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

• October 2021
• September 2021
• August 2021
• July 2021
• June 2021
• May 2021
• April 2021
• March 2021
• February 2021
• January 2021

October 2021

T 2702/16 (Discarding PDCCH messages/HTC) of 19.10.2021
Online on 27.10.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 56/00	Application no. 09000104.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure and clarity Sufficiency of disclosure - main, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (no) Admittance of request filed after the summons - 3rd auxiliary request (no) - no clear allowability under Art. 123(2) EPC				Application title Method for uplink synchronisation in an LTE system and related mobile device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T270216.20211019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1460/17 () of 2.9.2021
Online on 27.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 04767533.5
Keywords Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (non) Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande Modifications - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - requêtes subsidiaires (non)				Application title PROCEDE ET SYSTEME DE PAIEMENT ELECTRONIQUE UNIVERSEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146017.20210902				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1898/17 (Speech recognition / Vocollect) of 5.10.2021
Online on 27.10.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 5.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 15/22 G10L 15/06	Application no. 06734403.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONSIDERING INFORMATION ABOUT AN EXPECTED RESPONSE WHEN PEREORMING SPEECH RECOGNITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T189817.20211005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0001/18 (EML4-ALK INHIBITORS FOR TREATING NSCLC / NOVARTIS) of 28.9.2021
Online on 27.10.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/14 C07D 401/12 A61K 31/00 A61K 31/506 A61P 35/00	Application no. 12703670.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Different apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title METHODS OF USING ALK INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T000118.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 0611/18 () of 5.10.2021
Online on 27.10.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.10.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F25B 43/00 F25B 39/04	Application no. 12738137.4
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Activité inventive - (oui), Activité inventive - alternative non évidente, Activité inventive - analyse a posteriori, Activité inventive - approche problème-solution, Mémoire de recours - motifs présentés de façon claire et concise (oui), Modification après délai imparti dans une notification (règle 100(2) CBE) - aucune modification des moyens, Texte qui fait foi - traduction des revendications				Application title BOUTEILLE RESERVOIR DE FLUIDE REFRIGERANT ET ECHANGEUR DE CHALEUR COMPRENANT UNE TELLE BOUTEILLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T061118.20211005				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 415 KB)
T 2436/18 (Anti-sclerostin antibody therapy/AMGEN) of 10.9.2021
Online on 27.10.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 19/08 C07K 16/18	Application no. 12180292.0
Keywords Agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - appeal dismissed				Application title Method for inhibiting bone resorption
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243618.20210910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266 KB)
T 1713/20 () of 20.10.2021
Online on 27.10.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 499/00 A61K 9/20	Application no. 14758539.2
Keywords Substantial procedural violation Right to be heard Remittal Reimbursement of appeal fee				Application title MICRONIZED AMOXICILLIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T171320.20211020				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 2678/18 () of 7.9.2021
Online on 26.10.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/327 C12Q 1/00	Application no. 05733254.6
Keywords Novelty (all requests: no) Substantial procedural violation and reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING THRESHOLD BASED CORRECTION FUNCTIONS FOR BIOSENSORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T267818.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1144/19 () of 28.9.2021
Online on 26.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47C 20/04 H01H 9/02	Application no. 04024281.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Verhältnis von Art. 83 zu Art. 84 EPÜ Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Änderung nach Ladung - offenkundige Vorbenutzung nicht zugelassen				Application title Bett mit einem Handschalter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114419.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 0211/17 (Procédé de production de particules de polyamide ou de … of 13.9.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J 3/14 C08G 69/44 C08K 3/36 C08G 69/20	Application no. 05817256.0
Keywords Requête principale - Admission (oui) - Extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) - Suffisance de l'exposé (oui) - Nouveauté (oui) - Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Procédé d'obtention de particules de polyamide ou de copolyesteramide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021117.20210913				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 482 KB)
T 0968/17 () of 19.10.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 19.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26	Application no. 08794873.3
Keywords All requests, added subject-matter (yes) All requests, novelty (yes) All requests, inventive step (no)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION SKIP MODE WITH MULTIPLE INTER-VIEW REFERENCE PICTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096817.20211019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1307/18 () of 20.10.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 4/649 C08F 110/06 C08F 4/651	Application no. 12797888.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CATALYST SYSTEM FOR THE POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T130718.20211020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1425/18 (DNA isolation method/EPIGENOMICS) of 19.10.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 19.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/10	Application no. 11009790.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Method for providing DNA fragments derived from an archived sample
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142518.20211019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2870/18 () of 24.9.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 45/02	Application no. 07873670.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title LARGE AREA CIRCUITRY USING APPLIQUES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T287018.20210924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0207/19 (Text disambiguation for reduced keyboard/BLACKBERRY) of 23.7.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/023	Application no. 05252108.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation employing advanced word frequency learning feature
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020719.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0605/19 (Method for producing iduronate-2-sulfatase/GREEN CROSS) of 13.11.2020
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/46 A61K 38/17 A61P 31/12 C12N 9/16	Application no. 12803297.6
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Composition and formulation comprising recombinant human iduronate-2-sulfatase and preparation method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060519.20201113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1814/19 (Natural stabiliser system/Nestlé) of 28.9.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 9/34 A23G 9/32 A23G 9/42	Application no. 08774687.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Application title NATURAL STABILISER SYSTEM FOR FROZEN DESSERT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T181419.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 2802/19 (Photakatalytische Beschichtungen / STO) of 10.10.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.10.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 37/02 B01J 23/06 B01J 27/04 B01J 35/00 B01D 53/00	Application no. 17204819.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title PHOTOKATALYTISCHE BESCHICHTUNGEN MIT SULFIDISCHEN HALBLEITERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T280219.20211010				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0261/20 () of 1.10.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.10.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60C 9/08 B60C 3/04 D07B 1/06 B60C 9/04	Application no. 15197726.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title NUTZFAHRZEUGREIFEN MIT NIEDRIGER QUERSCHNITTSHÖHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026120.20211001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0855/20 () of 20.7.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/497 A61P 35/02	Application no. 13764904.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT OF INDIRUBIN AND ANALOGS THEREOF, INCLUDING MEISOINDIGO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085520.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1547/20 (Re-establishment of rights/BIGFLO s.r.l.) of 26.5.2021
Online on 25.10.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 15192268.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (no) Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing statement of grounds Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no)				Application title Method and tool for the automatic reformulation of search keyword strings in document search systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T154720.20210526				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0463/15 (Transpondereinheit / Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security GmbH) of 26.5.2021
Online on 22.10.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 19/07 G06K 7/00	Application no. 05755698.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title TRANSPONDEREINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T046315.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2079/15 (Tragbarer Datenträger / Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security GmbH) of 27.5.2021
Online on 22.10.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 7/10 G06K 7/00 G06K 19/06 G06K 19/07 G06K 19/077	Application no. 06025811.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Tragbarer Datenträger mit aktiver Kontaktlosschnittstelle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T207915.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1286/16 () of 28.9.2021
Online on 22.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C 11/02	Application no. 10159735.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Begriffe Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Herstellen und Abfüllen von Feinbrät, insbesondere einer Emulsion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T128616.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0341/18 () of 30.9.2021
Online on 22.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 11/00	Application no. 06779777.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title ELEVATOR INSTALLATION WITH REDUCED HOISTWAY DIMENSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034118.20210930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 248 KB)
T 0970/19 () of 19.10.2021
Online on 22.10.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/1347 H04N 13/04 G02F 1/13363	Application no. 11818595.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title HIGH-SPEED LIQUID CRYSTAL POLARIZATION MODULATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T097019.20211019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1920/15 () of 18.8.2021
Online on 21.10.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 18.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173	Application no. 07838976.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MANAGEMENT OF PROFILES FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T192015.20210818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1790/16 () of 18.10.2021
Online on 21.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/78 H01L 29/739 H01L 29/417 H01L 29/10 H01L 21/336 H01L 29/06 H01L 29/16	Application no. 12162732.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Device for controlling electrical conduction across a semiconductor body
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179016.20211018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1827/16 () of 18.10.2021
Online on 21.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/78 H01L 29/739 H01L 29/417 H01L 29/10 H01L 29/06	Application no. 09151203.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Device for Controlling Electrical Conduction Across a Semiconductor Body
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182716.20211018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0575/17 (Standard-Verfahren, Plausibilität) of 16.9.2021
Online on 21.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 1/02 H05K 1/14 H05K 1/05	Application no. 08152756.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Isoliertes Metallsubstrat mit einem metallenen Implantat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057517.20210916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 1895/18 (Decoding in a sound reproduction system/BOSE) of 18.10.2021
Online on 21.10.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/20 G06F 3/16	Application no. 10181101.6
Keywords Clarity - patent as maintained (no) Decision in written proceedings (yes): withdrawal of the proprietor's request for oral proceedings				Application title Interactive sound reproducing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T189518.20211018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 2267/18 (Materiau textile composite/Paul Boyé) of 17.9.2021
Online on 21.10.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A62D 5/00	Application no. 06841963.9
Keywords Modification des moyens invoqués dans le cadre du recours Modification des moyens invoqués - modification surmontant les questions soulevées (non),				Application title MATERIAU TEXTILE COMPOSITE ET ARTICLE DE PROTECTION POUR APPLICATIONS NRBC
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226718.20210917				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0138/17 (Treatment of mitochondrial disorders / LÖFFLER, BERND-MICHAEL) of 28.9.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 33/00 A61P 3/00	Application no. 10776328.6
Keywords Sub-authorisation - validity Oral submissions by patent proprietor - (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) (Late-filed) request - admittance in appeal proceedings (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no)				Application title THERAPEUTIC GAS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013817.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0259/17 () of 14.9.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/472 A61F 13/535 A61F 13/47	Application no. 05821835.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T025917.20210914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2733/17 () of 2.9.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/514 A61F 13/53 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/472 A61F 13/551 B65D 75/52 B65D 5/42 A61F 13/84	Application no. 05854241.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A FUNCTIONAL ENHANCEMENT INDICATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273317.20210902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0060/18 () of 14.7.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A22B 3/08	Application no. 03021509.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Method and system for gas stunning of poultry for slaughter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T006018.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0116/18 () of 11.10.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/56 A01N 51/00	Application no. 12002626.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure Novelty Inventive step Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings Decision of the Administrative Council of 28 June 2001 on the transitional provisions under Article 7 of the Act revising the EPC Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd t/a Mylan anr [2018] UKSC 56				Application title Insecticide compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T011618.20211011				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 850 KB)
T 0610/18 () of 3.9.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F23C 7/00 F23R 3/14 F23R 3/28	Application no. 12151964.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T061018.20210903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1110/18 (Resins for bulk topcoat/AVERY DENNISON) of 15.9.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 5/52 C08J 7/04 C09D 175/16	Application no. 10703781.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title RESINS FOR BULK TOPCOAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111018.20210915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2414/18 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 11/00 F24D 19/08	Application no. 11166240.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Auxiliary request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title Air bleeding arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241418.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0528/19 () of 28.9.2021
Online on 20.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A46B 9/02 A61C 17/22 A61C 17/34	Application no. 11005504.3
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - withdrawal of main and several auxiliary requests Amendment to appeal case - no amendment of a party's case Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 3-6 (no) Inventive step - bonus effect (yes) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 2 (no)				Application title Cleaning section for an electric oral hygiene device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T052819.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1536/17 (Differential restore/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 14.7.2021
Online on 19.10.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/14	Application no. 10759248.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Inventive step - over document D1 (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Differential file and system restores from peers and the cloud
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153617.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 2361/17 () of 20.7.2021
Online on 19.10.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 25/29 B41M 3/14 B42D 25/00 B42D 25/415	Application no. 09714069.3
Keywords Admittance (main request: no; auxiliary request 2: yes) Reformatio in peius (no) Clarity (no)				Application title Security document comprising a security feature having a layer with particles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T236117.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0139/18 (Pre-filled syringe/ALLERGAN) of 9.8.2021
Online on 19.10.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/713 A61K 38/39 A61K 39/395 A61K 47/36 A61P 27/02 A61K 9/00 A61K 47/34 A61K 9/08 C07K 16/22 C12N 15/113 A61K 39/00	Application no. 12199057.6
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 2- admittance (yes) Main request and auxiliary requests 1-3 - novelty (no) Auxiliary request 4 - admittance (no)				Application title High viscosity macromolecluar compositions for treating ocular conditions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013918.20210809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0728/18 (Neratinib/WYETH) of 2.9.2021
Online on 19.10.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4709 A61P 35/00	Application no. 10722215.0
Keywords Agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - patent revoked				Application title TREATMENT REGIMEN UTILIZING NERATINIB FOR BREAST CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072818.20210902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2208/18 (ORAL CARE PRODUCT AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF/Colgate- … of 6.10.2021
Online on 19.10.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/44 A61K 8/21 A61Q 11/00 A61P 1/02 A61K 31/198	Application no. 09708641.7
Keywords Admission of new requests in appeal proceedings (No)				Application title ORAL CARE PRODUCT AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220818.20211006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 1112/19 (Replay of data/GOLDMAN SACHS) of 30.9.2021
Online on 19.10.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 G06F 17/30 H04L 29/08	Application no. 13775157.4
Keywords Inventive step - main and first to fourth auxiliary requests (no): any prior art rendering the claimed solution obvious is a suitable starting point and no "problem invention" Admittance of request filed with the grounds of appeal - fifth auxiliary request - (no): "fresh case"				Application title Systems and methods for scalable structured data distribution
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111219.20210930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2084/16 () of 2.8.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.8.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H 33/98	Application no. 07100002.0
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (oui), Activité inventive - requête principale (oui), Nouveau motif d'opposition visé à l'article 100b) CBE - admis dans la procédure (non),				Application title Échappement de gaz pour disjoncteur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T208416.20210802				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 377 KB)
T 2002/17 () of 28.9.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 24/02 A61K 6/06 A61L 24/00 A61L 27/00	Application no. 08748159.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title PREMIXED BIOLOGICAL HYDRAULIC CEMENT PASTE COMPOSITION AND USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200217.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2170/17 (Natural stabiliser system/NESTLÉ) of 17.9.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 9/34 A23G 9/32 A23G 9/42	Application no. 07113805.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Application title Natural stabiliser system for frozen dessert
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217017.20210917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0412/18 () of 3.9.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 1/24	Application no. 10014290.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - verspätet eingereichter Einspruchsgrund Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - (nicht zugelassen)				Application title Getränkekasten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T041218.20210903				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1039/18 () of 29.6.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21F 23/00 B21K 27/02	Application no. 11001723.3
Keywords Novelty - public prior use Novelty - obligation to maintain secrecy (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title A deforming press with a device for controllably supplying a metal wire
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T103918.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 2594/18 () of 4.10.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/06 F16L 9/12 C08L 23/08	Application no. 12777916.3
Keywords Inventive step - (main request: yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE BLEND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259418.20211004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2829/18 (Handling of a "Timer_Poll_Periodic" timer for an RLC of a … of 28.7.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 12/56 H04L 1/16 H04L 1/18	Application no. 10012440.3
Keywords Novelty - state of the art Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Method for handling timers after an RLC reset or re-establishment in a wireless communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T282918.20210728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0145/19 () of 3.9.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/00 C08J 9/00 C08K 5/3492 C08K 5/52 C09D 5/18 C08J 3/12	Application no. 11776857.2
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS OF SELF-EXTINGUISHING EXPANDABLE VINYL AROMATIC (CO) POLYMERS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014519.20210903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0888/19 (TRACKBALL / Cursor Controls) of 27.9.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/033 G06F 1/32	Application no. 09785229.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title TRACKBALL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T088819.20210927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1242/19 () of 22.9.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 15/03	Application no. 13190352.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title TANK COMPRISING A REINFORCEMENT MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A REINFORCEMENT MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124219.20210922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1470/19 (Coating composition/DOW) of 23.7.2021
Online on 18.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 3/03 C09D 167/00	Application no. 11708634.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title A COATING COMPOSITION AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T147019.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0095/16 () of 21.9.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D03D 15/02 B29C 70/08 B29C 70/34	Application no. 08848052.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE BLADE AND USE OF A STRUCTURAL MAT FOR REINFORCING A WIND TURBINE BLADE STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009516.20210921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0148/16 (SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE/ NEOSS) of 13.7.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/30 A61L 27/50 A61L 27/54	Application no. 10705412.4
Keywords Summons issued under RPBA 2007 cancelled - Article 13 RPBA 2007 still applicable Amendments in claim requests Amendments - only deletions of dependent claims Amendments - intermediate generalization- extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Claim requests amended after summons to oral proceedings - admitted Documents submitted after summons to oral proceedings - not admitted Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014816.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1804/16 () of 19.8.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 09792808.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR USING MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) TO HEAL WOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T180416.20210819				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1920/16 () of 16.7.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 70/38 B29C 70/48 F03D 1/06	Application no. 10706269.7
Keywords Main request - admitted in opposition proceedings (confirmed) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Method and manufacturing line for manufacturing wind turbine blades
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T192016.20210716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0140/18 (Mobile wireless advertising platform/SINGHAL) of 11.10.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/487 H04M 3/42	Application no. 09743287.6
Keywords Decision requested according to the state of the file - implicit withdrawal of conditional request for oral proceedings Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Clarity - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no): claim construction Inventive step - scope of claim not implicitly limited by referring to the description				Application title Systems and methods for mobile wireless advertising platform
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014018.20211011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0234/18 () of 28.9.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 3/38	Application no. 10000321.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no) Transfer of opponent status (no)				Application title Converter device and method for converting electrical power
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T023418.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0563/18 () of 10.9.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 17/16 F02C 6/12	Application no. 05028189.8
Keywords Evidence - prior use Evidence - standard of proof Late-filed document - justification for late filing (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Variable geometry turbocharger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056318.20210910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0930/18 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01T 13/38	Application no. 14161017.0
Keywords Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - Novelty (yes) - Inventive step (yes) Continuation of the appeal procedure after withdrawal of the opposition				Application title Spark plug insulator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T093018.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1827/18 () of 13.9.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F02D 9/10 F02M 35/10	Application no. 12795515.1
Keywords Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui),				Application title SYSTÈME D'ADMISSION DE GAZ POUR UN MOTEUR DE VÉHICULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182718.20210913				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 309 KB)
T 2018/18 () of 12.10.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 1/137	Application no. 13162092.4
Keywords Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no) Right to be heard - opposition procedure Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation				Application title Method and device for collecting products from product containers in collecting containers according to orders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201818.20211012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1384/20 () of 11.10.2021
Online on 15.10.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 11/10 B29D 23/00 B29C 45/00 C08L 3/02 C08L 67/04 F16L 9/127	Application no. 12823526.4
Keywords Surrender of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Polymer composition for manufacturing biodegradable articles and process thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T138420.20211011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1089/15 () of 9.9.2021
Online on 14.10.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 501/60 C07D 501/04	Application no. 05748485.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title 3-ALKENYLCEPHEM COMPOUNDS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108915.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 589 KB)
T 0279/17 (Gefüllte Polymidformmassen/EMS-CHEMIE) of 29.9.2021
Online on 14.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 29.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 5/00 C08J 5/08 C08K 3/00 C08K 3/40 C08K 7/00 C08K 7/14	Application no. 07022307.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Alle Anträge (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verbesserung nicht für gesamte beanspruchte Breite glaubhaft				Application title Gefüllte Polyamidformmassen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027917.20210929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1088/17 (Anti-Dekubitus-Auflage/HARTMANN) of 5.10.2021
Online on 14.10.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.10.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 16/20 A61M 1/00 A61B 5/00	Application no. 06000434.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsanträge 2, 6, 7 (nein) Zulassung von mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung eingereichter Anträge - Hilfsanträge 1, 3, 4, 5 (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb eines medizintechnischen Therapiegerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108817.20211005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2445/17 () of 28.7.2021
Online on 14.10.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 36/00 H03K 17/955	Application no. 10191330.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title Schaltvorrichtung für ein medizinisches Gerät und Verfahren zum Betrieb der Schaltvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T244517.20210728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 513 KB)
T 2458/17 (METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINATED COMPOUNDS/HONEYWELL) of 16.9.2021
Online on 14.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 16.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/087 C07C 21/19 C09K 5/00	Application no. 07716229.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - procedural economy				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T245817.20210916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 2669/17 () of 13.10.2021
Online on 14.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.10.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D 7/00	Application no. 10172219.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title Datenträger mit einer optisch variablen Struktur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266917.20211013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0170/18 (Automatic dishwashing product and use thereof / The Procter & … of 29.9.2021
Online on 14.10.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/66 C11D 1/825 C11D 1/72 C11D 3/39 C11D 3/37 C11D 11/00 C11D 1/722	Application no. 09178726.7
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - disregarded Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title Automatic dishwashing product and use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017018.20210929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1405/14 (Computing Device Antenna Identification/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 7.10.2021
Online on 13.10.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 7.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16	Application no. 07749805.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes)				Application title COMPUTING DEVICE ANTENNA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T140514.20211007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1634/16 () of 5.7.2021
Online on 13.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 279/00	Application no. 09780758.0
Keywords Hauptantrag: Neuheit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 1: spät eingereicht - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsanträge 2 und 3: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title MISCHUNGEN VON AMINEN MIT GUANIDIN-DERIVATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163416.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1635/16 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 13.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 279/00	Application no. 09780778.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zulässig (nein)				Application title BLENDS ENTHALTEND EPOXIDHARZE UND MISCHUNGEN VON AMINEN MIT GUANIDIN-DERIVATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163516.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1636/16 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 13.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 279/00	Application no. 09800037.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zulässig (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON FORMKÖRPERN MIT HILFE VON MISCHUNGEN VON AMINEN MIT GUANIDIN-DERIVATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163616.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1131/19 () of 22.9.2021
Online on 13.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/04 B23D 79/12	Application no. 14174058.9
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Klarheit (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Entmanteln eines Rohrendes einer mit einer Kunststoffbeschichtung beschichteten Brems- oder Kraftstoffleitung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T113119.20210922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 2157/16 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B82Y 15/00 C07D 249/16 C07D 498/08 G01N 33/58 C07D 207/00 B82B 3/00 C07D 235/00	Application no. 09169655.9
Keywords Activité inventive Documents produits tardivement				Application title Nanocristaux semi-conducteurs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215716.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 493 KB)
T 1288/17 () of 28.6.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D 9/06 F02D 41/00 F02B 37/22 F01L 13/06 F02D 13/04 F02B 37/02 F02B 37/18	Application no. 11002521.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title Verfahren zur Motorbremsung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T128817.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1938/17 () of 7.10.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 15/08 G03G 15/00	Application no. 08161123.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - appealed decision reasoned (yes)				Application title Image forming apparatus and the use of a developing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T193817.20211007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 519 KB)
T 0052/18 () of 22.9.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01M 15/10 G01M 15/02 G01N 1/22	Application no. 10706998.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title ANLAGE ZUR ENTNAHME VON ABGASPROBEN VON VERBRENNUNGSKRAFTMASCHINEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T005218.20210922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1473/18 () of 14.7.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 33/04 C08L 63/00 C08J 3/00	Application no. 12156329.0
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step objection made by mere reference to previous submissions before the opposition division Inventive step - not taken into account (yes) ex post facto analysis				Application title Epoxy resin imbibed polymer particles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T147318.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 1533/18 () of 26.8.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 37/54 H01H 37/64	Application no. 12160468.0
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Billigkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung Zurückverweisung - Besondere Umstände (ja)				Application title Temperaturschutzschalter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153318.20210826				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1977/18 () of 1.9.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/04 A01J 5/08 A01J 7/02 A01J 7/04	Application no. 05736061.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late submitted material - document admitted by first instance (no) Late submitted material - document admitted (no)				Application title MILKING EQUIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197718.20210901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 2889/18 () of 3.9.2021
Online on 12.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/00 A47L 15/44	Application no. 06818511.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title HAUSHALTSGESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT EINER DOSIEREINRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM DOSIEREN VON WIRKSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T288918.20210903				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
D 0015/19 () of 21.9.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 21.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D001519.20210921				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1327/15 () of 4.8.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 06706103.6
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title A PACKAGE FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132715.20210804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0978/16 () of 7.7.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E04G 21/32 E04H 12/22	Application no. 07023238.4
Keywords Oral proceedings - Request not to hold oral proceedings as video conference Claims - claim interpretation and extent of protection Grounds for opposition - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Late-filed objection - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Novelty - (yes) Late-filed facts - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A post holder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T097816.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 1847/16 (Entité électronique - OBERTHUR / GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) of 12.7.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K 19/07 G06K 19/073 G06K 19/077	Application no. 06778905.7
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Arguments produits tardivement recevables (oui) Objection soumise tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title ENTITE ELECTRONIQUE AVEC MOYENS DE COMMUNICATION PAR CONTACT ET A DISTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T184716.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0705/17 (Überwachungssensor/CEDES) of 24.9.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/02 G01S 7/481 G01S 7/497 G08B 29/04 G08B 29/00 E05F 15/73	Application no. 10014620.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit Hauptantrag (ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit erster Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Überwachungssensor mit Selbstprüfung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T070517.20210924				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0852/17 (CONDITIONING BIOMASS FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH/DANISCO) of 27.4.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/22 C12P 21/00 C12N 9/02 C12N 9/42 C12R 1/885	Application no. 07863106.6
Keywords Admission of new documentary evidence (yes); Main request - added matter (yes) Twelfth auxiliary claim request (ACR12) - Novelty (no) Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth auxiliary claim requests (ACR13; ACR14; ACR17; ACR18) - Inventive step (no) Nineteenth auxiliary request (ACR19) - admission (no)				Application title CONDITIONING BIOMASS FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085217.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 724 KB)
T 1364/18 () of 2.9.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/08	Application no. 05776367.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZED ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136418.20210902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1679/18 () of 15.9.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T 8/1763 F16D 66/00 F16D 121/24 F16D 125/48 F16D 127/10 B60T 13/74	Application no. 05733997.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF BRAKE ACTUATOR BASED AT LEAST IN PART UPON TIRE/ROAD FRICTION FORCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167918.20210915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2147/18 () of 5.10.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.10.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 27/22 A61L 27/34 A61L 27/52 A61K 9/06 A61K 47/42 A61K 31/00 A61K 35/30 A61K 35/32 A61K 38/38 A61K 47/48 A61K 9/00 A61L 27/54	Application no. 10768958.0
Keywords Änderung nach Ablauf der in einer Mitteilung nach R. 100 (2) EPÜ gesetzten Frist - berücksichtigt (ja) Änderung nach Ablauf der in einer Mitteilung nach R. 100 (2) EPÜ gesetzten Frist - erteilungsfähige Ansprüche Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - therapeutische Verwendung ursprünglich offenbart Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - therapeutische Anwendung ausreichend offenbart Neuheit - Neuheit der Verwendung Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) medizinische Verwendung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - beanspruchte therapeutische Verwendung nicht naheliegend				Application title VERWENDUNG VON BIOKOMPATIBLEN ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN UND HIERAUS POLYMERISIERTEN MATERIALIEN ZUR INHIBIERUNG DER ANGIOGENESE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214718.20211005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2350/18 () of 12.7.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 3/407 A61F 13/15 B41J 3/54	Application no. 04752747.8
Keywords Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Admittance of document (no) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Method of inkjet printing in high efficiency production of hygienic articles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T235018.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 3030/18 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F02K 1/06 F02K 1/08 F02K 1/15 F02K 3/06	Application no. 11169267.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) yRequest filed as reply to appeal - taken into account (yes)				Application title Variable area fan nozzle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T303018.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 0276/19 () of 28.9.2021
Online on 11.10.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 3/38 H02M 7/483	Application no. 11152181.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Circuit for use with energy converter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027619.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 1349/17 (NAND flash memory/MICRON TECHNOLOGY) of 7.7.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/16	Application no. 13004992.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and first to fourth auxiliary requests (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - first, fourth, sixth and ninth auxiliary requests (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - new fifth auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - new seventh and new eighth auxiliary requests (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title NAND flash memory device and method for setting access thereto
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134917.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 2154/17 () of 6.10.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/532 H01L 23/482 H01L 29/778 H01L 29/16 H01L 29/20	Application no. 08171317.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request, second auxiliary request- (no) First auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Metallization structure for high power microelectronic devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215417.20211006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 0596/18 () of 4.10.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 4.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/25 C07C 57/04 F28D 7/16 B01J 12/00 B01J 19/24	Application no. 01110529.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for starting up reactor and reactor system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T059618.20211004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1437/18 (Utilisation d'acide méthane sulfonique pour éliminer la rouille/ … of 27.9.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C11D 3/00 C11D 3/34 C11D 7/34 C23G 1/08	Application no. 09797108.9
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (oui), Renvoi à la première instance Renvoi - (oui), Documents produits tardivement - recevable - (oui) s'ils portent sur des connaissances générales dans le cadre de la décision attaquée				Application title UTILISATION D'ACIDE ALCANE SULFONIQUE POUR ELIMINATION DE LA ROUILLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T143718.20210927				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 409 KB)
T 2645/18 (Recombinant human FSH/GLYCOTOPE) of 2.3.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/435 A61K 38/24	Application no. 11757190.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title Improved recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T264518.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0010/19 () of 16.9.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A61B 34/00	Application no. 10196084.7
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui), Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non), Motif d'opposition non admis en première instance - erreur dans l'exercice du pouvoir d'appréciation (non) - recevable (non) Document produit avec les motifs du recours - aurait pû être produit en première instance (oui) - recevable (non) Objection soumise tardivement - pendant la procédure orale Objection soumise tardivement - pas de circonstances exceptionnelles Objection soumise tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title Procédé et appareil de localisation et de visualisation d'une cible par rapport à un point focal d'un système de traitement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001019.20210916				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 727 KB)
T 0968/19 () of 30.6.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/42 A61P 29/00 A61P 37/06	Application no. 14700203.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title PHARMAZEUTISCHE ZUSAMMENSETZUNG UMFASSEND LEFLUNOMID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096819.20210630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 600 KB)
T 2391/19 (Process for preparing infant formula/NUTRICIA) of 9.7.2021
Online on 08.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00 A23L 33/10 A23D 7/005 A23D 7/01 A23D 7/04 A23P 10/40 A23L 33/115	Application no. 13709099.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING INFANT FORMULA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239119.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 2021/15 (Parallel video encoding/MICROSOFT) of 1.10.2021
Online on 07.10.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/163 G06F 9/46 G06F 3/14 H04N 7/26	Application no. 10759444.2
Keywords Amendments - compliance with Rule 137(5) EPC (yes Amendments - amended claims relate to the same general inventive concept as at least one of the originally filed claims) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - special reasons (yes)				Application title IMAGE COMPRESSION ACCELERATION USING MULTIPLE PROCESSORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T202115.20211001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 1618/17 (Vitre feuilletée/Saint-Gobain Glass France) of 10.9.2021
Online on 07.10.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 17/10 B60J 3/00 B32B 27/36	Application no. 03755052.2
Keywords Activité inventive - (non), requête principale, requêtes subsidiaires 1 et 2 Requête subsidiaire 3 produite tardivement - clairement admissible (non)				Application title VITRE FEUILLETTE AVEC UN FILM CONTRECOLLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161817.20210910				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0210/19 (Body parameter sensor/EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION) of 3.5.2021
Online on 07.10.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/40 A61B 5/00 A61B 5/022	Application no. 11747930.3
Keywords Claims - main and first to fourth auxiliary requests Claims - Inventive step Claims - (no) Procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (no)				Application title BODY PARAMETER SENSOR AND MONITOR INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021019.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493 KB)
T 0826/19 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 07.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 2/00 B01J 29/00 C07C 2/66	Application no. 09818338.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR ETHYLBENZENE PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082619.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0288/16 (PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DI- AND POLYAMINES/ Huntsmann) of 22.4.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 209/78 C07C 209/86 C07C 211/50 C07C 263/10 C07C 265/14	Application no. 08759665.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DI- AND POLYAMINES OF THE DIPHENYLMETHANE SERIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T028816.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1842/16 () of 1.10.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 1.10.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D 7/12	Application no. 12001199.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur optischen Untersuchung von Wertdokumenten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T184216.20211001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2558/16 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B42B 4/00 B27F 7/21	Application no. 07103563.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rückkehr zur erteilten Fassung Spät eingereichter Antrag - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Heftvorrichtung mit einem Heftkopf für die Verarbeitung von Ringösenheftklammern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T255816.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1937/17 (Other than for the purposes envisaged in G 1/93, "technical … of 6.7.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 11741725.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title HIGH-CAPACITY DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT INSERTS FOR REUSABLE OUTER COVERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T193717.20210706				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 863 KB)
T 1983/17 () of 7.9.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20	Application no. 03784733.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request, first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - admitted (no) First and second auxiliary requests filed with the grounds of appeal - admitted (no)				Application title STRAIN COMPENSATED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING STRAIN COMPENSATED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198317.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 2554/17 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/58 H01L 33/48 H01L 25/075	Application no. 07102375.8
Keywords Inventive step - Main Request and Auxiliary Requests (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - prima facie not compliant with the EPC Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Mounting lenses for LED modules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T255417.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 579 KB)
T 0824/18 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 9/00	Application no. 10737463.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - not admitted Amendments - do not overcome oustanding objections				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AND MONITORING A VENDING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082418.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 2248/18 (TRAPS therapy/NOVARTIS) of 26.5.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/24 A61P 37/06	Application no. 12158424.7
Keywords Main request - amendment after expiry of period in R. 100(2) EPC communication - cogent reasons (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title New indications for anti-IL-1beta therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224818.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1270/20 (Vergabe von Zugriffsrechten/IPCOM) of 23.7.2021
Online on 06.10.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04W 72/10	Application no. 12194487.0
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - (ja): Zwischenverallgemeinerung - abweichend vom Urteil EWCA Civ 567 des UK Court of Appeal Res iudicata bezüglich Entscheidung zur früheren Anmeldung - (nein): nicht-identische Tatfragen Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr in Höhe von 25% Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Beschwerdegegner (ja): Rücknahme der Beschwerde Rückzahlung der vollen Beschwerdegebühr - Beschwerdeführer II und IV (nein): kein erstinstanzlicher Verfahrensfehler				Application title Verfahren zur Vergabe von Zugriffsrechten auf einen Telekommunikationskanal an Teilnehmerstationen eines Telekommunikationsnetzes und Teilnehmerstation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T127020.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 1337/18 () of 14.7.2021
Online on 05.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 81/00 A47B 88/04	Application no. 13157622.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Seitenauszug mit Schubkastenführungen und Stützlager
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T133718.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2265/18 () of 7.7.2021
Online on 05.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B61C 7/04 B60L 11/02	Application no. 13177319.4
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - sudden illness Re-establishment of rights - all due care (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 4 Amendments - intermediate generalisation (yes) Admissibility - auxiliary request 5 (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (yes)				Application title Drive system and railway vehicle provided with the drive system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226518.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 535 KB)
T 2629/18 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 05.10.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 11/04 H04N 7/18	Application no. 11732612.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title VEHICULAR CAMERA AND METHOD FOR PERIODIC CALIBRATION OF VEHICULAR CAMERA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T262918.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1635/19 (Rolling-stock maintenance/SIEMENS MOBILITY) of 9.7.2021
Online on 05.10.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/30 G06Q 10/08 G06Q 50/00 B61L 27/00	Application no. 11764434.4
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)				Application title Adaptive remote maintenance of rolling stocks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163519.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 3139/19 (Solid kidney tumours/NOVARTIS) of 29.7.2021
Online on 05.10.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/06 A61K 31/436 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/475 A61K 31/502 A61K 31/555 A61K 31/5685 A61K 31/704 A61K 31/7068 A61P 35/00	Application no. 10174985.1
Keywords Subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) - all requests				Application title Treatment of solid kidney tumours with a rapamycin derivative
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T313919.20210729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0336/17 (Nanofiltration of factor VII solutions/NOVO NORDISK) of 18.3.2021
Online on 04.10.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 1/34	Application no. 04804635.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Nanofiltration of factor VII solutions to remove virus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T033617.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0749/17 (Security paper containing watermark beside security thread / FABRICA … of 5.8.2021
Online on 04.10.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 21/42 D21F 1/44 D21H 21/48	Application no. 09717020.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - Claims to be construed with common sense Sufficiency of disclosure - Clear terms in the claims not to be interpreted in the light of the description Added subject-matter - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Security paper, production method thereof and security document produced from same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T074917.20210805				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1272/17 () of 23.6.2021
Online on 04.10.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B07C 5/342	Application no. 08736728.0
Keywords Ground for opposition (yes) - Lack of inventive step First auxiliary request - Lack of inventive step (yes) - no further distinguishing features Admissibility of objections pursuant to Article 123(2) EPC, 83 EPC, 56 EPC (no) - no exceptional circumstances				Application title System for the Automatic Selective Separation of Rotten Citrus Fruits
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T127217.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 694 KB)
T 0818/19 () of 21.9.2021
Online on 04.10.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C 7/08 F24C 15/32	Application no. 13001792.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Garen eines Garguts und Gargerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081819.20210921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0896/21 (Network token/VISA) of 29.9.2021
Online on 04.10.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 9/30 H04L 9/32 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 14853006.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title NETWORK TOKEN SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089621.20210929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0054/15 (Retinaerkennung/HEIDELBERG ENGINEERING) of 17.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 06776629.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung spät eingereichter Hifsanträge (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR LEBENDERKENNUNG BEI RETINAERKENNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T005415.20210917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2115/16 () of 17.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/14 A61M 1/16	Application no. 06746616.9
Keywords Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no) Appealed decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS FOR DIALYTIC THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T211516.20210917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 2395/16 () of 27.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00 A61K 39/095 C07D 487/04 C07D 471/04 C07D 239/48	Application no. 14150998.4
Keywords Claims - clarity				Application title Adsorption of immunopotentiators to insoluble metal salts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239516.20210927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 2448/16 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 10762532.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion Amendment after summons - taken into account (Auxiliary Request 2) (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (Auxiliary Request 3) (no)				Application title EDITING OF 2D SOFTWARE CONSUMABLES WITHIN A COMPLEX 3D SPATIAL APPLICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T244816.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0446/17 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 37/74 B21C 43/00	Application no. 10711199.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM AUFBEREITEN VON WARMWALZGUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T044617.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0920/17 (Data packet generator/WHEREPRO) of 29.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 29.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 09791756.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title DATA PACKET GENERATOR FOR GENERATING PASSCODES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T092017.20210929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1950/17 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 45/00	Application no. 11799672.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title WALZSTRAßE ZUR RÖHRENSTAHL- UND DÜNNBANDERZEUGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195017.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2625/17 () of 7.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 11002028.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung oder der Stammanmeldung in der ursprünglich eingereichten Fassung hinaus - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Medizinische Kamera
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T262517.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0092/18 () of 23.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L 1/047 F01L 1/46 F01M 13/04	Application no. 12703756.2
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title WELLE, INSBESONDERE NOCKENWELLE MIT EINEM HOHLEN WELLENABSCHNITT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009218.20210923				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0230/18 (Vaccine against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae/INTERVET) of 9.7.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/02	Application no. 11720079.0
Keywords Late-filed request - main request admitted (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Vaccine against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, suitable for administration in the presence of maternally derived antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T023018.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1009/18 () of 16.7.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B 5/10 G01B 5/20 G01B 5/08	Application no. 13004469.6
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Anträge hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Anträge eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Messvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T100918.20210716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1472/18 () of 20.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 47/52 B65G 47/08 B65G 47/31	Application no. 12199782.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Unit and method for forming a layer of batches of groups of articles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T147218.20210920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 2237/18 (Polystyrolhartschaumstoffe/FROHS) of 7.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 9/00 C08L 25/06 C08K 3/04 C08J 9/14 C08J 9/16 C08J 9/232	Application no. 14702860.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (nein) Einwendungen Dritter				Application title POLYSTYROLHARTSCHAUMSTOFFE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T223718.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 489 KB)
T 0401/19 (Chromatographic purification/ChromaCon) of 9.7.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 15/18 G01N 30/42 G01N 30/46 G01N 30/86	Application no. 14715577.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Priority - partial priority (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title CHROMATOGRAPHIC PURIFICATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040119.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2349/19 () of 10.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 29/04 G01N 29/06 G01N 29/14 G01N 29/22 G01N 29/38 G01N 29/44 G01N 29/46	Application no. 16197888.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 1 to 7 Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MALFUNCTION OF ROTATING MACHINE USING ACOUSTIC EMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T234919.20210910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0195/20 (User access/GOOGLE) of 20.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/33 G06F 21/41 H04L 29/06 H04L 9/32	Application no. 04784877.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title ACCESS CONTROL FOR FEDERATED IDENTITIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T019520.20210920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1570/20 () of 9.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 19/00 A61N 7/02	Application no. 08868287.7
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing request for re-establishment Re-establishment of rights - two months of the removal of the cause of non-compliance Re-establishment of rights - request admissible (no)				Application title POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR THERMAL THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157020.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0938/21 (Appeal inadmissible/INTEL Corporation) of 28.9.2021
Online on 01.10.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/48	Application no. 18162134.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title EFFICIENT THREAD GROUP SCHEDULING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093821.20210928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)

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September 2021

T 1083/16 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 31/04 A01N 31/06 A01N 31/08 A61K 8/34 A61L 12/14 A61Q 11/00 C11D 3/00 A61Q 17/00 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/48	Application no. 09783843.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108316.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 2421/16 () of 29.6.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 151/06 C09J 5/06 C09J 11/06 C09J 11/08	Application no. 08728917.9
Keywords Novelty - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title HOT MELT ADHESIVES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T242116.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1883/17 () of 30.7.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 15/58 E06B 3/50 E05D 11/06 E05D 11/10 E05F 1/12 E05D 3/14	Application no. 12179325.1
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Grundlage der Entscheidung - von der Patentinhaberin vorgelegte Fassung nicht ins Verfahren zugelassen Grundlage der Entscheidung - kein gewährbarer Antrag				Application title Scharnier insbesondere für eine Verschiebevorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T188317.20210730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 265 KB)
T 2492/17 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/02	Application no. 07861906.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FOR CONTROLLING THE PITCH OF A BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T249217.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0153/18 () of 9.9.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/53 A61F 13/534	Application no. 10843196.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - auxiliary requests 4 and 5 Amendments - (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title WATER-ABSORBABLE SHEET STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T015318.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0761/18 () of 27.9.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/536 A61F 13/532 A61F 13/539 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/53	Application no. 10150871.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Absorbent Core For An Absorbent Article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T076118.20210927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 2025/18 () of 28.7.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E03C 1/04 F16L 19/025 F16L 23/032	Application no. 10158155.1
Keywords Remittal - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision Novelty - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Pipe coupler
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T202518.20210728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 2165/18 (Indice de fiabilité/COYOTE) of 14.4.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G08G 1/01 G08G 1/0967	Application no. 10801600.7
Keywords Nouveauté - accessibilité au public, Nouveauté - divulgation sur l'Internet, Nouveauté - usage antérieur public (non), Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (non), Saisine de la Grande Chambre de recours - (non),				Application title SYSTEME D'AIDE PERSONNALISEE A LA CONDUITE D'UN VEHICULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216518.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2360/18 (Storage-stable formuation of paracetamol/Neogen N.V.) of 20.9.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 31/167 A61K 31/198	Application no. 10749626.7
Keywords Main request - Admission into the proceedings (Yes) Main request - Amendments (Yes) Main request not covered by extent of opposition				Application title STORAGE-STABLE FORMULATION OF PARACETAMOL IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T236018.20210920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0633/21 () of 24.9.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/08 B32B 27/30 B32B 27/32 B32B 27/34 A01F 25/13 A01F 25/14	Application no. 12790675.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title MULTI-LAYER BARRIER FILM AND USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T063321.20210924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0851/21 () of 24.9.2021
Online on 30.09.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 24.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/2343 H04N 21/2347 H04N 21/6334 H04N 21/845	Application no. 15826285.7
Keywords "Missing statement of grounds of appeal"				Application title AUTOMATED VIDEO CONTENT PROCESSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085121.20210924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0424/16 () of 29.6.2021
Online on 29.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 9/08	Application no. 13160458.9
Keywords -				Application title System and method for simulated aircraft control through desired direction of flight
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T042416.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 2605/17 () of 13.9.2021
Online on 29.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C23F 11/14	Application no. 08795563.9
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title METAL CORROSION INHIBITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260517.20210913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2661/17 (Dishwashing composition / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 21.9.2021
Online on 29.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386	Application no. 08164651.5
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by the patent proprietor				Application title Automatic dishwashing detergent composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266117.20210921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0907/18 (TRAITEMENT DE SURFACE DE BILLET DE BANQUE/Oberthur) of 27.7.2021
Online on 29.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 19/16 D21H 19/20 D21H 21/18 D21H 21/40 B42D 15/00 D21H 19/24	Application no. 12762308.0
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT DE SURFACE D'UN BILLET DE BANQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090718.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0427/19 (Acrylatbeschichtung / Treofan) of 15.9.2021
Online on 29.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/10 B32B 27/32 B32B 27/30	Application no. 13789487.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title LEBENSMITTELVERPACKUNG ENTHALTEND EINE FOLIE MIT BARRIERE-EIGENSCHAFTEN GEGEN MINERALÖLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T042719.20210915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 0055/20 (Spreitnetz/Roche) of 20.9.2021
Online on 29.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01L 3/00	Application no. 09797481.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verbesserung nicht für gesamte beanspruchte Breite glaubhaft				Application title ANALYTISCHES TESTELEMENT UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T005520.20210920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1453/17 (Real time broker quality indication/NYSE) of 15.6.2021
Online on 28.09.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 05734156.2
Keywords Inventive step - providing broker quality indications in real time (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical requirement)				Application title PROCESS FOR PROVIDING TIMELY QUALITY INDICATION OF MARKET TRADES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T145317.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1942/17 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 28.09.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 47/08	Application no. 08858318.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title CAP FOR A CONTAINER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194217.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 2167/17 (Combination therapy/GENENTECH) of 20.4.2021
Online on 28.09.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395	Application no. 04754321.0
Keywords Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Combination therapy for B cell disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216717.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 478 KB)
T 0914/18 (Immunonutritional composition/NESTLE) of 28.6.2021
Online on 28.09.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/195 A61P 35/00 A61P 37/04	Application no. 09792438.5
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1-3, 4,4',5,5',6,6': amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 7 - taken into account (yes) Auxiliary request 7 - added subject-matter (no) Auxiliary request 7 - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT TO PREVENT OR MODERATE BONE MARROW PARALYSIS OR NEUTROPENIA DURING ANTI-CANCER TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T091418.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2251/18 () of 30.8.2021
Online on 28.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 7/02 F03D 11/00 F03D 7/04	Application no. 09014142.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Windenergieanlage mit einer zentralen Steuerungseinrichtung und einer Steuerungseinheit im Rotor sowie Verfahren zum Betreiben einer derartigen Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T225118.20210830				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 3001/18 (Antimicrobial composition comprising thymol/UNILEVER) of 15.6.2021
Online on 28.09.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 31/08 A01N 31/06 A01N 31/04 A61K 8/34 A61K 31/045 A61Q 11/00 A61Q 17/00 A61Q 19/10 A01P 1/00 A61K 31/05 A61L 2/00	Application no. 12799127.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T300118.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2593/19 (Microbicidal composition/UNILEVER) of 14.6.2021
Online on 28.09.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01P 1/00 A01N 31/04 A01N 31/08	Application no. 12795439.4
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no)				Application title MICROBICIDAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259319.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1805/15 (A virus causing respiratory tract illness/ERASMUS) of 23.8.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/135	Application no. 02710551.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title A virus causing respiratory tract illness in susceptible mammals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T180515.20210823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 1535/16 (Compositions comprising fentanyl / KYOWA KIRIN) of 20.9.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 31/4468 A61P 25/04	Application no. 04701381.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING FENTANYL FOR INTRANASAL DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153516.20210920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0246/17 (Partial electrial discharges / Techimp) of 13.9.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 31/12	Application no. 11714662.1
Keywords Alledged public prior use - witnesses offered but not summoned Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PARTIAL ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024617.20210913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1575/18 () of 23.7.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/24 A61M 5/31 A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 05783727.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) - admitted (no)				Application title AUTOMATIC INJECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157518.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1580/18 (Cooling tissue/Kimberly-Clark) of 19.7.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47K 10/16 D21H 19/14 D21H 21/14 D21H 19/18	Application no. 10831234.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TISSUE PRODUCTS INCLUDING A TEMPERATURE CHANGE COMPOSITION CONTAINING PHASE CHANGE COMPONENTS WITHIN A NON-INTERFERING MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158018.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2003/18 (Acidic surface cleaning composition/P & G) of 10.8.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/04 C11D 3/10 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/30	Application no. 13152158.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no)				Application title Liquid acidic hard surface cleaning composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200318.20210810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 2127/18 (Treatment of AMD/AVALANCHE AUSTRALIA) of 12.7.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 48/00 C12N 15/86 A61K 38/17 C07K 14/71 A61K 9/00 A61P 27/02 A61K 31/7088	Application no. 13791695.3
Keywords Amendments - main request: allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title TREATMENT OF AMD USING AAV SFLT-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212718.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 259 KB)
T 2919/18 () of 19.8.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 27/09 G02B 3/00 B42D 15/00 B29D 11/00	Application no. 08839343.4
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title MEHRSCHICHTKÖRPER SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES MEHRSCHICHTKÖRPERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T291918.20210819				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 1302/19 (Liposomes /IPSEN) of 7.9.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/127 A61K 31/4745	Application no. 05745505.7
Keywords Late-filed evidence Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIPOSOMES USEFUL FOR DRUG DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T130219.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1326/19 (Mesoporous titania/Nanjing University) of 23.7.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C01G 23/047 B01J 32/00 B01J 35/10 B01J 37/02 B01J 37/08 H01M 4/48 B01J 21/06 B01J 29/03 C04B 38/00 H01M 4/131 H01M 4/36 H01M 4/485 H01M 10/052 H01M 4/02	Application no. 09848620.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MESOPOROUS COMPOSITE TITANIA AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132619.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2186/19 (Fuel cell device/myFC AB) of 7.9.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 8/04	Application no. 10786458.9
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title FUEL CELL DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T218619.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2817/19 () of 10.9.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 79/02	Application no. 12755843.5
Keywords Oral proceedings by video conference without consent of one party (yes) Admissibility of appeal (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Amendments - allowable (first auxiliary request: yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title CARBOHYDRATE BASED BINDER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T281719.20210910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 573 KB)
T 1609/20 () of 15.9.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 10759220.6
Keywords -				Application title OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE BLOOD GLUCOSE DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T160920.20210915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0110/21 (Wesentliche Merkmale/HYDAC) of 21.9.2021
Online on 27.09.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 16/02	Application no. 14738738.5
Keywords Fehlen der wesentlichen Merkmale - Hauptantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung an die Prüfungsabteilung zur weiteren Entscheidung - (ja)				Application title Ventilvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T011021.20210921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0034/16 () of 1.9.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC D04H 1/74 D01G 25/00	Application no. 03291166.1
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Chariot mobile d'entrée d'étaleur-nappeur et étaleur-nappeur équipé dudit chariot
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003416.20210901				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0715/16 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 44/08 B29C 44/26 B29C 44/34 B29C 44/60 C08J 9/12 E04F 19/04	Application no. 08156742.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - the first summons are decisive for the purpose of applying the transitional provision of Article 25(3) RPBA 2020 (admitted: yes) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Process and apparatus for producing foamed styrenic polymers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071516.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 615 KB)
T 0331/17 () of 11.8.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/20 A61C 13/15	Application no. 12152931.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja)				Application title Dentalgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T033117.20210811				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0590/17 () of 7.7.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01G 23/01 G01G 19/44 G01G 21/22	Application no. 10172026.6
Keywords Requests: Admission in first-instance proceedings and consideration in appeal proceedings (main request: yes) Extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (main request: yes) Admission of requests filed during the appeal proceedings (first to fourth auxiliary requests: no)				Application title Weight measuring apparatus for use as an input device of a game apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T059017.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 2043/17 (ADCC optimisée/LFB) of 29.7.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 37/02 A61P 35/00	Application no. 04786018.4
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non), Activité inventive - requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 6 (non)				Application title Utilisation d'anticorps ayant une ADCC optimisée pour traiter les patients répondant faiblement au traitement par anticorps
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T204317.20210729				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0958/18 (Scheduling in a field device/FISHER) of 24.8.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 23/02 F16K 37/00	Application no. 13709014.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Added subject-matter - first auxiliary request (yes) Admittance of auxiliary requests filed at the oral proceedings before the board - (no): no exceptional circumstances and not clearly allowable Remittal - (no): no special reasons				Application title Scheduling actions in a field device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T095818.20210824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1198/18 () of 21.9.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 49/48	Application no. 03810514.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Application title CHARGED PARTICLE SPECTROMETER AND DETECTOR THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119818.20210921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493 KB)
T 1347/18 () of 28.6.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16F 15/32 G01M 1/32	Application no. 08730130.5
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 2 Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING VEHICLE BALLASTING WEIGHTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134718.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1498/18 (Manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons / NESTE OYI) of 3.8.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 3/00 C10G 45/02 C10G 45/58	Application no. 05014426.0
Keywords Admittance of auxiliary request 5a - (yes) Clarity objection - to be disregarded Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T149818.20210803				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1531/18 () of 17.8.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B 21/04 G05B 13/00 G06F 3/01 G05B 19/18 G01B 11/00 G05B 19/401 G06F 3/00 G06F 3/03	Application no. 12799151.1
Keywords Admissibility of the appeal of the patent proprietor (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (main and first auxiliary request: no; second auxiliary request: yes)				Application title COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE HAVING A CAMERA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153118.20210817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 585 KB)
T 2280/18 () of 26.7.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/02 F03D 9/00	Application no. 06254721.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for wind turbine braking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T228018.20210726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2863/18 (Procedurally expressing graphic objects/APPLE) of 29.6.2021
Online on 24.09.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/24	Application no. 05766079.7
Keywords Claims - main request Claims - inventive step Claims - (no) Admissibility - first and second auxiliary requests - not admitted				Application title PROCEDURALLY EXPRESSING GRAPHIC OBJECTS FOR WEB PAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T286318.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1854/12 (Échange de valeurs I/IDEMIA) of 6.5.2021
Online on 23.09.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 20/00	Application no. 08290978.9
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale et requête auxiliaire 1 (non), Activité inventive - requête auxiliaire 4 après modification (oui, chiffrement utilisant des clés différentes) Modifications - requêtes auxiliaires 2 et 3 Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title Procédé et dispositif pour l'échange de valeurs entre entités électroniques portables personnelles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T185412.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1874/12 (Échange de valeurs II/IDEMIA France) of 6.5.2021
Online on 23.09.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 20/00	Application no. 08290979.7
Keywords Activité inventive (non Activité inventive - ensemble de caractéristiques techniques et non-techniques, solution evidente)				Application title Dispositif électronique portable pour l'échange de valeurs et procédé de mise en oeuvre d'un tel dispositif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187412.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 345 KB)
T 2309/17 (Device switching during a call/BLACKBERRY) of 9.9.2021
Online on 23.09.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/58	Application no. 07839411.1
Keywords Clarity and support by the description - main request (no) Admittance of requests filed after the summons - auxiliary requests (no): not clearly allowable under Arts. 84, 123(2) and 56 EPC Remittal - (no): no special reasons				Application title Method and system for device switching through a server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T230917.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1101/18 (Gas turbine life prediction/PIGNONE) of 20.9.2021
Online on 23.09.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 23/02	Application no. 12740580.1
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no) Partial reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% - (yes): timely withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Application title Gas turbine life prediction and optimization device and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T110118.20210920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1291/18 () of 23.7.2021
Online on 23.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C 1/06	Application no. 10708414.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title SEED COATING COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129118.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 2188/18 () of 16.6.2021
Online on 23.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 12758651.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR PROCESSING SLAUGHTERED POULTRY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T218818.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0614/15 (Ultrasound synthetic imaging /SUPERSONIC IMAGINE) of 22.6.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 7/52 G10K 11/34	Application no. 09153358.8
Keywords Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim				Application title Method and apparatus for ultrasound synthetic imaging
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T061415.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1631/15 (Transcranial magnetic stimulation / University of Texas) of 6.7.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/00 A61N 2/02	Application no. 02724022.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter Grounds for opposition - yes (main request) Grounds for opposition - no (auxiliary request 3)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163115.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0058/16 (Arithmetic processing unit/FUJITSU) of 29.6.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/34 G06F 9/40 G06F 9/30	Application no. 08790429.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESSING UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T005816.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0207/16 () of 28.6.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 15/00	Application no. 03731693.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - not admitted in first instance proceedings				Application title Medicament dispenser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020716.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 512 KB)
T 1577/16 () of 20.7.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/551 A61F 13/496	Application no. 07751959.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - requests clearly allowable (no)				Application title DISPOSABLE PULL-ON GARMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157716.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1864/16 () of 31.8.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 31.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 5/315 A61M 5/24	Application no. 09153468.5
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Dosiervorrichtung für eine Injektionsvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186416.20210831				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0646/17 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B43K 19/02 B43K 19/16	Application no. 09777131.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title Schreib-, Zeichen-, Mal- oder Kosmetikstift
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T064617.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1304/17 () of 8.9.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/00	Application no. 04798045.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T130417.20210908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1944/17 () of 17.6.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 9/00	Application no. 02771817.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter Grounds for opposition - main request and auxiliary requests 1-5 (yes) Amendment to appeal case - auxiliary request 6 Amendment to appeal case - not prima facie solving outstanding issues Amendment to appeal case - not admitted Reimbursement of appeal fee - no Reimbursement of appeal fee - appeal not allowable				Application title SECURITY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194417.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2226/17 () of 29.6.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 15/00	Application no. 10178947.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Medicament dispenser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T222617.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0994/18 (Secure mobile payment/ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES) of 20.7.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G06Q 20/32	Application no. 10833691.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - payment process using a known technical infrastructure for encrypting data (no Inventive step - obvious implementation)				Application title SECURE MOBILE PAYMENT PROCESSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099418.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
T 1682/18 (Erzeugen von Mauttransaktionen / Kapsch TrafficCom) of 29.6.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/06	Application no. 09450078.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsverfahren Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Verfahren, Komponenten und Systeme zum Erzeugen von Mauttransaktionen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T168218.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0150/19 () of 17.9.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A63B 31/00 G09B 19/00	Application no. 10849407.1
Keywords Patentable invention - (yes) Inventive step				Application title SWIMMER POSTURE ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND SWIMMER INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T015019.20210917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0847/20 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 77/26 C08G 77/388 C08L 83/08 G02B 1/04	Application no. 12720357.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Late filed requests - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title MACROINITIATOR CONTAINING HYDROPHOBIC SEGMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T084720.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 498 KB)
T 0166/21 () of 17.9.2021
Online on 22.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.9.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A45D 33/12 A45D 40/26 A45D 34/04	Application no. 12797718.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title KUNSTSTOFFBEHÄLTER FÜR EINEN DEOROLLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016621.20210917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 282 KB)
T 1775/16 (Multispectral skin biometrics / HID 1) of 21.6.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 10181318.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no)				Application title Multispectral imaging biometrics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177516.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1791/16 (Multispectral skin biometrics / HID 2) of 22.6.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 04758859.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Grounds for opposition - clarity in opposition proceedings Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no)				Application title MULTISPECTRAL BIOMETRIC SENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179116.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1291/17 (MATTE POLYOLEFINFOLIE/TREOFAN) of 24.6.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/08 B32B 27/32 C08J 5/18	Application no. 11710414.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nicht substantiiert) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 5 bis 7 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - identisch mit den im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren geltenden Hilfsanträgen 1 bis 3 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zulässig (ja) 1 bis 4 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - eingereicht kurz vor der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zulässig (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - ja				Application title MATTE POLYOLEFINFOLIE MIT RELEASE-EIGENSCHAFTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129117.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 618 KB)
T 0066/18 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J 37/07	Application no. 13710782.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Kostenverteilung - (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title GRILL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T006618.20210618				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0773/18 () of 24.8.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B 15/06	Application no. 10723577.2
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja)				Application title BODENBEARBEITUNGSWERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T077318.20210824				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1598/18 (Multispectral skin imaging / HID 3) of 23.6.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 05857436.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING BIOMETRICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159818.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1599/18 (Multispectral skin biometrics / HID 4) of 24.6.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 10181332.7
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure (yes/no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (no) Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no)				Application title Multispectral imaging biometrics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159918.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2106/18 (Pharmaceutical formulation comprising a fumaric acid ester in an … of 1.7.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/28 A61K 31/215 A61P 17/06 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/225	Application no. 12193798.1
Keywords Reformulation of the technical problem Remittal to the opposition division (No) Main request - Inventive step (Yes) Objection under Rule 106 EPC (Dismissed)				Application title Pharmaceutical formulation comprising one or more fumaric acid esters in an erosion matrix
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T210618.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 3072/19 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01P 7/04 A01N 47/22 A01N 53/02 A01N 53/00 A01N 25/06	Application no. 13774599.8
Keywords Inventive step				Application title INSECTICIDAL AEROSOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T307219.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0278/21 () of 16.9.2021
Online on 21.09.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/16 C08J 5/18 C08F 2/34 C08F 4/659 C08F 4/6592	Application no. 12799164.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title NOVEL POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027821.20210916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0586/17 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/24 A61M 5/31 A61M 5/32	Application no. 10194414.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Amendments - extension of the scope of protection of the patent (yes)				Application title Automatic injector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T058617.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 614 KB)
T 0715/17 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/8247 H01L 27/115	Application no. 07809749.0
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title MEMORY DEVICES HAVING REDUCED INTERFERENCE BETWEEN FLOATING GATES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SUCH DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071517.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1060/17 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 7/20 H01L 23/467 H02M 7/00	Application no. 07846409.6
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious solution Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FREQUENCY CONVERTER OF MOTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T106017.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2539/17 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 13/08 G10K 11/16	Application no. 11791245.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND DÄMPFUNGSELEMENT ZUR REDUZIERUNG DER EIGENSCHWINGUNGEN EINES BAUTEILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253917.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0437/18 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F28F 9/02	Application no. 11729093.2
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non), Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non), Modification après signification - prise en compte (non),				Application title COLLECTEUR POUR UN ECHANGEUR DE CHALEUR ET UN ECHANGEUR DE CHALEUR EQUIPE D'UN TEL COLLECTEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T043718.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 637 KB)
T 0452/18 () of 16.6.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F28F 9/02	Application no. 12723173.6
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (oui),				Application title BOITE COLLECTRICE, ECHANGEUR DE CHALEUR COMPRENANT LADITE BOITE COLLECTRICE ET PROCEDE DE SERTISSAGE D'UNE TELLE BOITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T045218.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 439 KB)
T 0977/18 (Filtering emails on mobile devices/BLACKBERRY) of 24.6.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 11161767.6
Keywords Inventive step - pausing navigation to trigger filtering of emails (no Inventive step - non-technical user preference) Amendment after summons (yes Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances)				Application title Filtering data entries on mobile electronic devices having auxiliary input devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T097718.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1450/19 () of 29.7.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 1/18	Application no. 07819175.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Grundlage des Verfahrens - Niederschrift über mündliche Verhandlung vor Organ erster Instanz Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title PHOSPHORHALTIGE FORMSTOFFMISCHUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON GIESSFORMEN FÜR DIE METALLVERARBEITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T145019.20210729				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2016/19 (Biaxially Stretched Polyester films/UNITIKA LTD) of 15.9.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C08L 67/02	Application no. 12829275.2
Keywords Claims 1 to 6: inventive step Claims - (yes)				Application title BIAXIALLY STRETCHED POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201619.20210915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2761/19 () of 30.7.2021
Online on 20.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 1/18 B22C 1/26	Application no. 07819173.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Verbot der reformatio in peius - Hilfsantrag				Application title KOHLENHYDRATHALTIGE FORMSTOFFMISCHUNG MIT EIN ANTEIL EINES TEILCHENFÖRMIGEN METALLOXIDS ZUM AUF WASSERGLAS BASIERENDEM BINDEMITTEL ZUGESETZT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T276119.20210730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1838/16 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A61F 13/02	Application no. 11715851.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Evaporative body-fluid containers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183816.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0087/17 () of 30.6.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 21/18 G03G 15/00	Application no. 04015344.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - obvious modification Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 3, 4, and 6 (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - suitability to resolve the issues raised (no)				Application title Process cartridge, mounting method of electrophotographic photosensitive drum and replacing method of the photosensitive drum
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008717.20210630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 663 KB)
T 0274/17 () of 10.9.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/46 A61M 37/00	Application no. 10800015.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title TATTOOING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING THE CONCENTRATION OF PIGMENT FLUID FOR TATTOOS OR SEMI-PERMANENT TATTOOS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027417.20210910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 649 KB)
T 1115/18 () of 14.7.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/20	Application no. 04755918.2
Keywords Novelty - main request, first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title FULL SPECTRUM PHOSPHOR BLENDS FOR WHITE LIGHT GENERATION WITH LED CHIPS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111518.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2315/18 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/33 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/41 A61Q 17/04 A61Q 19/00	Application no. 09729866.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title PARFÜMIERTE KOSMETISCHE ZUBEREITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T231518.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2770/18 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/41 A61Q 17/04 A61Q 19/00	Application no. 09731326.6
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title PARFÜMIERTE KOSMETISCHE ZUBEREITUNG MIT CITRONELLOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277018.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0894/19 (Rotatable snapping connection/OTICON) of 26.8.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 H04R 25/02	Application no. 06121538.0
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no): non-application of the "could-would approach" to equally likely technical solutions				Application title Hearing device and earpiece
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089419.20210826				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 636 KB)
T 0349/21 () of 13.9.2021
Online on 17.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.9.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC E04H 3/14 E04H 1/12 A61G 10/02 A61M 21/00 A63B 22/00 A61H 33/06 A61M 15/02 A61F 7/00 F24D 19/10 F24F 11/00 H05B 3/00 A61N 5/06	Application no. 12806522.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - absence de mémoire de recours				Application title SALLE D'ENTRAINEMENT ET SON UTILISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034921.20210913				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1866/15 (Multiple execution environments/ORACLE) of 28.6.2021
Online on 16.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/455 G06F 9/445	Application no. 04756249.1
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - consent of examining division (no) Inventive step				Application title HYBRID SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING DISTINCT AND CO-EXISTING APPLICATION EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186615.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2066/18 (Suspension/BASF) of 7.7.2021
Online on 16.09.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A23D 7/005 A23K 20/179 A23L 33/10 A23K 20/105 A23L 2/52 A61K 31/07	Application no. 10710346.7
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title GEBRAUCHSFERTIGE, STABILE SUSPENSION TEILAMORPHER BETA-CAROTINPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T206618.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0478/16 (BIOGASERZEUGUNG / ISF) of 28.6.2021
Online on 15.09.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C12P 5/02	Application no. 08004314.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Erzeugung von Biogas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T047816.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 576 KB)
T 2402/16 () of 9.6.2021
Online on 15.09.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/262 H04N 21/61 H04N 21/414 H04N 21/845 H04N 21/6405 H04N 21/6408 H04N 21/6375 H04N 21/647 H04N 21/235 H04L 29/06	Application no. 11791723.7
Keywords Main request, first auxiliary request, second auxiliary request - amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Third auxiliary request - amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING MULTICAST VIDEO USING A PLAYLIST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T240216.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0208/17 (Prognostic method for panitumumab/AMGEN) of 8.7.2021
Online on 15.09.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 G01N 33/574	Application no. 08742061.8
Keywords Auxiliary request 3 - requirements of the EPC met - (yes) Disclaimer - requirements of Article 123(2) EPC met - (yes)				Application title K-ras mutations and anti-EGFR antibody therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020817.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 543 KB)
T 1245/17 (Targeted gene delivery dendritic cell vaccination/CALIFORNIA … of 10.9.2021
Online on 15.09.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 10.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 63/00 A61K 38/17 A61K 38/19 A61K 38/20 A61K 31/70	Application no. 12158285.2
Keywords Main and sole request - clarity (no); supported by the description (no);				Application title Targeted gene delivery for dendritic cell vaccination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124517.20210910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1569/17 (Kaffeezusammensetzung/SHAKHIN) of 15.7.2021
Online on 15.09.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A23F 5/00 A23F 5/10 A23F 5/24 A23F 5/40	Application no. 10820887.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title KAFFEEZUSAMMENSETZUNG AUS LÖSLICHEM, GEFRIERGETROCKNETEM UND FEINGEMAHLENEM NATÜRLICHEM GERÖSTETEM KAFFEE MIT DEM GESCHMACK UND DEM AROMA VON FRISCH GERÖSTETEM NATÜRLICHEM KAFFEE SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DIESER ZUSAMMENSETZUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T156917.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 2324/17 (Reducing or eliminating aftertaste in a sweetener using Rebaudioside … of 27.7.2021
Online on 15.09.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 27/30	Application no. 10789086.5
Keywords Novelty - multiple selection Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title REDUCING OR ELIMINATING AFTERTASTE IN A SWEETENER USING REBAUDIOSIDE D
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232417.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0148/18 (Mammalian cell culture medium for TNFR-Ig production/WYETH) of 6.7.2021
Online on 15.09.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/00 C07K 14/435 C12P 21/02	Application no. 08731084.3
Keywords Main request (claims as granted) - sufficiency of disclosure (yes); inventive step (yes)				Application title USE OF COPPER AND GLUTAMATE IN CELL CULTURE FOR PRODUCTION OF POLYPEPTIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014818.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 709 KB)
T 1128/15 (Software-Paketierung/CEBICON) of 27.7.2021
Online on 14.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 08157598.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Erstellung eines automatisch verteilbaren Software-Pakets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112815.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0347/18 () of 9.9.2021
Online on 14.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 27/146	Application no. 09708988.2
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Claims - added subject-matter after amendment (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title CIRCUIT AND PHOTO SENSOR OVERLAP FOR BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION IMAGE SENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034718.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0576/18 () of 13.7.2021
Online on 14.09.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 143/10 C10M 143/08 C10M 143/02 C10N 10/04 C10N 20/00 C10N 20/02 C10N 30/02 C10N 40/25 C10N 30/10	Application no. 10839048.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title SYSTEM LUBRICANT OIL COMPOSITION FOR CROSSHEAD-TYPE DIESEL ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057618.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 502 KB)
T 2370/18 () of 9.9.2021
Online on 14.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B 39/04 F28F 1/16 F28F 7/02	Application no. 10732359.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title RADIATION HEATING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237018.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 2551/18 () of 9.9.2021
Online on 14.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 5/36 G09G 5/14	Application no. 15188672.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request, first to third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title DYNAMIC RENDERING OF GRAPHICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T255118.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1262/20 () of 9.9.2021
Online on 14.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 1/00 G06K 9/00	Application no. 10846647.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126220.20210909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0178/14 (Peer-to-peer MFP network/KONICA MINOLTA I) of 6.7.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/24	Application no. 06251394.0
Keywords Inventive step - no Clarity - no Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion				Application title Image processing system, image processing apparatus, and image processing program product suited for transmitting and receiving data among a plurality of image processing apparatuses
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017814.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0200/14 (Peer-to-peer MFP network/KONICA MINOLTA II) of 6.7.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/24	Application no. 06251412.0
Keywords Inventive step - no Amendment to appeal case				Application title Image processing system, image processing apparatus, image processing program product suited for transmitting and receiving data among a plurality of image processing apparatuses
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020014.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 0079/16 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 235/18 C07D 235/20 C09K 11/06 H01L 51/00 C07D 401/10	Application no. 04705503.3
Keywords Novelty Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title Nitrogen-containing heterocycle derivative and organic electroluminescent element using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T007916.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 802 KB)
T 0510/17 () of 20.7.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 10781821.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - auxiliary requests 1 and 3 (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title A SMOKING SYSTEM HAVING A LIQUID STORAGE PORTION AND IMPROVED AIRFLOW CHARACTERISTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051017.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 0606/17 (Image manipulation/NOKIA) of 20.8.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/02 H04N 1/00 H04N 5/225 H04N 5/272 H04N 7/14 H04N 7/18	Application no. 05772029.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Portable electronic devices with picture-in-picture capability
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T060617.20210820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1120/17 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G07F 7/00	Application no. 14165459.0
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Procédé de délivrance par un automate de cartes de téléphonie mobile SIM à abonnement prépayé ou postpayé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112017.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 359 KB)
T 2322/18 () of 19.8.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 35/16 F02M 35/10 F02M 61/14 B62K 11/00	Application no. 14190123.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Saddle-riding or straddle-type vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232218.20210819				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 2654/18 () of 26.7.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 11306156.8
Keywords Principle of reformatio in peius - contravened (no) Late-filed objection regarding inventive step admitted (yes) regarding added subject-matter- admitted (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal (no) Added subject-matter (no) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method of cooling air in a vehicle and air conditioning system for a vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T265418.20210726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0429/19 (Address resolution for IMS/ALCATEL) of 8.9.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/12	Application no. 06291698.6
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of hearing following appellant's announcement of non-attendance Inventive step - (no): obvious combination of known features				Application title Resolution of flexible address schemes for IMS services
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T042919.20210908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1109/19 () of 22.7.2021
Online on 13.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C 15/02 F25D 23/02 E05B 1/00	Application no. 07114900.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (entspricht Hilfsantrag 1 des Einspruchsverfahrens) Neuheit - (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsanträge 2-5, 7 Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 6 Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Handgriff für ein Hausgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T110919.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 483 KB)
T 2147/16 () of 7.9.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10 H04L 12/58	Application no. 13194781.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title System and method for detecting spam using clustering and rating of e-mails
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214716.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2662/16 () of 6.9.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 11730779.3
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A LOTTERY GAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266216.20210906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 0669/17 (Procédé d'alimentation en puissance - BRANDT/WHIRLPOOL) of 24.6.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 6/06 H05B 6/12	Application no. 09290982.9
Keywords Activité inventive - nouvelle formulation du problème technique, Motifs d'opposition - extension de l'objet de la demande (oui), Généralisation intermédiaire, Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title Procédé d'alimentation en puissance d'au moins un inducteur et appareil de cuisson mettant en oeuvre ledit procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T066917.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0842/17 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D 7/12	Application no. 10011627.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Prüfung von Wertdokumenten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T084217.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1920/18 (Casting methods/Hydro Extruded Solutions) of 12.7.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 21/00 C22C 21/08 C22F 1/04 C22F 1/05	Application no. 10717607.5
Keywords Appeal admissible (yes) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title DAMAGE TOLERANT ALUMINIUM MATERIAL HAVING A LAYERED MICROSTRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T192018.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2058/18 (Predicting bending durability/YAZAKI) of 23.4.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50	Application no. 03775909.9
Keywords Amendments - main request -correction of errors (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed second and third auxiliary requests - requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PREDICTING BENDING DURABILITY OF ELECTRIC WIRE AND BEND PROTECTION MEMBER, AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T205818.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 0037/19 (Multiplex Analysis/Dow AgroSciences) of 25.6.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 59/44 C12P 21/06 C07K 1/36 G01N 33/68	Application no. 10784066.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title MULTIPLEX ANALYSIS OF STACKED TRANSGENIC PROTEIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003719.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1868/19 (Bruchfeste Darreichungsformen / GRÜNENTHAL) of 28.7.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/20	Application no. 06706682.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title BRUCHFESTE DARREICHUNGSFORMEN MIT RETARDIERTER FREISETZUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186819.20210728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0134/21 () of 7.9.2021
Online on 10.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V 7/22 B44F 1/12 B44F 1/02	Application no. 13800796.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution Remittal - (no)				Application title OPTICAL REFLECTION FILMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013421.20210907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0089/17 (PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POLYISOCYANATES OF THE DIPHENYLMETHANE … of 1.6.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 263/10 C07C 263/20 C07C 265/14 C08G 18/76	Application no. 06771056.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POLYISOCYANATES OF THE DIPHENYLMETHANE SERIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008917.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0893/17 () of 6.9.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 04253772.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Self-service terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089317.20210906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1899/17 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01D 87/00 E02F 3/40 E02F 3/407	Application no. 12717038.9
Keywords Priorität - Grundlage im Prioritätsdokument (ja) Priorität - dieselbe Erfindung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title LADEEINRICHTUNG FÜR LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHES TRANSPORTGUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T189917.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0169/18 () of 9.6.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 53/00 C10M 177/00 C08F 2/38 C08F 293/00 C10M 145/14	Application no. 05812467.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed documents				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016918.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 568 KB)
T 0806/18 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/32 G09G 5/14	Application no. 14195097.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of additional search fee - (yes)				Application title Organic light emitting diode display device and method of driving the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T080618.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0908/18 (Coated glass/Pilkington) of 5.7.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 17/36	Application no. 09796048.8
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HEAT TREATABLE COATED GLASS PANE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090818.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0911/18 (STABILIZATION OF SUNSCREENS IN COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS/Unilever) of 1.7.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/35 A61K 8/37 A61Q 17/04	Application no. 03709787.0
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title STABILIZATION OF SUNSCREENS IN COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T091118.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2149/18 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/04 A01J 7/00 A01J 5/007 A01J 5/017	Application no. 06075593.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method of milking an animal and device for this purpose
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214918.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 2245/19 (Removing Ammonia/Saipem) of 15.7.2021
Online on 09.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/58 B01D 53/86	Application no. 14716000.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR REMOVING AMMONIA FROM A VENT GAS STREAM OF A UREA PLANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224519.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2593/16 (Curvature Gabor filters/SAMSUNG) of 13.7.2021
Online on 08.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/46 G06K 9/00 G06K 9/62	Application no. 11177890.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim				Application title Method and apparatus to generate object descriptor using extended curvature gabor filter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259316.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2010/17 (Selection of an available memory size/THALES DIS FRANCE) of 9.6.2021
Online on 08.09.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G11C 7/10	Application no. 10703845.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first and second auxiliary requests - not admitted Amendment after summons - third to seventh auxiliary requests Amendment after summons - not admitted				Application title Method of selection of an available memory size of a circuit including at least processor and a memory and corresponding program and smart card
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201017.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1027/18 () of 27.8.2021
Online on 08.09.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 1/18	Application no. 09783009.5
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no) Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODERNIZING AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T102718.20210827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2797/18 (Clostridial toxin/ALLERGAN) of 2.9.2021
Online on 08.09.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.9.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/32 A61K 47/34 A61K 47/36 A61K 38/48	Application no. 09768315.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T279718.20210902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0316/19 (Transdermales therapeutisches System/UCB-LOHMANN) of 23.7.2021
Online on 08.09.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/70	Application no. 12810316.5
Keywords Neuheit - Auswahlerfindung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title TRANSDERMALES THERAPEUTISCHES SYSTEM MIT GERINGER NEIGUNG ZUR SPONTANKRISTALLISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031619.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0773/19 (Eingabeverfahren für Sonderzeichen auf einem Touchscreen) of 26.8.2021
Online on 08.09.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 3/023	Application no. 04090501.0
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung gibt Anlass zu neuen Einwänden (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Eingabe alphanumerischer Zeichen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T077319.20210826				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1320/19 () of 29.6.2021
Online on 08.09.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 57/09 B65G 57/03 B65G 61/00 G06Q 10/04 G06Q 10/08	Application no. 12784793.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal admissible (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title PALLET BUILDING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132019.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 2477/16 (Stretch Hood Film/DOW) of 9.7.2021
Online on 07.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/32 B65D 65/40	Application no. 11721943.6
Keywords Inventive step - obvious modification (main request) No objections raised (first auxiliary request)				Application title A COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR STRETCH HOOD, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247716.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0850/17 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 07.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A61F 13/02	Application no. 11156200.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Dressing for applying reduced pressure to and collecting and storing fluid from a tissue site
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085017.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 1184/18 (ELEMENT DE SECURITE/Oberthur) of 22.7.2021
Online on 07.09.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 21/40 D21H 27/02 B41M 3/14 B41N 1/06 B42D 15/00	Application no. 12713078.9
Keywords Activité inventive - analyse a posteriori				Application title ELEMENT DE SÉCURITÉ POUR UN DOCUMENT-VALEUR, UN PROCEDE DE FABRICATION, ET DOCUMENT CORRESPONDANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118418.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0561/17 () of 29.6.2021
Online on 06.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 31/042	Application no. 11006037.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request, first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Late-filed second to fourth auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Photovoltaic module frame with reinforcement beam
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056117.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1166/19 (Corrosion resistant brazing material/Gränges) of 8.6.2021
Online on 06.09.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 35/02 B32B 15/01 C22C 21/00 C22C 21/14 C22C 21/16 C22F 1/04 F28F 21/08	Application no. 13770720.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title STRIP MATERIAL WITH EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCE AFTER BRAZING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T116619.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 665 KB)
T 1054/17 () of 30.8.2021
Online on 03.09.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D 25/02 A47B 96/02	Application no. 06111509.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title A refrigerator shelf
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T105417.20210830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1066/18 (Bildqualität/BUNDESDRUCKEREI) of 20.7.2021
Online on 03.09.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 9/03 G06T 7/00 G06F 17/24	Application no. 07704063.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - (ja) Technischer Charakter - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BEWERTUNG DER QUALITÄT EINES BILDES, VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES DOKUMENTS COMPUTERPROGRAMMPRODUKT, NUTZER-SCHNITTSTELLE, DATEI UND ELEKTRONISCHES GERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T106618.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 479 KB)
T 0748/17 () of 20.7.2021
Online on 02.09.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26	Application no. 12787579.7
Keywords main and sole request - admittance (no)				Application title DETERMINING BOUNDARY STRENGTH VALUES FOR DEBLOCKING FILTERING FOR VIDEO CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T074817.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1701/18 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 02.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B 51/02 B23B 29/24	Application no. 12165149.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A rotatable drilling tool as well as a basic body therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170118.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 2482/18 () of 27.8.2021
Online on 02.09.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 18/10 C08G 18/48 C09D 175/08 C09J 175/08 C08G 18/30	Application no. 99908966.7
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title POLYURETHAN UND POLYURETHANHALTIGE ZUBEREITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T248218.20210827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 244 KB)
T 2338/19 () of 2.7.2021
Online on 02.09.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 29/00	Application no. 08786427.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 1 - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERSTÄRKUNGSELEMENT ZUR VERSTÄRKUNG VON HOHLRÄUMEN VON STRUKTURELLEN BAUTEILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T233819.20210702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0574/21 () of 30.8.2021
Online on 02.09.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/10 H01L 23/367 B81B 7/00 B81B 3/00	Application no. 12185346.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title 3d integrated electronic device structure including increased thermal dissipation capabilities
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057421.20210830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 2096/15 () of 17.8.2021
Online on 01.09.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/00 A61B 17/12	Application no. 05813640.9
Keywords Eignung einer bekannten Vorrichtung für eine neue Verwendung (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung - Hilfsanträge 4a, 5b (ja), Hilfsanträge 6-10 und 1c (nein) Klarheit - Hilfsanträge 1b, 2b, 4, 4a, 5a, 5b (nein) Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsantrag 3 (ja)				Application title OCCLUSIONSINSTRUMENT ZUM VERSCHLIESSEN EINES HERZOHRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T209615.20210817				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 503 KB)
T 2432/18 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 01.09.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10 C08K 5/00	Application no. 12766407.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED ADDITIVE RETENTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243218.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2896/18 (Purifying protein / CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA) of 29.7.2021
Online on 01.09.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/06 C07K 14/52 C07K 16/26 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/30 C07K 1/22 C07K 1/32 C07K 1/34 C07K 14/535	Application no. 03795400.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Method of purifying protein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T289618.20210729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)

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August 2021

T 2614/17 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 31.08.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M 35/10 F02B 31/06 F02D 9/10 F02B 31/08 F02D 11/10	Application no. 13183896.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Klappenvorrichtung und Sauganlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T261417.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1869/16 (Telmisartan/LEK PHARMACEUTICALS) of 24.8.2021
Online on 30.08.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/24 A61K 31/4184 A61K 31/5415 A61K 9/28 A61K 9/50	Application no. 10184115.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title Pharmaceutical composition comprising hydrochlorothiazide and telmisartan
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186916.20210824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2174/16 (ABRASIVE PARTICLES FOR POLISHING/ W.R. Grace & CO) of 4.5.2021
Online on 30.08.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 3/14 C09G 1/02 H01L 21/321	Application no. 04777834.5
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes) Objection under Rule 106 EPC (dismissed)				Application title ABRASIVE PARTICLES FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217416.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0566/18 () of 21.6.2021
Online on 27.08.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 1/27	Application no. 07024405.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein) Vortrag nicht ausreichend substantiiert - Hilfsanträge 3 bis 8 - berücksichtigt (nein) Neuer Vortrag nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge 3, 5, 7 und 8 - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Permanenterregte Synchronmaschine mit Schalenmagneten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056618.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 356 KB)
T 2377/19 () of 23.8.2021
Online on 27.08.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 27/06 H01F 27/33 H01F 27/02 H01F 27/32	Application no. 07857733.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds Request for oral proceedings - clearly inadmissible appeal				Application title Power Transformer/Reactor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237719.20210823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0269/21 () of 24.8.2021
Online on 27.08.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.8.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 21/39	Application no. 12799213.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title GASMESSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026921.20210824				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0995/17 (Secure group communications/MOTOROLA) of 21.7.2021
Online on 26.08.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 12/02	Application no. 02767632.9
Keywords Admittance of late-filed documents - (no): could have been filed earlier and no prima facie relevance Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Communications methods, systems and terminals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T099517.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0107/18 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 26.08.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E05G 1/12 E05G 1/14	Application no. 09802199.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 Inventive step - 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4A (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed request - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (no)				Application title A SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING OR TRANSPORTING VALUABLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010718.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1924/18 () of 7.6.2021
Online on 26.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/06 G01C 21/00	Application no. 13189863.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Onboard-Unit und Transaktionsserver für ein Straßenmautsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T192418.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 418 KB)
T 2945/18 (Opiorphin as analgesic/INSTITUT PASTEUR) of 13.4.2021
Online on 26.08.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/08 A61K 38/55 A61P 25/04	Application no. 15188991.2
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Opiorphin for use as analgesic agent
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T294518.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2683/19 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 26.08.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 15/00 F01D 15/04 F02C 1/05 F02C 6/14	Application no. 07712790.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title A METHOD OF STORING ENERGY AND A CRYOGENIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T268319.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 0445/18 () of 30.7.2021
Online on 25.08.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 9/00 H02J 3/38	Application no. 06021973.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title Wind energy installation and method of controlling the output power from a wind energy installation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T044518.20210730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0273/18 () of 7.6.2021
Online on 24.08.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H 33/90 H01H 33/91	Application no. 11730684.5
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (oui), Activité inventive - requête principale (oui) Recevabilité de la nouvelle objection de défaut d'activité inventive - circonstances exceptionnelles (non) Recevabilité de l'objection de défaut de nouveauté fondée sur l'usage antérieur par la requérante elle-même et présentée pour la première fois dans la procédure de recours (non).				Application title Appareillage de chambre de coupure pour deux électrodes de contact confinées
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027318.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 845 KB)
T 0371/17 (Leistungsfähigkeit eines Straßenmautsystems/KAPSCH) of 20.7.2021
Online on 23.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/06	Application no. 12168187.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Messen der Leistungsfähigkeit eines Straßenmautsystems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T037117.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0212/18 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 23.08.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 33/02	Application no. 08760151.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schaltpol für ein Hochspannungsnetz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T021218.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2084/18 (Suspicious behaviour/AIC) of 18.6.2021
Online on 23.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61J 7/00 G06Q 50/22	Application no. 14770974.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Features related to presentation of information Obscuring the internal state of a system				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNITION OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T208418.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0317/16 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 20.08.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J 9/16	Application no. 05257568.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Robot controller and robot control method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031716.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 2213/17 () of 17.6.2021
Online on 20.08.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 1/46 B21B 13/22	Application no. 12705405.4
Keywords Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title ROLLING METHOD FOR STRIP AND CORRESPONDING ROLLING LINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221317.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2410/17 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 20.08.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A61F 13/00	Application no. 09721153.6
Keywords Prior art disclosure erroneous (no) Novelty Inventive step				Application title VACUUM PORT FOR VACUUM WOUND THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241017.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 582 KB)
T 1197/18 () of 26.7.2021
Online on 20.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B41M 3/14 B41N 1/06 D21H 21/40 D21H 27/02	Application no. 10709889.9
Keywords Ajournement de la procédure orale (non) Nouveauté (non : requête principale ; oui : requête subs. 1) Admission des nouvelles objections au titre de l'activité inventive (non) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Elément de sécurité pour document-valeur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119718.20210726				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1350/18 (Galvanized steel sheet/JFE) of 21.6.2021
Online on 20.08.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/00 C21D 9/46 C22C 38/06 C22C 38/58	Application no. 09709141.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT PROCESSABILITY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T135018.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0940/19 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 20.08.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B65B 65/00 B65B 11/46 B65B 25/06 B65B 61/02 B65B 41/02	Application no. 14196114.4
Keywords Requêtes principale et subsidiaires produites tardivement - avec les motifs du recours, requêtes auraient pu être produites en première instance (oui), recevables (non) Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non) Modification après signification - raisons convaincantes (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF D'EMBALLAGE DE PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES EN PORTIONS INDIVIDUELLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094019.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0153/17 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 19.08.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 15/22 A61L 15/60 C08J 3/12 C08J 3/24 C08J 11/04 C08J 11/06 C08L 101/14	Application no. 09780136.9
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T015317.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 561 KB)
T 0399/18 (Korrosionsgeschützte Verbundwerkstoffe/HYDRO ALUMINIUM) of 30.7.2021
Online on 19.08.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 15/01 C22C 21/00 F28D 1/00 B22D 1/00 C23C 4/04	Application no. 13186323.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Doppelpatentierung - (nein)				Application title Verbundwerkstoff mit Korrosionsschutzschicht und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T039918.20210730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0312/17 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 18.08.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B62B 7/14 B60N 2/28 B62B 9/12 B60N 2/32	Application no. 05103427.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Infant travel system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031217.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1845/17 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 18.08.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 23/03 F16K 3/02	Application no. 07869257.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - non-obvious modification Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title LOW FRICTION COATINGS FOR DYNAMICALLY ENGAGING LOAD BEARING SURFACES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T184517.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 2036/17 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 18.08.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 7/06 B23B 27/00	Application no. 12162058.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Cemented carbide body and method for manufacturing the cemented carbide body
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T203617.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0400/18 (PE-Kunststoffrohr/egeplast) of 16.7.2021
Online on 18.08.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 1/08 B32B 7/02 B32B 27/32 F16L 11/04 F16L 11/12 F16L 9/12	Application no. 14168867.1
Keywords -				Application title Mindestens zweischichtiges Kunststoffrohr
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040018.20210716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1442/18 () of 9.7.2021
Online on 18.08.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D 405/12 A61K 31/505 A61P 35/00	Application no. 12155662.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderungen				Application title Dimaleat einer Aminocrotonylverbindung und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144218.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 734 KB)
T 3033/18 () of 2.8.2021
Online on 18.08.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/00 G06F 3/01	Application no. 12745158.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION AND APPLICATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T303318.20210802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1456/20 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 18.08.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G 3/04	Application no. 12717771.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsanträge 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsanträge 7, 8 - Wären bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorzubringen gewesen (ja) Hilfsanträge 3, 4, A, 8bis, 10 - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Halterung zur seitlichen Befestigung einer Führungsrinne für Energieführungsketten und Halterungssystem mit Halterung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T145620.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 688 KB)
T 0103/17 () of 14.7.2021
Online on 17.08.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A61F 13/02	Application no. 11156201.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Dressing for applying reduced pressure to and collecting and storing fluid from a tissue site
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010317.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 600 KB)
T 0706/17 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 17.08.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC D06F 39/02	Application no. 10778964.6
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument erstinstanzlich zugelassen (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument zugelassen (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiges Beschwerdevorbringen eines Beteiligten Beschwerdebegründung - Gründe deutlich und knapp angegeben (nein)				Application title DOSIERSYSTEM ZUR FREISETZUNG VON WENIGSTENS DREI UNTERSCHIEDLICHEN ZUBEREITUNGEN WÄHREND EINES WASCHPROGRAMMS EINER WASCHMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T070617.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2474/16 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 16.08.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 13/00	Application no. 10182416.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - ja Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja Allgemeine Grundsätze - Auslegung von Bestandteilen des Streitpatents im Gesamtzusammenhang				Application title Stützeinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247416.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 495 KB)
T 0589/17 (Guiding the user to a shop/SONY) of 20.4.2021
Online on 16.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00	Application no. 09252240.8
Keywords Inventive step - guiding customer to make a purchase (no Inventive step - non-technical) - using POS information at server to check if customer has followed guidance (no - obvious implementation) - transmitting bonus to customer's phone (no - obvious implementation)				Application title Shop terminal and information processing server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T058917.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0664/17 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 16.08.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 33/91 H01H 33/90 H01H 3/42	Application no. 13160977.8
Keywords Einspruchsgrund - mangelnde Neuheit (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Rücknahme und Wiedereinführung des ursprünglichen Hauptantrages nach Erhalt der Ladung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - neue Hilfsanträge nach Erhalt der Ladung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Druckgasschalter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T066417.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 679 KB)
T 0941/17 () of 11.8.2021
Online on 16.08.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 17/32	Application no. 12770002.9
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title GAMING DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094117.20210811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2534/17 (Payment module/RAKUTEN) of 10.5.2021
Online on 16.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/06 G06K 19/00 G06K 19/07 G06Q 10/00 G06Q 20/34 G06Q 20/28	Application no. 12775983.5
Keywords Inventive step - converting electronic money via a reference currency (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - encrypting apps' storage areas (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title PAYMENT MODULE, PAYMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION-RECORDING MEDIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253417.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 0316/21 () of 11.8.2021
Online on 16.08.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/87 H01L 29/74 H01L 29/06 H01L 27/02 H01L 21/329 H03K 17/00	Application no. 06816769.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title LOW CAPACITANCE SCR WITH TRIGGER ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031621.20210811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 0738/16 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 13.08.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 41/02 F27D 1/10 F27D 1/16	Application no. 06809173.5
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A WEAR LINING FROM A PARTICULATE REFRACTORY MATERIAL FOR CASTING LADLES AND POURING BOXES, TOGETHER WITH THE WEAR LINING MADE IN THIS WAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073816.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0569/17 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 13.08.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q 17/04 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/41	Application no. 09734866.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung				Application title LICHTSCHUTZFILTERKOMBINATION MIT 2,4,6-TRIS-(BIPHENYL)-1,3,5-TRIAZIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T056917.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1108/17 () of 13.7.2021
Online on 13.08.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 13/15 A61C 19/00 G02B 6/00 G02B 6/42 G02B 6/04	Application no. 08021597.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Priority - basis in priority document (yes)				Application title Curing light instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T110817.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 2556/18 (Print processing setting apparatus / Mizra) of 11.8.2021
Online on 13.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048	Application no. 06010204.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (Main request: yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (Auxiliary request: no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes at 25%)				Application title Data processing setting apparatus, data processing setting method, data processing setting program, and computer-readable recording medium recording the program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T255618.20210811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0251/16 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 12.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 25/00 G06K 19/06	Application no. 06724402.0
Keywords Änderungen, die über den Inhalt der ursprünglichen Anmeldung hinausgehen (ja)				Application title Sicherheitselement mit räumlich aufgelöster magnetischer Codierung, Verfahren und Vorrichtung zu dessen Herstellung und dessen Verwendung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T025116.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1509/17 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 12.08.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/06	Application no. 10798895.8
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of features (all requests)				Application title GAS-PHASE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS HAVING MULTIPLE FLOW REGIMES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T150917.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 609 KB)
T 0179/18 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 12.08.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 11/14 E01C 11/08	Application no. 06754306.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - secondary indicia Inventive step - commercial success (no) Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no) Inventive step - long felt need (no) Inventive step - bonus effect Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title FLOOR PROVIDED WITH STRUCTURAL JOINT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017918.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1986/18 (Blowing agent/ARKEMA) of 8.7.2021
Online on 12.08.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/00 C08J 9/14	Application no. 08744559.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title BLOWING AGENT COMPOSITION OF HYDROCHLOROFLUOROOLEFIN AND HYDROFLUOROOLEFIN, AND PROCESS OF FORMING THERMOSETTING FOAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198618.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2912/18 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 12.08.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B27B 5/06	Application no. 11005634.8
Keywords Beweisaufnahme - Verfahrensmangel (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Zersägen zumindest einer Platte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T291218.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0060/19 (Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids / PALUPA) of 12.5.2021
Online on 12.08.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/015 A61K 31/201 A61K 31/202 A61K 31/203 A61K 31/355 A61K 9/08 A61P 25/16 A61P 25/28 A61P 43/00	Application no. 12727411.6
Keywords Construction of claim Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T006019.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1194/19 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 12.08.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 41/04 B65D 41/34	Application no. 13733696.2
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed line of argument - submitted during oral proceedings - admitted (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title LINERLESS CLOSURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T119419.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1987/18 (Testing multiple diseases/FUJIFILM) of 1.7.2021
Online on 11.08.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/543 G01N 33/48	Application no. 11828425.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title TESTING METHOD AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198718.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 2313/18 (Non-modifiable firmware/ROCHE) of 10.5.2021
Online on 11.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 11770355.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title UPDATABILITY OF STRUCTURED BLOOD GLUCOSE TESTS ON HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGEMENT DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T231318.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
T 2452/18 (Testing in pairs/ROCHE) of 21.7.2021
Online on 11.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 11770358.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title HANDHELD DIABETES MANAGEMENT DEVICE HAVING TESTING IN PAIRS BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T245218.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 3021/19 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 11.08.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 23/06 B64C 5/10	Application no. 13161307.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Priority - basis in priority document (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING WINGLET SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T302119.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1990/16 (Mobile robots and 3D maps/SAMSUNG) of 29.7.2021
Online on 10.08.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 1/02	Application no. 08168372.4
Keywords Inventive step - main and 1st to 4th auxiliary requests (no) Admittance - 5th auxiliary request (no): fresh case, divergent and not substantiated				Application title Apparatus and method for generating three-dimensional map using structured light
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T199016.20210729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1916/17 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 10.08.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 8/584 B01F 17/00	Application no. 10763701.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR TERTIÄREN ERDÖLFÖRDERUNG UNTER VERWENDUNG VON TENSIDMISCHUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T191617.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
J 0001/20 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 09.08.2021	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 11/04 F03D 1/00	Application no. 10826125.6
Keywords "Request for re-establishment of rights" "Removal of the cause of non-compliance - no consideration of the due-care criterion" "Error of law: due care only relevant for allowability - Excuse of error of law (no)" "Principle of proportionality: application if conditions of Article 122 EPC are not met - (no)"				Application title DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING ADMITTANCE AND TRANSPORT OF CARGO TO AND FROM A WIND TURBINE CONSTRUCTION ABOVE GROUND LEVEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:J000120.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 2022/17 (Tecnomar/laminated circuit) of 7.7.2021
Online on 09.08.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 38/10 H05K 3/04 G06K 19/077	Application no. 09724134.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CIRCUIT BOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T202217.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1624/18 (DNA mini-circles Rolling Circle Amplification/GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES … of 13.7.2021
Online on 09.08.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/10	Application no. 09782258.9
Keywords Admission of new documentary evidence (no); Main request - inventive step (no); Admission of first auxiliary request (no);				Application title DNA MINI-CIRCLES AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T162418.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1969/18 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 09.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 25/30	Application no. 08014968.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Verhältnis von Art. 83 zu Art. 84 EPÜ Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsverfahren Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Bergriffe Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - neue Angriffslinie (nicht zugelassen) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Sicherheitselement, das ohne Hilfsmittel verifiziert werden kann
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196918.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 776 KB)
T 0031/19 (Disulfide stabilised antibodies/UCB Biopharma) of 6.10.2020
Online on 09.08.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/00 C07K 16/46	Application no. 11711386.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Disulfide stabilised antibodies and fragments thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003119.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2403/17 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 06.08.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 69/04	Application no. 13801480.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BREMSBACKE UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER BREMSBACKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T240317.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0591/19 (Real-time billing system/ORACLE) of 15.7.2021
Online on 06.08.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04K 1/00 G06Q 50/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06774291.6
Keywords Added subject-matter - all requests (yes)				Application title Revenue management system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T059119.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 0701/19 () of 3.8.2021
Online on 06.08.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.8.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 26/10 G02B 3/00 G02B 27/01 G02B 27/48	Application no. 13865018.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LENS ARRAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T070119.20210803				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1870/16 (Synchronising PDCP operations I/HTC) of 13.7.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 76/02	Application no. 12004151.2
Keywords "Mixed-mode" oral proceedings held without the consent of one party - stay of proceedings in view of G 1/21 (no) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Referral to the Enlarged BoA - first auxiliary request (no): res judicata - not the same facts Validity of priority claim - second and third auxiliary requests (no): no "same invention" Inventive step - second and third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Methods for synchronizing PDCP operations after RRC connection re-establishment in a wireless communication system and related apparatuses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187016.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2726/16 () of 6.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06Q 50/00	Application no. 11179373.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Claims - clarity (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no)				Application title Managing fuel in aircraft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T272616.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 477 KB)
T 0602/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 9/20 B60C 9/00 D07B 1/06	Application no. 11181605.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request (no)				Application title Tires with high strengh reinforcement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T060217.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0977/17 (Storing electronic receipts/OTTO GROUP SOLUTION PROVIDER) of 17.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/04	Application no. 12783592.4
Keywords Inventive step - predicting future purchases using stored electronic payment receipts (no Inventive step - business method) Inventive step - scanning printed payment receipts (no Inventive step - obvious) Inventive step - automatically attaching electronic receipt to online resale offer (no Inventive step - business method)				Application title METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT CERTIFICATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T097717.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1617/17 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H01B 3/44	Application no. 12158603.6
Keywords Requête principale - Nouveauté vis-à-vis du document également proposé en tant qu'état de la technique le plus proche (oui) - analyse expost facto Document soumis avec le mémoire de recours (non admis) Rapport d'essais soumis tardivement (non admis) Activité inventive - synergie non démontrée Activité inventive - solution évidente Requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 3 et 8 définissant l'objet non inventif de la requête principale Requêtes subsidiaires 9 à 11 - admises à la procédure (non) économie de la procédure - report de la procédure orale nécessaire Requêtes subsidiaires 12 et 14 - admises à la procédure (oui) activité inventive (non) alternative évidente Requête subsidiaire 14 - défaut de clarté				Application title Câble électrique à moyenne ou haute tension
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161717.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 614 KB)
T 1626/17 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/06 C08F 2/00 C08F 297/08 C08L 23/14 C08F 210/06	Application no. 10157879.7
Keywords Late submitted material Inventive step - Main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FLOWABLE COMONOMER RICH POLYPROPYLENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T162617.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1869/17 (Synchronising PDCP operations II/HTC) of 13.7.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 76/02	Application no. 11008366.4
Keywords Postponement of the arranged oral proceedings - (no): not requested as soon as possible and not allowable Objection under Rule 106 EPC - dismissed: no bar to holding two oral proceedings on the same day Added subject-matter - main request (yes) : intermediate generalisation Admittance - auxiliary requests (no): not prima facie allowable under Art. 76(1), 123(3) and/or 56 EPC				Application title Methods for synchronizing PDCP operations after RRC connection re-establishment in a wireless communication system and related apparatuses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186917.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0743/18 (ODORIERMITTEL/ Th. Geyer) of 30.7.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C10L 3/00	Application no. 07820469.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title SCHWEFELARME ODORIERMITTEL MIT VERBESSERTER STABILITÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T074318.20210730				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1263/18 (Chemours/HCFC) of 7.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 37/26 B01J 23/26 B01J 23/86 C07C 17/00 C07C 17/087 C07C 17/20 C07C 17/21 C07C 17/23 C07C 17/25 C07C 17/35 C07C 19/08 C07C 21/18	Application no. 07853043.3
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLUOROPROPANES AND HALOPROPENES AND AZEOTROPIC COMPOSITIONS OF 2-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUORO-1-PROPENE WITH HF AND OF 1,1,1,2,2-PENTAFLUOROPROPANE WITH HF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126318.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1483/18 (Botulinum neurotoxin composition / IPSEN) of 18.6.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/48 A61K 47/30	Application no. 05757842.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN, A NON IONIC SURFACTANT, SODIUM CHLORIDE AND SUCROSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148318.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1395/19 (Oil-containing microcapsules/PEPSICO) of 26.5.2021
Online on 05.08.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/17 A23L 2/54 A23L 2/68 A61K 9/50 A23P 10/30 A23L 29/231 A23L 33/12	Application no. 13702184.6
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 6 and 7 (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title ACIDIC AQUEOUS PRODUCT COMPRISING OIL-CONTAINING MICROCAPSULES AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T139519.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0961/17 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 55/165 F16L 55/18	Application no. 10782540.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Features of public prior use established beyond reasonable doubt (yes) Novelty (no: main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 9) Admittance (no: auxiliary requests 10 to 12)				Application title Apparatus and method for installing a liner in a pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096117.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 1790/17 (Redesigning product or process parameters/PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 18.3.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/06	Application no. 14178116.1
Keywords Patentable invention - redesigning a product based on user feedback (no Patentable invention - business method) Patentable invention - controlling manufacture of a product with improved process data (yes Patentable invention - technical) Amendment after summons (yes Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances) Remittal (yes Remittal - exceptional circumstances)				Application title Method for redesigning one or more product or process parameters of a manufactured article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179017.20210318				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1844/17 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P 35/00 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/517 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/395 A61K 45/06 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/30 C07K 16/32	Application no. 11730112.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title USE OF ERBB3 INHIBITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T184417.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0137/18 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B 5/20 G01B 21/20 G06F 17/10 G01B 21/10 G01B 5/213 G01B 5/08	Application no. 12004633.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method of measuring a circle shape characteristic and circular shape characteristic measuring device and program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013718.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 530 KB)
T 1328/18 (Melting furnace/Danieli) of 29.6.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C21C 5/52 F27B 3/18 F27D 13/00	Application no. 13707029.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title METHOD FOR MANAGING THE CHARGE IN A MELTING FURNACE AND CORRESPONDING LOADING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132818.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2472/19 (Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery / Seiko) of 25.5.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/02 H01M 2/04 H01M 4/485 H01M 10/0569 H01M 10/0525 H01M 10/42	Application no. 15152014.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247219.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0921/20 () of 19.7.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/10 B23B 27/14 B23C 5/06 B23C 5/20	Application no. 10755810.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title MILLING CUTTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T092120.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2011/20 (Obscured finish line/ALIGN) of 27.7.2021
Online on 04.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61C 5/04	Application no. 06766123.1
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A DENTAL VIRTUAL MODEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201120.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1120/16 (Alternative implementations/MATHWORKS) of 15.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 07837681.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and second auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account Amendment after summons - first auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account Amendment after summons - third and fourth auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - third and fourth auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SPECIFYING IMPLEMENTATIONS OF CODE FOR CODE GENERATION FROM A MODEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T112016.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 2597/16 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B44C 5/06 A41G 1/00 B29C 47/88 B29C 47/00	Application no. 10180635.4
Keywords Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Method for producing imitation branches and imitation branch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259716.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0159/17 (Chimeric antibodies/ABLEXIS) of 25.1.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 25.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/13	Application no. 09818482.3
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC fulfilled (yes)				Application title NON-HUMAN MAMMALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHIMERIC ANTIBODIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T015917.20210125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1796/17 () of 6.5.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 15/40 B41F 15/08	Application no. 08009863.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - prima facie allowable (main request: no, auxiliary request: yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal - special reasons (yes)				Application title Liquid transfer member pressing force adjusting method and apparatus of rotary stencil printing plate liquid coating machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179617.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 2782/17 () of 22.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 21/16	Application no. 12718271.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BOLZEN UND SPANNSYSTEM MIT BOLZEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278217.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0731/18 () of 22.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 1/52 E06B 1/70	Application no. 11155904.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title Türanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073118.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1632/18 (Dynamically enabling customized web content/LIVEPERSON) of 21.5.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11717807.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first to fifth auxiliary requests - not admitted				Application title System and method for dynamically enabling customized web content and applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163218.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2472/18 (First and second levels of access/BAXTER) of 24.6.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 10717918.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims				Application title THERAPY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T247218.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2783/18 (Risperidone sustained delivery/INDIVIOR) of 19.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/34 A61K 47/22 A61K 31/519 A61K 9/00	Application no. 15000500.7
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Sustained delivery formulations of risperidone compounds
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278318.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2861/18 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 03.08.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 5/00 B66B 13/22	Application no. 12746315.6
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents				Application title FUNKTIONSÜBERWACHUNG EINES SICHERHEITSELEMENTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T286118.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0907/14 (Tracking delivery items/US POSTAL SERVICE) of 13.7.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 7/00	Application no. 04789244.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING DELIVERY ITEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090714.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2386/16 (MALWARE DETECTION USING FILE PREVALENCE TO INFORM AGRESSIVENESS OF … of 27.4.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/00 G06F 21/56 H04L 29/06	Application no. 10828858.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2				Application title USING FILE PREVALENCE TO INFORM AGRESSIVENESS OF BEHAVIORAL HEURISTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T238616.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0454/17 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V 8/22	Application no. 11177080.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor mit Linienanordnung von Einzelemittern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T045417.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 484 KB)
T 2379/17 (Pairwise sequencing of a polynucleotide template/ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE … of 31.5.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 10000700.4
Keywords "Main Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)"				Application title Methods for sequencing a polynucleotide template
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237917.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 540 KB)
T 2150/18 (Ranked in order of severity/AETHON) of 28.6.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 G05B 19/418 G05B 23/02 G06Q 10/06 G06Q 10/08 G05B 23/00 G05D 1/02 G05D 1/00	Application no. 12833034.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)				Application title MONITORING, DIAGNOSTIC AND TRACKING TOOL FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215018.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2242/19 (Hemostatic compositions / BAXTER) of 21.7.2021
Online on 02.08.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16 A61L 24/10 A61P 7/04	Application no. 11724603.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING DRY AND STABLE HEMOSTATIC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224219.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)

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July 2021

T 0185/16 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 33/02 B29C 33/38 B29C 35/02	Application no. 10001532.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Non-admittance of late-filed auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, and 7 (prima facie not allowable) Inadmissibility of auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6 and 8 (reformatio in peius)				Application title Mould, apparatus and method for manufacturing a composite part including at least one fibre reinforced matrix
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018516.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 0014/17 (Water soluble packages with differential solubility/UNILEVER) of 26.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C11D 17/04	Application no. 03798909.2
Keywords Auxiliary request 3A: Admission - (yes) Added subject-matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POLYMERIC FILM FOR WATER SOLUBLE PACKAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T001417.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0107/17 (Base station change/ERICSSON) of 8.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 36/02	Application no. 05704774.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - all requests (yes): unallowable generalisation				Application title Method and system for base station change of packet switched communications in a mobile communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010717.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0943/17 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 13/06 A47J 31/40 B67D 1/00	Application no. 12183955.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes) General principles - Double Patenting (No)				Application title Method and apparatuses for providing a selectable beverage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094317.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 1031/17 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 37/28 D06F 39/14	Application no. 05076913.2
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - main request (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments give rise to new objections (yes)				Application title A door and a drum type washing machine and a clothes drier using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T103117.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2198/17 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60L 9/30 B60L 11/18 B60L 7/20 B61C 5/00 B60L 7/14 B60L 11/08 F02B 63/04	Application no. 12705648.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Anordnung und Verfahren zum Versorgen von elektrischen Traktionsmotoren in einem Schienenfahrzeug, insbesondere in einem Zugverband, mit elektrischer Energie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T219817.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 526 KB)
T 0193/18 () of 27.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 3/00 H02J 13/00 G06Q 50/06	Application no. 12002956.6
Keywords Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung begründet (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Verteilung von elektrischer Energie in einem Stromnetzwerk mit einer Vielzahl von Verteilungsnetzzellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T019318.20210727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1486/18 (Scrubbing method/Valmet) of 1.6.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/50 F01N 3/04 F01N 13/00 B01D 53/34	Application no. 07397015.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A method and an equipment for reducing the sulphur dioxide emissions of a marine engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148618.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1601/18 (Scheduling of ARQ data retransmissions in a multihop relay wireless … of 7.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/16 H04L 1/18	Application no. 08153723.5
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (yes)				Application title Apparatus and method for asynchronous control message transmission for data retransmission in wireless relay communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T160118.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2455/18 (Controlled release formulations/ALPHAPHARM) of 18.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/26 A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 9/16	Application no. 07718791.2
Keywords Main request(a) and Auxiliary requests 1(a)-4(a) - Novelty and amendments (No) Auxiliary requests 5 and 5a - Novelty (No) Auxiliary requests 6(a)-10(a) - Amendments (No) Auxiliary requests 11(a)-17(a) - Inventive step (No)				Application title CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING UNCOATED DISCRETE UNIT(S) AND AN EXTENDED RELEASE MATRIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T245518.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 0290/19 (SCR catalyst protection/Babcock) of 26.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/46 B01D 53/86 B01J 20/12 B01J 20/16	Application no. 11185716.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title System and method for protection of scr catalyst and control of multiple emissions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029019.20210726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1287/19 (Personal Care Cooling Compositions / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 4.5.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/19 A61K 8/24 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/42 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/55 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 09792822.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 2 (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS PROVIDING ENHANCED COOLING SENSATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T128719.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1876/20 () of 20.7.2021
Online on 30.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 20.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21 G06F 17/30 H04L 29/08 G06F 17/24 G06Q 30/02 H04W 4/08	Application no. 13850795.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Systems and methods for collecting, classifying, organizing and populating information on elecronic forms
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187620.20210720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 0435/16 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 5/00 B41M 7/00 C09D 11/10 C09D 11/00	Application no. 10193757.1
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Correction of error (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal (yes)				Application title Method for forming inkjet image
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T043516.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 677 KB)
T 0037/17 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/00	Application no. 08876403.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title CLEARCOAT COMPOSITION FOR COATING ON WATERBORNE BASECOAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003717.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1140/17 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60G 7/00 F16C 7/02 F16C 7/08 B21D 53/88 B62D 65/12 B21D 35/00	Application no. 13166812.1
Keywords erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Querlenker sowie Verfahren zum Herstellen des Querlenkers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114017.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1178/17 () of 21.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42	Application no. 09719504.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONVEYOR DISHWASHER AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CONVEYOR DISHWASHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117817.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1368/17 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 13158720.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states				Application title A method and apparatus for processing a poultry carcass part
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136817.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 2758/18 () of 9.6.2021
Online on 29.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/24	Application no. 12176400.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Improved multistage rinsing module for tunnel dishwashers, and a tunnel dishwasher provided with such a module
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T275818.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1251/16 (Unstructured recombinant polymers/AMUNIX) of 6.5.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/16 C12N 15/10	Application no. 07752636.6
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title UNSTRUCTURED RECOMBINANT POLYMERS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T125116.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457 KB)
T 1958/16 (IL-B50 antagonists for treating allergic diseases/MERK) of 6.8.2020
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17	Application no. 01273862.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes); Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes); Novelty - (yes); Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Antagonist antibodies of a mammalian cytokine or its receptor for the treatment of allergy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195816.20200806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 621 KB)
T 1590/17 (Unstructured recombinant polymers/AMUNIX) of 7.5.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 G01N 33/567 C12N 15/06	Application no. 11172812.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Unstructured recombinant polymers and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159017.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 1772/17 () of 8.7.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16C 33/46	Application no. 03020732.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Käfig für ein Wälzlager
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177217.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2683/17 () of 23.7.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C 19/04	Application no. 05818557.0
Keywords Main request withdrawn before the opposition division not admitted Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests not admitted in the fist instance proceedings Late-filed facts could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title BED LIFTING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T268317.20210723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 2702/18 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 19/00 B62D 49/04 E01C 19/48	Application no. 12007317.6
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - stillschweigende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (nein)				Application title Baumaschine, insbesondere Straßenfertiger oder Beschicker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T270218.20210624				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2244/19 () of 21.6.2021
Online on 28.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00 G01F 1/28 G01P 13/00	Application no. 10816778.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 2 (no) Insufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 2 (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 2 - no power to examine Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224419.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1051/15 (Software upgrade/ABB) of 17.6.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445 G06F 11/14	Application no. 10176966.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A low or medium voltage electric power distribution network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T105115.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0897/17 (Mettre un véhicule à la disposition d'un utilisateur/VU LOG) of 4.5.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/00 G07C 5/00 G07B 15/00	Application no. 08787925.0
Keywords Activité inventive - le système de type « auto-partage de véhicules » requiert de faire un pronostic de l'endroit et du temps pour la disponibilité des véhicules (non Activité inventive - critère commercial)				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME PERMETTANT DE METTRE UN VÉHICULE PUBLIC INDIVIDUEL À LA DISPOSITION D'UN UTILISATEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089717.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1185/17 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 B32B 3/30	Application no. 10169558.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims				Application title Feminine hygiene article with printed pattern and embossed pattern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118517.20210601				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0026/18 (Apparatus for manufacturing tissue/CARTARIE TRONCHETTI) of 19.7.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 27/40	Application no. 08015030.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title Apparatus for pasting two or more plies for manufacturing tissue products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002618.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0327/18 () of 22.7.2021
Online on 27.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F15B 20/00 F15B 9/09	Application no. 07717213.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (main request, auxiliary request Amendments - yes)				Application title Safety override circuit for pneumatic positioner and method of use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T032718.20210722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
R 0005/19 (Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs) of 15.3.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 17/06 G08B 17/107 G08B 29/18 G08B 29/24 G08B 17/113	Application no. 08101643.8
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung - Rügepflicht Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) - überraschende Entscheidungsbegründung				Application title Gefahrenerkennung mit Einbezug einer in einem Mikrocontroller integrierten Temperaturmesseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:R000519.20210315				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 501 KB)
T 2128/15 () of 5.7.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/34 C03B 23/09	Application no. 05804031.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING RESIDUE IN A GLASS MEDICAL CONTAINER AND CONTAINER MADE IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212815.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2273/15 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 3/84 C03C 17/22 C03C 17/06	Application no. 09723307.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title HEATING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227315.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0405/17 () of 10.5.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 307/40 C07D 307/44 C07D 307/46	Application no. 10770891.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID AND ESTERS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040517.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 556 KB)
T 2995/18 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 3/217 H03F 3/30 H03F 1/52 H03F 1/30 H03F 1/08 H03F 3/193	Application no. 13891690.3
Keywords Main request - Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Class-D amplifier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T299518.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0723/19 (Water and feed preservative/ANITOX) of 30.4.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 20/195 A23K 20/10 A23K 50/00 A01N 31/00 A23L 3/3463 A23L 3/3472 A23K 20/105 A23K 20/111 A23K 20/121 A23L 3/3508 A23L 3/3535 A01N 37/02	Application no. 15201119.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendment to appeal case - taken into account (no)				Application title WATER AND FEED PRESERVATIVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072319.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 2507/19 () of 23.6.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B61D 19/02 E05B 13/00 E05B 39/02 E05F 15/72	Application no. 10194313.2
Keywords Zulassung mit Beschwerdebegründung behaupteter offenkundiger Vorbenutzung der Beschwerdeführerin (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Anspruch 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Anspruch 13 (ja) Neuheit gegenüber neuer Druckschrift Neuheit - Anspruch 13 (ja)				Application title Notbetätigungseinrichtung für ein Fahrzeug, insbesondere ein Schienenfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T250719.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 521 KB)
T 2613/19 (Production of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids/COMMONWEALTH) of 12.5.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/12 C11C 3/00 C12N 15/52 C12N 15/82 A01H 5/10	Application no. 13803782.5
Keywords Right to be heard - oral proceedings before board of appeal Oral proceedings held by video conference despite disagreement of party (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PRODUCTION OF LONG CHAIN POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN PLANT CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T261319.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0095/21 () of 21.7.2021
Online on 26.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/284 G01F 23/296	Application no. 12152457.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Hüllkurvenberechnung mittels Phasendrehung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009521.20210721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1911/15 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/4097	Application no. 05000898.6
Keywords Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - document could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System and method for generating design data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T191115.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 2335/16 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B 5/012 G01B 7/012	Application no. 10000459.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Surface sensing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T233516.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0401/17 (Thermostatventil/BORGWARNER) of 9.7.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 23/13 F01P 7/16 G05D 23/02	Application no. 05008741.0
Keywords Zulassung ins Verfahren - Dokument D16 (ja): prima facie relevant für die Beurteilung der Neuheit Unzulässige Erweiterung - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag A (nein): zulässige Zwischenverallgemeinerung Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag A (ja)				Application title Thermostatventil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040117.20210709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1529/17 (Vanillin production in yeast/EVOLVA SA) of 7.5.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 1/00 C12P 1/02 C12P 1/04 C12P 7/02	Application no. 04741794.4
Keywords Amendments and Novelty Amendments - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - 7th to 12th auxiliary request (no)				Application title A METHOD OF PRODUCING A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITE IN A YEAST CELL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152917.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1587/17 (Production system/AMYRIS) of 30.4.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 7/02 C12P 7/04 C12P 5/02 C12P 5/00 C12M 1/02 C10L 1/02	Application no. 07777278.8
Keywords Appeal - admissible - (yes) Admission of a new line of argument - (no) Main request - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Bio-organic compound production system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158717.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 678 KB)
T 2206/17 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/22 A61K 8/49 A61Q 5/04 A61Q 5/08 A61Q 5/10 A61Q 11/00 A61K 8/81 C11D 3/28 C11D 3/37 C11D 7/32 C01B 15/037 C01B 15/08 C01B 15/12 C11D 3/39	Application no. 11740561.3
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title ZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN ENTHALTEND WASSERSTOFFPEROXID ODER WASSERSTOFFPEROXID FREISETZENDE SUBSTANZEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220617.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 503 KB)
T 0577/19 () of 12.7.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/46 A61K 9/00 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/12 A61M 15/00 A61P 11/00	Application no. 12806382.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title AN INHALABLE MEDICAMENT COMPRISING TIOTROPIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057719.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0340/21 (Stable dispersions/Belenos) of 19.7.2021
Online on 23.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 31/04	Application no. 09161106.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Stable dispersions of single and multiple graphene layers in solution
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034021.20210719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1861/16 () of 28.4.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09F 3/02 B29C 65/00 B29C 65/36 B29D 23/20	Application no. 06816730.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Method of producing a squeeze tube with maximally labeled surface area
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186116.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 0167/17 () of 7.6.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B25C 1/08	Application no. 09002589.1
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title Combustion-type power tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016717.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0301/17 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 35/06	Application no. 10798325.6
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hauptantrag Änderung nach Ladung - Ermessensausübung Änderung nach Ladung - Hauptantrag Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - (nein) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title STAUCHWALZWERK MIT EINER ANTRIEBSEINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T030117.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1292/17 () of 14.7.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/28 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/021 B01D 53/94 F01N 13/18	Application no. 08828117.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation (yes) Remittal - (no)				Application title EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129217.20210714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2054/18 (Herstellung von Pankreatin-Pellets / NORDMARK) of 15.7.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50 A61K 38/46	Application no. 10150491.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Pankreatin-Pellets, insbesondere Pankreatin-Mikropellets, und hiernach hergestellte Pankreatin-Pellets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T205418.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0243/19 () of 30.6.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 2/10 C08F 20/56 C08F 4/40 C08F 2/50 C08F 4/04	Application no. 14164736.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON WASSERLÖSLICHEN HOMO- ODER COPOLYMEREN UMFASSEND (METH)ACRYLAMID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024319.20210630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0758/19 () of 30.6.2021
Online on 22.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 9/007 F28F 9/00	Application no. 13198879.2
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title Plate heat exchanger with mounting flange
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T075819.20210630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 588 KB)
T 1948/16 () of 2.7.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/76	Application no. 10773240.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - neuer Einspruchsgrund (nein) Zulassung eines neuen Einwandes nach Artikel 123 (2) EPÜ (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Regelung der Herstellung eines Produktes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194816.20210702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2137/16 (Process for producing lactose-free milk/VALIO) of 28.5.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/123 A23C 19/032 A23C 19/076 A23C 9/12 A23C 9/142	Application no. 08801419.6
Keywords Main request: inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request: added subject-matter - (no); sufficiency of disclosure - (yes); inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LACTOSE-FREE MILK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213716.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0505/17 (Process for preparing long shelf life milk/ARLA) of 18.6.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/142 A23C 7/04 A23C 3/037	Application no. 10702017.4
Keywords Claims as granted: inventive step Claims - (yes)				Application title LONG SHELF LIFE MILK AND MILK-RELATED PRODUCTS, AND A PROCESS AND MILK PROCESSING PLANT FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T050517.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2583/17 (High pressure homogenization in combination with functionalized egg/ … of 12.7.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 7/01 A23D 7/015 A23D 7/04 A23L 1/24 A23D 7/005 A23L 1/035 B01F 3/08	Application no. 11177007.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes/no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - 3rd auxiliary request (yes)				Application title High pressure homogenization in combination with functionalized egg for production of emulsion-based food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T258317.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1560/18 () of 2.7.2021
Online on 21.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/00 A61L 2/18 A61L 2/22 D06F 33/02 D06F 39/00 A47L 15/42	Application no. 12728221.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja)				Application title REINIGUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT ENERGIESPEICHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T156018.20210702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1462/16 () of 12.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 03734294.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely (no)				Application title WOUND TREATMENT APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146216.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1724/16 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 15/00 G07F 15/12 G07F 7/10 G07F 7/00	Application no. 01931905.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A UTILITY METERING SYSTEM INCORPORATING A TRANSACTION AUTHORISATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172416.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 2696/16 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 13/04 H01L 21/67	Application no. 03701466.9
Keywords Sprache in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Übersetzungskosten Sprache in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Übersetzung in eine Amtssprache des EPA Ansprüche, eingereicht mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung, zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Dokumente - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - Verfahrensökonomie - zugelassen (nein)				Application title CHIPENTNAHMEVORRICHTUNG, BESTÜCKSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM ENTNEHMEN VON CHIPS VON EINEM WAFER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T269616.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1267/17 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L 1/352	Application no. 05701151.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsanträge (ja)				Application title ELEKTRISCHER NOCKENWELLENVERSTELLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126717.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0940/18 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84 G01N 9/00	Application no. 04776899.9
Keywords Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title METER ELECTRONICS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A RESIDUAL MATERIAL IN A FLOW METER ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094018.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1536/18 (SCHUTZ UND MODULATION VON DERMAL EPIDERMAL JUNCTIONS / BASF Beauty … of 23.6.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/97 A61Q 7/00 A61K 36/48 A61K 36/73	Application no. 03798892.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Zulassung im Beschwerdeverfahren Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge VI, X, XI (nein) Verschlechterungsverbot - Hilfsanträge VII-IX und XII-XIII				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM SCHUTZ UND ZUR MODULATION VON DERMAL EPIDERMAL JUNCTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T153618.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1857/18 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 12748326.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SMOKING ARTICLES AND USE THEREOF FOR YIELDING INHALATION MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T185718.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1422/19 (Content item visibility/GOOGLE) of 19.5.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 14768301.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Estimating visibility of content items
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142219.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0290/21 () of 15.7.2021
Online on 20.07.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 15.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/482 H04N 21/431 H04N 21/4782 H04N 21/81	Application no. 15826262.6
Keywords "Missing statement of grounds"				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERLAYING A DIGITAL MINI GUIDE ONTO A VIDEO STREAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029021.20210715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0713/16 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F22B 31/00	Application no. 03767428.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge (nein) Änderungen - zulässig Änderungen - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title DURCHLAUFDAMPFERZEUGER MIT ZIRKULIERENDER ATMOSPHÄRISCHER WIRBELSCHICHTFEUERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071316.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1040/16 (Matériau polymère transparent/IMERYS) of 13.7.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.7.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J 3/20 C08L 69/00 C08J 5/00	Application no. 09797107.1
Keywords Activité inventive (requête principale, requêtes subsidiaires) (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉPARATION D'UN MATÉRIAU POLYMÈRE TRANSPARENT COMPRENANT DES NANOPARTICULES MINÉRALES AYANT UN FACTEUR DE FORME STRICTEMENT SUPÉRIEUR À 1,0
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T104016.20210713				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0600/17 (Kraftfahrzeug / Audi) of 2.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 7/40 G01S 13/87 G01S 13/93 G01S 13/38	Application no. 08021579.1
Keywords Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Berichtigung von Mängeln - offensichtlicher Fehler Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title Kraftfahrzeug mit einer Kombination von vorwärtsgerichteten Radaren mit überlappenden Antennenkeulen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T060017.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1187/17 () of 12.7.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 11/08	Application no. 11804734.9
Keywords Inadmissible extension (no) Novelty (yes) Remittal to the examining division for further prosecution (yes)				Application title Composite pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118717.20210712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 594 KB)
T 1571/17 (Liquid enteral nutritional composition suitable for tube feeding/ … of 8.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/01 A61K 36/47 A61K 35/20 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/305	Application no. 10701940.8
Keywords Inventive step - formulation of the technical problem Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title LIQUID ENTERAL NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR TUBE FEEDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157117.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2349/17 () of 6.7.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 67/02 C08J 5/18	Application no. 02777112.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title TRANSPARENT POLYESTER RESINS AND ARTICLES THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T234917.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 0085/18 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01F 3/10	Application no. 11191948.6
Keywords Nichtberücksichtigung im Beschwerdeverfahren eines Beweismittels, welches die Einspruchsabteilung zugelassen hat - (nein) - keine fehlerhafte Ermessensausübung Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag Zulassung eines neuen Hilfsantrags im Beschwerdeverfahren - (nein) - neuer Hilfsantrag ist Kombination von Hilfsanträgen, die schon im Einspruchsverfahren gestellt wurden, Vorlage war schon im Einspruchsverfahren geboten Zulassung neuer Beweismittel im Beschwerdeverfahren - (nein) - Dokumente hätten im Einspruchsverfahren vorgelegt werden können und sollen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1a				Application title Induktives Bauelement mit verbesserten Kerneigenschaften
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008518.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1836/18 (On-site bleach/CHRISTEYNS) of 21.6.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00 D06F 39/02 A47L 15/44 C11D 3/39	Application no. 14187618.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Device for on-site preparation and application of a bleach and/or disinfectant, corresponding method and use of a flowmeter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183618.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1929/18 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 19.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01T 13/39 H01T 21/02	Application no. 12714689.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Elektrode für eine Zündkerze sowie Verfahren zu deren Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T192918.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 2251/13 (Projection surface with built-in track pad/ORDAMO) of 13.4.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 07848533.1
Keywords Inventive step - building track pad into projection surface (yes Inventive step - non-obvious alternative)				Application title INTERACTIVE FOOD AND DRINK ORDERING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T225113.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2463/16 () of 31.5.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 3/26	Application no. 11153557.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - objection based on different documents Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title System and method for mitigating an electric unbalance of a three-phase current at a Point of Common Coupling between a wind farm and a power grid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T246316.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0459/17 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 43/04 H01B 3/44 C08L 23/08	Application no. 11161485.5
Keywords Requests submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - Not hold inadmissible Inventive step (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title Silane crosslinkable polymer composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T045917.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0714/17 () of 17.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F 15/134 F16F 15/14	Application no. 09743840.2
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title DÄMPFUNGSEINRICHTUNG MIT FLIEHKRAFTPENDEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071417.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1022/17 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC E04B 2/90	Application no. 08865786.1
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non), Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non), Nouveauté - (oui), Nouveauté - connaissances générales, Activité inventive - (oui), Activité inventive - combinaison non évidente de caractéristiques connues, Activité inventive - modification non évidente, Modification après délai imparti dans une notification (règle 100(2) CBE) - circonstances exceptionnelles (non), Modification après délai imparti dans une notification (règle 100(2) CBE) - prise en compte (non),				Application title Façade semi-rideau
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T102217.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 837 KB)
T 0312/18 () of 28.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F42B 15/01	Application no. 11005432.7
Keywords Widerruf auf Veranlassung der Patentinhaberin				Application title Verfahren zum Steuern eines Gefechtsflugkörpers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031218.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 246 KB)
T 1142/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01T 4/12	Application no. 13174895.6
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests Ia, I, II - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Auxiliary request III - Inventive step (yes)				Application title Gas discharge tube
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114218.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2923/18 (Methods of treating cancer / ABRAXIS BIOSCIENCE) of 6.7.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/555 A61P 35/00 A61K 45/06 A61N 5/10 A61K 33/24	Application no. 11763292.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHODS OF TREATING CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T292318.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0311/19 () of 16.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D 1/02 A24C 5/60 C09C 1/00	Application no. 13157079.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Remittal - regarding auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) -regarding adaptation of the description (yes)				Application title Smoking article with colour shifting marking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T031119.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1080/19 () of 2.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 7/00 B05B 13/06 B05B 12/00	Application no. 04011308.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Ermessensfehler in erster Instanz (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - reformatio in peius				Application title Vorrichtung zur Hohlraumkonservierung und Vorzerstäuber
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T108019.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1146/19 () of 17.6.2021
Online on 16.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 26/06 B22F 3/105 B23K 26/34 B29C 67/00	Application no. 13193905.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method of and device for controlling an irradiation system for producing a three-dimensional workpiece
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114619.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 1625/15 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F41H 7/04	Application no. 06795301.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title ARMORED VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T162515.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0785/16 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/36 A61B 5/029	Application no. 09757301.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES BLUTVOLUMENS UND/ODER BLUTVOLUMENSTROMS UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN DERSELBEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078516.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 456 KB)
T 0772/17 (Procédé et dispositif de traitement d'information / TRUSTCORP) of 15.4.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 08737586.1
Keywords Activité inventive - garantir la valeur probante des opérations portant sur des documents dématérialisés (non Activité inventive - pas une innovation technique)				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT D'INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T077217.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1482/18 () of 1.7.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.7.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 15/02 B60T 7/12 G08G 1/16 G06K 9/00 B60R 21/015 B60R 16/00 B60T 7/22 B60W 30/06 B60W 30/18 B60W 50/00	Application no. 12766377.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Verfahrensökonomie Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title BESTIMMUNG DER STELLUNG VON BAUELEMENTEN EINES FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148218.20210701				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0850/20 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 15.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G03H 1/22 H04N 13/00	Application no. 09168975.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Einrichtung zur Rekonstruktion von Videohologrammen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085020.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
D 0003/20 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D000320.20210430				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1468/16 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A43B 13/40	Application no. 09718606.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - novelty - (yes) - inventive step - (yes)				Application title OFFLOADING AND REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146816.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 535 KB)
T 1742/16 (Silk fibroin hydrogels/ALLERGAN) of 20.5.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17	Application no. 10726699.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - main request and auxiliary request 1 Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Silk fibroin hydrogels and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T174216.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 497 KB)
T 1141/17 (Automatic selection of a marketing script/FRASER) of 15.4.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 05753764.9
Keywords Inventive step - using ANI and DNIS to identify the caller and callee (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical requirements)				Application title DYNAMIC BUSINESS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT MARKETING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114117.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1487/18 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07H 1/08 C12N 15/10	Application no. 09757160.8
Keywords Änderungen Patentansprüche - Klarheit Ausreichende Offenbarung Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Zurückverweisung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ISOLIERUNG VON NUKLEINSÄUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148718.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0274/19 (Process for printing images on absorptive surfaces / Kornit Digital … of 6.7.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06P 5/00 D06P 5/20 D06P 5/30 B41F 33/00 B41L 35/14 B41M 5/00 B41J 11/00 B41J 3/407	Application no. 05745218.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING IMAGES ON ABSORPTIVE SURFACES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T027419.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2149/19 (Dabigatran etexilate/KRKA) of 25.6.2021
Online on 14.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/50	Application no. 11732405.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL ORAL DOSAGE FORMS COMPRISING DABIGATRAN ETEXILATE AND ITS PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T214919.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2165/16 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36 A61M 1/34	Application no. 03736434.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - lack of novelty (no) - lack of inventive step (no) Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no) - amendment admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - cogent reasons (no) - taken into account (no)				Application title APPARATUS FOR AN EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT DEVICE TO CONTROL BLOOD WITHDRAWAL AND INFUSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216516.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 646 KB)
T 0172/17 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61G 5/00 A61G 5/10 A61G 5/14 A61G 5/12	Application no. 08009043.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Wheelchair which stands up simplified
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017217.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 2296/17 () of 21.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06 F16B 11/00	Application no. 09781993.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF PREPARING AN ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T229617.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1888/18 (Multi-symbol deinterleaver/QUALCOMM) of 6.7.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/27 H03M 13/29	Application no. 05724226.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - full (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - partial (yes)				Application title Efficient multi-symbol deinterleaver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T188818.20210706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2008/18 () of 31.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40 A47J 31/60 A23G 9/04 A23G 9/30	Application no. 11184078.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Beverage production machine and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200818.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 2855/18 () of 5.7.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01B 3/46	Application no. 14003537.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Transporting and working system for plough of the carried type
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T285518.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1660/19 (Catalytic water treatment/Ecolab) of 21.5.2021
Online on 13.07.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 5/00 C02F 1/72 C02F 1/50	Application no. 10766731.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title CATALYTIC WATER TREATMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166019.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2587/16 () of 7.7.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778 H01L 29/812 H01L 29/10 H01L 29/20 H01L 29/205	Application no. 06735699.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)				Application title ALUMINUM FREE GROUP III-NITRIDE BASED HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T258716.20210707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0112/17 () of 6.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 16/38 B03C 3/12 B03C 3/51 B03C 3/74 F01N 3/01 F01N 3/022 F01N 9/00 F01N 3/027	Application no. 08858288.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title BESCHICHTETES WERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T011217.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 524 KB)
T 2171/17 (Interlayer composition/PERFORMANCE MATERIALS) of 6.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 17/10 C08K 3/00 C08K 3/26 C08J 5/18 C08L 29/14 B29C 47/00	Application no. 03728677.0
Keywords Added matter (all requests) - (yes)				Application title Interlayer composite structure for laminating glass with controlled diffusing properties at high transmission and a process for making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217117.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0025/18 (Process for purifying biological materials/UPM-KYMMENE) of 27.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 13/00 B01D 3/14 C10L 1/18 C10G 3/00	Application no. 11826131.2
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING MATERIAL OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002518.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 1749/18 () of 25.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 6/08 F01D 9/06 F01D 25/12	Application no. 09173331.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Gas turbine ejector and method of operation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T174918.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2278/18 (Dampfbremse/SILU) of 16.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/08 E04D 12/00 E04B 1/62	Application no. 13153018.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - allein dem Wortlaut nach unterschiedliche Erfindungsdefinition				Application title Feuchtevariable gerichtete Dampfbremse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227818.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2490/18 (Polymer composition/IMERTECH) of 16.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 11/04 C08K 9/04 C09C 1/02 C08L 23/10	Application no. 13160881.2
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions related to recycling polymer waste
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T249018.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2885/18 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/28 H01S 3/067 H01S 3/16 G02B 6/02 G02B 6/024 G02B 6/036 C03C 13/04 G02B 6/028	Application no. 09804732.7
Keywords Admittance of new allegation of fact on appeal (no) Admittance of amendment to a party's appeal case (no) Novelty (main request: no; first auxiliary request: yes) Inventive step (first auxiliary request: no) Admission of new requests (second to sixth auxiliary requests: no)				Application title YTTERBIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBER, FIBER LASER, AND FIBER AMPLIFIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T288518.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457 KB)
T 2469/19 () of 9.6.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 1/24 G06K 9/20	Application no. 14869653.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT TIMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T246919.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2772/19 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 291/06	Application no. 13727188.8
Keywords Novelty Inventive step Late-filed evidence Late-filed objection Late-filed facts				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ACESULFAME POTASSIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277219.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0222/21 (Virtual Machine Migration/MICROSOFT) of 8.7.2021
Online on 12.07.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/455	Application no. 11790209.8
Keywords -				Application title VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION TECHNIQUES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T022221.20210708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0222/16 (Innospec / oxidation stability of biofuels) of 23.4.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/14 C10L 1/224 C10L 1/22 C10L 10/18	Application no. 08788601.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Request not admitted by the opposition division - admitted				Application title USE OF A DISPERSANT TO IMPROVE OXIDATION STABILITY OF A FUEL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T022216.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0516/17 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/50	Application no. 07826752.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DISCARDABLE LOWER LAYER ADAPTATIONS IN SCALABLE VIDEO CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051617.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0987/17 (Polyamide-based multilayer tube/Arkema) of 22.4.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/34 F16L 11/04 C08G 69/26 C08G 69/36 C08L 77/00 C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06 F16L 11/12 F16L 11/08 B32B 27/18	Application no. 06075797.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title Polyamide-based multilayer tube for transferring fluids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098717.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0282/18 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 5/04 G02B 5/18 G02B 5/28 B42D 25/324 B42D 25/36 B42D 25/373	Application no. 08155661.5
Keywords Admission of document filed in appeal (no) Novelty and inventive step (main request: yes)				Application title Structured surfaces that exhibit color by rotation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T028218.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 2249/18 (Stain treatment device / UNILEVER P.L.C./N.V.) of 5.7.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 C11D 11/00 C11D 3/386 D06F 39/02	Application no. 14728578.7
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes new issues raised (admitted) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STAIN TREATMENT DEVICE AND PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T224918.20210705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0140/19 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 13/08 B66C 13/46 B66C 13/06	Application no. 08008276.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - deutliche Offenbarung Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (ja)				Application title Kran mit Kransteuerung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014019.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0340/19 () of 2.6.2021
Online on 09.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E02B 17/00 E02D 13/00	Application no. 13159505.0
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Verminderung der Ausbreitung von Schall, Schwingungen und Druckstößen in einer Flüssigkeit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034019.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2764/19 (Header-embedded control data/STARKEY) of 11.6.2021
Online on 08.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 H04L 1/00 H04L 29/06 H04R 27/00	Application no. 06772250.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no): claim construction by a skilled reader and arbitrary distinguishing feature Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no): no clear and complete disclosure for the claimed embodiment				Application title Communication system for wireless audio devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T276419.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 559 KB)
T 2059/20 () of 2.7.2021
Online on 08.07.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 2.7.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 14796365.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title USING BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION FOR NFC-BASED PAYMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T205920.20210702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 0891/18 (Determining a priority level for an incoming packet) of 9.6.2021
Online on 07.07.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/28	Application no. 12005566.0
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Alleviating congestion in a cable modem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T089118.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1174/18 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 07.07.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 13150092.8
Keywords Novelty (no: main request) Admittance (no: auxiliary requests 1,2,4,5; yes: auxiliary requests 3, 7) Inventive step (no: auxiliary request 3) Amendments are occasioned by a ground for opposition (yes) Lack of clarity (no) Added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Application title Identity document with secure image
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117418.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 891 KB)
T 2828/18 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 07.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/10 A61B 1/31 A61B 1/018	Application no. 12754885.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BALLOON-EQUIPPED ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T282818.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0727/16 () of 31.5.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 1/02	Application no. 07112821.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes)				Application title Container for a flowable product, process of manufacture and the use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072716.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0954/16 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D7/42	Application no. 09712244.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title HOOD FOR FUEL NOZZLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T095416.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0486/17 () of 22.6.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 489/08 A61K 31/485	Application no. 08732176.6
Keywords Main request - withdrawn - no objections to the subject-matter of the first auxiliary request				Application title IMPROVED PREPARATION OF OXYMORPHONE FROM ORIPAVINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048617.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266 KB)
T 0828/17 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05C 17/005 B01F 5/06	Application no. 10727335.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) NeuheIt - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title AUSTRAGANORDNUNG MIT EINER VERBINDUNGSVORRICHTUNG ZWISCHEN EINER MEHRKOMPONENTEN-KARTUSCHE UND EINEM ZUBEHÖRTEIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082817.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2015/17 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 205/06 C07C 201/08	Application no. 11152982.2
Keywords Priorität - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen ursprünglich offenbart Änderungen - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur kontinuierlichen Herstellung von Nitrobenzol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201517.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0168/18 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 6/00 B01J 8/00 G05B 17/00	Application no. 09783236.4
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE DEGASSING OF POLYMER POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016818.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 550 KB)
T 0295/18 () of 19.4.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J 9/16 G05B 19/418	Application no. 11196187.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for anti-collision control and the management of picking devices with shared working areas in a packaging line
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029518.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1797/18 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 06.07.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/06	Application no. 11152375.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung				Application title Rotorblatt für eine Windenergieanlage, Windenergieanlage und Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Rotorblatts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179718.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0537/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/44	Application no. 09837022.4
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ANTENNA DIVERSITY FOR CONTROL DEVICE APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T053717.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 1345/18 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 5/04 A61C 5/02 A61K 6/00	Application no. 06829216.8
Keywords Neuheit - Neuheit der Verwendung Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) medizinische Verwendung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung				Application title VERWENDUNG VON KNOCHENKLEBSTOFF ZUR ABDICHTUNG EINES APIKALEN FORAMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T134518.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1694/18 (Contraceptive microbicides/ EVOFEM) of 15.6.2021