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

August 2021

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Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title USE OF ERBB3 INHIBITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER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)

Top of page

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
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/10 A61K 9/14 A61K 38/00 A61P 31/18	Application no. 13804259.3
Keywords Auxiliary request 1 - Admissible (Yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Amendments (Yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICACY OF CONTRACEPTIVE MICROBICIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169418.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0729/19 (Header-embedded volume control data/STARKEY) of 29.6.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 13150071.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - all claim requests (yes) Decision in written proceedings - (yes): withdrawal of the proprietor's appeal Reimbursement of proprietor's appeal fee at 25% - (yes)				Application title Communication system for wireless audio devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072919.20210629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2481/19 (Controlling turbo decoder input/SAMSUNG) of 21.4.2021
Online on 05.07.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/29	Application no. 03026868.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - after amendment Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for controlling turbo decoder input
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T248119.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 538 KB)
T 0855/14 (Portable computer power management/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 28.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/32 G06F 1/26	Application no. 11155615.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Power management system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085514.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1093/15 () of 28.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/01 A61M 25/10 A61M 25/00	Application no. 09011598.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Rapid exchange catheter having a support mandrel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109315.20210628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1544/16 (Induction of tolerance to egg proteins/NESTLÉ) of 18.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A61K 38/01 A61P 37/08	Application no. 07786738.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1A to 1C and 2 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary requests 3, 4A, 5A, 6A to 6D, 7A to 7D and 8A to 8D Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 9A to 9E (no)				Application title INDUCTION OF TOLERANCE TO EGG PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T154416.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1592/16 () of 21.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 09789695.5
Keywords Novelty - main and first auxiliary request (no); second auxiliary request (yes) Admittance of a declaration and hearing of a technical expert (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Reduced pressure wound closure systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159216.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1382/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R 13/02 G01R 23/16	Application no. 07819786.0
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR TRIGGERUNG EINER AUFZEICHNUNG EINES MESS-SIGNALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T138217.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1763/17 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 5/00 G01N 35/00	Application no. 11706274.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Zulassung von Anträgen nach Zustellung der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung (nein)				Application title SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERABREICHUNG VON MEDIKAMENTEN FÜR EINEN PATIENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T176317.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2607/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 19/24	Application no. 11743324.3
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical features				Application title VIRTUAL TESTING AND INSPECTION OF A VIRTUAL WELDMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260717.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1077/18 () of 24.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B 31/00 F25B 1/047	Application no. 05743350.0
Keywords -				Application title COMPRESSOR LUBRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T107718.20210624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1218/18 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 233/82	Application no. 15154215.6
Keywords Inventive step				Application title 1,3-diiodohydantoin compound and production method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T121818.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0264/19 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 02.07.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F21K 99/00 A61B 1/00 A61B 1/06 F21V 9/16 F21S 8/04 F21V 8/00	Application no. 15152858.5
Keywords exposé insuffisant (non), Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Modification après signification - prise en compte (non),				Application title Appareil d'éclairage opératoire à source laser déportée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026419.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0937/17 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 01.07.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/08 H01L 33/32 H01L 33/06 H01S 5/343 H01S 5/34	Application no. 09010817.6
Keywords Novelty (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure in prior art (yes)				Application title Light emitting device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093717.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2232/17 (Natalizumab for diseases treatable with steroids/BIOGEN) of 24.2.2021
Online on 01.07.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 1/00 A61P 11/06 A61P 37/00	Application no. 05768245.2
Keywords -				Application title Natalizumab for use in treating diseases needing steroid treatment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T223217.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 0630/18 (Sicherungsanordnung für den Eisenbahnverkehr/SIEMENS) of 1.6.2021
Online on 01.07.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B61L 27/00 B61L 3/12	Application no. 12166387.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Inbetriebnahme einer Sicherungsanordnung für den Eisenbahnverkehr und Sicherungsanordnung für den Eisenbahnverkehr
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T063018.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 272 KB)

Top of page

June 2021

T 1111/16 () of 29.4.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 16/26 C23C 16/02 H01J 37/32 C23C 14/35	Application no. 00993868.9
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hauptantrag Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hilfsantrag Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Rügepflicht - Einwand zurückgewiesen Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title DLC-SCHICHTSYSTEM SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES DERARTIGEN SCHICHTSYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111116.20210429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 664 KB)
T 0981/17 () of 8.4.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC D01H 4/14 D01H 11/00	Application no. 07801687.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1-4 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens durch Streichung der Vorrichtungsansprüche Änderung des Vorbringens - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 5 (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER SPINNVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098117.20210408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1228/17 (Conflicts scheduling in overlapping networks/ROSEMOUNT) of 20.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56 H04L 12/28	Application no. 07751936.1
Keywords Main request - First auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes) Second and third auxiliary requests - Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T122817.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 2795/17 (Stable enzyme solutions/NOVOZYMES) of 10.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/04 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/386 C11D 3/16 C11D 3/02	Application no. 08718284.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Main request and auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6, 8-10 Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, 7 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 11 to 13 Late-filed auxiliary requests - Admitted (no)				Application title STABLE ENZYME SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T279517.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0346/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F23R 3/28 F23R 3/34	Application no. 08775142.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung				Application title BRENNER FÜR EINE BRENNKAMMER EINER TURBOGRUPPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034618.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0780/18 () of 18.6.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 5/458 H02M 7/493 H02M 1/088 H03K 17/0812 H03K 17/12 H03K 17/687	Application no. 07075681.2
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no) Appealed decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Power level balance of frequency converters connected in parallel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078018.20210618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1504/18 (Communication stack assembling/ROCHE) of 24.3.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/28 G06F 9/46 H04L 29/06	Application no. 08858269.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests				Application title DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION STACK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T150418.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1573/18 () of 25.6.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C08F 2/14 C08F 4/02 C08F 4/654 C08F 4/655 C08F 210/16	Application no. 09013267.1
Keywords Absence of contentious issues concerning the new Main Request				Application title Ethylene polymer compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T157318.20210625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 2950/18 (Managing media in a network/III HOLDINGS 2) of 5.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 09728073.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first and second auxiliary requests - not admitted				Application title System and method for managing, controlling and/or rendering media in a network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T295018.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2988/18 (Hyaluronic acid-based gels including lidocaine Hydrochloride/ALLERGAN … of 21.4.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/73 A61L 27/20 A61K 47/36	Application no. 09785850.0
Keywords Admission of new arguments (Yes) All requests - Amendments (No)				Application title HYALURONIC ACID-BASED GELS INCLUDING LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T298818.20210421				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1647/19 () of 4.6.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 41/00	Application no. 12173052.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Metal-flow impact pad and diffuser for tundish
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T164719.20210604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 1659/19 (High octane number gasoline / CHIMEC) of 4.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/223 C10L 1/23 C10L 10/10	Application no. 09773001.4
Keywords Admittance of the main request and of the first and second auxiliary requests - (no) - not prima facie allowable Admittance of the third and fourth auxiliary requests - (no) - no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons Filing of an additional request during oral proceedings after having received the conclusion of the board on the pending requests (no) - no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons				Application title Production process of unleaded high octane number gasoline, and so obtained gasolines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T165919.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2422/19 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 30.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D 47/08	Application no. 14199569.6
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Faits soumis tardivement - auraient du être soumis en première instance (oui), Faits soumis tardivement - circonstances du recours justifiant leur admission (non), Faits soumis tardivement - erreur dans l'exercise du pouvoir d'appréciation (non),				Application title Dispositif de bouchage articule avec indicateur de première ouverture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T242219.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 379 KB)
G 0001/21 (Exclusion and objection) of 28.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 1/02	Application no. 04758381.0
Keywords Objections against members of the Enlarged Board of Appeal not admissible: objections filed too late (Art. 24(3), EPC, second sentence), not substantiated by facts and arguments or not person specific; EBA panel composed to deal with a case not competent to change its own composition				Application title DOHERTY AMPLIFIER WITH OUTPUT HYBRID COUPLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000121.20210528				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2081/15 (Continuous bank of RAMs for faster fault recovery in a flight control … of 24.3.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/16 G06F 11/00	Application no. 09171333.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - claim 1 (yes)				Application title Method and systems for restarting a flight control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T208115.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0989/16 (Post translationally modified glycoproteins/LIFE TECHNOLOGIES … of 4.12.2020
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/00 C07K 17/00	Application no. 07825657.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Auxiliary request 1 - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title LABELING AND DETECTION OF POST TRANSLATIONALLY MODIFIED PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098916.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 598 KB)
T 0485/17 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 63/08 B01D 63/10	Application no. 15001871.1
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsanträge 2 bis 5, 2a, 4a bis 6a - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsantrag 3a - Neuheit (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM FILTERN UND TRENNEN VON STRÖMUNGSMEDIEN MITTELS MEMBRANEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048517.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 487 KB)
T 0933/17 (Colloidal magnetic particles/JANSSEN) of 25.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/574 C12N 15/10 G01N 33/543	Application no. 00950339.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INCREASED SEPARATION EFFICIENCY VIA CONTROLLED AGGREGATION OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093317.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0965/17 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 21/20 B65G 47/68	Application no. 10736821.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND LINE FOR CONVEYING CONTAINERS, IN PARTICULAR BOTTLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T096517.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 2731/17 (Antibody expression in myeloid leukaemia cells/GLYCOTOPE) of 11.12.2020
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/00 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/30 C07K 14/59	Application no. 07818090.8
Keywords Main request and auxilary request 1: amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary request 2: amendments - allowable (yes) Auxiliary request 2: inventive step (yes)				Application title Use of human cells of myeloid leukaemia origin for expression of antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273117.20201211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0357/18 (KRONES / WÄRMESCHAUKEL ZUM RÜCKGEWINNEN VON ENERGIE) of 17.6.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C12C 7/22 C12C 7/26 C12C 13/00 C12C 7/06 F28D 20/00	Application no. 10798738.0
Keywords Hauptantrag - zugelassen (ja) In der mündlichen Verhandlung erhobener Einwand - zugelassen (nein) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM RÜCKGEWINNEN VON ENERGIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035718.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 644 KB)
T 1326/18 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/04 A61K 31/505	Application no. 04806748.2
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Novelty Sufficiency of disclosure Inventive step Late-filed document Late-filed auxiliary requests Late-filed objection Remittal				Application title NOVEL POLYMORPHIC FORM OF IMATINIB MESYLATE AND A PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132618.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 788 KB)
T 2773/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 80/00	Application no. 11180804.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Wind turbine with tower climatisation system using outside air
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277318.20210517				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0039/19 (Zerkleinerung/BÜHLER) of 22.6.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01F 7/04 B01F 15/00 B01F 15/06 B01F 3/20 B01F 3/22 A23G 1/00 A23G 1/10	Application no. 09784018.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND -VERWENDUNG ZUR ZERKLEINERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003919.20210622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2431/19 (Partial search/HARMAN) of 24.6.2021
Online on 29.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/12	Application no. 14151069.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (yes): erroneous application of R. 137(5) EPC Amended claims relating to unsearched subject-matter in accordance with R. 63 EPC - (no) Additional search necessary - (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (yes) Remittal to the examining division Remittal - (yes)				Application title Network address management and functional object discovery system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243119.20210624				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2233/15 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 1/00	Application no. 08161344.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Continuous perfusion bioreactor system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T223315.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0810/16 (Propylene polymer film/BOREALIS) of 23.6.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18	Application no. 06753931.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title FILM COMPRISING PROPYLENE POLYMER WITH HIGH CRYSTALLINITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081016.20210623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1072/16 (Korrosionsschutzbehandlung/TESA) of 19.5.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 7/04 C23F 11/12 C23F 11/173	Application no. 10700967.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag I (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag II (ja) Änderungen - zulässig Hilfsantrag II (ja) Zulassung - Hilfsanträge (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR KORROSIONSSCHUTZBEHANDLUNG VON METALLOBERFLÄCHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T107216.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0547/17 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 1/24	Application no. 02022908.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - no synergy between distinguishing features				Application title Pole Tips of a Claw Pole Alternator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T054717.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1953/17 (Satellite-based ADS-B system/THALES) of 27.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 5/00 H04B 7/185 H04H 20/06	Application no. 09011585.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title ADS-B monitoring and broadcasting services for global air traffic management using satellites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195317.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2357/17 () of 8.6.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 64/24 C08L 69/00	Application no. 11715190.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Alle Anträge (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (Hilfsantrag 4: ja)				Application title POLYCARBONATZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN MIT VERBESSERTEN OPTISCHEN UND THERMISCHEN EIGENSCHAFTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T235717.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506 KB)
T 0237/18 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B41N 1/08 B41N 3/00 C22B 7/00 C22B 21/06 F27D 1/00 C22B 21/00	Application no. 08868693.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - obvious solution Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (yes)				Application title METHOD OF REGENERATING METAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T023718.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 458 KB)
T 0798/18 (Robot workstations/ABB) of 15.6.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/4155 B25J 9/16 G05B 19/418	Application no. 05801463.0
Keywords Admittance of re-submitted requests - main and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no): "replacing" requests means "withdrawing" requests Novelty - auxiliary requests 3 to 5 (no)				Application title A system and a method for controlling movements of an industrial robot
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T079818.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2371/18 () of 28.4.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 7/00 F25J 1/00	Application no. 12155832.4
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Vertical heat exchanger configuration for LNG facility
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237118.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 721 KB)
T 0041/19 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/356 A24C 5/358	Application no. 14164574.7
Keywords Beweismittel - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Beweismittel - Beweiswürdigung Beweismittel - Maßstab bei der Beweiswürdigung Beweismittel - schriftliche Erklärung unter Eid Beweismittel - ausreichende Beweiskraft (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - öffentliche Zugänglichmachung Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - stillschweigende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (nein)				Application title Schragen aus leitfähigem Kunststoff und Einrichtung sowie Verfahren zum automatischen Entleeren von mit stabförmigen Produkten gefüllten Schragen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T004119.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 510 KB)
T 0612/19 () of 14.5.2021
Online on 28.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 1/04 B22C 1/16 B22C 9/12 B22C 1/26 B22C 1/18 B22C 1/24	Application no. 08843523.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 5 (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 5a (nein) Hilfsanträge 9 und 10 - nicht substantiiert - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title FORMSTOFFMISCHUNG MIT VERBESSERTER FLIESSFÄHIGKEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T061219.20210514				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 549 KB)
T 2129/17 (Optimisation d'un plan d'allocation de ressources/MBDA France … of 7.6.2021
Online on 25.06.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/06	Application no. 14290028.1
Keywords Activité inventive - la révendication modifiée requiert de refaire une recherche pour obtenir l'état technique approprié Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Procédé et dispositif d'optimisation d'un plan d'allocation de ressources
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T212917.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2131/17 (Optimisation multi-objectif/MBDA France) of 7.6.2021
Online on 25.06.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/06 G06Q 50/28	Application no. 14290029.9
Keywords Activité inventive - la revendication modifiée requiert de refaire une recherche pour obtenir l'état technique approprié Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Procédé et dispositif d'optimisation multi-objectif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213117.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1325/18 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 25.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/10 A01K 5/02	Application no. 12820977.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FEED CONTROL SYSTEM, FEEDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDING ANIMALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T132518.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1304/16 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24 H04N 7/26 H04N 7/50	Application no. 10726396.4
Keywords Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (yes) First auxiliary request, second auxiliary request, third auxiliary request, fifth auxiliary request - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Fourth auxiliary request - amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title MULTIVIEW VIDEO CODING OVER MPEG-2 SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T130416.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0555/17 (Diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis/TRUSTEES) of 25.3.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/53 A61K 35/30 A61K 39/395 A61K 35/24 C07K 14/00 C07K 16/00	Application no. 07836873.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS OR EPILEPSY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055517.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2321/17 () of 21.6.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B 13/00 B65B 37/00	Application no. 11186405.4
Keywords Description adapted to the claims				Application title Method and apparatus for introducing additives to smokeless tobacco products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232117.20210621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 2456/17 (Combination for control of plant insect infestations/MONSANTO) of 20.8.2020
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/82	Application no. 07104762.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods for control of insect infestations in plants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245617.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 2592/17 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 9/007 A61M 1/00	Application no. 09795867.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY VISCOSITY OF ASPIRATED MATERIAL DURING OPHTHALMIC SURGERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259217.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1151/18 (Hochvoltbatterie/AUDI) of 9.6.2021
Online on 24.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01M 10/42 H01M 2/02 H01M 2/04 H01M 2/10	Application no. 12728173.1
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 Einspruchsgründe - neuer Einspruchsgrund (ja) Hilfsantrag 2				Application title HV-BATTERIE, INSBESONDERE TRAKTIONSBATTERIE FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115118.20210609				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0144/16 (METH(ACRYLIC) ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS/Sika Schweiz) of 9.3.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 4/06 C09J 175/16 C08F 290/06	Application no. 02707060.6
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title EASY TO MANUFACTURE METH(ACRYLIC) ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T014416.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2720/16 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B24D 15/00 G02B 27/22	Application no. 10740385.9
Keywords Méthode dans l'exercice d'activités intellectuelles (non) Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Elément de sécurité à effet de parallaxe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T272016.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2412/17 () of 3.5.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 37/00	Application no. 09716483.4
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (no)				Application title Diagnostic Method for Detecting Control Valve Component Failure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241217.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 617 KB)
T 2430/18 (Group share space/SAMSUNG) of 17.6.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/2745 G06Q 50/00 H04M 1/725 H04W 4/02 H04W 4/20	Application no. 13161975.1
Keywords Admittance of claim requests filed after the summons - all requests (no): no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons and requests should have been filed earlier				Application title Content Sharing Method and Mobile Terminal Using the Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243018.20210617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1221/19 (Polynucleotide arrays/ILLUMINA) of 15.6.2021
Online on 23.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/6837 B01J 19/00	Application no. 07008271.4
Keywords Adapted description - added matter (no); clarity (yes);				Application title Methods of sequencing polynucleotide arrays, and preparation methods therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T122119.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
G 0004/19 (Double patenting) of 22.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 22.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/30 A61P 37/08 A61P 1/12	Application no. 10718590.2
Keywords Admissibility of referral - (yes) Interpretation of Article 125 EPC Procedural provision absent from the Convention Supplementary means of interpretation under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Legal basis for a refusal under Article 97(2) EPC for double patenting				Application title PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DIARRHOEA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000419.20210622				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 2286/15 (Power control in LTE systems/ERICSSON) of 8.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 72/12	Application no. 08874891.8
Keywords Inventive step - ex-post facto analysis (yes)				Application title Method and arrangement in a telecommunications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T228615.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0259/16 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 3/036	Application no. 07819550.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR NETZHAUTDIAGNOSTIK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T025916.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1767/16 () of 16.4.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00	Application no. 14162888.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Amendment to appeal case - third and fourth auxiliary requests Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Amendment to appeal case - fifth auxiliary request Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title Display apparatus and method for applying on screen display (OSD) thereto
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T176716.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 2684/17 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G 11/20 E04G 11/28	Application no. 06761666.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title TEILBARER KLETTERSCHUH EINER KLETTERSCHALUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T268417.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0339/18 (Fabric cleaning/Unilever) of 2.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 11/00 C11D 3/386	Application no. 09765764.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request (patent as granted) Late-filed auxiliary requests - claim requests clearly allowable (no)				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC CLEANING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T033918.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1015/18 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 15/14	Application no. 12167890.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens nach Ladung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Düse zur Partikelausrichtung im Flüssigkeitsstrom
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T101518.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1615/18 (Automated banking machine/DIEBOLD) of 10.6.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00 G07F 19/00	Application no. 06006668.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161518.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0256/19 (Own-voice signal processing/SONOVA) of 4.5.2021
Online on 22.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 12794164.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2, 3, 5 to 7, 7a (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 4' (no)				Application title Own voice shaping in a hearing instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T025619.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 537 KB)
T 1867/15 (Portable device/TOBII) of 4.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16 G06F 3/01	Application no. 11187816.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Portable device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186715.20210604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0348/17 () of 27.4.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC E05D 5/04 E05D 7/082	Application no. 09788420.9
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HINGE OF A ROOF WINDOW PIVOT SASH AND A UNIT FOR FASTENING THE HINGE TO THE FRAME, IN PARTICULAR OF A ROOF WINDOW SASH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034817.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0690/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/472 A61F 13/53 A61F 13/539	Application no. 10758782.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 4 and 5 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069017.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0539/18 (Stabilised Subtilisin/Novozymes) of 11.5.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C07K 5/06 C07K 5/08	Application no. 12733657.6
Keywords Late-filed ground/objection of lack of novelty - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) - reasons to overrule the discretionary decision taken in first-instance proceedings (no) Late submitted material - justification for late filing (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Industrial application - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title STABILISED SUBTILISIN COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T053918.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 512 KB)
T 0738/18 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 27/22	Application no. 10740387.5
Keywords Admission de la requête auxiliaire 2 (oui) Modifications répondant à un motif d'opposition (oui) Clarté (oui) Extension indue (non) Nouveauté de l'objet de la revendication 1 (oui) Attaque fondée sur l'absence d'activité inventive (non admise)				Application title Elément de sécurité à effet de parallaxe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073818.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0819/18 () of 22.3.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 7/00 B65G 47/84	Application no. 10751671.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM HERSTELLEN VON FLÜSSIGKEITSBEHÄLTNISSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081918.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1262/18 (Efficiently calculating a data packet's cyclic redundancy check ( … of 16.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/16 H03M 13/09 H04L 1/00	Application no. 10829067.7
Keywords Unity of invention - after amendment (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR DETECTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T126218.20210616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1297/18 (Patients with non-specific complaints/BRAHMS) of 7.4.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/569 G01N 33/74	Application no. 11706838.7
Keywords Admittance - main request, auxiliary request 1 (no) Clarity - auxiliary requests 2-7 (no)				Application title PROCALCITONIN FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND GUIDANCE OF ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH NON-SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129718.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1733/18 () of 11.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 20/06 C08F 2/00 C08F 6/12	Application no. 10820690.5
Keywords Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title POLYACRYLIC ACID SALT-BASED WATER ABSORBENT RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173318.20210611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1772/18 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/14 B01D 46/52	Application no. 10163462.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Staubsaugerfilterbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177218.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1979/18 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G 17/06 F16B 2/24	Application no. 06830113.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - skilled person Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CLASPING DEVICE FOR WIRE-LIKE BODIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197918.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1407/19 (Virion-like delivery particles/GSK) of 15.6.2021
Online on 21.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/155	Application no. 11741348.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Virion-like delivery particles for self-replicating RNA molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T140719.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0041/16 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 19/02 C09K 19/30 G02F 1/13 C09K 19/12 C09K 19/44	Application no. 10004670.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Flüssigkristallines Medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T004116.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 430 KB)
T 1860/16 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B06B 1/16 E02D 7/18	Application no. 08001601.7
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Schwingungserzeuger für ein Vibrationsrammgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186016.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0104/17 () of 15.6.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 9/015 F24F 3/16 A61L 2/20 B01D 46/00 B08B 15/02 A61L 9/16	Application no. 10702591.8
Keywords Rückwirkende Nichtzulassung von im Einspruchsverfahren behandelten Dokumenten (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Verbesserung				Application title DEKONTAMINATIONSANORDNUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T010417.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1332/17 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/14 B01D 46/52	Application no. 10163463.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Staubsaugerfilterbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T133217.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1838/17 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04C 2/16	Application no. 04022049.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (ja) Beweismittel - Beweislastumkehr				Application title Grossformatige OSB-Platte mit verbesserten Eigenschaften, insbesondere für den Baubereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183817.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0064/18 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/44 A47L 15/00	Application no. 11767721.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DOSIERSYSTEM FÜR EINE GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T006418.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0182/18 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C09K 3/30 C08J 9/14 A61K 9/12 A61L 9/16	Application no. 05742057.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title AZEOTROPE-LIKE COMPOSITIONS OF TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018218.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0888/18 () of 26.3.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 10727660.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A URINARY CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T088818.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1111/18 () of 21.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F27D 3/16 C22B 9/05 C22B 21/06 F27D 27/00	Application no. 13742381.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM RAFFINIEREN VON METALLSCHMELZEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111118.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 632 KB)
T 1444/18 () of 3.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/00	Application no. 12724565.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING A WIND TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD OF BLADE HANDLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144418.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0421/19 (Tinnitus-Filtermittel/SIVANTOS) of 18.5.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 11176905.5
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Haupt- und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 8 (ja) Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 8 (ja)				Application title Hörhilfe- und/oder Tinnitus-Therapie-Gerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T042119.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 2326/19 () of 2.6.2021
Online on 18.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47F 11/10 A47F 5/10	Application no. 14169527.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Regalsystem mit elektrischer Versorgung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T232619.20210602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0935/14 (Associated accounts/BLACKBERRY) of 28.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445 G06F 21/00 H04L 29/08 H04L 29/06	Application no. 10154934.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claim interpretation - broad vs. vague claims				Application title System and method for providing access to a service relating to an account for an electronic device in a network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T093514.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0356/16 (Tooth whitening products / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 8.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/02 A61K 8/22 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 03755465.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Tooth whitening products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035616.20210608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1522/16 () of 22.3.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/0638 F16D 25/10 F16F 15/14 F16D 13/68 F16D 21/06	Application no. 09806172.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title KUPPLUNGSAGGREGAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152216.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2218/16 (Gene therapy of motor neuron disorders/BEZZUBOVA) of 12.3.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/864 A61K 48/00	Application no. 08836776.8
Keywords Admission of the main request - (yes) Admission of late filed arguments - (no) Requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Widespread gene delivery to motor neurons using peripheral injection of AAV vectors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T221816.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 739 KB)
T 2310/16 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/205 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/40 H01L 29/778	Application no. 10013685.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of controlling stress in gallium nitride films deposited on substrates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T231016.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2393/16 (Phone orientation/BLACKBERRY) of 4.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16 H04M 1/725	Application no. 10155522.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title System and method for activating components on an electronic device using orientation data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239316.20210604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0671/17 (Recycling polymer waste/IMERTECH) of 20.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 11/04 C08K 9/04 C09C 1/02	Application no. 11290277.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Methods and compositions related to recycling polymer waste
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T067117.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0900/17 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/075 B66F 9/24	Application no. 11009489.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens				Application title Montageeinheit für ein elektrisches Leistungsteil in einem Flurförderzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090017.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1094/17 () of 14.6.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/205 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/40 H01L 33/12 H01L 33/32	Application no. 01957415.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request could have been filed before the Examining Division (yes)				Application title METHOD OF CONTROLLING STRESS IN GALLIUM NITRIDE FILMS DEPOSITED ON SUBSTRATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109417.20210614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1668/17 () of 13.4.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 27/02 B21B 27/00	Application no. 09704554.6
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - main request Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Late-filed objections of lack of inventive step Late-filed objection - based on alleged novelty destroying document Late-filed objection - admitted (yes) Late-filed objection - remittal (no) Main request - novelty (yes) - inventive step (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title ROLLING MILL, AND TANDEM ROLLING MILL HAVING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166817.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 647 KB)
T 1836/17 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/08	Application no. 12005193.3
Keywords Hauptantrag: Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag: Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Ausrücksystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183617.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 2594/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 17.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 19/24 G09B 5/00	Application no. 12721596.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 Inventive step - 4 (no) Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical features auxiliary request 3a - exceptional circumstances (yes) auxiliary request 3a - admitted (no) - raises new issues - detrimental to procedural economy				Application title VIRTUAL TESTING AND INSPECTION OF A VIRTUAL WELDMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T259417.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0809/17 (Processing of fish/NORDISCHER MASCHINENBAU) of 7.5.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23B 4/01 A23B 4/015 A23L 1/025 A23L 1/325	Application no. 10801148.7
Keywords Claim 1 as granted: Inventive step - (no)				Application title PROCESSING OF FISH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T080917.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2739/17 (Data retrieval/SAP) of 12.3.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 14182687.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request I (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request II and modified auxiliary request II (no)				Application title Data retrieval via a telecommunication network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273917.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2783/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/36	Application no. 09722069.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title ENDKAPPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278317.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0008/19 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 16.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B64C 11/06 F01D 5/08	Application no. 13786687.7
Keywords Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non), Revendications - clarté (oui), Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui),				Application title HELICE COMPORTANT UNE ECOPE DYNAMIQUE MOBILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T000819.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2033/15 () of 10.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 5/00	Application no. 04011849.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title Motor, insbesondere dessen Befestigung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T203315.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0577/17 () of 10.6.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 31/048 H01L 31/0216 H02S 20/00	Application no. 04741014.7
Keywords Amendments - main request, first to seventeenth auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of proprietor's request for oral proceedings Reimbursement of proprietor's appeal fee at 25% (yes)				Application title ENCAPSULATION OF SOLAR CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057717.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0694/17 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 58/04 D06F 58/16 D06F 58/24 D06F 58/20	Application no. 09164001.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Appliance for drying laundry
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069417.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0834/17 (Keeping web sessions alive/SIEMENS) of 10.6.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/08	Application no. 11153373.3
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no): obvious combination of known features				Application title A method for keeping a web session alive in a web application
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T083417.20210610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2666/17 (Zephyros/composite) of 26.4.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/18 B32B 5/20 B32B 27/38 C08J 9/00 B62D 29/00	Application no. 11710363.0
Keywords Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE LAMINATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266617.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0138/18 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/02 G02B 21/33 G02B 9/60 G02B 15/163	Application no. 08012853.1
Keywords Novelty - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Novelty - ambiguous feature Admissibility of second to fourth auxiliary requests (no) - exceptional circumstances (no) - procedural economy (no) - suitability of amendment to resolve issues (no)				Application title Immersion microscope objective and laser scanning microscope system using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013818.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0966/18 (Synucleinopathic disease/PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES) of 10.11.2020
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 A61K 39/00 A61K 45/06 A61K 51/10	Application no. 03783083.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Prevention and treatment of synucleinopathic disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096618.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 2994/18 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/00 G01N 33/487	Application no. 10011398.4
Keywords Subject-matter extending beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes: main request and auxiliary requests 5 to 14) Clarity of claims (no: auxiliary request 4) Admission of requests (no: auxiliary requests 1 to 3 and 4A)				Application title Glucose measuring instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T299418.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476 KB)
T 0555/19 (Hot connect for peritectic steel/TATA) of 20.4.2021
Online on 15.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 8/02 C22C 38/00 C22C 38/06 B22D 11/12 B22D 11/126 B21B 1/46 C22C 38/02 C22C 38/38	Application no. 13744440.2
Keywords Novelty - multiple selection Novelty - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL STRIP OF CARBON STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T055519.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
D 0011/19 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board DBA	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D001119.20210426				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
J 0014/19 () of 19.4.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C45/14 B29C45/37 B29C33/42 B29C45/00 B65D1/24 B29L31/00	Application no. 12790415.9
Keywords Aussetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens (ja) Zeitpunkt der Rechtshängigkeit eines nationalen Verfahrens - Anwendung fremden Rechts (ja) Rechtsmissbräuchliches Verhalten (nein) Fortsetzung des Erteilungsverfahrens (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN VON GETRÄNKEKISTEN AUS KUNSTSTOFF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:J001419.20210419				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 680 KB)
T 0291/16 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C03B 37/04 D04H 1/42 D04H 1/74 D04H 13/00 D04H 1/4218 D04H 1/4209 D04H 1/4226	Application no. 09720146.1
Keywords -				Application title PRODUIT A BASE DE FIBRES MINERALES ET SON PROCEDE D'OBTENTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T029116.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1771/17 () of 10.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/162 A61M 5/32 A61M 25/06	Application no. 11710636.9
Keywords Novelty Amendments - added subject-matter Amendment to appeal case - new objection not admitted Amendment to appeal case - claim amendment admitted				Application title TIP PROTECTOR FOR A SAFETY CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T177117.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 636 KB)
T 1961/17 (Simulated fault currents/ABB) of 11.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 3/54	Application no. 08170550.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (yes): intermediate generalisation Admittance - amended auxiliary request 3 (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title Electrical power network management system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196117.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0243/18 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/24 G02B 21/36 G02B 21/00	Application no. 10013894.0
Keywords Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Amendments - extension of the protection (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Microscope connecting unit and microscope system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024318.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0414/18 (Compositions comprising rilpiverin/GILEAD) of 21.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/505 A61K 31/513 A61K 31/675 A61P 31/18	Application no. 11791161.0
Keywords Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - Main request and auxiliary requests 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 11 Inventive step - auxiliary request 12 (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Claims - auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5, 9 Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Claims - auxiliary request 12 Novelty - public prior use (no)				Application title THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RILPIVIRIN HCL AND TENOVOFIR DISOPROXIL FUMARATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T041418.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 740 KB)
T 0696/18 () of 25.5.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 21/00 H02K 1/27	Application no. 09179026.1
Keywords Statement of grounds of appeal (main request) Statement of grounds of appeal - mere reference to first-instance submission Statement of grounds of appeal - substantiated (no) Late-filed argument (main request) Late-filed argument - amendments after arranging oral proceedings Late-filed argument - justified (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Interior permanent magnet type brushless direct current motor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T069618.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1313/19 () of 7.4.2021
Online on 14.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/00	Application no. 08762816.0
Keywords Amendment after expiry of period in R. 100(2) EPC communication - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEVIATIONS DURING THE COURSE OF AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT TO GRADUALLY REPOSITION TEETH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T131319.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
R 0005/18 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 21.4.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D1/00 F26B3/10 F26B17/10 F26B21/02	Application no. 99900207.4
Keywords Petition for review obligation to raise objection clearly inadmissible				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF LIQUID FROM PARTICULATE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:R000518.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0518/17 (Solubilising subtilisin crystals in a fermentation broth/NOVOZYMES) of 28.1.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 1/14 C12N 9/52 C12N 9/54 C12N 15/31	Application no. 08717479.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Evidence submitted with statement of grounds of appeal Evidence - admitted (yes)				Application title Solubilization of protease crystals in fermentation broth
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T051817.20210128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 0610/17 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 8/00	Application no. 07116564.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verbindungsanordnung zwischen einem Dentalimplantat und einem Abutment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T061017.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1200/17 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F23M 5/08	Application no. 05004143.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung				Application title Heizgerät für ein Fahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T120017.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0307/18 () of 7.6.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/20	Application no. 04751910.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STABILIZED TAMPONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T030718.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0593/18 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B42D 25/00 B42D 15/00 G02B 5/18	Application no. 11722750.4
Keywords Activité inventive (non: requête principale; oui: requête auxiliaire)				Application title Composant optique d'authentification et procédé de fabrication dudit composant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T059318.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0707/18 (Campath-1H/ALCAFLEU) of 26.2.2021
Online on 11.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/28 A61P 25/00	Application no. 07802348.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with Campath-1H
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T070718.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1971/18 (Determining an analysis chronicle/NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY) of 8.3.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 H04L 12/58 G06Q 30/02 G06Q 10/10	Application no. 11758903.6
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Method and apparatus for determining an analysis chronicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197118.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2264/18 (Record medium for multi-angle video/PHILIPS) of 17.3.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/10 G11B 27/32	Application no. 04806578.3
Keywords Inventive step - second and third auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - third auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - fourth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Method for recording information on a record medium, record medium containing information, and method and device for reading information from a record medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T226418.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0200/19 (Disambiguation of text with upper and lower case/BlackBerry) of 30.4.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/023	Application no. 05252107.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation employing advanced text case feature
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020019.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 1147/19 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W 30/14 B60W 10/02 B60W 10/06 B60K 31/00 B60W 30/18	Application no. 07748051.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - relationship between Article 83 and Article 84 Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (no)				Application title METHOD FOR INCREASING ACTIVE DURATION TIME OF AN AUTOMATIC FREEWHEELING FUNCTION IN A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T114719.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1465/19 () of 28.5.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/17 B60T 13/66	Application no. 08014326.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Bremssteuermodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146519.20210528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2296/19 (Navigating through large web pages by enlarging a current item (" … of 3.5.2021
Online on 10.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 12169786.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no) Amendment during oral proceedings - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Portable electronic device, method and graphical user interface for displaying structured electronic documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T229619.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1445/16 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC D21B 1/02	Application no. 11182491.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichte Entgegenhaltungen - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Aufbereiten von Hackschnitzeln für die Herstellung von holzhaltigem Faserstoff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T144516.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2637/17 () of 1.6.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.6.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B30B 11/08 B30B 15/06 B30B 15/00	Application no. 09004314.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Beschwerdeverfahren Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren ohne mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Stempel für eine Rundläuferpresse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T263717.20210601				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0059/18 (Relaxation ratio / KUREHA) of 18.5.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/34 B32B 27/28 B65D 65/40	Application no. 07706741.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - result to be achieved Sufficiency of disclosure - parameter definition not belonging to common general knwoledge				Application title Heat shrinkable multilayer film and packaging material using same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T005918.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0715/19 () of 27.5.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H04N 5/232 H04N 7/18 B64D 45/00 B64D 47/08	Application no. 12711418.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title AERONEF POURVU D'UN SYSTEME DE SURVEILLANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071519.20210527				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1617/19 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 09.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 20/12	Application no. 14198294.2
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - continuation of proceedings without duly summoned party Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes) Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of deparment of first instance Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Apparatus for and method of friction stir welding
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161719.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1964/16 () of 21.4.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/168	Application no. 10755204.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - lack of novelty (no) - lack of inventive step (no)				Application title VASCULAR ACCESS MONITORING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T196416.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 598 KB)
T 0395/17 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 31/042	Application no. 10009221.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel D13 bis D15 Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Schwimmende Photovoltaik-Anordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T039517.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1425/17 () of 26.3.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 29/68	Application no. 07111577.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (ja)				Application title Bogenbremsensystem zum Bremsen von Druckbogen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142517.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2109/17 () of 25.5.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/20 F01N 3/02 F01N 3/035 B01D 53/94 F01N 13/02	Application no. 07865002.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title EMISSION TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T210917.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2277/17 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F16D 65/097	Application no. 08171286.1
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui), Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (non),				Application title Système de montage de patin de frein à disque
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227717.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2533/17 () of 15.3.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC F01N 3/20	Application no. 12172131.0
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui), Modification des moyens invoqués dans le cadre du recours Modification après signification - raisons convaincantes (non), Modification des moyens invoqués - modification donnant lieu à de nouvelles objections (oui), Modification des moyens invoqués - modification nuit au principe d'économie de la procédure (oui),				Application title Ensemble coude de post-traitement des gaz d'echappement d'un moteur à combustion comportant un convergent interne
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253317.20210315				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2424/18 () of 28.4.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/10 B60T 7/12 B60T 17/18	Application no. 10158972.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - Anspruch 3 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Ansprüche 1, 3 (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Bremseinrichtung eines Haltestellen anfahrenden Kraftfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T242418.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 639 KB)
T 1478/19 () of 26.5.2021
Online on 08.06.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 17/09 B23F 23/00	Application no. 12193804.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title An arrangement for controlling the process of rotary chip removing machining of a workpiece, and a cutting tool for rotary chip removing machining
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T147819.20210526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1904/15 (Transfection method/SANDOZ) of 9.4.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/02 C12N 15/85 C07K 14/505 C12N 15/90	Application no. 02791720.2
Keywords Main request filed at the oral proceedings - admission - (yes) Main request filed at the oral proceedings - requirements of the EPC complied with - (yes)				Application title Method for producing a recombinant polypeptide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T190415.20210409				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 588 KB)
T 0795/17 (Antibody 8H9 for treatment of brain cancer/SLOAN KETTERING) of 10.5.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00 C07K 16/00	Application no. 08744263.8
Keywords Inventive step - sole request (no)				Application title Uses of monoclonal antibody 8H9
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T079517.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1005/17 (Sheet member for diaper/Unicharm) of 5.5.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/14	Application no. 07767516.3
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title SHEET MEMBER, HIGH-DENSITY REGION-CONTAINING SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DISPOSABLE DIAPER USING SHEET MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T100517.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1220/17 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/02 C08G 18/28	Application no. 04748700.4
Keywords Experimental reports submitted in reply to the Board's communication - admitted (yes) New item of evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - improvement credible Inventive step - solution suggested by the prior art (main request Inventive step - yes Inventive step - auxiliary request Inventive step - no-)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF STABLE POLYCARBODIIMIDE DISPERSIONS IN WATER, WHICH ARE FREE OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS AND MAY BE USED AS CROSSLINKING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T122017.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 619 KB)
T 1244/17 (Bake-stable creamy food filling base/INTERCONTINENTAL) of 18.3.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D 13/00	Application no. 10705242.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - Inventive step (yes)				Application title BAKE-STABLE CREAMY FOOD FILLING BASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124417.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 591 KB)
T 0091/18 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/48 C08G 65/26	Application no. 10752339.1
Keywords Admittance of documents (Yes) Admittance of a new objection in appeal (No) Sufficiency of disclosure - Main request (Yes) Inventive step - Main request (Yes) Referral of a question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (No)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POLYURETHANE FOAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009118.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 478 KB)
T 2257/18 (Optimizing website visitor actions/SITESPECT) of 16.4.2021
Online on 07.06.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 15/16	Application no. 05788823.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and first to seventh auxiliary requests (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - eighth auxiliary request (no)				Application title System and method for optimizing website visitor actions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T225718.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2135/17 (Oral dispersible tablet / RATIOPHARM) of 31.5.2021
Online on 04.06.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20	Application no. 09797033.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ORAL DISPERSIBLE TABLET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213517.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1489/18 (Anti-NKG2A antibodies/INNATE) of 22.3.2021
Online on 04.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61K 39/395	Application no. 11185913.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Monoclonal antibodies against NKG2A
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T148918.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0469/20 (Fructose intolerance/VITACARE) of 31.5.2021
Online on 04.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 31.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/52 A61P 1/00 A61P 3/00	Application no. 10010195.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Agent for use in the case of fructose intolerance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T046920.20210531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
T 0024/17 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00 C08F 2/00	Application no. 11724839.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title CONTINUOUS TAKE OFF TECHNIQUE AND PRESSURE CONTROL OF POLYMERIZATION REACTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T002417.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 661 KB)
T 0945/17 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D01H 1/22	Application no. 12192463.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Movement apparatus for the drafting cylinders of a spinning machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T094517.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1705/17 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/20	Application no. 11729430.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Late-filed auxiliary requests - exceptional circumstances for late filing (no)				Application title PRESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T170517.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0391/18 (HAART regime/JANSSEN) of 11.2.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/505 A61K 31/52 A61K 31/513 A61P 31/18 A61K 9/20	Application no. 04787096.9
Keywords Admittance - auxiliary requests 3 and 24 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary requests 1-23 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 24 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 24 (yes)				Application title COMBINATIONS OF A PYRIMIDINE CONTAINING NNRTI WITH RT INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T039118.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 0366/19 (High-strength formable steel/JFE) of 13.4.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/00 B21B 1/22 B21B 3/00 C21D 9/46 C22C 38/04 C22C 38/58 C23C 2/02 C23C 2/06 C23C 2/28	Application no. 12831286.5
Keywords Late submitted material - evidence not admitted by opposition division Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT WORKABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T036619.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1168/19 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00 C08F 2/00	Application no. 14157217.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Continuous take off technique and pressure control of polymerization reactors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T116819.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1976/19 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 02.06.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/07 A61F 2/966	Application no. 10194549.1
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title Stent graft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197619.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0165/16 (Fat Blend/CSK NEDERLAND) of 26.3.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 9/04 A23D 9/00 A23G 9/32 A23G 9/48	Application no. 05112989.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - public prior use (no) Novelty - insufficient evidence Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Fat blend for use in fat-based coatings for ice confection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016516.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1526/16 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/315 A61M 5/32 A61M 5/31	Application no. 11156322.7
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step				Application title Substance delivery device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T152616.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 568 KB)
T 2005/16 (Compositions comprising high amounts of micellar casein/NUTRICIA) of 30.4.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J 3/10 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/305 A23C 3/08	Application no. 11712031.1
Keywords Main request: added subject-matter - (yes) Auxiliary request 1: added subjet-matter - (yes) Auxiliary request 2: clarity - (no) Auxiliary request 3: added subject matter - (no); clarity, sufficency of disclosure, inventive step - (yes) Partial reimbursement of the appeal at 25% - (yes)				Application title CONTROLLING THE TEXTURE OF HIGH-PROTEIN NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MICELLAR CASEIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T200516.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2130/17 (CAPACITANCE TOUCH NEAR FIELD-FAR FIELD SWITCHING / Apple) of 5.3.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/044	Application no. 13726325.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Application title CAPACITANCE TOUCH NEAR FIELD-FAR FIELD SWITCHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T213017.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2680/18 (User interface with differential haptic feedback / Nokia) of 11.5.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01 G06F 3/0481 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 13821082.8
Keywords Examination procedure - correct exercise of discretion (no)				Application title USER INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T268018.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 0033/19 (Eculizumab for use in treating aHUS/ALEXION) of 22.4.2021
Online on 01.06.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/18	Application no. 15152757.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for treating complement-associated disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T003319.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)

Top of page

May 2021

T 0624/17 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 31.05.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 09789690.6
Keywords Clarity - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title OPEN-CAVITY, REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T062417.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1605/17 (Olefin polymerization / TOTAL) of 11.3.2021
Online on 31.05.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 19/24 C08F 2/14 C08F 10/02	Application no. 10726484.8
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - standard optimisation				Application title Polymerization process with improved polymer homogeneity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T160517.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 1824/18 (Dilution ratio/Neste Oyj) of 19.4.2021
Online on 31.05.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 3/00 C10G 45/02 C10G 45/58	Application no. 05014428.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)				Application title Process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182418.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1953/19 () of 20.5.2021
Online on 31.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 1/00 B23K 1/002 B23K 1/008	Application no. 14169250.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title Hybrid diffusion-brazing process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195319.20210520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 2017/19 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 31.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B64F 1/305 B64F 1/36 F24F 13/02	Application no. 13005250.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title Hose management system for supplying conditioned air to an aircraft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T201719.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1297/16 () of 19.4.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01H 33/66	Application no. 09172183.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - sufficiently substantiated (yes) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4 (no) Amendment after summons - order of requests Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 3 Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Main circuit terminal assembly for vacuum circuit breaker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129716.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 565 KB)
T 2154/16 () of 15.3.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 7/02	Application no. 03705602.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Device for a battery charger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215416.20210315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0469/17 () of 2.3.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B07C 5/16 B07C 5/38 A22C 25/04 B25J 9/00 B25J 11/00	Application no. 07706201.6
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Apparatus and method for grading fresh food articles based on weight
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T046917.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1367/17 () of 25.5.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/36 B65D 85/804 G06K 19/06	Application no. 11701040.5
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A USER FROM A CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE USING A CODE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136717.20210525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2305/17 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/10 G06F 21/31	Application no. 13744777.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PIN VERIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T230517.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0781/18 (Filterelement/MANN+HUMMEL) of 28.4.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 29/01 B01D 39/14 B01D 46/52	Application no. 10754454.6
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title FILTERELEMENT UND FILTER ZUR FILTRIERUNG VON FLUIDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078118.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0828/18 () of 10.3.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 9/00 A22C 21/00	Application no. 11720193.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title ROTATABLE ARTICLE SUPPORT FOR A CONVEYOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T082818.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1875/18 (Apixaban/BRISTOL-MYERS) of 7.5.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/28 A61K 9/48 A61K 31/437 A61P 7/02	Application no. 11707284.3
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title APIXABAN FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187518.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1957/18 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 51/04 A22C 11/12	Application no. 07763583.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (no) auxiliary request 1 Amendments - allowable (yes) auxiliary request 2 Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes) special reasons for remitting				Application title CLIP CONTROL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195718.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 2090/18 () of 1.3.2021
Online on 28.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B67C 3/20	Application no. 11815582.9
Keywords Inventive step - problem and solution approach Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILLING A CONTAINER WITH A POURABLE PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T209018.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 2170/16 (HERSTELLUNG VON DIREKT TABLETTIERBAREM delta-MANNIT / MERCK PATENT) of 21.5.2021
Online on 27.05.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/16 C07C 29/76 C07C 31/26	Application no. 11784604.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON DIREKT TABLETTIERBAREM delta-MANNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T217016.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1681/17 () of 29.4.2021
Online on 27.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 9/25 H02J 3/16 F03D 7/02 H02J 3/38	Application no. 12178689.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Wind park control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T168117.20210429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1559/18 () of 29.4.2021
Online on 27.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.4.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC A47L 9/02	Application no. 11306189.9
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui), Activité inventive - (oui),				Application title Patin d'équilibrage de suceur d'aspirateur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155918.20210429				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 316 KB)
T 3256/19 (Surprising feature mapping/BIOGY) of 21.5.2021
Online on 27.05.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04K 1/00 G06F 21/30	Application no. 06748170.5
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes): surprising novelty assessment Remittal - fundamental deficiency in examination proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Passcodes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T325619.20210521				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0417/16 (Transmission system for rail vehicles using an automatic address … of 22.2.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L 15/00 H04L 29/12	Application no. 08009479.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Transmission system for rail vehicles using an automatic address allocation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T041716.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1182/16 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N21/442 H04H60/65	Application no. 10769105.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) added subject-matter - (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING USERS WITHIN DETECTION REGIONS OF MEDIA DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118216.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1556/16 (Magnetic field gradients / Weinberg) of 25.3.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/38	Application no. 09767831.2
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes): limitation of range on the basis of an isolated value Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes): open- vs closed-ended ranges Inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DECREASING BIO-EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC GRADIENT FIELD GRADIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155616.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 2205/16 (Eddy current inspection / WESTING HOUSE) of 22.4.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 31/20 G01N 27/90	Application no. 10839967.6
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title INSPECTION MODE SWITCHING CIRCUIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220516.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2522/16 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 08425796.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Manufacturing collaboration hub data exchange interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T252216.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 2621/16 () of 29.4.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 15/06	Application no. 04015745.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schiebetürenanlage mit mehreren Schiebetüren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T262116.20210429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0482/18 () of 11.3.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 21/89 G01N 21/894 A24C 5/34 G01N 21/952	Application no. 07000398.3
Keywords Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Zulassung (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (nein) Neuheit (ja) Neuheit - Zweckangabe mit enschränkender Wirkung in Verfahrensanspruch				Application title Optische Kontrolle von Produkten der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048218.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 647 KB)
T 1096/18 (Dry powder composition for inhalation / SIMA PATENT) of 5.3.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/137 A61K9/00 A61K31/58	Application no. 10778746.7
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION IN DRY POWDER FORM FOR INHALATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109618.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1677/18 (Polyhedron components 2/SAMSUNG) of 3.5.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048	Application no. 05254863.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Three-dimensional motion graphic user interface and method and apparatus for providing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167718.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1975/18 (Device discovery tool/FRESENIUS) of 23.4.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 14705805.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRUG LIBRARY DATA TO A MEDICAL DEVICE LOCATED WITHIN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T197518.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 1992/18 () of 31.3.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C23/088 E01C19/00	Application no. 12725758.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Fehlende Substantiierung in der Beschwerdebegründung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM BESTIMMEN EINER VON MINDESTENS EINER BAUMASCHINE ODER ABBAUMASCHINE MIT EINER FRÄSWALZE GEFRÄSTEN FLÄCHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T199218.20210331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 566 KB)
T 0598/19 (Fuel cell system/NAVAL GROUP) of 18.5.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M8/04 H02J3/14 B60L11/18 H01M8/04955 H01M8/04014 H01M8/04828 H01M8/04089 B60L3/00 H01M8/04746 H01M8/249 H01M8/0432 H01M8/04537	Application no. 01922748.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Partial reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH LOAD MANAGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T059819.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0408/21 (Making high strength steel/ArcelorMittal) of 19.5.2021
Online on 26.05.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D9/04 C21D1/667 C22C38/04 C22C38/14	Application no. 13855497.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - party adversely affected by decision Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by applicant (no)				Application title METHOD OF MAKING HIGH STRENGTH STEEL CRANE RAIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T040821.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0507/15 (MRI needle / Philips) of 18.5.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/28	Application no. 10716890.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Novelty - (no)				Application title HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD COMPATIBLE INTERVENTIONAL NEEDLE WITH INTEGRATED PASSIVE L-C CIRCUIT FOR NEEDLE POSITION TRACKING IN MRI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T050715.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 2418/16 () of 19.5.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 19.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 B32B 7/02	Application no. 02794270.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T241816.20210519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
T 0064/17 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C23C 22/60 C23C 22/73 C23C 22/34 C09D 5/08	Application no. 11701053.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung				Application title ZUSAMMENSETZUNG FÜR DIE ALKALISCHE PASSIVIERUNG VON ZINKOBERFLÄCHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T006417.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1206/17 () of 16.3.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B22C 9/06 B22D 15/02 B22D 17/22 F02F 3/00	Application no. 11785016.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title GIESSVORRICHTUNG FÜR EINEN KOLBEN FÜR EINEN VERBRENNUNGSMOTOR UND VERFAHREN ZUM ÖFFNEN UND/ODER SCHLIEßEN EINER GIESSVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T120617.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 682 KB)
T 2268/17 (Composition comprising CTLA4-Ig/BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB) of 20.10.2020
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 C07K 14/705 C07K 16/28	Application no. 06848052.4
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1a, 1b and 1c: amendments -allowable (no) ; auxiliary request 1d: clarity (no); auxiliary request 22: admitted (no)				Application title Compositions and methods for producing a composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226817.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0361/18 (Infertility treatment/FERRING) of 7.4.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/24 A61P 15/08	Application no. 11778689.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Composition for use in treating infertility
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T036118.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0621/18 (Surrender or lapse of patent/ Second Sight Medical Products Inc.) of 23.4.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/36 A61N 1/05	Application no. 06801749.0
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title AUTOMATIC FITTING FOR A VISUAL PROSTHESIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T062118.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1028/18 () of 18.5.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/04	Application no. 08745084.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Clarity (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIN DETECTION AND COMPUTATION OF A PAIN QUANTIFICATION INDEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T102818.20210518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1253/18 () of 16.4.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 18/48 C08G 18/76 C08J 9/04	Application no. 05798205.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Dokumente - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hilfsantrag 3				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON POLYURETHAN-HARTSCHAUMSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T125318.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0096/20 (Treatment of myasthenia gravis/ALEXION) of 22.4.2021
Online on 25.05.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/18 A61K 39/395 A61K 38/00 A61P 21/04	Application no. 16179565.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Methods and compositions for treating complement-associated disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T009620.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1393/16 () of 13.4.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 43/00	Application no. 12167396.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - nicht substantiiert Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Übergangsstück
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T139316.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1557/16 (Lost Frame concealment / HUAWEI) of 4.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 19/02	Application no. 08757725.0
Keywords Novelty - (no) Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOST FRAME CONCEALMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155716.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1614/16 () of 27.4.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 7/24	Application no. 08105214.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hilfsantrag Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Bereitstellen von Audio- und/oder Videodaten für IP-TV
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161416.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1661/16 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 B65H 23/188	Application no. 06733373.2
Keywords Claims - main request (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - uniform application of law Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment to appeal case - state of the proceedings Amendment to appeal case - amendment detrimental to procedural economy (yes)				Application title METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTION OF A SYCHRONIYING MARK BEING USED IN SYCHRONIYED POSITIONING OF AT LEAST ONE ESSENTIALLZ CONTINUOUS MATERIAL WEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166116.20210426				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1855/16 () of 22.2.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 44/18 B60R 13/08 B62D 29/00	Application no. 09724662.3
Keywords Novelty - (main request, auxiliary requests 1, 3, 4, 6, 7: no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Remittal - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - not admitted (auxiliary requests 2, 5, 8, 9: not substantiated) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (auxiliary requests 3, 4; auxiliary requests 6, 7: resubmitted after withdrawal)				Application title Baffle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T185516.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 2645/16 (Solid oral pharmaceutical compositions containing pregabalin/ UPJOHN) of 30.3.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 30.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/197 A61P 25/00	Application no. 06809154.5
Keywords Admission of D14-D18 (No) Admission of D19-D22 (Yes) Main request - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title SOLID ORAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR ONCE DAILY DOSING CONTAINING PREGABALIN, A MATRIX FORMING AGENT AND A SWELLING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T264516.20210330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0325/17 (Unpinning anatomical reentries / WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) of 17.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/00	Application no. 05825356.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title METHOD FOR LOW-VOLTAGE TERMINATION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS BY EFFECTIVELY UNPINNING ANATOMICAL REENTRIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T032517.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 0396/17 () of 14.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/496 A61F 13/15	Application no. 13150761.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - all requests (yes)				Application title A pant-type absorbent article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T039617.20210514				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0588/17 () of 21.4.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F41A 3/90 F41A 25/02 F41A 25/12	Application no. 12721255.3
Keywords Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (ja)				Application title HANDBETÄTIGBARE ODER AUTOMATISCHE SCHUSSWAFFE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T058817.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1240/17 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 65/26	Application no. 09735325.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title ALKOHOLALKOXYLATE, DIESE ENTHALTENDE MITTEL UND VERWENDUNG DER ALKOHOLALKOXYLATE ALS ADJUVANS FÜR DEN AGROCHEMISCHEN BEREICH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T124017.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 451 KB)
T 1956/17 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F26B 3/084 F26B 17/10 F26B 23/00 B29B 13/06 C08F 6/00	Application no. 12706466.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombinationserfindung (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR TROCKNUNG VON FEUCHTEM POLYMERPULVER UND DAFÜR GEEIGNETE VORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195617.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 544 KB)
T 1981/17 () of 6.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 5/18 B66B 5/22	Application no. 11805443.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 und 2 (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag 4 berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title EINRICHTUNG FÜR DIE BETÄTIGUNG UND DIE RÜCKSTELLUNG EINER FANGVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198117.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2427/17 () of 27.4.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F23M 5/04 F23M 5/08	Application no. 06405256.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Rohrschutzplatte aus einem feuerbeständigen Material sowie eine Wandauskleidung für einen Müllverbrennungsofen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T242717.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2460/17 () of 18.3.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16J9/26 C23C14/06 C23C16/34 C23C30/00	Application no. 07820743.8
Keywords Unzureichende Offenbarung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Kolbenring für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T246017.20210318				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2787/17 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F41A 9/00 F41A 17/00 F42B 39/26 F41A 99/00 F41A 17/06 F41A 9/37	Application no. 11782024.1
Keywords Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Bergriffe Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein)				Application title WAFFENSYSTEM, VERFAHREN ZUM VERSCHIESSEN UND ERKENNEN VON MUNITIONSKÖRPERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278717.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0359/18 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/31 A61Q 1/04 A61Q 5/06 A61Q 15/00 A61Q 17/04 A61Q 19/00 A61Q 19/04 A61Q 19/10	Application no. 08759205.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Auswahl				Application title KOHLENWASSERSTOFF GEMISCHE UND IHRE VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035918.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0666/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D 239/47 C07D 251/18 C07D 251/66 C07D 401/04 C07D 401/14 C07D 403/04 A61K 31/53 A61K 31/506 A61K 31/5377 A61P 7/06	Application no. 10747859.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title PYRIMIDINE ALS HEPCIDIN-ANTAGONISTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T066618.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1666/18 () of 8.3.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 1/46 B21B 13/22 B22D 11/12	Application no. 12720979.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ENERGY-SAVING STEEL PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166618.20210308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 2363/18 (Reformed battery grids/Wirtz) of 26.3.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/73 H01M 4/84 H01M 4/20	Application no. 09006705.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)				Application title Reformed battery grids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T236318.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2858/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 37/06 A01N 37/10 A01N 43/08 A01N 43/16 A01N 43/80 A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/49 A61Q 1/14 A61Q 1/04 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/12 A61Q 15/00 A61Q 19/08 A61Q 19/10	Application no. 14157660.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title Zusammensetzung enthaltend Sorbitanmonocaprylat und ein ausgewähltes Pyridon
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T285818.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1831/20 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 21.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 12713003.7
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM TRIMMEN EINES ROHRS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T183120.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
G 0001/21 (Exclusion and objection) of 17.5.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F1/02	Application no. 04758381.0
Keywords -				Application title DOHERTY AMPLIFIER WITH OUTPUT HYBRID COUPLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:G000121.20210517				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1511/15 () of 27.4.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 03781901.8
Keywords Amendments to main and first auxiliary requests - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed second auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD, APPARATUS AND INTERFACE FOR TRADING MULTIPLE TRADEABLE OBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T151115.20210427				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1272/16 (Minimum safe distance/BOEING) of 3.2.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 5/04 G01S 13/93	Application no. 07835703.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Amendment to appeal case - (not admitted)				Application title AIRCRAFT COLLISION SENSE AND AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T127216.20210203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1459/16 () of 22.3.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/783 H04N 21/2343	Application no. 14158796.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method and system for playback of motion video
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T145916.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1729/16 () of 28.4.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23C 5/00 B23C 5/10	Application no. 10713554.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Ermessensausübung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung der Verfahrensökonomie abträglich (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (nein)				Application title Schaftfräser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172916.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2674/17 (Method for obtaining a composition comprising CTLA4-Ig molecules/ … of 8.12.2020
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 C07K 14/705 C07K 16/28	Application no. 10153282.8
Keywords New main request - admitted (no); Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by the patent proprietor (no)				Application title Compositions and methods for producing a composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267417.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0350/18 (Instant drink powder/NESTLÉ) of 14.4.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/36 A23F 5/34 A23F 5/44	Application no. 08803938.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title INSTANT DRINK POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T035018.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0730/18 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D 5/36 G01D 5/38	Application no. 05758458.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SCALE READING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T073018.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0979/18 (Availability of session history data/MEDTRONIC) of 7.4.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 10738058.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title MANAGEMENT OF SESSION HISTORY DATA FOR IMPLANTABLE FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T097918.20210407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1681/18 (Polyhedron components 3/SAMSUNG) of 3.5.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 05254600.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Three-Dimensional Motion Graphic User Interface and method and apparatus for providing the same.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T168118.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 1762/18 (Polyhedron components 1/SAMSUNG) of 3.5.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 05254862.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Three-dimentional motion graphic user interface and method and apparatus for providing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T176218.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
T 1958/18 () of 17.5.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01S 5/343 H01L 21/02 H01L 33/00	Application no. 06782838.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary requests Inventive step - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - third auxiliary request (yes)				Application title SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERED STRUCTURE AND ITS METHOD OF FORMATION, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T195818.20210517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2393/18 (Securely separated/LYNX) of 15.2.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/023 G06F 9/455 G06F 12/14 G06F 21/60	Application no. 12802824.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SECURE DOMAIN ISOLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239318.20210215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2397/18 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 88/40	Application no. 15754142.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag II (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag II (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag I Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Änderung räumt aufgeworfene Fragen aus (nein)				Application title MÖBEL MIT SENSOREINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T239718.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0955/19 () of 26.3.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/17 B60T 13/08 B60T 7/20	Application no. 11001568.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Berücksichtigung - (nein) - Hilfsanträge 4, 6				Application title Verfahren zum Bremsen und Bremssystem eines fremdkraftgebremsten Gerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T095519.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1792/19 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 1/00 B23K 35/28	Application no. 13722721.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens durch Streichung der Verfahrensansprüche Änderung des Vorbringens - (nein)				Application title FLUSSMITTELFREIES LÖTEN VON ALUMINIUMVERBUNDWERKSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T179219.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0247/20 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 20.05.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 5/44 A61F 5/445	Application no. 13728310.7
Keywords Specific arguments presented at the oral proceedings - no amendment to appeal case Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title COMFORT LAYER FOR A COLLECTING BAG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T024720.20210325				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 2155/15 (Thermal solution I/NEOGRAF) of 23.4.2021
Online on 19.05.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/20	Application no. 04256484.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title Thermal solution for electronic devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T215515.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0781/16 (Process for preparing a dairy product/DANONE) of 19.4.2021
Online on 19.05.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/13	Application no. 10782533.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PASTEURISED AND FERMENTED DAIRY PRODUCT SUPPLEMENTED WITH CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078116.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1492/16 () of 12.5.2021
Online on 19.05.2021	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26	Application no. 06252483.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Display driving apparatus and method and medium for implementing the display driving method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T149216.20210512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1118/18 (Metal sheet for cans/JFE) of 22.2.2021
Online on 19.05.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/00 B22D 11/00 B22D 11/124 C21D 9/46 C22C 38/06	Application no. 09722774.8
Keywords Inventive step - Main request and first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH METAL SHEET FOR USE IN CANS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T111818.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1829/19 () of 26.1.2021
Online on 19.05.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 175/04 B32B 27/40 C08G 18/24	Application no. 07118431.1
Keywords Änderungen - Kombination von Unteransprüchen Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title Verbundgebilde mit einer Polyurethanschicht, Verfahren zu deren Herstellung und Verwendung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T182919.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 590 KB)
T 2350/19 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 19.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 17/00 A22B 5/00	Application no. 07866893.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Puller and method for use in animal carcass boning or cutting
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T235019.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2296/14 (Encapsulated hardware configuration/PARTNERS FOR CORPORATE RESEARCH … of 6.5.2021
Online on 18.05.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 6.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 03768034.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title ENCAPSULATED HARDWARE CONFIGURATION/CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T229614.20210506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1872/17 (Pigment-bearing ink/SCHWAN-STABILO) of 26.4.2021
Online on 18.05.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/04 A61K 8/39 A61K 8/44 A61K 8/81 A61Q 1/10	Application no. 08749457.1
Keywords Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title POLYMER-BASED PIGMENT-BEARING INK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187217.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2166/17 (Multilayer reinforced polymeric pipe / GRUPPA POLYMERTEPLO) of 27.4.2021
Online on 18.05.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 1/08 B32B 5/02 B32B 7/12 B32B 27/12 B32B 27/32 F16L 11/10 F16L 9/12 F24D 3/00 F24D 10/00 F16L 11/04 F16L 11/08	Application no. 11843783.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Multilayer reinforced polymeric pipe and system of pipes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216617.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1913/19 (Beschwerdegegühr / Medical Measurement Systems B.V.) of 19.3.2021
Online on 18.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 5/168 A61B 5/00 A61B 5/20 A61B 5/03 A61M 39/28	Application no. 14712613.0
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR REGULATION EINES VOLUMENSTROMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T191319.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1671/20 (No statement of grounds / General Electric Company) of 7.5.2021
Online on 18.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 33/08	Application no. 14702739.5
Keywords -				Application title CURRENT SPLIT CIRCUIT FOR EQUALLY SPLITTING CURRENT BETWEEN PARALLEL CONNECTED LED LUMINAIRE STRINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T167120.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 2061/20 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 18.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/04 C08F 2/06 C08F 2/08 C08F 2/44 C11D 1/72 C11D 3/37	Application no. 15732731.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title DETERGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T206120.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
R 0006/19 () of 26.2.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 00989280.3
Keywords Violation of the right to be heard (No)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PATIENT MONITORING WITH WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:R000619.20210226				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2317/15 () of 29.4.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12C 3/12 C12C 5/02 C12C 7/20 C07C 45/78 C07C 49/603	Application no. 06024289.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Rho-isoalpha acid hop products and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T231715.20210429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 2520/16 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 23/30 G09B 23/28	Application no. 10775498.8
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INTERACTIVE PRE-OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T252016.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0363/17 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 45/00 C08F 10/02 C08L 23/08 C08F 210/16	Application no. 09706717.7
Keywords Novelty - (main request and several auxiliary requests: no) Inventive step - (several auxiliary requests: no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (auxiliary requests 7-14: yes)				Application title POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM, AND METHOD MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T036317.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 610 KB)
T 1502/17 () of 13.4.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 33/12 A01N 43/653 B27K 3/52 A01P 3/00 A01N 59/20	Application no. 11729649.1
Keywords Admittance - claim request filed with the statement of grounds of appeal (yes)				Application title WOOD PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR TREATING COPPER-TOLERANT FUNGI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T150217.20210413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 2285/17 () of 11.5.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/20 G06F 3/01 G08B 21/02 G09G 5/10 H04N 21/442 G06T 7/00 H04N 13/02 G06K 9/00 H04N 13/00 H04N 13/04	Application no. 14170728.1
Keywords Unity of invention - refund of further search fees (yes) Examination procedure - correct exercise of discretion (yes) Late-filed main request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings - admitted (yes) Claims - main request Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for protecting eyesight
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T228517.20210511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2784/17 () of 16.4.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/22 F24H 9/18 F24H 3/04	Application no. 10290485.1
Keywords Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1: nein) erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 2 : ja) änderung des Bescherdevorbringens (Zulässigkeit : nein)				Application title Wärmeübertrager
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T278417.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0725/18 () of 17.3.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 27/10 B60C 27/06	Application no. 11154659.4
Keywords Novelty - Main request and first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Anti slip device for a wheel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T072518.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0545/19 (Thermal solution II/NEOGRAF) of 23.4.2021
Online on 17.05.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/18	Application no. 08169306.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Late-filed third auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Thermal solution for electronic devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T054519.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1418/15 (Pantoprazole for injection/TAKEDA) of 2.3.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/44 A61J 3/00	Application no. 04766541.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT FOR INJECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T141815.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1989/15 () of 27.4.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 17/32	Application no. 08801882.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik				Application title ELEKTRONISCHES SPIELGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T198915.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1294/16 (Image data arrangement/OMRON) of 10.3.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/64 G06T 7/00	Application no. 06022645.3
Keywords Admittance of late-filed requests under Article 13(1) and (2) RPBA 2020 - (yes) Technical effect of image data arrangement (no) - in the claimed context Technical effect of difference in mathematics - mathematical equivalents (no) - in the claimed context Inventive step (no) Inventive step - all requests Substantial procedural violation (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Application title Image processing device, image processing method, program for the same, and computer readable recording medium recorded with program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T129416.20210310				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 1460/16 (Folie für Aufreißverpackungen) of 22.3.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/32 B65D 75/58	Application no. 11154845.9
Keywords Neue Dokumente eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag zulässig und eindeutig gewährbar (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Einspruchsgründe - Prüfungsumfang im Einspruchsverfahren Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Folie, insbesondere für Aufreißverpackungen und Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Beutelverpackung unter Verwendung der Folie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T146016.20210322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1583/16 (Cell group detection/ERICSSON) of 29.4.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/26	Application no. 07847958.1
Keywords Priority - "same invention" (no) Novelty - main and auxiliary requests 2, 2a, 3-6 and 8 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 9 (yes)				Application title Secondary synchronization sequences for cell group detection in a cellular communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158316.20210429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480 KB)
T 2348/16 (Objekterkennung/BOSCH) of 10.5.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 9/00 B60Q 1/14	Application no. 12729369.4
Keywords Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERKENNUNG VON OBJEKTEN IN EINEM UMFELD EINES FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T234816.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2538/17 (Zinc oxide film in oral compositions / COLGATE) of 19.4.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/44 A61K 8/27	Application no. 11733368.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request 2 (no) Auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no)				Application title STABILIZATION OF ZINC OXIDE FILM IN ORAL COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253817.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2732/17 () of 27.4.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B07C 5/36 B65G 47/82	Application no. 13185154.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - Neuheit (ja) - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Aussondern eines Gegenstands
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273217.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 492 KB)
T 1095/18 () of 24.3.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08L 23/06 C08L 23/08	Application no. 05808420.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title POLYETHYLENE MOLDING COMPOSITION FOR COATING STEEL PIPES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T109518.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 2356/18 () of 10.5.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B02C 15/00 B02C 15/04 B02C 23/32	Application no. 13736839.5
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Vorrangiges Ziel des Beschwerdeverfahrens - Beschwerdevorbringen ist auf Einwände gerichtet, die Entscheidung zugrunde liegen (nein)				Application title VERTIKALROLLENMÜHLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T235618.20210510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2628/18 () of 4.5.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.5.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC B60N 2/42 B60N 2/427	Application no. 08865295.3
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (oui),				Application title DISPOSITIF ET ENSEMBLE D'ABSORPTION D'ÉNERGIE RENFORCÉS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T262818.20210504				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 292 KB)
T 2793/18 () of 3.5.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/64 G01N 15/14 B01L 7/00	Application no. 07710306.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DEVICE AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING ANALYTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T279318.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0795/19 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 14.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 2/26 B67C 7/00 A61C 19/00	Application no. 11702002.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rücknahme des Antrages auf mündliche Verhandlung Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Rücknahme des Antrages auf mündliche Verhandlung Einspruchsgründe - neuer Einspruchsgrund (ja) nicht berücksichtigt				Application title AUFNAHMEBEHÄLTER FÜR ÄRZTLICHE, INSBESONDERE ZAHNÄRZTLICHE INSTRUMENTE UND ZUGEHÖRIGES PFLEGESYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T079519.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1189/15 () of 4.3.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G08C 17/02 G08C 19/28	Application no. 07723002.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)				Application title Radio receiver and transmitter apparatus for radio- controlled automation systems for opening/closure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T118915.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2446/16 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G03H 1/20 B42D 15/10	Application no. 08845306.3
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Obiter Dictum (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON HOLOGRAMMEN MIT INDIVIDUELL BELICHTETER WASSERZEICHENARTIGER STRUKTUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T244616.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0162/17 () of 4.3.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/20	Application no. 07786488.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM AUFHEIZEN EINER FÜR DENTALKERAMIK VERWENDETEN, VORGEWÄRMTEN PRESSMUFFEL IN EINEM PRESSOFEN SOWIE STEUERVORRICHTUNG UND DIESE ENTHALTENDER OFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T016217.20210304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0757/17 () of 7.5.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/32 A61F 9/007	Application no. 08755967.0
Keywords Withdrawal of the approval of any text for maintenance of the patent				Application title SYSTEMS FOR TRANSVERSE PHACOEMULSIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T075717.20210507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 240 KB)
T 1216/17 () of 23.4.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 9/08	Application no. 07824209.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO STAIRLIFTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T121617.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2575/17 (Polyolefin films/FINA) of 3.5.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C08K 5/00 C08L 23/10	Application no. 10756751.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title POLYOLEFIN FILMS FOR IN-MOLD LABELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T257517.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 2776/17 () of 17.3.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F02F 1/00 F02B 77/02 F02F 1/20 C23C 4/02	Application no. 09167884.7
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Zylindrische Lauffläche sowie Verfahren zur Herstellung einer zylindrischen Lauffläche
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T277617.20210317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1173/18 (Nutritional product promoting safer swallowing/NESTEC) of 3.5.2021
Online on 12.05.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/05 A23L 1/0526 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/308 A61K 31/715 A61K 36/185	Application no. 12812921.0
Keywords Main request: added subject-matter - (no); clarity - (yes); Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COHESIVE THIN LIQUIDS TO PROMOTE SAFE SWALLOWING IN DYSPHAGIC PATIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T117318.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2040/14 (Providing prepaid gift cards to devices with or without NFC … of 12.2.2021
Online on 11.05.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00 G06Q 20/00	Application no. 09807223.4
Keywords Inventive step - querying a dedicated server to determine whether a mobile device is NFC enabled (yes Inventive step - no hint in prior art)				Application title METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ELECTRONICALLY DELIVERING A PREPAID CARD TO A MOBILE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T204014.20210212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1625/16 () of 20.4.2021
Online on 11.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/66 G01F 1/60	Application no. 09794875.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COORDINATION OF MEASUREMENT SUBSYSTEMS OF A FLOW METER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T162516.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1554/17 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 11.05.2021	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 3/02 D04H 3/08 D04H 3/14 D04H 3/16 D04H 1/44 D04H 1/54 D21F 1/00	Application no. 12166561.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 1 - justification for late filing (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request 4 Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Method of making a double-sided embossed non-woven fabric
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155417.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 2600/17 () of 16.3.2021
Online on 11.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/38	Application no. 08736289.3
Keywords Main request - Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1 - admitted (yes) - broadening of claims (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - request clearly allowable (no) - admitted (no)				Application title OPTICAL CONNECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260017.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 1272/18 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 11.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 7/24 B05D 7/14 B05D 1/00	Application no. 10718958.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Disclaimer Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (nein)				Application title METALLSUBSTRATE MIT KRATZFESTER UND DEHNBARER KORROSIONSSCHUTZSCHICHT UND VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T127218.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 458 KB)
T 1375/19 (Stabilized clostridial toxin/ALLERGAN) of 3.5.2021
Online on 11.05.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/32 A61K 38/48	Application no. 13178507.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Non-protein stabilized clostridial toxin pharmaceutical compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T137519.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)
T 0812/16 () of 15.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 3/06 B29C 37/00 B32B 27/40 C09D 175/16	Application no. 08801604.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung Spät eingereichtes behauptetes Tatsachenvorbringen Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title LACK, FLEXIBLER SCHICHTVERBUND MIT EINEM TRÄGER UND EINER DARAUF AUFGEBRACHTEN LACKSCHICHT SOWIE DEREN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T081216.20210415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1420/16 () of 19.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00 G06Q 40/00 H04L 12/24	Application no. 10858489.7
Keywords Amendments - main request and first auxiliary request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - second auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - third auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - fourth auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - fourth auxiliary request (yes)				Application title TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T142016.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 2728/16 (Parallel patch clamp/MOLECULAR DEVICES) of 26.3.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 13/00 C12M 1/34	Application no. 05795434.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 1-16 (no) Auxiliary request 4b - admitted (no)				Application title PARALLEL PATCH CLAMP SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T272816.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 497 KB)
T 0760/17 (Polymeric film for smoking encased foodstuff/VISKASE) of 15.3.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 13/00 C08J 5/18 C08L 29/04 C08L 77/00	Application no. 05001395.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to IX - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests of the series "A, "B" and "C" - admission (no)				Application title Smokable polymeric casing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T076017.20210315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 0784/17 () of 30.3.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/00 F03D 11/00 F03D 11/04	Application no. 11707994.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag Kein vollständiger Sachvortrag zum Hilfsantrag				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERPRÜFUNG DES BAULICHEN ZUSTANDS VON WINDKRAFTANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T078417.20210330				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2220/17 () of 21.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B21F 27/20	Application no. 15002639.1
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES KONTINUIERLICHEN GITTERTRÄGERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T222017.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2606/17 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 47/31 B65G 47/08 B65B 35/44 B65B 57/16 B65G 47/68 B65G 47/71	Application no. 09161269.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Transportvorrichtung zum Zuführen von Artikeln zu einer Verpackungsmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T260617.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0364/18 () of 16.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B 7/00 F04B 49/22 F04B 49/24 F04B 53/10 F04B 49/06 F04B 17/02	Application no. 12705171.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Extent of opposition				Application title METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HYDRAULIC MACHINE TO REDUCE TORQUE RIPPLE AND/OR BEARING SIDE LOAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T036418.20210416				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0983/18 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 13162352.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late submitted material - evidence admitted (no)				Application title Residual fat remover and method for removing residual fat of poultry fillets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T098318.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1276/18 () of 12.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 9/00 A47L 9/20	Application no. 11161193.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Saugreinigungsgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T127618.20210412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1710/18 () of 11.3.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C 29/00 F04C 29/02 F04C 23/00 F04C 18/32 F04C 29/06	Application no. 11852747.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title COMPRESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T171018.20210311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 2277/18 (Implantat/BRI TECH) of 10.2.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C 23/00 A61F 2/28 C22C 23/04 C22F 1/06	Application no. 13187287.1
Keywords Hauptantrag - Rückkehr zur erteilten Fassung - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag - Änderungen - nicht offenbarter Disclaimer - Disclaimer nimmt mehr aus als nötig - zulässig nach G 1/03 (nein) Hilfsanträge - Einschränkung des Disclaimers - Ausnahme vom Verschlechterungsverbot zulässig nach G 1/99 (nein) Rüge nach Regel 106 EPÜ - zulässig (nein)				Application title Implantat für Patienten im Wachstum, Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung und Verwendung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227718.20210210				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 486 KB)
T 2366/18 (Notification feed across multiple client devices/DROPBOX) of 16.3.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06Q 10/06	Application no. 13818558.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Amendment after summons - third auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Notification feed across multiple client devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T236618.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2389/18 () of 21.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 23/16 C08L 23/28	Application no. 13191797.3
Keywords Zulassung von Dokumenten Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und erster Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title HARZVERNETZUNG VON KAUTSCHUKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T238918.20210421				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 2576/18 (Controlling an environmental parameter/CHAN) of 14.1.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G05D 23/19	Application no. 13790120.3
Keywords Inventive step - deriving an undisclosed parameter from the prior art and moreover improving it Inventive step - (yes, beyond the ambit of the skilled person)				Application title INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T257618.20210114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2944/18 (Short peptides/RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITÄT) of 9.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/04 C07K 14/47	Application no. 11775737.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Short peptides for enhancing muscle function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T294418.20210409				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 3029/18 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D 9/04 F02D 9/10 F02D 11/06 F02D 11/10 F16K 1/22	Application no. 09003474.5
Keywords Zurückverweisung - (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Abgasklappenantrieb für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T302918.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2358/19 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 09732942.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T235819.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1949/20 () of 5.5.2021
Online on 10.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.5.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 3/00	Application no. 13789795.5
Keywords Abhilfe durch Prüfungsabteilung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM HERSTELLEN VON GETRÄNKEBEHÄLTNISSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T194920.20210505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0925/16 () of 22.2.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 19/10	Application no. 11008779.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsanträge I bis V: nicht substantiiert Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsantrag VI: eingereicht nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title Vorrichtung zur Bildung von Zigarettengruppen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T092516.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2204/16 () of 11.2.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16K 1/226 F02D 9/04	Application no. 09004906.5
Keywords Neuheit (Hauptantrag: nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 2: ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument eingereicht nach der Beschwerdebegründung Verspätetes Vorbringen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Klappenventil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T220416.20210211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0858/17 () of 19.4.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 167/02	Application no. 09705632.9
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - admitted (yes) Main request and auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 2 filed at oral proceedings - admitted (no)				Application title POWDER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T085817.20210419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1369/17 (Troponin as biomarker for heart failure/ROCHE) of 23.2.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 23.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 11743231.0
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed evidence Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Use of biomarkers in the assessment of the early transition from arterial hypertension to heart failure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T136917.20210223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 1876/17 () of 31.3.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 8/00	Application no. 10009889.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Implant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T187617.20210331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2644/17 () of 4.2.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 71/00 B65D 85/46 E04D 13/16	Application no. 11778526.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title PACKING- AND/OR TRANSPORT UNIT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INSULATION LAYER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T264417.20210204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2662/17 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 1/02	Application no. 10724996.3
Keywords Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens - Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsantrag				Application title ERMITTLUNG UND LOKALISIERUNG DES SCHIMMELBEFALLS IN INNENRÄUMEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266217.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0044/18 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 77/02	Application no. 09153394.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiger Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polyamiden unter Verwendung von Carbonsäuren und Amiden
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T004418.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 474 KB)
T 0203/18 () of 8.2.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B05C 5/02	Application no. 12740088.5
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - zugelassen (nein) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title DOSIERSYSTEM UND DOSIERVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T020318.20210208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1556/18 () of 3.5.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.5.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 9/12 B23K 9/073 B23K 9/09 B23K 9/067	Application no. 10796899.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title ARC WELDING CONTROL METHOD AND ARC WELDING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T155618.20210503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 2663/19 () of 5.2.2021
Online on 07.05.2021	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 19/02 G06T 1/00 B65G 47/14	Application no. 13003101.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Vollständige oder anteilige Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum automatisierten Entnehmen von in einem Behälter angeordneten Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T266319.20210205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1281/15 (Hochfrequenzmesshalle / Airbus Defence and Space GmbH) of 23.3.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R 29/08	Application no. 06829194.7
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (nein)				Application title HOCHFREQUENZMESSHALLE ZUR VERMESSUNG VON GROSSEN MESSOBJEKTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T128115.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0329/16 () of 9.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P 6/18	Application no. 06700603.1
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (nein) Rügepflicht - Einwand zurückgewiesen				Application title Rotorlagendetektion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T032916.20210409				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 0527/16 () of 25.3.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 13/189 G08B 29/14 G01V 8/14 H01L 27/14 H04N 17/00	Application no. 08022150.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Testen eines optischen Sensors und testbarer optischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T052716.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1756/16 () of 14.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/16 G01J 3/42 G01N 21/33	Application no. 09001890.4
Keywords Zulassung des Hauptantrags (ja) Zulassung von Einwänden (teilweise) Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur extrakorporalen Blutbehandlung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T175616.20210414				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2434/16 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC F41C 23/04	Application no. 08836412.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title AUTOMATIC OR SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE WITH FOLDING CLAMSHELL BUTTSTOCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243416.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 2531/16 () of 19.3.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/808 H01L 27/085	Application no. 09726572.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WHEREIN A FIRST INSULATED GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR IS CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH A SECOND FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T253116.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0080/17 (SCHAUMSTOFF-VERBUNDELEMENTE) of 14.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 5/18 B32B 7/12 B32B 15/18 B32B 15/20 B32B 27/40 B32B 15/095	Application no. 10721704.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES SCHAUMSTOFF-VERBUNDELEMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T008017.20210414				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0572/17 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/00	Application no. 05742752.8
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents - Einstellung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title KRAGPLATTENANSCHLUSSELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T057217.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 246 KB)
T 0626/17 (Arachidonic acid for enhancing cognitive abilities / SUNTORY) of 9.2.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/202 A61P 25/28 A23L 1/30	Application no. 03748553.9
Keywords Main request - amendments - added subject-matter (no) Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Main request - novelty of use - second (or further) non-medical use (yes) Main request - inventive step (yes) Late-filed objection under Article 100(b) EPC Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (yes)				Application title COMPOSITION CONTAINING ARACHIDONIC ACID ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID FOR ENHANCING COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN ADULTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T062617.20210209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 0875/17 () of 2.3.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 13/06 A47J 31/44 G07F 9/02	Application no. 06721904.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Zurückverweisung - (nein)				Application title BEDIENUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR HEISSGETRÄNKEAUTOMATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T087517.20210302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1595/17 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 14171785.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Durchführung einer Geldtransaktion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159517.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1736/17 (Schaltlogikmodul mit Multiplexer/PHOENIX) of 23.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/05	Application no. 11703663.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 und 2 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3 (ja)				Application title Schaltlogikmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T173617.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1884/17 (Innenliegende Schicht aus TPU / RÖHM) of 22.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/30 B32B 27/40	Application no. 07712524.3
Keywords Änderungen (alle Anträge) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Transparenter Kunststoff-Verbund
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T188417.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2365/17 () of 30.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/26 C08K 9/04 C08K 13/06 C08J 5/18	Application no. 99922271.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title USE OF PARTICULATE CARBONATES IN THERMOPLASTIC FILM COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T236517.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 259 KB)
T 2430/17 (Thrombocythemia/GALENICUM HEALTH) of 28.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/517	Application no. 11710202.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Basis of proceedings - decision under appeal				Application title NOVEL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T243017.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0321/18 () of 26.3.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/00 C08L 9/00 C09J 109/00	Application no. 10739640.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Geltend gemachter Effekt nicht für gesamten beanspruchten Bereich glaubhaft Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe umformuliert Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title KAUTSCHUK-ZUSAMMENSETZUNG MIT HOHER ELASTIZITÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T032118.20210326				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0485/18 () of 9.3.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 2/12 B01J 29/00 B01J 29/04 B01J 29/08 B01J 29/70 B01J 29/40 B01J 29/80 B01J 29/90 B01J 38/12 C10G 29/20 C10G 50/02 B01J 35/10 B01J 21/12 C08F 10/00	Application no. 07788742.0
Keywords Evidence filed with the notice of opposition inadmissible (no) Admissibility of late-filed evidence substantively discussed during opposition oral proceedings (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF OLEFIN OLIGOMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T048518.20210309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1585/18 () of 1.3.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/16	Application no. 11700357.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title NOVEL POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T158518.20210301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1271/20 (Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung/ECKELT) of 30.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 7/185 H04B 5/00	Application no. 13771445.7
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren: keine mündliche Verhandlung beantragt Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fristgerecht eingelegt (nein) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - (nein): Antrag nicht formgerecht und Wiedereinsetzungsgebühr nicht entrichtet				Application title Kommunikationssystem in einem Flugzeug mit einer Nahfeldkommunikationsschnittstelle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T127120.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1663/20 (Missing statement of grounds) of 30.4.2021
Online on 06.05.2021	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 30.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 37/02	Application no. 10776039.9
Keywords -				Application title A DIMMING BRIDGE MODULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166320.20210430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 226 KB)
R 0007/19 (petition admissible, but clearly unallowable) of 5.3.2021
Online on 04.05.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 5.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/64 B01D 53/02 B01J 20/04 B01J 20/16 B01J 20/12	Application no. 02710558.4
Keywords obligation to raise objections- no objection raised, but excusable under the circumstances no requests relevant for the decision ignored				Application title A METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF MERCURY FROM A GAS STREAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:R000719.20210305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
R 0013/20 (Petition clearly inadmissible) of 29.3.2021
Online on 04.05.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 29.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 7/23	Application no. 10720343.2
Keywords Obligation to raise objections - objection raised (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DEGARELIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:R001320.20210329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1157/16 () of 12.3.2021
Online on 04.05.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 19/44 C09K 19/12 C09K 19/30 C09K 19/02 G02F 1/13	Application no. 10003550.0
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Flüssigkristallines Medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T115716.20210312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 508 KB)
T 2372/18 (Space-time coding/InterDigital) of 28.4.2021
Online on 04.05.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/00 H04L 1/02	Application no. 07821019.2
Keywords Late-filed facts - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A STREAM OF DATA IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST TWO ANTENNAS AND TRANSMITTER IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T237218.20210428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0189/19 (Ranking semi-structured documents/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 10.3.2021
Online on 04.05.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 12817909.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - discretion to admit requests not admitted by the examining division Amendments - first auxiliary request (yes) Added subject-matter - first auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - second auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - third auxiliary request (no)				Application title Utilization of features extracted from structured documents to improve search relevance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018919.20210310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0129/17 () of 24.2.2021
Online on 03.05.2021	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.2.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/22 F24H 3/04 F24H 9/18	Application no. 08015712.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - neuer Einwand unter Artikel 56 EPÜ erstmals in der mündlichen Verhandlung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Wärmeerzeugendes Element einer elektrischen Heizvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T012917.20210224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1995/17 (Chimeric peptide having bactericidal activity/BACTOCLEAR) of 17.9.2020
Online on 03.05.2021	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00 C07K 14/00	Application no. 07794592.1
Keywords Main request: inventive step (no) auxiliary request 1: admitted (no) auxiliary request 2: inventive step (yes)				Application title Phage derived antimicrobial activities
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199517.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 2756/17 () of 16.4.2021
Online on 03.05.2021	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 21/26 G01C 21/36	Application no. 00310804.0
Keywords Main and first auxiliary request - Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Method and system for providing an electronic horizon in an advanced driver assistance system architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T275617.20210416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2271/18 (Acoustic-feedback reduction/SIVANTOS) of 25.3.2021
Online on 03.05.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 H04R 3/02	Application no. 12787518.5
Keywords Clarity - main and auxiliary requests 5 to 9 (no) Admittance of requests filed after notification of summons - auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no): no exceptional circumstances and no clear allowability Admittance of request not admitted by examining division - auxiliary request 10 (no): no incorrect exercise of discretion				Application title Method and device for reducing acoustic feedback
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T227118.20210325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)

Top of page

April 2021

T 2255/15 () of 25.2.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 31/14 A01N 31/04 A01N 31/02 A61L 2/18 A61K 31/045 A61K 31/08 A61K 31/085	Application no. 03291094.5
Keywords Observations by third parties - admissibility of evidence Novelty Discretion not to admit submission Amendments Remittal				Application title Synergistic preparations based on mixtures of glycerol ether with aromatic alcohol for controlling mycobacteria
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T225515.20210225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 642 KB)
T 0170/16 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L1/08 C10G3/00 C11C3/12	Application no. 08709121.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - admitted (yes) Auxiliary requests 3 and 4 - admitted (no) Remittal - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - clarity (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PARAFFINIC HYDROCARBONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T017016.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0280/16 () of 16.3.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC G07C 5/00 G07C 5/08 G07B 15/06	Application no. 11005964.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Analyse der Funktion und/oder Daten einer Vielzahl von Vorrichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T028016.20210316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1282/16 () of 26.4.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F16K 37/00 F16K 31/60 F16K 31/05 F16K 31/08	Application no. 10008949.9
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Anteilige Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title Manuell betätigbares Ansteuermodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T128216.20210426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1386/16 () of 23.3.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.3.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC F24D12/02 F24D19/10	Application no. 10007980.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - allgemeines Fachwissen Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Verfahrensmissbrauch (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja)				Application title Brauchwassererwärmungseinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T138616.20210323				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 488 KB)
T 1692/16 (Échantillons de signaux radio/ORANGE) of 27.4.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.4.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC H04W 4/00 H04W 28/16 H04W 16/14	Application no. 13189610.2
Keywords Clarté - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête principale et subsidiaire (non)				Application title Procédé d'obtention d'échantillons numérisés de signaux radio, procédé de traitement d'une requête de recherche d'échantillons, procédé de traitement de signaux radio, dispositifs et équipements associés
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169216.20210427				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0716/17 () of 22.2.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M3/338 H05B33/08	Application no. 06425407.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - sixth auxiliary request (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Admissibility of appeal - although inadmissible request in notice of appeal (yes) Auxiliary requests - lack of substantiation - admissible (no) Auxiliary requests - re-ordering - admissible (no)				Application title Driver arrangement for LED lamps
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T071617.20210222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1619/17 (Adaptive variable length coding/NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY) of 26.2.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 7/42	Application no. 03700323.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and first to third auxiliary requests (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - fourth auxiliary request (no)				Application title Adaptive variable length coding
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T161917.20210226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1780/17 (Gradient MEMS microphone/HARMAN) of 23.4.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R19/00 H04R19/04	Application no. 14175485.3
Keywords Further processing - (yes): omitted act completed and prescribed fee paid in due time Admittance of claim requests filed after expiry of the period set in R. 100(2) EPC communication - all requests (no): no exceptional circumstances and no cogent reasons				Application title Gradient micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T178017.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 0134/18 (Formulations of a SRC/ABL inhibitor / BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB) of 23.4.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K9/28 A61K31/506	Application no. 06769997.5
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title FORMULATIONS OF A SRC/ABL INHIBITOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T013418.20210423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0233/18 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/14	Application no. 08728022.8
Keywords Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Right to be heard - reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title MEDICAL INJECTOR WITH COMPLIANCE TRACKING AND MONITORING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T023318.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0660/18 () of 31.3.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 31.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A01P 13/00 A01N 25/00 A01N 39/02 A01N 39/04 A01N 37/40 A01N 43/40	Application no. 08726071.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor / revocation requested by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM HERBICIDAL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND TETRAALKYLAMMONIUM OR (ARYLALKYL) TRIALKYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T066018.20210331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1664/18 (Reconnecting a device to a group call/BLACKBERRY) of 20.4.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/56	Application no. 09154007.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Clarity - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Admittance of claim requests filed after summons - third and fourth auxiliary requests (no): no clear allowability				Application title System and method for reconnecting a device to a group call
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T166418.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 2441/18 (Beschichten im Tauchbad mit einer Elektrolytlösung/Muhr&Bender) of 20.4.2021
Online on 30.04.2021	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC C25D 17/00 C25D 5/02 C25D 5/16 C25D 5/18 C25D 5/36 C25D 17/12 B32B 15/01 C21D 8/02 C23C 2/02 C21D 9/52 C21D 9/54 C25D 5/34	Application no. 15168997.3
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (ja) Allgemeine Grundsätze - Vertrauensschutz				Application title VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES GEHÄRTETEN FORMTEILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T244118.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343 KB)
G 0002/19 (Rechtliches Gehör und richtiger Verhandlungsort) of 16.7.2019
Online on 29.04.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L29/06 H04L29/08 H04W28/06 H04W80/00 H04W80/02 H04W80/04 H04W88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Anspruch eines Dritten im Sinne von Artikel 115 EPÜ auf mündliche Verhandlung bei Beschwerde wegen Deutlichkeitsmängeln erteilter Patentansprüche - nein Prüfung der Zulässigkeitsgründe für eine Vorlage nach Artikel 112 (1) a) EPÜ durch die Große Beschwerdekammer Aufschiebende Wirkung der Beschwerde eines Dritten im Sinne von Artikel 115 EPÜ wegen Deutlichkeitsmängeln erteilter Patentansprüche nein Offensichtliche Unzulässigkeit eines Rechtsbehelfs liegt vor, wenn eine zur Rechtsmitteleinlegung nicht befugte Person (hier: Dritter im Sinne von Artikel 115 EPÜ) einen nach dem EPÜ nicht anerkannten Beschwerdegegenstand verfolgt (hier: Beseitigung von Deutlichkeitsmängeln des Patentanspruchs im Sinne von Artikel 84 EPÜ). Mündliche Beschwerdekammerverhandlungen in Haar - zulässig				Application title Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Mobilfunknetzes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000219.20190716				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 126 KB)
G 0002/19 (Right to be heard and correct venue for oral proceedings) of 16.7.2019
Online on 29.04.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L29/06 H04L29/08 H04W28/06 H04W80/00 H04W80/02 H04W80/04 H04W88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Right of a third party within the meaning of Article 115 EPC to oral proceedings on appeal against a lack of clarity in granted patent claims no Examination by the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the grounds for admissibility of a referral under Article 112(1)(a) EPC Suspensive effect of an appeal filed by a third party within the meaning of Article 115 EPC against a lack of clarity in granted patent claims no A means of redress is clearly inadmissible where a person without standing to file an appeal (here: a third party within the meaning of Article 115 EPC) relies on a grievance not recognised under the EPC (here: a lack of clarity to be removed from the patent claims for the purposes of Article 84 EPC) Oral proceedings before the boards of appeal in Haar permissible				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000219.20190716				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 137 KB)
G 0002/19 (Droit d'être entendu et lieu approprié d'une procédure orale) of 16.7.2019
Online on 29.04.2021	Board EBA	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L29/06 H04L29/08 H04W28/06 H04W80/00 H04W80/02 H04W80/04 H04W88/18	Application no. 10182497.7
Keywords Droit d'un tiers au sens de l'article 115 CBE à la tenue d'une procédure orale en cas de recours pour manque de clarté des revendications d'un brevet délivré non Examen, par la Grande Chambre de recours, des motifs de recevabilité d'une saisine au titre de l'article 112(1)a) CBE Effet suspensif du recours formé par un tiers au sens de l'article 115 CBE pour manque de clarté des revendications d'un brevet délivré non Irrecevabilité manifeste d'un moyen de recours moyen de recours manifestement irrecevable lorsqu'une personne non admise à exercer ledit moyen (en l'occurrence un tiers au sens de l'article 115 CBE) invoque un motif de recours non reconnu en vertu de la CBE (en l'occurrence le manque de clarté des revendications du brevet au sens de l'article 84 CBE) Procédures orales devant les chambres de recours peuvent avoir lieu à Haar				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000219.20190716				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 152 KB)
T 1605/16 (Kosmetisches Mittel/HENKEL) of 20.4.2021
Online on 29.04.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/46 A61K8/49 A61Q7/00 A61P17/14 A61Q5/06	Application no. 07788306.4
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Grundlage des Verfahrens - angefochtene Entscheidung				Application title KOSMETISCHES MITTEL ENTHALTEND PURIN UND/ODER EIN PURINDERIVAT UND TAURIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T160516.20210420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0347/17 () of 2.2.2021
Online on 29.04.2021	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M163/00	Application no. 06785653.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Late filed request - not admitted				Application title ZINC-FREE FARM TRACTOR FLUID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T034717.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 498 KB)
T 1214/17 (Pharmaceutical solutions/UCB PHARMA) of 19.3.2021
Online on 29.04.2021	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/08 A61K31/4015	Application no. 09716304.2
Keywords Authorisation - filing of authorisation Late submitted material - document admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS, PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND THERAPEUTIC USES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T121417.20210319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 1992/17 (HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION DEVICE WITH OVERLAPPING KEYBOARD AND TOUCH … of 26.1.2021
Online on 29.04.2021	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.1.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/00	Application no. 07845978.1
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T199217.20210126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0185/18 () of 22.4.2021
Online on 29.04.2021	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.4.2021	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q17/02 A61Q17/04 A61Q19/00 A61K8/37 A61K8/06	Application no. 07818208.6
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title ALKYLBENZOAT GEMISCHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T018518.20210422				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0906/18 (Epoprostenol formulations/ACTELION) of 2.2.2021
Online on 29.04.2021	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.2.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/557 A61K 31/5585 A61K 9/08 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/02 A61K 9/19 A61K 47/26 A61K 9/00	Application no. 07763188.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title NOVEL EPOPROSTENOL FORMULATION AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T090618.20210202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403

Contact

See also

Decisions in 2021

Available months in 2021

August 2021

Online on

Board

Decision date

Proc. language

IPC

Application no.

Keywords

Application title

European Case Law Identifier

Distribution

Decision

Online on

Board

Decision date

Proc. language

IPC

Application no.

Keywords

Application title

European Case Law Identifier

Distribution

Decision

Online on

Board

Decision date

Proc. language

IPC

Application no.

Keywords

Application title

European Case Law Identifier

Distribution

Decision

Online on

Board

Decision date

Proc. language

IPC

Application no.

Keywords

Application title

European Case Law Identifier

Distribution

Decision

Online on

Board

Decision date

Proc. language

IPC

Application no.

Keywords

Application title

European Case Law Identifier

Distribution

Decision

Online on

Board

Decision date

Proc. language

IPC

Application no.

Keywords

Application title

European Case Law Identifier

Distribution

Decision

Online on

Board

Decision date

Proc. language

IPC

Application no.

Keywords

Application title

European Case Law Identifier