISPENSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248317.20201113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2698/17 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/804 A47J31/40	Application no. 05795017.2
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - allowable (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - no explicit withdrawal of the request for oral proccedings Reimbursement of appeal fee - confirmation of T 73/17				Application title Capsule with biasing sealing member
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T269817.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2619/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N2/70 B60N2/72	Application no. 04015663.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Seat structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T261918.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 658 KB)
T 2798/18 (Dinatriumdihydrogendiphosphat/Budenheim) of 15.1.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B25/42 A21D2/02 A21D8/04 C01B25/30	Application no. 12703776.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title MODIFIZIERTES DINATRIUMDIHYDROGENDIPHOSPHAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T279818.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1679/19 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C49/48 B29C33/00 B29C33/04 F16L37/56 B29C33/26 B29C47/92	Application no. 07803876.7
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - (non : mémoire de recours manquant)				Application title Dispositif de fabrication de récipients comprenant un moule et une fiche de raccordement fluidique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167919.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 233 KB)
T 2176/19 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D88/62	Application no. 07731093.6
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Vice substantiel de procédure - (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non)				Application title SYSTEME DE DISTRIBUTION ET DE RECUPERATION DE LIQUIDES ET DISPOSITIF LE COMPORTANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217619.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0278/20 (Holzwerkstoffplatte/XYLO) of 7.12.2020
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B21/00 B27N3/04	Application no. 12180598.0
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LEICHTE MEHRSCHICHT-HOLZWERKSTOFFPLATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027820.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1136/20 () of 1.2.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B09B5/00 B09B3/00 G21F5/14 G21F7/015 G21F7/06 G21F9/22 G21F9/36 G21F5/005	Application no. 11866955.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title MODULARIZED PROCESS FLOW FACILITY PLAN FOR STORING HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T113620.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1555/20 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 05.02.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00 G06F7/04	Application no. 14769947.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTITY VERIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155520.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 2018/14 (User authentication/ACTIVCARD) of 1.2.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F1/00	Application no. 10185106.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Flexible method of user authentication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201814.20210201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1446/17 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M5/26 C08K5/17 C08K3/22 C08K3/24 C09D131/04 C09D131/00	Application no. 11193971.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no: all requests)				Application title Improvements relating to laser marking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144617.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 2004/17 (Zooming on touch screen/APPLE) of 10.12.2020
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 H04M1/725	Application no. 11182963.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Document scaling on a touch-screen display
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T200417.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 0900/18 (Non-magnetic stainless steel/Daido) of 10.12.2020
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D8/12 C21D9/22 C22C38/04 C22C38/18 C22C38/20	Application no. 10004443.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title High corrosion-resistant, high-strength and non-magnetic stainless steel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090018.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1729/18 (Magerbeton/Intellectual Property Management Luxembourg) of 14.1.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G9/02 C04B28/04	Application no. 10178571.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsanträge hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title THERMISCHLEITFÄHIGER MAGERBETON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172918.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1976/18 (Substantial procedural violation/NATERA) of 21.1.2021
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/18 G06F19/22 C12Q1/68	Application no. 11784180.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by applicant (no) Basis of decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in examination proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL PLOIDY CALLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197618.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
T 2447/18 (Non-ionic antimicrobial active / UNILEVER) of 23.11.2020
Online on 04.02.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D1/62 C11D3/00 C11D3/50 C11D3/48	Application no. 13716273.1
Keywords Added matter (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 9) : yes - mixture of a class of compounds comprising a specific concentration of a single component of this class not disclosed in the application as filed Novelty (auxiliary request 10) : yes Inventive step (auxiliary request 10 to 15) : no Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title Improvements relating to fabric conditioners
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T244718.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1312/16 (Pea-based protein mixture/NUTRICIA) of 24.11.2020
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L33/17 A23L33/19 A61K38/16 A61K36/48 A61K38/01	Application no. 10718723.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (no)				Application title PEA-BASED PROTEIN MIXTURE AND USE THEREOF IN A LIQUID NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR ENTERAL FEEDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131216.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0205/17 (Improving mental capacity of aged canine pets/HILL'S) of 12.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K50/00 A23K10/40 A61K31/34 A61K31/355 A61K31/385 A23K20/158 A23K20/174 A23K20/142 A23K50/40	Application no. 01988317.2
Keywords Auxiliary request 2: Admission - (yes) Added subject matter - (no) Extension of the scope of protection - (no) Clarity - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Validity of the priority right - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AGED COMPANION PET DIET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020517.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1388/17 (Composition for nutritionally improving glucose control and insulin … of 11.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/29 A23L1/30 A61K31/201 A23L1/305 A23L1/304 A61P3/10 A61P3/02 A61P9/10	Application no. 06749290.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no)				Application title COMPOSITION FOR NUTRITIONALLY IMPROVING GLUCOSE CONTROL AND INSULIN ACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T138817.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1679/17 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/32 A24D3/02	Application no. 13167437.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Einwände in der ersten Instanz zurückgenommen - nicht zugelassen Von der ersten Instanz nicht zugelassen Beweismittel - nicht zugelassen Beanstandung der Niederschrift über die mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Übergabetrommel der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167917.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1832/17 () of 11.12.2020
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M63/00 F02M59/46 F02M69/54	Application no. 13156745.5
Keywords Verschlechterungsverbot (Verbot der "reformatio in peius") Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Common-Rail-System mit einer Druckhalteventilanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183217.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 2141/19 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 18.12.2020
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184224.1
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:T214119.20201218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2260/19 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/435 A61K31/4375	Application no. 12783818.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COMPOUND COMPRISING A MAO TARGETING/ SEEKER MOIETY FOR TREATING HUMAN GLIOMAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226019.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0173/20 () of 29.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q1/48 B25J9/10 B23Q3/12	Application no. 16751473.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title ANDOCK-MASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017320.20210129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 266 KB)
T 0444/20 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 03.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G3/20	Application no. 14194458.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - full appeal fee paid late Correction of error - correction introduces what was originally intended (yes)				Application title Display device and method of driving the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T044420.20210122				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0070/16 () of 15.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61M25/00 A61F7/12	Application no. 08151320.2
Keywords Amendments				Application title Central venous catheter with heat exchange properties
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T007016.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0092/17 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D21/00	Application no. 04103090.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (no) Claims - interpretation of ambiguous terms Oral proceedings - held in absence of party				Application title Refrigeration appliance with automatic time-determined defrost
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009217.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0093/17 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D13/64	Application no. 11787579.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KUPPLUNGSSCHEIBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009317.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0191/17 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B7/24 B05B9/01 B05B7/02	Application no. 12001302.4
Keywords Wahrung des Gebots auf ein faires Verfahren und des rechtlichen Gehörs - (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 bis 8 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) keine explizite Rücknahme des Antrages auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Farbspritzpistole mit einem Grundkörper und einer auswechselbaren Farbleiteinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T019117.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0376/17 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H05K5/00 H04M1/02 G09F7/02 G09F7/06	Application no. 10191683.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Portier électrique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T037617.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0515/17 () of 22.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D22/14 B21K1/28 B21H1/02	Application no. 06762175.5
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM UMFORMEN EINER BLECHRONDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051517.20210122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 264 KB)
T 0533/17 (Methods for separating compounds/Waters Technologies) of 16.10.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D15/30 B01D15/32 G01N30/46	Application no. 06718965.4
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR SEPARATING COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053317.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2265/17 () of 19.10.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R1/00	Application no. 12194949.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (Nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung in das Verfahren - Hilfsantrag 2 (Nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Unterstützen eines Ankuppelns eines Anhängers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226517.20201019				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0115/18 (Alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor/GRIFOLS) of 30.7.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K1/16 C07K1/18 C07K1/30 C07K14/81	Application no. 00992709.6
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 1 - inventive step (yes), extension of scope of protection (no)				Application title Method of preparing alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011518.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0231/18 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D29/00 B32B15/01	Application no. 09741997.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERWENDUNG EINES METALLISCHEN VERBUNDWERKSTOFFS IN EINER FAHRZEUGSTRUKTUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T023118.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 414 KB)
T 1212/18 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D25/00	Application no. 12700772.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines mehrschichtigen Datenträgers sowie nach diesem Verfahren hergestellter Datenträger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121218.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 732 KB)
T 1295/20 () of 28.1.2021
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N7/18 G08B13/196 H04N21/8547	Application no. 17181318.1
Keywords Mangel der fehlenden Anschrift in der Beschwerdeschrift - Behebung ist als rechtzeitig zu betrachten (ja) - Grundsatz des Vertrauensschutzes (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM EINLESEN UND AUFBEREITEN VON VIDEOBILDERN IN ECHTZEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129520.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1544/20 () of 19.11.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C69/155 C07C69/145	Application no. 15751927.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title BRANCHED-CHAIN ESTERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154420.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 1549/20 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 02.02.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M13/25 H04L1/00 H04L27/34	Application no. 01000525.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Method and apparatus for processing modulation symbols for soft input decoders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154920.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 2284/15 (Stoßwellenartige Druckwellen / Ferton Holding) of 17.9.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N7/00 A61B17/00 A61B17/22	Application no. 08168076.1
Keywords Ermessen, Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (ja)				Application title Instrument zum Erzeugen von stoßwellenartigen Druckwellen zur Behandlung von biologischem Gewebe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228415.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0194/17 () of 3.12.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25J3/04	Application no. 05769658.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title LOW TEMPERATURE AIR SEPARATION PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PRESSURIZED GASEOUS PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019417.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1534/17 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F42B5/155 F42B12/48	Application no. 09007324.8
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title Nebelwurfkörper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153417.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 272 KB)
T 1833/17 () of 9.12.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B33/14 E21B33/127	Application no. 05817486.3
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR SEALING A VOID INCOMPLETELY FILLED WITH A CAST MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183317.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2431/17 (Pharmaceutical Compositions having Desirable Bioavailability / ALCON) of 3.11.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K47/44 A61K31/535 A61K31/5575 A61K31/542 A61K45/06 A61K31/215 A61K31/216	Application no. 09722278.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Priority - transfer of priority right Priority - validity of priority date (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS HAVING DESIRABLE BIOAVAILABILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243117.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0353/18 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L27/06 C09D127/06 B05D7/22 C08L61/06	Application no. 06828984.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (auxiliary requests 1 and 2: no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 1a not admitted) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title BADGE- AND BPA-FREE CAN COATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035318.20201111				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 564 KB)
T 0212/19 () of 12.1.2021
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E03D1/012 E03D5/02	Application no. 09006871.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Spülkasten mit Revisionsöffnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021219.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 968 KB)
T 1738/20 () of 27.1.2021
Online on 01.02.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D81/05 B31D5/00	Application no. 14718283.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title THERMAL INSULATION DUNNAGE AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173820.20210127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)

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January 2021

T 1370/15 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 H04N5/50 H04N5/46	Application no. 09168309.4
Keywords Novelty - main and auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - introduction of new ex officio common general knowledge (yes, to the extent that the board is knowledgeable from its experience)				Application title Broadcast processing apparatus and control method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T137015.20210125				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 658 KB)
T 1732/15 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K3/356 G06F9/38	Application no. 08006405.8
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - main request and auxiliary requests I and II Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests I and II Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Sequential circuit element including a single clocked transistor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173215.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2101/16 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	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, 643 KB)
T 2306/16 (NGAL for detection of acute renal failure/ANTIBODYSHOP) of 13.10.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/68	Application no. 07785730.8
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Amendments - allowable, auxiliary request 3 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (yes)				Application title DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO EXCLUDE SIGNIFICANT RENAL INJURY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230616.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0632/17 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q1/70 B23Q3/12 B23Q3/157	Application no. 08000527.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kupplungseinrichtung und Kupplungselement für Werkzeughalter oder Werkstückspanneinrichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T063217.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 2310/17 () of 30.9.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/00 C08F2/01 C08F10/00 C08F2/14 C08F210/14 B01J19/18 B01J8/00	Application no. 03755827.7
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title POLYMERIZATION REACTIOR HAVING LARGE LENGTH/DIAMETER RATIO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231017.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 1751/18 () of 18.11.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T7/04 B60T8/40	Application no. 12743463.7
Keywords erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein; Hilfsantrag 2: ja) Zulässigkeit (Hilfsantrag 1: nein)				Application title BREMSBETÄTIGUNGSEINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175118.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1668/19 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 29.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 06790255.1
Keywords -				Application title ZAHNIMPLANTAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T166819.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1213/15 (External interface/JOHNSON & JOHNSON) of 13.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F21/00 G06F21/24	Application no. 08825892.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - skilled person				Application title EXTERNAL INTERFACE ACCESS CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T121315.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0916/16 (Compositions of glycopyrronium salt for inhalation / NOVARTIS) of 15.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K9/12 A61K9/14 A61K31/40	Application no. 07764925.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS OF GLYCOPYRRONIUM SALT FOR INHALATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091616.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1246/16 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C22/34 C23C22/36 C23C22/73 B21D22/20 B21D51/26	Application no. 07727286.2
Keywords Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes) Inventive step - obvious modification Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title METHOD FOR COATING OF METALLIC COIL OR SHEETS FOR PRODUCING CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124616.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1428/16 () of 13.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/56 A61K31/567 A61K31/57 A61K31/138 A61P15/18 A61P25/24 A61K31/565 A61K45/06	Application no. 02782404.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES TO PREVENT PREGNANCY AND DIMINISH PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142816.20210113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 245 KB)
T 2013/16 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C1/18	Application no. 05783967.2
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Widerruf des Patents auf Antrag des Patentinhabers				Application title FORMSTOFFMISCHUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON GIESSFORMEN FÜR DIE METALLVERARBEITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201316.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 240 KB)
T 2124/16 () of 27.11.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D11/04 B22D11/16 B22D11/18 B22D11/20 B22D11/041	Application no. 09761302.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VORHERSAGE DER ENTSTEHUNG VON LÄNGSRISSEN BEIM STRANGGIESSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212416.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1175/17 () of 25.1.2021
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D175/04 C08L75/04	Application no. 06011177.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title Oligocarbonat-haltige Beschichtungsmittel für kratzfeste Decklacke
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117517.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0572/18 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C18/344	Application no. 06400014.4
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vakuumpumpe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057218.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1103/18 () of 9.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B37/18 F16K1/20 F01D17/10	Application no. 13183258.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion				Application title Turbine wastegate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110318.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1915/18 () of 9.12.2020
Online on 28.01.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B27/01	Application no. 15193205.0
Keywords -				Application title SHORT-DISTANCE OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION MODULE AND NEAR-EYE DISPLAY OPTICAL MODULE USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191518.20201209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1636/15 (Hepatocyte preparation/CELSIS) of 21.10.2020
Online on 27.01.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N5/071	Application no. 06739994.9
Keywords Patent as granted - claimed subject-matter extends beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title NOVEL CELLULAR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163615.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0798/17 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 27.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N37/10 A61K31/19 A61P29/02	Application no. 10840130.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter				Application title TREATING CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH INTRAVENOUS IBUPROFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T079817.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0552/14 (Queue message/TICKETMASTER) of 12.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 06739187.0
Keywords Inventive step - making queuing more efficient (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING QUEUE MESSAGING OVER A NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055214.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1115/15 (Power saving for wireless communication/UNWIRED) of 20.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F1/26 G06F1/32	Application no. 02257546.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to appeal case Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 4				Application title Portable computer apparatus with power saving for wireless communication module
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111515.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2199/16 (Leistungsmessung / Rohde & Schwarz) of 26.11.2020
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R27/28 G01R31/28	Application no. 08851227.2
Keywords Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombinationserfindung (nein)				Application title LEISTUNGSMESSUNG MIT EINEM SIGNALGENERATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219916.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1524/17 (Variable voltage regulator/ROSEMOUNT) of 12.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B19/042 G08C19/02	Application no. 09720904.3
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board: held by videoconference with the parties' consent Added subject-matter - main request (no): no need for a description-based claim interpretation Amendments occasioned by a ground for opposition Amendments - main request (yes) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (yes): remaining opposition grounds not yet examined				Application title Variable liftoff voltage process field device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152417.20210112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0784/18 () of 21.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/41 A61K8/49 A61Q5/10	Application no. 07001943.5
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Einspruchsverfahrens (nein) Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Entwickler-Kuppler-Kombination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078418.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1081/19 (Controlling participation in a wireless network/CANON) of 21.1.2021
Online on 26.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W76/00	Application no. 07713807.1
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: no oral proceedings requested Added subject-matter - (yes): unallowable generalisation				Application title Communication apparatus and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108119.20210121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0407/15 (Protein-binding contrast agent for MRI / The University of Western … of 27.10.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R33/48 G01R33/38 G01R33/381 A61K49/10 G01R33/50 G01R33/44	Application no. 09719907.9
Keywords Priority - transfer of priority right Priority - no evidence provided Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040715.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0401/16 (Bilayer pharmaceutical tablet / BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 5.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K31/635 A61K31/54 A61K31/495 A61K31/415	Application no. 10179142.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admittance of documents filed in appeal proceedings Amendments - extension beyond the content of the (earliest) application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Public prior use - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Bilayer pharmaceutical tablet comprising telmisartan and a diuretic
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040116.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 1298/16 () of 19.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A45D40/26 A46B9/02 A46B15/00	Application no. 08787998.7
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui), Renvoi - (oui),				Application title APPLICATEUR POUR APPLIQUER UN PRODUIT SUR LES CILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129816.20210119				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1581/16 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 G07F17/16 G07F9/02	Application no. 04810469.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR COORDINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158116.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 544 KB)
T 1693/16 () of 20.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 04810576.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DATA STRUCTURE FOR A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING COLORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169316.20210120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 544 KB)
T 2632/16 (Method for stimulating the intestinal flora in infants delivered by … of 15.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L33/00 A61K31/702 A23C9/20 A23L33/135	Application no. 09011197.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal before decision announced at oral proceedings (yes)				Application title Method for stimulating the intestinal flora in infants delivered by caesarean section
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T263216.20210115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 0507/17 (JANUS KINASE INHIBITORS) of 19.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D487/04 A61K31/519	Application no. 08770794.9
Keywords Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Priority - (yes) Insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title SALTS OF THE JANUS KINASE INHIBITOR (R)-3-(4-(7H-PYRROLO(2,3-D)PYRIMIDIN-4-YL)-1H-PYRAZOL-1-YL)-3-CYCLOPENTYLPROPANENITRILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T050717.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 1895/17 (Ring-shaped microphone indicator/Bosch) of 8.12.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R27/00	Application no. 05100490.1
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board: held by videoconference upon request Inventive step - all requests (no): mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - presentation of information				Application title Conference system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189517.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2245/17 (Filter/Witzenmann) of 17.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D46/10 B01D46/00 F16L55/24 B01D35/02	Application no. 12171658.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Filter zum Einsetzen in eine fluidführende Rohrleitung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224517.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2278/17 () of 12.11.2020
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23B51/04 B23P15/28	Application no. 04725624.3
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title EINLIPPENBOHRER UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227817.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2537/18 () of 11.1.2021
Online on 25.01.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H3/089	Application no. 12784307.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title TRANSMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253718.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1701/15 (MANAGING USE OF STORAGE BY MULTIPLE PAGEABLE GUESTS OF A COMPUTING … of 11.1.2021
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 11.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F11/07	Application no. 09714605.4
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title MANAGING USE OF STORAGE BY MULTIPLE PAGEABLE GUESTS OF A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170115.20210111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0456/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 22.01.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29D30/06 B29C33/20	Application no. 11151960.9
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