Decisions in 2022

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2022 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2022

December 2022

T 1794/16 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/072	Application no. 10006462.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Added subject-matter - (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Surgical stapler with universal articulation and tissue pre-clamp
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T179416.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 665 KB)
T 2256/17 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/70 H04N 19/88 H04N 21/44	Application no. 14724585.6
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED RTP PAYLOAD FORMAT DESIGNS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T225617.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1248/18 (Sicherheitspapier/G+D) of 28.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H 21/42	Application no. 12769595.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES SICHERHEITSPAPIERS UND MIKROLINSENFADEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124818.20221128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 2941/18 () of 7.10.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/5313 C08L 77/00 C08K 7/14 C08J 5/08 C08J 5/04	Application no. 13170801.8
Keywords Berichtigung der Bezeichnung einer Einsprechenden (ja) Hilfsantrag 5 - zugelassen - hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Einwand mangelnder erfinderischer Tätigkeit - zugelassen (ja) Hilfsantrag 5 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) naheliegende Alternative Hilfsantrag 8 - nicht zugelassen - rechtfertigende Gründe für die Änderungen (nein)				Application title Glasfaserverstärkte flammgeschützte Polyamidformmassen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T294118.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 532 KB)
T 1473/19 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00 H01F38/18 H04B5/00	Application no. 11749363.5
Keywords New evidence filed on appeal - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes) Correction of error - (no)				Application title CONTACTLESS ROTARY JOINT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147319.20220930				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 1742/19 (Pharmaceutical composition containing an anti-nucleating agent/ MERCK … of 10.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/48 A61K 31/513	Application no. 05852790.4
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1-5 - Sufficiency of disclosure (No) Auxiliary request 6 - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes) Auxiliary request 6 - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANTI-NUCLEATING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T174219.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1943/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC D01D 13/02 H01L 23/34	Application no. 13716999.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG SYNTHETISCHER FÄDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T194319.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2530/19 (Hearing aid's gain model/SONOVA) of 25.10.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H03G 3/30 H03G 3/32 H04R 25/00	Application no. 10752598.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no), second auxiliary request (yes) Sufficient disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T253019.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2599/19 () of 14.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 07871714.7
Keywords Admittance of main and sole request (no) - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title A VIBRATING FLOW DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A VIBRATING FLOW DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T259919.20221114				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1182/20 (Synergistic antimicrobial agents/NEVADA NATURALS) of 10.11.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 3/3508 A23L 3/3526 A23B 4/12 A01N 37/02 C07C 233/00	Application no. 12876407.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests (no) Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Synergistic antimicrobial agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118220.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1121/21 () of 26.9.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 9/04 C09C 3/08 C08J 3/20	Application no. 06749347.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (no) Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Opponent identifiable				Application title TREATED FILLER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T112121.20220926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1784/22 () of 20.12.2022
Online on 23.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/122 A61B 17/128	Application no. 02775909.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title THROUGH THE SCOPE ENDOSCOPIC HEMOSTATIC CLIPPING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178422.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0256/16 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 67/00 B27N 5/00	Application no. 05783838.5
Keywords Admittance of documents D7 to D16 (no) Admittance of auxiliary request 1 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes) Unallowable extension (yes: main request; no: auxiliary request 1) Apportionment of costs (no)				Application title Method for manufacturing products based on wood powder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T025616.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 731 KB)
T 2726/17 (Warning radar system / Airbus Helicopters Deutschland) of 16.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 13/94 G01S 13/90	Application no. 12400052.2
Keywords Filing of Notice of Appeal via Web-form filing, sufficient time for informing appellant Principles of legitimate expectations and of good faith Inventive step - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 to 4 (no)				Application title An obstacle and terrain warning radar system for a rotorcraft
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T272617.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0436/18 () of 28.10.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 11/00	Application no. 07015018.0
Keywords Added matter (yes: main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4) Admittance of auxiliary requests 5 to 8 (no)				Application title Intaglio printing press
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043618.20221028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0450/18 () of 11.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board -	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Beschwerdeverfahren - Besorgnis der Befangenheit - (nein) Verweis des Verfahrens in Hauptsache an Beschwerdekammer mit anderer Besetzung und anderer Geschäftsstelle - (nein) Kostenverteilung zulasten der (der mündlichen Verhandlung fernbleibenden) Einsprechenden Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T045018.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 562 KB)
T 1280/18 (Managing data/SAMSUNG) of 15.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 15174165.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T128018.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2075/18 (Optical skin treatment / Koninklijke Philips N.V.) of 23.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/06 A61B 18/20 H05B 41/34 H05B 41/30 A61B 18/00	Application no. 11773563.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T207518.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2907/18 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/496 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/49	Application no. 10828107.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Remittal - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T290718.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 1213/19 () of 23.9.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 67/00	Application no. 12724706.2
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title Method for producing a three-dimensional object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T121319.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2213/19 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 15/06 E05D 15/00	Application no. 14003192.3
Keywords Hauptantrag: Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 1: Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 2: Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsanträge 3-9: Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Voraussetzungen des Art. 12 (3) VOBK 2020 erfüllt (nein)				Application title Halteschiene zur Aufnahme einer Glasscheibe, Glasscheibe und Befestigungsverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T221319.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2950/19 () of 7.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 09739629.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title VERY HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATORY FLOW METER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T295019.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0221/20 () of 7.10.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 11/00 B41F 5/02 B41F 5/06 B41F 23/08 B41F 13/004 B41F 11/02 B41F 13/00 B41F 13/70 B65H 29/22 B65H 43/04 B65H 5/06	Application no. 13848246.8
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Admittance - auxiliary requests 1 and 2, documents K7 and K8 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Combination printer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T022120.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1348/20 (Ecolab/alkali-acid system) of 1.12.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00 C11D 3/04 C11D 3/20 C11D 7/06 C11D 7/08 C11D 7/10 C11D 7/26	Application no. 12788936.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title NON-PHOSPHATE DETERGENTS AND NON-PHOSPHORIC ACIDS IN AN ALTERNATING ALKALI/ACID SYSTEM FOR WAREWASHING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T134820.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1604/20 (Mobile terminal/LG ELECTRONICS) of 11.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 16167913.9
Keywords Divisional application - main request Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Divisional application - new auxiliary request Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Divisional application - after amendment Admissibility - late filed new auxiliary request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title MOBILE TERMINAL AND USER INTERFACE OF MOBILE TERMINAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T160420.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1617/21 () of 25.11.2022
Online on 22.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 47/00	Application no. 18173918.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title TOBACCO-CONTAINING SMOKING ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T161721.20221125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
D 0001/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D000119.20221213				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 215 KB)
D 0018/19 () of 22.11.2021
Online on 21.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 22.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:D001819.20211122				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
R 0004/21 (Antrag auf Überprüfung) of 19.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 19.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B 5/12	Application no. 15770794.4
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung (offensichtlich unbegründet) Verstoß gegen Art. 112a (2) c) (nein)				Application title KNIEHEBELSPANNVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE ZUR VERWENDUNG IM KAROSSERIEBAU DER KFZ-INDUSTRIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R000421.20221219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 481 KB)
T 2803/18 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/42 G08B 19/00 G08B 23/00 G06N 5/04 G06N 99/00	Application no. 11794955.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHOD FOR ANALYSING EVENTS FROM SENSOR DATA BY OPTIMIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T280318.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0009/19 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 39/02	Application no. 07110130.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Laundry washing machine dispenser for detergent products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T000919.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 733 KB)
T 1134/19 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/04 B29C 45/32 B29C 45/16	Application no. 10181792.2
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (ja) Zulassung - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Spritzgiessvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T113419.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 504 KB)
T 1526/19 (Modifying search results based on context/LENOVO) of 15.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 16173805.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Modifying search results based on context characteristics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T152619.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1974/19 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F16B 7/04 F16L 3/133 F16L 3/24	Application no. 14290055.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - mémoire de recours Recevabilité du recours - déposé dans les délais (oui) Droit d'être entendu - procédure d'opposition Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Système de fixation d'un corps sur une paroi
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T197419.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2249/19 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/68 F16F 15/12 F16D 13/75 F16D 21/06	Application no. 06753290.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht in Frage gestellt Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KUPPLUNGSAGGREGAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T224919.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 281 KB)
T 3212/19 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B22D 11/049 B22D 11/20	Application no. 13706576.9
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui) Objet premier de la procédure de recours - moyens de recours invoqués portant sur les objections sur lesquelles la décision était fondée				Application title DISPOSITIF DE REFROIDISSEMENT A DOUBLE JET POUR MOULE DE COULEE SEMI-CONTINUE VERTICALE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T321219.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 542 KB)
T 0659/20 (Distribution of market data/REFINITIV) of 14.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/04 H04L 9/32	Application no. 14860317.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Request filed after summons - auxiliary request (not admitted)				Application title FAIR CREDIT SCREENED MARKET DATA DISTRIBUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T065920.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1058/20 (Alcohol production / Jupeng) of 4.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10J 3/66 C12P 7/08 C10J 3/02	Application no. 09767101.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) amendment of the party's appeal case - new request limited to one alternative (yes) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title METHODS FOR SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE INTO ALCOHOLS VIA GASIFICATION AND FERMENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T105820.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0650/21 () of 15.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 11/14 E01C 11/08	Application no. 15162038.2
Keywords Admissibility of patent proprietor's appeal - statement of grounds - filed within time limit (no) Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - Prohibition of reformatio in peius Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title STRUCTURAL JOINT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T065021.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0695/21 () of 3.11.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B63H 25/50 G05D 1/02 B63H 25/42 B63H 5/125	Application no. 15152584.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Abridged reasons for decision - agreement with finding of department of first instance Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no)				Application title Ship emergency stopping
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069521.20221103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2243/22 (A polypeptide/MICREOS) of 14.12.2022
Online on 21.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/36	Application no. 16172568.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A polypeptide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T224322.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1108/18 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 38/18 H01F 27/36	Application no. 08728478.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no)				Application title Shielded Power Coupling Device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110818.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 1683/18 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41N 1/08	Application no. 07759824.1
Keywords Valid filing of the appeal (yes) Admittance of improved translation (yes) Added matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (no) Admittance of auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)				Application title Manufacturing process to produce litho sheet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168318.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 2911/19 (Beta-glucosidase/NOVOZYMES) of 8.6.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 19/04 C12P 7/06	Application no. 05736399.6
Keywords Patent as granted - added matter - (no) Admittance of experimental data not admitted in opposition proceedings - (no) Objection under Rule 106 EPC - dismissed Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Validity of the priority - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Admittance of late-filed evidence and lines of attack - (no)				Application title METHODS FOR DEGRADING OR CONVERTING PLANT CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T291119.20220608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 732 KB)
T 2924/19 (Methods of creating and screening DNA-encoded libraries/X-CHEM) of 14.12.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C40B 40/08 C40B 70/00	Application no. 10741877.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHODS OF CREATING AND SCREENING DNA-ENCODED LIBRARIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T292419.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 0448/20 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/14 C08L 23/00 C08L 23/26 H01B 1/00 H01B 3/44	Application no. 14802774.1
Keywords Late-filed objection raised after summons Late-filed objection - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title MOISTURE-AND PEROXIDE-CROSSLINKABLE POLYMERIC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T044820.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1621/20 (Physical-section-versus-virtual-section cross-referencing mechanism/ … of 28.11.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06 G06F 17/30	Application no. 10151426.3
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method for performing storage virtualization in a storage system architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T162120.20221128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 0383/21 (Switching another USB port into a charging port/Microchip) of 16.12.2022
Online on 20.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/42	Application no. 15724834.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - appealed decision reasoned (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - request for oral proceedings withdrawn (yes)				Application title PORT DISCONNECT CHARGING FUNCTION FOR USB HUB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T038321.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1261/19 (Smallpox vaccine/BAVARIAN NORDIC) of 12.10.2022
Online on 19.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/285 A61K 39/145 A61K 39/29 A61K 39/12 A61P 37/04	Application no. 06707039.1
Keywords Admissibility of opponent's appeal (no) Late-filed objection - admitted into the proceedings (no) Main request - novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Application title Use of a modified poxvirus for the rapid induction of immunity against a poxvirus or other infectious agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T126119.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 0108/20 () of 2.12.2022
Online on 19.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J 31/44 A47J 31/52	Application no. 14165354.3
Keywords Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung im Sinne des Art. 12 (4) VOBK 2020 Änderung des Vorbringens - in zulässiger Weise vorgebracht und aufrechterhalten (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Bedien- und Anzeigevorrichtung für einen programmgesteuerten Getränkebereiter und Getränkebereiter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T010820.20221202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1612/20 (Two thresholds for signaling data/ROCHE) of 18.11.2022
Online on 19.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 16153000.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD FOR OPERATING A MEDICAL SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T161220.20221118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1924/15 (Plasma Arc Torch / Hypertherm) of 8.4.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05H 1/28 H05H 1/34	Application no. 04759383.5
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Novelty (no) Novelty - public prior use (yes) Novelty - burden of proof Amendment to appeal case - state of the proceedings				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNMENT OF COMPONENTS OF A PLASMA ARC TORCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192415.20220408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 524 KB)
T 1158/17 (Routing electronic message/ESCHER GROUP) of 12.12.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06Q 50/00	Application no. 09783613.4
Keywords Technical contribution - routing an electronic message and ensuring its integrity (yes - no mere automation of an administrative scheme) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC BUSINESS POSTAL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T115817.20221212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2007/17 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/20 A61B 17/00 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/145 A61K 9/14 A61M 37/00	Application no. 11767067.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SOLUBLE NEEDLE ARRAYS FOR DELIVERY OF INFLUENZA VACCINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T200717.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1141/18 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 A61B 5/0484 A61B 5/0488 A61B 5/16 G01R 33/48	Application no. 13798992.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Diagnostizierverfahren Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERPRÜFUNG DER VALIDITÄT VON REAKTIONEN EINER PERSON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T114118.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1545/20 (ELECTRONIC PERSONAL INTERACTIVE DEVICE / Poltorak) of 9.12.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01 G06F 3/048 G06F 17/30 G10L 15/00 H04L 12/28 G10L 13/033	Application no. 11781329.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC PERSONAL INTERACTIVE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T154520.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0158/21 () of 4.11.2022
Online on 16.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/646	Application no. 10184050.2
Keywords Correction of error - set of claims Correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (no) Amendments - amended claims relating to unsearched subject-matter Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - Interlocutory revision				Application title Electrical connector with improved crosstalk compensation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T015821.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0781/15 (Antenneneinrichtung / Continental) of 29.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q 1/32 H01Q 5/00	Application no. 10719939.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge 1, 2, 3 (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge 1, 2, 3 (nein)				Application title ANTENNENEINRICHTUNG FÜR DIE FAHRZEUGKOMMUNIKATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078115.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2049/18 (Kochfeld / BSH) of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 6/06	Application no. 11707358.5
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr Antrag auf Antragsbindung (abgelehnt wegen fehlender rechtlicher Grundlage)				Application title KOCHFELD MIT ZUMINDEST EINER KOCHZONE SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES KOCHFELDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T204918.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2113/18 (Automated external defibrillator with integrated modem /Qualcom Inc.) of 24.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/39	Application no. 10760166.8
Keywords Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED MOBILE STATION MODEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T211318.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2384/18 () of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 31/00 A61M 25/01	Application no. 09810642.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - problem and solution approach Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes)				Application title CATHETER CONTROL SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T238418.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 2474/18 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 3/00 B65B 59/00 B65B 31/02	Application no. 11008865.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings				Application title Automated pharmacy admixture system (APAS)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T247418.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2711/18 () of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 9/25 F03D 7/02 H02J 3/16 H02J 3/38	Application no. 11195355.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Method for determining a voltage bounding range
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T271118.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0178/19 (Multipurpose solutions for contact lens/DEMO) of 15.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 12/08 C11D 3/382 C11D 3/48 A01N 65/12	Application no. 11386025.8
Keywords Novelty - multiple selection Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Multipurpose solutions for contact lens care comprising chamomile
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T017819.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0334/19 () of 23.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 11178825.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no) Claims - functional features (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title Device and method for bringing into position and arranging a carcass part of slaughtered poultry on or in a product carrier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033419.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0503/19 (ANHYDROUS CONVERSION OF METHANE / Veolia North America) of 17.11.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 303/06 C07C 309/04 C07C 29/00 C07C 31/04 C01B 3/34	Application no. 03778140.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ANHYDROUS CONVERSION OF METHANE AND OTHER LIGHT ALKANES INTO METHANOL AND OTHER DERIVATIVES, USING RADICAL PATHWAYS AND CHAIN REACTIONS WITH MINIMAL WASTE PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T050319.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0784/19 (Canine immunoglobulins/ZOETIS) of 23.5.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/22 C07K 16/46	Application no. 12723733.7
Keywords Sole request - Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Late-filed evidence - no reasons for submitting with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title Therapeutic canine immunoglobulins and methods of using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078419.20220523				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1119/19 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 293/00 G02B 1/04 C08J 7/00 B82Y 30/00 C08L 53/00 C08F 220/58	Application no. 13728602.7
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONTACT LENSES COMPRISING WATER SOLUBLE N-(2 HYDROXYALKYL) (METH)ACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS OR COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111919.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1589/19 (Competing antibodies/IMMUNEX) of 10.3.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61P 19/02 A61P 31/04 C07K 14/715	Application no. 15168899.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - main request and auxiliary request 1 (yes) Clarity - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no) Basis of proceedings - decision under appeal				Application title Use of interleukin-4 receptor antibodies and compositions thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T158919.20220310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1116/20 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/58	Application no. 15180919.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (nein) Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für Vorlage erst im Beschwerdeverfahren (nein)				Application title HYBRIDBREMSSYSTEM FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ANSTEUERN EINES HYBRIDBREMSSYSTEMS FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111620.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 556 KB)
T 0387/21 (Solid dispersion of Rotigotine / UCB BIOPHARMA) of 28.10.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 31/381	Application no. 10796399.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE FOR THE STABILIZATION OF A SOLID DISPERSION OF THE NON-CRYSTALLINE FORM OF ROTIGOTINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T038721.20221028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2014/21 (Simulation accuracy/YOKOGAWA) of 7.12.2022
Online on 15.12.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 17/02 G05B 23/02	Application no. 17192593.6
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no): improvement of simulation accuracy not credible over the whole scope of the claim				Application title Plant simulation device and plant simulation method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T201421.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0793/18 (Two factor authentication/ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES) of 9.12.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/42 G06F 21/43	Application no. 14741712.5
Keywords Inventive step - use of alphanumeric instead of QR verification code (no Inventive step - obvious alternative)				Application title TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T079318.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1356/18 () of 9.12.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 4/06 A61Q 3/02	Application no. 10750001.9
Keywords Interruption of proceedings (no) Admissibility of appeal (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title REMOVABLE COLOR GEL BASECOAT FOR ARTIFICIAL NAIL COATINGS AND METHODS THEREFORE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T135618.20221209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1512/19 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 09789714.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - main request (yes) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - amendment overcomes issues raised Amendment after summons - main request (no)				Application title A FLOW METER INCLUDING A BALANCE MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151219.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 3038/19 (Stable formulations of Neisseria Meningitidis rLP2086 antigens / … of 6.9.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/095 A61K 47/02 A61K 47/34 A61K 47/44 G01N 33/569	Application no. 11757949.0
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1-9 (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - auxiliary request 10 (yes) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (yes)				Application title STABLE FORMULATIONS OF NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS rLP2086 ANTIGENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T303819.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 0103/20 (Antibody formulation/MILLENIUM) of 24.11.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 47/12 A61K 47/14 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26 A61K 9/00	Application no. 12722973.0
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Formulation for anti- 4 7 antibody
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T010320.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
T 0199/20 (ALK-inhibitors/TAKEDA) of 4.11.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/505 A61K 31/513	Application no. 09751617.3
Keywords Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - formulation of the objective technical problem				Application title PHOSPHOROUS DERIVATIVES AS KINASE INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T019920.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0714/20 (Pedestrian detection/HITACHI) of 1.12.2022
Online on 14.12.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06T 7/00 B60R 1/00 G08G 1/16 H04N 5/235 H04N 7/18	Application no. 14757497.4
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Amendment to case - exercise of discretion Amendment to case - Article 12(4) and 12(6) RPBA 2020				Application title OBJECT SENSING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071420.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0236/18 () of 6.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/14	Application no. 10759895.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title GEHÄUSE MIT VERSCHLUSSKLAPPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T023618.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 2036/18 () of 20.9.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 273/02 C05G 3/00 C05C 9/00	Application no. 11790996.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition do not preclude the maintenance of the patent as granted				Application title FLUID BED GRANULATION OF UREA AND RELATED APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T203618.20220920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0232/19 (Process of treating hair/Rhodia Operations) of 6.12.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/02	Application no. 10702089.3
Keywords Admission of new evidence (No) Main Request - Sufficiently disclosed, novel and inventive				Application title Process of treating hair
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T023219.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0322/19 () of 11.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04	Application no. 10799241.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND DIFLUOROMETHANE AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T032219.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2345/19 (Power system/Brilliant Light Power) of 26.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/86 H01M 4/94 H01M 4/96 H01M 8/18 H01M 8/22 H01M 14/00 H01M 8/06	Application no. 12715500.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title H2O - BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN - CATALYST POWER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T234519.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2476/19 () of 21.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/64 B29C 49/78 B29C 49/68	Application no. 14173929.2
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Rücknahme der Beschwerde				Application title Heizeinrichtung und Heizverfahren für Blasmaschine sowie Blasmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T247619.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2601/19 () of 11.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 5/14	Application no. 07703196.1
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung des Anmeldungsgegenstandes (nein) Unzureichende Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title MESSANORDNUNG MIT MAGNET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T260119.20221111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 469 KB)
T 0005/20 () of 16.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F03B 13/08 F03B 3/02	Application no. 10732669.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHACHTKRAFTWERK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T000520.20221116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0430/20 (Goji Limited / Spatially controlled energy delivery) of 25.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/68 H05B 6/70	Application no. 15161925.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 Inventive step - 4 (no) Remittal - (no) Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met Discretion not to admit submission - auxiliary requests 5 Discretion not to admit submission - 11 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 12 Late-filed auxiliary requests - 33 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title SPATIALLY CONTROLLED ENERGY DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043020.20221125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 0948/20 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 27/08	Application no. 15150903.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vibrationszuführsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T094820.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1688/20 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 3/10 B05B 5/04	Application no. 16155743.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - (yes) Novelty - selection of numerical ranges Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ROTARY ATOMIZING ELECTROSTATIC APPLICATOR AND SHAPING AIR RING FOR THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168820.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2164/21 (Method for producing a stabilised antibody/CHUGAI) of 9.9.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/09 C07K 1/00 C07K 16/36 C12P 21/08 A61K 39/395 C12N 15/10 C07K 1/107 C07K 14/705 C07K 16/00	Application no. 19185595.6
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) auxiliary request 1 - sufficiency of disclosure (no) amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Method for stabilizing proteins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T216421.20220909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1834/22 (Mobile device analysis/Nanobiosym) of 8.12.2022
Online on 13.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 3/00	Application no. 14722884.5
Keywords Missing statement of grounds				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICE ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T183422.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1110/19 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 1/44 D21F 1/00	Application no. 09792180.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PERMEABLE BELT FOR NONWOVENS PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111019.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 1485/19 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 5/50	Application no. 13706334.3
Keywords Withdrawal of appeal when application no longer pending Reimbursement of the appeal fee in part (no)				Application title FILTERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSION OF NON-STATIONARY REVERBERATION IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148519.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 2954/19 (Ulipristal acetate tablets / LABORATOIRE HRA) of 6.12.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/56	Application no. 09764855.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - Main request and auxiliary requests I to V (no)				Application title ULIPRISTAL ACETATE TABLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T295419.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0605/20 (Peptide formulations/NOVO NORDISK) of 11.11.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 38/26 A61K 38/28 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/20 A61K 47/26	Application no. 04797453.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - selection invention Inventive step - formulation of the technical problem				Application title PROPYLENE GLYCOL-CONTAINING PEPTIDE FORMULATIONS WHICH ARE OPTIMAL FOR PRODUCTION AND FOR USE IN INJECTION DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060520.20221111				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476 KB)
T 0732/21 (MRI-Safe Implantable Disk Magnet/MED-EL) of 28.9.2022
Online on 12.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/36 A61N 1/372	Application no. 16189856.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MRI-SAFE DISK MAGNET FOR IMPLANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T073221.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 2340/17 () of 21.9.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 51/42 B65B 47/02	Application no. 07818306.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title Heizplatte mit einer Vielzahl von Heizpatronen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T234017.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2503/18 () of 15.9.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 15/06	Application no. 10784259.3
Keywords Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no) Prohibition of reformatio in peius - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2ter Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 3ter Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 3ter and 4 (no)				Application title Threaded connection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T250318.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1513/19 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/176 H04N 19/147 H04N 19/61 H04N 19/124 H04N 19/149 H04N 19/126 H04N 19/186	Application no. 13738936.7
Keywords All requests - priority (no) Main request and first auxiliary request - novelty (no) Second auxiliary request - admittance under Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 (no) Third auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER EXTENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151319.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 1783/19 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 5/00 B61D 17/22	Application no. 15163033.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title ÜBERGANGSSCHUTZ FÜR GELENKIG MITEINANDER VERBUNDENE SCHIENENFAHRZEUG-WAGENKÄSTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178319.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2119/19 () of 10.11.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 11/00 B42D 15/00 G06K 7/10 G06K 19/14 H04W 12/00 G06K 19/06	Application no. 11718740.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Neuheit - Auswahl aus einem Bereich Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title KOMBINATION VON LUMINESZENZSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T211919.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 2279/19 () of 23.9.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04 C08F 10/00 F16L 9/12	Application no. 09790097.1
Keywords Documents submitted with statement of grounds - not admitted Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T227919.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0031/20 () of 11.10.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02K 1/08 F02K 1/52	Application no. 09167793.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - non-obvious modification Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Variable slope exhaust nozzle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T003120.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1010/20 (Saving digital content by person-based clustering/SAMSUNG) of 27.10.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/40 G06F 17/30 G06K 9/00	Application no. 08778382.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title System and method of saving digital content classified by person-based clustering
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T101020.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1228/20 (Soluble foaming beverage powder/NESTLÉ) of 7.10.2022
Online on 09.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/40 A23C 11/00	Application no. 12162948.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Soluble foaming beverage powder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T122820.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1776/18 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 2/66 A23L 33/00 A23L 33/185 A23J 3/14 A23J 3/16	Application no. 12769275.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Legal basis for not admitting late-filed requests Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title POWDERED NUTRITIONAL FORMULATIONS INCLUDING SPRAY-DRIED PLANT PROTEIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T177618.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 596 KB)
T 0638/19 (Disulfide-crosslinked hydrogels/BIOREGEN) of 13.9.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 C08B 37/00 C08J 3/075 A61P 19/00	Application no. 11823038.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed requests Late-filed request - requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title LOW-MODIFICATION BIOCOMPATIBLE HIGH POLYMER SULFHYDRYL-MODIFIED DERIVATIVES, CROSS-LINKED MATERIAL THEREOF, AND USES OF SAID MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063819.20220913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 0813/19 (Anti-activin A antibodies/AMGEN) of 7.7.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/22 A61K 39/395 C12N 15/13 A61P 5/06 A61P 9/10 A61P 35/00 A61P 37/00 A61P 43/00	Application no. 12154124.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title Anti-activin A antibodies and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T081319.20220707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 553 KB)
T 0814/19 (Olaparib solid dispersion/KUDOS) of 19.10.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/502 A61K 47/32 A61K 9/20	Application no. 09740728.2
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION 514
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T081419.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1038/19 (Rekombinates Verfahren zur Herstellung von PUFAs/BASF) of 6.9.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A23D 9/00 C12P 7/64 A23L 33/115 C12N 15/82 C11B 1/00 C12N 9/02 A23D 9/02	Application no. 09176083.5
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1B bis 1D, 2A bis 2D, 3A bis 3C, 4A bis 4C - Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag 6A - Erfordermisse des EPÜ erfüllt - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung mehrfach ungesättigter Fettsäuren in transgenen Organismen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T103819.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 849 KB)
T 1190/19 () of 8.9.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 31/042 C08F 210/16 C08K 5/00 C08K 5/14 C08K 5/54 C08L 23/08 C09K 3/10	Application no. 11837740.7
Keywords Amendments - inescapable trap (yes) Amendments - correction of errors (no)				Application title SOLAR BATTERY ENCAPSULANT AND SOLAR BATTERY MODULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T119019.20220908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 3099/19 () of 24.11.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 11/06 G06T 7/00 B66B 9/08	Application no. 13713554.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION ABOUT A STAIRCASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T309919.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 3183/19 (LLR combination/NTT) of 29.11.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04J 99/00 H04B 7/04 H04B 7/022	Application no. 15746734.1
Keywords Inventive step - main and 1st auxiliary request (no): obvious modification Admittance of requests filed after summons - 2nd and 3rd auxiliary requests: no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons + "fresh case"				Application title Base station device, wireless communication system, and communication method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T318319.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1098/20 (MESSAGE USER INTERFACES FOR CAPTURE AND TRANSMITTAL OF MEDIA CONTENT … of 7.11.2022
Online on 08.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 15728307.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title MESSAGE USER INTERFACES FOR CAPTURE AND TRANSMITTAL OF MEDIA AND LOCATION CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T109820.20221107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0837/18 (Heating with multifrequency microwaves / Goji limited) of 16.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/80	Application no. 12173921.3
Keywords Divisional application General principles - prohibition venire contra factum proprium (request for remittal not admitted)				Application title Method and system for heating with multi-frequency microwaves
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T083718.20221116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508 KB)
T 1385/18 (Audio signal decoder / Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) of 8.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 19/14 G10L 19/02	Application no. 10771705.0
Keywords Priority - main request (partial) Priority - auxiliary request 0 (yes) Documents - availability to the public (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 0 Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal - (yes) MPEG standards				Application title AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, METHOD FOR ENCODING OR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING AN ALIASING-CANCELLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138518.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 0260/19 (Fragments bioactifs de l'IL-33/CNRS) of 12.11.2021
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2021	Proc. language FR	IPC C07K 14/54 C07K 16/24	Application no. 12705692.7
Keywords Preuves déposées tardivement (article 13(2) RPCR) - raisons convaincantes (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requéte auxiliaire 3 (oui)				Application title Nouveaux fragments d'IL-33 superactifs et leurs utilisations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T026019.20211112				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 607 KB)
T 2886/19 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/16 C08F 4/6592 C08L 23/08	Application no. 14710696.7
Keywords Late-filed facts - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Late-filed facts - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title POLYMER RESINS WITH IMPROVED PROCESSABILITY AND MELT FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T288619.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1320/20 (Porous polymer systems/Cytosorbents) of 10.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 20/26 B01J 20/28 B32B 3/26 C08J 9/00 B82Y 30/00	Application no. 11823877.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title SIZE SELECTIVE POLYMER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T132020.20221110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1917/20 (Re-establishment of rights/MineRP IP) of 17.11.2022
Online on 07.12.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/06 G06Q 10/08 G06Q 50/02	Application no. 15878306.8
Keywords Re-establishment of rights (no - no special circumstances, no isolated error)				Application title A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR LIFE OF MINE PLANNING AND COST CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T191720.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
R 0005/22 () of 24.11.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/50	Application no. 14172398.1
Keywords Violation of right to be heard (no) "surprise" reasoning in decision (no) - no causal link to decision (obiter dictum) - point 6 reasons				Application title Controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising a fumaric acid ester
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R000522.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2760/17 () of 28.9.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/12 B29C 49/46 B29C 49/06	Application no. 11822820.4
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - (ja) Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument und darauf gestützte Einwände Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BLASFORMUNG VON STERILEN BEHÄLTERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T276017.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 1129/18 (Wind Speed determination system/Hubbell Inc) of 9.11.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01P 5/10 H01R 4/50 H02G 1/02	Application no. 14776115.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step - Main Request (No) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 2a (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 1 (no), auxiliary requests 2, 2a (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - Auxiliary request 2 (no), Auxiliary request 2a (yes) Definition by reference to another entity (not clear)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WIND SPEEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T112918.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2985/18 (Verfahren zum Betreiben eines autonomen Flurförderfahrzeugs/KUKA) of 11.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/93 B66F 17/00 B66F 9/06	Application no. 11709103.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 2 - berücksichtigt (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 bis 6 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - berücksichitgt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES AUTONOMEN FLURFÖRDERFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T298518.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0696/19 (Piston ring/NISSAN) of 4.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16J 9/26 C22C 38/00	Application no. 12006986.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - bonus effect (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title Piston ring
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069619.20221004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1855/19 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 41/16 B65B 41/18 B65B 51/32 B65B 57/04 B65B 59/00 B65B 9/02	Application no. 15166670.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Hauptantrag Klarheit - Hauptantrag (nein) - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title FOLIENHANDLINGANORDNUNG, VERPACKUNGSMASCHINE UND DEREN BETRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T185519.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1017/20 (RAILWAY SYSTEMS USING ACOUSTIC MONITORING / Siemens Mobility) of 5.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L 29/32 B61L 29/18 B61L 25/02 B61L 23/06	Application no. 10752138.7
Keywords Main request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Main request - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Main request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Main request - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title RAILWAY SYSTEMS USING ACOUSTIC MONITORING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T101720.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1075/20 () of 10.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 21/18 B65B 21/20 B65B 35/36 B65B 5/06 B65B 5/08 B65B 5/10	Application no. 15189611.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM UMGANG MIT ARTIKELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T107520.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1162/20 (Sealing composition/Bona) of 27.9.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 41/49 C08G 18/10 C09J 175/00	Application no. 09007575.5
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A sealing composition, a method for preparing a sealing composition and the use of such a sealing composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T116220.20220927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0470/21 (Catalyst Carrier/Saint Gobain) of 27.10.2022
Online on 06.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 21/04 B01J 21/12 B01J 35/10 B01J 37/00	Application no. 06772283.5
Keywords Right to be heard - violation (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment to case - amendment overcomes objection (no)				Application title A CATALYST CARRIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047021.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1766/16 (Alimentation en puissance d'éléments électriques / Brandt) of 12.7.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.7.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 6/04	Application no. 09290981.1
Keywords Activité inventive (non) pas d'e problème technique identifiable				Application title Procédé d'alimentation en puissance d'au moins un élément électrique et appareil de cuisson mettant en ½uvre le procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T176616.20220712				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 492 KB)
T 0607/18 (Dilemma des Fachmanns - nicht in Kombination ausführbare … of 22.11.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/96	Application no. 10159067.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Verbinden von Kunststoff-Hohlkammerprofilen im Eckbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060718.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0873/18 () of 26.8.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 17/107	Application no. 12183529.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 6, 9 bis 11, 13, 3A, 9A und 13A Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Reformatio in peius - Hilfsanträge 7, 8, 12, 14, 15				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Detektieren von Streulichtsignalen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T087318.20220826				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 482 KB)
T 1111/19 () of 21.11.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N 13/18 F01N 13/08 F01N 1/08	Application no. 13156077.3
Keywords Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - (nein) Berichtigung von Mängeln - offensichtlicher Fehler Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title SCHALLDÄMPFER-EINHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111119.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 3084/19 () of 14.11.2022
Online on 05.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 7/00 H02M 3/158 H03K 17/567 H03K 17/74	Application no. 11807435.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and third auxiliary request (no) Amendments - first and second auxiliary requests Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Power converter circuits including high electron mobility transistors for switching and rectification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T308419.20221114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
D 0016/21 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D001621.20220303				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 271 KB)
D 0018/21 () of 3.3.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 3.3.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D001821.20220303				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 261 KB)
T 1242/18 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 53/00 H05B 3/58 B60S 1/48	Application no. 06022243.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - nach Rücknahme der Beschwerde in der mündlichen Verhandlung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - anteilig (ja)				Application title Beheizbarer Steckverbinder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124218.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2215/18 (Aqueous cosmetic compositions comprising alkylcellulose/ DIOR) of 2.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/891 A61Q 1/04 A61Q 19/00	Application no. 11757646.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I-VI - Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary requests VII-XIII - Admission into the proceedings (Yes) Auxiliary request VII - Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (No) Auxiliary request VII - Broadening of the claim (No) Auxiliary requests VII-XIII - Inventive step (No) Auxiliary requests XIV-XX - Extension beyond the content of the application as filed (Yes) Auxiliary request XXI - Admission into the proceedings (No)				Application title AQUEOUS COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING ALKYLCELLULOSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T221518.20220902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 2250/18 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 18/20 A61B 17/00 A61B 18/18 A61B 19/00 A61N 5/06	Application no. 09718363.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PHOTO-EPILATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T225018.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 568 KB)
T 2467/18 (Plasma arc torch failure detection / HYPERTHERM) of 23.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05H 1/34 B23K 9/095	Application no. 11760590.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no)				Application title FAILURE EVENT DETECTION IN A PLASMA ARC TORCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T246718.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0289/19 () of 6.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 169/04 C10N 30/02 C10N 30/06 C10N 30/00 C10N 40/25	Application no. 13744498.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Inventive step Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T028919.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0767/19 (Rubusosid/SYMRISE) of 8.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A23L 27/00 A23L 11/30	Application no. 11165566.8
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERWENDUNG VON RUBUSOSID ZUM VERRINGERN ODER UNTERDRÜCKEN VON BESTIMMTEN UNANGENEHMEN GESCHMACKSEINDRÜCKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T076719.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1096/19 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 18/20 A61B 18/18 A61N 5/06	Application no. 12161368.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Industrial application - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment of appeal's case after summons - cogent reasons (no) - admitted (no) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title PHOTO-EPILATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T109619.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 1151/19 () of 26.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 1/60 F16B 5/02	Application no. 07748494.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Fastener for fixing a door or window frame to the border of an opening in a building
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T115119.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1484/19 (Methods for evaluating peptide mixtures/MOMENTA) of 29.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 07761581.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHODS OF EVALUATING PEPTIDE MIXTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148419.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1820/19 (Process for preparing a pharmaceutical formulation of contrast agents … of 8.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 49/10 A61K 51/04	Application no. 14165006.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Process for preparing a pharmaceutical formulation of contrast agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T182019.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 0229/20 (Stabilizing proteins/MERZ) of 24.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 47/14 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/32 A61K 47/36	Application no. 11767935.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to arguments on which decision was based (no)				Application title FORMULATION SUITABLE FOR STABILIZING PROTEINS, WHICH IS FREE OF MAMMALIAN EXCIPIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T022920.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0530/20 () of 26.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A63G 7/00 B60R 21/00 B60R 22/00	Application no. 06753628.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - reasons set out clearly and concisely (no)				Application title AMUSEMENT DEVICE SEAT ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053020.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0554/20 (High milk solid chocolate composition/MONDELEZ) of 21.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 1/00 A23G 1/30 A23G 1/46	Application no. 06790790.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - evidence and auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title HIGH MILK SOLID CHOCOLATE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T055420.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1294/20 (PREPREG AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS/TORAY) of 30.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/24 C08K 7/06 C08L 101/00	Application no. 13169274.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title A PREPREG AND CARBON FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T129420.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1402/20 (Shared key exchange using proxy/NTT) of 21.9.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 9/08 G09C 1/00 H04L 9/30	Application no. 16737330.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title KEY-EXCHANGE METHOD, KEY-EXCHANGE SYSTEM, KEY DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T140220.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 1539/20 (Performance monitoring/INETCO SYSTEMS) of 24.11.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/34 H04L 12/26 H04L 12/24	Application no. 12814717.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - all requests (no)				Application title Method and system for monitoring performance of an application system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T153920.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1240/21 (Time decay I/PHILIPS) of 25.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0485 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 13184226.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Touch-screen image scrolling system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124021.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1534/21 (Time decay II/PHILIPS) of 26.10.2022
Online on 02.12.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0485 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 13184227.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes)				Application title Touch-screen image scrolling system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T153421.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0822/19 () of 18.10.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 17/107	Application no. 11871783.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Photoelectric Smoke Detector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T082219.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0981/19 (CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE / Mitsubishi et al.) of 6.10.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/14 B01D 53/62 B01D 19/00	Application no. 14853394.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T098119.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1557/19 (Composition for inducing regulatory T cells/THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO) of 22.11.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 C12N 1/00 C12Q 1/02 G01N 33/50	Application no. 11728077.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Composition for inducing proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T155719.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 0211/20 (Reinigungsmittel/Henkel) of 18.11.2022
Online on 01.12.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 1/72 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/39 C11D 3/20	Application no. 09763945.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Ermessensfehler in erster Instanz (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title REINIGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T021120.20221118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 278 KB)

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T 1968/18 () of 31.8.2022
Online on 30.11.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 31.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 11/00 B41M 7/00 B41M 5/00	Application no. 10737375.5
Keywords Admittance of documents D18, D18a and D3b (yes) Allowability of the amendments (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Admittance of the amended description (yes) Remittal to the opposition division (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title Printing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T196818.20220831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 3031/18 () of 6.9.2022
Online on 30.11.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/09	Application no. 10703669.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PERCUTANEOUS GUIDEWIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T303118.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 2363/19 (Content-item selection) of 12.9.2022
Online on 30.11.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 14790945.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and first and second auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request (no)				Application title Selecting a content item based on a view profile
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T236319.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 2206/21 () of 28.10.2022
Online on 30.11.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W 40/09 G09B 9/052 G09B 9/058	Application no. 14850499.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title EVALUATION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, EVALUATION METHOD, EVALUATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T220621.20221028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
R 0003/22 (Decision on an appeal without deciding on a request relevant to that … of 22.11.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 68/00 H04L 5/00 H04W 24/10	Application no. 11865564.6
Keywords Petition for review - no decision on a request Petition for review - re-opening of proceedings				Application title METHOD FOR NOTIFYING INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT REFERENCE INFORMATION, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING INTERFERENCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R000322.20221122				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1593/19 () of 24.8.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 29/16 A61L 29/08 A61M 25/10	Application no. 14199403.8
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge - Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title Medizinische Vorrichtung zur Arzneimittelabgabe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T159319.20220824				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1594/19 () of 23.8.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 29/16 A61L 29/08 A61M 25/10	Application no. 14199392.3
Keywords Änderungen zulässig Änderungen - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1-10, 12, 16, 19, 20 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 11, 13, 17, 18 (nein)				Application title Medizinische Vorrichtung zur Arzneimittelabgabe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T159419.20220823				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 512 KB)
T 1745/19 () of 18.10.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 5/10 C08L 83/04 C07F 7/21	Application no. 13727924.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - ausreichende Auseinandersetzung mit der angefochtenen Entscheidung (ja) Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung der im Anspruch definierten Parameter Neuheit - Beweislast Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - unsubstantiiert eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - erstmalig in der mündlichen Verhandlung zu diskutieren				Application title SILOXAN-MISCHUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T174519.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 2170/19 () of 24.11.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 7/02 B29B 9/14 C08J 5/04 C08G 65/40 C08L 71/00	Application no. 06726688.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title POLYMERIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T217019.20221124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 3226/19 (Opportunity estimation/LANDMARK GRAPHICS) of 2.9.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00 G06Q 10/06	Application no. 12881596.6
Keywords Inventive step - main, first to ninth auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Systems and methods for estimating opportunity in a reservoir system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T322619.20220902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0214/20 (Mite composition/KOPPERT) of 31.5.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 31.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 67/033 A01N 63/00	Application no. 12783358.0
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 23: inventive step - (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed evidence - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Obligation to raise objections - objections dismissed				Application title Mite composition, carrier, method for rearing mites and uses related thereto
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T021420.20220531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 641 KB)
T 1626/20 (Rearranged bits/WINBOND) of 15.11.2022
Online on 29.11.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 12/14	Application no. 15193346.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND SECURE STORAGE DEVICE AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T162620.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 2220/18 () of 15.11.2022
Online on 28.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 7/06 B66B 7/12	Application no. 13154456.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A rope of a lifting device, an elevator and a method for manufacturing the rope
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T222018.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1332/19 () of 23.11.2022
Online on 28.11.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 05110957.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Secure handling of stored-value data objects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T133219.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 3098/19 () of 14.10.2022
Online on 28.11.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 77/02	Application no. 11794148.4
Keywords Correction of error in debit order (yes) Admittance of documents Novelty - Main Request (yes) Inventive step - Main Request and Auxiliary requests I-VII (no)				Application title LINER FOR GAS STORAGE TANK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T309819.20221014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 3166/19 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 28.11.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B05C 1/08 B05C 11/10	Application no. 09001614.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Beleimung von Materialstreifen der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T316619.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 3167/19 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 28.11.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B05C 1/08 B05C 11/10	Application no. 14153013.9
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title BELEIMUNG VON MATERIALSTREIFEN DER TABAK VERARBEITENDEN INDUSTRIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T316719.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 3240/19 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 28.11.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 9/13 B65B 59/00	Application no. 14163123.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request (no) Amendment to case after summons Amendment to case - taken into account (no)				Application title A machine for packaging pallets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T324019.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0274/21 (Composite Positive Electrode Active Material/Samsung) of 8.9.2022
Online on 28.11.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/505 H01M 4/525 H01M 4/36 C01G 23/00 C01G 45/12 C01G 51/00 C01G 53/00 H01M 4/485 H01M 4/62 H01M 10/052	Application no. 16196072.9
Keywords Novelty - Main Request (no) Novelty - Auxiliary Request 3 (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary Request 5b (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 9 (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary Request 10a (yes) Claims - clarity Auxiliary Request 10 (no)				Application title COMPOSITE POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T027421.20220908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0574/17 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 25.11.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B 1/86 E04B 9/04 E04B 9/28 E04B 9/00 D04H 1/74	Application no. 05716494.9
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - public prior use (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Acoustic elements and their production
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T057417.20220916				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 683 KB)
T 1806/18 (Nilotinib for treating chronic myeloid leukemia / NOVARTIS) of 21.10.2021
Online on 25.11.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/506 A61P 35/00 A61K 9/00 C07D 239/69	Application no. 10781781.9
Keywords Main request - novelty (yes) Main request - inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (no) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF TREATING PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS AND OTHER PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS MEDIATED BY BCR-ABL, C-KIT, DDR1, DDR2 OR PDGF-R KINASE ACTIVITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T180618.20211021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 747 KB)
T 2080/18 (Streichung von Ansprüchen - Zulassung in das Verfahren) of 21.7.2022
Online on 25.11.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 51/18	Application no. 12799210.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (ja) - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Hilfsantrag 5 - Klarheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 5A - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Hilfsantrag 6A - Zulassung in der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja) - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja)				Application title BREMSSYSTEM EINER TROMMELBREMSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T208018.20220721				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 633 KB)
T 1780/19 (Wasserglas-Kleber/STO) of 29.9.2022
Online on 25.11.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 28/26 C04B 41/50 C04B 111/00 C04B 111/10	Application no. 14167354.1
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Wasserglas-Kleber
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178019.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2587/19 () of 4.10.2022
Online on 25.11.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B08B 7/02 F28G 7/00	Application no. 11842482.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in opposition proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title IMPACT DEVICE FOR CLEANING OF SURFACES, PARTICULARLY HEAT DELIVERY SURFACES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T258719.20221004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2378/13 () of 11.7.2022
Online on 24.11.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B 17/06 G08B 17/107 G08B 29/18 G08B 29/24 G08B 17/113	Application no. 08101643.8
Keywords Spät eingereichter Hauptantrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Gefahrenerkennung mit Einbezug einer in einem Mikrocontroller integrierten Temperaturmesseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T237813.20220711				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 555 KB)
T 1312/19 () of 6.10.2022
Online on 24.11.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/10 B65D 75/58 A24F 15/12	Application no. 15157259.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title PACKAGE OF TOBACCO ARTICLES WITH AN INNER PACKAGE FITTED WITH A SEALING FLAP FIXED TO A HINGED LID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T131219.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0496/20 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 24.11.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 15/14	Application no. 10184868.7
Keywords Inventive step (main and auxiliary requests 1 to 3: no) Added subject-matter (auxiliary request 4: yes) Requests not substantiated - admittance (auxiliary requests 5 to 7: no) Late filed request - to be taken into account (auxiliary request 8: no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEX-SORTED ANIMAL SPERM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049620.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 1389/17 (Angioplasty balloons drug-coated in an expanded condition/ Cook … of 6.10.2022
Online on 23.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 31/16 A61L 29/16 A61L 27/54	Application no. 10182721.0
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title Angioplasty balloons drug-coated in an expanded condition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138917.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1390/17 (Angioplasty balloons drug-coated in an expanded condition/Cook … of 7.10.2022
Online on 23.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 31/16 A61L 29/16 A61L 27/54	Application no. 10181983.7
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title Angioplasty balloons drug-coated in an expanded condition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T139017.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 2712/18 (Synchronisation server/APPLE) of 14.11.2022
Online on 23.11.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 13169844.1
Keywords Technical contribution - distinguishing features of synchronisation server (yes - no mere automation of constraints imposed by business aspects) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Avoiding a redundant display of a notification on multiple user devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T271218.20221114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1472/19 (Electromagnetic heating / Goji) of 15.11.2022
Online on 23.11.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/70	Application no. 12165499.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 Amendments - 6 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 6 (no) Remittal - (no)				Application title Electromagnetic heating
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147219.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1717/19 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 23.11.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/3492 C08K 7/14 C08K 7/20 C08K 3/40 C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06 C08K 3/22	Application no. 15156589.2
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Antrag eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - Substantiierung Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title POLYAMIDZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T171719.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 458 KB)
T 0296/20 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 23.11.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 3/40 C08K 5/3492 C08K 7/14 C08K 7/20	Application no. 15156682.5
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Antrag eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - Substantiierung Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title POLYAMIDZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T029620.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0842/20 () of 31.8.2022
Online on 23.11.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.8.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F16D 65/097	Application no. 09168999.2
Keywords Demande divisionnaire - éléments s'étendant au-delà du contenu de la demande antérieure (non) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Ressort de guidage d'éléments de friction et frein à disque comportant au moins un tel ressort.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T084220.20220831				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1105/17 (Compiling programming language constructs/ORACLE) of 11.10.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44	Application no. 06255752.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Supporting method references in the java language
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110517.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1214/18 () of 4.7.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/28 C07D 417/14 A61K 31/427 A61P 31/12	Application no. 07836007.0
Keywords Amendments Inventive step				Application title MODULATORS OF PHARMACOKINETIC PROPERTIES OF THERAPEUTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T121418.20220704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 575 KB)
T 0358/19 () of 5.7.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/28 C07D 417/14 A61K 31/427 A61P 31/12	Application no. 12167591.2
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter				Application title Modulators of pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T035819.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0372/19 () of 5.7.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/28 C07D 417/14 A61K 31/427 A61P 31/12	Application no. 12167596.1
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter				Application title Modulators of pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T037219.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1260/19 () of 5.7.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/28 C07D 417/14 A61K 31/427 A61P 31/12	Application no. 12167590.4
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter				Application title Modulators of pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T126019.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1442/19 () of 5.7.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/28 C07D 417/14 A61K 31/427 A61P 31/12	Application no. 12167589.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter Inventive step Late-filed request - submitted with the reply to the statements of grounds of appeal				Application title Modulators of pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T144219.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 672 KB)
T 1926/20 () of 17.11.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A63B 57/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 11769298.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HOLE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192620.20221117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 1346/21 () of 25.10.2022
Online on 22.11.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/619 E05F 11/06	Application no. 09152119.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Fenster oder Tür mit einer Antriebseinrichtung für einen Flügel des Fensters oder der Tür
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T134621.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0231/19 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 21.11.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02K 3/02 F01D 1/24 B63H 5/10 F02C 3/107 F01D 5/02 F02K 3/06	Application no. 13743042.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) no plausible technical effect				Application title GEARED TURBOFAN GAS TURBINE ENGINE ARCHITECTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T023119.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 3060/19 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 21.11.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01H 33/666 H01H 1/00 H01H 75/04	Application no. 16152529.0
Keywords Novelty, inventive step, sufficiency of disclosure Novelty - main request (yes) Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Bistable actuator device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T306019.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0467/20 () of 6.9.2022
Online on 21.11.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/0215 A61B 5/00	Application no. 12825326.7
Keywords New evidence filed on appeal - admitted (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Added subject-matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY DEPICTING A VESSEL AND EVALUATING TREATMENT OPTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T046720.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 625 KB)
T 0997/20 (Elektronisches Transaktionsverfahren/BUNDESDRUCKEREI) of 8.11.2022
Online on 21.11.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 20/02 G06Q 20/12 G06Q 20/36 G06Q 20/38	Application no. 14725701.8
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör (verneint Rechtliches Gehör - Vorbringen nicht berücksichtigt) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels)				Application title ELEKTRONISCHES TRANSAKTIONSVERFAHREN UND COMPUTERSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T099720.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1668/20 (Catalyst particle/NISSAN) of 6.9.2022
Online on 21.11.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/92 C22C 5/04 H01M 8/1004 C22F 1/14	Application no. 14834999.6
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Auxiliary request 5 - question of whether late filed at the opposition stage Right to be heard - opposition procedure				Application title CATALYST PARTICLES, AND ELECTROCATALYST, ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL USING SUCH CATALYST PARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T166820.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1457/22 () of 16.11.2022
Online on 21.11.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B63B 27/08 B66D 1/52	Application no. 17206331.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR WELLENGANGSKOMPENSATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T145722.20221116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1615/17 (Linking place information based on position/RAKUTEN) of 21.10.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 50/00 G06F 17/30 G06Q 30/02 G06Q 30/06	Application no. 11847078.0
Keywords Inventive step - linking place information based on position (no Inventive step - non-technical organisation of cognitive data)				Application title SERVER, INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH SAID PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T161517.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2626/18 (Insurance risk prediction/SWISS RE) of 28.9.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 11190452.0
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - insurance risk predicition and loss frequency (not technical)				Application title System and method for forecasting frequencies associated to future loss and for related automated operation of loss resolving units
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262618.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0859/19 () of 19.10.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F27D 21/00 G01S 13/08 G01S 13/88 B22D 2/00 F27B 3/08 G01B 7/02 G01S 7/03 G01F 23/284	Application no. 11774221.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title MEASUREMENT OF CHARGE BANK LEVEL IN A METALLURGICAL FURNACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T085919.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 3116/19 (Combustion of light oil/MITSUI) of 9.11.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 35/10 B01D 53/94 B01J 23/63 F01N 3/28	Application no. 11818136.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Oxidation catalyst suitable for combustion of light oil component
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T311619.20221109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0573/20 () of 27.10.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 5/18 B42D 25/29	Application no. 10790524.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT, WERTDOKUMENT MIT EINEM SOLCHEN SICHERHEITSELEMENT SOWIE HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN EINES SICHERHEITSELEMENTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T057320.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 440 KB)
T 1376/20 (Storage virtualization/Infortrend) of 19.10.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06 G06F 17/30	Application no. 10151411.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exercise of discretion Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no)				Application title Method for performing storage virtualization in a storage system architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T137620.20221019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 2024/20 (Fixation de frais/Veolia) of 7.10.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C02F 1/20 E21B 41/02 E21B 43/20 C02F 1/70 C02F 103/08	Application no. 08804752.7
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - (oui) Fixation des frais				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'EAU DE MER EN VUE DE LA PRODUCTION D'UNE EAU D'INJECTION DE FORAGE PÉTROLIER SOUS-MARIN, ET INSTALLATION CORRESPONDANTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T202420.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1108/21 (Greenhouse/Svensson) of 17.10.2022
Online on 18.11.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G 9/22 B32B 27/20 A01G 9/14 B32B 27/36 D03D 15/00 D04B 21/16	Application no. 11740115.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes) Order to accelerate proceedings				Application title GREENHOUSE SCREEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110821.20221017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 2274/19 () of 2.8.2022
Online on 17.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 26/00 A61K 38/36 A61K 38/39 A61K 38/48 A61K 9/10 A61K 47/36 A61K 47/42 A61L 24/10 C12N 9/74	Application no. 04779021.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title HEMOSTATIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING STERILE THROMBIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T227419.20220802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 3034/19 () of 17.8.2022
Online on 17.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 43/11 C11D 1/825	Application no. 03718790.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title ALKOXYLATGEMISCHE UND DIESE ENTHALTENDE WASCHMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T303419.20220817				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 3097/19 (Key word detection/OMRON) of 16.11.2022
Online on 17.11.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 16.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/32 G06F 17/30	Application no. 12871077.9
Keywords Decision not to admit new main request insufficiently reasoned Non-admittance decision, therefore, not confirmed Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - third and fourth auxiliary requests (yes, claims on their own) Consistency between claims and description of third and fourth auxiliary requests - no Scope of protection sought defined precisely - no				Application title KEY WORD DETECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T309719.20221116				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481 KB)
T 1712/20 () of 13.10.2022
Online on 17.11.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B 63/16 E05B 59/00 E05B 63/04	Application no. 10172800.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - rechtfertigende Gründe des Beteiligten (nein)				Application title Schloss
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T171220.20221013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1733/20 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 17.11.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 7/36 F01D 15/12 F02K 3/04 F02C 3/13 F02K 3/075 F02C 9/18 F01D 17/10 F02C 9/20 F02K 1/66 F01D 17/08 F01D 7/00 F01D 17/16	Application no. 15194921.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds				Application title GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH ADJUSTABLE FLOW PATH GEOMETRY AND METHOD OF OPERATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T173320.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0337/18 (Pepperl + Fuchs / Optischer Sensor) of 24.10.2022
Online on 16.11.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/10 G01S 7/497 G01S 7/481 G01S 17/42	Application no. 11003847.8
Keywords Änderungen - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge B1, B2 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge B3, B4, B5 Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Optischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033718.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1109/18 (Consumables/GIVAUDAN) of 6.10.2022
Online on 16.11.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 2/60 A23L 29/30 A23L 27/30 A23L 33/105	Application no. 07816204.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Claims - conciseness (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Opposition division's alleged "suggestion" to delete claims				Application title CONSUMABLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110918.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 2007/19 () of 13.10.2022
Online on 16.11.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C 3/08 F24C 15/10	Application no. 11712534.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik Erfinderische Tätigkeit - keine Beschränkung der Diskussion auf nur einen nächstliegenden Stand der Technik Anspruchsauslegung - "breitestmöglich" - Sicht des Fachmanns				Application title GASKOCHFELD MIT HITZESCHILD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T200719.20221013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 450 KB)
T 1688/18 () of 25.10.2022
Online on 15.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 1/24	Application no. 09782916.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER AUFZUGSANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168818.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0556/19 () of 8.9.2022
Online on 15.11.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.9.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F16C 19/16 F16C 19/18 F16C 19/38 F16C 19/49 F16C 19/54 F16C 33/36	Application no. 12152005.0
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale et subsidiaire 4 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 10 (oui) Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête subsidiaire 6 (non) Modification après signification - exercice du pouvoir d'appréciation				Application title Palier à trois rangées et plus de corps roulants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T055619.20220908				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0614/19 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 15.11.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 5/245	Application no. 13739605.7
Keywords Zulassung neuer Anträge im Beschwerdeverfahren (nein)				Application title MEHRKANALIGER DREHWINKELGEBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T061419.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 478 KB)
T 2332/19 (Thermo-insulating expanded articles/VERSALIS) of 18.10.2022
Online on 15.11.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/00 C08J 9/20	Application no. 10742871.6
Keywords Main request - inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) main request - admitted (yes)				Application title THERMO-INSULATING EXPANDED ARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T233219.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2361/19 (Switching ongoing phone calls/NEC) of 14.10.2022
Online on 15.11.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/00 H04M 1/04 H04M 1/725	Application no. 13853527.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests I and III (no) Admittance of claim set filed after summons - auxiliary request II (no): no exceptional circumstances and lack of clear allowability				Application title Portable information terminal retaining platform and desktop telephone device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T236119.20221014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0212/20 (Product and factory configuration/SIEMENS) of 22.7.2022
Online on 15.11.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 22.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/06	Application no. 16751186.4
Keywords Novelty (no)				Application title AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF FACTORIES BASED ON THE CONFIGURATION OF PRODUCTS TO BE MANUFACTURED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T021220.20220722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1433/18 () of 22.9.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/422 G06F 3/0354 H04N 5/44	Application no. 13734792.8
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests I, III, IV - inventive step - (no) New auxiliary request I - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Auxiliary requests II, V, VI - amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title REMOTE CONTROL FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING TELEVISION SIGNALS, CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET AND FUNCTIONING AS A MULTIMEDIA CENTER, AND RELATED SYSTEM THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T143318.20220922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 1736/18 () of 13.9.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 39/02	Application no. 11171038.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Laundry washing machine dispenser for detergent products or similar
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T173618.20220913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0455/19 (Fokussierung eines Hörgerät-Beamformers/SIVANTOS) of 12.9.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 13167409.5
Keywords Zulassung eines nach der Ladung eingereichten Anspruchssatzes - neuer Hauptantrag (ja): außergewöhnliche Umstände Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Klarheit - (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung Zurückverweisung - (ja): Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit noch nicht vollumfänglich geprüft				Application title Verfahren zum Fokussieren eines Hörinstruments-Beamformers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T045519.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0618/19 (Glutamine enriched nutritional composition/NUTRICIA) of 29.9.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00 A23L 33/17 A61K 31/198 A61K 38/05 A61K 38/06 A61K 31/702	Application no. 13703889.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title GLUTAMINE ENRICHED NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR PRETERM INFANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T061819.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 1553/19 () of 28.10.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/08 C08G 18/16 C08G 18/32 C08G 18/75 G02B 1/04	Application no. 09748027.1
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Novelty - (main request: no; first auxiliary request: yes) Inventive step - (first auxiliary request: yes)				Application title POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC GLASS STARTING FROM POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID COMPOSITIONS OF THE POLYURETHANE TYPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T155319.20221028				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0147/20 (Pemetrexed/FRESENIUS) of 21.10.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 9/19 A61K 47/18 A61K 31/519 A61P 35/00	Application no. 13730070.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Priority - partial priority (no) Novelty - main request- auxiliary requests 1-15 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 16 (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF PEMETREXED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T014720.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0752/20 () of 22.9.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 67/05 C07C 67/48 C07C 69/15 B01D 53/14 B01D 53/62	Application no. 15714783.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderung während der mündlichen Verhandlung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR AUFREINIGUNG VON KOHLENDIOXID ENTHALTENDEN PROZESSGASEN AUS DER HERSTELLUNG VON VINYLACETAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T075220.20220922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0491/21 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B60J 7/00 B60J 1/20	Application no. 16200366.9
Keywords Activité inventive (non)				Application title DISPOSITIF D'OCCULTATION D'UNE SURFACE VITREE D'UN PAVILLON DE VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE A RAILS NON PARALLELES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049121.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0892/21 (CONDITIONER/Unilever) of 6.10.2022
Online on 14.11.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/835 C11D 3/00	Application no. 11773710.6
Keywords Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC CONDITIONERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T089221.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0252/17 () of 20.9.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12H 1/22 B65D 81/24 C12G 1/00	Application no. 04797080.1
Keywords Inventive step Claims - clarity, conciseness				Application title CONTROL OF OXYGENATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T025217.20220920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 0462/18 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/41 H04N 21/422 H04N 21/4227 H04N 21/436 H04N 21/4363 H04N 21/485 H04L 12/28 H04N 5/44 H04N 21/431	Application no. 13766102.1
Keywords Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no) Appealed decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title HDMI DEVICE CONTROL VIA IP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T046218.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 2290/18 () of 18.10.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/08 F01D 25/12 F02C 3/08 F02C 7/18 F02C 3/04	Application no. 12182870.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cooling system for gas turbine blades comprising a compressor positioned aft of the turbine stage in flow direction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T229018.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 2700/18 (Non-unique cell ID II/UNWIRED PLANET) of 18.10.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 16/00 H04J 11/00	Application no. 12159399.0
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request and auxiliary requests 6, 12, 18, 24 (yes) Admittance of requests not admitted by opposition division - auxiliary requests 2 to 5, 7 to 11, 13 to 17, 19 to 23 and 25 to 29 (no): discretion correctly exercised Amendments occasioned by ground for opposition Amendments - auxiliary requests 30 to 32 and B1 to B7 (no) Admittance of requests after summons - auxiliary requests of the F, G and FG series (no): no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons Correction of error - (no): not immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended				Application title Self configuring and optimisation of cell neighbours in wireless telecommunications networks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T270018.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 652 KB)
T 1299/19 () of 13.10.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 7/03	Application no. 12183350.3
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Klarheit (ja) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Spürvorrichtung für Bodenspürungen aus dem Inneren eines Fahrzeugs und Verfahren zum Bodenspüren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T129919.20221013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1455/19 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 9/04 A61K 6/06 A61K 47/04 C09C 1/00 C09C 3/10 A61K 6/00 A61K 6/027 C09C 1/36 C09C 1/30 A61K 6/083 B82Y 30/00	Application no. 11756193.6
Keywords Late-filed fact - admitted (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITE FILLER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T145519.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 575 KB)
T 1965/19 () of 8.11.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 19/00	Application no. 14164406.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe und Lösung				Application title Vorrichtung zur Handhabung von Wertscheinen mit modularem Aufbau
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T196519.20221108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 2424/19 () of 25.7.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 25.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/18	Application no. 04763105.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Deutlichkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title MITTEL ZUR FÄRBUNG KERATINISCHER FASERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T242419.20220725				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2626/19 () of 7.9.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G 31/00	Application no. 12813026.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Patentable invention - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PLANT GROWTH METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262619.20220907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2977/19 () of 4.11.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 11/00	Application no. 04739698.1
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title VERFAHREN UND ANLAGE ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON WARMBAND MIT DUALPHASENGEFÜGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T297719.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 237 KB)
T 3223/19 () of 14.10.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06	Application no. 13763280.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH AN ELASTIC DEFORMABLE TRAILING EDGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T322319.20221014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0438/20 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 11.11.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 37/06 F24C 7/08	Application no. 12780611.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title BROWNING CONTROL FOR AN OVEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043820.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0619/18 (Non-unique cell ID I/UNWIRED PLANET) of 18.10.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 16/00 H04J 11/00	Application no. 07711716.6
Keywords Added subject-matter - all 41 claim requests (yes)				Application title Self configuring and optimisation of cell neighbours in wireless telecommunications networks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T061918.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1195/18 (A method for heating food / Goji Ltd.) of 31.10.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 31.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/68 H05B 6/64 H05B 6/70	Application no. 12173914.8
Keywords Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 Amendments - 9, 10a, 10, 11 Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary request 10a - admitted (yes)				Application title A method for heating food
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T119518.20221031				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2572/18 () of 21.10.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 25/00	Application no. 12805579.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title UMSCHLAG FÜR EIN IDENTIFIKATIONSDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T257218.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 0476/19 () of 20.10.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A46B 5/00 A46B 9/02 A46B 9/04	Application no. 10012740.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Toothbrush
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047619.20221020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 1466/19 () of 23.9.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/12 B60T 8/32 B60T 8/88 B60T 13/66 B60T 13/68 B60T 7/04 B60T 8/36	Application no. 13703829.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Name und Anschrift des Beschwerdeführers Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Antrag in dem Beschwerdegegenstand festgelegt wird Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG EINES BREMSDRUCKWERTS ANHAND VON KENNLINIEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T146619.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0696/20 () of 4.10.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/08	Application no. 12710278.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title GRADUATED COMPRESSION GARMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069620.20221004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0964/20 (ASCERTAINING COMMAND COMPLETION IN FLASH MEMORIES / Qualcomm) of 12.9.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/38	Application no. 14767183.8
Keywords Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim				Application title ASCERTAINING COMMAND COMPLETION IN FLASH MEMORIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T096420.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1122/22 (LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND STAND UP POUCH MADE THEREOF / Nova Chemicals … of 3.11.2022
Online on 10.11.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/08 B32B 27/32	Application no. 16704279.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND STAND UP POUCH MADE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T112222.20221103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0385/18 () of 11.8.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/14 A61M 1/36	Application no. 11755342.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - submitted shortly before oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS WITH FLOW DIVIDER FOR LIMITING AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T038518.20220811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 0154/19 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61M 27/00 A61M 1/00 A61F 13/02	Application no. 14186269.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A breathable interface system for topical reduced pressure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T015419.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 1248/19 (Reglerparameter/BOSCH) of 4.11.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H 23/198 B65H 23/195 G05B 19/416 G05B 13/04	Application no. 10004478.3
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung durch die Patentinhaberin Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und erster und zweiter Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Bestimmung wenigstens eines Reglerparameters eines Regelglieds in einem Bahnspannungs-Regelkreis für eine Bearbeitungsmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T124819.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2152/19 () of 4.11.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D 17/06	Application no. 06121125.6
Keywords Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Oral proceedings - decision in written proceedings Amendments - features from schematic drawings Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title Production method of vertical freezers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T215219.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2837/19 (Konnektor für ein Hörgerät/SIVANTOS) of 4.11.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00 H01R 13/56 H01R 13/639 H01R 13/24	Application no. 12007364.8
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): mündliche Verhandlung nicht sachdienlich Widerruf des Patents - (ja): keine gebilligte Fassung				Application title Konnektor für Hörinstrument und Hörinstrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T283719.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273 KB)
T 0800/20 (Restricted voucher redemption/MICROTRONIC) of 10.10.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/38	Application no. 12779033.5
Keywords Inventive step - restricting a voucher to one vending machine and setting its validity time (no Inventive step - business method) Inventive step - encoding the vending machine identifier and the validity time on the voucher (no Inventive step - obvious implementation)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORISING ACCESS TO GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AND CORRESPONDING ACCESS VOUCHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T080020.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1297/20 () of 4.11.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/3291	Application no. 16167210.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FOUR-PRIMARY-COLOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T129720.20221104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1504/20 () of 7.11.2022
Online on 09.11.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 1/005 A61M 25/01 A61M 25/00	Application no. 08748988.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title AN INSTRUMENT FOR ENDOSCOPIC APPLICATIONS OR THE LIKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T150420.20221107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)
T 1974/18 () of 27.10.2022
Online on 08.11.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C12M 1/04	Application no. 12172291.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Anschlussvorrichtung für eine sterile Einweg-Fluidleitung eines Einwegbioreaktors und Verfahren zum Behandeln eines Fluidstroms
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T197418.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1630/19 (Lithiumdisilikat/FRAUNHOFER) of 21.9.2022
Online on 08.11.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C 10/00 A61C 13/00 C03B 32/02 C04B 41/00 A61K 6/02 A61K 6/027	Application no. 10796296.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Priorität - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title LITHIUMDISILIKAT-GLASKERAMIK, VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG UND DEREN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T163019.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 2570/19 (Assisted mail sorting/QUADIENT) of 19.9.2022
Online on 08.11.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06K 9/78 B07C 7/00 G06K 9/22	Application no. 16305988.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title ASSISTED MANUAL MAIL SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T257019.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0024/20 () of 2.11.2022
Online on 08.11.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01M 9/00 A01M 1/00 A01G 13/00	Application no. 07747312.2
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title USE OF A DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING BENEFICIAL ARTHROPODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T002420.20221102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 0440/16 () of 14.10.2022
Online on 07.11.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/18	Application no. 11176354.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cooling circuit flow path for a turbine section airfoil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T044016.20221014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0440/18 (Light source control /HELVAR) of 5.10.2022
Online on 07.11.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 37/02 H05B 33/08	Application no. 12190767.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (main request) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Controlling operation of light sources
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T044018.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0073/20 (Procainamide succinimidylcarbamate/WATERS) of 4.10.2022
Online on 07.11.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/533 C07D 207/40	Application no. 12836127.6
Keywords Inventive step - obvious solution Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title RAPID FLUORESCENCE TAGGING OF GLYCANS AND OTHER BIOMOLECULES WITH ENHANCED MS SIGNALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T007320.20221004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0784/20 (Composite particles/VECTURA) of 2.11.2022
Online on 07.11.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/72 A61K 9/00	Application no. 10185643.3
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Remittal - (no)				Application title Method of making particles for use in a pharmaceutical composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078420.20221102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0951/20 (Fused composite particles/VECTURA) of 2.11.2022
Online on 07.11.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/72 A61K 9/00	Application no. 10181899.5
Keywords Priority - basis in priority document (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title Method of making particles for use in a pharmaceutical composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T095120.20221102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0690/18 (Electric induction oven / Whirlpool Corp.) of 9.9.2022
Online on 04.11.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/12 H05B 6/36	Application no. 09168151.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - effect not made credible Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Electric induction oven
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069018.20220909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1001/18 () of 10.10.2022
Online on 03.11.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 1/00	Application no. 06014187.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - problem and solution approach Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - problem invention (yes) Amendment after expiry of period in R. 100(2) EPC communication - exceptional circumstances (yes) - exercise of discretion - cogent reasons (yes)				Application title Coin token assembly, method and device for dispensing coin tokens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T100118.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1382/18 (Delivering therapeutic signals to the heart / Impulse Dynamics N.V.) of 25.10.2022
Online on 03.11.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/36	Application no. 06780471.6
Keywords Basis of proceedings - written reply of the appellant				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO A HEART
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T138218.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2638/18 (Inductively heated roll / TOKUDEN) of 13.9.2022
Online on 03.11.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/06 D21G 1/02 H05B 6/14	Application no. 15163804.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title INDUCTION HEATED ROLL APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T263818.20220913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2194/19 (Error correction/TERAYON) of 24.10.2022
Online on 03.11.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/00	Application no. 04720810.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - (no, after amendment) Support by the description - (yes, after amendment) Adaptation of the description: objection of examining division not justified Remittal - special reasons (yes): novelty and inventive step not decided yet				Application title Error-correcting code interleaver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T219419.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1780/20 () of 17.8.2022
Online on 03.11.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/72 G01F 1/34 G01F 1/46 G01F 1/50	Application no. 17157248.0
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step (no) Amendment to case - exercise of discretion Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no)				Application title EMISSION FLOW RATE MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178020.20220817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1983/18 (Recommendation of applications/BAIDU) of 27.6.2022
Online on 02.11.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 27.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/02	Application no. 13863276.5
Keywords Inventive step - recommending applications according to categories and users' past activities (no Inventive step - non-technical)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUSHING MOBILE APPLICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T198318.20220627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0885/20 (CONTROL SYSTEM AT AN AIRPORT / ADB Safegate) of 10.8.2022
Online on 02.11.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 5/00 G08G 5/04 G08G 5/06	Application no. 17172453.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title CONTROL SYSTEM AT AN AIRPORT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T088520.20220810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1484/20 (Suggested order generator/SYSMEX) of 10.10.2022
Online on 02.11.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 11156958.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title System, apparatus and method for auto-replenishment and monitoring of a medical instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148420.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 0164/21 (Building of topologies and routing tables / Cheng Kung Univ.) of 26.10.2022
Online on 02.11.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/42 H04L 12/24 H04L 12/933	Application no. 17201569.5
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title NETWORK TOPOLOGY SYSTEM AND BUILDING METHODS FOR TOPOLOGIES AND ROUTING TABLES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T016421.20221026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)

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T 0129/18 () of 1.8.2022
Online on 31.10.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 1.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A62C 2/06 F16L 5/04	Application no. 06022899.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge 4 bis 7 Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Wand- oder Deckendurchführung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T012918.20220801				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 0151/19 () of 22.9.2022
Online on 31.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/56	Application no. 06785116.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED TEAR RESISTANCE AND SOFTNESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T015119.20220922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 493 KB)
T 1883/19 () of 18.10.2022
Online on 31.10.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 25/369	Application no. 14805179.0
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT MIT MAGNETISCH AUSRICHTBAREN MAGNETPIGMENTEN UND EINEM ZWEITEN MOTIV SOWIE VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T188319.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2217/19 () of 7.9.2022
Online on 31.10.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 279/02 C08L 51/04 F25D 23/06	Application no. 11753777.9
Keywords Evidence - evaluation of evidence Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - main request Inventive step - obvious alternative (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request Inventive step - obvious solution (yes)				Application title MONOVINYL AROMATIC POLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH A NOVEL COMBINATION OF STIFFNESS AND STRESS CRACK RESISTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T221719.20220907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0884/20 () of 25.8.2022
Online on 31.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.8.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B21H 1/06	Application no. 15705675.5
Keywords Activité inventive - (non) Modification des moyens invoqués - modification au sens de l'article 12(4) RPCR 2020 Modification des moyens invoqués - principe de l'économie de la procédure Modification des moyens invoqués - requête Renvoi - (oui)				Application title OUTILLAGE DE FORGEAGE POUR LA FABRICATION D'UNE COURONNE LAMINEE DE FORME, NOTAMMENT POUR LA FABRICATION D'UN DISQUE DE TURBOMACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T088420.20220825				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1874/20 (Ruban à déploiement harmonieux/THALES) of 17.10.2022
Online on 31.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 5/02 B32B 5/12 B32B 5/26	Application no. 15201772.9
Keywords Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (non) Recevabilité de la requête subsidiaire (non)				Application title Ruban à déploiement harmonieux
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T187420.20221017				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0721/17 (Elément metallique chauffant / VALEO) of 30.9.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 3/50 H05B 3/14 B60H 1/22 F24H 3/04 H01C 7/02	Application no. 07117369.4
Keywords Décision rendue dans le cadre de la procédure écrite (oui) - déclaration de la titulaire qu'elle ne participera pas à la procédure orale				Application title Elément metallique chauffant traversé par un flux d'air
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T072117.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1602/18 (Fahrerassistenzeinrichtung mit Mehrzahl von Ultraschallsensoren / … of 10.10.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 7/524 G01S 15/93	Application no. 12724127.1
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title FAHRERASSISTENZEINRICHTUNG MIT EINER MEHRZAHL VON ULTRASCHALLSENSOREN SOWIE FAHRZEUG MIT EINER DERARTIGEN FAHRERASSISTENZEINRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER FAHRERASSISTENZEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T160218.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0465/19 () of 21.7.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/06 C07D 307/91 H01L 51/54 H01L 51/46	Application no. 12863091.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC OPTOELECTRIC DEVICE, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE INCLUDING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T046519.20220721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 510 KB)
T 1411/19 () of 28.7.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 13/28 B41F 13/32 B41F 13/36 B41F 13/44	Application no. 11004186.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zurückverweisung (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja)				Application title Verarbeitungsmaschine mit wenigstens einer Druckeinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T141119.20220728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 2319/19 () of 21.9.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 63/199	Application no. 09795586.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS WHICH COMPRISE SPIRO-GLYCOL, CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL, AND TEREPHTHALIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T231919.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 3002/19 (Microvesicle membrane protein/JIANG) of 27.10.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 16/18 G01N 33/574 C07K 16/30 A61K 49/00 G01N 33/68 C07K 16/28	Application no. 12168565.5
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title A microvesicle membrane protein and application thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T300219.20221027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0002/20 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06 F03D 7/02	Application no. 05739534.5
Keywords Novelty - prior disclosure Novelty - implicit features (yes) Amendment to case - further evidence				Application title A PITCH CONTROLLED WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING TURBULENCE GENERATING MEANS, A WIND TURBINE AND USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T000220.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1990/20 () of 26.9.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42 D06F 39/08	Application no. 12722858.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title SAFETY DEVICE AGAINST FLUID LEAKS FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T199020.20220926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0180/21 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 28.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 41/02	Application no. 08766817.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR THE TREATING OF PRODUCTS, SUCH AS EGGS TO BE HATCHED, WITH A CONDITIONED GAS STREAM, AND CLIMATE CHAMBER FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T018021.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1003/18 () of 21.9.2022
Online on 27.10.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B 27/10 B25F 5/00 H01R 43/042	Application no. 10781667.0
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - in Abwesenheit des Beteiligten abgehalten Einspruchsgrund - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Klarheit - Hilfsantrag 1 - (ja) Ausführbarkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Einwände - (ja) - zugelassen (nein)				Application title HANDGEFÜHRTES PRESSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T100318.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2991/18 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 27.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 25/28	Application no. 03730058.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Benachrichtigungspflicht bei Nichtteilnahme an mündlicher Verhandlung - Verletzung des von epi und den Beschwerdekammern formulierten Verhaltensgebots (Punkt 1 der Entscheidungsgründe)				Application title MIKROKAPSEL-FORMULIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T299118.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0824/19 () of 18.10.2022
Online on 27.10.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 83/04	Application no. 13717163.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Spät eingereichtes Dokument und darauf gestützte Einwände Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät vorgebrachter Einwand - zugelassen (nein)				Application title SPENDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T082419.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1673/19 () of 20.9.2022
Online on 27.10.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D21G 1/00 D21F 11/00	Application no. 13154162.5
Keywords -				Application title Method for producing a fiber web and production line for producing a fiber web
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T167319.20220920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 2120/19 () of 20.7.2022
Online on 27.10.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/25 C07C 21/18	Application no. 10722509.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title PROCESS TO MANUFACTURE 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T212019.20220720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0866/16 (Detection of replicating cells/RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS) of 15.6.2021
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 1/34	Application no. 10013064.0
Keywords Main request - added matter - (no) Extension of scope of protection - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Admission of late submissions (arguments and experimental evidence) - (no)				Application title Rapid detection of replicating cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T086616.20210615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 552 KB)
T 1698/16 (Accessory enzymes/IOGEN) of 7.6.2021
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.6.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 19/02 C12P 19/14 C12N 9/42	Application no. 08783433.9
Keywords Main request (patent as granted) - sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - problem not solved over the whole scope of the claims Auxiliary request 9 - requirements of the EPC fulfilled - (yes)				Application title ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS USING ACCESSORY ENZYMES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T169816.20210607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0752/17 (Immunotherapy/ALNYLAM) of 24.3.2021
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.3.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/11 C07H 21/04 A61K 31/7088	Application no. 05853546.9
Keywords Added matter - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Priority - (yes) Admission of new evidence - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods for inducing an immune response in a mammal and methods of avoiding an immune response to oligonucleotide agents such as short interfering RNAs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T075217.20210324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 583 KB)
T 0431/18 () of 12.9.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/158 A61M 5/142	Application no. 09157468.1
Keywords Late-filed facts - objection filed after reply to the statement of grounds - admitted (yes) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) - taken into account (no) Request submitted during oral proceedings - exceptional circumstances (no) - taken into account (no) Novelty - (no)				Application title device for administration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043118.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 565 KB)
T 0555/18 (Shrink Film/Cryovac) of 14.9.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/34 B65D 65/40 C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06	Application no. 08724899.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Inventive step - Unusual parameter and burden of proof				Application title SHRINK FILM CONTAINING SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYAMIDE, ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T055518.20220914				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1318/18 (Dry granulated cell culture media/MERCK) of 21.10.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/00 A61K 9/20	Application no. 11788050.0
Keywords "Main Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)"				Application title DRY GRANULATED CELL CULTURE MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T131818.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 555 KB)
T 0361/19 (COATED ARTICLES / Wallwork) of 12.7.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/04 A61L 27/06 A61L 27/30 A61L 27/54 C23C 14/06 C23C 14/30	Application no. 09705362.3
Keywords Late filed documents admitted - (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no) Admission of late filed objection - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title COATED ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T036119.20220712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0363/19 (PURIFICATION OF PHENOL / BOREALIS) of 14.6.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 37/74 C07C 39/04 C07C 37/68	Application no. 08863888.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PURIFICATION OF PHENOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T036319.20220614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1570/19 () of 26.7.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 26.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 9/12 B01J 2/30 B29K 101/12 B29C 48/21 C09J 9/00 B29B 9/06	Application no. 11734113.1
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Clarity - main request - not open to examination Late-filed objection - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Partial priority (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Free-flowing pressure sensitive adhesives
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T157019.20220726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 630 KB)
T 0015/20 () of 28.9.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/04 C08F 10/02 C08F 4/64 C08F 210/16 C08L 7/00 C08F 4/659	Application no. 07776022.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Admittance of documents				Application title HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T001520.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0082/20 (Dishwashing composition / The Procter & Gamble Company) of 11.10.2022
Online on 26.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/00 C11D 1/83 C11D 1/825 C11D 3/37	Application no. 12199236.6
Keywords All requests - added subject matter (yes)				Application title Dishwashing composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008220.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0782/17 () of 25.7.2022
Online on 25.10.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/1495 A61B 5/145 A61B 5/1486	Application no. 10195518.5
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes) Correction of error - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Transcutaneous analyte sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T078217.20220725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1638/18 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 25.10.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/262 H04H 60/06 H04H 60/73 H04N 21/81 H04N 21/84	Application no. 14150696.4
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)				Application title Recipient specific lists for distribution of media content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T163818.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1884/19 () of 24.10.2022
Online on 25.10.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/32 C08J 3/24 A61L 15/60 B01J 20/26 C08F 2/30	Application no. 12828832.1
Keywords Documents admitted into the proceedings by the opposition division to be taken into account (yes) Admittance of document submitted with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN, AND WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN OBTAINED BY SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T188419.20221024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 2564/19 (MGDA containing particulate/RECKITT BENCKISER) of 15.9.2022
Online on 25.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/33 C11D 3/37	Application no. 05757643.1
Keywords Novelty (Main request) Novelty - (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests - (no) - no arguments submitted with the reply to the appeal				Application title Particulate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T256419.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2970/19 (Solution comprising hypromellose acetate succinate / SHIN-ETSU) of 21.10.2022
Online on 25.10.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/38 A61K 9/16 A61K 31/496	Application no. 15194983.1
Keywords Inventive step - Main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title SOLUTION FOR SPRAY DRYING COMPRISING HYPROMELLOSE ACETATE SUCCINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID DISPERSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T297019.20221021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0687/20 () of 13.9.2022
Online on 25.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/20	Application no. 09004045.2
Keywords Amendments Main Request Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - Amendments derivable from the drawings (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Auxiliary Request unadmissible - no longer maintained in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed admissibility objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Inventive step auxiliary request Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Application title Indexable insert with nick
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068720.20220913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 748 KB)
T 0325/22 () of 10.10.2022
Online on 25.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06	Application no. 09172594.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Principle of prohibition of reformatio in peius				Application title Wind turbine blade with plurality of longitudinally extending flow guiding device parts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T032522.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0594/18 (Milk-based product/VALIO) of 22.9.2022
Online on 24.10.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/12 A23C 9/13 A23C 9/156 A23C 9/20 A23C 21/00 A23J 1/20	Application no. 12710523.7
Keywords Main Request and Auxiliary Request 4: inventive step - (No) Auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6: admission - (No)				Application title MILK-BASED PRODUCT AND A METHOD FOR ITS PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T059418.20220922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1014/19 () of 8.9.2022
Online on 24.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A46B 9/04 A61C 17/02	Application no. 10760180.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objection - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Claims - support in the description (yes)				Application title ORAL CARE PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T101419.20220908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0051/20 () of 19.8.2022
Online on 24.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E05B 19/02 E05B 21/06	Application no. 11009210.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - could-would approach Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Coding mechanism for cylinder lock with a rotatable key and key blank
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T005120.20220819				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1730/20 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 24.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C 27/08 A47C 31/12 A61B 5/11 A61B 5/00	Application no. 14716711.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title INFLATABLE AIR MATTRESS SYSTEM WITH DETECTION TECHNIQUES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T173020.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2404/18 () of 11.10.2022
Online on 21.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/67 E05F 3/10	Application no. 08735326.4
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title RITZEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T240418.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0136/19 (Carbapenemase/INSERM) of 12.5.2022
Online on 21.10.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/04 C12Q 1/34	Application no. 12729592.1
Keywords Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF CARBAPENEMASE-PRODUCING BACTERIA IN A SAMPLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T013619.20220512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 556 KB)
T 2661/19 (USING SOLID STATE DISK / Huawei) of 27.9.2022
Online on 21.10.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 12/02 G06F 11/34	Application no. 14873676.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING SOLID STATE DISK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T266119.20220927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 3260/19 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 21.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D 13/06 F16F 15/131 F16F 15/14	Application no. 12815617.1
Keywords Neuheit - breiter Anspruch Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Fachmann				Application title ANTRIEBSSTRANG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T326019.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0017/20 () of 26.9.2022
Online on 21.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01D 34/66 A01B 73/04	Application no. 15186773.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHES ARBEITSGERÄT UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHEN ARBEITSGERÄTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T001720.20220926				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0120/20 (Link adaptation in wireless telecommunications / Unwired Planet) of 15.7.2022
Online on 21.10.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/00	Application no. 13177225.3
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title Link adaptation in a wireless telecommunications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T012020.20220715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1483/20 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 21.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C 28/28 F04C 28/08 F04B 49/00	Application no. 12168437.7
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Remittal - (no)				Application title Method for calculating the probability of moisture build-up in a compressor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148320.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0272/15 () of 12.9.2022
Online on 20.10.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/158 A61M 25/06	Application no. 05019774.8
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (main request, auxiliary request 1 : yes, auxiliary request 2 : no) Amendments - extension of scope of protection (auxiliary request 2 : no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Industrial application - (yes) Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by surgery Exceptions to patentability - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Inserter for an infusion set with a first and second spring units
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T027215.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 653 KB)
T 0189/18 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 20.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC A01N 65/08 A01P 15/00	Application no. 11741629.7
Keywords Nouveauté de l'utilisation (cf. point 2.4.4 des motifs)				Application title UTILISATION D'UN EXTRAIT NATUREL DE MARC DE RAISIN POUR STIMULER LES DEFENSES NATURELLES DE PLANTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T018918.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2239/18 () of 23.8.2022
Online on 20.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61F 13/36 A61L 15/42 A61M 15/00	Application no. 10707629.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 2 (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title WOUND PACKING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T223918.20220823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 2489/18 () of 30.9.2022
Online on 20.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 9/24 E06B 9/42 E06B 9/58 E06B 9/72 E06B 9/92 E04D 13/035 E04F 10/06	Application no. 13004211.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Tilting roller blind with guides for roof windows
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T248918.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0913/19 () of 28.9.2022
Online on 20.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 9/01	Application no. 08846795.6
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING A PULSED LASER BEAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T091319.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0323/20 () of 1.9.2022
Online on 20.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01F 15/08 A01B 67/00 A01B 69/00	Application no. 13195394.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens - Antrag Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Kombination aus einem Zugfahrzeug und einer davon gezogenen landwirtschaftlichen Erntemaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T032320.20220901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0557/20 (Multiphase personal care composition / P&G) of 5.10.2022
Online on 20.10.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/03 A61K 8/06 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 19/10 A61K 8/02	Application no. 09790888.3
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MULTIPHASE PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION WITH ENHANCED DEPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T055720.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1026/17 (Securing a tendering system/KOHLI) of 21.6.2022
Online on 19.10.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06842769.9
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - bidder created pass-phrases (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request I (no) Auxiliary request II late filed during oral proceedings - not admitted				Application title A PROCESS FOR SECURING TENDERING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T102617.20220621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1790/19 () of 9.9.2022
Online on 19.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.9.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC F03D 80/00 B29C 70/86 F01D 5/28 B29L 31/08 F03D 1/06	Application no. 12305281.3
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title Renfort mécanique pour piéce en matériau composite, notamment pour une pale d'éolienne de grandes dimensions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T179019.20220909				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 826 KB)
T 1985/19 () of 22.9.2022
Online on 19.10.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01C 15/00 G01C 3/08 G01S 17/08 G01S 17/10 G01S 17/89 G01S 7/481 G01S 7/486 G01S 7/491 H01L 31/10 H01L 31/107	Application no. 14185404.2
Keywords Hauptantrag: Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag: Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Elektrooptischer Distanzmesser und Distanzmessverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T198519.20220922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2269/19 (Pharmaceutical compositions comprising Prasugrel / KRKA) of 14.7.2022
Online on 19.10.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 31/4365 A61P 7/02	Application no. 10704517.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PRASUGREL BASE OR ITS PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE ACID ADDITION SALTS AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T226919.20220714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481 KB)
T 0602/20 () of 19.5.2022
Online on 19.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F21V 5/00 F21V 5/04 F21V 7/00 F21V 13/02 F21V 13/04 G02B 19/00 F21Y 103/10	Application no. 15704293.8
Keywords Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1 bis 3: nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 4 : ja) Zulässigkeit von Hilfsanträgen 1 bis 4 ( ja ) Verfahrensmissbrauch (nein)				Application title LÄNGLICHE MEHRTEILIGE LINSENANORDNUNG SOWIE LEUCHTE MIT EINER SOLCHEN LINSENANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060220.20220519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 536 KB)
T 0854/22 (Missing statement of grounds) of 13.10.2022
Online on 19.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 13/00 A22C 11/00	Application no. 13185333.5
Keywords -				Application title Artificial food casing, method for removing and method for manufacturing thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T085422.20221013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 2179/16 () of 19.7.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 25/04 A01N 47/24 A01N 43/653 A01N 43/56	Application no. 10730191.3
Keywords Admittance - objections raised in appeal which had been raised against a different claim request before the opposition division Admittance - unsubstantiated objection (added subject-matter and novelty) Sufficiency of disclosure Inventive step				Application title A PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN AQUEOUS SUSPENSION OF AN ORGANIC PESTICIDE COMPOUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T217916.20220719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1683/17 (Oligosaccharides in neonates / NESTLE) of 15.7.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/7028 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/308 A61P 37/04 A61P 37/08 A61K 45/06 A23L 1/09 A61K 35/74	Application no. 08848466.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes)				Application title USE OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES CONTAINING N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE FOR MATURATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES IN NEONATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168317.20220715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1706/17 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 475/04 A61K 31/519 A61P 35/00 C07K 5/02	Application no. 12746091.3
Keywords Amendments Remittal				Application title FOLATE CONJUGATES OF ALBUMIN-BINDING ENTITIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T170617.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0127/18 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E03C 1/02 E03C 1/04 E03C 1/06	Application no. 14157879.9
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Zuleitung zur Kopfdusche einer Dusche
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T012718.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0768/18 (Abbildung des Unfelds eines Fahrzeugs / Robert Bosch GmbH) of 20.9.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 13/93 G01S 17/93 G08G 1/16 B60W 40/04 B60Q 1/48	Application no. 10745588.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ABBILDUNG DES UMFELDS EINES FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T076818.20220920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 461 KB)
T 1657/18 () of 14.9.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 9/02 G09B 9/14	Application no. 11184242.3
Keywords Late-filed request - request as originally filed and withdrawn before the examining division without being part of the decision Late-filed request - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (yes) Amendment after summons - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title Motion and vibration cuing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T165718.20220914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0298/19 () of 19.7.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 37/74 C21D 11/00	Application no. 13718316.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title ANGLEICHUNG VON BANDEIGENSCHAFTEN DURCH BREITENABHÄNGIGE VORBANDKÜHLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T029819.20220719				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0718/19 (Waschmitteltabs mit Reliefstruktur/Dalli-Werke) of 23.9.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 3/40	Application no. 07020960.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht funktionale Änderung				Application title WASCH- ODER REINIGUNGSMITTELFORMKÖRPER MIT EINFÄRBBARER RELIEFSTRUKTUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071819.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0997/19 () of 13.10.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 27/146 H01L 31/0256 H01L 51/00 H01L 51/44 B82Y 15/00 H01L 29/16	Application no. 11797657.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - no ex post facto analysis				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING PHOTONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T099719.20221013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2775/19 (Heavy-chain only antibodies/ERASMUS UNIVERSITY) of 7.7.2022
Online on 18.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 16/10 C07K 16/12 C07K 16/28	Application no. 10711069.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Soluble "heavy-chain only" antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T277519.20220707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 611 KB)
T 0791/17 () of 24.5.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 24.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12G 1/00 B67C 3/02 B65D 17/00	Application no. 12161345.9
Keywords Inventive step Amendment after summons				Application title Wine packaged in aluminium containers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T079117.20220524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0636/18 (Flugführungssystem / Meissner) of 24.5.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 5/02	Application no. 11787900.7
Keywords Neuheit - nach Änderung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title FLUGFÜHRUNGSSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063618.20220524				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1191/18 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/04 B01D 53/26 B60T 17/00	Application no. 09161224.2
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit - (nein) Beschwerdeerwiderung - vollständiger Sachvortrag (nein) Hilfsanträge - substanziiert (nein) Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Luftaufbereitungsvorrichtung, insbesondere einer Luftdruckbremsanlage mit einem Abscheider für flüssige Fluide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T119118.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 730 KB)
T 0307/19 (Evonik/Cold flow improver) of 30.9.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/00 C10L 1/14 C08L 23/04 C08L 23/06 C08L 33/00 C08L 33/04 C08L 33/10 C08L 1/00 C08L 51/08	Application no. 14702273.5
Keywords Late-filed facts - admitted (yes) Inventive step: main request Inventive step - obvious alternative ; first auxiliary request: non obvious alternative				Application title COLD FLOW IMPROVER WITH BROAD APPLICABILITY IN MINERAL DIESEL, BIODIESEL AND BLENDS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T030719.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0524/19 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/08 G08G 5/00	Application no. 13736554.0
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - skilled person Inventive step - notional business person				Application title SELF-SUFFICIENT RESOURCE-POOLING SYSTEM FOR RISK SHARING OF AIRSPACE RISKS RELATED TO NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T052419.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 0633/19 () of 11.8.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 13701096.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title AN ARRANGEMENT, A LOOP-SHAPED SUPPORT, A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND A METHOD OF REPAIRING OR REPLACING A NATIVE HEART VALVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063319.20220811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0698/19 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 12729952.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - notional business person versus real business person versus technically skilled person				Application title MICRO-RESOURCE-POOLING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069819.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 1025/19 (Single dose administration/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 11.10.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12	Application no. 11164854.9
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked by opposition division Basis of decision - appeal dismissed				Application title Use of a PCV2 immunogenic composition for lessening clinical symptoms in pigs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T102519.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 246 KB)
T 1026/19 (Single dose administration/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 7.10.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12	Application no. 11164850.7
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked by opposition division Basis of decision - appeal dismissed				Application title Use of a PCV2 immunogenic composition for lessening clinical symptoms in pigs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T102619.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)
T 2795/19 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/74 G01F 1/84 G01N 9/00 G01N 11/16	Application no. 12002842.8
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Meter electronics and fluid quantification method for a fluid being transferred
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T279519.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2913/19 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20	Application no. 13177327.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features Amendments - allowable (yes) Observations by third parties - admissibility (no) Appealed decision - set aside (yes)				Application title Automatic injection device with trigger lock
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T291319.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0003/20 () of 21.9.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 80/30	Application no. 06818138.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (no) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete appeal case Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no)				Application title LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR A WIND TURBINE BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T000320.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0036/20 (Conduite Flexible/Technip) of 19.9.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 27/32 B32B 1/08 F16L 11/08	Application no. 13744525.0
Keywords Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (oui) Nouveauté - (non) Activité inventive - alternative évidente Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title CONDUITE FLEXIBLE SOUS MARINE COMPRENANT UNE GAINE POLYMÉRIQUE INTERNE ET/OU EXTERNE D'ÉTANCHÉITÉ COMPRENANT UN POLYÉTHYLÈNE À HAUT POIDS MOLÉCULAIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T003620.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0085/20 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 5/10 F16B 39/24 F16B 41/00	Application no. 16002273.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ausgehend von Dokument D1 (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe (ja)				Application title NUTZFAHRZEUGAUFBAU
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008520.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0938/20 (Making coated steel strips/Arcelor Mittal) of 27.7.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 15/00 C21D 9/46	Application no. 06842403.5
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COATED STEEL STRIPS, METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME, METHODS OF USING THE SAME, STAMPING BLANKS PREPARED FROM THE SAME, STAMPED PRODUCTS PREPARED FROM THE SAME, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE WHICH CONTAIN SUCH A STAMPED PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T093820.20220727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 1312/20 () of 5.10.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/74 G01F 1/84 G01N 9/00 G01N 11/16	Application no. 12002831.1
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Meter electronics and fluid quantification method for a fluid being transferred
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T131220.20221005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 0231/21 () of 12.10.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A24D 3/02 B26D 3/16 B26D 1/14 B26D 1/15 B26D 7/18	Application no. 13166356.9
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Einrichtung zum Schneiden von Filterstäben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T023121.20221012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0806/21 (Humanized antibody/IMMUNE and GENENTECH) of 17.6.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/18 A61P 25/28	Application no. 11192705.9
Keywords Correction of errors in decisions Correction of error - grant decision				Application title Humanized antibody against amyloid beta.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T080621.20220617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1359/21 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 17.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 1/20 B60J 10/50	Application no. 16001666.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AUTOMOBILE BELTLINE PORTION SOUND INSULATING STRUCTURE AND AUTOMOBILE DOOR GLASS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T135921.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2758/17 () of 15.7.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F15B 7/00	Application no. 12718564.3
Keywords Vertretung - mündliche Ausführungen einer Begleitperson (abgelehnt) Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen ("Hauptantrag B", "Hauptantrag C": nein; Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4: ja) Aufhebung der Entscheidung über anderweitige Kostenverteilung (nein) Berichtigung der Niederschrift (nein)				Application title Hydraulische Einrichtung zur Betätigung einer Kupplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T275817.20220715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 600 KB)
T 1567/18 (COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A FLUOROOLEFIN / The Chempours Company) of 7.7.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C09K 3/30 C08J 9/14	Application no. 06737345.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A FLUOROOLEFIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T156718.20220707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1703/18 () of 30.8.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/28 F01D 9/04 F02K 1/04 C04B 35/80	Application no. 12169232.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Ceramic matrix composite turbine exhaust case for a gas turbine engine and corresponding gas turbine engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T170318.20220830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0875/19 (Cell culturing/PATHEON) of 29.7.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 29.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 3/06 C12M 1/12 C12N 5/07 C12N 5/079 C12P 21/00	Application no. 10183677.3
Keywords Late filed facts - admitted - (no) Main request - admitted - (yes) Main request - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Improved process for the culturing of cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T087519.20220729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 602 KB)
T 1440/19 () of 5.9.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01S 3/08 H01S 3/105 H01S 3/083 H01S 5/00 H01S 5/062 H01S 5/14 G01J 3/10	Application no. 10739129.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZATION OF A HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL WAVELENGTH TUNING SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T144019.20220905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0178/20 () of 5.9.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01F 25/20 G05D 1/02 A01K 5/00	Application no. 15187603.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title FUTTERMISCHWAGEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES FUTTERMISCHWAGENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T017820.20220905				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1069/20 (Minimum EIRP of variable-power HPAs/BOEING) of 11.10.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/005 H04B 7/185	Application no. 04002970.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - all requests (no): parameters not sufficiently disclosed Decision in written proceedings (yes): no need for oral proceedings				Application title On orbit variable power high power amplifiers for a satellite communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T106920.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1108/20 (Closed-circuit e-commerce entity for services and products/Elbex … of 11.10.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 H04N 21/478 G06Q 30/06	Application no. 13832597.2
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment				Application title METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR SIMPLIFIED CODING OF DISPLAY PAGES FOR OPERATING A CLOSED CIRCUIT E-COMMERCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T110820.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1225/20 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/32 A24C 5/47 B65G 47/84	Application no. 12715582.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Application title FÖRDERUNG VON STABFÖRMIGEN ARTIKELN DER TABAK VERARBEITENDEN INDUSTRIE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T122520.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0342/21 () of 7.10.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/703 H01R 13/44	Application no. 10776172.8
Keywords Non-automatic debiting of the surcharge despite automatic debiting order. Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (yes)				Application title Connector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T034221.20221007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1391/21 (Methods for tagging dna-encoded libraries/NUEVOLUTION) of 11.10.2022
Online on 14.10.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/10 C40B 50/14 C40B 50/16	Application no. 12830083.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - patent revoked				Application title Methods for tagging dna-encoded libraries
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T139121.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
T 1436/18 () of 9.9.2022
Online on 13.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/28	Application no. 10771732.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 6 (yes) Auxiliary requests 1-5 filed in appeal - admissibility (no) Auxiliary request 6 filed in appeal - admissibility (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes)				Application title Drug delivery devices and method of assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T143618.20220909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 539 KB)
T 1516/18 (Melt composition/Rockwool) of 21.7.2022
Online on 13.10.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C03B 37/04 C03C 3/087 C03C 13/06 C03B 5/02	Application no. 12772937.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title MELT COMPOSITION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MAN-MADE VITREOUS FIBRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151618.20220721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 496 KB)
T 2191/18 (Substring position/51 DEGREES) of 6.10.2022
Online on 13.10.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 6.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/08 G06F 17/22 G06F 17/30 H04L 12/26 G06F 17/27	Application no. 13192291.6
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request and 1st to 4th auxiliary requests (yes) Admittance of requests after summons - 5th to 9th auxiliary requests - (no): no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons				Application title Identifying properties of a communication device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T219118.20221006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 471 KB)
T 2917/18 () of 20.5.2022
Online on 13.10.2022	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 5/00 H02J 7/02 H02J 13/00 H01F 38/14 B60L 11/18 B60L 5/00 B61B 13/04	Application no. 12717179.1
Keywords Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiger Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten Beschwerdebegründung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 4 (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Hilfsantrag 5 hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Ankündigung nicht an der mündlichen Verhandlung teilzunehmen - keine Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title System zur induktiven Energie-Übertragung an einen Verbraucher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T291718.20220520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0603/19 () of 7.4.2022
Online on 13.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/66 A61K 9/16 A61K 31/53 A61K 9/08 A61K 9/10 A61K 9/14	Application no. 09726974.0
Keywords Public prior use Novelty Inventive step				Application title TOLTRAZURIL WITH IMPROVED DISSOLUTION PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060319.20220407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 1778/19 (Purification device/NORDAQ) of 8.8.2022
Online on 13.10.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/00 C02F 1/28 B01D 35/06 B01D 24/00 C02F 1/42	Application no. 16205278.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - partial problems Inventive step - obvious modification Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim				Application title PURIFICATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T177819.20220808				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 2562/17 (Electronic terminal/PANASONIC) of 11.10.2022
Online on 12.10.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00 G06F 21/24 G06F 21/06	Application no. 09725211.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ELECTRONIC TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T256217.20221011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0779/20 () of 21.7.2022
Online on 12.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C07D 311/58 C11C 3/00 C07D 311/72 C07J 9/00	Application no. 11784965.3
Keywords Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR GEWINNUNG VON PHYTOSTEROLEN UND/ODER TOCOPHEROLEN AUS RÜCKSTÄNDEN EINER DESTILLATION VON ESTERN PFLANZLICHER ÖLE, VORZUGSWEISE AUS DESTILLATIONSRÜCKSTÄNDEN AUS EINER UMESTERUNG VON PFLANZLICHEN ÖLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T077920.20220721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1414/20 (Method of protecting teeth against erosion/The Procter & Gamble … of 23.6.2022
Online on 12.10.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/00 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/24 A61K 8/81 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 10173204.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Method of protecting teeth against erosion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T141420.20220623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0424/21 (Antibody Fc variants/ROCHE GLYCART) of 8.4.2022
Online on 12.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.4.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 16/28	Application no. 12710732.4
Keywords Amendments - main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 5: added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 6: added subject-matter (no) Amendment to appeal case - justification by party (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 6 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 (yes)				Application title Antibody Fc variants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T042421.20220408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 589 KB)
T 2300/18 () of 27.9.2022
Online on 11.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/472 A61F 13/534 A61F 13/535	Application no. 12795169.7
Keywords Remittal - (yes)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH DUAL CORE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T230018.20220927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2168/19 () of 28.9.2022
Online on 11.10.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/00 G02B 21/16	Application no. 13153597.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Microscope provided with plural optical units
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T216819.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0876/19 () of 12.7.2022
Online on 10.10.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 53/02 C08J 5/18 C08L 25/02 C08F 293/00	Application no. 12751941.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter Grounds for opposition - main request (yes) Amendments - allowable (no and yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title RESIN COMPOSITION AND HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILM THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T087619.20220712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 0308/20 (Preproinsulin fragments vaccine/TIHAMER) of 9.6.2022
Online on 10.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/28 A61K 38/22 C07K 14/62 C07K 14/47 A61K 38/03 G01N 33/50 G01N 33/68	Application no. 15708257.9
Keywords Amendments - main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 6, added subject-matter (yes) Claims - and/or connectors Claims - auxiliary requests 2 to 5, clarity (no) Claims - auxiliary request 8 -clarity (yes) Claims - amendments Claims - auxiliary request 8 Claims - allowable (yes) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 7 Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Immunomodulatory therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus autoimmunity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T030820.20220609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0603/20 (HARQ/HUAWEI) of 11.7.2022
Online on 10.10.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/18 H04L 1/00 H04L 1/16 H04W 52/04	Application no. 14879036.3
Keywords Novelty - main request and second auxiliary request (no) Amendment to case - first and third auxiliary requests Amendment to case - admitted (no)				Application title HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060320.20220711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1972/20 () of 28.9.2022
Online on 10.10.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 11/07 F15B 13/04 F15B 13/042	Application no. 17716378.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Proportional sequence valve with pressure amplification device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T197220.20220928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1349/19 (Fat composition/BUNGE LODERS) of 13.9.2022
Online on 07.10.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00 A23D 9/00 C11C 3/08 A23D 9/02 A23L 33/115 A23L 33/12	Application no. 13713532.3
Keywords Main request: inventive step - (Yes)				Application title FAT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T134919.20220913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2627/19 () of 19.7.2022
Online on 07.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 1/00	Application no. 14730737.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title SPIEGELERSATZVORRICHTUNG UND FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T262719.20220719				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2680/19 (Alpha-1 antitrypsin for subcutaneous administration/GRIFOLS … of 5.5.2022
Online on 07.10.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00 A61K 38/47 C07K 14/81	Application no. 08845718.9
Keywords Auxiliary requests 1 to 6 - amendments allowable (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title Method, composition, and article of manufacture for providing alpha-1 antitrypsin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T268019.20220505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0371/20 (Chrome-free methods of etching organic polymers/ROHM AND HAAS) of 22.7.2022
Online on 07.10.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 7/12 C23C 18/18 C23C 18/16	Application no. 14164701.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Chrome-free methods of etching organic polymers with mixed acid solutions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T037120.20220722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0427/21 () of 21.9.2022
Online on 07.10.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D 11/00 F25B 31/00 F25B 39/00 F25B 43/00	Application no. 15814910.4
Keywords Claims - essential features Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - deletion of features				Application title LOW CHARGE PACKAGED REFRIGERATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T042721.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
J 0007/21 () of 1.9.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 1.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Divisional application - application to be treated as divisional application (yes) Co-applicants status as universal successor of original co-applicant (yes) Rule 22(3)EPC not applicable in case of universal succession				Application title CAPSID-FREE AAV VECTORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR VECTOR PRODUCTION AND GENE DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:J000721.20220901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2785/17 () of 23.6.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F 5/02 C07F 5/04 C07F 5/06 A61K 38/05 A61P 35/00 A61P 29/00 C07K 5/06 C07K 5/078	Application no. 09767050.9
Keywords Amendments Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure Amendment after summons				Application title BORONATE ESTER COMPOUNDS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T278517.20220623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0396/18 (Glucose sensor/Hoffmann-La Roche) of 13.7.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/00	Application no. 12710734.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - requests not examined by the opposition division Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title IMPROVED DIFFUSION LAYER FOR AN ENZYMATIC IN-VIVO SENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T039618.20220713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0677/19 (Preparing cured meat products/KERRY) of 15.9.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 13/40 A23B 4/20 A23B 4/22 A23B 4/24	Application no. 08770585.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING CURED MEAT PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T067719.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0683/19 () of 7.7.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 45/00	Application no. 05704999.1
Keywords Inventive step (main request, auxiliary request I: no) Admittance of document D19 (yes) Admittance of auxiliary request II (yes) Remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Needle protection device with gauge specific color coding and method for manufacturing thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068319.20220707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 774 KB)
T 0747/19 (Lapse of the Patent/ LEM) of 16.9.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/04 G01R 33/00	Application no. 10726246.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - no request for continuation received within the period prescribed Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings.				Application title CLOSED-LOOP FLUXGATE CURRENT SENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T074719.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2823/19 (Nicotiana extract/REYNOLDS) of 22.8.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B 15/30 A24B 15/24	Application no. 12705530.9
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative (all requests)				Application title TOBACCO-DERIVED CASING COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T282319.20220822				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0411/20 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 151/08 B65D 17/00	Application no. 11169890.8
Keywords Text submitted or agreed by patent proprietor (no)				Application title Methods of coating a food or beverage can
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T041120.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 0898/20 () of 20.7.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/17 B60T 8/172	Application no. 12748007.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein)				Application title BREMSSTEUERUNG FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T089820.20220720				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 524 KB)
T 0560/21 () of 7.9.2022
Online on 06.10.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B63C 9/22	Application no. 12728078.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AN EVACUATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T056021.20220907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1654/16 () of 23.8.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 9/01 B23K 26/36 B23K 26/40 B23K 26/00 B23K 26/03 B23K 26/073 B23K 26/10	Application no. 06706967.4
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES ABLATIONSPROGRAMMS, IN ABHÄNGIGKEIT VON DER FORM EINES LASERSTRAHLPROFILS UND VON EINER NEIGUNG DER ZU ABLATIERENDEN OBERFLÄCHE ; MITTEL ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG DER VERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T165416.20220823				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0292/17 (Whey-leucine composition/NUTRICIA) of 7.6.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/20	Application no. 10807402.2
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests I to IV, VI and VII - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests VIII to XIV - admitted (no)				Application title LOW-CALORIC HIGH-PROTEIN NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR THE STIMULATION OF MUSCLE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T029217.20220607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 0929/18 (Mobile location data sharing/BLACKBERRY) of 13.5.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 09157669.4
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes Remittal - search required) Substantial procedural violation (no Substantial procedural violation - error of judgement)				Application title Publishing location for a limited time
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T092918.20220513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1835/18 (Integrated product configuration/SIEMENS) of 7.9.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/06 G06Q 10/10	Application no. 15183448.8
Keywords Inventive step - product configuration and planning through the integration and execution of various problem-solving algorithms (no Inventive step - straightforward implementation of non-technical features)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED PRODUCT CONFIGURATION AND PRODUCTION PLANNING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T183518.20220907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1995/18 () of 14.9.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B62M 9/126	Application no. 13003315.2
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents Grundlage der Entscheidung - Widerruf des Patents				Application title Kettenführungsrolle für einen hinteren Umwerfer einer Kettenschaltung eines Fahrrads und hinterer Umwerfer mit derartiger Kettenführungsrolle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T199518.20220914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 243 KB)
T 2040/18 () of 20.9.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 15/00 A61F 13/00 A61M 1/00 A61M 27/00	Application no. 13191158.8
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Self contained wound dressing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T204018.20220920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1496/19 () of 5.8.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/663	Application no. 11776113.0
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title ABSTANDSHALTERPROFIL UND ISOLIERSCHEIBENEINHEIT MIT EINEM SOLCHEN ABSTANDSHALTERPROFIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T149619.20220805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 418 KB)
T 2955/19 (Cleansing composition / KAO) of 13.9.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/44 A61Q 5/02 A61K 8/39 A61K 8/60	Application no. 09765045.1
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 4-7 Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 8 Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 8 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 8 (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Amendment after summons (no)				Application title CLEANSING COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T295519.20220913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 2967/19 () of 29.9.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/25 G01N 21/64 G01N 33/543	Application no. 16181375.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings -(yes) - no oral proceedings necessary or appropriate Clarity (yes, amended claims) Inventive step (yes, amended claims)				Application title SENSING MODULE AND SENSING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T296719.20220929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0608/20 () of 8.7.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC D03D 15/04 D03D 15/08 D03D 27/04 D03D 17/00	Application no. 11706485.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Amendment to appeal case - auxiliary requests Amendment to appeal case - admitted (no) Minutes of oral proceedings - request to correct the minutes (refused)				Application title WOVEN FABRIC THAT LOOKS AND PERFORMS LIKE A KNITTED FABRIC AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T060820.20220708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 633 KB)
T 1828/20 (Rifaximin formulation / ALPHASIGMA) of 27.9.2022
Online on 05.10.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/28 A61K 31/437 A61K 31/44 A61K 9/20 A61K 9/16 A61K 9/00	Application no. 11776879.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING RIFAXIMIN, PROCESSES FOR THEIR OBTAINMENT AND METHOD OF TREATING INTESTINAL DISEASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T182820.20220927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 0477/18 (Locating partial discharges in an electric apparatus / Techimp) of 23.9.2022
Online on 04.10.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 31/08 G01R 31/12 G01R 31/14	Application no. 10712578.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) evidence for common general knowledge not sufficient				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCATING PARTIAL DISCHARGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047718.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1878/18 () of 8.7.2022
Online on 04.10.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B31B 19/64	Application no. 06015494.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs der Einsprechenden 2 (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (Hauptantrag: ja; Hilfsantrag 0: nein) Zulassung des Hilfsantrags 0 (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung von Kunststoffbeuteln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T187818.20220708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 658 KB)
T 0756/20 (The Procter & Gamble/Delivery particles) of 26.9.2022
Online on 04.10.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 F26B 3/12 C11D 3/386 C11D 3/39 C11D 3/395	Application no. 11743697.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title DELIVERY PARTICLES WITH A PLURALITY OF CORES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T075620.20220926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1068/20 (Data package download/SONY) of 30.9.2022
Online on 04.10.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 30.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 12177798.1
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Method and system for download of data package
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T106820.20220930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)

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T 0680/19 (Device for manufacturing recycled carbon fibers/CARBON FIBER RECYCLE … of 15.9.2022
Online on 30.09.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 11/12 B09B 3/00 F27B 5/04 F27B 5/14 F27B 9/24 F27D 17/00 C10B 57/12 C10B 53/07 C10B 47/46 C10B 47/40 C10B 47/06 B29B 17/02 C01B 31/02 F27D 7/02 F27B 9/20 F27B 9/04 D01F 9/12 B29K 105/06 B29B 17/04	Application no. 12827719.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING RECYCLED CARBON FIBERS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECYCLED CARBON FIBERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068019.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1083/19 (DURABLE SLEEVE BRICKS/Krosakiharima) of 28.7.2022
Online on 30.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 35/043 C04B 35/634 C21C 5/46 C22C 29/12 F27D 1/00 B22F 3/24	Application no. 07831266.7
Keywords Late-filed facts - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title DURABLE SLEEVE BRICKS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T108319.20220728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1693/19 () of 29.6.2022
Online on 30.09.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/667	Application no. 08102610.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsanträge 1 und 6 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 2 und 7 (nein) Hilfsanträge 8 bis 10 - nicht begründet - Zulassung (nein)				Application title Steckverbinder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T169319.20220629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1085/20 (Fermentation/JUPENG) of 5.7.2022
Online on 30.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/20 C12M 1/34 C12P 7/06	Application no. 14735047.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CONTROL OF CONDUCTIVITY IN ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T108520.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1188/20 () of 8.7.2022
Online on 30.09.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/06 C09D 123/06 H01B 3/30	Application no. 11768212.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title RECYCLABLE THERMOPLASTIC INSULATION WITH IMPROVED BREAKDOWN STRENGTH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118820.20220708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0591/22 (Missing statement of grounds/AMGEN) of 23.9.2022
Online on 30.09.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/135 A61K 9/28 A61K 9/20 A61P 5/18	Application no. 18175497.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title RAPID DISSOLUTION FORMULATION OF A CINACALCET HCL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T059122.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 248 KB)
T 0691/19 () of 29.6.2022
Online on 29.09.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 65/30	Application no. 13719505.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYETHER POLYOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T069119.20220629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1750/19 (Biodegradable polyurethane/POLYNOVO) of 21.9.2022
Online on 29.09.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/785 A61L 27/18 A61L 27/58 A61L 31/06 C08G 18/32 C08G 18/10 C08G 18/77 C08G 63/48 C08G 18/66 C08K 5/00 C08K 3/32 C08L 75/04	Application no. 05714307.5
Keywords Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Late-filed facts - new objections could have been filed in opposition proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title BIODEGRADABLE POLYURETHANE AND POLYURETHANE UREAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T175019.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0390/20 () of 9.8.2022
Online on 29.09.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16F 7/116 F16F 7/14	Application no. 14734196.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Right to be heard - examination procedure Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes)				Application title SELF-TUNED MASS DAMPER AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T039020.20220809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 711 KB)
T 0549/20 (Mental-snapshot fitting/SONOVA) of 26.9.2022
Online on 29.09.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 G06K 9/00	Application no. 10737533.9
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): indication of non-attendance by proprietor - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient Revocation of the patent - (yes): no claims on file				Application title Visually-based fitting of hearing devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T054920.20220926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0547/21 () of 6.9.2022
Online on 29.09.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 61/58 A23C 9/142 B01D 61/02 B01D 61/14	Application no. 16795084.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR INCREASING SOLIDS CONTENT OF SKIM MILK OR WHEY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T054721.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1199/21 () of 4.7.2022
Online on 29.09.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 9/06 B60C 1/00 C08F 236/06 C12P 5/00 C12P 5/02 C12P 7/16 C08F 136/06 C08F 36/06	Application no. 13823429.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - change of date (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Amendments - Main request and auxiliary requests 1a-21 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - Auxiliary request 22 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title METHOD OF PRODUCING RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TYRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T119921.20220704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 538 KB)
T 1770/21 () of 23.9.2022
Online on 29.09.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B82Y 30/00 B29C 70/88 B29C 70/02 B64D 45/02	Application no. 19178923.9
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Divisional application - after amendment Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STRUCTURAL FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPONENT WITH LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTION BY USING CARBON NANO TUBE MATS AND METALLIC LAYERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T177021.20220923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0534/19 (Improved nutritional composition/NESTLÉ) of 12.7.2022
Online on 28.09.2022	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00	Application no. 11797226.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION, ESPECIALLY FOR INFANTS, WITH PARTICULAR FAT PARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053419.20220712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1478/20 (INTELLIGENT MEMORY CONTROLLER / Qualcomm) of 3.6.2022
Online on 28.09.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/16 G06F 13/28	Application no. 13777457.6
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title INTELLIGENT DUAL DATA RATE (DDR) MEMORY CONTROLLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T147820.20220603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0262/17 () of 30.8.2022
Online on 27.09.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 169/04 C10N 30/04 C10N 30/06 C10N 40/25	Application no. 11155906.8
Keywords Minutes of oral proceedings - request to correct minutes				Application title Lubricant compositions for improved engine performance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T026217.20220830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0532/17 (Personalisation of image processing workflows/CANON) of 15.9.2022
Online on 27.09.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 H04N 1/00 H04N 1/32 H04N 1/44	Application no. 08172768.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Personalisation of image processing workflows
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053217.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0629/19 () of 2.8.2022
Online on 27.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 11760268.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity in view of the description Claims - (yes) Late-filed facts - objection withdrawn before the opposition division - admitted (no)				Application title MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T062919.20220802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 917 KB)
T 1390/19 () of 24.5.2022
Online on 27.09.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.5.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 29/16 A61L 31/16	Application no. 03750586.4
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title MEDIZINISCHE VORRICHTUNG ZUR ARZNEIMITTELABGABE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T139019.20220524				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2136/19 () of 9.8.2022
Online on 27.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 34/20	Application no. 14704776.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE POSITIONING OF A MEDICAL STRUCTURE ON THE BASIS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T213619.20220809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 0023/20 (Fire resistant glazing unit / PYROGUARD UK) of 12.9.2022
Online on 27.09.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 17/10 C09K 21/14 C09K 21/00	Application no. 13708881.1
Keywords Compliance with the requirements of Article 123(2) EPC - yes Novelty - yes Inventive step - yes				Application title Fire resistant glazing unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T002320.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2615/16 () of 27.6.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 5/08 F16L 5/10 E04G 15/06 H02G 3/12	Application no. 11009383.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein), mangelnde Neuheit (nein), mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Spät eingereichte Einwände - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Einwände - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (teilweise) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens nach Ladung Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - berücksichtigt (teilweise)				Application title Verwendung eines Adapterrings zum Einsetzen in ein Rohrelement einer Leitungsdurchführung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T261516.20220627				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 552 KB)
T 1507/17 (Niveaux de sûreté/AIRBUS) of 19.9.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F 9/455 G06F 21/24 H04W 12/06	Application no. 10752854.9
Keywords Nouveauté - (non) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title TRAITEMENT AUTOMATISÉ DE DONNÉES MULTI-USAGES, METTANT EN OEUVRE DES FONCTIONS AYANT BESOIN DE DIFFÉRENTS NIVEAUX DE SÛRETÉ OU LIMITES DE RESPONSABILITÉ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T150717.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1566/17 () of 20.9.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 6/03 G06T 11/00	Application no. 09015316.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title X-ray computed tomography apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, X-ray computed tomography method, and medical image processing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T156617.20220920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 794 KB)
T 0546/18 (Help information by means of query string/BROTHER) of 26.7.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 26.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 9/445	Application no. 11177130.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Device and help server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T054618.20220726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2027/18 () of 30.6.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B41K 3/12 B41K 3/10 B41F 33/00 B41F 13/00	Application no. 12160752.7
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation (allowable: yes)				Application title Numbering unit of a numbering device having a releasable indexing mechanism
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T202718.20220630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2900/18 (Treatment of glomerulonephritis/R-PHARM) of 23.6.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/24 C07K 16/28 A61P 13/12	Application no. 12174216.7
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title Method for the treatment of glomerulonephritis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T290018.20220623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0685/19 () of 21.6.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/00 B32B 37/20 B42D 25/328 B42D 25/355 B42D 25/00	Application no. 12788322.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE WEB AND SECURITY DEVICES PREPARED FROM THE COMPOSITE WEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T068519.20220621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2146/19 (SICHERHEITSELEMENT / BUNDESDRUCKEREI) of 22.8.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 11/02 C09K 11/56 C09K 11/62 C09K 11/88 C09K 11/89 B41M 3/14 G07D 7/12	Application no. 10748052.7
Keywords Angefochtene Entscheidung - begründet (nein) Angefochtene Entscheidung - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT MIT FARBUMSCHLAG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T214619.20220822				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0030/20 (Acrylsäurebasierte Dispergiermittel/BASF) of 21.9.2022
Online on 26.09.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B01F 17/14 C08F 2/38 C08F 20/04	Application no. 12702261.4
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title NIEDERMOLEKULARE PHOSPHORHALTIGE POLYACRYLSÄUREN ALS DISPERGIERMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T003020.20220921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1189/17 (Real Time Adaptation for Moving Targets / Varian Medical Systems) of 23.6.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/10	Application no. 09831534.4
Keywords Novelty - revised main request (no) Inventive step - revised auxiliary request 2 (no) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (yes) Amendment to appeal case - revised main request, revised auxiliary request 2 Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no) Amendment to appeal case - revised auxiliary requests 1 and 3				Application title REAL TIME TREATMENT PARAMETER ALGORITHM FOR MOVING TARGETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118917.20220623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0531/18 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 13/004 B41F 33/00	Application no. 09000997.8
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Neuheit (nein)				Application title Druckmaschine und Verfahren zu deren Inbetriebnahme
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053118.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0551/18 () of 23.8.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/47 H04N 21/431 G06F 3/048 H04N 21/414 H04N 21/45 G06F 9/44	Application no. 12819650.8
Keywords Main request - Clarity (no) First and second auxiliary requests - Admittance (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DEVICE TYPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T055118.20220823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1805/18 (Padding BSR procedure/INNOVATIVE) of 15.9.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 72/12	Application no. 09005422.2
Keywords Novelty - (no): "indicating" to be interpreted broadly Partial reimbursement of the appeal fee at 25% - patent proprietor (yes): withdrawal of appeal before announcement of decision				Application title Method and apparatus for performing buffer status reporting (BSR)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T180518.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2715/18 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01M 1/20 A61L 9/14 A61L 9/03 A61L 9/12	Application no. 04750232.3
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR EMITTING VOLATILE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T271518.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 3018/18 () of 2.6.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 263/10 C07C 263/20 C07C 265/14	Application no. 06118257.2
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung Teilanmeldung - Hauptantrag (ja) Teilanmeldung - Hilfsantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Beweislastumkehr (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Reinigung von Isocyanaten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T301818.20220602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 458 KB)
T 1513/20 (Steuerung eines Flash-Speichers/Unify) of 7.9.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 3/06	Application no. 13798568.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES FLASH-SPEICHERS ZUR MASSENSPEICHERUNG, DER VON EINEM AN EINEN HOST ANSCHLIEßBAREN KOMMUNIKATIONSGERÄT UMFASST IST, UND COMPUTERPROGRAMMPRODUKT ZUR AUSFÜHRUNG DES VERFAHRENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T151320.20220907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2049/20 () of 14.7.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/12 B60T 8/1755 B60T 13/26 B60T 13/38 B60T 13/66 B60T 17/22 B60T 8/24	Application no. 12727599.8
Keywords erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR WARNUNG DES FAHRERS EINES FAHRZEUGES VOR EINEM DROHENDEN UMKIPPEN UND STEUERUNGSEINRICHTUNG DAFÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T204920.20220714				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2071/21 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 23.09.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 6/48 B60W 10/02 B60W 10/06 B60W 10/08 B60W 10/11 B60W 20/40 B60W 20/00 B60W 30/19	Application no. 17716602.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title DRIVELINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR OF AN INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T207121.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
D 0045/21 () of 30.8.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board DBA	Decision date 30.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D004521.20220830				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0776/17 () of 25.3.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 159/12 C10M 169/04 C10M 133/56	Application no. 02744735.8
Keywords Amendment to appeal case Late-filed auxiliary requests Novelty Priority Right to be heard Substantial procedural violation				Application title LOW-CHLORINE, POLYOLEFIN-SUBSTITUTED, WITH AMINE REACTED, ALPHA-BETA UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T077617.20220325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 644 KB)
T 0634/18 (Recommendation of medical imaging protocols / Samsung) of 29.6.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 29.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/54 A61B 5/055	Application no. 13166842.8
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Novelty - Main Request (no) Novelty - Auxiliary Requests I, II (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary Request III (no) Late-filed request - Auxiliary Requests II bis, III bis Late-filed request - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - Auxiliary Requests III ter, III quater Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment to appeal case - Auxiliary Requests IV, V, VI, VII Amendment to appeal case - admitted (no) Right to be heard - appeal procedure Right to be heard - respected (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title Medical imaging apparatus and control method thereof with classification and recommendation of protocols
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063418.20220629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 565 KB)
T 1532/18 () of 4.8.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 15/06 E06B 5/16	Application no. 10405074.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title Brandschutz-Schiebetüre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T153218.20220804				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1928/18 () of 9.6.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/23 C07C 21/18	Application no. 11705705.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING ALKENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192818.20220609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2964/18 () of 14.6.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 133/06 C08K 5/5435 C08K 5/544	Application no. 12798263.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no) Auxiliary request 4 - admitted (yes) Auxiliary request 4 - sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Evidence not admitted by the opposition division Evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Auxiliary requests after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - admitted (no) Objections raised at the oral proceedings - exceptional circumstances (no) - admitted (no)				Application title COATING COMPOSITION FOR A FOOD OR BEVERAGE CAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T296418.20220614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 583 KB)
T 0085/19 () of 22.6.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/00 C08J 9/32 B29C 70/66	Application no. 04716245.8
Keywords Erstinstanzliche Ermessensentscheidung über Zulassung eines Hilfsantrags - Aufhebung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von lichtstreuenden Formteilen mit hervorragenden optischen Eigenschaften
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T008519.20220622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1489/20 () of 24.6.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B64D 11/06	Application no. 14162189.6
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title Fluggastsitz mit einem Gestell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T148920.20220624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 440 KB)
T 1897/20 (Mower's turning pattern/HONDA) of 11.8.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 1/02 A01D 34/00	Application no. 16161620.6
Keywords Admittance of requests filed with the appeal - main and auxiliary requests I to VI (no): fresh case Inventive step - auxiliary requests VII and VIII (no)				Application title Control apparatus for autonomously navigating utility vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T189720.20220811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0092/21 () of 19.9.2022
Online on 22.09.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F02C 1/10 F02C 7/143 F03G 7/10	Application no. 13002417.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title Verfahren und Exergiekraftwerk zur dezentralen Stromerzeugung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T009221.20220919				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2888/18 () of 24.6.2022
Online on 21.09.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B66F 9/22 F16H 61/475	Application no. 14167293.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (no) Admission into proceedings - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Industrial vehicle and method for controlling industrial vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T288818.20220624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 518 KB)
T 0456/19 () of 14.7.2022
Online on 21.09.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 63/00 A01K 67/033 A01P 7/02 A01P 7/04	Application no. 13730585.0
Keywords Inventive step Amendment after summons				Application title COMPOSITION COMPRISING ARTHROPODS AND ASTIGMATID MITE EGGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T045619.20220714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1582/20 (MANUFACTURING PROPYLENE OXIDE/Solvay) of 10.9.2022
Online on 21.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 15/013 C07D 303/04	Application no. 16197866.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PROPYLENE OXIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T158220.20220910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0017/22 (Oral care composition / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 20.9.2022
Online on 21.09.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/22 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/81 A61Q 11/02	Application no. 18750027.7
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - opportunity to comment (no) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title ORAL CARE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T001722.20220920				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0398/22 () of 16.9.2022
Online on 21.09.2022	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 5/18 B42D 25/00 B42D 25/324 B42D 25/328 B42D 25/29	Application no. 14700926.0
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents				Application title Sicherheitseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T039822.20220916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 240 KB)
T 1764/16 (Aspartate for treating metabolic disorders/NUTRICIA) of 29.10.2021
Online on 20.09.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/02 A61K 38/16 A61K 31/4188 A61K 31/714 A61P 3/00	Application no. 05762925.5
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Preparation for use of aspartate and vitamin B12 or biotin for regulating ketone bodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T176416.20211029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2865/19 () of 23.6.2022
Online on 20.09.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 64/02 C08G 64/34	Application no. 09792317.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POLYCARBONATE POLYOL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T286519.20220623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 0735/20 (Fuel markers / AUTHENTIX) of 5.9.2022
Online on 20.09.2022	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/00 C07C 43/205 C10L 1/185	Application no. 16158792.8
Keywords Admittance into the proceedings of auxiliary requests 6 to 12 - (yes) - exceptional circumstances Clarity (auxiliary requests 6 to 11) - (no) Compliance with all the requirements of the EPC (Auxiliary request 12) - (yes)				Application title Fuel markers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T073520.20220905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
R 0008/21 (Petition rejected as clearly inadmissible) of 30.5.2022
Online on 19.09.2022	Board EBA	Decision date 30.5.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/09 A61P 35/00 A61P 35/04	Application no. 09711390.6
Keywords Obligation to raise objections - objection raised (no) Petition for review - clearly inadmissible				Application title Treatment of metastatic stage prostate cancer with degarelix
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R000821.20220530				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 242 KB)
T 1509/18 () of 5.7.2022
Online on 19.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/042	Application no. 09702094.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant				Application title A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GEOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL DIPOLE DENSITIES ON THE CARDIAC WALL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T150918.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1629/18 (Face size / Samsung) of 15.9.2022
Online on 19.09.2022	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/32 G06T 7/00 G06K 9/00	Application no. 10175480.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Oral proceedings: request for video conference				Application title Apparatus and method for detecting face
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T162918.20220915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1182/19 () of 1.9.2022
Online on 19.09.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 5/22 G02B 5/08	Application no. 09180098.7
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Verbundmaterial
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T118219.20220901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1206/19 (Spatial filterbank/OTICON) of 8.8.2022
Online on 19.09.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.8.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 14193441.4
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Unadmitting admitted evidence - prior-art document D17 (no): "unadmitting" would prevent a judicial review of the merits of the first-instance decision - T 960/15 not followed				Application title Spatial filter bank for hearing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T120619.20220808				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 0337/20 (Markierwagen/BEAMRIDER) of 14.9.2022
Online on 19.09.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 1/02	Application no. 16155829.1
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung durch die Patentinhaberin Unzulässige Erweiterung gegenüber der Stammanmeldung - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 8 und 11 (ja): unzulässige Zwischenverallgemeinerung Zulassung von Anspruchsänderungen - Hilfsanträge 9 und 10 (nein): im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren korrekterweise nicht zugelassen				Application title Markierwagen und -verfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T033720.20220914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0975/16 (LAG-3 on regulatory T cells/JOHNS HOPKINS) of 28.10.2021
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/63 A61K 31/70 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/38 A61K 39/395 G01N 33/53 A01N 43/04 C07K 16/00 C12P 21/08 C07K 14/705 C07K 16/28 C12N 5/0783 C12N 5/074 C12N 5/071	Application no. 07021595.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title T cell regulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T097516.20211028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 0803/17 () of 21.6.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 19/00	Application no. 06709968.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Admissibility of opposition Appeal decision - extent of examination Appeal decision - reformatio in peius Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SURGICAL PLANNING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T080317.20220621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0882/17 () of 21.6.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 19/00	Application no. 12161435.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Admissibility of opposition Appeal decision - extent of examination Appeal decision - reformatio in peius Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Surgical planning
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T088217.20220621				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 671 KB)
T 1001/17 () of 23.6.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 6/00	Application no. 12174970.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (no)				Application title X-ray device and method for controlling an X-ray irradiation area
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T100117.20220623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0007/18 (Process for production of triallylisocyanurate / SHINRYO) of 12.9.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 251/34 C07D 239/30 C07D 239/34 C07D 251/26	Application no. 10780472.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title TRIALLYLISOCYANURATE, TRIALLYLCYANURATE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF TRIALLYLISOCYANURATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T000718.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1201/18 () of 8.7.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 2/74	Application no. 10169793.6
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Application title System für den Aufbau von Trennwänden
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T120118.20220708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0804/19 (Cell culturing/PATHEON) of 20.7.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 1/12 C12M 3/06 C12N 5/07 C12N 5/073 C12N 5/079	Application no. 07765049.7
Keywords Main request - admitted (yes) Main request - requirements of the EPC - (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title Improved process for the culturing of cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T080419.20220720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 614 KB)
T 1394/19 (Hydrogen peroxide solution/SOLVAY) of 28.6.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 15/01 C01B 15/023 C07D 301/12	Application no. 08718129.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title USE OF AN AQUEOUS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T139419.20220628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1754/19 () of 14.7.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B22C 1/00 B22C 9/10 B22C 21/14	Application no. 15156813.6
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - requests could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Inventive step - (no) Appealed decision - substantial procedural violation (no) Appealed decision - reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title Core assembly including studded spacer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T175419.20220714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 2117/19 (GUT UMFORMBARES STAHLFLACHPRODUKT/ThyssenKrupp) of 11.7.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D 31/00 C21D 1/26 C21D 9/46 C22C 38/06 C22C 38/28 C22C 38/38 C21D 1/76 C21D 8/02 C22C 38/02 C22C 38/04	Application no. 10787425.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES GUT UMFORMBAREN STAHLFLACHPRODUKTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T211719.20220711				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0513/20 (Cell culturing/PATHEON) of 7.7.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 1/12 C12M 3/06 C12P 21/00 C12N 5/071 B01D 15/26 B01D 69/08 C07K 16/00 C07K 1/18 C07K 1/22 C07K 1/34	Application no. 13169693.2
Keywords Main request - amendment occasioned by a ground for opposition - (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - amendment occasioned by a ground for opposition - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance Appeal decision - (yes)				Application title Improved process for the culturing of cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T051320.20220707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0647/20 (Produktionsleitsystem/PELZ) of 10.6.2022
Online on 16.09.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 10.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 10/06 G05B 23/02	Application no. 17155784.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - eine Ampel zum Signalisieren der Dauer einer Produktionsstörung (nein Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nichttechnische Anforderung) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title PRODUKTIONSLEITSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T064720.20220610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2615/19 () of 13.7.2022
Online on 15.09.2022	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 37/08 A01N 65/00 A01N 25/04 A01N 37/36 A01N 65/06 A61K 9/00 A61K 47/10 A61K 9/08 A61K 31/192 C08L 93/00 D21H 21/36 A01P 1/00 A61K 36/13 B27K 3/15	Application no. 12783249.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request - amendments - allowable (no) Auxialiary request withdrawn before first instance - admitted (no) Partial reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title AQUEOUS ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING CONIFEROUS RESIN ACIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T261519.20220713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0144/20 (BATTERY SEPARATOR/Dreamweaver) of 19.7.2022
Online on 15.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 2/16 D21H 27/00 D21H 15/02 H01G 11/52 H01M 2/14 H01M 2/18 H01M 10/052 D21H 13/10	Application no. 12789264.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SINGLE-LAYER LITHIUM ION BATTERY SEPARATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T014420.20220719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 0449/20 (Alliage aluminium cuivre/Howmet Aerospace) of 8.7.2022
Online on 15.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.7.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C22C 21/00 C22F 1/04 C22F 1/057 C22C 21/16	Application no. 10734173.7
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Modification des moyens invoqués - modification admise (non) Mémoire de recours - motivation insuffisante d'une objection				Application title ALLIAGE ALUMINIUM CUIVRE LITHIUM A RESISTANCE MECANIQUE ET TENACITE AMELIOREES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T044920.20220708				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0636/20 () of 24.6.2022
Online on 15.09.2022	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.6.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/68 F16D 25/0638 F16D 25/12	Application no. 12740470.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DOPPELKUPPLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063620.20220624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1928/20 () of 7.9.2022
Online on 15.09.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.9.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01G 3/025	Application no. 10170864.2
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung - (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title Schere zum Schneiden von Ästen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192820.20220907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2026/20 () of 12.9.2022
Online on 15.09.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 36/02 E21B 43/16 E21B 43/40	Application no. 11764408.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Application title METHOD OF USING CARBON DIOXIDE IN RECOVERY OF FORMATION DEPOSITS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T202620.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0749/21 () of 12.9.2022
Online on 15.09.2022	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 7/24 E21B 17/07 F16F 1/32	Application no. 11794135.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title VIBRATION TRANSMISSION AND ISOLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T074921.20220912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 0144/14 (Procédé de transaction/TAGATTITUDE) of 24.6.2022
Online on 14.09.2022	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 24.6.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 20/00	Application no. 07731680.0
Keywords Activité inventive - (non) Activité inventive - solution évidente Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (non)				Application title PROCEDE DE TRANSACTION ENTRE DEUX SERVEURS COMPORTANT UNE ETAPE PREALABLE DE VALIDATION METTANT EN OEUVRE DEUX TELEPHONES PORTABLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T014414.20220624				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1332/18 (Anschlussmodul für Netzwerk/Yello NetCom Münster) of 13.7.2022
Online on 14.09.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/40 H04L 29/12 H02G 3/02 H04L 12/24	Application no. 09009577.9
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - (nein)				Application title Anschlussmodul für ein Netzwerk, Verfahren zum Vernetzen von Räumen und Containersiedlung mit vernetzten Containern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T133218.20220713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0351/19 () of 23.6.2022
Online on 14.09.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/20 G06Q 30/04 G06Q 30/06	Application no. 15183537.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title AUTOMATED SESSION CLOSING UPON LOCATION-SENSED DEPARTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T035119.20220623				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 1956/19 (Audiovisual management system / Soliton Systems) of 8.9.2022
Online on 14.09.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 8.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 12/00 G06F 13/00 G11B 20/10 G11B 20/12 G11B 27/10 H04N 5/765 H04N 5/91 H04N 21/84 G06F 17/30 G06F 21/62 G06F 21/64 G11B 27/32 H04N 21/218 H04N 21/2187 H04N 21/231 H04N 21/235 H04N 21/658 H04N 21/8352	Application no. 14843870.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes)				Application title TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RECORDED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T195619.20220908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0523/20 (POWDERY WATER-SOLUBLE CATIONIC POLYMER/Kemira) of 30.6.2022
Online on 14.09.2022	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 30.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/56 C08L 33/00 C08L 39/00 C08L 51/00 D21H 17/46 D21H 17/37 D21H 17/44 D21H 17/45 D21H 17/56 D21H 21/10	Application no. 15770812.4
Keywords Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POWDERY WATER-SOLUBLE CATIONIC POLYMER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T052320.20220630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1215/20 (Public availability of cited prior art/LENOVO) of 9.9.2022
Online on 14.09.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 24/08	Application no. 09795832.6
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): no oral proceedings necessary or appropriate Remittal - (yes): fundamental deficiency in examination proceedings Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (yes): equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation				Application title Method and apparatus for estimating a quantity of mobile terminals per quality of service class identifier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T121520.20220909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1695/19 () of 28.7.2022
Online on 13.09.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 13/00 B21B 45/00	Application no. 14720974.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Hauptantrag - erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title WARMWALZWERK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T169519.20220728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0719/18 () of 28.6.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36 A61B 5/00	Application no. 11161916.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for monitoring a treatment of a patient, preferably for monitoring hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration and/or peritoneal dialysis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T071918.20220628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1424/18 (Recombinant production of isoprenoids/AMYRIS) of 5.9.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 5/00 C12P 5/02 C12P 7/04 C12N 15/52	Application no. 07797800.5
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC complied with - (yes)				Application title PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENOIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T142418.20220905				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 619 KB)
T 2216/18 () of 5.7.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 49/04 H01J 49/40	Application no. 05803643.5
Keywords Amendments (main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed requests (auxiliary requests 4 and 5) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title MASS SPECTROMETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T221618.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2539/18 () of 25.8.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.8.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC G03H 1/04 G03H 1/26 B42D 15/10 G02B 5/18 G02B 5/32	Application no. 09749593.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach				Application title OPTISCHES SICHERHEITSELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T253918.20220825				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0538/19 () of 10.6.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/38 G02B 1/04 C08G 18/52 C08G 18/75	Application no. 07829397.4
Keywords Documentary evidence admitted (yes) - normal developpments in the opposition appeal proceedings Novelty (yes) Novelty - no direct and unambiguous disclosure Inventive step - obvious alternative Auxiliary request submitted during the oral proceedings not admitted - no cogent reasons				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053819.20220610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0539/19 () of 10.6.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/38 G02B 1/04	Application no. 14187734.0
Keywords Documentary evidence admitted (yes) - normal developpments in the opposition appeal proceedings Novelty (yes) Novelty - no direct and unambiguous disclosure Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RESIN FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T053919.20220610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0627/19 () of 6.9.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 1/34	Application no. 07009329.9
Keywords Decision handed down in written procedure (yes) Novelty (no) Novelty - main request, first and second auxiliary request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - third and fourth auxiliary request				Application title Microscope apparatus and cell observation method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T062719.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 0755/19 () of 14.6.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.6.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F27D 99/00 C21D 9/00	Application no. 13708240.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - common general knowledge Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Inventive step - common general knowledge Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances				Application title SUPPORT DEVICE FOR RADIANT TUBES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T075519.20220614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 1724/19 (GDF-15 and metabolic disorders/AMGEN) of 21.10.2021
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/18 A61P 3/00	Application no. 12761825.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 2 filed during oral proceedings - exceptional circumstances (no) Filing of new document after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Method of treating or ameliorating metabolic disorders using growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T172419.20211021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 528 KB)
T 0899/20 (Fast booting from solid-state memory while redundant boot data is … of 6.9.2022
Online on 09.09.2022	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 12/02 G06F 9/44	Application no. 11874761.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title LOAD BOOT DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T089920.20220906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0971/18 () of 12.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 15/50 G06F 3/0481	Application no. 15172704.7
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) First to third auxiliary request - admittance under Article 12(4) RPBA 2007 (no) Fourth to sixth auxiliary request - admittance under Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 (no)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD TO DISPLAY OBJECT WITH VISUAL EFFECT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T097118.20220712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2087/18 (Handapparat für Telekommunikationsanlage/AVAYA) of 27.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04M 1/03 H04M 1/60 H04M 1/02	Application no. 07019896.5
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): Aufhebung der mündlichen Verhandlung nach Mitteilung der Partei, nicht an der Verhandlung teilzunehmen Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr in Höhe von 25 % Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja): rechtzeitige Zurücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Handapparat für eine Breitbandtelekommunikationsanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T208718.20220727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2764/18 (Pestivirus replicon/INSTITUT FÜR VIRUSKRANKHEITEN) of 4.3.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.3.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 7/04 C07K 14/18 A61K 39/12	Application no. 09757250.7
Keywords Admittance of new main request filed at oral proceedings - (yes) Added matter - (no) Clarity - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title PESTIVIRUS REPLICONS PROVIDING AN RNA-BASED VIRAL VECTOR SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T276418.20220304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0494/19 () of 6.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 77/20	Application no. 10784962.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment to appeal case - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed facts - could have been filed in opposition proceedings (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title SEALED CONTAINER FOR FOODSTUFFS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049419.20220706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 1789/19 (Melanoidin binder/ROCKWOOL) of 25.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C13K 1/00 C09J 103/02 C08L 5/00 C08L 33/00 C08J 5/08	Application no. 14182162.9
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) - obvious alternative Auxiliary request 1- inventive step (yes) - no arguments from the opponent				Application title Biobinder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178919.20220725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 1927/19 () of 8.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A01D 43/08	Application no. 14155140.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Landwirtschaftliche Erntemaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T192719.20220708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2664/19 () of 4.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.7.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 85/804	Application no. 11719798.8
Keywords Änderungen - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 Neuheit - (nein)				Application title PORTIONSKAPSEL FÜR PULVERFÖRMIGE ODER FLÜSSIGE GETRÄNKEBASISSTOFFE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T266419.20220704				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2827/19 (Dry powder formulations/JAGOTEC) of 5.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00	Application no. 04798927.2
Keywords Admittance of late-filed request - main request (no) Admittance of requests - auxiliary requests 1-6 (yes) Admittance of an objection - admitted (yes) Clarity - product-by-process claims - auxiliary requests 1-6 (no)				Application title DRY POWDER FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T282719.20220705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0509/20 (Modified antibodies/CHUGAI) of 28.7.2022
Online on 08.09.2022	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00	Application no. 11714860.1

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