Decisions in 2023

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2023 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2023

• May 2023
• April 2023
• March 2023
• February 2023
• January 2023

May 2023

T 1587/18 (Earthquake damage prediction/SWISS RE) of 28.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 09781198.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE PREDICTION AND PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T158718.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2330/18 () of 11.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60L 11/18 H02J 5/00 H02J 7/02	Application no. 15739609.4
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Claims - clarity (no) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Operation of an inductive power transfer system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T233018.20230511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1219/19 (Methods for nucleic acid sequencing I/PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES) of 18.1.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 15191903.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Discretion of the opposition division not to admit amended claims filed at the oral proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Methods for nucleic acid sequencing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T121919.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 584 KB)
T 2351/19 (Animal food/HILL'S PET NUTRITION) of 4.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 40/00 A23K 10/26 A23K 20/174 A23K 20/147 A23K 20/158 A23K 50/48 A23K 20/163	Application no. 12891430.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ANIMAL FOOD COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T235119.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2835/19 (Methods for nucleic acid sequencing II/PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES) of 18.1.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 16189216.1
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3 and 5 to 8 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods for nucleic acid sequencing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T283519.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 0484/20 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B 1/76	Application no. 09768324.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title FACADE INSULATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T048420.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1023/20 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F23R 3/00 F23M 5/02	Application no. 14752417.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 5 (yes) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes- auxiliary requests 1-4) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes -auxiliary request 5) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no- auxiliary requests 6,7)				Application title TILE FOR COVERING COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, IN PARTICULAR FOR GAS TURBINE ENERGY PRODUCTION POWER PLANT AND COMBUSTION CHAMBER COMPRISING SAID TILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T102320.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1007 KB)
T 1743/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F 11/18	Application no. 14163023.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title Lower profile for balcony railing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T174320.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1846/20 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 471/04 A61K 31/519 A61P 35/00	Application no. 15810067.7
Keywords -				Application title PYRIDINO[1,2-A]PYRIMIDONE ANALOGUE USED AS PI3K INHIBITOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T184620.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1991/20 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C 7/08 H05B 3/74 H05B 6/06	Application no. 13182240.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Kochfeldvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T199120.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 671 KB)
T 2055/20 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/00 B29D 28/00 B29C 64/153 B29C 64/20 B29L 31/00	Application no. 11752232.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT HAVING AN INTERNAL STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T205520.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 756 KB)
T 1259/21 () of 26.4.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 5/10	Application no. 12153333.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1, 2 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfantrag 3 (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Anordnung von Sensoren für eine elektronische Betätigung einer Klappe eines Kraftfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T125921.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 609 KB)
T 1621/21 () of 25.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 7/00	Application no. 12005997.7
Keywords Inventive step - identification of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - problem-solution approach Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Variation and control of sensory work playback
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162121.20230525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1622/21 () of 25.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 7/00	Application no. 12005999.3
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title Variation and control of sensory work playback
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162221.20230525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1623/21 () of 25.5.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 7/00	Application no. 12006000.9
Keywords Inventive step - identification of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - problem-solution approach Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Variation and control of sensory work playback
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162321.20230525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0423/22 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 31.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 23/04	Application no. 09179826.4
Keywords Evidence - public prior use Evidence - hearing witness Taking of evidence - hearing witness by videoconference				Application title RFID enabled tire control system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T042322.20230324				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0080/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F28D 7/16 F28F 1/02 F28D 21/00	Application no. 15190213.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichter Einwand - wäre bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorzubringen gewesen (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title WÄRMEÜBERTRAGER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T008020.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1314/20 (Biometric transaction authentication using mobile devices/CHIPTEC) of 25.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 14833551.6
Keywords Inventive step - use of biometric instead of PIN-based verification to be carried out inside a SIM card (no Inventive step - obvious alternative)				Application title SYSTEM, USER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T131420.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1563/20 () of 20.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/713 A01P 3/00 A01P 7/00 A01N 51/00 A01N 47/38 A01N 47/34 A01N 47/24 A01N 47/14 A01N 47/12 A01N 43/88 A01N 43/653 A01N 43/56 A01N 43/54 A01N 43/40 A01N 37/50 A01N 37/34	Application no. 17158810.6
Keywords Inventive step				Application title PESTICIDE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A TETRAZOLYLOXIME DERIVATIVE AND AN INSECTICIDE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T156320.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1829/20 () of 16.5.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 12733240.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title NEEDLE SHEATH REMOVER ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T182920.20230516				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 574 KB)
T 0126/21 () of 1.3.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 101/02	Application no. 05709364.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Inventive step - (no: main request and first auxiliary request) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title HARDENABLE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T012621.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0874/21 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 6/00 F01D 17/02 F01D 17/20 F01D 25/16 F01D 17/08 F23M 11/04 H04Q 9/00	Application no. 11790510.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SENSOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MACHINE HAVING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087421.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1256/21 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/44	Application no. 05826001.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED AND STEAMED MILK FROM MILK CONCENTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T125621.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1742/21 (FGFR3 fusion/ASTELLAS PHARMA) of 16.3.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/6886	Application no. 13757006.5
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - claims - clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 8 and 9 - amendement to case - admitted (no)				Application title Novel FGFR3 fusion product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T174221.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 2417/22 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 30.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/105 C22C 1/04 C22C 9/00 B33Y 70/00 B22F 3/24 C22F 1/08 C22C 9/06 B33Y 80/00 B22F 10/20	Application no. 17198275.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds Oral proceedings - abandonment of request				Application title USE OF A COPPER ALLOY POWDER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED ARTICLE, AND ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T241722.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0695/18 (Withdrawal of the withdrawal of the appeal/ZTE) of 3.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 68/00 H04L 5/00 H04W 24/10	Application no. 11865564.6
Keywords Correction of withdrawal of appeal - (no): Rule 139 EPC not applicable to non-pending appeal cases Pendency of application after withdrawal of appeal - (no) Divergence from an interpretation of the EPC in earlier decisions of any Board - (yes): different interpretation of Rule 139 EPC				Application title Method for notifying interference measurement reference information, method and device for measuring interference
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T069518.20230303				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 561 KB)
T 1292/19 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/68 C09J 7/02	Application no. 12005517.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Folienband
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T129219.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 544 KB)
T 1626/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 11/00	Application no. 08843739.7
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Amendment after summons - response to objection raised in the oral proceedings for the first time Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - all requests (yes)				Application title MANAGING MEDICATIONS AT THE BEDSIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T162619.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2257/19 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 25/355	Application no. 08720207.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes) Amendments - relationship between Art. 123(2) and Art. 123(3) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - objection not overcome				Application title SECURITY ELEMENT PARTICULARLY FOR BANKNOTES, SECURITY CARDS AND THE LIKE, HAVING ANTI-COUNTERFEITING FEATURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T225719.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0872/20 () of 22.5.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 23/06 E01C 23/14	Application no. 03792366.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title IMPROVED ROAD REPAIR SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087220.20230522				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0895/20 (2XXX SERIES ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOYS/Arconic) of 7.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 21/00 C22C 21/12	Application no. 12747128.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title 2XXX SERIES ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T089520.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0911/20 (Druckluftaufbereitungseinrichtung/Haldex) of 27.2.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/26 B60T 17/00	Application no. 11171179.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Druckluftaufbereitungseinrichtung mit zwei Lufttrocknungskartuschen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T091120.20230227				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1333/20 () of 26.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D 7/24 B05D 1/26 B32B 27/00 B41M 5/00 B41M 7/00	Application no. 12829296.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete appeal case Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment to appeal case - admitted (no) Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no) Discretion not to admit submission - submission admitted (no)				Application title UV INK PRINTING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T133320.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0900/21 (Overload and elute chromatography/Hoffmann La Roche) of 29.3.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 15/08	Application no. 17157670.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary requests 1-4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 13a Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 5, 7, 10-12 Inventive step - (no) auxiliary request 14 allowable				Application title OVERLOAD AND ELUTE CHROMATOGRAPHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T090021.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0139/22 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F02C 9/48 F01D 21/14 F01D 21/02 F01D 21/00 F01D 19/00	Application no. 13711687.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF OPERATING A TURBINE ENGINE AFTER FLAME OFF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T013922.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0531/22 () of 9.5.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 85/804	Application no. 13730232.9
Keywords Dokumente nicht zugelassen im Einspruchsverfahren - Ermessensfehler (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title PORTIONSKAPSEL UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES GETRÄNKS MIT EINER PORTIONSKAPSEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T053122.20230509				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0836/22 (Adaptive immunity profiling/ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES) of 17.5.2023
Online on 26.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 17.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C40B 50/06 C12N 5/078 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 16162568.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Adaptive immunity profiling and methods for generation of monoclonal antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T083622.20230517				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 248 KB)
T 0237/20 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 45/00 B29K 307/04 B29B 17/00 B29B 17/04 B29K 105/04 B29K 105/06	Application no. 13175878.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Hilfsantrag I (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge II und III (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Leichtbauelementen aus kohlenstofffaserverstärktem, thermoplastischem Kunststoff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T023720.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 479 KB)
T 0255/20 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/103 A61B 5/11 G06F 19/00	Application no. 11837661.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal Remittal - (yes) Primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision Obiter Dictum not forming part of the grounds for refusal				Application title COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS AND MONITORING OF MOBILITY ABNORMALITIES IN HUMAN PATIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T025520.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 0532/20 () of 8.2.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 9/00 F03D 7/02	Application no. 04704812.9
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Added subject-matter (yes) - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 Clarity (no) - auxiliary request 6 to 9 Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) Objection under Rule 106 (dismissed)				Application title Wind Turbine Generator with a Low Voltage Ride-Through Controller and a Method for Controlling Wind Turbine Components
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T053220.20230208				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 710 KB)
T 0761/20 (Automated script grading/UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE) of 22.5.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06N 99/00	Application no. 11183934.6
Keywords Patentable invention - field of technology Patentable invention - computer implemented invention Patentable invention - mathematical method Inventive step - (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Automated assessment of examination scripts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T076120.20230522				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0817/20 (Feuerlöschsystem mit Hochdruckregler/SCHURACK) of 2.3.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D 16/10	Application no. 06116418.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Juxtaposition von naheliegenden Maßnahmen				Application title Druckregler für Hochdruckgas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T081720.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 574 KB)
T 1634/20 (Bildqualität/BUNDESDRUCKEREI) of 22.5.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 9/00 G06K 9/03	Application no. 14727447.6
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Keine technische Aufgabe				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BEWERTEN EINER BILDQUALITÄT EINES BILDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T163420.20230522				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0268/21 (Acid gas separation/Hu) of 19.4.2023
Online on 25.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/40	Application no. 16151560.6
Keywords Clarity - result to be achieved (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACID GAS SEPARATION USING A SELF-CONCENTRATING ABSORBENT WHICH FORMS A CONCENTRATED-AGENT PHASE AND A REMAINDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T026821.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1765/18 (Adaptive immunity profiling/ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES) of 16.5.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C40B 50/06 C12N 5/078 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 10732172.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Adaptive immunity profiling and methods for generation of monoclonal antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T176518.20230516				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 0479/19 (Multi-client ultrasound inaging - B-K Medical ApS) of 19.5.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 7/00 G01S 15/89 G01S 7/52 G06F 9/50	Application no. 13710542.5
Keywords Decision in written proceedings (yes) announcement of non-attendance of the oral proceedings				Application title MULTI-CLIENT ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T047919.20230519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0791/19 () of 28.4.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/145 A61B 8/08 G01N 29/024 G01N 29/07 G01S 7/52 G01N 29/032 A61B 5/00	Application no. 14723042.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS DETECTION OF CHANGES OF DENSITY IN FLUIDS AND SOLIDS AS WELL AS USE OF THE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T079119.20230428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1187/20 (Wet food compositions having the characteristics of dry food … of 27.4.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 10/20 A23K 50/48	Application no. 10804827.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title WET FOOD COMPOSITIONS HAVING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DRY FOOD COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T118720.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0914/21 (Brazing sheet/UACJ) of 16.3.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 21/00 B23K 1/00 B23K 1/19 B23K 31/02 B23K 35/14 B23K 35/22 B23K 35/28 B23K 103/10 B32B 15/01 F28F 21/08 B23K 1/008 B23K 35/02 C22C 21/02 C22C 21/06	Application no. 15826433.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title ALUMINIUM ALLOY BRAZING SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T091421.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1322/21 (Dry powder formulation / CHIESI FARMACEUTICI) of 16.5.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 31/167 A61K 31/57 A61P 11/00 A61P 11/06	Application no. 13704372.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DRY POWDER FORMULATION COMPRISING A CORTICOSTEROID AND A BETA-ADRENERGIC FOR ADMINISTRATION BY INHALATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T132221.20230516				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2155/21 (Steel sheet/KABUSHIKI) of 3.3.2023
Online on 24.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/00 C21D 9/46 C22C 38/06 C22C 38/58	Application no. 10780303.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Amendment to a party's case after summons - cogent reasons (no) - taken into account (no)				Application title HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215521.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1593/18 () of 31.3.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 11005559.7
Keywords Appeal case directed to facts on which decision was based (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System for replacing a deficient native heart valve
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T159318.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0416/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 13166985.5
Keywords Main request - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) - not admitted First auxiliary request - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes) - admitted First to third auxiliary requests - inventive step (no)				Application title System and/or method for distributing media content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T041619.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 2400/19 () of 27.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/225 B60R 11/04 H04N 13/02	Application no. 14167380.6
Keywords Main request taken into account pursuant to Article 12(2),(4) RPBA 2007 (no) First, second and third auxiliary requests - Inventive step (no) Second auxiliary request - Clarity (no)				Application title Imaging system for a motor vehicle and method of mounting an imaging system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T240019.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 3280/19 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00	Application no. 09804262.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Brazed plate heat exchanger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T328019.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0156/20 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F42B 12/20 F42B 3/02	Application no. 16000974.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fristgerecht eingelegt (ja) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title GESCHOSS MIT SPRENGLADUNG MIT VORGEGEBENEM VOLUMEN UND VORGEGEBENER ÄUSSERER FORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T015620.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1135/20 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 21/10 G08B 27/00	Application no. 08748029.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - auxiliary request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title An information broadcasting system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T113520.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0879/21 (Geopolymer composite/SYNTHOS) of 21.4.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/00 C08J 9/16 C04B 28/00 C08J 9/20	Application no. 16700584.2
Keywords Opposition division's discretion to admit documents exercised according to wrong principles and in unreasonable manner Remittal of the case to the opposition division				Application title EXPANDABLE VINYL AROMATIC POLYMER GRANULATE AND EXPANDED VINYL AROMATIC POLYMER FOAM COMPRISING GEOPOLYMER COMPOSITE AND ITS USE THEREIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087921.20230421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0948/21 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/10	Application no. 15767302.1
Keywords Correction of error - immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended (no) Novelty - main request (no) Remittal - special reasons (yes)				Application title PACKET OF SMOKE ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T094821.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1731/21 () of 4.5.2023
Online on 23.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K 7/00 B60B 27/00 F16C 19/36 F16C 19/54 F16C 33/66 F16C 33/78 F16C 33/80	Application no. 09850121.6
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Main request and auxiliary requests 2-9 - Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary request 1 - Amendment - allowable (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 10 - Admitted in opposition proceedings - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Auxiliary request 10 - Amendments - allowable (yes) Auxiliary request 10 - Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to appeal case after summons Amendment to appeal case - (no)				Application title A WHEEL HUB UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T173121.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 1393/19 () of 20.4.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/08	Application no. 15704813.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request Late-filed request - second auxiliary request submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - not taken into account Late-filed request - third auxiliary request filed with the statement of grounds Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACING ITEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T139319.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0162/20 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 65/00 C08G 75/23	Application no. 10713605.3
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (Hauptantrag: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag: ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON CHLORARMEN POLYBIPHENYLSULFON-POLYMEREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T016220.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 527 KB)
T 1027/20 (Availability status/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 15.2.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 15/16 G06F 9/44 G06F 3/14	Application no. 11832929.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Presenting availability statuses of synchronized objects
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T102720.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1473/20 () of 20.4.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N 2/70 B60N 2/28	Application no. 15183145.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Amended auxiliary request after summons - taken into account (yes) Amended auxiliary request after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amended auxiliary request after summons - cogent reasons (yes) New submission after summons - taken into account (no) New submissions after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) New submissions after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION FOR CHILD SAFETY SEATS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T147320.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 562 KB)
T 2032/20 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/37	Application no. 12726112.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Verhältnis von Art. 83 zu Art. 84 EPÜ Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title NATURKOSMETIK-KONFORME-ZUBEREITUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T203220.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1645/21 (Tuyau flexible à base de polyamide/ARKEMA) of 2.5.2023
Online on 22.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 1/08 B32B 27/34 F16L 11/04 B32B 27/32 F16L 11/08 C08L 77/02 C08K 5/00 C08L 23/08 C08L 51/06 C08L 77/00 C08K 5/435	Application no. 17150352.7
Keywords Fondement de décision - texte ou consentement au texte retiré par le titulaire du brevet				Application title UTILISATION D'UNE COMPOSITION A BASE DE POLYAMIDE POUR DES TUYAUX FLEXIBLES DESTINES A VEHICULER DU PETROLE OU DU GAZ ET TUYAU FLEXIBLE A BASE D'UNE TELLE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T164521.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1541/19 () of 17.2.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/00 C09K 3/18	Application no. 12806238.7
Keywords Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD OF MITIGATING ICE BUILD-UP ON A SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154119.20230217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1874/19 () of 27.4.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 6/06	Application no. 12160496.1
Keywords Zulassung bzw. Berücksichtigung geänderter Ansprüche, eingereicht während der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Schaltungsvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T187419.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2408/19 () of 15.5.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 16152466.5
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title A REPLACEMENT VALVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T240819.20230515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 2733/19 (Whey protein micelles/NESTLE) of 14.3.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/20 A61P 3/04 A23L 33/19 A23L 33/10	Application no. 12786858.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)				Application title USE OF WHEY PROTEIN MICELLES FOR ENHANCING ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND SATIETY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T273319.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0621/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 10712101.4
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - main and auxiliary requests 2-5 Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by surgery Exceptions to patentability - auxiliary request 1 Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 6, 7 Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - auxiliary request 8				Application title HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T062120.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0978/20 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/00 F03D 1/06	Application no. 12737573.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title WIND TURBINE BLADE COMPRISING VORTEX GENERATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T097820.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0409/21 (Activating a storage's "power up in standby mode" … of 4.5.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06	Application no. 14838194.0
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STORAGE DEVICE SUPPORTING PERIODIC WRITES WHILE IN A LOW POWER MODE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T040921.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0659/22 () of 2.5.2023
Online on 19.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E21B 7/02 E02D 7/00 E02F 9/26	Application no. 10004085.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale				Application title Baumaschine mit einer Sicherheitseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T065922.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2766/19 (Phosphorescent OLED/NOVALED) of 22.3.2023
Online on 18.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/54	Application no. 14165200.8
Keywords Auxiliary request 2: Added subject matter - (no) Clarity, sufficiency of disclosure, inventive step - (yes)				Application title Phosphorescent OLED and hole transporting materials for phosphorescent OLEDs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T276619.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 625 KB)
T 0951/17 (Method of manufacturing anticounterfeiting labels / Istituto … of 23.3.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/077 G06K 19/02	Application no. 11182173.2
Keywords Main request - Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Second auxiliary request - late-filed request - request withdrawn before the opposition division Second auxiliary request - primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (no) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition in appeal proceedings (yes) Grounds for opposition - no consent of proprietor Novelty, Inventive step Novelty - third auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Anti-counterfeiting tags and related manufacturing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095117.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 2323/19 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 8/00 A61C 13/265	Application no. 13727071.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 Neuheit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2 Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title RETENTIONSEINSATZ UND VERBINDUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR DENTALE APPLIKATIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T232319.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 2525/19 (PROCEDE DE CHAUFFAGE ET/OU CLIMATISATION D'UN VEHICULE/ARKEMA) of 26.1.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC C09K 5/04 B60H 1/00	Application no. 09760545.5
Keywords Requêtes principale et subsidiaire 1 - Nouveauté - (non) Requêtes subsidiare 2 - Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title PROCEDE DE CHAUFFAGE ET/OU CLIMATISATION D'UN VEHICULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T252519.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 513 KB)
T 1164/20 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 1/34	Application no. 15163914.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE POSITION DETECTION OF AN ELEVATOR CAR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T116420.20230510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1267/20 () of 4.5.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B 21/04 G01D 5/347	Application no. 11709710.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title MESSVERFAHREN FÜR EINE OBERFLÄCHENVERMESSENDE MESSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T126720.20230504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0402/21 (Preparation of a rivaroxaban composition / SANDOZ) of 20.4.2023
Online on 17.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/5377	Application no. 14727455.9
Keywords primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to objections on which decision was based (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 to 7 (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING RIVAROXABAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T040221.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 0617/18 (Purification Vaccinia virus/BAVARIAN NORDIC) of 11.5.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 7/02 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/285 A61K 48/00 C12N 15/863	Application no. 08749384.7
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no); Auxiliary requests I and II - admission (no); Appellant's right to be heard (yes);				Application title PURIFICATION OF VACCINIA VIRUS- AND RECOMBINANT VACCINIA VIRUS-BASED VACCINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T061718.20230511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1161/20 () of 6.3.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC E05B 83/16 E05B 79/02 E05B 81/76 E05B 81/54	Application no. 01947603.5
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - requête principal (non) Activité inventive - après modification (oui) Requête auxiliaire soumise tardivement - objet de la revendication maintenu dans la procédure de première instance (non) - prise en compte de la finalité de l'article 12(6), 2ème phrase RCPR 2020 Objection soumise tardivement - circonstances du recours justifiant son admission (non)				Application title ENSEMBLE DE COMMANDE DE SERRURE POUR UN OUVRANT DE VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE ET OUVRANT MUNI DE CET ENSEMBLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T116120.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0296/21 (WASTE WATER PURIFICATION/Kemppainen) of 24.3.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/463 C02F 1/465	Application no. 15754254.9
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTE WATER PURIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T029621.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0563/21 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D 41/02 F02D 41/14 F02D 41/00	Application no. 14744553.0
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER BRENNKRAFTMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T056321.20230510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1558/21 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 16.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B 69/00 A01B 79/00	Application no. 15401040.9
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Antrag nicht beschieden oder falschen Antrag beschieden Berichtigung von Mängeln - sofort erkennbar dass nichts anderes beabsichtigt sein konnte (nein) Berichtigung von Fehlern in Entscheidungen - nein Berichtigung von Fehlern in Unterlagen - nein				Application title LANDWIRTSCHAFTLICHE ARBEITSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T155821.20230510				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1683/19 () of 10.5.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/00 G07D 7/00 G07D 7/20 B42D 25/29 G03H 1/00 G03H 1/02 G03H 1/30 B42D 25/40 B42D 25/324 B42D 25/328 G07D 7/207	Application no. 11705983.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - patent as maintained by the opposition division - proprietor sole appellant - no power to challenge the patent - not examined Auxiliary requests 2 to 7 - more limited versions of patent as maintained - prohibition of reformatio in peius - not examined				Application title SECURITY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T168319.20230510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2284/19 () of 28.3.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/00	Application no. 15166328.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests 11 and 12 - Contravention of the principle of prohibition of reformatio in peius (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING A SURFACE OF DAMAGED METAL COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T228419.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 3171/19 (Republishing mobile content/BLACKBERRY) of 21.2.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/10 H04L 29/08 H04N 21/262 G06F 17/30 H04N 21/414 H04N 21/433 H04N 21/458 H04N 21/4722	Application no. 09765288.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first to third auxiliary requests - not admitted Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - fourth to seventh auxiliary requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPUBLISHING MOBILE CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T317119.20230221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0141/20 (Ballonkatheter/ BAYER) of 20.1.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 29/16	Application no. 10163581.1
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - mündliche Verhandlung vor der Einspruchsabteilung Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein) Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Teilanmeldung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1-12 Teilanmeldung - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Teilanmeldung - nach Änderung Teilanmeldung - Hilfsantrag 13 Spät eingereichter Antrag - wäre bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorzubringen gewesen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title Medizinische Vorrichtung zur Arzneimittelabgabe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T014120.20230120				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 561 KB)
T 1304/20 () of 17.4.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/06 F03D 13/10	Application no. 13714314.5
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung räumt Einwände aus (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Antrag				Application title ROTORBLATT EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T130420.20230417				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0817/21 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 15.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 18/16 F04C 23/00 F04C 25/02 F04C 28/02 F04C 28/06	Application no. 13727952.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND PUMPENANORDNUNG ZUM EVAKUIEREN EINER KAMMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T081721.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1225/19 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 12174629.1
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary request (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - third auxiliary request Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Methods and devices for providing action item reminders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T122519.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1371/19 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 12735534.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Obvious implementation of non-technical constraints				Application title AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF GENRE-SPECIFIC RELEVANCE OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T137119.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 2022/20 (INPUTTING INFORMATION BY DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLOWABLE CLOSED … of 15.2.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 G06F 3/033	Application no. 08845230.5
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION BY DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLOWABLE CLOSED TRAJECTORIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T202220.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1309/21 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 12.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/24	Application no. 14195890.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Ermessensfehler in erster Instanz (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Flurförderzeug mit Anzeige- und Bedienvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T130921.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0802/20 () of 26.4.2023
Online on 11.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 75/04 C09D 181/02	Application no. 08797021.6
Keywords Amendment to case - exercise of discretion Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING WITH RADIATION CURABLE POLYENE/POLYTHIOL COATING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T080220.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
D 0035/21 () of 11.2.2022
Online on 10.05.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 11.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D003521.20220211				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0933/18 (Method for preparing a biosensor/IKEDA FOOD RESEARCH / PHC … of 27.1.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/09 C12M 1/00 C12N 1/15 C12N 1/19 C12N 1/21 C12N 5/10 C12N 9/04 C12Q 1/32	Application no. 11156649.3
Keywords Patent as granted - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase and polynucleotide encoding the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T093318.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 878 KB)
T 2630/18 (Compliance of PPE articles/3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES) of 31.1.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 08782226.8
Keywords Inventive step - evaluating a criterion concerning a personal protection article based on data sensed in the working environment (no Inventive step - not technical at the claimed level of generality)				Application title TRACKING COMPLIANCE OF PERSONAL PROTECTION ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T263018.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2876/18 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/02 C09K 11/62 C09K 11/66 C09K 11/88 H01L 33/50 G09G 3/36	Application no. 15186267.9
Keywords -				Application title LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T287618.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2879/18 (Proximity-dependent reminders/BLACKBERRY) of 6.12.2022
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 07109405.6
Keywords Inventive step - the automatic conversion of a proximity-dependent reminder into a time-dependent one (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - detecting that two mobile devices are nearby using ultra wideband radio (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title Proximity-dependent events
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T287918.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1447/19 (Determination of a container's position / Cargotec) of 20.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 17/42 B66C 13/46	Application no. 12781941.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (no) Late-filed evidence - some admitted, some not				Application title SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF A CONTAINER'S POSITION IN A VEHICLE AND/OR IN ITS TRAILER TO BE LOADED WITH CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T144719.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1563/19 () of 6.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F15B 13/08 F16K 31/04	Application no. 13708725.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichts Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title Gasregeleinheit in modularer Bauweise und Gasregelventil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T156319.20230206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 548 KB)
T 1654/19 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/14 C08K 3/34 C08K 3/36 C08K 5/00 C08K 5/098 C08K 5/3462 C08K 13/02 F16L 9/12 F16L 9/127	Application no. 14726226.5
Keywords Additional evidence submitted to fill a gap in the reasoning - admitted (yes) Additional inventive step objection starting from the same document - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title HEAVY METAL FREE CPVC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165419.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 532 KB)
T 1828/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 5/06 C09J 7/00 C09J 163/00 C08K 7/22 C08K 5/00 C08K 3/36 B32B 7/12 B32B 15/092 B32B 37/12 B21D 39/02	Application no. 12181578.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal Admissibility of appeal - requests in the grounds of appeal different from requests in the notice of appeal Admissibility of request different from request in the notice of appeal - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Structural adhesive film
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T182819.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0256/20 (Potato derived flavour enhancing composition/UNILEVER) of 18.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 27/22 A23L 27/10	Application no. 14707722.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Remittal - (yes)				Application title POTATO DERIVED FLAVOUR ENHANCING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T025620.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0290/20 () of 7.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 227/18 C07C 227/36 C07C 229/16	Application no. 14758971.7
Keywords Auxiliary request 4 - Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 5 - Admissibility - (yes) Auxiliary request 5 - Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to case - change in case during oral proceedings before the opposition division Admission of document not admitted by the opposition division - justified reaction of opponent - admitted (yes)				Application title MIXTURES OF ENANTIOMERS, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SUCH MIXTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T029020.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0315/20 (Polydiorganosiloxane-treated powders/DOW) of 18.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C 1/00 C09C 1/02 C09C 1/36 C09C 1/42 C09C 1/40 C08G 77/18	Application no. 07820270.2
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Novelty - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Unallowable intermediate generalisation				Application title FILLERS, PIGMENTS AND MINERAL POWDERS TREATED WITH ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T031520.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0665/20 (Fibrous reinforcement/TAPE WEAVING SWEDEN) of 25.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/02 B32B 5/06 B32B 5/08 B32B 5/26 B32B 7/00 B32B 7/12 B32B 7/14 B32B 3/08 B29B 15/00 B29C 70/00 D04H 13/00	Application no. 14194313.4
Keywords Amendments (sole request) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Tape-like dry fibrous reinforcement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T066520.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0064/21 (Dyed coated bleach / RECKITT BENCKISER) of 27.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/39 C11D 3/40 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/22	Application no. 11791621.3
Keywords Inventive step (main request) Inventive step - (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - (no) - filed after summons to oral proceedings - no exceptional circumstances				Application title Dyed coated bleach material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T006421.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0486/21 () of 3.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/08	Application no. 15801229.4
Keywords Description - adapted to claims (yes)				Application title ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER WITH ISOLATED SEGMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T048621.20230403				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0506/21 () of 5.5.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 51/02 B29C 51/14 B32B 37/15 B32B 38/14 B32B 38/12 B32B 27/08 B29K 27/06 B29L 9/00	Application no. 10172121.5
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Herstellen von thermoplastisch geformten Anordnungen und Folienanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T050621.20230505				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0691/21 (Secure web browsing/RANDED TECHNOLOGIES) of 3.5.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 H04L 29/08	Application no. 16382216.6
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes): opposition substantiated Inventive step - all requests (no) Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of hearing following appellant's announcement of non-attendance Partial reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% - (yes)				Application title Server and method for providing secure access to web-based services
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T069121.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0735/21 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F42D 5/04 B63G 7/02	Application no. 11754719.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title ATTACHMENT DEVICE AND ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T073521.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0795/21 (Chemical compounds / NUCANA) of 24.3.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P 43/00 A61P 35/00 C07H 19/10	Application no. 15154759.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) main request, auxiliary requests 1-3, 10-13, 24-27, 34-37, 48-49, 52-53, 60-61, 54-65, 72-75, 84-87, 96-97, 201-103 Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - (yes) auxiliary requess 4-9, 14-23, 28-33, 38-47, 50-51, 54-59, 62-63, 66-71, 76-83, 88-95, 98-101, 104-107				Application title Chemical compounds
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T079521.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 729 KB)
T 0984/21 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84	Application no. 11715319.7
Keywords Admission of amended requests (no)				Application title VIBRATING FLOW METER AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T098421.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1589/21 (Vaccine comprising non-live antigens/INTERVET) of 28.2.2023
Online on 10.05.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/295 A61K 39/106 A61P 31/04 A61P 31/12 A61K 39/02	Application no. 13169835.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application and application as filed (yes) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - admitted (no)				Application title Vaccine for protection against Lawsonia intracellularis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Porcine circo virus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T158921.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1045/19 (Single dose administration/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 2.5.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12	Application no. 11164849.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Use of a PCV2 immunogenic composition for lessening clinical symptoms in pigs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T104519.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2054/19 () of 2.5.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/053 A61B 8/08 A61B 5/145 A61B 5/1477 A61B 5/0408	Application no. 14188200.1
Keywords Substantial procedural violation Reimbursement of appeal fee Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method for the detection and characterisation of bubbles in liquids and device therefor, resp.system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T205419.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 2211/19 () of 6.3.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 37/12 A01N 37/44 A61K 31/198 A61K 31/167 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/20	Application no. 10800558.8
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim				Application title N-ACETYL CYSTEINE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE IN IMPROVING THE THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF ACETAMINOPHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T221119.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2432/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49	Application no. 09156501.0
Keywords Right to oral proceedings in form of a videoconference (no) Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 5 to 8 Late-filed auxiliary requests - procedural economy (no)				Application title Disposable diaper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T243219.20230425				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0182/22 () of 2.5.2023
Online on 09.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 8/00 B25B 15/00 F16B 23/00	Application no. 17183481.5
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title SCREWDRIVER FOR DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T018222.20230502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
D 0049/21 () of 9.2.2022
Online on 08.05.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 9.2.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D004921.20220209				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 1609/19 () of 4.4.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/15 A61F 13/514 B32B 37/20 A61F 13/511	Application no. 06813007.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING AN ELASTIC LAMINATE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160919.20230404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2265/19 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/49 A61F 13/53 B29C 53/04 A61F 13/533	Application no. 11792417.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 4 Inventive step - (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ABSORBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T226519.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0653/20 () of 27.4.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 27/00 H01R 31/06	Application no. 09765311.7
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents				Application title Dreipoliges Zwischensteckerset mit einem Steckerteil und einem in das Steckerteil einsteckbaren Dosenteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T065320.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0926/20 (Mobile location-based task assignment/AR CHECK) of 21.3.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 H04W 4/00	Application no. 15731333.9
Keywords Inventive step - assigning tasks based on user location and profiles (no Inventive step - non-technical)				Application title A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MOBILE LOCATION BASED INFORMATION SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T092620.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0396/21 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 08.05.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/198 A61K 31/375 A61K 31/60 A61K 33/06 A61K 33/22 A61K 33/24 A61P 39/06	Application no. 13770444.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title THERAPEUTISCHE NUTZUNG VON WASSERSTOFFMOLEKÜLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T039621.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2684/18 () of 3.5.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.5.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 167/00 B65D 1/26 C09D 7/12 B05D 7/14	Application no. 12845742.1
Keywords Text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - appeal dismissed				Application title COATING COMPOSITION FOR PACKAGING ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T268418.20230503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258 KB)
T 1128/19 (Bispecific Single Chain Antibody/AMGEN) of 10.3.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 C07K 16/22 C07K 16/30 C07K 16/40 A61K 39/00	Application no. 16167900.6
Keywords Divisional application - double patenting (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title Cross-Species-Specific PSMAXCD3 Bispecific Single Chain Antibody
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T112819.20230310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2916/19 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/02 C08F 4/654	Application no. 07791177.4
Keywords Novelty - state of the art Objection raised during the opposition proceedings and submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ETHYLENE POLYMER PARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T291619.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 3234/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 23/00	Application no. 07824034.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TESTING AND VENTING PIPE ANNULUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T323419.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1526/20 (Liveness testing/SAMSUNG) of 14.3.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 15163789.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Correction of error - (yes)				Application title LIVENESS TESTING METHODS AND APPARATUSES AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T152620.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1067/21 () of 23.3.2023
Online on 04.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A24C 1/00 C12M 1/34 G06F 19/00	Application no. 13857169.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Discretional decision of the Board to hold oral proceedings by videoconference				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PLANT TISSUE SAMPLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T106721.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 637 KB)
T 1655/18 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/40 C09D 11/101 C08F 2/50 C09D 11/322	Application no. 06122098.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - not admitted by the opposition division Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Methods for preparing curable pigment inkjet ink sets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165518.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0002/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC F01N 3/021 F01N 3/035 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/28 F01N 13/00	Application no. 10809286.7
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Objection soumise tardivement - aurait du être soumise en première instance (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE POST-TRAITEMENT DES GAZ D'ÉCHAPPEMENT D'UN MOTEUR À COMBUSTION INTERNE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T000219.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0529/19 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/103 G01N 21/64	Application no. 04257677.7
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - diagnostic method Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Method of assessing skin and overall health of an individual
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T052919.20230424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1416/19 () of 2.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 17/04 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/67 A61K 8/92	Application no. 12759212.9
Keywords -				Application title ECO-COMPATIBLE SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T141619.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1441/19 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61H 15/00 A63B 22/00 A63B 23/00 A61H 7/00	Application no. 10740852.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED EXERCISE ROLLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T144119.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 259 KB)
T 2932/19 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 19/00 G06F 19/00	Application no. 05740306.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TOOL MEMORY-BASED SOFTWARE UPGRADES FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T293219.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 3085/19 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 24/68 H01R 35/04 H01R 31/06 H01R 13/71 H01R 12/72 H01R 12/71	Application no. 14190946.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Fundamental procedural defect - (yes) Remittal - (no) Re-establishment of rights - (no) Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A plug-in device having a foldable plug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T308519.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 0019/20 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/101 C09D 11/40 C09D 11/322 C08F 2/50	Application no. 14179426.3
Keywords Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendment after summons - line of defence Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Methods for preparing curable pigment inkjet ink sets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T001920.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0639/20 (Wind-farm optimisation/GENERAL ELECTRIC) of 30.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 9/00 G05B 13/04 F03D 17/00	Application no. 15164911.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no): incorrect claim interpretation by the opposition division Admittance of claim requests filed but not examined during the opposition proceedings - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (yes) Remittal - "special reasons" (yes): auxiliary requests not examined yet by the opposition division				Application title Systems and methods for optimizing operation of a wind farm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T063920.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0825/20 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/10 A61L 29/00	Application no. 12835108.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CATHETER BALLOON AND BALLOON CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T082520.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1308/20 (Zeit-Sync-Master/SIEMENS) of 20.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H04J 3/06 G04G 7/00	Application no. 11173295.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung von in der mündlichen Verhandlung vorgebrachtem Anspruchssatz - Hilfsantrag (nein): keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände				Application title Verfahren zur Arbeitstakt- und Zeittaktsynchronisation in einem Automatisierungsnetzwerk
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T130820.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1445/20 (Error overflow/HUAWEI) of 27.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/11	Application no. 12732365.7
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): indication of non-attendance by applicant - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient Admittance of request filed with the appeal - sole claim request (no): amendment not suitable to address the issues which led to the appealed decision				Application title Decoding method and decoding device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T144520.20230427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 1731/20 () of 13.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C 11/02	Application no. 10192860.4
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Skalierbare Maschine und Verfahren zu ihrem Betrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T173120.20230413				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 0165/21 (Verfolgung von Mautverletzern / Toll Collect) of 18.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/06 G08G 1/01	Application no. 15175360.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - zulässig nach weiterer Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VERFOLGUNG MAUTPFLICHTIGER FAHRZEUGE IN EINEM MAUTSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T016521.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0618/21 (Videokonferenz/KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH) of 29.3.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/34	Application no. 14176939.8
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - vor der Beschwerdekammer Zweckmäßigkeit der Durchführung als Videokonferenz Ermessensentscheidung der Kammer gegen den Willen einer Partei				Application title Anordnung und Verfahren zur Überprüfung von stabförmigen Artikeln der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T061821.20230329				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 581 KB)
T 0701/21 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 1/07 B60D 1/24 B60D 1/54 B60R 9/06	Application no. 13001794.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Beschwerdeerwiderung - vollständiges Beschwerdevorbringen eines Beteiligten Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (nein)				Application title Kupplungsanordnung für einen Heckträger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070121.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1251/21 () of 12.4.2023
Online on 03.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F02F 7/00	Application no. 12175309.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Brennkraftmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T125121.20230412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384 KB)
D 0027/22 () of 27.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D002722.20230227				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 2649/18 (Motorcycle with GPS unit / Yamaha) of 9.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 1/32 G01S 1/00 B60R 25/10 G01S 19/16	Application no. 11008955.4
Keywords Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4b (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title Straddle-type vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T264918.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1483/19 (card transaction terminal / GOLDMINE WORLD) of 27.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 07813356.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-LANGUAGE USER SELECTION AND CURRENCY CONVERSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T148319.20230227				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1813/19 (Malware detection/WITHSECURE) of 26.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 26.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 09782681.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title MALWARE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T181319.20230426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2121/19 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 3/663	Application no. 12708668.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title SPACER PROFILE AND INSULATING GLASS UNIT COMPRISING SUCH A SPACER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T212119.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2292/19 () of 22.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 1/00	Application no. 10771837.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title CONTAINERS FOR COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MELOXICAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T229219.20230422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2490/19 () of 5.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F 15/14	Application no. 11819055.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title FLIEHKRAFTPENDEL UND KUPPLUNGSSCHEIBE MIT DEMSELBEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T249019.20230405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 588 KB)
T 2973/19 () of 9.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B 1/00 C09K 5/04	Application no. 09715074.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Priority - same invention (yes) Novelty - multiple selection Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes)				Application title REFRIGERATING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T297319.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0506/20 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 70/44 B29C 70/54 B29L 31/08	Application no. 13733002.3
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Method and moulding system for manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object via a feedback system for controlling resin flow rate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T050620.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 623 KB)
T 0934/20 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F24D 5/08 F24D 12/02 F24H 6/00 F24H 8/00 F24D 1/00	Application no. 10776422.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - disclosure in drawings Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICE FOR HEATING ENVIRONMENTS AND HEATING SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T093420.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1089/20 (Usable communication channels I/QUALCOMM) of 28.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/247 H04M 1/725 H04M 1/2745	Application no. 16157697.0
Keywords Added subject-matter having regard to earlier application: main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes) Admittance of requests filed after summons - auxiliary requests 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B: no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons (including reasons related to parallel national proceedings)				Application title Method and device for communication channel selection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T108920.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1105/20 (Usable communication channels II/QUALCOMM) of 28.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/247 H04M 1/725 H04M 1/2745	Application no. 16157698.8
Keywords Added subject-matter having regard to earlier application: main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes) Admittance of requests filed after summons - auxiliary requests 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B: no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons (including reasons related to parallel national proceedings)				Application title Method and device for communication channel selection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T110520.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2043/20 (Synchronising multicast service user information/HUAWEI) of 24.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56	Application no. 10813359.6
Keywords Amendment to case - third to fifth auxiliary requests Amendment to case - admitted (yes) Amendment to case - sixth and seventh auxiliary requests Amendment to case - admitted (no) Amendments - main request and first to fifth auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title USER SIDE MULTICAST SERVICE PRIMARY AND STANDBY PROTECTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND ROUTE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T204320.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0965/21 () of 31.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 96/20 E06B 9/11	Application no. 16168093.9
Keywords Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title MÖBEL- UND/ODER RAUMTEILERSTRUKTURELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T096521.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1358/21 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 13/02 B60R 13/04 B60R 13/06 B60R 13/07	Application no. 06026466.0
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Säulenblende für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T135821.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1973/21 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 9/02	Application no. 05076181.6
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title Suction nozzle for vacuum cleaner or the like
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T197321.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0412/22 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 02.05.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/024 A61B 5/0402	Application no. 13774371.2
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein) Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - Eignung der Änderung zur Lösung der aufgeworfenen Fragen (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ERKENNEN UND MELDEN EINES BELASTUNGSZUSTANDES EINER PERSON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T041222.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)

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April 2023

T 1668/18 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC F01N 3/035 F02B 37/00 F01N 3/20 F01N 13/08 B60K 13/04	Application no. 12705320.5
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (oui)				Application title ENSEMBLE DE POST-TRAITEMENT DES GAZ D'ECHAPPEMENT D'UN MOTEUR A COMBUSTION SURALIMENTE, ET VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE COMPORTANT UN TEL ENSEMBLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T166818.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0379/20 () of 28.3.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 10727584.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title STENTED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T037920.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0743/20 () of 15.2.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/73 C08G 18/44 C08G 18/08 C08G 18/10 C08G 64/02 C08G 64/30 C09D 175/06	Application no. 08850010.3
Keywords Admittance of documents Inventive step - Main Request (no) Admittance of auxiliary requests 2 and 10 (no)				Application title POLYCARBONATE DIOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T074320.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0975/20 (Visual localization method/NAVVIS) of 8.2.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11719575.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests I to III (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request IV (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances Amendment after summons - auxiliary request V (no) Oral proceedings - substantial procedural violation (no) Oral proceedings - request for continuation of proceedings in writing (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title Visual localization method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T097520.20230208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1772/20 (Dynamic multifactor authentication/ONESPAN) of 21.4.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 12/06 H04L 29/06	Application no. 06820602.8
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): withdrawal of request for oral proceedings - oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient Added subject-matter - main and auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title System and method for dynamic multifactor authentication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T177220.20230421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0477/21 (Brass alloy/Garret Transportation I) of 2.3.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22F 1/08 C22C 9/04 F16C 33/08 F16C 33/12 F01D 25/16 F02C 7/06 F02B 39/00	Application no. 14770702.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Amendments - remaining auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (no) Remittal - (no)				Application title BRASS ALLOYS FOR USE IN TURBOCHARGER BEARING APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T047721.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0557/21 () of 27.3.2023
Online on 28.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 1/00 B67D 1/08	Application no. 14815375.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Discretion not to admit submission - requirements of Art. 12(3) RPBA 2020 met (no) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title BEVERAGE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR DISPENSING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEVERAGES OR BEVERAGE COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T055721.20230327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0565/20 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 27.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 70/30 B29C 33/42 F03D 1/06 B29C 70/08	Application no. 12758775.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - Gründe deutlich und knapp angegeben (nein) Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - in Abwesenheit eines Beteiligten abgehalten				Application title Form und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Steges und Steg für ein Rotorblatt einer Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T056520.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1600/21 () of 25.4.2023
Online on 27.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 25.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 3/10 C11B 3/14 C11C 1/08 C11C 1/10 A23L 5/20	Application no. 12810306.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF TREATING A VEGETABLE OIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160021.20230425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
D 0001/20 () of 24.4.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 24.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D000120.20230424				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
J 0003/21 () of 7.2.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Correction of originally filed application documents (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:J000321.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2447/19 () of 31.3.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/494 A61F 13/49 A61F 13/15	Application no. 11004097.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Absorbent garment with strand coated adhesive components
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T244719.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0260/20 (Retrieving an object/KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA) of 23.1.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06T 17/10	Application no. 12195449.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and first to ninth auxiliary request (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title An apparatus and a method for retrieving an object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T026020.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 1328/20 (Endoxifen / JINA PHARMACEUTICALS) of 6.4.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 9/127 A61K 9/19 A61K 31/138 A61K 31/35 C07D 309/10 A61P 35/00	Application no. 07871563.8
Keywords Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no) Amendment to case - suitability of amendment to address issues (no)				Application title ENDOXIFEN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T132820.20230406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 1656/20 (Hypocaloric, high protein nutritional compositions/NESTLÉ) of 13.2.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 15/00 A23L 33/00	Application no. 11730513.6
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Late-filed request - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 3 to 5 (no)				Application title HYPOCALORIC, HIGH PROTEIN NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165620.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0045/21 (Lipopeptide compositions / CUBIST) of 2.2.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 38/12 A61P 31/04 A61K 9/08 A61K 38/00 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26 C07K 11/02 A61P 17/00 A61P 31/00	Application no. 10832379.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - relationship between Article 83 and Article 84 Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIPOPEPTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004521.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0704/21 (Wellbore isolation device/Halliburton) of 21.3.2023
Online on 26.04.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 1/04 C22C 32/00	Application no. 14870921.5
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title WELLBORE ISOLATION DEVICE MADE FROM A POWDERED FUSIBLE ALLOY MATRIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070421.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
D 0037/22 () of 24.2.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 24.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003722.20230224				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 0524/18 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/16 C09D 7/12 C09D 183/04	Application no. 10792948.1
Keywords Admittance of claim requests submitted on appeal (yes) Admittance of experimental reports and documents Inventive step (no) Inventive step - obvious improvement				Application title NOVEL FOULING CONTROL COATING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T052418.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 565 KB)
T 0382/20 (Dow/Sealant composition) of 20.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/00 C08J 5/00 C08L 23/08	Application no. 13779661.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title SEALANT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T038220.20230320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0705/20 (Streckwärmebehandlung/SIG) of 24.2.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 38/04 B65D 5/74 B32B 3/10	Application no. 11760994.1
Keywords Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels				Application title VON EINER ROLLE GEFORMTER BEHÄLTER MIT VERBESSERTEN ÖFFNUNGSEIGENSCHAFTEN DURCH STRECKWÄRMEBEHANDLUNG VON POLYMERSCHICHTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070520.20230224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1094/20 (Streckwärmebehandlung/SIG) of 24.2.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 38/04 B32B 3/10 B65D 5/74	Application no. 11760993.3
Keywords Zurückverweisung - wesentlicher Mangel im Verfahren vor der ersten Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - entspricht der Billigkeit wegen eines wesentlichen Verfahrensmangels				Application title AUS EINEM BEHÄLTERROHLING GEFORMTER BEHÄLTER MIT VERBESSERTEN ÖFFNUNGSEIGENSCHAFTEN DURCH STRECKWÄRMEBEHANDLUNG VON POLYMERSCHICHTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T109420.20230224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1567/20 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 13/10 E04H 12/08 F03D 13/20	Application no. 14165927.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung und zum Errichten eines Rohrturmbauwerks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T156720.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0347/21 (Dry oil-and-fat separation method/FUJI) of 28.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 7/00 A23D 9/00	Application no. 10738316.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title DRY OIL-AND-FAT SEPARATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T034721.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 0875/21 (Method of making structured protein compositions/NESTLÉ) of 19.4.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J 3/26 A23J 3/16 A23P 30/20 A23P 30/30	Application no. 12724759.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF MAKING STRUCTURED PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087521.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 1193/21 (PRINTED WATER-SOLUBLE PACKAGE/UNILEVER) of 9.3.2023
Online on 25.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 B65D 65/46	Application no. 16736438.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - indication of the reasons for setting aside the decision (yes) Late-filed evidence - abuse of procedure (no) Right to be heard - violation (no)				Application title WATER-SOLUBLE PACKAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T119321.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0261/18 () of 17.1.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 3/14	Application no. 04812972.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Interpretation of prior art documents - norms and standards				Application title PATTERNED LASER TREATMENT OF THE RETINA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T026118.20230117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 0042/19 () of 19.1.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/315	Application no. 13723906.7
Keywords Public prior use (no) - insufficient evidence (yes) Late-filed request to hear witness Late-filed request - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Free evaluation of evidence				Application title INJECTION DEVICES USING A RESILIENTLY COMPRESSIBLE TORSION SPRING AS DRIVING FORCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004219.20230119				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 678 KB)
T 1167/19 () of 19.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 07008330.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Statement of grounds of appeal - mere reference to first instance proceedings Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title System for providing information to a user
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T116719.20230419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1298/19 (Medicament comprising phenylephrine hydrochloride and paracetamol / … of 20.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/137 A61K 31/135 A61K 31/167 A61P 11/02 A61P 11/12	Application no. 14746905.0
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title A COMBINATION MEDICAMENT COMPRISING PHENYLEPHRINE AND PARACETAMOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T129819.20230420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1529/19 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 35/00	Application no. 09741302.5
Keywords Amendments - Main request and auxiliary requests 2 and 6 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Remittal - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims 1, 3-5 and 7 Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) 7 to 13 Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims				Application title A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE USING OZONE GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T152919.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0180/20 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 16/06 A61M 16/08	Application no. 10774623.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title PATIENT INTERFACE AND ASPECTS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T018020.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0347/20 () of 13.2.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 3/12 H02J 3/14 H02J 3/24	Application no. 14156363.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Ausreichende Substantiierung (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Namensänderung des Beschwerdeführers vor Beschwerdeeinlegung (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen zulässig Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Änderung Beschwerdevorbringen nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge 1a, 1b und 1c - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Voraussetzungen des Art. 12 (3) VOBK 2020 erfüllt (nein)				Application title Nutzung eines drehzahlgeregelten Antriebs zur Netzstabilisierung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T034720.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 517 KB)
T 0628/20 (Detergent + quaternary ammonium salt additives/INNOSPEC) of 8.3.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/224	Application no. 11709796.4
Keywords Amendment (main request and auxiliary requests 1-6 and 14-19) - correction of error (no) Amendment (main request and auxiliary requests 1-6 and 14-19) - broadening of claim (yes) Amendment (auxiliary requests 7-13) - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Method for reducing deposits in an engine with a fuel composition comprising a detergent and a quaternary ammonium salt additive
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T062820.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0836/20 () of 18.4.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 1/20 H02K 1/32	Application no. 14001794.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Hilfsantrag Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein)				Application title Bleche und Blechpaket für elektrische Maschinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T083620.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 283 KB)
T 0517/21 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 24.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/327 A63F 13/235 A63F 13/34	Application no. 17154178.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T051721.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2623/16 (Survivine/CEA) of 17.4.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 39/00 A61K 38/10 A61K 38/16 C07K 7/08 C07K 14/705 C07K 19/00 C12N 15/12 C12N 15/63 G01N 33/574 G01N 33/68 A61P 35/00	Application no. 06808209.8
Keywords Extinction du brevet dans tous les Etats contractants - poursuite de la procédure de recours (non)				Application title Epitopes T CD4+ de la survivine et leurs applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T262316.20230417				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1079/18 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/56 A61K 31/425 A61P 19/06	Application no. 11727454.8
Keywords Inventive step - try and see situation, bonus effect Reimbursement of appeal fee Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title POLYMORPHS OF AN ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T107918.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 624 KB)
T 0668/19 () of 10.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/422	Application no. 06742565.2
Keywords Novelty - Sole request (no)				Application title Electrical Connector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T066819.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0203/20 () of 25.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 141/08 C10M 163/00 C10N 10/04 C10N 30/10 C10N 40/20	Application no. 10725593.7
Keywords Inventive step Amendment to appeal case				Application title ENGINE OIL FORMULATIONS FOR BIODIESEL FUELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T020320.20230125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523 KB)
T 0818/20 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 50/10 A61B 6/00 H01F 38/18 H01F 27/36	Application no. 14198919.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no)				Application title Inductive rotary joint with U-shaped ferrite cores
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T081820.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1245/20 (Identifying an application type of unknown data/MAGNET FORENSICS) of 3.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 14848057.7
Keywords Amendment after summons - sole request Amendment after summons - admissible Inventive step - sole request Inventive step - no technical effect over the whole scope of claim				Application title METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING AN APPLICATION TYPE OF UNKNOWN DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T124520.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0049/21 (Use cases/ROCHE) of 17.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 09803731.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title STRUCTURED TESTING METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPY SUPPORT OF A PATIENT WITH A CHRONIC DISEASE AND DEVICES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004921.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0503/21 (Controlling TX/RX mode of a UART / TI) of 18.4.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/38 G06F 13/42	Application no. 15751545.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title CONTROL OF TX/RX MODE IN SERIAL HALF-DUPLEX TRANSCEIVER SEPARATELY FROM COMMUNICATING HOST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T050321.20230418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0546/21 () of 31.1.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/56 A61K 31/425 A61P 19/06	Application no. 15181097.5
Keywords Inventive step - try and see situation, bonus effect Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title POLYMORPHS OF FEBUXOSTAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T054621.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 627 KB)
T 0942/21 (Zirconium and yttrium oxide/Daiichi) of 9.3.2023
Online on 21.04.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC C01G 25/00 C04B 35/486	Application no. 05753596.5
Keywords Modification après signification - prise en compte (oui) Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Activité inventive - alternative non évidente				Application title COMPOSITION À BASE D'OXYDES DE ZIRCONIUM ET D'YTTRIUM, PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉPARATION ET UTILISATION DANS UN SYSTÈME CATALYTIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T094221.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 318 KB)
D 0031/22 () of 17.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003122.20230317				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0809/16 (Opioid dosage forms for reducing adverse effects associated with … of 1.2.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/485 A61K 9/22 A61K 47/10 A61K 9/36	Application no. 06836771.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious selection among a number of commonly known possibilities				Application title METHODS OF REDUCING ALCOHOL-INDUCED DOSE DUMPING FOR OPIOID SUSTAINED RELEASE ORAL DOSAGE FORMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T080916.20230201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 1065/18 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 277/56 A61K 31/425 A61P 19/06	Application no. 10167344.0
Keywords Clarity Inventive step - try and see situation, bonus effect Reimbursement of appeal fee Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted shortly before oral proceedings				Application title Polymorphs of Febuxostat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T106518.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 662 KB)
T 1454/18 () of 23.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/431 H04N 21/854 H04N 21/488 H04N 21/478 H04N 21/4722 G11B 27/34 G06F 17/30	Application no. 13718435.4
Keywords Main request and first, third, fourth and fifth auxiliary requests - Added subject-matter (yes) Second auxiliary request - Admittance (no)				Application title A USER INTERFACE TO PROVIDE COMMENTARY UPON POINTS OR PERIODS OF INTEREST IN A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T145418.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2358/18 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/50 H04N 7/26	Application no. 10701751.9
Keywords Main request - Added subject-matter (yes) First auxiliary request - Admittance (no)				Application title FRAME PACKING FOR VIDEO CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T235818.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2778/18 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/70 H04N 19/61	Application no. 13813437.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first to third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title VIDEO PREDICTIVE ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO PREDICTIVE ENCODING PROGRAM, VIDEO PREDICTIVE DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO PREDICTIVE DECODING METHOD, AND VIDEO PREDICTIVE DECODING PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T277818.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1700/19 (Tenofovir alafenamide hemifumarate / GILEAD) of 14.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 473/34 A61K 31/52 A61P 31/18 A61P 31/20	Application no. 12753867.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE HEMIFUMARATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T170019.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2968/19 () of 28.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F25J 3/04 G05B 13/04	Application no. 15718770.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (nein) Patentansprüche - wesentliche Merkmale fehlen Patentansprüche - Auslegung mittels Rückgriff auf Defition in der Beschreibung (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR TIEFTEMPERATURZERLEGUNG VON LUFT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T296819.20230328				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 3289/19 (Dose sphérique de café moulu compacté/COMPAGNIE MÉDITERRANÉENNE DE … of 1.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC A23F 5/12	Application no. 11720767.0
Keywords Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non)				Application title DOSE SPHÉRIQUE DE CAFÉ MOULU COMPACTÉ ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T328919.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1606/20 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/20 C07C 17/25	Application no. 13770976.2
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - Main request and auxiliary requests 1-9 Amendments - Amendments during oral proceedings Amendments - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendments - taken into account (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 10 and 11				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160620.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1890/20 (DISPLAY DEVICE / NEC) of 1.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 G06F 3/14 G06F 3/041	Application no. 11826676.6
Keywords Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)				Application title DISPLAY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T189020.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0271/21 () of 13.1.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B 11/00	Application no. 15197393.0
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title SYSTÈME DE DISTRIBUTION D'UN PRODUIT FLUIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T027121.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 303 KB)
T 1099/21 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80 A01N 25/28 A01P 15/00 C09D 5/16	Application no. 07250962.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter				Application title BLENDS OF ENCAPSULATED BIOCIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T109921.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1545/21 () of 17.4.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC F04B 27/02 B60T 17/02 F04B 39/00 F04B 39/06	Application no. 15781023.5
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title COMPRESSEUR FERROVIAIRE A PISTONS SEC FERME AVEC UN CAISSON DE PROTECTION ET D'INSONORISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154521.20230417				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 284 KB)
T 1825/21 () of 13.3.2023
Online on 20.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 401/12 A61K 31/506 A61P 35/00	Application no. 16167355.3
Keywords Inventive step				Application title CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 5-CHLORO-N2-(2-ISOPROPOXY-5-METHYL-4-PIPERIDIN-4-YL-PHENYL)-N4[2-(PROPANE-2-SULFONYL)-PHENYL]-PYRIMIDINE-2,4-DIAMINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T182521.20230313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
D 0017/22 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 19.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D001722.20230314				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
D 0030/22 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 19.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003022.20230314				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 2541/18 () of 10.3.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/00 H04N 1/203 H04N 1/32	Application no. 12805544.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SCANNER WITH EXCEPTION PREVIEW
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T254118.20230310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2760/18 (Enhanced scrollbar/BLACKBERRY) of 26.1.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 12175430.3
Keywords Inventive step - modifying the width of a scrollbar's navigation element according to the relative time span of displayed items (no Inventive step - presentation of information)				Application title Displaying content items in a graphical user interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T276018.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1959/19 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 47/76	Application no. 09401015.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsanträge - ausreichend substantiiert (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Führen von Leergut
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T195919.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2077/19 (Specimen areas/SONY) of 7.2.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06K 9/46 G02B 21/36 G06F 3/0485 G06T 7/00 G06T 7/33	Application no. 12826830.7
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - case can be properly understood Admissibility of opposition - indication of facts and evidence Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T207719.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 2736/19 () of 19.1.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 44/38 C08G 18/48 C08G 18/76 C08J 9/14	Application no. 06827462.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Resubmission of objections withdrawn at the opposition stage - admitted (no)				Application title Method of molding rigid polyurethane foams with enhanced thermal conductivity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T273619.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0489/20 (Buprenorphine/LOHMANN) of 17.3.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 31/485 A61P 25/04	Application no. 12826670.7
Keywords Amendment after summons Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY SYSTEM COMPRISING BUPRENORPHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T048920.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1404/20 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 25/06 B65B 35/30 B65B 35/44 B65B 35/54 B65G 47/08 B65G 15/24	Application no. 15000291.3
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Einwand - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Produktformatierung von Lebensmittelprodukten auf einer Fördereinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T140420.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1548/20 () of 8.2.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 2/00 C08F 4/48 C08F 36/04 C08F 2/06 C08F 212/08	Application no. 14825947.6
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154820.20230208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1923/22 () of 12.4.2023
Online on 18.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C 49/12	Application no. 17305812.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours (non : mémoire de recours manquant)				Application title Procédé de fabrication par étirage-soufflage d'un récipient à vitesse d'étirage élevée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T192322.20230412				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2980/18 (Closed-loop current transducer / LEM International) of 9.3.2023
Online on 17.04.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 15/18	Application no. 11769940.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolve issues raised (no)				Application title CLOSED-LOOP CURRENT TRANSDUCER WITH SWITCHED MODE AMPLIFIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T298018.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0172/20 () of 3.2.2023
Online on 17.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 75/23 C08G 65/40	Application no. 14758946.9
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Neuheit - Beweislast Neuheit - (ja) Beweismittel - Maßstab bei der Beweiswürdigung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Verbesserung nicht glaubhaft Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja)				Application title POLYARYLENETHERSULFON-POLYMERE FÜR MEMBRANANWENDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T017220.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454 KB)
T 1722/20 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 17.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01L 9/00 G01L 19/06 G01L 23/10 G01L 23/18	Application no. 14180120.9
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Drucksensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T172220.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 473 KB)
R 0011/21 (Petition for review) of 8.12.2022
Online on 14.04.2023	Board EBA	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C13/00 C08J5/18 C08L29/04 C08L77/00	Application no. 05001395.2
Keywords Petition for review - partly clearly inadmissible and partly clearly unallowable Objection under Rule 106 EPC – raised prematurely Written reasoned decision - Fundamental violation of Article 113(1) EPC (no)				Application title Smokable polymeric casing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R001121.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2583/18 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 14.04.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/235 H04N 5/335	Application no. 10852372.1
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CMOS IMAGE SENSOR, TIMING CONTROL METHOD AND EXPOSURE METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T258318.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0741/20 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 14.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01K 1/08	Application no. 14169351.5
Keywords Submissions with respect to sufficiency of disclosure and novelty not substantiated or incomplete (admission: no) Unallowable intermediate generalisation (no) Admission of late-filed objection (no) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Temperature sensor assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T074120.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 2297/19 (Melange primaire/ARKEMA) of 4.4.2023
Online on 13.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.4.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC C08J 3/24 C08K 5/01 C08K 5/101 C08K 5/14 C08K 5/23 C08K 5/34 C08L 23/06 H01B 7/04	Application no. 13765378.8
Keywords Fondement de décision - texte ou consentement au texte retiré par le titulaire du brevet - brevet révoqué				Application title MELANGE PRIMAIRE D'INITIATEUR ET DE PROMOTEUR DE RETICULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T229719.20230404				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 246 KB)
T 0435/20 (Anti-IL-23 antibodies binding at conformational epitope/MERCK SHARP & … of 14.7.2022
Online on 12.04.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/24 C12N 15/13 A61K 39/395 A61P 35/00 A61P 37/00	Application no. 06802592.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes) Late submitted material - correct exercise of discretion (no)				Application title Engineered anti-IL-23 antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T043520.20220714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 601 KB)
T 2152/22 (RNA-containing particles/HIGHLIGHT) of 4.4.2023
Online on 12.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.4.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 9/19 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/69 A61K 31/713 A61P 35/00	Application no. 16805990.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title NOVEL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PARTICLES COMPRISING A COMPLEX OF A DOUBLE-STRANDED POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE AND A POLYALKYLENEIMINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T215222.20230404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
D 0046/21 () of 17.2.2022
Online on 11.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 17.2.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:D004621.20220217				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1651/20 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 11.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 1/16	Application no. 13165513.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Sprayer nozzle cartridge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165120.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1227/21 () of 23.3.2023
Online on 11.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B07B 13/10	Application no. 17182187.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of party Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete appeal case Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title METHOD OF SEPARATING PARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T122721.20230323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1577/21 (SOFT CHEWABLE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/Intervet International B.V.) of 27.3.2023
Online on 11.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/12	Application no. 13715654.3
Keywords Main request - Admissibility (Yes) Main request - Amendments (Yes) Deletion of a proviso Change of the scope of the claims and Article 123(2) EPC Remittal to the opposition division				Application title SOFT CHEWABLE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T157721.20230327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
D 0055/21 () of 21.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D005521.20230321				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2652/17 (Trial Stimulation System / Medtronic) of 14.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/375	Application no. 13717084.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 to 7 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 to 7 (no) Late-filed request - main request withdrawn before the Examining Division Amendment to appeal case - auxiliary requests 1A to 7A Amendment to appeal case - suitability of amendment to resolving issues raised (no)				Application title TRIAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T265217.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0665/19 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B60L 15/00 B60L 15/20 B60L 3/00	Application no. 12156390.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DC-link decoupling circuit for parallel inverters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T066519.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1336/19 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 2/16 A61L 101/32 A23L 3/3463 A01N 35/02 C02F 1/50 A01N 37/02 A23K 20/105 A23K 20/158	Application no. 12842371.2
Keywords -				Application title ANTIMICROBIAL FORMULATIONS WITH PELARGONIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T133619.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2234/19 (COSMETIC COMPOSITION/L'OREAL) of 10.1.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/84 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/46 A61Q 5/06 A61K 8/97 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/81 A61Q 5/02 A61K 8/891 A61K 8/92 A61K 8/36 A61Q 5/00 A61K 8/89	Application no. 12732596.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (no) Main request: Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 1: Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary request 2: Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PARTICULAR AMPHOTERIC POLYMER AND AT LEAST ONE PARTICULAR CONDITIONING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T223419.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0739/20 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C07C 19/08	Application no. 11778316.7
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - all requests				Application title USE OF COMPOSITIONS FOR REFRIGERATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T073920.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 0315/21 () of 20.3.2023
Online on 06.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40	Application no. 13714278.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING METERED AMOUNTS OF INGREDIENT, ESPECIALLY FOR A TAILORED NUTRITION TO INFANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T031521.20230320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
D 0040/21 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D004021.20230322				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
D 0033/22 () of 1.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003322.20230301				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288 KB)
T 0768/17 (Authenticating wireless payments/VODAFONE) of 26.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/20 G06Q 20/32 G06Q 20/38 G06Q 20/40	Application no. 13175965.6
Keywords Inventive step - authenticating a wireless payment by comparing information about a transaction provided independently by a customer's mobile device and a merchant system (no - obvious implementation of a business requirement)				Application title Direct debit procedure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T076817.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1182/18 () of 14.2.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D03D 27/06 D03D 27/10 D03D 39/00 D03D 39/16	Application no. 03075127.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Equipment of a weaving machine, method for the modification of a weaving machine equipment, and weaving process making use of a weaving machine having such equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T118218.20230214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0130/19 () of 11.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/16 C09D 183/12	Application no. 12805420.2
Keywords Correction of error - form for payment of appeal fee (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title FOULING CONTROL COATING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T013019.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 692 KB)
T 1011/19 () of 16.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B29B 13/02	Application no. 08761848.4
Keywords Opposabilité du document E4 (non) Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Motifs d'opposition - non brevetable (non) Interprétation de l'objet de la revendication 1 Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Perfectionnements à la chauffe des matières plastiques par rayonnement infrarouge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T101119.20230116				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2648/19 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 19/06 C07H 19/10 C07H 19/16 C07H 19/20 C07H 21/00 C12Q 1/68 G01N 33/53	Application no. 09005942.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Labelled nucleotides
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T264819.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1049/21 (Prédiction de demande de consommation/ELECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE) of 20.12.2022
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/04 G06Q 10/06 G06Q 50/06	Application no. 17740416.7
Keywords Restitutio in integrum (non) Restitutio in integrum - mécanisme de vérification indépendant (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉDICTION DE DEMANDE DE CONSOMMATION, UTILISANT UN MODÈLE DE PRÉDICTION PERFECTIONNÉ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T104921.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1349/21 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12C 12/04 C12G 3/02 C12G 3/08 C12G 3/06 C12C 5/02	Application no. 12813354.3
Keywords Inventive step				Application title LOW ALCOHOL OR ALCOHOL FREE FERMENTED MALT BASED BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T134921.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 611 KB)
T 1834/21 () of 27.3.2023
Online on 05.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 7/04	Application no. 11716470.7
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A WIND TURBINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T183421.20230327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2113/17 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/34	Application no. 08841705.0
Keywords Primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) - taken into account (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OPTIMIZING CLEARANCE FOR PROTEIN BOUND MOLECULES USING CASCADE FILTRATION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T211317.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 547 KB)
T 2204/18 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 9/00	Application no. 12156831.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late filed auxiliary request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) - admitted in appeal proceedings (no) Correction of error in decision Correction of error - request (refused) Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title Methods and apparatus to control access
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T220418.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0078/19 () of 30.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 30.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 2/18 A61L 2/24	Application no. 06780013.6
Keywords -				Application title COLD STERILIZER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T007819.20230330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2770/19 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E03F 5/04	Application no. 16158711.8
Keywords Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - zulässig unter Regel 137(5) EPÜ (ja) Änderungen - geänderte Ansprüche mit Bezug auf nicht recherchierte Gegenstände (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title DICHTMITTEL FÜR DIE ABDICHTUNG EINER ABLAUFVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T277019.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2831/19 () of 3.2.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 4/00 H02J 3/38 H02J 3/18	Application no. 13720894.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method and controller for continuously operating a plurality of electric energy generating machines during a high voltage condition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T283119.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 3006/19 (Dynamic code management/LIVEPERSON) of 19.1.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 15771812.3
Keywords Amendments - main request (not allowable) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)				Application title Dynamic code management
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T300619.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0868/20 (Wasserreiche Bleicherde/Clariant) of 21.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 20/12 B01J 20/22 B01J 20/30 C11B 3/10	Application no. 15706222.5
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Umstände der Beschwerdesache rechtfertigen Zulassung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title TROCKEN MODIFIZIERTE, SÄUREAKTIVIERTE BLEICHERDE, VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG UND VERWENDUNG DIESER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T086820.20230321				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1520/20 (Verfahren zur Herstellung von expandierten thermoplastischen … of 27.1.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 9/18 C08J 9/232 C08J 9/236 B29C 44/34	Application no. 14783597.9
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Änderungen Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1-3 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Klarheit der Ansprüche - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON EXPANDIERTEN THERMOPLASTISCHEN ELASTOMERPARTIKELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T152020.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 545 KB)
T 1750/20 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/51	Application no. 14195059.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Nephelometric turbidimeter using a labeled cuvette
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T175020.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1792/20 (Focal length of mobile terminal/HUAWEI) of 23.1.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0488 H04N 5/232 G06F 3/0484	Application no. 15893601.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PHOTOGRAPHING FOCUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL THROUGH TOUCH CONTROL PANEL AND MOBILE TERMINAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T179220.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1924/20 (Hearing-device hull/SONOVA) of 16.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 12761978.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no): juxtaposition of obvious features Admittance of claim requests filed after summons - auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no): increased complexity + no clear allowability				Application title Encapsulated hearing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T192420.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0139/21 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/64 B29C 49/78 B29C 49/68	Application no. 16192433.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title HEIZEINRICHTUNG UND HEIZVERFAHREN FÜR BLASMASCHINE SOWIE BLASMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T013921.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0802/21 () of 17.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 37/18 F16K 31/04 F01P 3/20	Application no. 15705024.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung				Application title ABGASTURBOLADER MIT EINEM WASTE-GATE-VENTIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T080221.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1009/21 (Negotiating the USB role of a USB device / Micro Motion) of 16.3.2023
Online on 04.04.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/38 G06F 13/40	Application no. 14781732.4
Keywords Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title A METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL A MODE OF A DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T100921.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 2907/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/04 H01L 29/66	Application no. 12181385.1
Keywords Amendments - main, first to third auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - main, first to third auxiliary requests Claims - clarity (no) Claims - fifth auxiliary request Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - main, second auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request (yes) Amendment after summons - fourth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (no) Amendment after summons - fifth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Double patenting - same subject-matter (no)				Application title Methods of processing semiconductor wafers having silicon carbide power devices thereon
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T290719.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0213/20 (GROBHANDREINIGER / Deb IP) of 31.1.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/39 A61K 8/60 A61Q 19/10	Application no. 08749638.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz				Application title HAUT- UND HÄNDEREINIGUNGSMITTEL MIT HYDROPHILEN EMOLLIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T021320.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1785/20 (Notification events/HUAWEI) of 31.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 31.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 9/54 G06F 3/048 G06F 3/0481 G06F 3/0488 H04M 1/725	Application no. 13867968.3
Keywords Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)				Application title TASK EVENT PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T178520.20230331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0822/21 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01G 19/393 G01G 13/24 G01G 13/02	Application no. 10011970.0
Keywords Inventive step (main request Inventive step - no) Remittal for further prosecution (yes)				Application title Weighing arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T082221.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0883/21 (COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC ALKOXYSILANE POLYMER/L&# … of 19.1.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/58 A61K 8/86 A61Q 5/04 A61Q 5/06	Application no. 13700922.1
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (No) Admission of the auxiliary requests (No)				Application title COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SPECIFIC ALKOXYSILANE POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T088321.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1235/21 () of 13.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B 13/02 F04B 23/06 G01N 1/38 G01N 1/40 G01N 30/20	Application no. 10746644.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title AUTOMATED DILUTION FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T123521.20230313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1788/21 () of 22.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 19/22 B65B 35/56	Application no. 17162182.4
Keywords Auxiliary request 2 - prohibition of reformatio in peius (no) - admitted (yes) - inventive step (yes)				Application title ORIENTATION UNIT AND METHOD FOR CAUSING A CHANGE IN ORIENTATION OF A PARALLELEPIPED-SHAPED ARTICLE IN A PACKING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T178821.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1808/21 () of 27.2.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 1/04	Application no. 16166677.1
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Novelty - availability to the public Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title ROBOT FOR TRANSPORTING STORAGE BINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T180821.20230227				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 586 KB)
T 1000/22 () of 29.3.2023
Online on 03.04.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 33/02 F02F 1/00 F16J 10/04 F02F 1/20	Application no. 16203511.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title CYLINDER LINER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T100022.20230329				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)

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March 2023

T 1609/18 (Konditionieren von Formteilen aus Kunststoff/CLAUS KOCH) of 14.3.2023
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 7/02 B29C 71/02 B29C 35/04 B29K 77/00	Application no. 10744840.9
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM KONDITIONIEREN VON FORMTEILEN AUS KUNSTSTOFF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160918.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1606/19 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/82 E06B 3/70	Application no. 12185541.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (ja) - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Haustür-türblatt sowie Herstellverfahren hierfür
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T160619.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1761/19 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC B41F 15/08	Application no. 12773064.6
Keywords Nouveauté (oui : requête principale) Activité inventive (non : requête principale) Admission des objections contre les requêtes subsidiaires (non)				Application title Procédé de personnalisation d'au moins deux cartes et carte obtenue par un tel procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T176119.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 822 KB)
T 1682/20 (Image reminder system/LG) of 10.3.2023
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 16178506.8
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Amendment to case - auxiliary request 4 Amendment to case - unsearched Amendment to case - admitted (no)				Application title MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T168220.20230310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1683/20 (Antibody chromatography/ROCHE) of 12.7.2022
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.7.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 16/32 C07K 16/18 C07K 16/30	Application no. 11802372.0
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 26: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Isoform enriched antibody preparation and method for obtaining it
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T168320.20220712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 0940/21 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 1/20	Application no. 09785373.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title Method of spooling a bi-metallic pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T094021.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0954/21 (TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT/Rolls-Royce) of 31.1.2023
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 35/56 C04B 35/565 C04B 35/58 C04B 35/80 C04B 35/628 F01D 5/28 F23R 3/00 F23M 5/00	Application no. 16185085.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT COMPRISING A CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE INCLUDING SILICON CARBIDE FIBERS IN A CERAMIC MATRIX COMPRISING A MAX PHASE COMPOUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095421.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 1426/21 () of 27.3.2023
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/315	Application no. 14799430.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title ASSEMBLY FOR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE COMPRISING ONE SUCH ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T142621.20230327				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0073/22 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 31.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A45D 1/06 A45D 1/28 A45D 2/00	Application no. 16709493.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title HAIR STYLING APPLIANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T007322.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0703/18 (Infant formulas containing DHA and lutein/ABBOTT) of 23.2.2023
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/30 A23L 1/29	Application no. 06826479.5
Keywords Inventive step - problem invention (no)				Application title INFANT FORMULAS CONTAINING DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID AND LUTEIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070318.20230223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0063/20 (Formulation comprising ezetimibe / RATIOPHARM) of 9.3.2023
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/397	Application no. 08859677.0
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION COMPRISING EZETIMIBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T006320.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0758/20 () of 23.11.2022
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24C 5/32 A24D 3/02	Application no. 13741981.8
Keywords Oral proceedings - before board of appeal Oral proceedings - format by videoconference Amendments - allowable (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title ROTARY CONVEYOR DRUM FOR USE IN TOBACCO INDUSTRY MACHINES, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING ROD-LIKE ELEMENTS USING SUCH DRUM AND MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING MULTI-ELEMENT RODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T075820.20221123				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 541 KB)
T 0869/20 (Coating colour/KEMIRA) of 1.3.2023
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 19/58 D21H 19/54 D21H 21/18	Application no. 09796405.0
Keywords Clarity (no) - unclear definition of measurement conditions for a parameter Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Amendment to case - objection				Application title COATING COLOUR COMPOSITION AND PAPER OR PAPERBOARD COATED WITH IT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T086920.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0981/20 (Flocculation/BASF) of 7.3.2023
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 17/44 D21H 17/45 D21H 17/55 D21H 17/56 D21H 21/10 D21H 23/14 D21H 23/16 D21H 23/18 D21H 17/37 D21H 17/00	Application no. 13705801.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - Substantiation of auxiliary request Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - Admitted (Yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T098120.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1518/20 (Highly absorbent resin/LG CHEM) of 16.1.2023
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 3/075 C08F 20/00 C08L 101/14 A61L 15/22 B01J 20/26 C08J 3/24	Application no. 14792045.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title HIGHLY ABSORBENT RESIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T151820.20230116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 0320/21 (Annealing aluminium alloy sheet material/Aleris) of 20.2.2023
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22F 1/05 C21D 1/42 C21D 1/52	Application no. 15759754.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF ANNEALING ALUMINIUM ALLOY SHEET MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T032021.20230220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1522/21 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 30.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 30/20 B65D 30/10 B65D 77/06 B65D 75/00 B65B 51/10 B65D 25/16 B65B 1/04	Application no. 13815489.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Remittal - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FLEXIBLE POUCH WITH A LARGER OPENING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T152221.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1507/18 () of 3.3.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 07827132.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes)				Application title FIXATION MEMBER FOR VALVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T150718.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 0749/19 (Time of flight camera / Rockwell Automation) of 20.3.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 17/89 G01S 17/36 G01S 17/42 G01S 17/87 G01B 11/22 G01B 11/24 G01B 11/245 G06T 7/55 H04N 13/214	Application no. 10004001.3
Keywords Patent proprietor's appeal withdrawn - Opponent as sole appellant Reformatio in peius - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 admissible (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 (no) Reimbursement of 25% of the apepal fee (yes) - Withdrawal of request for oral proceedings (yes) - Decision in written procedure (yes)				Application title Time of flight camera unit and optical surveillance system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T074919.20230320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1942/19 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 5/06 A61C 9/00 B01F 7/00 B01F 15/00 B01F 15/02	Application no. 07779280.2
Keywords Main request - novelty - (no) Auxiliary request 1 - amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary request 2 - inventive step - (no)				Application title DISPENSER AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING DENTAL MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T194219.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2818/19 () of 23.1.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F27D 15/02 B07B 4/08 C04B 7/47	Application no. 12863238.7
Keywords Late-filed request - procedural economy Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed facts - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - main request (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title BULK-MATERIAL COOLING DEVICE AND BULK-MATERIAL COOLING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T281819.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 648 KB)
T 2853/19 () of 13.1.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 13176257.7
Keywords Novelty - main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - third and fourth auxiliary requests (no) Claims - clarity Claims - fifth auxiliary request (no)				Application title Merging sets of data objects for display
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T285319.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0446/20 (5' Phosphate oligonucleotides / RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS- … of 2.11.2021
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/7115 A61K 31/7105 C07H 21/00 A61P 37/04 A61P 31/12 A61P 31/04 A61P 35/00 A61P 37/06 A61P 37/08 A61K 45/06 C12N 15/117	Application no. 07801562.5
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary requests 3 to 15 (yes)				Application title STRUCTURE AND USE OF 5' PHOSPHATE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T044620.20211102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0535/20 (Sicherheitsrelevante Programmvariablen/PILZ) of 24.1.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 9/03 G05B 19/042 G05B 23/02	Application no. 10708907.0
Keywords Einführung des Einspruchsgrunds nach Art. 100 a) i.V.m. 52(1) und (2) EPÜ in das Verfahren - (nein): kein Einverständnis der Patentinhaberin Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge BE2, BE2a, BE4, BE4a, BE4b, BE5, BE5a, BE6, BE6a, BE7 und BE7a (nein): kein glaubhafter technischer Effekt erkennbar Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsanträge BE1, BE1a, BE3 und BE3a (ja): Zwischenverallgemeinerung Zulassung von in der Verhandlung eingereichter Anspruchssätze - Hilfsanträge BE8 und BE9 (nein): keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände + keine prima facie Gewährbarkeit				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Erstellen eines Anwenderprogrammes für eine Sicherheitssteuerung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T053520.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 512 KB)
T 1887/20 (Input device with load detection and vibration units / Kyocera) of 3.3.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041	Application no. 09831684.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T188720.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1888/20 (Input device with load detection and vibration units / Kyocera) of 3.3.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/01 G06F 3/02 G06F 3/0488	Application no. 17197444.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T188820.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1910/20 (Displaying cluster centres/ROCHE) of 3.2.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 11794044.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAYING PATTERNS IN BIOLOGICAL MONITORING DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T191020.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1513/21 (Re-establishement / Leonardo) of 22.3.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 21/00 H01Q 21/06 H01Q 3/26	Application no. 15195477.3
Keywords -				Application title PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T151321.20230322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1456/22 (Delay of grant / Kerber) of 13.3.2023
Online on 29.03.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 17/10 G01S 13/22 G01S 15/10	Application no. 16763200.9
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes) Substantial procedural violation - higher-ranking request overlooked (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title REMOTE SENSING BY PERIODICALLY INHIBITED PULSE SIGNALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T145622.20230313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 2627/18 () of 15.2.2023
Online on 28.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/01 A61F 2/24	Application no. 15167832.3
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title REPOSITIONABLE HEART VALVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T262718.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 1036/20 (Auto-redial method/NEC) of 14.3.2023
Online on 28.03.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/2745	Application no. 11800556.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Admittance of requests filed on appeal - auxiliary request 3 (no): "fresh case" Admittance of requests filed after summons - auxiliary requests 2 and 4: no exceptional circumstances justified with cogent reasons + "fresh case"				Application title Telephone and auto-redial method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T103620.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
D 0026/22 () of 23.2.2023
Online on 27.03.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 23.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D002622.20230223				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1940/17 () of 17.3.2023
Online on 27.03.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 65/08 B60B 3/00 B65B 1/22 B65B 9/06	Application no. 11711059.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Sonotrode
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T194017.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 543 KB)
T 2253/17 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 27.03.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00 H04N 13/02	Application no. 11844437.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VIEWING AND TRACKING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IMAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T225317.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 1632/19 () of 9.2.2023
Online on 27.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 11769597.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request Inventive step - (no) Amendments after summons Amendments - not all justified by possible exceptional circumstances Amendments - raised new objections Amendments - not admitted				Application title ASCRIBING ACTIONABLE ATTRIBUTES TO DATA THAT DESCRIBES A PERSONAL IDENTITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T163219.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2745/19 (Anti-PD-L1 antibodies/F.HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 20.12.2022
Online on 27.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61P 35/00 A61K 39/395	Application no. 09764997.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Anti-PD-L1 antibodies and their use to enhance T-cell function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T274519.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0999/20 () of 24.3.2023
Online on 27.03.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 64/02	Application no. 12732379.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T099920.20230324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
G 0002/21 (Reliance on a purported technical effect for inventive step ( … of 23.3.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board EBA	Decision date 23.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N43/56 A01N51/00	Application no. 12002626.5
Keywords admissibility of referral - (yes) re-phrasing of the referred questions - no extending the scope of the referred questions - no principle of free evaluation of evidence - exception to the principle required - no inventive step - reliance on technical effect - yes, based on the application as originally filed				Application title Insecticide compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:G000221.20230323				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 563 KB)
T 0761/17 () of 3.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 11/00 F03D 7/02 F03D 9/02	Application no. 10173289.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Novelty - (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete appeal case				Application title Method and system for extracting inertial energy from a wind turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T076117.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0991/19 () of 16.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00 G06Q 99/00 H04L 12/66	Application no. 15165149.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - considered (yes)				Application title METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OVER THE AIR (OTA) PROVISIONING OF SOFT CARDS ON DEVICES WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T099119.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1618/19 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/06 G05B 19/418	Application no. 12789274.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title RUNDOWN BLENDING OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T161819.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457 KB)
T 1698/19 () of 15.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 21/02 F04D 15/00	Application no. 07725132.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein) Klarheit (erster Hilfsantrag: nein) Zulassung von nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichter Anspruchssatz (zweiter Hilfsantrag: nein)				Application title EINRICHTUNG ZUR MESSWERTÜBERTRAGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T169819.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1867/19 () of 13.3.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 17/32 G06F 21/00	Application no. 06828870.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SPIEL-, WETT- UND/ODER UNTERHALTUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T186719.20230313				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1921/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 3/00 G05B 19/042	Application no. 05108050.5
Keywords Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - could have been filed in first instance proceedings - admitted (no) Auxiliary requests 3 and 4 - Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Method for detecting and managing faults, particularly for industrial machines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T192119.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 2527/19 (Composition containing a tetrahydrofolic acid / BAYER) of 28.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/585 A61K 31/567 A61K 31/525 A61P 15/18	Application no. 07764936.6
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as originally filed (no) Amendments - broadening of the scope of protection (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Priority - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING A TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T252719.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 3141/19 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/105 B29C 64/153 B29C 64/386	Application no. 13162179.9
Keywords Novelty - implicit disclosure (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Amendment to case - amendment overcomes objection (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title Method and apparatus for producing three-dimensional work pieces
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T314119.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 457 KB)
T 3275/19 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 58/28	Application no. 07112493.7
Keywords Inventive step - attacks with E1, E1a, E10 and E18, reasons set out clearly and concisely (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 6 (yes) Late-filed document E1a and E31 Late-filed document - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Control method for controlling a tumble laundry drier for drying wool laundry
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T327519.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0590/20 () of 3.3.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F02F 1/24 F02F 1/40	Application no. 07110193.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title Zylinderkopf für eine Brennkraftmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T059020.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0958/20 () of 25.1.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 9/16	Application no. 11172966.1
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (nein)				Application title Roboterarm, Industrieroboter und Verfahren zum Erstellen eines mathematischen Robotermodells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095820.20230125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 423 KB)
T 0058/21 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/20 B01F 3/04 B05B 1/34 B01D 53/00 F02M 61/18	Application no. 17183648.9
Keywords primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (no)				Application title SCR DOSER SPRAY ATOMIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T005821.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 272 KB)
T 0774/21 (A fragrance composition/SYMRISE) of 17.3.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/40 A61Q 13/00 C11B 9/00 C11D 3/00	Application no. 18192387.1
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title A FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T077421.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 1021/21 (Minicircle production/MAYRHOFER) of 2.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/00 C12N 15/64 C12N 15/79	Application no. 14716610.2
Keywords Disregard admitted document - (no) Amendment to case - evidence Amendment to case - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Plasmid for minicircle production
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T102121.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1540/21 (Infant formulas containing DHA and lutein II/ABBOTT) of 23.2.2023
Online on 24.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/00 A23L 33/105 A23L 33/12	Application no. 10189228.9
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - availability to the public Novelty - enabling disclosure Amendment to case - amendment admitted (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Infant formulas containing docosahexaenoic acid and lutein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T154021.20230223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1705/18 (Gene expression analysis in single cells/ILLUMINA) of 24.1.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/11 C40B 50/06	Application no. 10762102.1
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - inventive step (no)				Application title GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IN SINGLE CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T170518.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2001/18 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/34	Application no. 11170040.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features				Application title Injection Device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T200118.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1703/19 () of 14.2.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/36 A61L 27/56	Application no. 09805294.7
Keywords -				Application title COMPOSITION FOR A TISSUE REPAIR IMPLANT AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T170319.20230214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0086/20 (Gelled food concentrate/PREMIER FOODS) of 16.2.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 29/20 A23L 23/00 A23L 29/231 A23L 27/10 A23L 23/10	Application no. 12753210.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (yes) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title GELLED FOOD CONCENTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T008620.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0553/20 (Glaucoma/SANTEN) of 3.3.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 47/10 A61K 47/26 A61K 47/18 A61K 31/5575	Application no. 14001862.3
Keywords Inventive step - obvious solution Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title Method and composition for treating ocular hypertension and glaucoma
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T055320.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0211/21 (Machine for making food products/ALI) of 3.2.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 9/04 A23G 9/08	Application no. 18155360.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2: Inventive step - (no)				Application title MACHINE FOR MAKING FOOD PRODUCTS IN LIQUID OR SEMI-LIQUID FORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T021121.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 458 KB)
T 1078/21 (Expression in retinal pigment epithelium/INSERM) of 17.2.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 17.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/864 C12N 9/10	Application no. 14830801.8
Keywords primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (no)				Application title Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for expressing a polynucleotide of interest in the retinal pigment epithelium of a subject
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T107821.20230217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1553/21 () of 2.3.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/18	Application no. 11176505.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdegegenstand festgelegt (ja) Grundlage des Verfahrens - erstinstanzliche Ermessenentscheidung Grundlage des Verfahrens - korrekte Kriterien angewandt (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Fördern eines Stranges der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T155321.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0784/22 (tumor methylome/CHINESE UNIVERSITY) of 10.3.2023
Online on 23.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 10.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/6886 C12Q 1/6869	Application no. 19171630.7
Keywords Claims - support in the description (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Non-invasive determination of methylome of tumor from plasma
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T078422.20230310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1634/17 (ADAM6 mice/REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS) of 25.11.2021
Online on 22.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 25.11.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/85 A01K 67/027 C12N 9/64 C07K 16/46 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/40	Application no. 12716101.6
Keywords Consideration of evidence filed at first instance (yes); Consideration/admission of evidence filed in appeal (no); Status of oral/ephemeral disclosure - prior art (no); Main request - added subject-matter (no); Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes); Main request - novelty (yes); Main request - inventive step (yes); Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no); Reimbursement of the appeal fee (no);				Application title ADAM6 MICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T163417.20211125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 749 KB)
T 1656/17 (Partiality/XXX) of 12.1.2023
Online on 22.03.2023	Board -	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Objection of suspected partiality - formation of the board in its alternate composition Objection of suspected partiality - notice of self-recusation Objection of suspected partiality - admissibility (yes) Objection of suspected partiality - allowability (no)				Application title XXX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T165617.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 906 KB)
T 1199/18 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 22.03.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/52 H04N 19/61 H04N 19/109	Application no. 11828288.8
Keywords Main request - novelty - (no) Auxiliary request 1 - amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Auxiliary request 2 - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 4 - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Auxiliary request 5 - amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T119918.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 458 KB)
T 1239/19 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 22.03.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC D01D 1/10 B29C 47/42 B29C 47/76 C08J 11/04 D01F 6/42	Application no. 13728264.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - special reasons for remitting the case Remittal - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BULKED CONTINUOUS FILAMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T123919.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 3048/19 (Propyl-methyl-phenol compound for treating fish/EWOS) of 26.9.2022
Online on 22.03.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.9.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/05 A61K 45/06 A61P 31/00 A61P 31/04 A61P 31/12	Application no. 11717046.4
Keywords Main request - non-medical use - Novelty (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Novelty (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 2 - Inventive step (yes) Auxiliary request 2 - Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late filed experimental evidence - not admitted				Application title Carvacrol/thymol composition for the treatment of salmonid rickettsial septicemia and infectious salmon anemia
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T304819.20220926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 617 KB)
T 0280/20 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 22.03.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 301/04	Application no. 11776271.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter				Application title IMPROVED EO PROCESS CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T028020.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0877/20 () of 6.3.2023
Online on 22.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 12795707.4
Keywords Auxiliary request 4 - admitted according to the right criteria Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRANSCATHETER VALVE HAVING REDUCED SEAM EXPOSURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087720.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0029/22 () of 13.2.2023
Online on 22.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 63/04	Application no. 13161357.2
Keywords Main and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Novelty - (yes) Main request and auxiliary requests 1-7 - Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request 1a Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) 2a-2j and 8-10- should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) 6a after summons Late-filed request - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Shoe upper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T002922.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0497/18 () of 16.3.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/225 H04N 5/335	Application no. 14739996.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title FOVEATED IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T049718.20230316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1435/18 (PROCEDE DE MISE EN COMMUNICATION D'OBJETS COMMUNICANTS STOCKANT … of 14.2.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC G06Q 10/10	Application no. 14712675.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non) Activité inventive - ensemble de caractéristiques techniques et non techniques Activité inventive - invention de problème (non) Vice substantiel de procédure - remboursement de la taxe de recours (non)				Application title PROCEDE DE MISE EN COMMUNICATION D'OBJETS COMMUNICANTS STOCKANT DES PROFILS D'UTILISATEURS ET OBJET COMMUNICANT CORRESPONDANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T143518.20230214				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0547/19 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 9/009 A61B 3/10 A61F 2/16 A61F 9/008 A61F 9/007	Application no. 13173305.7
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title Apparatus for creating ocular surgical and relaxing incisions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T054719.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 1241/19 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/16 A61B 3/10 A61F 9/008 A61F 9/009 A61F 9/007	Application no. 13173306.5
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title Apparatus for creating ocular surgical and relaxing incisions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T124119.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0814/20 (Adapted Visual Vocabularies/CONDUENT) of 20.3.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 15195657.0
Keywords Inventive step - technical purpose Inventive step - effect made credible within the whole scope of claim (yes)				Application title ADAPTED VOCABULARIES FOR MATCHING IMAGE SIGNATURES WITH FISHER VECTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T081420.20230320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1078/20 (Compositions comprising C6 Oligosaccharides/RENMATIX) of 6.3.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C13K 1/02 C13K 13/00	Application no. 12863319.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING C6 OLIGOSACCHARIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T107820.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)
T 1580/20 () of 15.3.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 5/00 G09G 5/02	Application no. 12722877.3
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATION AND PROCESSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T158020.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1617/20 () of 7.2.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 25/28 A01N 43/80 B01J 13/16 C08G 18/76 C08G 18/28 C08G 18/38	Application no. 06006748.5
Keywords Amendment to appellant's case - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - error in use of discretion at first instance (yes) Late-filed request - main request admitted (yes) Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Clarity - main request (yes) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case (no) Reply to statement of grounds of appeal - objection not substantiated Remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title ACETYLENE CARBAMIDE DERIVATIVES-POLYUREA POLYMERS AND MICROCAPSULES AND FORMULATIONS THEREOF FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T161720.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 538 KB)
T 0213/21 (Managing software installations/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 14.3.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/16 G06F 9/44 G06Q 20/40 H04L 12/24	Application no. 11874650.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Application store interface for remote management of client devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T021321.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0227/21 (Device configuration/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 14.3.2023
Online on 21.03.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/177 G06F 1/32 G06F 9/44 G06F 1/20	Application no. 13894460.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Device configuration prior to initialization of a system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T022721.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0207/18 () of 6.3.2023
Online on 20.03.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/0428	Application no. 11758266.8
Keywords Novelty - public prior use (no)				Application title BIOMETRIC BELT CONNECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T020718.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 1648/18 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 20.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 12703836.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - procedural economy not negatively affected Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance for further prosecution (no)				Application title AUTO-INJECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T164818.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 530 KB)
T 1293/19 () of 14.3.2023
Online on 20.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E04H 12/00 E02B 17/00 E02D 27/42 E02B 17/02 F03D 13/20	Application no. 04764463.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Nicht substantiierte Einwände - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title TURM FÜR EINE WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T129319.20230314				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 487 KB)
T 0890/21 (Glass frit/Guardian) of 14.2.2023
Online on 20.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C03B 23/24 C03C 8/02 C03C 8/24 C03C 17/04 C03C 27/06 E06B 3/663 E06B 3/677	Application no. 10717896.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no)				Application title VACUUM INSULATING GLASS UNIT INCLUDING INFRARED MELTABLE GLASS FRIT, AND/OR METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T089021.20230214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
R 0015/21 (Requête en révision) of 5.12.2022
Online on 17.03.2023	Board EBA	Decision date 5.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC G08G1/01 G08G1/0967	Application no. 10801600.7
Keywords Requête en révision - manifestement non fondée Violation fondamentale de l'article 113(1) CBE - (non) Non-considération de moyens pertinents - (non) Obligation d'information - (non)				Application title SYSTÈME D'AIDE PERSONNALISÉE À LA CONDUITE D'UN VÉHICULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:R001521.20221205				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 471 KB)
T 1564/17 (Scenario testing/HUAWEI) of 15.3.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/50	Application no. 12801790.2
Keywords Novelty - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T156417.20230315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2897/18 (Colour variations in a dimmable lighting device / Signify Holding) of 20.1.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 33/08	Application no. 08731957.0
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title COLOR VARIATIONS IN A DIMMABLE LIGHTING DEVICE WITH STABLE COLOR TEMPERATURE LIGHT SOURCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T289718.20230120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2082/19 (RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING GELATINOUS COATED TABLETS/Johnson & … of 13.12.2022
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/40 A61K 9/44	Application no. 05722417.2
Keywords Admission of new documents (No) Alleged prior use (No) Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes) Main request - Inventive step (No) Admission of auxiliary request 1 during oral proceedings (Yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step (Yes)				Application title RAPIDLY DISINTEGRATING GELATINOUS COATED TABLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T208219.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 861 KB)
T 2922/19 (Antenne für ein Hörinstrument/SIVANTOS) of 22.12.2022
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 15150094.9
Keywords Ausführbarkeit - (ja): vollumfängliche Funktionsfähigkeit der beanspruchten Erfindung keine Frage der Ausführbarkeit Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Antenneneinrichtung für Hörinstrumente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T292219.20221222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 525 KB)
T 0179/20 (2'-Fucosyllactose/CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL) of 10.2.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/702 A61K 31/7016 A61K 35/20 A61P 1/04 A61P 29/00	Application no. 10797669.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - undisclosed combination of features				Application title INHIBITING INFLAMMATION WITH MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T017920.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0821/20 (Vitrage Isolant Multiple/AGC Glass) of 13.3.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 13.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 17/10 E06B 3/67	Application no. 09800070.6
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)-Interprétation à la lumière de la description non justifiée.				Application title VITRAGE ISOLANT MULTIPLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T082120.20230313				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 282 KB)
T 1571/20 () of 17.3.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.3.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/11	Application no. 15786905.8
Keywords -				Application title CAPSULE GÉLIFIÉE COMPRENANT UNE CELLULE VÉGÉTALE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T157120.20230317				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1930/20 (Points of intersection/NISSAN) of 24.2.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/00 G08G 1/01 B60W 40/04 G08G 1/16	Application no. 15898905.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendment to case - request Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (no) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SCENE EVALUATION DEVICE, TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE, AND SCENE EVALUATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T193020.20230224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0050/21 (Ophthalmic analysis/NIDEK) of 23.2.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61B 3/10	Application no. 13189919.7
Keywords Amendment to case - requirements of Art. 12(2) RPBA 2020 met (no) Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 Amendment to case - admissibly raised and maintained (no) Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Ophthalmic analysis apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T005021.20230223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 0181/21 (Use of sulfonated polymers/P & G) of 7.3.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 3/37 C11D 17/04 C11D 3/39 C11D 3/33 C11D 11/00	Application no. 15153521.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title New use of sulfonated polymers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T018121.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1093/21 (Process for preparing nutritional products/NESTLÉ) of 9.2.2023
Online on 17.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23P 10/40 A23C 1/04 A23C 1/05 A23L 29/219 A23L 33/00	Application no. 05707896.6
Keywords Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 Amendment to case - suitability of amendment to address issues (no) Claims - interpretation in light of the description Inventive step - main request (no) no distinguishing feature Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T109321.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0322/18 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 9/008	Application no. 08726822.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title APPARATUS FOR CREATING OCULAR SURGICAL AND RELAXING INCISIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T032218.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 2325/18 (Ultrasonic sensor / META SYSTEM) of 8.12.2022
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G10K 9/122 G10K 9/20 G01S 7/521	Application no. 12708930.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A SENSOR DEVICE USABLE IN PARKING-AID SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES AND CORRESPONDING SENSOR DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T232518.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0376/20 (Hearing aid's drop-down event/SONOVA) of 28.2.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 1/00 H04R 3/02 H04R 27/00 H04R 27/02	Application no. 11770788.5
Keywords Novelty - main request, first to third, new third, fifth and sixth auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - fourth and seventh to ninth auxiliary requests (no) Admittance of amendment after summons - tenth auxiliary request (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title Microphone assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T037620.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 0750/20 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 7/02	Application no. 06716907.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title ROTATION DEVICE FOR A BOOM OF A MINING OR CONSTRUCTIONS WORK RIG, RIG AND BOOM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T075020.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1151/20 () of 2.3.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 15/075 F24D 19/10 G01D 4/00	Application no. 14724995.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title CONSUMPTION METER WITH SELECTABLE LEGAL REGISTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T115120.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0155/21 () of 23.1.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06	Application no. 08700938.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH STRAIN SENSING MEANS, WIND TURBINE, BLOCK SENSOR UNIT AND USES HEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T015521.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0606/21 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 21/32 G06K 9/00 G06K 9/62	Application no. 17847781.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR PREDICTED TRAJECTORIES IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE TRAFFIC PREDICTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T060621.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0727/21 () of 3.3.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 5/16 B05B 12/08 B05B 13/04	Application no. 14002527.1
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - nach Rücknahme einer Beschwerde Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - anteilig (ja)				Application title Beschichtungsmittel-Versorgungseinrichtung und zugehöriges Betriebsverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T072721.20230303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1057/21 (Oral Formulations of Deferasirox / NOVARTIS) of 25.1.2023
Online on 16.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 31/4196 A61P 39/04	Application no. 16188627.0
Keywords Item of evidence filed after summons - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the (parent) application as filed (no) Amendments - extension of the scope of protection (no) Inventive step - no reasonable expectation of success Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no)				Application title ORAL FORMULATIONS OF DEFERASIROX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T105721.20230125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 538 KB)
T 0251/20 () of 14.2.2023
Online on 15.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E01B 35/00 G01B 11/00	Application no. 14174674.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Vermessen von Gleisen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T025120.20230214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0436/20 (Withdrawal of the appeal/CHUGAI) of 9.3.2023
Online on 15.03.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 1/30 C07K 16/06 C07K 1/34 C07K 16/26 C07K 16/28 C07K 16/30 C07K 1/22	Application no. 10180577.8
Keywords Declaration of the appellant patent proprietor to no longer approve the text of the patent as granted and to withdraw all claim requests on file is equal to the withdrawal of the appeal				Application title Protein purification method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T043620.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 1039/20 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 15.03.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 10765238.0
Keywords -				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A RULE SET FOR MEDICAL EVENT MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T103920.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1462/21 (BEHANDLUNG EINER WÄSSRIGEN FLÜSSIGKEIT/BRITA) of 24.1.2023
Online on 15.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C02F 1/42 C02F 1/28 C02F 1/00 G01N 33/18 B01J 49/85	Application no. 16188076.0
Keywords Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM BETREIBEN EINER VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEHANDLUNG EINER WÄSSRIGEN FLÜSSIGKEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T146221.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0576/19 () of 20.12.2022
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/375 A61K 36/738 A61P 19/02	Application no. 13736751.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ROSE HIP POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T057619.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 1749/19 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/198 A61Q 17/00 A61K 8/44 A61Q 19/08 A61K 8/73 A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/81	Application no. 14163328.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge				Application title Kosmetische Zubereitungen mit einem Gehalt Kreatin und/oder Kreatininderivaten und organischen Verdickern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T174919.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 3075/19 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 53/00 F16L 25/01 F01N 3/20	Application no. 12783510.6
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - Sache entscheidungsreif Neuheit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neues Vorbringen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BEHEIZBARE MEDIENLEITUNG MIT ZUMINDEST EINER MEDIENLEITUNG MIT ZWEI LEITUNGSVERBINDERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T307519.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0586/20 () of 14.12.2022
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/04 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/81 A61Q 5/06 A61K 8/02	Application no. 13722366.5
Keywords Main request - Novelty (yes) Main request - Inventive step (yes)				Application title AEROSOL DEVICE BASED ON A CALCIUM SALT AND A FIXING POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T058620.20221214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0724/20 () of 9.3.2023
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 65/02 B29C 65/20 E06B 7/16 C08L 23/16 C08K 3/06	Application no. 14168856.4
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - ja Beschwerdeerwiderung - vollständiges Beschwerdevorbringen eines Beteiligten Beschwerdeerwiderung - nein Unzulässige Erweiterung - nein Ausreichende Offenbarung - ja Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Application title Werkstoffmischung aus EPDM, Ethylen-Propylen Copolymer und Schwefel zur Nutzung für Tür- und Fensterdichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T072420.20230309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0759/20 (Truck head radiation / Nuctech) of 10.3.2023
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 10.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00	Application no. 15200345.5
Keywords Clarity and support - after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title VEHICLE TYPE RECOGNITION METHOD AND FAST VEHICLE CHECKING SYSTEM USING THE SAME METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T075920.20230310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1081/20 (Dual display/BROADCOM vs. NETFLIX) of 9.2.2023
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/02 H04N 21/422 H04N 21/4363 H04N 21/472 H04N 5/44 H04N 21/414 H04N 7/173	Application no. 06016560.2
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests XI, XII, XIV to XXI (no) Admittance of requests filed on appeal - auxiliary requests I to IX, XXII and XXIII (no): should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings Admittance of disregarded request - auxiliary request X (no): discretion correctly exercised by the opposition division Added subject-matter - auxiliary request XIII (yes)				Application title Phone with television remote control functionality
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T108120.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 1883/20 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 14.03.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29B 7/48 B29C 47/38 B29C 47/42 B29C 47/64 B30B 11/24	Application no. 10014789.1
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Planetwalzenextruder und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T188320.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1856/18 (Exosome transfer of nucleic acids/CODIAK) of 8.3.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/87 A61K 48/00	Application no. 07748459.0
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Exosome transfer of nucleic acids to cells
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T185618.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0091/19 () of 2.3.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00	Application no. 08005998.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Herstellen von Zahnersatzteilen, Verfahren zum Erstellen eines Datensatzes und computerlesbares Medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T009119.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0321/19 (PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF UREA COMPRISING A PASSIVATION STREAM AT … of 9.2.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 273/04	Application no. 13700521.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF UREA COMPRISING A PASSIVATION STREAM AT THE STRIPPER BOTTOM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T032119.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0930/19 () of 24.1.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/383 C07C 17/386 C07C 21/18 C01B 7/19 C07C 17/38	Application no. 09711602.4
Keywords -				Application title AZEOTROPE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING 3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE AND HYDROGEN FLUORIDE AND PROCESSES FOR SEPARATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T093019.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1063/19 () of 31.1.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/02 H04N 21/2668 H04N 21/4147 H04N 21/442 H04N 21/466 H04N 21/658	Application no. 13822572.7
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING VIEWER INTEREST IN CONTENT AND ADVERTISEMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T106319.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1066/19 () of 8.3.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B41M 3/00	Application no. 07785814.0
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Aufbringen einer Mikrostruktur, Werkzeugform und Gegenstand mit Mikrostruktur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T106619.20230308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1068/19 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/03 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/891 A61K 8/892 A61K 8/898 A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/81	Application no. 10789169.9
Keywords -				Application title SEPARATED TWO-LAYER HAIR COSMETIC
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T106819.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2175/19 () of 7.3.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 33/12 A61K 31/14 C09D 5/14 C08K 5/17 A01N 25/04 A01N 59/16 C09D 5/16	Application no. 12839204.0
Keywords Amendments Remittal				Application title HIGH QUALITY ANTIMICROBIAL PAINT COMPOSITION COMPRISING A QUATERNARY AMMONUIM COMPOUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T217519.20230307				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2357/19 () of 18.1.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H02H 3/06 H02H 3/12 H02H 3/38 H05B 37/00	Application no. 05707577.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title Verfahren zur Steuerung von elektrischen Verbrauchern und entsprechende Schaltungsanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T235719.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 271 KB)
T 2459/19 () of 12.12.2022
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 3/38 F03D 9/00 F03D 7/02 F03D 7/04	Application no. 10183789.6
Keywords Neuheit - Stand der Technik Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Windparks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T245919.20221212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2762/19 () of 28.2.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 44/00 E21B 44/02	Application no. 08724171.7
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE DRILLING PARAMETER FOR ROCK DRILLING.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T276219.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 3089/19 () of 12.12.2022
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC H02J 3/38 F03D 9/00 F03D 7/02	Application no. 02774638.7
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Windparks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T308919.20221212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0572/20 () of 15.2.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 3/38 H02J 3/18	Application no. 10000319.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Converter device and method for converting electrical power
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T057220.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1556/20 (Increased brightness pigment/THIELE KAOLIN) of 8.12.2022
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C 1/40 C09C 1/00 C09C 1/02 C09C 1/36	Application no. 14187149.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - combination of features taken from different examples Admissibility of auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no) - requests already not admitted by the opposition division Admissibility of auxiliary requests 6 to 9 (no) - filing of additional auxiliary requests in appeal not justified Infringement of the right to be heard (no) - Refusal of the opposition division to postpone oral proceedings since the proprietor's technical expert could not attend				Application title Composite pigments
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T155620.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0526/21 (Oral Formulations of Deferasirox / NOVARTIS) of 24.1.2023
Online on 13.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 9/50 A61K 31/4196 A61P 39/04	Application no. 14710654.6
Keywords Item of evidence filed after summons - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - no reasonable expectation of success Amendment to case - amendment admitted (no)				Application title ORAL FORMULATIONS OF DEFERASIROX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T052621.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 2644/18 () of 10.10.2022
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G08C 17/02	Application no. 07814863.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - second to fifth auxiliary requests Remittal - (no) Remittal - no special reasons Admittance - (yes) - second to fifth auxiliary requests - no procedural delay				Application title Systems and Methods of Remotely Controlling a Materials Handling Vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T264418.20221010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 2133/19 () of 16.2.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/32	Application no. 09161062.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Needle cover assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T213319.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 565 KB)
T 0169/20 (Pouch with inner container/Reckitt) of 23.1.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04	Application no. 13750929.5
Keywords Claimed invention and support by the description - Legal basis for claim interpretation Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (no)				Application title PACKAGED DETERGENT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T016920.20230123				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 482 KB)
T 0887/20 () of 1.3.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A47K 3/16 A47K 3/40	Application no. 05807983.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title DUSCHBODENELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T088720.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0044/21 (Maturity stage/INTELLIGENTVIRUSIMAGING) of 28.2.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 06735297.1
Keywords Amendment to appeal case - exercise of discretion Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD OF ANALYZING CELL STRUCTURES AND THEIR COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T004421.20230228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0138/21 (Einblasen von Ersatzreduktionsmitteln/Küttner) of 10.1.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C21B 5/00 C21B 7/16 F27D 3/16 F27D 3/18	Application no. 15735915.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1-5a (nein) Zurückverweisung - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM EINBLASEN VON ERSATZREDUKTIONSMITTELN IN EINEN HOCHOFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T013821.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0534/21 (Searching and language translation/VÄÄNÄNEN) of 1.2.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 1.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 10742816.1
Keywords Composition of the board - change of composition (no) Oral proceedings - postponement (no) Amendments - all requests Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Method and means for data searching and language translation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T053421.20230201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0549/21 (Glass to metal joint/Archimede) of 27.1.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 27/04 F24S 20/20 F24S 70/00	Application no. 12425076.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - inventive step (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title A glass-to-metal joint for a solar receiver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T054921.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0707/21 (PROCESS FOR UPGRADING HEAVY OIL USING A REACTOR WITH A NOVEL REACTOR … of 23.2.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 45/00 C10G 47/26	Application no. 06845095.6
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR UPGRADING HEAVY OIL USING A REACTOR WITH A NOVEL REACTOR SEPARATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T070721.20230223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 0959/21 () of 13.2.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/00 A47J 31/60 A47J 31/54 F24H 1/12 F24H 9/18 F24H 9/20 G05D 23/19 H05B 6/10	Application no. 13005127.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Device and method for heating water in a machine for making and dispensing drinks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095921.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1041/21 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 28/02 F04B 49/00	Application no. 09799640.9
Keywords Neuheit - breiter Anspruch Rügepflicht - Einwand zurückgewiesen Beschwerdeerwiderung - Gründe deutlich und knapp angegeben (nein) Ermessen Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Voraussetzungen des Art. 12 (3) VOBK 2020 erfüllt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - mündliche Verhandlung vor der Einspruchsabteilung in Form einer Videokonferenz				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN EINER KOMPRESSORANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T104121.20230210				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 423 KB)
T 1955/21 (Heavy oil hydroprocessing/CHEVRON) of 6.3.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 69/04 C10G 69/06	Application no. 09815045.1
Keywords Compliance with the requirements of Articles 84 and 123(2) EPC (main request) - (yes) Remittal - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - decision containing inconsistencies as to considered documents and requests Substantial procedural violation - not properly reasoned Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (yes)				Application title System and methods for producing a crude product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T195521.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1969/21 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 3/00 A22C 11/00	Application no. 15172845.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Angabe der angefochtenen Entscheidung Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Zurückverweisung - (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title AUFNAHMEKORB FÜR EINE HEBEVORRICHTUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BESCHICKEN EINER LEBENSMITTELVERARBEITENDEN MASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T196921.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427 KB)
T 2029/21 () of 2.3.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 9/10 A47C 29/00 B29C 70/70 B29C 70/68	Application no. 06805629.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title LATEX BASED COMPOSITE FOAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T202921.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2117/22 (Gas treatment element/Skroll) of 1.3.2023
Online on 10.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/28 B01J 20/16 B01J 20/28 B01J 20/30	Application no. 17734392.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title A METHOD OF FORMING A GAS TREATMENT ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T211722.20230301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 0628/18 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 143/12	Application no. 07759354.9
Keywords Amendments				Application title Lubricating compositions containing a styrene-butadiene diblock copolymer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T062818.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1614/18 () of 2.3.2023
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/142	Application no. 11726587.6
Keywords Amendments - Main Reqquest Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - Auxiliary Request Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Priority - validity of priority date (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - lines of arguments could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T161418.20230302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 501 KB)
T 3024/18 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 16/06	Application no. 13197251.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Mask system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T302418.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 612 KB)
T 2411/19 () of 16.12.2022
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04 C08L 23/06 C08L 23/08 C08F 2/00 C08F 297/08 B65D 41/00	Application no. 10702954.8
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, CLOSURE DEVICES MADE THEREFROM, AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH CLOSURE DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T241119.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2645/19 () of 31.1.2023
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC F28D 1/03 F28D 9/00 F28F 3/04 F28F 3/08	Application no. 12737836.2
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non)				Application title PLAQUE D'ECHANGEUR DE CHALEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T264519.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0061/20 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 45/02	Application no. 13867229.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COOLING METHOD AND COOLING DEVICE FOR HOT-ROLLED STEEL STRIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T006120.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0279/20 (Cellulase containing detergent composition/P & G) of 22.2.2023
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/22 C11D 3/386	Application no. 06124858.9
Keywords Novelty (main request and auxiliary request 4) Novelty - (no) Novelty - earliest priority of the patent not extending to specific compositions disclosed in a cited document benefiting from such a priority Inventive step (main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 4) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - experimental reports not apt to prove alleged improvement at least across the entire scope of claim 1 Admissibility of a disclaimer (auxiliary requests 2 and 3) - (no) - disclaimer removes more than necessary to restore novelty Admissibility of new auxiliary requests 5 to 15 - (no) - auxiliary requests could have been filed during opposition and are not prima facie allowable				Application title Detergent compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T027920.20230222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0366/20 (Multiple identity system for media files/BLACKBERRY Limited) of 27.1.2023
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11156328.4
Keywords Admissibility - sole request (yes) Inventive step - sole request (no)				Application title Efficient multiple identity system for media files
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T036620.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0204/21 () of 1.2.2023
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/34 G01N 22/04 A24D 3/02	Application no. 14151368.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (nein)				Application title Messvorrichtung, Maschine und Verfahren der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T020421.20230201				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1326/21 () of 17.2.2023
Online on 09.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V 14/02 F21V 17/02 F21V 21/14	Application no. 13791654.0
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no) Amendment to case - complexity of amendment (yes) Amendment to case - amendment overcomes objection (no)				Application title APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR INDEPENDENT AIMING AND CUTOFF STEPS IN ILLUMINATING A TARGET AREA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T132621.20230217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1995/20 () of 6.3.2023
Online on 08.03.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.3.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/10 C08G 18/48 C08G 18/76 C08L 97/02 B27N 3/00	Application no. 13700209.3
Keywords Amendments - Main request Amendments - allowable (no) Admittance - Auxiliary requests 5 and 6 (no)				Application title WOOD ADHESIVE FORMULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T199520.20230306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1236/18 () of 15.2.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/78	Application no. 07721945.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) vorrangiges Ziel des Beschwerdeverfahrens - Beschwerdevorbringen ist auf Einwände gerichtet die Entscheidung zugrunde liegen (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BLASFORMUNG VON BEHÄLTERN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON WANDDICKENMESSUNG DES GEFORMTEN GEGENSTANDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T123618.20230215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1553/18 () of 8.2.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/426 H04N 21/81 H04N 21/438	Application no. 14160140.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (no) Second auxiliary request - amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title Broadcast content resume reminder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T155318.20230208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 2468/19 () of 19.1.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 13/00	Application no. 11728686.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMMISSIONING OF A BUILDING SERVICE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T246819.20230119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 2654/19 () of 20.12.2022
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 133/08	Application no. 14179525.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hinweis auf Korrektur handschriftlicher Änderungen nach Regel 82(2) - keine Aufforderung und keine Frist nach Regel 82(2), zweiter Satz, EPÜ				Application title HAFTKLEBEMASSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T265419.20221220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 499 KB)
T 2857/19 () of 2.2.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 2/82 E06B 3/67 E06B 3/02 E06B 3/46	Application no. 09761402.8
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - öffentliche Zugänglichmachung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title TRENNWAND AUS TRANSPARENTEN WANDELEMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T285719.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 723 KB)
T 3069/19 () of 12.1.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 27/146 H01L 31/112 H01L 31/115 H01L 29/76 H01L 27/148	Application no. 14197959.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Semiconductor radiation detector with a modified internal gate structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T306919.20230112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 477 KB)
T 1777/20 (Composite display device/UNI SAARLAND) of 13.1.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/14	Application no. 13741682.2
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PIXELS ON DISPLAY DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T177720.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0084/21 () of 18.1.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 47/244 G01K 13/06 G01K 13/12 A47J 37/04 A23L 3/18 A47J 27/00 A47J 27/62	Application no. 13821759.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no) Novelty - (no) Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title THERMAL MEASUREMENT AND PROCESS CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T008421.20230118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 471 KB)
T 0155/22 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 07.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 21/20 B60Q 5/00	Application no. 06705817.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein)				Application title GENERATORTRÄGER FÜR EIN FAHRERAIRBAGMODUL ZUM EINBAUEN IN EIN LENKRAD EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T015522.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331 KB)
D 0021/22 () of 1.3.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 1.3.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D002122.20230301				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1155/17 () of 17.2.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/00	Application no. 09169783.9
Keywords Konkludente Rücknahme von Anträgen				Application title Occlusionsinstrument und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T115517.20230217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1452/17 () of 13.2.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.2.2023	Proc. language FR	IPC H02B 13/055	Application no. 11757888.0
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Motifs d'opposition - défaut de nouveauté (non) Motifs d'opposition - défaut d'activité inventive (non) Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (non) Objections produites tardivement basées sur preuves non recevables - recevables (non)				Application title Appareil de coupure d'un courant électrique de moyenne ou haute tension et son procédé de fabrication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T145217.20230213				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 622 KB)
T 2285/18 () of 1.2.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 12/08 F25C 3/04	Application no. 13169853.2
Keywords Novelty - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title Control system for an artificial snow making plant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T228518.20230201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0931/19 () of 10.1.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E04C 2/04 B32B 7/02 B32B 13/00	Application no. 11168758.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Bauplatte sowie Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung der Bauplatte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T093119.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1311/19 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 49/00 B65D 23/10 B65D 1/02 C08G 63/18	Application no. 12753139.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - at 25% after withdrawal of appeal				Application title BOTTLE, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME AND USE OF FDCA AND DIOL MONOMERS IN SUCH BOTTLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T131119.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1158/20 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A24C 5/35	Application no. 11710578.3
Keywords Oral proceedings - before board of appeal Oral proceedings - format by videoconference Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by patent proprietor (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title METHOD OF MASS FLOW CONTROL AND DEVICE FOR MASS FLOW CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T115820.20221122				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 1720/20 (BRASS ALLOY/Xiamen Lota) of 11.1.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 9/04	Application no. 14746185.9
Keywords Priority - (yes) Amendment after summons				Application title LEAD-FREE EASY-TO-CUT CORROSION-RESISTANT BRASS ALLOY WITH GOOD THERMOFORMING PERFORMANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T172020.20230111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0061/21 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 19/38	Application no. 15777677.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence (I) Late-filed evidence - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed evidence - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) (II) Late-filed evidence - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed evidence - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)				Application title ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE FOR PERFORMING A CUTTING ACTION ON HAIRS AS PRESENT ON AN AREA OF SKIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T006121.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 0904/21 () of 20.1.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 1/04 B67D 1/06 B67D 1/08 B67D 1/12 B67D 1/14	Application no. 13719523.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Auxiliary request 4 - substantiated (no) - admitted (no)				Application title COMPACT BEVERAGE DISPENSING UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T090421.20230120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1004/21 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 06.03.2023	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 1/04	Application no. 14755893.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Auxiliary request 1 - Novelty - (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING UNITS FROM A STORAGE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T100421.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1092/17 (Self-quenched probe/XIAMEN UNIVERSITY) of 10.11.2020
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 G01N 21/64	Application no. 10779999.1
Keywords Main request, 1st and 2nd auxiliary request - added matter - (yes) 3rd to 5th auxiliar requests - not admitted 6th to 11th auxiliar requests - admitted - (yes) 6th to 8th auxiliary requests - added matter - (yes) 9th to 11th auxiliary requests - clarity - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR DETECTING VARIATIONS IN NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109217.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0498/18 (soluble SIRP-alpha/UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK) of 18.10.2022
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.10.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/45 A61K 38/16 A61K 47/48 A61P 35/00 A61P 35/02 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 10774475.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Compositions and methods for treating hematologic cancers targeting the CD47-SIRPalpha interaction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T049818.20221018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 2020/18 () of 31.1.2023
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/51 H04N 19/105	Application no. 11826583.4
Keywords All requests - clarity (no) Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)				Application title IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T202018.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 2160/18 (Beta-glucosidase/ROAL OY) of 20.10.2021
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.10.2021	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/42 C12N 15/56 C12P 19/02 C12P 7/06 C12N 1/14	Application no. 12151852.6
Keywords Admittance of the new main request - (yes) Added matter - (no) Admittance of new evidence not admitted in opposition proceedings - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Admittance of new evidence filed in appeal proceedings - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Treatment of cellulosic material and enzymes useful therein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T216018.20211020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 0389/19 () of 13.1.2023
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 7/23 A01N 25/34 A01N 55/02 A61L 2/238	Application no. 12797683.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title TÜRDICHTUNG FÜR EINE SCHWELLENLOSE TÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T038919.20230113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 2418/19 () of 6.12.2022
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 7/215	Application no. 15000903.3
Keywords Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CONTROLLABLY OPERATING DRAUGHT EXCLUDER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T241819.20221206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2952/19 (Mashing process/NOVOZYMES) of 26.1.2023
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 10/14 C12C 5/00 C12C 7/16 C12C 7/04	Application no. 04803032.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no) Amendment after summons - novelty objection raised for the first time at the oral proceedings before the board not admitted into the proceedings Stay of the proceedings in view of G 2/21 (no)				Application title MASHING PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T295219.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0300/20 (Fluoroolefins hydrogenation/HONEYWELL) of 9.2.2023
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 27/128 B01J 27/122 B01J 37/02 C07C 17/354 C07C 19/08	Application no. 10814166.4
Keywords Basis of decision - all requests and agreement to text of the patent withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Catalysts for fluoroolefins hydrogenation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T030020.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0637/20 (Expanded articles/VERSALIS) of 19.12.2022
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/00 C08J 9/232	Application no. 10724573.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 4 and 5 (no) Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)				Application title EXPANDED ARTICLES WITH EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO SOLAR RADIATION AND OPTIMUM THERMOINSULATING AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T063720.20221219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1044/20 (Hair cosmetic/KAO) of 14.2.2023
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/02 A61K 8/03 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/35 A61K 8/36 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/86 A61K 8/891 A61K 8/892 A61Q 5/00 A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/81	Application no. 08738611.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment to case				Application title HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T104420.20230214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 1624/20 (Élément de structure extrados/CONSTELLIUM) of 13.12.2022
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C22C 21/12 C22F 1/057	Application no. 14750519.2
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - effort excessif (no) Priorité - priorité partielle (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (oui) Nouveauté - sélection multiple Activité inventive - (oui) Activité inventive - effet supplémentaire (oui) Recevabilité du recours (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (non) Droit d'être entendu - procédure orale devant la chambre de recours Droit d'être entendu - possibilité de prendre position (oui) Modification après signification - circonstances exceptionnelles (non)				Application title ÉLÉMENT DE STRUCTURE EXTRADOS EN ALLIAGE ALUMINIUM CUIVRE LITHIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T162420.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0476/21 (jig electrolytic stripper/Okuno) of 7.12.2022
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 7.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C25D 5/56 C01B 21/38 C25D 17/06 C25F 5/00 C23C 18/16 C23C 18/30	Application no. 16764540.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Auxiliary request - admissibly filed and maintained				Application title USE OF A JIG ELECTROLYTIC STRIPPER FOR REMOVING PALLADIUM FROM AN OBJECT AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING PALLADIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T047621.20221207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 518 KB)
T 0882/21 () of 9.2.2023
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/34	Application no. 15174753.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Niederschrift über mündliche Verhandlung - Antrag auf Aufnahme einer Erklärung in die Niederschrift (abgelehnt) Artikel 12(6) VOBK 2020				Application title PRÜFUNG VON STABFÖRMIGEN ARTIKELN, INSBESONDERE FILTERZIGARETTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T088221.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0975/21 (Pigmente mit Abstandslage/Eckart) of 16.2.2023
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C09C 1/00	Application no. 14199130.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title Goldfarbene Effektpigmente mit hohem Chroma und hoher Brillanz, Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung und Verwendung derselben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T097521.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2027/21 (Valve for liquid treatment system/Brita) of 16.12.2022
Online on 03.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/00	Application no. 16701467.9
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request, auxiliary requests 1-3 (no, definition by reference to another entity) Claims - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 4 Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title VALVE, VALVE ACTUATING DEVICE, CARTRIDGE AND ADAPTER FOR A LIQUID TREATMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T202721.20221216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0258/19 (Skin cancer biomarker/MC PROFESSIONAL) of 13.12.2022
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00 G01N 21/35 G01N 33/483	Application no. 13722668.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (yes) Amendments of application after summons Amendments - discretion of examining division Amendment after summons in appeal Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Skin cancer biomarker detection by infrared spectroscopy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T025819.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1424/19 () of 17.1.2023
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 17/32 A63F 5/00	Application no. 12795734.8
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Amendments after summons Amendments - exceptional circumstances (yes) Amendments - response to objections first raised by the board				Application title MULTIPLAYER GAMING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T142419.20230117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 3258/19 (Replacing SIM identity data/SPRINT) of 21.2.2023
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 8/20 H04W 12/04 H04W 12/06	Application no. 13871478.7
Keywords Admittance of claim requests filed after summons - new main and first auxiliary requests (no): no exceptional circumstances - conclusions of T 1790/17 as to "exceptional circumstances" only partly followed Added subject-matter - main request and 1st to 4th auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title SIM profile brokering system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T325819.20230221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0142/20 () of 8.2.2023
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24 A61F 2/915	Application no. 10707703.4
Keywords Main and first to fourth auxiliary requests - Novelty - (no) Fifth auxiliary request- added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T014220.20230208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0529/20 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/61 H04N 21/63 H04N 21/647 H04L 12/851 H04W 28/02 H04N 21/4363	Application no. 14710424.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING OF DATA PACKETS BASED ON APPLICATION DETECTION IN A BASE STATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T052920.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 0874/20 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 13/00 H01S 3/00 H01S 3/067	Application no. 13003640.3
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - stichhaltige Gründe (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Strahleinrichtung für ein Laserwaffensystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T087420.20230210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1119/20 () of 24.1.2023
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/36 G02B 21/16 C12M 1/00 C12M 1/34	Application no. 07767085.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed objections Late-filed objection - not admitted in first-instance proceedings or filed with appeal Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - documents filed with the appeal or in reply to summons Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OBSERVING APPARATUS AND OBSERVING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T111920.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1734/20 () of 29.11.2022
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 17/389 C07C 21/18 C07C 17/20 C07C 17/25 C07C 17/383	Application no. 16205166.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PURIFYING (HYDRO) FLUOROALKENES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T173420.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1756/20 (Proximity touch/SONY) of 12.12.2022
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/048 G06F 1/16 G06F 9/44	Application no. 17167821.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T175620.20221212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1223/21 (Rauchgasreinigung/SMS) of 27.2.2023
Online on 02.03.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 47/06 B03C 3/017 B03C 3/16 F23J 15/02 F23J 15/06 C21C 5/40	Application no. 13198885.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM REINIGEN VON RAUCHGAS EINER METALLURGISCHEN ANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T122321.20230227				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288 KB)
J 0003/22 (Correction of an explicit withdrawal/WANG) of 3.2.2023
Online on 01.03.2023	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00 G06Q 30/08 G06Q 40/00 G06Q 40/04 G06Q 40/06	Application no. 16890421.7
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - (no) Correction of error - (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEALED BID AUCTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:J000322.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1148/18 (Travel process prediction/THE AQUA ENTERPRISE COMPANY) of 15.12.2022
Online on 01.03.2023	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 50/30 G06Q 10/04 B61L 25/02 B61L 27/00 G06Q 30/02 G06Q 30/04 G06Q 50/26 G08G 1/005	Application no. 11854755.3
Keywords Inventive step - predicting travel time of transportation (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title TRAVEL PROCESS PREDICTION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T114818.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0411/19 (Plasma kallikrein inhibitors/DYAX) of 15.11.2022
Online on 01.03.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/55 A61P 27/02	Application no. 07005182.6
Keywords Main and auxiliary request 1 - Novelty - (no) Auxiliary request 2 - Inventive step - (no)				Application title Peptides inhibiting plasma kallikrein for use in the treatment of ophthalmic disorders.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T041119.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1787/20 () of 6.2.2023
Online on 01.03.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/00	Application no. 07802987.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title WASSERFÜHRENDES HAUSHALTSGERÄT MIT EINEM REINIGUNGSMITTELDOSIERSYSTEM SOWIE KARTUSCHE HIERFÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T178720.20230206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)

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D 0039/22 () of 18.2.2023
Online on 28.02.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 18.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D003922.20230218				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0547/18 () of 13.12.2022
Online on 28.02.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 13.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/00 H04N 21/2343 H04N 21/258	Application no. 13860641.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request - Admittance (yes) Main request and auxiliary request - Inventive step (no)				Application title VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T054718.20221213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1787/18 () of 28.11.2022
Online on 28.02.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 11/22	Application no. 10774179.5
Keywords Admittance of documents E13 to E16 (yes: E13, E13', E14; no: E15, E16) Abuse of proceedings (no) Apportionment of costs (not equitable) Remittal to the department of first instance (no) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Multilayer tube for hydraulic connection and wiring of solar panels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T178718.20221128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 2792/18 () of 25.11.2022
Online on 28.02.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 25.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/14 G10L 19/00 G10L 21/00	Application no. 11855360.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amended claims filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - first and second auxiliary requests - not admitted				Application title SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T279218.20221125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0089/19 () of 8.2.2023
Online on 28.02.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/36	Application no. 12702970.0
Keywords Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung - schwerwiegende Gründe (nein) Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein) - berücksichtigt (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN EINER BLUTBEHANDLUNGSVORRICHTUNG, STEUEREINRICHTUNG, ZUGABEEINRICHTUNG UND BLUTBEHANDLUNGSVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T008919.20230208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 689 KB)
T 1669/19 (Anti-PCSK9 antibodies/REGENERON) of 3.11.2022
Online on 28.02.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/40 C07K 16/12 C12N 9/64 A61K 39/395 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/08 A61P 3/06 G01N 33/569	Application no. 09793408.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Priority - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title High affinity human antibodies to PCSK9
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T166919.20221103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 0864/20 (Voice user interface/CERENCE OPERATING COMPANY) of 22.2.2023
Online on 28.02.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/27	Application no. 08781546.0
Keywords Amendments - admitted (no)				Application title Providing a natural language voice user interface in an integrated voice navigation services environment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T086420.20230222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1704/19 () of 7.2.2023
Online on 27.02.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 2/86 A61F 2/90	Application no. 12703793.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 3 - Neuheit (ja) Hilfsantrag 3 - erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title MEDIZINISCHE VORRICHTUNG MIT EINEM EXPANDIERBAREN GITTERGEFLECHT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T170419.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0116/20 () of 23.1.2023
Online on 27.02.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 37/00 A61M 39/02	Application no. 07753408.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title VENOUS ACCESS PORT ASSEMBLY WITH RADIOPAQUE INDICIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T011620.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1370/21 () of 30.1.2023
Online on 27.02.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 30.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 13/10 F15B 15/18 F15B 15/26 F15B 15/02	Application no. 13805321.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title TURNANTRIEB FÜR EINE WINDENERGIEANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUM DREHEN DER ROTORWELLE EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T137021.20230130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 411 KB)
T 2657/17 () of 15.11.2022
Online on 24.02.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/80 A61B 17/86 A61B 17/00	Application no. 11730208.3
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)				Application title KNOCHENPLATTE SOWIE FIXATIONSSYSTEM MIT KNOCHENPLATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T265717.20221115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1832/18 () of 8.12.2022
Online on 24.02.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/258 H04N 21/24 H04N 21/21 H04N 21/2343 H04N 21/2365 H04N 21/2368 H04N 21/2389 H04N 21/266 H04N 21/472 H04N 21/6405 H04N 21/6408 H04N 21/643 H04N 7/173 G06F 15/173	Application no. 10817786.6
Keywords Main request and first auxiliary request - amendments - added subject-matter (yes) "New Second Auxiliary Request" and Fourth auxiliary request - amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (no) "New Third Auxiliary Request" - amendment to appeal case - amendment gives rise to new objections (yes) Objection under Rule 106 EPC - procedural defects (no) Minutes of oral proceedings - request to correct minutes Minutes of oral proceedings - refused				Application title DYNAMIC CONTENT PACKAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T183218.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 0360/19 (COMPOSITION STABLE DE 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE/Arkema) of 25.10.2022
Online on 24.02.2023	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 25.10.2022	Proc. language FR	IPC C07C 21/18 C09K 5/04 C10M 105/38 C10M 107/32 C10M 171/00	Application no. 11737991.7
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title COMPOSITION STABLE DE 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T036019.20221025				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1288/21 () of 27.1.2023
Online on 24.02.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 15/00 F03D 80/70 F16H 1/46	Application no. 17748728.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens - Gründe warum Änderung im Beschwerdeverfahren erfolgt (nein) Änderung des Vorbringens - Änderung zugelassen (nein)				Application title WINDKRAFTGETRIEBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T128821.20230127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 2399/18 () of 15.12.2022
Online on 23.02.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/496 A61F 13/49	Application no. 10832845.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary requests 1 to 5 - amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T239918.20221215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2957/18 () of 16.2.2023
Online on 23.02.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L 1/344 F02B 75/20 F02B 75/22 F01L 13/00	Application no. 13703527.5
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Beschwerdebegründung - Substantiierung Hilfsanträge Beschwerdebegründung - Gründe deutlich und knapp angegeben (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title BRENNKRAFTMASCHINENVENTILTRIEBVERSTELLVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T295718.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2565/19 (TRH receptor/Trinity College) of 29.11.2022
Online on 23.02.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 7/06 C07K 5/117	Application no. 13808053.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Novel TRH Binding Site in Human CNS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T256519.20221129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 3176/19 (Data handling system/Broadridge Financial Solutions) of 21.11.2022
Online on 23.02.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 9/54	Application no. 15174381.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A data handling method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T317619.20221121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0583/20 () of 26.1.2023
Online on 23.02.2023	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H01B 3/18 H01B 3/20 H01B 3/52 H01B 3/54	Application no. 13155892.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Hilfsantrag 2 Spät eingereichter Antrag - wäre bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorzubringen gewesen (ja)				Application title Barrieresystem für ein Hochspannungsgerät und Hochspannungsgerät mit einem Barrieresystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T058320.20230126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0584/21 () of 18.11.2022
Online on 23.02.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W 10/18 B60T 10/00 B60T 13/58 B60W 30/18	Application no. 08705226.2
Keywords Novelty (main request: no) Inventive step (auxiliary request 1: yes) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T058421.20221118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1117/16 () of 22.11.2022
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.11.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC F16K 31/04 H01R 31/06	Application no. 06706239.8
Keywords Zulassung einer erst im Beschwerdeverfahren geltend gemachten behaupteten offenkundigen Vorbenutzung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag: nein, Hilfsantrag 1': ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (Hilfsantrag 1: ja, Hilfsantrag 1': nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung Patentansprüche - keine Prüfungsbefugnis Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler wegen nicht stattgefundener Zeugeneinvernahme vor nationalen Gerichten (nein) Kostenverteilung - unbillig				Application title Vorrichtung zur Steuerung der Schaltbewegung eines Ventils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T111716.20221122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 961 KB)
T 2643/16 (Sofosbuvir/GILEAD) of 16.2.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/7064 A61K 31/7076	Application no. 08732818.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - disclosure of individual diastereomers (no) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORAMIDATE PRODRUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T264316.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 686 KB)
T 0523/18 () of 3.2.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 159/22 C10M 159/24 C10N 10/04 C10N 30/06 C10N 40/25 C10N 40/26	Application no. 10747108.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated Late-filed evidence Inventive step				Application title Lubricating method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T052318.20230203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1405/18 () of 7.2.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/14 F01D 3/00	Application no. 11182752.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of modifying a steam turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T140518.20230207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1722/18 () of 24.1.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16 A61M 1/34 A61M 1/36	Application no. 08871077.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title A MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T172218.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2039/18 () of 24.1.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F01D 11/14 F01D 5/28 F01D 11/12	Application no. 09781705.0
Keywords Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHAUFELANORDNUNG EINER GASTURBINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T203918.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0294/19 (Induktionskochfeld / BSH HAUSGERAETE) of 23.1.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 6/06	Application no. 12158709.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Induktionsheizvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T029419.20230123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2892/19 () of 10.1.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36 G01N 33/49 B01D 21/26 B01L 3/14	Application no. 07802770.3
Keywords Late-filed facts (no) Inventive step over prior use Inventive step - (no) Apportionment of costs - abuse of procedure Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF PLATELET RICH PLASMA FOR UNPROCESSED USE AND COMBINATION THEREOF WITH SKIN AND BONE CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T289219.20230110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0234/20 (Noradrenaline solution/SINTETICA) of 31.1.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 31.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 47/02 A61K 31/137 A61L 2/04	Application no. 15712064.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A STABLE LOW CONCENTRATION, INJECTABLE SOLUTION OF NORADRENALINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T023420.20230131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0415/20 () of 30.11.2022
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04	Application no. 15001844.8
Keywords Admittance of documents Novelty - Main request (yes) Inventive step - Main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 2a (yes) Admittance - Auxiliary request 1 (no)				Application title POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION FOR PIPE APPLICATIONS WITH IMPROVED SAGGING AND EXTRUSION PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T041520.20221130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 0643/20 (RENEWABLE HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION / UPM-Kymmene Corporation) of 2.2.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 2.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 3/00 C10L 1/02 C11C 3/12 C10L 1/04 C10L 1/08 C11B 3/00	Application no. 14711966.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1-17 (no) Late-filed request - auxiliary request 18 should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)				Application title RENEWABLE HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T064320.20230202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1048/20 () of 24.1.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 2/22 F16B 7/04 F16B 7/18 E05D 15/06	Application no. 13703624.0
Keywords Hauptantrag - Gegenstand des Beschwerdeverfahrens (ja) Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 3 - Zulassung in der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja) Hilfsantrag 3 - erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title MONTAGEANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T104820.20230124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 379 KB)
T 1310/20 (Energy-rich liquid nutritional composition having improved … of 8.12.2022
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 33/10	Application no. 13710617.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Admissibility of patent proprietor's appeal - party not adversely affected by decision				Application title ENERGY-RICH LIQUID NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T131020.20221208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 0428/21 (Chewing gum compositions comprising cannabinoids / SANAMMAD) of 9.2.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 31/352 A61P 25/04 A61P 29/00	Application no. 09725784.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendment after summons - cogent reasons (no)				Application title CHEWING GUM COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CANNABINOIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T042821.20230209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1678/21 () of 14.2.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/236 H04N 5/222 H04N 21/434	Application no. 18704816.0
Keywords Correction under Rule 139 EPC available for mistakes in EPO Form 1038 (1038E) incorrectly authorising debitting of the reduced appeal fee (yes) Criteria for assessing a request for correction under Rule 139, first sentence, EPC Correction allowed (yes) Entitlement of a company to the reduced appeal fee detectable from the file at the end of the appeal period (according to experience, without evidence, generally no)				Application title TRANSPORTING ULTRA-HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T167821.20230214				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1691/21 (Energieabsorptionsbauteil/Otto Fuchs) of 20.1.2023
Online on 22.02.2023	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C 21/02 C22C 21/08 C22F 1/05 C22C 21/16	Application no. 06123946.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Energieabsorptionsbauteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T169121.20230120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2604/18 () of 1.12.2022
Online on 21.02.2023	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 25/08 B62K 23/02 B62M 9/122 B62M 9/132	Application no. 13004859.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendment after summons - taken into account (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) Late-filed objection - error in use of discretion at first instance (no) Late-filed objection - admitted (no)				Application title Electromechanical shifting systems and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T260418.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 2103/19 () of 1.12.2022
Online on 21.02.2023	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.12.2022	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/68 E06B 1/62	Application no. 14183966.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1,2,8,9 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 3-7, 10 (ja) Neuheit - mehrfache Auswahl Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombinationserfindung (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - Rechtsfrage von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Dichtband
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T210319.20221201				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 594 KB)
T 2582/19 () of 23.11.2022
Online on 21.02.2023	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/06	Application no. 15732003.7
Keywords Admittance of main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Admittance of auxiliary request submitted during the oral proceedings - cogent reasons (no) Admittance of auxiliary request submitted with reply to the statement of grounds of appeal (yes) Remittal (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITION HAVING HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACK RESISTANCE FROM POST CONSUMER PLASTIC AND ARTICLES MADE OF SAID COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T258219.20221123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 519 KB)
T 1371/20 () of 16.1.2023
Online on 21.02.2023	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 33/02	Application no. 07252604.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - name and address of appellant Admissibility of appeal - after correction of the notice of appeal				Application title Anechoic visco-thermal liner
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T137120.20230116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 2260/22 (Missing statement of grounds/CERENCE) of 16.2.2023
Online on 21.02.2023	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.2.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 15851593.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOLLOW-UP RESPONSES TO PRIOR NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUTS OF A USER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T226022.20230216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
D 0015/22 () of 10.2.2023
Online on 20.02.2023	Board DBA	Decision date 10.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:D001522.20230210				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2299/18 () of 20.1.2023
Online on 20.02.2023	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.1.2023	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 19/117 H04N 19/174 H04N 19/82 H04N 19/55	Application no. 13772509.9
Keywords Main request - novelty (no) First auxiliary request - admittance under Article 13(1) RPBA 2020 (no)				Application title DECODER AND DECODING METHOD, AS WELL AS ENCODER AND ENCODING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T229918.20230120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0956/19 (Antikörper mit Glukokortikoiden/LINDIS) of 17.2.2023
Online on 20.02.2023	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.2.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K 16/30 C07K 16/28 A61K 31/573 A61K 39/00 A61P 35/00	Application no. 05738161.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Angabe der angefochtenen Entscheidung (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung für die Rechtsnachfolgerin (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde auf Zulässigkeit der Einsprüche beschränkt Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Zulässigkeit der Einsprüche (ja) - Einspruch trotz bestehendem Unterbrechungsgrund wirksam eingelegt (ja) Stand der Technik - Verfügbarkeit in Bibliothek (ja) Neuheit (nein) Neuheit - Bestreitung der mangelnden Neuheit in der mündlichen Verhandlung Neuheit - Änderung des Vorbringens (ja) Neuheit - Berücksichtigung (nein)				Application title Kombination von Antikörpern mit Glukokortikoiden zur Behandlung von Krebs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T095619.20230217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 736 KB)
T 1550/19 () of 14.11.2022
Online on 20.02.2023	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.11.2022	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 1/20	Application no. 13721801.2
Keywords Late-filed evidence - document could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DRUG RECONSTITUTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T155019.20221114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 0820/20 () of 25.1.2023
Online on 20.02.2023	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.1.2023	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 13/20