Decisions in 2016

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2016 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2016

December 2016

J 0009/14 (Correction of withdrawal (no)) of 9.11.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 9.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/42	Application no. 07733714.5
Keywords Correction of withdrawal of the designation of a Contracting State (no) Publication in European Patent Register Publication in European Patent Bulletin				Application title Improvements relating to intravenous needle insertion or cannulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J000914.20161109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 1789/11 (Clipboard formats I/MICROSOFT) of 8.12.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 95119547.8
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178911.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 1796/11 (Clipboard formats VI/MICROSOFT) of 8.12.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 00110615.2
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Arrangements for Deposit Accounts (ADA)(Supplement to OJ EPO 10/2007), points 6.4, 6.5				Application title Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179611.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 1797/11 (Clipboard formats IV/MICROSOFT) of 8.12.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 00110614.5
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Arrangements for Deposit Accounts (ADA)(Supplement to OJ EPO 10/2007), points 6.4, 6.5				Application title Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179711.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 1798/11 (Clipboard formats V/MICROSOFT) of 8.12.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 00110652.5
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Arrangements for Deposit Accounts (ADA)(Supplement to OJ EPO 10/2007), points 6.4, 6.5				Application title Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179811.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 1799/11 (Clipboard formats III/MICROSOFT) of 8.12.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 00110654.1
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Arrangements for Deposit Accounts (ADA)(Supplement to OJ EPO 10/2007), points 6.4, 6.5				Application title Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179911.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 1800/11 (Clipboard formats II/MICROSOFT) of 8.12.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 00110655.8
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Arrangements for Deposit Accounts (ADA)(Supplement to OJ EPO 10/2007), points 6.4, 6.5				Application title Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T180011.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0378/12 () of 8.12.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 25/075	Application no. 07864969.6
Keywords Novelty - selection invention (yes) Inventive step - (no) Evidence - sufficient probative value (no)				Application title LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHTING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T037812.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0469/12 () of 29.11.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 41/03	Application no. 07819745.6
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Switched reluctance linear motor/generator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T046912.20161129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 1129/12 (Header and footer detection/XEROX) of 5.10.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21	Application no. 06100200.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests I-III Lack of clarity and support in the description - auxiliary request IV				Application title Method and apparatus for detecting pagination constructs including a header and a footer in legacy documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T112912.20161005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480 KB)
T 2048/12 (PU catalysts / AIR PRODUCTS) of 19.1.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 31/02 C08G 18/18	Application no. 07013630.4
Keywords Novelty (yes Novelty - main request) commercial availability of a chemical product not necessarily a disclosure of all impurities contained therein Inventive step: (no Inventive step - main request) product claim embraces obvious modifications of the prior art (yes Inventive step - auxiliary request) non-obvious improved preparation method Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title N,N,N'-Trimethyl-bis-(aminoethyl) ether and its derivatives as catalysts for polyurethanes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204812.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 702 KB)
T 0936/14 () of 10.11.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 26/06 G01B 3/00	Application no. 03701588.0
Keywords Inventive step Late-filed request Late-filed argument				Application title LASER MARKING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T093614.20161110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2239/14 (Treatment of congestive heart failure/CAMBRIDGE NEUROSCIENCE) of 26.2.2016
Online on 23.12.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/18 A61K 39/395	Application no. 00931938.5
Keywords Late filed main request and auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no) Auxiliary requests 2 to 5 - added matter (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title Methods for treating congestive heart failure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T223914.20160226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 2147/10 () of 6.10.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 7/18	Application no. 00935489.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMPOSITE MATERIALS CAPABLE OF HYDROGEN SORPTION INDEPENDENTLY FROM ACTIVATING TREATMENTS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T214710.20161006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1393/11 () of 18.10.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 1/00	Application no. 06725095.1
Keywords Patentierbare Erfindung - technischer Charakter der Erfindung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BEREITSTELLEN VON DOKUMENTATIONSINFORMATIONEN VON KOMPLEXEN MASCHINEN UND ANLAGEN, INSBESONDERE EINER SPRITZGUSSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T139311.20161018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1521/11 () of 15.12.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.12.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 9/00 G07C 9/00	Application no. 04024353.7
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Zugangskontrollsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T152111.20161215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1132/12 () of 9.12.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.12.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B 6/36 H05B 6/02	Application no. 04717127.7
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - motif d'opposition produit tardivement Faits produits tardivement - motif non examinée par la division d'opposition				Application title Dispositif de chauffage par induction d'une bande métallique.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T113212.20161209				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1219/12 (Field-based asset management/FISHER-ROSEMOUNT) of 25.11.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/042 G05B 19/418	Application no. 06801008.1
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Field-based asset management device and architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T121912.20161125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1789/12 () of 29.11.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/284	Application no. 97109195.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Mit Mikrowellen arbeitendes Füllstandsmessgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178912.20161129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1889/12 (Coated mica hair conditioner / KAO) of 18.2.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/11 A61K 8/26 A61K 8/29 A61K 8/41 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/891 A61K 8/892 A61K 8/898	Application no. 07022337.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Conditioning composition for keratin fibres
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T188912.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1381/13 (Carbon dioxide purification/AIR PRODUCTS) of 1.12.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 31/20 B01D 53/60	Application no. 06255984.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Purification of carbon dioxide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T138113.20161201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1715/13 (Ellipsoid/VFF) of 5.8.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 19/30	Application no. 06022137.1
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung des ursprünglichen Inhalts (nein) Klarheit der Ansprüche - nach Änderung (ja - Hauptantrag) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz zur weiteren Prüfung				Application title Gitterförmiger Füllkörper, insbesondere für Stoff- und/oder Wärmeaustauschkolonnen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T171513.20160805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2030/13 (Composition de nettoyage/L'OREAL) of 20.12.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.12.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/02 A61K 8/44 A61K 8/60 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/81 A61Q 19/10	Application no. 07115223.5
Keywords Revendications - clarté (non) Revendications - revendication comprenant caractéristiques entre parenthèses Revendications - disclaimer comprenant des marques commerciales				Application title Composition de nettoyage contenant des polymères superabsorbants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T203013.20161220				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0522/14 () of 24.11.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 47/32	Application no. 07018343.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Pflaster, enthaltend Fentanylum
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T052214.20161124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0257/15 () of 7.12.2016
Online on 22.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60G 11/46 B60G 11/28 B60G 7/00 B60G 9/00	Application no. 05076954.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Suspension arm with flattened end part
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025715.20161207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2240/10 (Adaptive error correction/NXP) of 14.12.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/00	Application no. 06821115.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes, after amendment)				Application title Apparatus and method for error correction in mobile wireless applications incorporating correction bypass
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T224010.20161214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2381/11 () of 28.10.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F16M 1/08	Application no. 02704125.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Low growth power transmission belt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T238111.20161028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0431/12 (Dual clutch transmission/LUBRIZOL) of 15.6.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 141/10 C10M 141/12 C10M 141/08 C10N 40/04	Application no. 03746927.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title METHOD FOR LUBRICATING A DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043112.20160615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1585/12 () of 13.10.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/06	Application no. 07075198.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Device for taking entrails packages
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T158512.20161013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 2009/12 (Recipient control of messages/PITNEY BOWES) of 1.12.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 1.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/64 H04M 1/65 H04M 3/42 H04M 3/50 H04M 3/527 H04M 3/53 H04M 3/533	Application no. 01939896.5
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Recipient control over aspects of incoming messages
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T200912.20161201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2051/12 (Automatic repeat request during soft hand-off/ALCATEL-LUCENT) of 7.12.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/38 H04L 1/18	Application no. 05255758.4
Keywords Added subject-matter - no (after amendment)				Application title Hybrid automatic repeat request operation during soft hand offs in a wireless system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T205112.20161207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2159/12 (Bispecific antibody/AMGEN) of 6.10.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28 A61K 39/395 A61P 35/00 A61P 35/02 A61P 19/02	Application no. 04739378.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive Step - main request - claim 1 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions comprising bispecific anti-CD3, anti-CD19 antibody constructs for the treatment of B-cell related disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T215912.20161006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0018/13 (Polypeptides/NOVOZYMES) of 14.12.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/32 C12N 9/00 C12N 15/31 C12N 15/52 A23K 1/00	Application no. 06706131.7
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T001813.20161214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 248 KB)
T 1870/13 () of 21.10.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T 7/12 B60W 10/02 B60W 10/06 B60W 30/18	Application no. 03783018.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HILL START
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T187013.20161021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2177/13 (Decoding hypotheses/QUALCOMM) of 2.12.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/00	Application no. 08782007.2
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of the appellant Inventive step - (no): obvious implementation details Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Decoding scheme using multiple hypotheses about transmitted messages
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217713.20161202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0203/14 () of 28.11.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 123/08	Application no. 03794458.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title IMPROVED POLYOLEFIN-BASED ADHESIVE RESINS AND METHOD OF MAKING ADHESIVE RESINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T020314.20161128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 226 KB)
T 0692/14 () of 5.7.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/09 A23L 1/236 A23L 2/60	Application no. 07816204.7
Keywords Admissibility of new main request (yes) Remittal (yes) Reimbursement of costs (no)				Application title CONSUMABLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069214.20160705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0974/15 () of 26.10.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60D 1/52 B60R 9/06 B60D 1/06	Application no. 10164859.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - first and second alternative main requests (no) Novelty - first auxiliary request (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - second and third auxiliary requests (yes) Inventive step - fourth auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Vehicle hitch device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T097415.20161026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 1602/16 () of 16.12.2016
Online on 21.12.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/158 A61M 5/32	Application no. 03711322.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title INSERTION DEVICE FOR AN INSERTION SET AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T160216.20161216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1291/13 (Uplink power control/SAMSUNG) of 14.12.2016
Online on 20.12.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/005	Application no. 07016645.9
Keywords Reasoned decision (no) Remittal (yes) Substantial procedural violation and reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for uplink power control in communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T129113.20161214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 2199/13 () of 4.11.2016
Online on 20.12.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/08	Application no. 07008393.6
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör Angefochtene Entscheidung - begründet (nein)				Application title Nehmerzylinder und Hydraulisches System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T219913.20161104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 252 KB)
T 2151/14 (Emulating an http server/OPENTV) of 14.12.2016
Online on 20.12.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 20/16 H04N 7/16 H04N 7/24 H04N 7/173	Application no. 03754762.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMULATING AN HTTP SERVER THROUGH A BROADCAST CAROUSEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T215114.20161214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 0704/12 () of 10.12.2016
Online on 19.12.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/12	Application no. 03774441.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty and inventive step of claim 1 as upheld (yes) Admissibility of late filed documents (no)				Application title AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ANIMALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T070412.20161210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1820/12 () of 20.10.2016
Online on 19.12.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 5/10	Application no. 08168321.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Spindle device for machine tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T182012.20161020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0623/13 () of 1.12.2016
Online on 19.12.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/145	Application no. 06728184.0
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - claim must be clear in itself				Application title OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT FOR MEASURING CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS, CHEMICAL SATURATIONS AND BIOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062313.20161201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1071/13 () of 27.10.2016
Online on 19.12.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/72	Application no. 06026391.0
Keywords Neuheit Änderungen				Application title Kühlmediumverteileinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T107113.20161027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1198/16 () of 13.12.2016
Online on 19.12.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03H 17/04	Application no. 99300265.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Improvements in or relating to filters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T119816.20161213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 218 KB)
T 0661/11 (Uniform directory-service access/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 15.11.2016
Online on 16.12.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04014741.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method and system for uniformly accessing multiple directory services
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T066111.20161115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0463/12 () of 22.11.2016
Online on 16.12.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 5/244	Application no. 03748065.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER POSITIONSMESSEINRICHTUNG UND GEEIGNETE POSITIONSMESSEINRICHTUNG HIERZU
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T046312.20161122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0211/13 (Implant / Howmedica Osteonics Corp.) of 23.6.2016
Online on 16.12.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/30 A61L 27/56	Application no. 06125422.3
Keywords New objection raised during oral proceedings - admitted (no) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Implant with laser-produced porous surface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T021113.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2338/13 (Bille frittée/SAINT-GOBAIN) of 29.9.2016
Online on 16.12.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B 35/486	Application no. 06709384.9
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Motifs d'opposition - nouveauté (oui) Motifs d'opposition - activité inventive (oui) Etat de la technique - présentation PowerPoint - accessibilité au public (non) Procédure d'instruction - audition de témoins Procédure d'instruction - affidavits Procédure d'instruction - degré de conviction de l'instance Procédure d'instruction - force probante suffisante (non)				Application title BILLE FRITTEE À BASE DE ZIRCONE ET D'OXYDE DE CERIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T233813.20160929				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 401 KB)
T 2355/14 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 16.12.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 49/78	Application no. 05000444.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein Zulässigkeit von Hilfsanträgen, die ohne Begründung eingereicht wurden - nein				Application title Vorrichtung zur Bearbeitung von Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T235514.20160927				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1858/15 () of 30.11.2016
Online on 16.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 22/46	Application no. 07729317.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title GURTSTRAFFERANTRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T185815.20161130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 291 KB)
T 1827/11 () of 9.11.2016
Online on 15.12.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 9.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/167 G06F 17/30	Application no. 03791219.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Diligent control of preview of stored contents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T182711.20161109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0415/12 () of 9.9.2016
Online on 15.12.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/44 A47J 31/60	Application no. 08020408.4
Keywords Added subject-matter - main and first to third auxiliary requests (yes) Added subject-matter - fourth auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - fourth auxiliary request (yes) Admissibility of late submission (no)				Application title Coffee machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T041512.20160909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0417/12 () of 16.9.2016
Online on 15.12.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/00 A47L 15/46	Application no. 04804727.8
Keywords Einführung neuer Einspruchsgrund (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel (teilweise zugelassen) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsanträge 2 und 3 (nein) Hilfsantrag 4 (ja)				Application title SPÜLMASCHINENSTEUERUNG ZUR BEWÄLTIGUNG GROSSER SPEISERESTMENGEN DURCH VARIIERBARE SPÜLPROGRAMME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T041712.20160916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1390/12 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 15.12.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 18/48	Application no. 01105735.3
Keywords Neuheit - mehrfache Auswahl Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) weiteres Verfahren Erfinderische Tätigkeit - kein technischer Effekt Verspätetes Vorbringen- neue Argumente nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung bzw. während der mündlichen Verhandlung zugelassen Verspätetes Vorbringen - nein				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Hartschaumstoffen auf Isocyanatbasis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T139012.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2104/13 (Abgasanlage/CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE) of 9.12.2016
Online on 15.12.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.12.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/94 F01N 3/022 F01N 3/023 F01N 3/20	Application no. 10180942.4
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title Abgasanlage mit Reduktionsmittelzufuhr und Filterelement mit SCR-Katalysator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T210413.20161209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1938/14 (Luftfiltermedium/Wolf) of 24.11.2016
Online on 15.12.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 39/16	Application no. 08167401.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja)				Application title Luftfiltermedium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T193814.20161124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2043/12 () of 21.6.2016
Online on 14.12.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 4/04 C08F 4/32 C08F 4/40 C08J 3/28 C08J 3/12 C08F 6/00 C08F 2/10 C08F 2/48	Application no. 04721845.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) impurities- subject-matter of claim a particle not a polymer per se Inventive step - (no) (main request, auxiliary request) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) argument could have been brought forward in first instance proceedings				Application title COLOR-STABLE SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204312.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0850/13 () of 7.7.2016
Online on 14.12.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 18/48 C08G 18/10	Application no. 99110684.0
Keywords Änderungen - offenbarter Disclaimer Änderungen - Zulässig Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Alle Anträge Neuheit - (ja) Alle Anträge Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hilfsantrag VI				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polyurethan-Elastomeren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T085013.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0964/13 () of 8.12.2016
Online on 14.12.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/543	Application no. 07121917.4
Keywords Novelty - (main request and auxiliary request 1) (no) Inventive step - (auxiliary requests 5 and 6) (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (auxiliary requests 2, 3, 4, 4A and 7) (yes) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (auxiliary requests 1A and 3A) (no) Late-filed document - admitted (yes)				Application title Organic polymer particles and process for producing the same, magnetic particles for diagnostics, carboxyl group-containing particles and process for producing the same, and probe-bound particles and process for producing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T096413.20161208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 685 KB)
T 2064/11 (Unzulässige Erweiterung (Ja - Hauptantrag)) of 4.11.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 19/18	Application no. 00110988.3
Keywords -				Application title Coextrudierte Verbundfolie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T206411.20161104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384 KB)
T 2439/11 (Web-page classification/FACILITYLIVE OPCO) of 11.11.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 11.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07856906.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for classifying web pages and organising corresponding contents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T243911.20161111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 2506/12 () of 4.10.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/48 A61K 31/704 A61K 31/4995 A61K 45/06 A61P 35/00	Application no. 05803151.9
Keywords Novelty - second (or further) medical use (yes) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes)				Application title PEGYLATED LIPOSOMAL DOXORUBICIN IN COMBINATION WITH ECTEINESCIDIN 743
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T250612.20161004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 543 KB)
T 2521/12 () of 18.10.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 26/38 F01D 5/18	Application no. 06775915.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM FERTIGEN VON BOHRUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T252112.20161018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1075/13 () of 20.7.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/08 C08L 23/06 C08J 5/18	Application no. 04768050.9
Keywords Inventive step - All requests (no)				Application title POLYMER BLENDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T107513.20160720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1530/13 (Air cleaner arrangements/DONALDSON) of 17.11.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/52	Application no. 05713751.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AIR CLEANER ARRANGEMENTS; SERVICEABLE FILTER ELEMENTS; AND, METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T153013.20161117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1620/13 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/20 A61M 16/06 A62B 18/02	Application no. 08718993.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1: novelty (no) - feature depending on how device is used does not necessarily restrict the device per se Auxiliary request 2: amendments (allowable); method not excluded by Article 53(c) EPC; remittal - fresh case				Application title PROTECTIVE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T162013.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1834/13 () of 25.10.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 25.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C09J 7/04 D04H 1/48 D04H 1/60	Application no. 00402422.0
Keywords Nouveauté - sélection multiple Activité inventive - alternative non évidente				Application title Ruban adhésif sur support non tissé déchirable à la main
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T183413.20161025				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2167/13 () of 7.12.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B22C 9/10 B29C 67/00	Application no. 07121789.7
Keywords implicit disclosure (no) selection invention (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Disposable thin wall core die, methods of manufacture thereof and articles manufactured therefrom
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T216713.20161207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 2420/13 () of 8.12.2016
Online on 13.12.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.12.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G02C 7/02	Application no. 08002475.5
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur therapeutischen Behandlung des menschlichen Körpers Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Nein				Application title Progressives Brillenglas mit geringen Vergrößerungsunterschieden
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T242013.20161208				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2219/10 (Request objects in display order/SAMSUNG) of 6.9.2016
Online on 12.12.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07102583.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Request not admitted in first instance - admitted (yes)				Application title Apparatus and method for displaying objects according to object request order
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T221910.20160906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2604/11 (POWER MANAGEMENT / HP) of 7.12.2016
Online on 12.12.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 7.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/32 G06F 1/26	Application no. 07749806.1
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T260411.20161207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 0107/12 () of 22.11.2016
Online on 12.12.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03J 5/02	Application no. 05789530.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes, after amendment)				Application title Electronic filter device for the reception of TV-signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T010712.20161122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0272/13 () of 11.11.2016
Online on 12.12.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B27N 3/00 B27N 3/08	Application no. 00962480.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title PLATTENFÖRMIGES FORMELEMENT AUF NATURFASERBASIS UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T027213.20161111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0066/14 (Behandlung von biologischen Abfällen/FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT) of 15.11.2016
Online on 12.12.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C02F 1/36 C02F 11/12 C02F 3/34 C02F 3/30	Application no. 99250308.6
Keywords Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - pflichtgemäße Ausübung des Ermessens (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Zulassung eines Einwands unter Artikel 83 EPÜ im Ermessen der Einspruchsabteilung (nein) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein) Ausreichende Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme hinsichtlich im Prüfungsverfahren eingereichter Beweismittel (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - besondere Gründe gegen unmittelbare Zurückverweisung (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Behandlung von biologischen Abfällen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006614.20161115				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 472 KB)
D 0015/16 () of 7.9.2016
Online on 09.12.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 7.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D001516.20160907				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 35 KB)
R 0008/15 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 18.7.2016
Online on 09.12.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B61L 27/00	Application no. 05812515.4
Keywords Parties entitled to advance indications of the reasons for a decision (no) Decision non-reasoned for purposes of the right to be heard (no) Petition allowable (no) no violation of petitioners right to be heard European Court of Human Rights: Luka v. Romania, No. 34197/02; Hadjianastassiou v. Greece, No. 12945/87; Schumacher v. Germany, No. 14029/05				Application title COMMUNICATION, MONITOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RAILWAY TRAFFIC
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000815.20160718				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 57 KB)
T 0315/11 () of 7.12.2016
Online on 09.12.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.12.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/06 H01L 29/78 H01L 29/267 H01L 29/165 H01L 21/04 H01L 29/812 H01L 29/732 H01L 29/24 H01L 29/20 H01L 29/16	Application no. 06011118.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T031511.20161207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1357/11 () of 12.10.2016
Online on 09.12.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/24 H04N 5/00 H04N 7/58	Application no. 02758439.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title MPEG-4 remote communication device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T135711.20161012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0475/14 (Antiperspirant or deodorant composition/Unilever PLC, Unilever N.V.) of 30.6.2016
Online on 09.12.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/92 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/04 A61K 8/37 A61Q 15/00	Application no. 03257403.0
Keywords Main request - Amendments (no) Auxiliary request 1 - Amendments (no) Auxiliary request 2 - Amendments (no) Auxiliary requests 3 and 4 - Admission into the proceedings (no) Auxiliary request 5 -Inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 6 - Amendments and inventive step (yes)				Application title Antiperspirant or deodorant composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T047514.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 2434/10 (Custom product design/CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ) of 2.8.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21	Application no. 04812723.7
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Patentable invention - presentation of information as such (no)				Application title System and method for custom product design
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T243410.20160802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0222/11 (Maturation of the immune system in neonates/BAVARIAN NORDIC) of 4.3.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 4.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/285 A61K 39/245	Application no. 03732280.7
Keywords Sole request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara for the vaccination of neonates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T022211.20160304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 1525/11 (Fluency A/D functions/JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY) of 12.10.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 1/12 H03F 3/45 H04L 29/02	Application no. 05719929.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Signal processing device and method, signal processing program, and recording medium where the program is recorded
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T152511.20161012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 489 KB)
T 1770/11 () of 30.11.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 30.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 7/00 G06K 19/07	Application no. 07003851.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Multi-mode identification system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T177011.20161130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1908/11 () of 6.6.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16J 15/12	Application no. 03016474.3
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Dichtelementen sowie Dichtelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T190811.20160606				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 438 KB)
T 1330/13 () of 10.11.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 13/00 C04B 35/624	Application no. 06808476.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT FIBRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T133013.20161110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1471/13 () of 12.10.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/04 B60T 7/10 B60T 13/66	Application no. 06791852.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1, Hilfsantrag 2): NEIN				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN EINER ELEKTRISCHEN FESTSTELLBREMSE EINES NUTZFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T147113.20161012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0658/14 (Erfinderische Tätigkeit: JA - Deutlich und vollständig offenbart: JA) of 15.11.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 1/14	Application no. 08173077.2
Keywords -				Application title Anhängekupplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T065814.20161115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1584/15 () of 21.11.2016
Online on 08.12.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B66F 7/24	Application no. 11007797.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title A levelling device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T158415.20161121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 2082/13 () of 8.9.2016
Online on 07.12.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/02 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 19/10 C11D 1/29 C11D 1/94 C11D 3/18 C11D 3/382 C11D 1/88 C11D 1/90 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/22 C11D 3/37	Application no. 05786482.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary request (no) Third auxiliary request - allowed				Application title ENHANCED OIL DELIVERY FROM STRUCTURED SURFACTANT FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T208213.20160908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 0859/14 () of 11.11.2016
Online on 07.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 45/02	Application no. 07873670.9
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Remittal for further prosecution (yes)				Application title LARGE AREA CIRCUITRY USING APPLIQUES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T085914.20161111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2642/11 () of 15.11.2016
Online on 06.12.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 5/04 B66B 7/02 B66B 7/06	Application no. 01958428.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title GOVERNOR AND ELEVATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T264211.20161115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0066/12 () of 9.11.2016
Online on 06.12.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 8/04 H01M 16/00 B60L 11/18 H01M 10/42	Application no. 01972381.6
Keywords Novelty - selection from a range Novelty - (no) Late-filed simulation results - admitted (no) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title DC power source with fuel cell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006612.20161109				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1825/14 (Wireless communication system/HTC) of 5.9.2016
Online on 06.12.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 60/00	Application no. 11002792.7
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (yes)				Application title Method to inform user equipment to perform register procedure in wireless communication system, and related communication device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T182514.20160905				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0760/15 () of 29.9.2016
Online on 06.12.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23D 47/04 B27B 5/07	Application no. 08008721.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Correction of errors in decisions Correction of error - (no)				Application title Sawing machine of the vertical type
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T076015.20160929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0547/10 (Transgenic cotton plants/BAYER CROPSCIENCE) of 13.7.2016
Online on 05.12.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/82 C12Q 1/68 A01H 5/00	Application no. 06762978.2
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title Herbicide tolerant cotton plants and methods for identifying same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T054710.20160713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1743/12 () of 15.7.2016
Online on 05.12.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 20/06 C08F 2/10 A61L 15/60	Application no. 04021552.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Main request, Auxiliary requests 1-7 Novelty - (yes) Auxiliary request 8				Application title Water-absorbent resin having treated surface and process for producing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T174312.20160715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1637/13 () of 24.10.2016
Online on 05.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 13/26 B64C 9/14 B64C 3/50	Application no. 05794250.0
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request, auxiliary request I : yes) Substantiation of grounds of appeal concerning inventive step (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENTIAL MOTION TO WING HIGH LIFT DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T163713.20161024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1738/14 () of 24.6.2016
Online on 05.12.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 08762344.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 2 and 3 - request clearly allowable (no) Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request 4 - could have been presented at first instance proceedings (no)				Application title Holographic Security Device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173814.20160624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
J 0007/15 (Re-establishment of rights) of 12.10.2016
Online on 02.12.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/087 B22F 3/11 B22F 3/12 B22F 3/15 B22F 3/16 B22F 3/17	Application no. 10729366.4
Keywords Re-establishment of rigths - payment of renewal fee - all due care by the applicant (yes) - isolated mistake with a normally satisfactory system				Application title MULTILEVEL PARTS FROM AGGLOMERATED SPHERICAL METAL POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J000715.20161012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
J 0008/15 (Re-establishment of rights) of 12.10.2016
Online on 02.12.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/16 B22F 3/11 B22F 3/12 B22F 3/15 B22F 3/17 C22C 33/02	Application no. 10729365.6
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - payment of renewal fee Re-establishment of rights - all due care by the applicant (yes) Re-establishment of rights - isolated mistake within a normally satisfactory monitoring system				Application title METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A METAL PART
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J000815.20161012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
R 0005/16 (Petition clearly unallowable) of 24.10.2016
Online on 02.12.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 24.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 24/08	Application no. 07700163.4
Keywords Fundamental violation of the right to be heard (no)				Application title LAYERED ADHESIVE CONSTRUCTION WITH ADHESIVE LAYERS HAVING DIFFERENT HYDROCOLLOID COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000516.20161024				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 36 KB)
T 1196/12 (Immunogenic composition/NOVARTIS) of 5.7.2016
Online on 02.12.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/39 A61P 31/00	Application no. 02767756.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 6 (no)				Application title Vaccines comprising aluminium adjuvants and histidine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T119612.20160705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1961/12 (Storing and accessing personal location-based information/NOKIA) of 10.11.2016
Online on 02.12.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/20 H04Q 7/32	Application no. 03760098.8
Keywords Novelty - all requests (no)				Application title A method and device for storing and accessing personal information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T196112.20161110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2103/14 () of 29.11.2016
Online on 02.12.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F01M 13/04	Application no. 00916937.6
Keywords Schwerwiegender Verfahrensmangel - mündliche Verhandlung nicht anberaumt Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title ÖLABSCHEIDER ZUR ENTÖLUNG VON KURBELGEHÄUSE-ENTLÜFTUNGSGASEN EINER BRENNKRAFTMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T210314.20161129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 256 KB)
T 1931/16 (Patient self-care device/NOVO NORDISK) of 29.11.2016
Online on 02.12.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05801403.6
Keywords -				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF- MANAGEMENT OF A DISEASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T193116.20161129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220 KB)
T 1921/12 () of 26.10.2016
Online on 01.12.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 26.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 31/00 B23F 19/00 F16H 55/06	Application no. 04753821.0
Keywords Correction of errors in the granted patent by the Examining Division (see points 2 and 3) Public access to decisions correcting the patent after grant (see point 3.6) Fundamental procedural defect - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title SUPERFINISHING LARGE PLANETARY GEAR SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T192112.20161026				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 566 KB)
T 1902/14 () of 28.6.2016
Online on 01.12.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 7/00	Application no. 11159575.7
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1 Amendments - added subject-matter (no) auxiliary request 2 Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Shade apparatus for vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T190214.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0236/15 () of 25.11.2016
Online on 01.12.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/24	Application no. 07728664.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (no) Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no)				Application title CONNECTION DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC CONNECTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T023615.20161125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)

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T 0773/12 (Bimodal dispersions/DOW) of 21.9.2016
Online on 30.11.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 125/10 D21H 19/58 C09D 113/02	Application no. 02723055.6
Keywords Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (no) Late-filed requests A and B Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title BIMODAL AQUEOUS POLYMER DISPERSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T077312.20160921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0116/15 (Aufbereitung von Abwasser/BAUER) of 18.11.2016
Online on 30.11.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C02F 3/32 B01D 1/00	Application no. 09001327.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der ursprünglich eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title Anlage und Verfahren zur Aufbereitung und Entsorgung von salz- und ölhaltigem Abwasser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T011615.20161118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
R 0011/14 (Petition for review) of 23.9.2016
Online on 29.11.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 23.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 5/10	Application no. 06742464.8
Keywords Petition for review (not allowable) Violation of Art. 112a(2)(c) and (d) EPC (No)				Application title A control valve
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R001114.20160923				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27 KB)
R 0002/16 (Antrag auf Überprüfung) of 28.10.2016
Online on 29.11.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 28.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A23J 3/08 A23L 1/00 A23C 9/142 A23J 1/20	Application no. 05782792.5
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung (offensichtlich nicht begründet) Verstoß gegen Art.112a(2)c) (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND EIN VERFAHREN ZUR MIKROPARTIKULIERUNG VON FILTRATIONSRETENTATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000216.20161028				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 20 KB)
T 1279/12 () of 27.10.2016
Online on 29.11.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/06	Application no. 04076819.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Binding effect of earlier appeal decision after remittal				Application title Apparatus for breaking tissue connections in poultry suspended by the feet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127912.20161027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2413/12 () of 20.10.2016
Online on 29.11.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 1/03 F28F 3/04	Application no. 03250318.7
Keywords Novelty - (no) Summons to oral proceedings - continuation of proceedings without duly summoned party				Application title Automotive heat exchanger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T241312.20161020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 2227/13 () of 23.9.2016
Online on 29.11.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23D 9/00 A23C 11/02 A23C 19/09 A23C 20/00 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30	Application no. 08766864.6
Keywords Inventive step (no): main request and auxiliary requests I and II Added subject-matter (yes): auxiliary request III				Application title VEGETABLE FAT BLEND AND EDIBLE PRODUCTS CONTAINING SUCH A FAT BLEND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T222713.20160923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0327/15 () of 5.10.2016
Online on 29.11.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/18 A61M 1/16 B01D 61/24 B01D 63/02	Application no. 05768322.9
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no) - reimbursement of appeal fee (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title POLYSULFONE HEMODIALYZER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T032715.20161005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0992/11 (Modifying software/EXTREME NETWORKS) of 25.10.2016
Online on 28.11.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 25.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 05775076.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING SOFTWARE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T099211.20161025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1928/11 () of 23.11.2016
Online on 28.11.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 1/84 G01N 9/00	Application no. 04797605.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title MESSAUFNEHMER VOM VIBRATIONSTYP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T192811.20161123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2210/12 () of 7.10.2016
Online on 28.11.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q 39/02 B23P 23/00 B29C 65/78 B23P 21/00 B26D 1/38 B29C 65/00 B29C 65/48	Application no. 05007505.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) offenkundige Vorbenutzung (ja) Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Stanzen und Schweissen oder Kleben von Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T221012.20161007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0691/15 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 28.11.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D 1/02 A24D 1/00	Application no. 01992470.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SMOKING ARTICLES WITH REDUCED IGNITION PROCLIVITY CHARACTERISTICS AND PRODUCTS MADE ACCORDING TO SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069115.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
D 0006/16 () of 11.11.2016
Online on 25.11.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 11.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000616.20161111				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 42 KB)
T 1741/12 (Head assignment for tape lamination machine/BOEING) of 3.11.2016
Online on 25.11.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/4093 G05B 19/4097 G05B 19/4099 B29C 70/30 B65H 81/00	Application no. 06256522.1
Keywords Inventive step (main and first to fifth auxiliary requests) Inventive step - no Admissibility (sixth to ninth auxiliary requests) - no				Application title Head assignment modeling and simulation for a Multiple Head Tape Lamination Machine.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T174112.20161103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1265/13 (Biological sample storage/BIOMATRICA) of 26.10.2016
Online on 25.11.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 3/00 C12Q 1/68 G01S 13/00 G06K 19/07	Application no. 05778182.5
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4 - amended claims relating to unsearched subject-matter Right to be heard - non-attendance at oral proceedings Auxiliary requests 5 to 9 - lack of clarity of the claims				Application title INTEGRATION OF SAMPLE STORAGE AND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT FOR LIFE SCIENCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T126513.20161026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1107/15 () of 28.10.2016
Online on 25.11.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 14/34 C22C 27/02 C22F 1/18 H01L 21/28 H01L 21/285 C22F 1/00	Application no. 10777652.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title TANTALUM SPUTTERING TARGET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T110715.20161028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 2047/15 () of 5.10.2016
Online on 25.11.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 22/48	Application no. 10844555.2
Keywords Main Request- Inventive step -(no) Auxiliary Requests- not admitted				Application title SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND SEATBELT DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204715.20161005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2123/11 () of 12.10.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/00	Application no. 06851704.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T212311.20161012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1581/12 (Outer membrane protein immunogen Neisseria/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 15.9.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/31 C07K 14/22 C07K 16/12 C12Q 1/68 A61K 39/095 G01N 33/50	Application no. 05077865.3
Keywords Main Request - admissibility (yes); Main Request - meets all requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title Neisseria antigens and compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T158112.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1678/12 (Composition pour la décoloration et la coloration / L'OREAL) of 5.10.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/10	Application no. 06116140.2
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Composition pour la décoloration et la Coloration simultanées des fibres kératiniques comprenant un colorant anionique ou non ionique et un polymère associatif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T167812.20161005				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1954/12 (Recombinant vitamin K epoxide reductase/UNIVERSITY NORTH CAROLINA) of 27.10.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/68 C12N 9/04	Application no. 07109353.8
Keywords Main Request - meets all requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title Cells coexpressing vitamin K reductase and vitamin K dependent protein and use thereof to improve the productivity of said vitamin K dependent protein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T195412.20161027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 476 KB)
T 2004/12 () of 14.10.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 75/58 B65D 77/20 B65D 75/30	Application no. 06114576.9
Keywords Late filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - main and first auxiliary request (no); second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Peelable vacuum skin packages
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T200412.20161014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1237/13 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B 27/22 B23B 27/16 B23D 77/02	Application no. 07705087.0
Keywords Amendments Inventive step				Application title A CUTTING INSERT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T123713.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 2401/13 (Pop-up window/PHILIPS) of 13.10.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 07826672.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no): obvious implementation of an administrative rule				Application title Clinician decision support system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T240113.20161013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0320/15 () of 15.9.2016
Online on 24.11.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B 9/04 B32B 15/20 B32B 37/00 C04B 35/536 F16J 15/12	Application no. 07730944.1
Keywords Droit d'être entendu - vice substantiel de procédure (non) Moyens invoqués tardivement - recevables (non) Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 1 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 2 (oui)				Application title JOINTS D'ETANCHEITE MULTICOUCHES GRAPHITE SOUPLE/METAL ADAPTES A DES CONDITIONS DE SERVICE A HAUTE TEMPERATURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T032015.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0210/13 (Touch-sensitive panel/ELO) of 22.9.2016
Online on 23.11.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048 G06F 3/043	Application no. 08290067.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Touch-sensitive panel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T021013.20160922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 0351/13 () of 3.11.2016
Online on 23.11.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D01D 5/04 D02G 1/12	Application no. 05739043.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CELLULOSE ACETATE TOW AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T035113.20161103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0398/13 () of 29.9.2016
Online on 23.11.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B66C 23/70 E04G 21/04	Application no. 08152672.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Boom for the distribution of concrete for work vehicles and relative production method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T039813.20160929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 1369/13 () of 20.10.2016
Online on 23.11.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G02B 23/26 G02B 6/06 A61B 1/00	Application no. 07731440.9
Keywords Activité inventive - après modification Activité inventive - (oui) Vice substantiel de procédure - (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non)				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE D'ENDOSCOPIE POUR UNE OBSERVATION SIMULTANEE DE PLUSIEURS ZONES D'INTERET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T136913.20161020				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1496/13 (Jetness/CABOT) of 18.4.2016
Online on 23.11.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C 1/56 C08K 3/04	Application no. 06759836.7
Keywords Amendments - extension of the protection conferred (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modified product				Application title CARBON BLACKS AND POLYMERS CONTAINING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T149613.20160418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 2374/13 (Molecular imprinted contact lenses/AUBURN) of 20.7.2016
Online on 23.11.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 487/04 A61K 31/5025 A61P 3/04	Application no. 06734512.4
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2: sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Contact drug delivery system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T237413.20160720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1060/11 () of 11.10.2016
Online on 22.11.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/06 H01L 33/00 H01J 1/312 H01J 9/02	Application no. 03744009.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title QUANTUM DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T106011.20161011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 2562/11 () of 7.11.2016
Online on 22.11.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D 24/10 G05B 19/18	Application no. 06722642.3
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Einwand hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR STEUERUNG UND REGELUNG VON SERVO-ELEKTRISCHEN ZIEHKISSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T256211.20161107				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0772/12 (Detection of renal tubular cell injury/CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND … of 16.6.2016
Online on 22.11.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 04758356.2
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING THE EARLY ONSET OF RENAL TUBULAR CELL INJURY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T077212.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0628/14 () of 30.6.2016
Online on 22.11.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60S 5/04 B60C 29/06 B29C 73/16	Application no. 08158282.7
Keywords Exercise of opposition division's discretion not to admit late-filed documents - (confirmed) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Kit for inflating and repairing inflatable articles, in particular tyres
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062814.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0750/11 (BASF SE / INVISTA Technologies) of 3.3.2016
Online on 21.11.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/10 C07C 255/04	Application no. 05701204.9
Keywords Hauptantrag: Änderungen veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Änderungen zulässig (ja) - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Klarheit (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung (nein) Hilfsantrag I - Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON DINITRILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075011.20160303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2475/11 (Brandgeschützte Verbundsysteme) of 5.4.2016
Online on 21.11.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 21/14 C04B 26/26 C04B 28/26 C04B 26/16	Application no. 04740708.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title FEUERHEMMENDES BRANDSCHUTZELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T247511.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1809/12 (Industrial control and monitoring method/ROCKWELL) of 21.10.2016
Online on 21.11.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/048	Application no. 03025567.3
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no)				Application title Industrial control and monitoring method and system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T180912.20161021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2035/14 () of 9.11.2016
Online on 21.11.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/58 B60T 8/17 B60T 13/68	Application no. 10174896.0
Keywords Eindeutigkeit eines mangelhaften Abbuchungsauftrags (ja) Rückzahlung der Wiedereinsetzungsgebühr (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb einer Bremseinrichtung für ein hydraulisch gebremstes Zugfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T203514.20161109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 253 KB)
J 0015/16 () of 11.11.2016
Online on 17.11.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 11.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60 G07F 19/00	Application no. 03808202.0
Keywords No statement of grounds Appeal inadmissible				Application title SECURE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT MESSAGING SYSTEM WITH RECONCILABLE FINALITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J001516.20161111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221 KB)
T 2547/12 (Reducing bone fracture /ELI LILLY) of 22.7.2016
Online on 17.11.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/29 A61P 19/08	Application no. 10180447.4
Keywords Sole request: requirements of EPC met (yes)				Application title Method of increasing bone toughness and stiffness and reducing fractures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T254712.20160722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1738/13 () of 6.9.2016
Online on 17.11.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08L 23/06 C08L 23/08	Application no. 05808420.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - Main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - First auxiliary request (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - First auxiliary request (yes)				Application title POLYETHYLENE MOLDING COMPOSITION FOR COATING STEEL PIPES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173813.20160906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 1802/13 (Brain stimulation/CLEVELAND) of 10.11.2016
Online on 17.11.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05794215.3
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of appellant Inventive step of "mixed invention" Inventive step - (no): no technical effect derivable from the manner in which information is presented				Application title Method and system for creating deep brain stimulation models
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T180213.20161110				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
D 0003/16 () of 25.8.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 25.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000316.20160825				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 43 KB)
D 0005/16 () of 25.8.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 25.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000516.20160825				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 54 KB)
D 0007/16 () of 25.8.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 25.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000716.20160825				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 52 KB)
T 0792/12 () of 14.9.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 7/10	Application no. 07008152.6
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary request 3 (no); auxiliary requests 5 and 11 (yes) Amendments - added subject matter Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 4 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (no); auxiliary request 11 (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) "Interruption by the Board of a party's pleading - impartiality (Point 2.1 to 2.3)"				Application title Exhaust manifold for internal combustion engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T079212.20160914				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 2061/12 () of 19.10.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 19.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B25C 1/08 F17C 13/04 F16L 29/02 F16K 1/30	Application no. 02805369.2
Keywords Opposition - formée et recevable (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title CARTOUCHE DE GAZ COMPRIME POUR APPAREIL DE FIXATION A RECCORD INTEGRE D ETANCHEITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T206112.20161019				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2143/12 (Ohreinsatz/SIEMENS AUDIOLOGISCHE TECHNIK) of 7.9.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 05001144.4
Keywords Antrag eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Ohreinsatz für Hörgeräte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T214312.20160907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 270 KB)
T 2198/12 (Lebenszeichentelegramm/SIEMENS) of 27.10.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/042 G06F 11/00	Application no. 06011855.1
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Automatisierungssystems, Kommunikationsteilnehmer und Automatisierungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T219812.20161027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1285/13 (miR-1/MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT) of 20.10.2016
Online on 16.11.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/11 A61K 48/00	Application no. 02782801.1
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title MICRO-RNA MOLECULES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T128513.20161020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1361/11 () of 23.9.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.9.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G07F 7/00 E04H 6/14 G07B 15/00	Application no. 07731071.2
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requêtes subsidiaires (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME DE TRANSPORT COLLECTIF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T136111.20160923				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0427/12 () of 6.10.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 07763115.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title MULTIUSER WELLNESS PARAMETER MONITORING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T042712.20161006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0891/12 () of 12.10.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00 A61M 25/10 A61F 2/06	Application no. 04811126.4
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Catheter tip
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T089112.20161012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1101/12 () of 13.10.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/02	Application no. 06124375.4
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Method of forming highly orientated silicon film, method of manufacturing three-dimensional semiconductor device, and three-dimensional semiconductor device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T110112.20161013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2079/12 () of 8.11.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F01M 13/02 G05D 16/06 F16K 7/17	Application no. 10155334.5
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Neuheit - nach Änderung Neuheit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Druckregelventil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T207912.20161108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 272 KB)
T 1050/13 () of 8.11.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.11.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61M 5/168	Application no. 07825823.3
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) recevabilité du recours - requête implicite				Application title DISPOSITIF MÉDICAL POUR L'ADMINISTRATION D'UNE SOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T105013.20161108				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1900/13 () of 1.7.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 1.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61G 13/08 A61G 13/10	Application no. 07015262.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Operationstisch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T190013.20160701				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 709 KB)
T 0875/15 () of 14.7.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 1/28 B62D 15/02 B66C 19/00 B66F 9/06 B66C 13/48	Application no. 08000600.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 6, 8) NEIN (Hilfsantrag 9) JA				Application title Portalhubstapler mit automatischer Lenkung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087515.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1634/15 (CODIS core STR loci forensic human identification/PROMEGA) of 14.10.2016
Online on 15.11.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 99965030.2
Keywords Main and sole request (claims as granted) - novelty (no) Referral of question to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Application title MULTIPLEX AMPLIFICATION OF SHORT TANDEM REPEAT LOCI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T163415.20161014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 2546/11 () of 25.10.2016
Online on 14.11.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 37/54 H01H 1/50	Application no. 99100553.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Temperaturabhängiger Schalter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T254611.20161025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 284 KB)
T 1118/12 (Immune-compromised patient/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 1.3.2016
Online on 14.11.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/116	Application no. 02806591.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Glycoconjugate vaccines for use in immune-compromised populations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T111812.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1383/12 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 14.11.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 31/13	Application no. 03758110.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MODULE FOR HEATING THE INTAKE GASES OF AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE, WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T138312.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1815/12 () of 12.8.2016
Online on 14.11.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 45/26 B29C 45/27 B29L 11/00 B29D 11/02 B29C 33/00	Application no. 05803636.9
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Apparatus for injection moulding an intraocular lens device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T181512.20160812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1618/13 (NON-ISOTOPIC DETECTION OF OSTEOBLASTIC ACTIVITY IN VIVO USING … of 16.6.2016
Online on 14.11.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 49/00	Application no. 01986230.9
Keywords All request - Article 84 EPC (no)				Application title NON-ISOTOPIC DETECTION OF OSTEOBLASTIC ACTIVITY IN VIVO USING MODIFIED BISPHOSPHONATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T161813.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0289/14 (Bonded carboxymethylcellulose / M-REAL OYJ) of 28.9.2016
Online on 14.11.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 17/25	Application no. 99918016.9
Keywords Added matter (main request) : yes Inventive step (auxiliary requests 1 and 2) : no Inventive step - obvious alternative Added matter (auxiliary requests 3 to 5) : yes				Application title A method for producing a fiber product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T028914.20160928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0353/14 () of 15.9.2016
Online on 14.11.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 7/20 F28D 19/04	Application no. 07115828.1
Keywords Novelty - internet disclosure Novelty - availability to the public (no)				Application title Apparatus and method for cooling a space in a data center by means of recirculation air
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T035314.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1575/11 (Vulnerability detection/MICROSOFT) of 20.10.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 04014752.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Automatic detection and patching of vulnerable files
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T157511.20161020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1890/11 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 5/04 G02B 5/08 G02B 3/00 G02B 23/04 G01B 11/14 G01C 1/02	Application no. 05814475.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title FERNROHR UND PANFOKAL-FERNROHR MIT PLANKONVEX- ODER PLANKONKAVLINSE UND DAMIT VERBUNDENEM UMLENKMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T189011.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 545 KB)
T 0998/12 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23B 27/14	Application no. 99890086.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichter Antrag - Hilfsanträge 2-4 - Anträge wurden im Einspruchsverfahren explizit zurückgenommen Änderungen - Hilfsanträge 5-9 Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - Hilfsantrag 10 - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Schneideinsatz für Zerspanungswerkzeuge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T099812.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2231/12 (Darstellung von Automatisierungsprozessen/SIEMENS) of 14.10.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/042	Application no. 03029426.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Web-basierte Darstellung von Automatisierungsprozessen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T223112.20161014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0416/13 (Dust eliminator / LG) of 27.10.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 27.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/20 H05K 7/20	Application no. 08166773.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Dust eliminator for computer and control method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T041613.20161027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1646/13 (Composition oxydante pour le traitement des fibres kératiniques … of 25.5.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.5.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/898 A61Q 5/10 A61Q 5/04	Application no. 02292747.9
Keywords Documents recevables (oui) Requête principale - Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Composition oxydante pour le traitement des fibres kératiniques comprenant une silicone aminée particulière
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T164613.20160525				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0569/14 (Tapetensubstrat / GLATFELTER DRESDEN) of 21.7.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H 27/20 D21H 27/38 B32B 29/00	Application no. 07803541.7
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (Hauptantrag) : nein Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrags 6 : nein				Application title Tapetensubstrat und Verfahren zu seiner Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T056914.20160721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1555/14 () of 2.11.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.11.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/18	Application no. 02253253.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Turbine airfoil with single aft flowing three pass serpentine cooling circuit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T155514.20161102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 223 KB)
T 1196/15 (Puncturing pattern/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 18.10.2016
Online on 11.11.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 18.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/11	Application no. 09153078.2
Keywords Amendments - third auxiliary request (not allowable) Amendments - fifth auxiliary request (allowable) Claims - clarity Claims - fifth auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for channel encoding and decoding in a communication system using low-density parity-check codes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T119615.20161018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 518 KB)
T 0050/14 (Kompensation von Beschleunigungsstörgrößen/WIPOTEC) of 6.10.2016
Online on 09.11.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01G 23/12	Application no. 06742234.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title WÄGEVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE MEHRSPUR-WÄGEVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005014.20161006				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
R 0001/15 (Antrag auf Überprüfung) of 3.6.2016
Online on 08.11.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 3.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/284 H05K 5/06	Application no. 98104762.4
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung (nicht begründet) Verstoß gegen Art.112a(2)c) (nein)				Application title Elektronisches Gerät für den Einsatz in explosionsgefährdeten Bereichen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000115.20160603				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 34 KB)
T 1110/11 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 08.11.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 1/00 B23B 19/02	Application no. 02762966.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SPINDLE DEVICE OF MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD OF REPLACING SPINDLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T111011.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1406/12 (Synchronizing a control signal of a slave follower with a master … of 28.10.2016
Online on 08.11.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/414	Application no. 08869139.9
Keywords Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Clarity - first and second auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Methods and systems for synchronizing a control signal of a slave follower with a master source
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140612.20161028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0918/14 () of 2.11.2016
Online on 08.11.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.11.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 75/04 H02K 7/18	Application no. 08775256.4
Keywords Erklärung nach Artikel 17(2) a) PCT - unvollständige Recherche Zusätzliche Recherche Ermessensentscheidung nach Regel 137(3) EPÜ Schwerwiegender Verfahrensfehler (ja) Zurückverweisung (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title FREIKOLBENVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG UND/ODER REGELUNG EINER FREIKOLBENVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T091814.20161102				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0745/11 (Erstellen eines Lageplans/S-Y SYSTEMS) of 28.10.2016
Online on 07.11.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 28.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/50	Application no. 04740816.6
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Erstellen eines Lageplans für einen Leitungssatz, insbesondere für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T074511.20161028				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2316/13 () of 6.10.2016
Online on 07.11.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 175/00 C08G 18/10 C08G 18/76	Application no. 07703176.3
Keywords Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title KLEB-/DICHTSTOFFZUSAMMENSETZUNG MIT DOPPELTEM HÄRTUNGSMECHANISMUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T231613.20161006				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0104/12 (Metadata-based query/SAP) of 8.9.2016
Online on 03.11.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04740649.1
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Metadata based query
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T010412.20160908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0697/12 () of 29.9.2016
Online on 03.11.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/786 H01P 1/15	Application no. 06786943.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN IMPROVING LINEARITY OF MOSFETS USING AN ACCUMULATED CHARGE SINK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069712.20160929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 2278/13 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 03.11.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/32 H01G 4/30 H01B 3/44	Application no. 06119897.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein, alle Anträge)				Application title Biaxial orientierte Elektroisolierfolie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T227813.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 495 KB)
T 1383/16 (Mousse à raser sans savon à base de n-acylsarcosinate et d'acide … of 25.10.2016
Online on 03.11.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/04 A61K 8/31 A61K 8/36 A61K 8/44 A61Q 9/02	Application no. 07121861.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - absence de mémoire de recours				Application title Mousse à raser sans savon à base de n-acylsarcosinate et d'acide gras saturé linéaire libre; procédé de rasage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T138316.20161025				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 220 KB)
T 0521/12 (Graphical interface for information retrieval and simulation/BOEING) of 2.6.2016
Online on 02.11.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03075856.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Integrated management system for technical information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T052112.20160602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 0564/12 () of 14.9.2016
Online on 02.11.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A24F 23/04	Application no. 04749206.1
Keywords prior use (proven) - Main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title SNUFF-BOX WITH LID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T056412.20160914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 0827/12 () of 6.10.2016
Online on 02.11.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 5/02	Application no. 99204058.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - after amendment Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title A method of automatically milking and feeding animals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T082712.20161006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1689/12 () of 5.10.2016
Online on 02.11.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 2/00 C23C 2/20 C23C 2/24 C23C 2/40	Application no. 05756220.9
Keywords Main request - could have been maintained in first instance proceedings (yes) (see points 1.2 and 1.4) Auxiliary request - addition of independent claims to the set of claims maintained in first instance - admissible (yes) - inventive (yes) Reformatio in peius - maintained claims in a set with other (added) claims cannot be challenged by non-appealing opponent (point 2.2.2)				Application title A DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR STABILIZING A METALLIC OBJECT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T168912.20161005				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1319/14 () of 21.10.2016
Online on 02.11.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C02F 1/44	Application no. 09352006.2
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title Installation et procédé de traitement d'eau pour dialyse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T131914.20161021				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1659/15 () of 24.10.2016
Online on 02.11.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/00	Application no. 07809885.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title EASE OF USE TISSUE REPAIR PATCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T165915.20161024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221 KB)

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J 0013/13 (Frist zur Einreichung einer Teilanmeldung) of 15.9.2016
Online on 31.10.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Teilanmeldung - obligatorische Teilung (nein)				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J001313.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 0507/12 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 31.10.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G03B 42/04	Application no. 00935837.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BITE BLOCK FOR DENTAL X-RAY PROCEDURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T050712.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0196/13 (Specialty cellulose pulp/Borregaard) of 4.3.2016
Online on 31.10.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D21C 9/00 C08B 1/00	Application no. 03761497.1
Keywords Novelty (no): Claims 1 and 8 Novelty - Main Request Remittal (yes)				Application title TREATMENT OF A MIXTURE CONTAINING CELLULOSE WITH A REDUCING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T019613.20160304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 564 KB)
T 2298/13 () of 7.10.2016
Online on 31.10.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 7.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/05	Application no. 09154334.8
Keywords Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Application title Thin-film transistors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T229813.20161007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0334/14 () of 30.9.2016
Online on 31.10.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 3/20 A23G 3/26 A23G 4/00	Application no. 01959585.9
Keywords New main request: admission (no)				Application title CONTINUOUSLY FORMING COATED CENTER-FILLED GUM PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T033414.20160930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2261/10 (Search request via instant messaging/YAHOO) of 21.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 05736250.1
Keywords Inventive step (yes Inventive step - with respect to the prior art cited by the first instance) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Conducting Internet search from an instant messenging [sic] application
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T226110.20161021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0485/11 (Identification of sample containers/DIESSE) of 27.9.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 00964617.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and means for data management in a laboratory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T048511.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0700/11 (Document URL to ID conversion/COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER) of 29.6.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 29.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07010859.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Method and apparatus for converting a document universal resource locator to a standard document identifier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T070011.20160629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0715/11 (Lactic acid bacterial helper organisms/CHR. HANSEN) of 11.5.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/63	Application no. 98924059.3
Keywords Correction of typographical error (yes) Added matter (no) Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title LACTIC ACID BACTERIAL STARTER CULTURES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T071511.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 594 KB)
T 0874/11 () of 25.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 25.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 21/35 G01N 21/47 G08G 1/16 G08B 19/02 G08G 1/0967 G08G 1/0962	Application no. 05018740.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - geänderte Ansprüche)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung der Beschaffenheit einer Oberfläche einer Fahrbahn
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087411.20161025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1197/11 () of 18.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 18.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC H04N 1/32	Application no. 01929764.7
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non)				Application title PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE CONTROLE DE TATOUAGE DE DONNEES MULTIMEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T119711.20161018				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1852/11 () of 10.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 70/54 B29C 70/44	Application no. 06010921.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title A method and a device for resin transfer moulding a component comprising at least partly of fibre-reinforced plastic laminate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T185211.20161010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0182/12 () of 20.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01B 7/29 H01B 7/18	Application no. 01105201.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag identisch mit dem im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren nicht zugelassenen Hilfsantrag				Application title Verwendung eines Klebebandes als Bandagierungsband für Kabel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T018212.20161020				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273 KB)
T 0426/12 (Industrielle Steuerung/SIEMENS) of 11.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B62K 15/00 G05B 19/418 G05B 19/042	Application no. 01117884.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Industrielle Steuerung auf der Basis verteilbarer Technologischer Objekte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T042612.20161011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0587/12 (Factor VIIa/GRIFOLS) of 28.6.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/36 A61P 7/04	Application no. 07380021.1
Keywords Scope of appeal Main request - novelty, inventive step (yes)				Application title Therapeutic preparation of very high purity FVIIa and method for obtaining same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T058712.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1915/13 (Flow control/QUALCOMM) of 7.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56	Application no. 06817113.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of the appellant Allowable amendments - (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for flow control of data in a mesh network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T191513.20161007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2094/13 (Treatment of amyloidogenic diseases/JANSSEN) of 12.5.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 25/28 A61K 38/00 A61K 38/28 A61K 9/26 A61K 33/06	Application no. 08011409.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - all claim requests (no)				Application title Prevention and treatment of amyloidogenic disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T209413.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 2049/14 () of 31.8.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 31.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F15B 15/26	Application no. 04810941.7
Keywords Novelty - yes Remittal to the examining division - yes				Application title Motion control apparatus with backlash reduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204914.20160831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2343/14 () of 1.9.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 1.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B44C 1/22	Application no. 05713290.4
Keywords Novelty with respect to a document under Article 54(3) EPC Novelty - yes Remittal to the examining division - yes				Application title Elevator load bearing member having a jacket with at least one traction-enhancing exterior surface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234314.20160901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0483/15 () of 15.6.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 5/04	Application no. 07013280.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title Automotive door
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T048315.20160615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1480/15 () of 7.10.2016
Online on 28.10.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 1/12	Application no. 09170612.7
Keywords Inventive step - yes				Application title Poppet valve with sloped purge holes and method for reducing a pressure force therein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T148015.20161007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
R 0007/13 (Petition for review) of 26.10.2016
Online on 27.10.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 26.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C14B 1/56 C14C 11/00	Application no. 98119184.4
Keywords Petition for review (not allowable) Violation of Art. 112a(2)(c) EPC (no)				Application title Engraved cylinder for fitting to machines for rolled finishing of hides, artificial hides, fabrics, synthetic materials and the like
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000713.20161026				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 23 KB)
T 1824/15 (Adapter unit for PDA/SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES) of 26.7.2016
Online on 27.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 26.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/16	Application no. 02001500.4
Keywords Fundamental procedural defect - (no) Substantial procedural violation - (no) T 0823/11 - not followed Violation of Article 6(1) ECHR (not established) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Adapter unit having a handle grip for a personal digital assistant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T182415.20160726				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 657 KB)
T 1653/16 (Audio-related system node instantiation/HARMAN) of 25.10.2016
Online on 27.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 7/00	Application no. 05006735.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by applicant (no) Appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Substantial procedural violations (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes) Remittal (yes)				Application title Audio-related system node instantiation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T165316.20161025				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 265 KB)
R 0004/15 () of 16.9.2016
Online on 26.10.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 16.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/72 B65D 30/28 B65D 17/00	Application no. 05728441.6
Keywords Petition for review Fee paid out of time Petition deemed not to have been filed Reimbursement of the fee (yes)				Application title EASILY OPENED FLEXIBLE VACUUM PACKAGING FOR SINGLE PORTIONS OF PASTY FLUIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000415.20160916				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22 KB)
T 0614/13 () of 25.2.2016
Online on 26.10.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 69/26 C08L 77/06 C08K 3/00	Application no. 08102840.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Hauptantrag Neuheit - (ja) Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hauptantrag				Application title Teilaromatische Polyamidformmassen und deren Verwendungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T061413.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 609 KB)
T 1040/13 (IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STABILISATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS/Nova Bio- … of 9.6.2016
Online on 26.10.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16	Application no. 06779620.1
Keywords Main request 1A - amendments (yes) Main request 1A - Support by the description (yes) Main request 1A - novelty (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STABILISATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T104013.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 1444/13 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 26.10.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/083	Application no. 99925867.6
Keywords Amendments - main request: added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request: added subject-matter (no) Amendments - auxiliary request: broadening of claims (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title OPTIMUM PARTICLE SIZED HYBRID COMPOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T144413.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 2322/13 (Modifying digital rights/SAMSUNG) of 18.10.2016
Online on 26.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 06123324.3
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Digital rights management method and system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T232213.20161018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1633/11 () of 23.9.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 21/02	Application no. 08152711.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Speech decoder employing noise compensation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T163311.20160923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2047/11 (Service providing/SONY) of 5.10.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00 G06F 15/00 H04M 11/00 G06F 9/06	Application no. 02728139.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - support in the description (no)				Application title SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204711.20161005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0017/12 () of 18.8.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 04738721.2
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (ja), Hilfsantrag I (nein) Zulässigkeit des Hilfsantrags I (ja) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Blasenkatheter-Set
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T001712.20160818				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1696/12 () of 22.9.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23G 5/06	Application no. 02766718.7
Keywords Novelty Inventive step				Application title A THREAD CUTTING TAP AND A METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T169612.20160922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1844/12 () of 10.8.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/072	Application no. 06254867.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (yes), auxiliary request (no)				Application title Surgical stapling instrument having force controlled spacing end effector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T184412.20160810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 2580/12 (WLAN connection procedure/SAMSUNG) of 7.10.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 52/02 H04W 76/02 H04W 48/20 H04W 84/12	Application no. 10165651.0
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for connecting portable terminal to WLAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T258012.20161007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1892/13 (Sharing a Trusted Platform Module/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 11.10.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/48	Application no. 07867226.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING ATRUSTED PLATFORM MODULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T189213.20161011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 2425/13 (Proximity authentication system/NXP) of 4.10.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 04023384.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Proximity authentication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T242513.20161004				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1348/14 (Bortezomib formulation/UNITED STATES) of 29.9.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F 5/02 C07F 5/04 C07K 5/078 A61K 38/05 A61K 31/69 A61P 35/00 A61P 29/00	Application no. 02709145.3
Keywords Additional data, partially admitted Inventive step (no), obvious alternative				Application title FORMULATION OF BORONIC ACID COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T134814.20160929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 631 KB)
T 0663/15 () of 19.8.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 08020454.8
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (ja), Hilfsantrag (nein) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Blasenkatheter-Set
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T066315.20160819				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0710/15 () of 16.6.2016
Online on 25.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60S 1/40	Application no. 05111926.1
Keywords Arguments submitted late (Article 114(2) EPC not applicable) Substantial procedural violation (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A windscreen wiper device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T071015.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0281/13 (METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACRYLIC ACID/Nippon Shokubai) of 24.8.2016
Online on 24.10.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/235 C07C 57/055	Application no. 05704387.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACRYLIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T028113.20160824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0642/13 () of 19.10.2016
Online on 24.10.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B01J 13/16	Application no. 09150749.1
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (non)				Application title Procédé d'encapsulation de produit lipophile ou hydrophile dans une membrane polysiloxane.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T064213.20161019				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0437/14 () of 17.10.2016
Online on 24.10.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/30 C09K 11/06 H05B 33/14	Application no. 08003327.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Fundamental question of law Divergence in case law Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty over transient rather than intermediate product in prior art (point 5.4 of the reasons) Inventive step Validity of priority claim				Application title Complexes of form L2IrX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043714.20161017				Distribution A	Decision No PDF available
T 0437/14 () of 17.10.2016
Online on 24.10.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/30 C09K 11/06 H05B 33/14	Application no. 08003327.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Fundamental question of law Divergence in case law Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty over transient rather than intermediate product in prior art (point 5.4 of the reasons) Inventive step Validity of priority claim				Application title Complexes of form L2IrX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043714.20161017				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 880 KB)
T 0543/14 (Touch interface reconfiguration/APPLE) of 10.10.2016
Online on 24.10.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 09170697.8
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Portable electronic device with interface reconfiguration mode
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T054314.20161010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 1296/14 () of 8.9.2016
Online on 24.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60B 21/08 B60B 5/02	Application no. 02804070.7
Keywords Request of the Patent Proprietor to correct the priority declaration under Rule 139 EPC - rejected Inventive step - (no)				Application title COMPOSITE BICYCLE RIM WITH SEAMLESS BRAKING SURFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T129614.20160908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
D 0010/16 () of 5.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 5.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D001016.20160905				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 40 KB)
T 2371/11 () of 22.3.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 29/42 C07C 33/02 C07C 33/048	Application no. 06829396.8
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) auxiliary request - inventive step (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR UBIQUINONE INTERMEDIATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T237111.20160322				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0069/12 () of 11.10.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/511 A61F 13/84	Application no. 01300449.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed request - need for additional search (yes) - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Absorbent article containing skin-protective ingredient
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006912.20161011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0279/12 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 13/703	Application no. 03003712.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Steckerteil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T027912.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1510/12 () of 29.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01C 21/34	Application no. 00909053.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein)				Application title NAVIGATIONSVERFAHREN UND NAVIGATIONSSYSTEM ZUM BESTIMMEN EINER ROUTE VON EINEM STARTORT ZU EINEM ZIELORT FÜR EIN FORTBEWEGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T151012.20160929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0067/13 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/20	Application no. 04751910.3
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) prima facie allowable (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STABILIZED TAMPONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006713.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0645/13 () of 19.7.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/00 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/898 A61K 8/23 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/46	Application no. 05028577.4
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - opposition substantiated (yes) Evidence submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for enhancing chroma of hair
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T064513.20160719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0843/13 (Disazo dyes/EVERLIGHT) of 6.7.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09B 67/00 D06P 3/66 D06P 1/38	Application no. 05025981.1
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Dye mixture and the use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T084313.20160706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0891/13 (Reduktion von Ketonen mittels Alkoholdehydrogenase/CAMPREX) of 2.8.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/53 C12N 9/04 C12N 1/21 C12P 7/02	Application no. 02737953.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Haupt- und Hilfsantrag: erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - beanspruchte Mengenangaben weder zielgerichtet noch kritisch				Application title ENZYMATISCHES VERFAHREN ZUR ENANTIOSELEKTIVEN REDUKTION VON KETOVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T089113.20160802				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1408/13 () of 29.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C10B 29/00 C10B 47/02 C10B 57/00	Application no. 00976238.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Energy recovery coke oven facility producing high quality metallurgical coke
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140813.20160929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1642/13 () of 9.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/26 C08K 9/04 C08K 13/06 C08J 5/18	Application no. 99922271.4
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes and no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title USE OF PARTICULATE CARBONATES IN THERMOPLASTIC FILM COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T164213.20160909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1886/13 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 21/20 F16B 5/06 F16B 21/08	Application no. 05006980.6
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Airbag assembly mounting system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T188613.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 2277/13 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H 7/04	Application no. 08774235.9
Keywords -				Application title PANZERUNG FÜR KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T227713.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1266/14 () of 15.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/02 A61F 2/30 A61L 2/08 A61L 27/00 A61L 31/00 B01J 19/08 C08J 3/28 C08F 110/02 A61F 2/32	Application no. 01934941.4
Keywords Clarity Inventive step				Application title OXIDATION-RESISTANT AND WEAR-RESISTANT POLYETHYLENES FOR HUMAN JOINT REPLACEMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T126614.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1680/14 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 21.10.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/04 C22C 38/38	Application no. 07874486.9
Keywords Amendments Inventive step				Application title AUSTENITIC PARAMAGNETIC CORROSION RESISTANT STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T168014.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1902/10 (Web page indexing/YAHOO) of 21.6.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 02012929.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) (main request) Claims - support in the description (no) (first auxiliary request) Inventive step - (yes) (second auxiliary request)				Application title System and method for locating pages on the world wide web and for locating documents from a network of computers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T190210.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 2038/10 (Programming a phase-change memory/OVONYX) of 24.5.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 24.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G11C 11/34	Application no. 02761617.6
Keywords Novelty - after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Programming a phase-change material memory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T203810.20160524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 2528/10 () of 22.9.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 9/00 B01F 5/02 A61K 9/00	Application no. 00951767.3
Keywords Revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FINE MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T252810.20160922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224 KB)
T 0571/11 () of 1.12.2015
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/26 A61K 9/28 A61K 47/32 A61K 47/38 A61K 31/505	Application no. 03722519.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title HIGH DRUG LOAD TABLET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T057111.20151201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 589 KB)
T 0928/11 () of 24.8.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 24.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/10	Application no. 06252094.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Request for oral proceedings to be held by video conference - (refused)				Application title Image display device, method of controlling the same and home network system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T092811.20160824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0757/12 () of 7.6.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 101/10 C09J 201/10 C09K 3/10	Application no. 03758787.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) main request, first and second auxiliary requests Claims - clarity (no) first auxiliary request				Application title CURABLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING RECOVERY PROPERTIES AND CREEP PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075712.20160607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0980/12 (Audience data gathering/NIELSEN) of 9.6.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04H 9/00	Application no. 03815891.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Methods and apparatus to adaptively gather audience information data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T098012.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 1058/12 () of 16.6.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 7/04 F03D 11/00	Application no. 04739202.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T105812.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2138/12 (Device for selecting information/ALCATEL LUCENT) of 31.8.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 31.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 06292052.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Supplying object code defined information to users
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T213812.20160831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0016/13 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 B41J 3/54	Application no. 05713238.3
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title TWO-STEP CONTACT AND NON-CONTACT PRINTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T001613.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1042/13 () of 6.9.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 3/00 C08K 5/00 B29C 65/16	Application no. 02016828.2
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Einstellung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Verfahren zur Verbesserung der Oberflächenqualität von Formteilen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T104213.20160906				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 228 KB)
T 1098/13 () of 5.7.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/06 A61K 8/896 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/44 A61K 8/46	Application no. 05711564.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence submitted with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Conditioning shampoo compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T109813.20160705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1833/13 (Microwave-assistend peptide synthesis/CEM) of 13.7.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 1/04 B01J 19/12 H05B 6/80	Application no. 04253742.3
Keywords Main request - amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary request - amendments - extention of protection (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for the microwave-assisted peptide synthesis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T183313.20160713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2295/13 (Gypsum board/U.S. GYPSUM) of 2.9.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 24/04	Application no. 06773013.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Gypsum products utilising a two-repeating unit dispersant and a method for making them
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T229513.20160902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1795/14 () of 16.6.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 31/16 A61L 29/16 A61L 27/54	Application no. 03764655.1
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (no), novelty (yes). Remittal				Application title COATED MEDICAL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179514.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1795/15 () of 7.7.2016
Online on 20.10.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 1/74	Application no. 08014355.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Elektro-Hausheizung betrieben mit Kraftwerksstrom und Solarstrom
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179515.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2517/11 () of 12.10.2016
Online on 19.10.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.10.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G10L 19/02 H04N 7/30	Application no. 08865193.0
Keywords Démonstration de l'existence d'une caractéristique technique cachée dans un procédé connu L'homme du métier doit avoir des raisons de rechercher l'existence de caractéristiques cachées (non) Activité inventive - nouvelle formulation du problème technique				Application title CODAGE/DECODAGE PAR TRANSFORMEE, A FENETRES ADAPTATIVES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T251711.20161012				Distribution B	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1447/12 (Field device/ROSEMOUNT) of 27.9.2016
Online on 19.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/042 G05D 23/19 G01L 19/00	Application no. 06825182.6
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Process field device temperature control
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T144712.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2469/11 () of 22.9.2016
Online on 18.10.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F01D 5/18 F01D 21/00	Application no. 01128803.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Hilfsanträge 2, 3 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - prima facie unklar Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Komponente einer Strömungsmaschine mit Inspektionsöffnung, und Verfahren zur Inspection und Reinigung einer solchen Komponente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T246911.20160922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1373/14 () of 21.9.2016
Online on 18.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 05795729.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137314.20160921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1368/15 () of 13.9.2016
Online on 18.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 5/04 B62D 5/06 B66F 9/24	Application no. 02016633.6
Keywords Inventive step (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title Steering apparatus in vehicle and industrial vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T136815.20160913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
J 0014/16 (Re-establishment of rights) of 10.10.2016
Online on 17.10.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 10.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 15/00 B21D 15/02	Application no. 09015402.2
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - payment of renewal fee, all due care by the applicant (no), exceptional circumstances (no), isolated mistake within a normally satisfactory monitoring system (no)				Application title Press-formed shape, in particular a smoking rod, and method of manufacturing thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J001416.20161010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0793/12 () of 29.6.2016
Online on 17.10.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 71/08	Application no. 03793698.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title Elektrisches Schaltgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T079312.20160629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0361/14 (Mobile accounting/QUALCOMM) of 11.10.2016
Online on 17.10.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.10.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/14 H04M 15/00	Application no. 08770907.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for accounting in a mobile data packet network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T036114.20161011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 1717/12 () of 15.9.2016
Online on 14.10.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/06 C08K 5/07 C08K 5/21 C08K 5/357 C09J 129/04 B27N 3/00 C08L 97/02 C09J 103/04	Application no. 07718062.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title POLYMER-ALDEHYDE BINDING SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURE OF WOOD PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T171712.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 2266/12 (Hybridempfänger/HIRSCHMANN) of 29.9.2016
Online on 13.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 1/40	Application no. 04740830.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title HYBRIDEMPFÄNGER MIT ADAPTIVEM INTELLIGENTEM ALGORITHMUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T226612.20160929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 270 KB)
T 2172/13 () of 7.9.2016
Online on 13.10.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/00	Application no. 06759706.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title REAL-TIME HD TV/VIDEO IP STREAMING TO A GAME CONSOLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217213.20160907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0742/15 () of 26.7.2016
Online on 13.10.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/198 A61K 31/702 A23L 1/29 A61P 31/18 A61K 31/70	Application no. 10165389.7
Keywords Main request: extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes) Auxiliary request 1: added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Nutritional supplement comprising oligosaccharides and cysteine for treating HIV
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T074215.20160726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 566 KB)
T 0899/11 (Security for document collaboration/ORACLE) of 2.8.2016
Online on 12.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 2.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 05101068.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) background art in a document potential starting point for the inventive-step assessment even in view of its disadvantages				Application title Distributed dynamic security for document collaboration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T089911.20160802				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0311/12 () of 10.8.2016
Online on 12.10.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 35/00 B05B 15/12	Application no. 04708811.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)				Application title TANNING BOOTH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T031112.20160810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266 KB)
T 1264/12 () of 22.9.2016
Online on 12.10.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.9.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B67D 5/02	Application no. 04707566.8
Keywords Requête mise en cause par l'opposition (non)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE VIDANGE D'UN CONTENEUR SOUPLE RENFERMANT UN PRODUIT VISQUEUX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T126412.20160922				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2085/12 (Fibre-reinforced epoxy coatings for ballast tanks/HEMPEL) of 11.5.2016
Online on 12.10.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 5/02 C08L 63/00	Application no. 06722939.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (yes) Inventive step - obvious solution Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CRACK RESISTANT EPOXY PAINT COAT AND PAINT COMPOSITIONS SUITABLE FOR SAID METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T208512.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1244/13 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 12.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 7/72 G06F 9/302	Application no. 02027872.7
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Arithmetic processor accomodating different finite field size
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T124413.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 471 KB)
T 0545/12 (Anti-TNF antibodies and methotrexate/THE KENNEDY TRUST) of 14.6.2016
Online on 11.10.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 31/505	Application no. 97933799.5
Keywords Transfer of opponent status (yes) Main request: amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Anti-TNF antibodies / TNF receptor and methotrexate in the treatment of autoimmune disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T054512.20160614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1421/12 () of 21.7.2016
Online on 11.10.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/80	Application no. 06705403.1
Keywords Neuer Einspruchsgrund - erstinstanzliche Ermessensausübung und Nichtzulassung im Beschwerdeverfahren Verspätetes Vorbringen - erstinstanzlich nicht zugelassenes Dokument im Beschwerdeverfahren zugelassen (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - weiteres Dokument zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title KNOCHENPLATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T142112.20160721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 2455/12 () of 21.4.2016
Online on 11.10.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/73 A61K 8/34 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/12	Application no. 06000353.0
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Renvoi à la première instance - (non) Requêtes subsidiaires 6 et 7 - (admises) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Composition cosmétique comprenant un tensioactif cationique, un polymère cationique, un composé solide et un amidon et procédé de traitement cosmétique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245512.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 496 KB)
T 2209/13 () of 8.6.2016
Online on 11.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 25/02	Application no. 08020437.3
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request, aux. requests 1,2,3: yes) Admissibility (aux. requests 4,5,6: no) Inventive step (aux. request 7 : yes) Admissibility of new line of argument on inventive step (no)				Application title Electric steering lock device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T220913.20160608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0291/14 (Verfahren zum Mischen/DR. HERFELD) of 26.9.2016
Online on 11.10.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01F 3/18 B01F 7/00 B01F 7/16 B01F 7/18 B01F 13/00 B01F 13/10	Application no. 12157516.1
Keywords Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Neuheit - nach Änderung (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Mischen von pulver- und/oder granulatförmigen Stoffen sowie Mischmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T029114.20160926				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1586/15 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 11.10.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B08B 3/12	Application no. 12196408.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Ultrasonic cleaning method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T158615.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 0497/11 () of 22.6.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 5/04	Application no. 02734482.9
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - procedural economy Late-filed request - diverging versions of claims Inventive step - (no)				Application title Aircraft Flow Management Method and System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T049711.20160622				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 2519/11 (Info card selector/APPLE) of 13.9.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/20 H04L 29/06	Application no. 09152616.0
Keywords Inventive step - both requests (no)				Application title Info card selector reception of identity provider based data pertaining to info cards
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T251911.20160913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0266/12 () of 8.9.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 1/34 B01D 15/02	Application no. 04000425.1
Keywords Änderungen - Unzulässige Erweiterung bzw. Zwischenverallgemeinerung (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja Neuheit - geänderte Ansprüche)				Application title Sammler für die Festphasenmikroextraktion und Analyse zu untersuchender Substanzen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T026612.20160908				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0438/12 (Schnittstelleneinrichtung/NOKIA) of 26.7.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04M 1/00 H04B 1/38 G08G 1/09	Application no. 99119786.4
Keywords Anträge eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - Anträge hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Schnittstelleneinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043812.20160726				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0511/12 () of 16.6.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D 5/249 G01D 5/14 G01D 5/16	Application no. 02004720.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 3 (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Winkelmessvorrichtung zur Erfassung der absoluten Position und der Anzahl der Umdrehungen einer Welle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T051112.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 603 KB)
T 1163/12 () of 27.6.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 1/06 F03D 3/06	Application no. 02787103.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - change of name				Application title WIND TURBINE BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T116312.20160627				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 2346/12 () of 16.9.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 41/04 B65D 41/26	Application no. 05766083.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title ERGONOMIC CLOSURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234612.20160916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 0255/13 () of 5.10.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 1/18 B05B 1/34	Application no. 00100535.4
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title Brausekopf
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025513.20161005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
T 0448/13 () of 11.8.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16H 45/02	Application no. 04008035.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title Torsionsschwingungsdämpfer für Drehmomentwandler
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T044813.20160811				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0556/14 (Masking a private key/CERTICOM) of 28.7.2016
Online on 10.10.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00 G06F 7/72	Application no. 03018048.3
Keywords The protection of a cryptographic computation against power analysis attacks is a technical effect Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Method of masking a private key used in a cryptographic operation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055614.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0171/11 (Blockade of CTLA-4/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) of 9.6.2016
Online on 07.10.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/16 A61K 39/395 C07K 14/47 C07K 14/705 C07K 14/725 C07K 16/28	Application no. 96942901.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title Blockade of T lymphocyte down-regulation associated with CTLA-4 signaling
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T017111.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1626/12 (Handling a timer for triggering buffer status report/INNOVATIVE) of 16.9.2016
Online on 07.10.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/18 H04W 72/04	Application no. 09012042.9
Keywords Claims - essential features Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus of handling a timer for triggering buffer status report
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T162612.20160916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0490/13 (Traitement de fibres kératiniques colorées avec une composition … of 10.5.2016
Online on 07.10.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/46 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/60 A61Q 5/00 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 5/06	Application no. 04292747.5
Keywords Requête principale - nouveauté (non) Requête subsidiaire 1 - recevabilité (oui) Renvoi en première instance (oui) Répartition des frais différente (oui)				Application title Traitement de fibres kératiniques colorées avec une composition comprenant un tensioactif non ionique particulier et utilisation pour protéger la couleur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T049013.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0944/13 () of 5.10.2016
Online on 07.10.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.10.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G03B 15/03 G08G 1/01 G03B 15/05	Application no. 01107590.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Blitzlampe zur Verwendung in photographischen Verkehrsüberwachungs-Anlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T094413.20161005				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1297/14 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 07.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B61D 27/00 B60H 1/26	Application no. 07727232.6
Keywords Begründungsmangel - angefochtene Entscheidung (nein) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Ausführbarkeit der Erfindung - (ja) Klarheit - keine Prüfungsbefugnis Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag I (nein) - Hilfsantrag II (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag II Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title LUFTEINLASSBAUTEIL FÜR EINE KLIMATISIERUNGSEINRICHTUNG EINES SCHIENENFAHRZEUGS UND MIT DEM LUFTEINLASSBAUTEIL AUSGESTATTETES SCHIENENFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T129714.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 528 KB)
T 0921/11 () of 6.9.2016
Online on 06.10.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 17/00	Application no. 05102341.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Generation of meaningful names in flattened hierarchical structures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T092111.20160906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0971/11 () of 4.3.2016
Online on 06.10.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 61/02 B29C 55/02 C08J 5/18 B29C 47/10 B29B 7/30 B29B 7/58 B29B 11/00 B29B 13/10 C08L 67/02	Application no. 02722834.5
Keywords Late-filed evidence - re-submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (admitted) Public prior use (evidence insufficient) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Heat-shrinkable polyester film roll and process for producing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T097111.20160304				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 2416/11 () of 15.9.2016
Online on 06.10.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/28	Application no. 06022843.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - unknown parameter Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Fiber sheet member and exhaust gas purifying device using the same as a support mat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T241611.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2203/12 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 06.10.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41C 1/05 B41M 3/14 B23K 26/00	Application no. 03727109.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Admission of late-filed documents (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Method of manufacturing an engraved plate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T220312.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2454/12 (Mikrodialyse/Joanneum) of 15.1.2016
Online on 06.10.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 69/02 A61B 5/00 A61L 33/00 A61M 1/16 G01N 33/487 B01D 63/02 B01D 63/08	Application no. 07819121.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) - Combination of features as claimed not directly and unambiguously disclosed Inventive step - (yes) - non-obvious combination of features				Application title DEVICE FOR ANALYSING A FLUIDIC SAMPLE BY MICRODIALYSIS AND METHOD OF MONITORING A PARAMETER OF A FLUIDIC SAMPLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245412.20160115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 532 KB)
T 0365/13 () of 9.6.2016
Online on 06.10.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/21 B41J 11/00	Application no. 06718872.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Methods and Apparatus for Backlit and Dual-Sided Imaging
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T036513.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 582 KB)
T 2170/10 (Peer-to-peer collaboration/SIEMENS CORPORATION) of 9.9.2016
Online on 05.10.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 9.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04757503.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title A meta-search web service-based architecture for peer-to-peer collaboration and voice-over-IP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217010.20160909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1414/12 () of 24.8.2016
Online on 05.10.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 22/34	Application no. 03254085.8
Keywords Main request - extension of the protection (yes) Auxiliary request - extension beyond the content of the application as originally filed (no) Auxiliary request - inventive step (yes)				Application title Corrosion resistant trivalent chromium phosphated chemical conversion coatings
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T141412.20160824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2253/12 () of 31.5.2016
Online on 05.10.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A61M 27/00	Application no. 07117289.4
Keywords Subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application - main request (no) Insufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main and first auxiliary request (no) - second auxiliary request (yes) Added subject-matter - second auxiliary request (no)				Application title Vacuum assisted tissue treatment system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T225312.20160531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 645 KB)
T 0863/13 () of 11.5.2016
Online on 05.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 07101444.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Dual zone vehicle air distribution apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T086313.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0046/14 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 05.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 5/04	Application no. 09158443.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Steering control apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T004614.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2129/14 () of 1.6.2016
Online on 05.10.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 1.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A61M 27/00	Application no. 02766098.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main and first auxiliary request (yes), second auxiliary request (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Reformatio in peius - exception to the prohibition (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title VACUUM ASSISTED TISSUE TREATMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T212914.20160601				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 660 KB)
T 1647/15 () of 24.6.2016
Online on 05.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60P 3/06 B62D 53/06	Application no. 05075660.0
Keywords Suspected partiality against at least one member of the opposition division (yes) Remittal to the first instance (no) Added subject-matter- main request- auxiliary request 5 (yes) Prior uses- violation of the right to be heard (yes)- availability to the public (yes) Novelty- auxiliary request 1- (no) Auxiliary request 5A- admissibility (yes)- added-subject-matter (no)- clarity (yes)- novelty and inventive step (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fees (yes)				Application title Trailer having pivoted axles and a central recess
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T164715.20160624				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 724 KB)
T 2045/10 (Sorting cells by format/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 28.4.2016
Online on 04.10.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21 G06F 17/24	Application no. 05112248.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Patentable invention - (no) Patentable invention - presentation of information				Application title Filter and sort by format
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204510.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1355/11 () of 19.7.2016
Online on 04.10.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 19.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/14 G08B 13/196	Application no. 00401314.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Portable videophone unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T135511.20160719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2249/11 () of 8.6.2016
Online on 04.10.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 3/06 H05B 1/02 B29C 45/27 H05B 3/42	Application no. 04812091.9
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TWO-WIRE LAYERED HEATER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T224911.20160608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0054/13 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 04.10.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F 1/84 G01F 15/14	Application no. 00941336.0
Keywords Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title CORIOLIS FLOWMETER HAVING A CASING WITH A PROTECTIVE OUTER LAYER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005413.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1110/13 () of 19.5.2016
Online on 04.10.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/236 C11B 9/00 C07C 49/84	Application no. 07727190.6
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Late submitted material - correct exercise of discretion (yes) Request to suspend the proceedings in order to carry out additional documentary search (refused) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)				Application title USE OF 4-HYDROXYDIHYDROCHALCONES AND THEIR SALTS FOR ENHANCING AN IMPRESSION OF SWEETNESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T111013.20160519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 543 KB)
T 1468/14 () of 14.9.2016
Online on 04.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.9.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B61D 17/10	Application no. 07290672.0
Keywords Requête principale: brevet tel que délivré Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Ensemble structurel d'extrémité de caisse de voiture ferroviaire
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T146814.20160914				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 331 KB)
T 2098/15 () of 27.9.2016
Online on 04.10.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64B 1/58 B64B 1/60	Application no. 12705382.5
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title A MODIFICATION TO GAS ENVELOPES OF AIRSHIPS AND BALLOONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T209815.20160927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)

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T 1311/11 () of 6.9.2016
Online on 30.09.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 7/16 H04N 7/167 H04N 5/00	Application no. 02008933.0
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Entschlüsselungs-Modul für Receiver zum Empfangen von digital codierten Rundfunk- oder Fernsehsignalen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T131111.20160906				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1951/12 (Gefahrenbereichabsicherung/HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN) of 14.9.2016
Online on 30.09.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/406 G05B 19/042 F16P 3/00	Application no. 05109430.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 und 3) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (Hilfsantrag 2) Patentansprüche - nein				Application title Absicherung von Maschinen in Abhängigkeit von deren Zustand
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T195112.20160914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0980/13 (Kommunikationssystem/TELEFONICA) of 20.9.2016
Online on 30.09.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04M 15/00 H04M 17/00 H04Q 3/00	Application no. 07786167.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Kommunikationssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T098013.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1089/14 (Dynamische Speicherzuweisung/SIEMENS) of 13.9.2016
Online on 30.09.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/56	Application no. 06012055.7
Keywords Zulassung - Einspruchsgrund nach Artikel 123(2) EPÜ (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung - Hilfsantrag I (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag I (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Automatisierungsgerätes und Automatisierungsgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T108914.20160913				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0194/15 (Anti-TNF antibodies and methotrexate/THE KENNEDY TRUST) of 9.3.2016
Online on 30.09.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 38/17 A61K 31/505 A61P 37/00	Application no. 05076131.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Validity of transfer of opponent status - (no) Remittal to the opposition division - (yes)				Application title Anti-TNF antibodies and methotrexate in the concomitant treatment of autoimmune diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T019415.20160309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1068/12 () of 18.8.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 1/30 D21H 23/48 B05C 5/00	Application no. 98924149.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM AUFTRAGEN VON DISPERSIONEN AUF EINE MATERIALBAHN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T106812.20160818				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1379/12 (Software versioning on mobile devices/QUALCOMM) of 9.9.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/00 H04M 1/00	Application no. 04796815.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method, software and apparatus for performing actions on a wireless device using action lists and versioning
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137912.20160909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1681/13 () of 29.6.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/775	Application no. 99909867.6
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Multimedia time warping system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T168113.20160629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 2358/13 (Carbon dioxide adsorbent/Micropore) of 29.6.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/04 B01J 20/04	Application no. 05810385.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - submitted in reaction to Board's communication Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - outstanding substantive issues not yet examined				Application title ENHANCED CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORBENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T235813.20160629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0070/14 () of 21.7.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S 8/08 F21V 5/04 F21Y 101/02	Application no. 07025237.4
Keywords -				Application title Außenleuchte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T007014.20160721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0774/14 (Estimating resynchronisations/BT) of 6.9.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/28 H04L 12/26 H04L 29/06	Application no. 08865741.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Admission of first auxiliary request - (yes): appropriate reaction to clarity objection raised in opposition proceedings Remittal to first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Monitoring of network connections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T077414.20160906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1005/14 (Setting up a medical device/LUNDIA) of 11.8.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 11.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61M 1/16	Application no. 07789432.7
Keywords Allowable amendments - (yes) Admission of fresh ground under Article 83 EPC - (no) Admission of objections under Article 84 EPC - (no) Inventive step - (yes, after amendment)				Application title Fluid processing medical apparatus and method for setting-up a fluid processing medical apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T100514.20160811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0603/15 (Antrag zur Berichtigung des EPA Formulars 2300) of 25.5.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 25.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B 27/08 B32B 27/34 C09J 177/00 C08L 77/00 F16L 11/04	Application no. 01113738.7
Keywords Berichtigung des EPA Formulars 2300 unter Regel 139 EPÜ - nicht stattgegeben Rechtliches Gehör der Beschwerdeführerin Rechtliches Gehör - verletzt Wesentliches Verfahrensmangel - ja Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - ja				Application title Thermoplastische Mehrschichtverbunde
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T060315.20160525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2116/15 () of 13.9.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.9.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C03B 5/235	Application no. 07870396.4
Keywords Modifications de la demande Modifications - admises (oui) Revendications - fondement sur la description (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Renvoi à la première instance - (oui)				Application title FOUR DE FUSION DE VERRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T211615.20160913				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1033/16 (Cross-community invitation/ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES) of 26.9.2016
Online on 29.09.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 09425065.1
Keywords Appealed decision - signed by the director on behalf of the second examiner Appealed decision - not taken by the Examining Division in its correct composition Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Cross community invitation and multiple provider product information processing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T103316.20160926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
D 0001/16 () of 25.8.2016
Online on 27.09.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 25.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000116.20160825				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28 KB)
T 2115/12 (Composition de teinture directe L'OREAL) of 12.7.2016
Online on 27.09.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/06 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/44 A61K 8/73	Application no. 07123806.7
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Activité inventive - amélioration non évidente				Application title Composition de teinture directe comprenant un tensio-actif cationique, un biohétéropolysaccharide, un tensio-actif amphotère et un colorant direct
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T211512.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0488/13 () of 9.6.2016
Online on 27.09.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/25 A61Q 5/10	Application no. 03722596.8
Keywords Admissibility of late-filed requests (yes) - filed in direct response to objections raised by Respondents Main and auxiliary request 1: novelty (yes) - objection based on alleged prior use not reasoned Main request: inventive step (no) - alleged improvement not shown over entire scope of claim, reformulation of problem, obvious alternative Auxiliary request 1: inventive step (yes) - improvement plausible, means for achieving it not suggested by prior art Clarity - no power to examine				Application title COMPOSITION FOR THE OXIDATION DYEING OF HUMAN KERATINOUS FIBRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T048813.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0675/15 () of 6.7.2016
Online on 27.09.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 29/04 A61L 29/14 A61L 29/08	Application no. 10181916.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (yes) - all requests				Application title Urinary catheter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T067515.20160706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1994/12 () of 19.4.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 9/00 B60C 1/00 C08L 91/00 C08L 95/00	Application no. 01274630.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Declaration submitted with the statement grounds of appeal - taken into account				Application title RUBBER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T199412.20160419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 542 KB)
T 2032/12 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/03	Application no. 05708077.2
Keywords Respondent restricted to subject-matter to which the Appellant had no objections				Application title DIFFUSER FOR VOLATILE SUBSTANCES WITH MULTIPLE FRAGRANCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T203212.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2091/12 () of 1.7.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 17/34 B21D 22/30	Application no. 07115235.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Can End for a Container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T209112.20160701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 2183/12 (Composition colorante/ L'OREAL) of 29.1.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.1.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/86 A61K 8/87 A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/10	Application no. 06111859.2
Keywords Requêtes principale et subsidiaire 1: Activité inventive (non) - alternative évidente Requête subsidiaire 2 produite tardivement - report de la procédure orale aurait été nécessaire (non) Requête subsidiare 2: Activité inventive (oui) - amélioration inattendue				Application title Composition colorante comprenant un polymère associatif non ionique, procédé de coloration de fibres kératiniques la mettant en oeuvre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T218312.20160129				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2561/12 () of 5.8.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 6/00 A61B 6/04	Application no. 07003323.8
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Novelty - main and auxiliary requests (no) Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application - second and third auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title C-arm holding apparatus and X-ray diagnostic apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T256112.20160805				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0419/13 () of 7.7.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 05770366.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Indwelling needle assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T041913.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0491/13 (COSMETIC MICROEMULSION/Natura Cosméticos S.A.) of 21.4.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/06 A61Q 5/02	Application no. 04761521.6
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1, 1B, 2 - Inventive step (no) Auxilary request 3 - Article 123(3) EPC (yes), Article 123(2) EPC (yes), Article 84 EPC (yes) Auxiliary request 3 - Inventive step (yes)				Application title COSMETIC MICROEMULSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T049113.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0565/13 () of 10.5.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/39 A61K 9/00 A61F 2/02	Application no. 06784588.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (yes) Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (not admitted) Novelty - (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 Auxiliary request 2 - added subject-matter (no), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Application title REINFORCED COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T056513.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0841/13 () of 5.8.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q 17/24 G05B 19/4069	Application no. 07023792.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Arbeitsmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T084113.20160805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1084/13 () of 20.9.2016
Online on 26.09.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/44	Application no. 04803113.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) - after amendment				Application title WATER-BLOCKED OPTICAL CABLE AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T108413.20160920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1321/11 (Authenticating an accessory/APPLE) of 4.8.2016
Online on 23.09.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00 G06F 21/20	Application no. 07812335.3
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING AN ACCESSORY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T132111.20160804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1507/11 (Bryostatin with alpha-tocopherol/BRNI) of 4.8.2016
Online on 23.09.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/365 A61K 31/355 A61P 25/28	Application no. 05784925.9
Keywords Inventive step (no): obvious combination of active ingredients Auxiliary request 4: admitted (no)				Application title COMBINATIONS OF PKC ACTIVATORS AND PKC INHIBITORS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE TREATMENT AND COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T150711.20160804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1795/11 () of 30.6.2016
Online on 23.09.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/775	Application no. 06019602.9
Keywords Main request - patent granted on a divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) First auxiliary request - amendments - broadening of claim (no) First auxiliary request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Multimedia time warping system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179511.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 0897/12 (Online-Diagnose/SEW) of 19.7.2016
Online on 23.09.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/042 G05B 19/418	Application no. 00116554.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 7 (nein) Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsantrag 7				Application title Online-Diagnose für ein Diagnose-Gerät und Diagnose-Gerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T089712.20160719				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0944/12 (Silver alloys for semi-reflective layer/TARGET TECHNOLOGY) of 14.6.2016
Online on 23.09.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 7/24 G11B 7/26	Application no. 04026812.0
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Metal alloys for the reflective or the semi-reflective layer of an optical storage medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T094412.20160614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 575 KB)
T 0521/13 () of 19.9.2016
Online on 23.09.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V 8/00	Application no. 02254949.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Light delivery systems and applications thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T052113.20160919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 2277/14 (ABUSE RESISTANT AMPHETAMINE COMPOUNDS/Shire LLC) of 14.4.2016
Online on 23.09.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/00 A61K 47/48 A61P 25/00	Application no. 04753925.9
Keywords Main request - amendments (no) Auxiliayr request 1 - amendments (no) Auxiliary request 2 - amendments (yes) Admission of objection under Article 84 EPC into the appeal proceedings (no) Auxiliary request 2 - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Admission of a document into the proceedings (yes) Auxiliary request 2 - novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title ABUSE RESISTANT AMPHETAMINE COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T227714.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 657 KB)
T 0169/11 () of 30.8.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 9/10	Application no. 04000826.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (yes)				Application title Electric arc welding system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T016911.20160830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1513/11 (Photocatalytic concrete/ ITALCEMENTI SPA) of 25.7.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 28/02 C04B 14/30 C04B 40/00	Application no. 05100826.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - novelty of use Novelty - second (or further) non-medical use Novelty - public prior use (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Architectural concrete comprising photocatalyst particles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T151311.20160725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0057/12 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A44B 18/00	Application no. 04006783.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Hautpantrags (ja) Änderungen - Hauptantrag Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Änderungen - Klarheit (nein) Zulässigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) - Merkmal gestrichen - G1/99 erste Möglichkeit nicht ausgeschöpft Zulässigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 und 3 (nein) - Änderungen nicht zweifelsfrei offenbart				Application title Verbundstoff für Klettverschlüsse, insbesondere Windelverschlüsse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005712.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0125/12 (Host cells/STERRENBELD) of 13.5.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 21/02 C12N 15/19 C07K 14/505 C12N 5/06 C12N 15/63	Application no. 99971863.8
Keywords Requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title HOST CELLS EXPRESSING RECOMBINANT HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T012512.20160513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0423/12 (Fällungskieselsäure/EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH) of 18.5.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B 33/193 C01B 33/18 C09C 1/30 B60C 1/00	Application no. 03784044.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title HOCHDISPERSIBLE FÄLLUNGSKIESELSÄURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T042312.20160518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1246/13 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D 1/02 B05D 7/00 B05B 3/10 B05B 3/08	Application no. 05785733.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON VERBUNDELEMENTEN AUF DER BASIS VON SCHAUMSTOFFEN AUF ISOCYANATBASIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T124613.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315 KB)
T 2282/13 () of 15.9.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 11/16 B22D 11/18	Application no. 10717648.9
Keywords -				Application title REGELVERFAHREN FÜR DEN GIESSSPIEGEL EINER STRANGGIESSKOKILLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T228213.20160915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0141/14 (NOx selective reduction/UMICORE) of 25.5.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/94 F01N 3/20	Application no. 01125186.5
Keywords Main request - correction of error - not immediately evident that nothing else could have been intended - amendment not allowable Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Auxiliary request - inventive step (yes) - non-obvious alternative				Application title Process and device for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in oxygen-rich exhaust gas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T014114.20160525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1438/14 (Continuous closed circuit desalination/ Desalitech) of 28.7.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/42	Application no. 05754582.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CONTINUOUS CLOSED-CIRCUIT DESALINATION APPARATUS WITHOUT CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T143814.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1575/14 (UREA FOR SCR/CASALE S.A.) of 18.8.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/79 B01D 53/90 C07C 273/16	Application no. 09802489.6
Keywords Inventive step - all requests Inventive step - obvious alternative late-filed request - not admitted				Application title PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A UREA SOLUTION FOR USE IN AN SCR PROCESS FOR REDUCTION OF NOx
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T157514.20160818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1277/15 () of 30.8.2016
Online on 22.09.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 25/00	Application no. 10004445.2
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Schwerwiegender Verfahrensmangel - (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - Niederschrift der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Verpacken kleinstückiger Artikel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127715.20160830				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0550/12 () of 21.6.2016
Online on 21.09.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A01M 7/00	Application no. 04725413.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title CROP SPRAYING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055012.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0823/12 (Glycosyl hydrolase/NOVOZYMES) of 23.8.2016
Online on 21.09.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/24 C12N 15/56 C12N 15/11 A01K 67/027 C12N 5/10	Application no. 08756561.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title POLYPEPTIDES HAVING CELLULOLYTIC ENHANCING ACTIVITY AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T082312.20160823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1600/12 (Prematurely ageing mouse models/ERASMUS MC) of 9.6.2016
Online on 21.09.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/50	Application no. 05809080.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title PREMATURELY AGEING MOUSE MODELS FOR THE ROLE OF DNA DAMAGE IN AGEING AND INTERVENTION IN AGEING-RELATED PATHOLOGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T160012.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523 KB)
T 1242/06 (Tomatoes III/STATE OF ISRAEL) of 8.12.2015
Online on 20.09.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/10 A01H 1/04	Application no. 00940724.8
Keywords "Auxiliary request I - exception to patentability (no), sufficiency of disclosure, novelty, inventive step (yes)"				Application title Method for breeding tomatoes having reduced water content and product of the method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T124206.20151208				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 0610/11 (Retraction of withdrawal of the appeal - (no)) of 8.9.2016
Online on 19.09.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 15/18	Application no. 06117047.8
Keywords Correction of error - (no)				Application title Methods and systems for natural language understanding using human knowledge and collected data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T061011.20160908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1865/11 () of 9.6.2016
Online on 19.09.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 21/00	Application no. 99112488.4
Keywords Zulassung eines neuen Dokuments, eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung - (ja) Zulassung geänderter Ansprüche, eingereicht mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung - (ja) Zulässigkeit bzw. Berücksichtigung von Änderungen des Vorbringens der Beteiligten während der mündlichen Verhandlung: Neue Einwände (ja) - Neuer Einspruchsgrund und neue Argumentation zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit (nein) Unzulässige Verallgemeinerung (nein) Klarheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Anordnung zur konfokalen Mikroskopie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T186511.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 2339/11 () of 18.8.2016
Online on 19.09.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 3/68	Application no. 04750107.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title N-Way RF Power Amplifier Circuit with Increased Back-Off Capability and Power Added Efficiency Using Selected Phase Lengths and Output Impedances
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T233911.20160818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 2554/11 () of 23.6.2016
Online on 19.09.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017 A01J 5/007	Application no. 02076177.1
Keywords Underpayment of appeal fee Protection of legitimate expectations (yes) Deemed filing of the appeal (yes) Novelty - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Admission of new auxiliary request 2 (no)				Application title A construction for automatically milking animals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T255411.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2306/15 (Missing statement of grounds) of 8.9.2016
Online on 19.09.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47K 7/02 D04H 1/46	Application no. 05776940.8
Keywords -				Application title LOW BASIS WEIGHT WET WIPES WITH A PLEASING HAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T230615.20160908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)
T 0584/10 (Intuitive Navigations-Zieleingabe/BOSCH) of 7.7.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 3/023	Application no. 01943062.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit mit Umformulierung der objektiven Aufgabe Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Zulassung ins Beschwerdeverfahren - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Eingabe einer Zeichenfolge und Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T058410.20160707				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1142/10 () of 8.9.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 5/00 H05K 5/02 B60R 16/02	Application no. 96118001.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - 1. Hilfsantrag (nein) Neuheit - 2. Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - 2. Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen zulässig Änderungen - 2. Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Gehäuse für eine elektrische Baugruppe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T114210.20160908				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2481/10 (Eye tracking display/GEC) of 25.7.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05256084.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Method and apparatus for surgical operating room information display gaze detection and user prioritization for control
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T248110.20160725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266 KB)
T 1175/11 () of 15.3.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/14 G07D 7/12	Application no. 00110404.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Method, device and security system, all for authenticating a marking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T117511.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 1180/11 () of 11.5.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 15/14	Application no. 03700988.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title A MONITORING DEVICE FOR A MEDIUM VOLTAGE OVERHEAD LINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T118011.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2433/11 () of 13.9.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01H 33/66	Application no. 05077252.4
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - main and first auxiliary requests Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - second auxilairy request				Application title A medium-voltage vacuum circuit breaker and a related medium-voltage switchboard
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T243311.20160913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 2448/11 (Uninterruptible co-processor/QUALCOMM) of 7.9.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 7.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/38	Application no. 03007418.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title RISC processor supporting one or more uninterruptible co-processors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T244811.20160907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0088/12 () of 11.8.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 39/00 D06F 39/08 D06F 39/12	Application no. 06757485.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - requests clearly allowable (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes)				Application title Drying machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T008812.20160811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 0600/13 (Schwamm-Reiniger-Kit / HENKEL) of 3.5.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 13/17 C11D 17/04	Application no. 05737767.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der erst im Beschwerdeverfahren zitierten Dokumente (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title Kit aus Schwamm und Reiniger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T060013.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0658/13 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/06 C08F 10/00 C08F 210/02 C08L 101/00 F16L 9/12	Application no. 07757304.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITIONS AND PIPE MADE FROM SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T065813.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1516/13 () of 29.6.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 9/02 B64C 7/00	Application no. 06851632.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (main request : yes) Amendments - broadening of scope of protection (auxiliary request 1 : no) Remittal to department of first instance (yes)				Application title SEAL ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH DROOPED SPOILERS AND OTHER CONTROL SURFACES ON AIRCRAFT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T151613.20160629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 1612/13 (Titanium dioxide pigments / CRISTAL USA) of 21.1.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C 1/36	Application no. 02721170.5
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) - improvement convincingly proven				Application title Titanium dioxide pigments with improved gloss and/or durability
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T161213.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 1890/13 (Generation of security keys/ERICSSON) of 21.6.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 9/08 H04L 29/06 H04L 9/32 H04W 12/04	Application no. 08767152.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Validity of priority claim - (yes) Admission of document substantiated only at the oral proceedings before the board - (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and arrangement in a telecommunication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T189013.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 1784/14 () of 12.5.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/236 C07H 3/04 C07H 15/04	Application no. 01932104.1
Keywords Inventive step - (main request, no) First to third auxiliary requests - not deemed to have been validly filed				Application title SYRUP-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178414.20160512				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1227/16 () of 12.9.2016
Online on 16.09.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.9.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/28	Application no. 07873538.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title System and method for a cooperative conversational voice user interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T122716.20160912				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221 KB)
T 2014/11 (Avionic switching system/EMBRAER) of 26.7.2016
Online on 15.09.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/40 H04L 12/24 H03K 17/96	Application no. 09179354.7
Keywords -				Application title Switch usage for routing ethernet-based aircraft data buses in avionics systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T201411.20160726				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0940/12 () of 13.7.2016
Online on 15.09.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 13.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 26/03	Application no. 99122600.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Messung von Prozessparametern eines Materialbearbeitungsprozesses
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T094012.20160713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0598/13 () of 14.7.2016
Online on 15.09.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 51/08	Application no. 05380116.3
Keywords Evidence submitted in appeal proceedings Evidence - admitted (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Therapeutic human albumin solutions with low prekallicrein activator (PKA) activity and process for obtaining them
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T059813.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 1307/13 () of 13.6.2016
Online on 15.09.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B61G 5/02 B61G 9/10	Application no. 04775361.1
Keywords Novelty, inventive step (yes) Availability to public (no) Objection relating to validity of priority (late filed, not admitted)				Application title COLLISION PROTECTION IN A COUPLER FOR RAIL-MOUNTED VEHICLES, AND A COUPLER EQUIPPED THEREWITH FOR PERMANENTLY CONNECTING TWO RAIL-MOUNTED VEHICLE UNITS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T130713.20160613				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1473/11 () of 11.5.2016
Online on 14.09.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/21 G01N 21/31 G01N 21/47	Application no. 06728193.1
Keywords -				Application title SPECTRAL IMAGING CAMERA AND APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T147311.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2177/11 () of 8.7.2016
Online on 14.09.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 31/327	Application no. 06405173.3
Keywords Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System level testing for substation automation systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217711.20160708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 2413/10 (Database synchronization/NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES) of 23.5.2016
Online on 09.09.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 02716869.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Synchronization of database data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T241310.20160523				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1179/11 () of 30.6.2016
Online on 08.09.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 7/00 G06K 7/08	Application no. 07251386.4
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity (no) Inventive step - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Transponder detector for an RFID system generating a progression of detection signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T117911.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 2255/12 () of 31.5.2016
Online on 08.09.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/36 A61K 38/46	Application no. 06778240.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Controlled release pharmaceutical compositions for acid labile drugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T225512.20160531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 484 KB)
T 2337/15 (ORAL CARE PRODUCT/Unilever PLC, Unilever N.V.) of 12.7.2016
Online on 08.09.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 33/06 A61K 33/08 A61K 33/10 A61K 33/42 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 07866282.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ORAL CARE PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T233715.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 223 KB)
T 0136/14 (Kolonne zur Herstellung von Acetalen / TICONA) of 29.4.2016
Online on 07.09.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 3/00 C07C 41/56 C07C 41/58 C07C 43/303	Application no. 05825969.8
Keywords Neuheit: nein (beide Anträge) Neuheit - beanspruchte Vorrichtung weist keine strukturellen Unterschiede zum Stand der Technik auf				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Acetalen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T013614.20160429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0409/14 (Encapsulated liquid benefit agent laundry composition/UNILEVER) of 4.7.2016
Online on 07.09.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/50	Application no. 07723661.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title LAUNDRY COMPOSITION WITH ENCAPSULATED LIQUID BENEFIT AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T040914.20160704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1747/14 () of 1.9.2016
Online on 07.09.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 1.9.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 1/72 G01F 15/02	Application no. 99102267.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Volumen- oder Massedurchflussmesser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T174714.20160901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
D 0006/15 () of 5.8.2015
Online on 06.09.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 5.8.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:D000615.20150805				Distribution	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 24 KB)
D 0002/16 () of 30.8.2016
Online on 06.09.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 30.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000216.20160830				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 26 KB)
D 0004/16 () of 30.8.2016
Online on 06.09.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 30.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000416.20160830				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 24 KB)
T 1177/11 () of 24.6.2016
Online on 06.09.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 19/10	Application no. 06804794.3
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - beanspruchter Bereich aus einer Kombination eines expliziten Bereichs und eines impliziten Teilbereichs herleitbar				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES DATENTRÄGERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T117711.20160624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 2277/11 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 06.09.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/10 G07F 19/00	Application no. 01201056.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Credit card system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T227711.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0087/12 (Purification of Factor VII/NOVO NORDISK HEALTH CARE AG) of 28.6.2016
Online on 06.09.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/64 A61K 38/48	Application no. 04721468.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Method for the production of Factor VII polypeptides
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T008712.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0876/13 () of 23.6.2016
Online on 06.09.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/898 A61Q 5/00	Application no. 03258020.1
Keywords Documents filed with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Enhancing the colour perception of artificially coloured hair
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087613.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 2018/12 (Hearing protector/SENSEAR) of 23.8.2016
Online on 05.09.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 1/40 A61F 11/14 G10K 11/178	Application no. 05777947.2
Keywords Inventive step (main and 5th auxiliary requests) Inventive step - no Admissibility (1st-4th, 6th and 7th auxiliary requests) - no				Application title Apparatus and method for sound enhancement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T201812.20160823				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0690/13 () of 23.6.2016
Online on 05.09.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 7/00	Application no. 02755135.7
Keywords Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Support by the description - second auxiliary request (no) Clarity - third auxiliary request (no)				Application title EYE TRACKING SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069013.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0688/10 () of 29.6.2016
Online on 02.09.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 29.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F15B 13/00	Application no. 99110225.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Identität und Rechtsstatus der Beschwerdeführerin (Voraussetzungen erfüllt) Entgegenhaltung öffentlich zugänglich (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1-5 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 6 (nein)				Application title Steuereinrichtung für fluidbetätigte Verbraucher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T068810.20160629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0022/12 (Spam classification/MICROSOFT) of 16.11.2015
Online on 02.09.2016	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 99930560.0
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - mathematical method Inventive step - technical effect (no)				Application title A TECHNIQUE WHICH UTILIZES A PROBABILISTIC CLASSIFIER TO DETECT "JUNK" E-MAIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T002212.20151116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1206/13 (Low levels of lactic acid production in mammalian cell culture/WYETH … of 28.7.2016
Online on 02.09.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/02	Application no. 04752591.0
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title RESTRICTED GLUCOSE FEED FOR ANIMAL CELL CULTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T120613.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 492 KB)
T 0416/12 () of 14.6.2016
Online on 01.09.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A24C 5/34 G01N 22/02	Application no. 03425029.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed				Application title A method of detecting and eliminating foreign bodies in a flow of tobacco
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T041612.20160614				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1270/12 (Lawsonia intracellularis cultivation vaccine infection rate/ … of 21.7.2016
Online on 01.09.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/12 G01N 33/554 C12Q 1/02 C12N 9/92 C12N 1/00 C12N 1/36 C12N 1/20 C12R 1/01 G01N 33/569 A61K 39/02	Application no. 96921391.7
Keywords Main Request, Auxiliary Requests I-IV; admissibility (yes) Main Request, Auxiliary Requests I-III; sufficiency disclosure (no) Auxiliary Request IV; meets all requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS CULTIVATION, ANTI-LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127012.20160721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 543 KB)
T 1448/12 (Outputting image with associated background sound/SAMSUNG) of 27.7.2016
Online on 01.09.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 1/725	Application no. 06006117.3
Keywords Novelty - both requests Novelty - (no)				Application title Mobile terminal and method for outputting image with associated background sound
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T144812.20160727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0140/13 () of 17.6.2016
Online on 01.09.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 12/08 B05B 12/14 B05B 9/04	Application no. 06800684.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Fundamental procedural defect - (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)				Application title PAINT CIRCULATING SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T014013.20160617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 556 KB)
T 1598/13 (Lipase containing detergent compositions/P&G) of 8.1.2016
Online on 01.09.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 3/50 C11D 17/00	Application no. 05025877.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - clarity (yes) Remittal (yes)				Application title Detergent compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T159813.20160108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0218/16 (Influenza Vaccine/GLAXO) of 1.8.2016
Online on 01.09.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/145 A61P 31/12	Application no. 10178205.0
Keywords "Admissibility of appeal (no) - missing statement of grounds"				Application title Influenza Vaccine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T021816.20160801				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)

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T 1501/13 (Multi-layer effect pigment/BASF) of 26.1.2016
Online on 31.08.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C 1/00	Application no. 04701488.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal (yes)				Application title MULTI-LAYER EFFECT PIGMENT WITH THE OUTERMOST LAYER HAVING A LARGER THICKNESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T150113.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1884/13 () of 1.7.2016
Online on 31.08.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/00	Application no. 06836201.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title COMPUTER GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER GAMING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T188413.20160701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1691/15 () of 27.7.2016
Online on 31.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 69/00	Application no. 09765878.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Procedural violation - (no) Inspection of files - Exclusion of documents from file inspection (no) Notification of all correspondence to all parties in inter partes proceedings Referrals to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title USE OF A CAPSULE TREATMENT APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T169115.20160727				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 613 KB)
T 1123/10 () of 5.7.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 37/305 G01N 1/32 G01N 1/42 H01J 37/28 H01J 37/02	Application no. 03077738.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method of obtaining an image of a sample in a particle-optical device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T112310.20160705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0917/11 () of 3.6.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B 17/00	Application no. 01964168.7
Keywords Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Late submitted material - document admitted by first instance (no) Late submitted material - documents filed in appeal admitted (no)				Application title System and method for verifying digital postal marks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T091711.20160603				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1199/11 () of 5.7.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/21 G01S 5/14	Application no. 03717897.7
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title RECORDING-LOCATION DETERMINATION USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNAL SOURCES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T119911.20160705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1878/11 () of 23.6.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B 11/24 G01B 11/10 G01B 11/255 B21B 38/04	Application no. 01105634.8
Keywords Klarheit und ausreichende Offenbarung - keine Prüfungsbefugnis Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - ja				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Messung der Dicke und Unrundheit von länglichen Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T187811.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2158/11 () of 30.6.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 33/08	Application no. 05425567.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (no) Novelty - main request, auxiliary request 1 Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 2 Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2				Application title A multiple-cell LED arrangement, related cell and manufacturing process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T215811.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 1275/12 () of 22.7.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.7.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C23C 8/34	Application no. 06743815.0
Keywords Requête principale non examinée par la division d'opposition - recevable (non) Activité inventive - première et seconde requêtes subsidiaires (non) Activité inventive - brevet tel que maintenu (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET FOUR DE CARBONITRURATION A BASSE PRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127512.20160722				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1682/12 (Computergehäuse mit Kühlkanal/KONTRON) of 22.7.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 1/18	Application no. 08405214.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Computergehäuse mit Steckkartenmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T168212.20160722				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 292 KB)
T 2258/12 () of 14.7.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/36	Application no. 09161629.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Display device, liquid crystal display device and electronic device including the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T225812.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0069/13 (Herstellung von Proteinen/WACKER CHEMIE) of 8.3.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 1/20	Application no. 06121090.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur fermentativen Herstellung von Proteinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006913.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0394/13 (Procédé de déformation permanente des fibres kératiniques comprenant … of 26.4.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A45D 7/06	Application no. 07301718.8
Keywords Recours recevables (oui) Requête principale - amendements (non) Requête subsidiare 1 - amendements (oui) Requête subsidiare 1 - nouveauté et activité inventive (oui)				Application title Procédé de déformation permanente des fibres kératiniques comprenant une étape d'application d'une composition réductrice faiblement concentrée et une étape intermédiaire de séchage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T039413.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0036/14 (Aerosolarme Partialkondensation/MESSER) of 3.6.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/00 B01D 5/00	Application no. 05104633.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur aerosolarmen Partialkondensation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T003614.20160603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1419/14 () of 3.8.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 21/207	Application no. 03772990.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO VEHICLE SEATS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T141914.20160803				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1377/15 () of 2.6.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.6.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G06T 1/00 G06K 9/46	Application no. 10723226.6
Keywords Recevabilité d'un recours contre une notification selon la règle 71(3) CBE (non)				Application title DETERMINATION DE DESCRIPTEUR DANS UN CONTENU MULTIMEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137715.20160602				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1691/15 () of 27.7.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 69/00	Application no. 09765878.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Procedural violation - (no) Inspection of files - Exclusion of documents from file inspection (no) Notification of all correspondence to all parties in inter partes proceedings Referrals to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title USE OF A CAPSULE TREATMENT APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T169115.20160727				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 613 KB)
T 0554/16 () of 22.8.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60N 2/06 B29C 45/16 F16H 25/20 B60N 2/44 B60N 2/22	Application no. 04762419.2
Keywords Fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERSTELLGETRIEBE FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG SOLCHES VERSTELLGETRIEBES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055416.20160822				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 225 KB)
T 1138/16 () of 24.8.2016
Online on 30.08.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/8238	Application no. 06748263.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ACTIVATED CARBON SELECTIVE EPITAXIAL PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T113816.20160824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220 KB)
T 2064/12 () of 28.6.2016
Online on 24.08.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 7/04	Application no. 06016956.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) mehrfache Auswahl Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verwendung eines Klebebandes zum Umwickeln eines Kabelbündels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T206412.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2067/12 () of 21.6.2016
Online on 24.08.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23B 4/28 A22C 17/00 A22C 9/00 A23L 3/3589	Application no. 06100727.4
Keywords Claims - functional features (no)				Application title Brine device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T206712.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 0355/14 (Katalysatorformkörper/BASF) of 14.7.2016
Online on 24.08.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 23/72 B01J 37/00 C07D 307/08 C07D 315/00 C07C 29/136	Application no. 04803522.4
Keywords Klarheitsmangel resultierend aus der Einfügung eines Merkmals aus der Beschreibung (Anspruch 1 - beide Anträge)				Application title KATALYSATOREXTRUDATE AUF BASIS KUPFEROXID UND IHRE VERWENDUNG ZUR HYDRIERUNG VON CARBONYLVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T035514.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1150/11 () of 3.12.2015
Online on 23.08.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 45/62 C07C 49/04	Application no. 03763838.4
Keywords Verfahrensanträge - kein Verzicht auf erteilte Fassung im Einspruchsverfahren - keine Zurückverweisung Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Lösung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON TETRAHYDROGERANYLACETON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T115011.20151203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1686/12 () of 9.8.2016
Online on 23.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 51/20 B65D 53/04	Application no. 06111411.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Vessel closing laminate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T168612.20160809				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0439/13 () of 28.7.2016
Online on 23.08.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 133/06 C09J 4/00	Application no. 03775330.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title HAFTKLEBEMASSE AUF POLY(METH)ACRYLATBASIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043913.20160728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0854/12 (Unterbrechung des Verfahrens) of 8.8.2016
Online on 22.08.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.8.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 53/08	Application no. 07801619.3
Keywords Insolvenzverwalter als Partei kraft Amtes Unterbrechung des Verfahrens - von Amts wegen zu berücksichtigen - Keine Unterbrechung bei Übertragung des Patents bei bereits bestelltem Insolvenzverwalter Europäisches Patentregister - keine Bindungswirkung Zuständigkeit der Beschwerdekammern - Zuständigkeit der Technischen Beschwerdekammer (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Kostenverteilung - (ja) Kostenverteilung - billig Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Heilungswirkung des Erteilungsbeschlusses				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR DREHGELENKIGEN KUPPLUNG, INSBESONDERE VON SATTELAUFLIEGERZÜGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T085412.20160808				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 600 KB)
T 1106/12 (Nachweis von Anti-Borrelia-Antikörpern/VIRAMED) of 30.6.2016
Online on 22.08.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/569	Application no. 05011134.3
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - in Abwesenheit des Beschwerdeführers abgehalten Neuheit - (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title Träger und Verfahren zum Nachweis von Anti-Borrelia-Antikörpern sowie Testkit zur Verwendung in der Diagnostik von Lyme-Borreliose-Infektionen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T110612.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0817/13 (Conformable films and labels) of 11.8.2016
Online on 22.08.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/16 B32B 7/10 B32B 27/08 B32B 27/20 B32B 27/32	Application no. 96902093.2
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states (yes) Termination of appeal proceedings				Application title CLEAR CONFORMABLE ORIENTED FILMS AND LABELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T081713.20160811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 225 KB)
T 1659/14 () of 8.7.2016
Online on 22.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B21C 47/14 F16C 17/03	Application no. 05708580.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title LAYING HEAD WITH A VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T165914.20160708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1832/14 () of 7.7.2016
Online on 22.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C22B 1/24	Application no. 07725511.5
Keywords -				Application title PROCESS FOR RECYCLING OF STEEL INDUSTRY IRON-BEARING BY-PRODUCTS BY TREATING PELLETS IN DIRECT REDUCTION FURNACES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T183214.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1773/10 (Menu data structure/LG ELECTRONICS) of 4.5.2016
Online on 18.08.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 20/10	Application no. 03738745.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no) (all requests) "Supplemental requests"				Application title Read-only recording medium containing menu data and menu displaying method therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T177310.20160504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523 KB)
T 0779/11 (Case law database/THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES) of 23.6.2016
Online on 18.08.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 05704890.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - additional search (yes)				Application title Systems, methods, software and interfaces for integration of case law with legal briefs, litigation documents, and/or other litigation-support documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T077911.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 1225/12 (Flight data transmission/TELEDYNE CONTROLS) of 15.4.2016
Online on 18.08.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/40 G06F 13/00 H04B 3/60 H04B 7/00 H04B 7/155 H04B 7/204 H04L 5/00	Application no. 99935996.1
Keywords Late-filed document - justification for late filing (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Aircraft flight data acquisition and transmission system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T122512.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1566/14 (Catalytic dewaxing/SHELL) of 19.2.2016
Online on 18.08.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 45/64 B01J 29/06	Application no. 99962151.9
Keywords Inventive step - obvious combination of features disclosed in the closest prior art document				Application title CATALYTIC DEWAXING PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T156614.20160219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0078/16 () of 12.8.2016
Online on 18.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D 1/28	Application no. 08700234.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTACTING OF A FLEXIBLE SHEET AND A SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T007816.20160812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0697/11 (Computer system/KNAPP INVESTMENT COMPANY) of 1.7.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 1.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21	Application no. 00914261.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request 1a, third auxiliary request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - first and second auxiliary requests Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Computer system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069711.20160701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0171/12 () of 7.6.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.6.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B23Q 7/04 B25J 9/00 B23K 37/047 B23P 19/00 B62D 65/00	Application no. 05795941.3
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title POSTE DE REALISATION D'UN TRAVAIL SUR UNE PIECE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T017112.20160607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0244/12 () of 10.6.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 30/00 C23C 16/30 C23C 16/36 C23C 16/40 B23B 27/14	Application no. 06445040.6
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Coated cutting tool insert
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T024412.20160610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 640 KB)
T 1926/12 () of 20.7.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G 67/20 B65D 88/54 B65F 9/00	Application no. 05809786.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LOADING ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSPORT CONTAINERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T192612.20160720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1791/13 (Hydrophobic-hydrophilic tissue/ KIMBERLY-CLARK) of 3.2.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 17/59 D21H 27/02	Application no. 04751162.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty (yes) - Features of claim 1 not disclosed in combination Inventive step (yes) - non-obvious alternative				Application title Tissue sheets containing multiple polysiloxanes and having regions of varying hydrophobicity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179113.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 2209/14 () of 3.8.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C22F 1/10	Application no. 05011190.5
Keywords Amendments Novelty Inventive step				Application title Thermal recovery treatment for a service-degraded component of a gas turbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T220914.20160803				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 0342/15 () of 13.6.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S 8/00	Application no. 07846754.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title OPERATIONS- ODER UNTERSUCHUNGSLEUCHTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T034215.20160613				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0423/15 () of 8.7.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 88/16	Application no. 06828008.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title CONTAINER ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T042315.20160708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1686/15 () of 26.7.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 3/08 A61B 3/113	Application no. 10002726.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title Differenzmessung der monokularen zur binokularen Augenstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T168615.20160726				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1689/15 () of 26.7.2016
Online on 17.08.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 3/032 A61B 3/036	Application no. 10002065.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title Simultane Netzhautbilder unterschiedlicher Bildweite zur subjektiven Refraktion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T168915.20160726				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 274 KB)
T 1443/11 () of 17.6.2016
Online on 16.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 9/12 B23K 9/09	Application no. 99118592.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Short circuit welder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T144311.20160617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0530/13 () of 3.6.2016
Online on 16.08.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 9/20 B64C 9/32	Application no. 06734316.0
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation (no) Novelty - prior European application (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT FLAPS AND SPOILERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T053013.20160603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0455/13 (Tolperisone/Sanochemia) of 22.6.2016
Online on 15.08.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 295/108 A61K 31/4453	Application no. 08767427.1
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS OF TOLPERISONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T045513.20160622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0799/12 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 12.08.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/00 A61M 27/00	Application no. 07001838.7
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Cleansing dressing for wounds for vacuum therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T079912.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0605/10 (LFSR PSA/YOGITECH) of 6.10.2015
Online on 11.08.2016	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/267	Application no. 03015860.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Dependable microcontroller, method for designing a dependable microcontroller and computer program product therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T060510.20151006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2128/10 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 11.08.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01F 38/18	Application no. 05006641.4
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung wäre erforderlich gewesen (ja)				Application title Induktiver Drehübertrager
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T212810.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0968/12 () of 30.6.2016
Online on 11.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23Q 1/00	Application no. 01911416.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag * Neuheit - nein Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein				Application title SPINDEL MIT EINEM DATENSPEICHERELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T096812.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0536/12 () of 3.3.2016
Online on 10.08.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F24H 9/14	Application no. 01103726.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Baueinheit für eine Kompaktheizungsanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T053612.20160303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0735/12 () of 8.6.2016
Online on 10.08.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 5/315 A61M 5/24	Application no. 06700025.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Änderungen - geänderte Ansprüche mit Bezug auf nicht recherchierte Gegenstände Zwischenverallgemeinerung - Hauptantrag(ja), Hilfsantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Angemessene Würdigung des Standes der Technik (ja)				Application title VERABREICHUNGSVORRICHTUNG MIT ANZEIGETROMMEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T073512.20160608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 525 KB)
T 2133/12 () of 14.3.2016
Online on 10.08.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/04 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/44 A61K 8/81 A61Q 5/10	Application no. 01123821.9
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Verwendung von auf den isoelektrischen Punkt von Haaren eingestellten Zubereitungen zur Konditionierung von oxidativ gefärbten Haaren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T213312.20160314				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0078/13 (Pleated aligned web filters/3M) of 20.7.2016
Online on 10.08.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 39/16	Application no. 05724959.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PLEATED ALIGNED WEB FILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T007813.20160720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2027/13 () of 7.7.2016
Online on 10.08.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/24 A61K 9/22 A61P 25/08 A61K 31/197	Application no. 08852637.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title CONTROLLED RELEASE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF PREGABALIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T202713.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0211/14 (Ballast water treatment/McNULLTY) of 8.6.2016
Online on 10.08.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/20 B01D 19/00	Application no. 03719750.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - obvious solution Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious improvement				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BALLAST WATER TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T021114.20160608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
J 0011/15 (Rückerstattung der Beschwerdegebühr) of 29.7.2016
Online on 09.08.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 29.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M 7/797	Application no. 14192950.5
Keywords Abhilfe "Rückerstattung der Beschwerdegebühr nach Abhilfe (nein) - kein wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel"				Application title Bidirektionale Stromrichterschaltungsanordnung mit Potentialtrennung und Verfahren zum Betreiben der bidirektionalen Stromrichterschaltungsanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J001115.20160729				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0360/11 () of 18.5.2016
Online on 09.08.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 19/00 G10L 19/14 G10L 19/04	Application no. 06799097.8
Keywords Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T036011.20160518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0255/12 () of 21.6.2016
Online on 09.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23P 19/04 B60J 10/00	Application no. 06012096.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Bildung einer Dichtung oder Abdeckung an einem Dichtungs- bzw. Abdeckungsträger, insbesondere an einer Fahrzeugtür oder einem Karosserieausschnitt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025512.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0683/12 () of 18.5.2016
Online on 09.08.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 04779357.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Observations by third parties - relevant (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T068312.20160518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 2256/15 () of 3.8.2016
Online on 09.08.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.8.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 3/158 H02M 7/493 G06F 1/26	Application no. 09180265.2
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Circuit system and control method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T225615.20160803				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 246 KB)
T 0754/12 () of 5.7.2016
Online on 08.08.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 5.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 18/12 C08G 18/08 C08G 18/22 C09D 175/04 C09J 175/04 C08J 3/07	Application no. 05716032.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title N-ETHYLPYRROLIDON IN DER HERSTELLUNG VON POLYURETHANDISPERSIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075412.20160705				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0483/11 (Document summary/ARIZAN CORPORATION) of 13.10.2015
Online on 05.08.2016	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/00 G06F 17/00	Application no. 03786541.7
Keywords -				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUMMARIZING DOCUMENT CONTENT FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T048311.20151013				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0670/15 () of 7.6.2016
Online on 05.08.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.6.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B60J 7/00 B60Q 3/02	Application no. 10745313.6
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (non)				Application title DISPOSITIF D'OCCULTATION D'UN PAVILLON DE VÉHICULE À GUIDE(S) DE LUMIÈRE INTÉGRÉ(S)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T067015.20160607				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2591/12 () of 14.7.2016
Online on 04.08.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F01M 13/04 B04B 5/08 B04B 9/04 B01D 45/14	Application no. 03725951.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title A METHOD OF CLEANING CRANKCASE GAS AND A GAS CLEANING SEPARATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T259112.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0738/13 () of 1.7.2016
Online on 04.08.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D03D 13/00 B60K 37/00 B60R 13/02	Application no. 05779353.1
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - besondere Gründe gegen unmittelbare Zurückverweisung				Application title ARMATURENBRETT FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T073813.20160701				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2347/11 (DRAM/RAMBUS 1) of 25.7.2016
Online on 03.08.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 25.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/42	Application no. 05026720.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)				Application title Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductor device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234711.20160725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 2533/12 (Laundering composition/P&G) of 23.2.2016
Online on 03.08.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 3/12	Application no. 04250560.2
Keywords Novelty - Main Request (no) - First Auxiliary Request (yes) Late-filed request - First Auxiliary Request Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - First Auxiliary Request Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title A composition for use in the laundering or treatment of fabrics, and a process for making the composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T253312.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0528/13 () of 19.5.2016
Online on 03.08.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 24/00 A61L 24/06	Application no. 08726365.3
Keywords Sufficiency of diclosure and clarity of claims - (yes) - reasons for refusal now moot Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title BONE CEMENT WITH ADAPTED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T052813.20160519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 1216/13 () of 18.7.2016
Online on 03.08.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 12/00	Application no. 07110658.7
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Water flow volume display device for watering nozzle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T121613.20160718				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 223 KB)
T 0250/11 () of 27.7.2016
Online on 02.08.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 31/30	Application no. 03722262.7
Keywords Neuheit - ja Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtungen zum Einstellen verstellbar gelagerter Walzen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025011.20160727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0837/11 () of 27.7.2016
Online on 02.08.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01R 31/00 H04L 12/40	Application no. 02026775.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung				Application title Anordnung bestehend aus einem ersten Halbleiter-Baustein und einem mit diesem verbundenen zweiten Halbleiter-Baustein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T083711.20160727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1717/13 () of 14.6.2016
Online on 02.08.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41C 1/10	Application no. 02011281.9
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Statement of the opposition division not to accept further auxiliary requests (inappropriate) Amendments - intermediate generalisation allowable (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Plate producing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T171713.20160614				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1252/11 (Bead arrays/ILLUMINA) of 19.1.2016
Online on 01.08.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 00926204.9
Keywords New main request - admitted into the proceedings Amendment occasioned by a ground for opposition (yes) Clarity (yes) Added matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes) Remittal for adaptation of the description				Application title DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID REACTIONS ON BEAD ARRAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T125211.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1345/11 (DRAM/RAMBUS 2) of 29.6.2016
Online on 01.08.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 29.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/04 G06F 1/12 G06F 13/16 G06F 13/36 G06F 13/38 G11C 8/04 G11C 11/401 H03K 19/003	Application no. 00108822.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)				Application title Integrated circuit I/O using a high performance bus interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T134511.20160629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 1632/11 () of 13.6.2016
Online on 01.08.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/36	Application no. 09176675.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Facial stimulation apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T163211.20160613				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1888/15 () of 14.7.2016
Online on 01.08.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 1/03 C22C 14/00 B22F 1/00	Application no. 10009922.5
Keywords Inventive step (yes, after amendment)				Application title Method of making and using formed articles including master alloy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T188815.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 245 KB)

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T 0875/11 () of 21.4.2016
Online on 29.07.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 7/06	Application no. 01999218.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title ELEVATOR HOIST ROPE THIN HIGH-STRENGTH WIRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087511.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2565/11 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 29.07.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B61D 27/00 B60H 1/00	Application no. 04251272.3
Keywords Public prior use - proven beyond reasonable doubt (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no)				Application title Method of operating ventilator and air conditioner for vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T256511.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0439/12 () of 11.3.2016
Online on 29.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 73/00 C08G 73/02 C08G 61/00 C08G 61/12 H01L 51/00 H01L 51/30 H01B 1/00 H01B 1/12	Application no. 03759472.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Main request, auxiliary requests 1,1A, 2, 3, 4 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Auxiliary request 4A Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Auxiliary request 4A				Application title WATER DISPERSIBLE POLYTHIOPHENES MADE WITH POLYMERIC ACID COLLOIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043912.20160311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1742/12 (On-demand instantiation/RAYTHEON) of 22.6.2016
Online on 29.07.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 22.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46 G06F 9/445 H04L 29/06	Application no. 05252240.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Problem-solution approach - selection of "closest prior art" Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) Remittal to department of first instance (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Application title On-demand instantiation in a high-performance computing (HPC) system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T174212.20160622				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 2570/12 () of 23.6.2016
Online on 29.07.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 7/12 D07B 1/16 D07B 1/22	Application no. 02015041.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Suspension rope wear detector
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T257012.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2273/12 (PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS/BP) of 22.2.2016
Online on 28.07.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/265 B01D 3/00 B01D 3/14 C07C 63/15 C07C 63/00	Application no. 06739160.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to14: subject-matter extends beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary requests 15 to 20: Amendments - broadening of the scope of the claims as granted (yes)				Application title PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING PURE FORMS OF AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T227312.20160222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0449/15 (Antimicrobial material/CONVATEC) of 25.2.2016
Online on 28.07.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/74 A61K 9/70 A61F 13/00	Application no. 01998356.8
Keywords Auxiliary requests 4, 5 - res iudicata (yes), identity of wording not required Auxiliary request 9, 10 - admission (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (no)				Application title LIGHT STABILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T044915.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 0461/15 () of 4.5.2016
Online on 28.07.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 7/06 B60J 7/12	Application no. 09010221.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (erteiltes Patent) JA				Application title Faltverdeck für einen Personenkraftwagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T046115.20160504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0028/16 () of 25.7.2016
Online on 28.07.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 11/18 D21H 27/38 B32B 29/00 D21H 27/10	Application no. 07852174.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (no)				Application title METHOD OF PRODUCING A PAPER PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T002816.20160725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224 KB)
T 2238/11 (Antibody against the extracellular domain of canine CD20/IDEXX) of 8.10.2015
Online on 27.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/705	Application no. 05798217.5
Keywords Inventive step of all requests - (no) Substantial procedural violation - (no)				Application title Canine CD20 compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T223811.20151008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 2532/12 () of 9.6.2016
Online on 27.07.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 1/46 B21B 13/22	Application no. 06818359.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES WARMGEWALZTEN STAHLBANDES UND KOMBINIERTE GIESS- UND WALZANLAGE ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG DES VERFAHRENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T253212.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0248/13 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 27.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 1/00 A23G 1/04	Application no. 02747438.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Grounds for opposition - benefit of the doubt goes to the opponent Clarity of amendment - feature of granted claim taken out of context - applicability of G 3/14 Late-filed request - change of subject-matter				Application title MANIPULATION OF CHOCOLATE FLAVOUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T024813.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0550/13 (Formulation phytosanitaire/Rhodia Opérations) of 15.3.2016
Online on 27.07.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A01N 25/02	Application no. 07821178.6
Keywords Documents (12) et (15) à (17): admis dans la procédure (oui) Renvoi de l'affaire (non) Requêtes subsidiaires 2 et 4: recevables (non) Requête principale et requête subsidiaire 1: activité inventive (non) Requête subsidiaire 3: activité inventive (oui)				Application title COMPOSITION SOLVANTE COMPRENANT AU MOINS DEUX SOLVANTS, ET FORMULATION PHYTOSANITAIRE COMPRENANT LADITE COMPOSITION SOLVANTE AINSI QU'UN COMPOSE ACTIF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055013.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 461 KB)
T 1587/13 (Unsymetric metallocenes/BASELL) of 13.4.2016
Online on 27.07.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F 17/00 C08F 210/06	Application no. 04803537.2
Keywords Appellant 2 adversely affected by decision under appeal (yes) Main request: Amendments - broadening the scope of the claims as granted (yes) First and fourth auxiliary requests: Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title ORGANOMETALLIC TRANSITION METAL COMPOUND, BISCYCLOPENTADIENYL LIGAND SYSTEM, CATALYST SYSTEM AND PREPARATION OF POLYOLEFINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T158713.20160413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1872/14 (Travoprost/ALCON) of 21.4.2016
Online on 27.07.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/558 A61K 9/00 A61P 27/06 A61K 31/5575 A61K 45/06 C07C 405/00 A61K 31/557	Application no. 08100474.9
Keywords Undisclosed disclaimer, allowable in the light of G 1/03, G 2/10, G 3/14 Main Request: Inventive step (no) - obvious alternative suggested in closest prior art Auxiliary request 1: Inventive step (yes) - unexpected improvement credible within claimed scope				Application title Fluprostenol isopropyl ester for use in the treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T187214.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0454/15 (hPTH(1-34) therapy/ELI LILLY) of 25.7.2016
Online on 27.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 25.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/29 A61P 19/08 A61K 33/06 A61K 31/59	Application no. 06027055.0
Keywords Withdrawal of approval of text on which patent was granted - appeal dismissed				Application title hPTH(1-34) for use in preventing or reducing the incidence or severity of vertebral and / or non vertebral fracture in a male human
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T045415.20160725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266 KB)
T 0756/12 () of 7.4.2016
Online on 26.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/18 C08J 9/08	Application no. 03766815.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYURETHANE FOAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075612.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 497 KB)
T 2306/12 () of 12.7.2016
Online on 26.07.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/70	Application no. 07725656.8
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Neuheit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title WIRKSTOFFPARTIKELHALTIGES TRANSDERMALES THERAPEUTISCHES SYSTEM MIT ERHÖHTEM WIRKSTOFFFLUSS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T230612.20160712				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1056/13 () of 21.7.2016
Online on 26.07.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B27L 5/00 B44C 5/04	Application no. 10001543.7
Keywords Inventive step - Claim 1 (non-obvious over the teaching of D1 alone and over the combination of the teachings of D1 and D3) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Method for producing a veneer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T105613.20160721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0889/11 () of 14.6.2016
Online on 25.07.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/26 H04N 7/46 H04N 7/24 H04N 7/68	Application no. 00966849.2
Keywords Inventive step (no Inventive step - all requests)				Application title VIDEO COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE STREAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T088911.20160614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0894/12 (Inbetriebnahme einer Anlage/SEW) of 22.6.2016
Online on 25.07.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/042	Application no. 06753795.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Klarheit (Hilfsanträge 2, 3 und 5) - (nein) Spät eingereichte Anträge (Zulässigkeit) (Hilfsanträge 4 und 6 bis 9) - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Inbetriebnahme einer Anlage und Anlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T089412.20160622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1479/12 (Article sécurisé / ARJOWIGGINS) of 5.11.2015
Online on 25.07.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.11.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 21/40 B42D 15/10 G06K 19/00 G07D 7/00	Application no. 06808335.1
Keywords Recevabilité des requêtes (oui) Nouveauté (requête principale) - (non) Activité inventive (requêtes subsidiaires I et II) - (non) : juxtaposition d'éléments connus				Application title Article sécurisé, notamment un document de sécurité et/ou de valeur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T147912.20151105				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 498 KB)
T 0983/16 (Methods and compositions for preparing rna) of 19.7.2016
Online on 25.07.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 19.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/10	Application no. 10184549.3
Keywords Missing statement of grounds				Application title Methods and compositions for preparing rna from a fixed sample
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T098316.20160719				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221 KB)
T 1603/10 (Enzyme-based tumor targeting/GLYKOS) of 18.7.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/00 A61K 31/70 A61P 35/00 A61P 31/00 G01N 33/574 C07H 5/06 A61K 47/48	Application no. 03792440.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Tumor specific oligosaccharide epitopes and use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T160310.20160718				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0123/11 () of 31.5.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G07C 9/00 E05B 65/20	Application no. 01128120.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - première requête subsidiaire (oui) Revendications - clarté dans la procédure de recours après opposition				Application title Poignée d'ouvrant de véhicule comprenant un capteur d'approche et un capteur tactile coopérant avec un système d'accès mains libres
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T012311.20160531				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1821/11 (Single primer whole genome amplification/QIAGEN GmbH) of 15.7.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12P 19/34 C07H 21/04	Application no. 03799976.0
Keywords Main request - Articles 123(2) and 84 EPC - (yes) Interlocutory revision - Article 109(1) EPC Remittal to the examining division - Article 111(1) EPC				Application title SINGLE PRIMER WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T182111.20160715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 0631/12 () of 13.7.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 7/48 H02M 7/5387	Application no. 06738382.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable Amendments - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Power Converter System and Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T063112.20160713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255 KB)
T 1841/12 (Préparation du 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane/ARKEMA) of 12.5.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C07C 17/278 C07C 17/20 C07C 19/08	Application no. 97400119.0
Keywords Recevabilité du recours (oui) Modification occasionnée par un motif d'opposition - Modifications admises (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Remboursement de la taxe de recours (non) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - décision attaquée suffisamment motivée (oui)				Application title Préparation du 1,1,1,3,3-pentachlorobutane et du 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T184112.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1097/13 () of 28.6.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/00 A61K 8/04 A61K 8/31 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/892 A61K 8/92 A61Q 5/12	Application no. 07786987.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Anti-dandruff hair conditioning composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T109713.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1663/13 () of 14.7.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 2/60 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23F 3/40	Application no. 06291197.9
Keywords Request for postponing oral proceedings (rejected) Apportionment of costs - non-attendance at oral proceedings (allowed)				Application title Improved beverage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T166313.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0184/15 (Anti-connexin/CODA) of 14.7.2016
Online on 22.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 14.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/17 C12N 15/11 A61L 24/00 A61P 17/02 A61P 43/00	Application no. 08868457.6
Keywords Decision according to the state of the file - reasoned within the meaning of Rule 111(2)EPC (no) Violation of the right to be heard (yes) Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title Use of anti-connexin polynucleotides and peptides for the treatment of abnormal or excessive scars
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T018415.20160714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 2513/12 () of 2.6.2016
Online on 21.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 59/18	Application no. 05774413.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title EPOXY RESINS WITH IMPROVED ELASTICITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T251312.20160602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0147/12 () of 16.3.2016
Online on 20.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 77/14 C08G 77/46	Application no. 07754369.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING SILICONE POLYETHERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T014712.20160316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2385/12 () of 7.4.2016
Online on 20.07.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 1/46 B66B 5/02	Application no. 03752512.8
Keywords Late filed request before opposition division reverting to claims as granted - abuse of procedure (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ELEVATOR EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T238512.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2355/11 () of 3.7.2016
Online on 19.07.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 3.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 13/08	Application no. 04722560.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Knappheit (ja)				Application title KARTENAUFNAHMEVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T235511.20160703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 2049/11 () of 13.7.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 13.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07C 3/08	Application no. 06763141.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A FOREST MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204911.20160713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0604/12 (Antriebssystem/LENZE) of 18.3.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/042 G05B 19/12	Application no. 03012406.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Mechanisches-Elektronisches Antriebssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T060412.20160318				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0983/12 () of 31.5.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 9/00 H02J 3/38	Application no. 02740489.6
Keywords Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title WINDENERGIEANLAGE UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T098312.20160531				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1033/12 (Optical communication device/FUJITSU) of 8.7.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 10/18	Application no. 04014150.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Optical device for optical communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T103312.20160708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1948/12 (Optical switch/ROCKSTAR) of 7.7.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 11/00 H04J 14/02	Application no. 00306485.4
Keywords Inventive step (main and auxiliary request) Inventive step - no				Application title Optical switch and protocols for use therewith
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T194812.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1429/13 () of 5.7.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B 75/04	Application no. 04015253.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Lower link of piston crank mechanism for internal combustion engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T142913.20160705				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2098/13 (Underlaid signalling data/QUALCOMM) of 4.7.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26	Application no. 05791214.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of the party Claims contain essential features Claims - (no) Raising new objections in ex parte appeal proceedings - admissible (yes) G 3/14 applicable to ex parte appeal proceedings - (no)				Application title OFDM system with code spreading of signalling data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T209813.20160704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0524/14 () of 16.6.2016
Online on 18.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23P 1/06	Application no. 02702268.0
Keywords Late-filed objection - amendment of case after arrangement of oral proceedings Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title BALANCED FOOD POWDER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T052414.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1272/10 (Skin penetration enhancers/US GOVERNMENT) of 11.7.2016
Online on 15.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/39 A61K 9/00 C12N 15/11 A61K 39/00 A61K 38/16 A61K 39/02 A61K 39/106	Application no. 03007948.7
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Use of skin penetration enhancers and barrier disruption agents to enhance transcutaneous immune response
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127210.20160711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 1082/11 () of 7.6.2016
Online on 15.07.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N 7/18 H04N 5/76	Application no. 04701299.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR AUFZEICHNUNG VON VIDEO-/AUDIODATEN IN EINEM NETZWERK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T108211.20160607				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0574/12 () of 28.6.2016
Online on 15.07.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 7/00	Application no. 99931386.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Clarity (no)				Application title INTELLIGENT CURRENCY VALIDATION NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T057412.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2524/12 (Anti-ERBB antibody cancer therapy/GENENTECH) of 11.7.2016
Online on 15.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 31/335 G01N 33/574 A61P 35/00	Application no. 01939145.7
Keywords Withdrawal of approval of text on which patent was granted - appeal dismissed				Application title Gene detection assay for improving the likelihood of an effective response to an ErbB antagonist cancer therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T252412.20160711				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 246 KB)
T 0108/14 (SiC-Si NITRIDE REFRACTORY/NGK) of 12.5.2016
Online on 15.07.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B 35/565 C04B 35/63 C04B 35/66	Application no. 04770889.6
Keywords All requests - Amendments extend beyond the content of the application as filed				Application title SiC REFRACTORY COMPRISING SILICON NITRIDE BONDED THERETO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T010814.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1434/14 () of 23.6.2016
Online on 15.07.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B22F 9/02 B22F 9/22 C22C 14/00 C22C 16/00 C01B 6/02 C01B 6/24 C01G 23/04 C01G 25/02 C22B 7/00 C22B 34/12 C22B 34/14 C22C 1/04	Application no. 09714804.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON LEGIERUNGSPULVERN AUF DER BASIS VON TITAN, ZIRCONIUM UND/ODER HAFNIUM, LEGIERT MIT DEN ELEMENTEN NI, CU, TA, W, RE, OS UND/ODER IR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T143414.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0156/12 () of 25.5.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/00 A61F 2/01 A61B 17/12	Application no. 07015958.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Request to finish examination - rejected				Application title Percutaneous catheter directed occlusion devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T015612.20160525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0369/12 () of 25.5.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/03	Application no. 06849080.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Inventive step - selection of closest prior art - ex post facto analysis				Application title TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T036912.20160525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0941/12 () of 6.7.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.7.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G01M 11/02	Application no. 05754585.7
Keywords Clarté et activité inventive (oui - revendications modifiées) Renvoi à la première instance - (oui)				Application title APPAREIL POUR LE CONTROLE DE PIECES TRANSPARENTES OU REFLECHISSANTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T094112.20160706				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1819/12 (Aluminium piston/AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA) of 10.5.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C25D 1/00 C25D 11/04 C22C 21/02 F02F 3/10 F16J 1/02 F16J 1/04	Application no. 05024929.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title Aluminium-piston at least partially covered with an alumina film
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T181912.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2316/12 () of 7.7.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 7/12 B60K 7/00 B62M 6/65	Application no. 10153052.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Main request, Auxiliary requests 1 to 5 Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Auxiliary request 4				Application title A device for externally rotary drive of offset motor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T231612.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2512/12 () of 30.6.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 30.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 133/00 A61L 15/48	Application no. 06806862.6
Keywords Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderungen Spät eingereichter Antrag - Wechsel des Gegenstandes				Application title ACRYLATKLEBEMASSE MIT WASSERFESTEN KLEBEIGENSCHAFTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T251212.20160630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0022/13 (BROWSING THROUGH A MUSIC CATALOG USING CORRELATION METRICS OF A … of 13.5.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/00 G06F 17/30	Application no. 06720426.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title SYSTEM FOR BROWSING THROUGH A MUSIC CATALOG USING CORRELATION METRICS OF A KNOWLEDGE BASE OF MEDIASETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T002213.20160513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 0089/13 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/06	Application no. 06755094.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure and clarity requirements Appropriate criteria for assessing sufficiency of disclosure not considered in the decision Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title PROPYLENE-ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T008913.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0178/13 () of 2.5.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/48 A61P 35/00 A61P 3/06 A61P 11/06 A61P 25/18 A61P 29/00	Application no. 05702139.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request, added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title SOFT GELATIN CAPSULE COMPRISING OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T017813.20160502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 530 KB)
T 0454/13 (Sample block apparatus/LIFE TECHNOLOGIES) of 21.6.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 7/00 B01L 9/00	Application no. 03795576.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Skilled person would have combined teachings of documents from remote technical fields (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SAMPLE BLOCK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A MICROCARD ON A SAMPLE BLOCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T045413.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1927/13 () of 11.7.2016
Online on 14.07.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.7.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01M 17/02	Application no. 01109655.9
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur optischen Prüfung von Reifen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T192713.20160711				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2259/11 () of 2.6.2016
Online on 13.07.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A46B 9/04	Application no. 97903043.4
Keywords Auxiliary request - admitted Novelty - claim 1 over documents cited under Article 54 (3) EPC Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title A TOOTHBRUSH WITH ELASTOMER FILLED FLEXIBLE HEAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T225911.20160602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2507/11 () of 25.4.2016
Online on 13.07.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61G 13/08	Application no. 06123593.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Patientenlagerfläche für einen Operationstisch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T250711.20160425				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 730 KB)
T 0821/12 () of 31.3.2016
Online on 13.07.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 31.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/028	Application no. 06025617.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Dilution apparatus and computer program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T082112.20160331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0972/12 () of 15.6.2016
Online on 13.07.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/17 A61F 2/30	Application no. 01920504.6
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Clarity (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title A METHOD OF MAKING A CUSTOM REPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR RESURFACING A FEMUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T097212.20160615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1113/12 (Use of GM-CSF and a type 1 interferon for treating multiple sclerosis … of 18.2.2016
Online on 13.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/19	Application no. 03776426.3
Keywords Main request: requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title Method for treatment of demyelinating central nervous system disease using GM-CSF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T111312.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0660/13 (Lapse of the patent) of 7.7.2016
Online on 13.07.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.7.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/52 C12Q 1/37 G01N 33/542	Application no. 05858107.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title ASSAY FOR DETERMINING CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN ACTIVITY COMBINING FRET AND FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T066013.20160707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0750/13 () of 20.4.2016
Online on 13.07.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/80	Application no. 06019616.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Knochenplatte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075013.20160420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 423 KB)
T 1068/11 () of 17.6.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 27/30	Application no. 06792706.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title FOTODETEKTOR, RÖNTGENSTRAHLENFLACHBILDDETEKTOR UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DERGLEICHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T106811.20160617				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 1649/11 () of 14.6.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 29/861	Application no. 03740057.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Patentansprüche - Knappheit (ja)				Application title HALBELEITERDIODE UND VERFAHREN ZU IHRER HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T164911.20160614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0020/12 (Antibodies specific for beta-amyloid ends/INTELLECT NEUROSCIENCES) of 15.4.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 48/00 C07H 21/00 C12N 15/00 C12P 21/04 C12P 21/06 C12P 21/08 C07K 16/18	Application no. 98918035.1
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 2 to 7 - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - extension of scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary request 8 - admission (no) (withdrawn in opposition proceedings)				Application title RECOMBINANT ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR BETA-AMYLOID ENDS, DNA ENCODING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T002012.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0920/12 (Solar control coated glass article/PILKINGTON NORTH AMERICA, INC.) of 14.4.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 17/34	Application no. 03716744.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title REFLECTIVE, SOLAR CONTROL COATED GLASS ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T092012.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1059/12 (Single domain antibody/DOMANTIS) of 10.5.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/24	Application no. 05755389.3
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 1 - amendments allowable (no) Auxiliary request 2 - inventive step (no)				Application title Compositions and methods for treating inflammatory disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T105912.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1200/12 () of 1.3.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/32 B65D 65/40	Application no. 01972859.1
Keywords main request: amendments (allowable), clarity (yes), sufficiency (yes), novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)				Application title A PACKAGING LAMINATE FOR A RETORTABLE PACKAGING CONTAINER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T120012.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 898 KB)
T 1901/12 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/18 A23K 1/17 A23K 1/00 A23K 1/16 A61K 9/00	Application no. 04763629.5
Keywords Admissibility of new main request - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PALATABLE DUCTILE CHEWABLE VETERINARY COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T190112.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 510 KB)
T 2189/12 () of 9.6.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 9.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/552 H01L 23/66 H01L 25/16 H01P 1/22 H01P 5/08 H01P 1/162	Application no. 05765133.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRANSMISSION LINE SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T218912.20160609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1479/13 () of 3.6.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC E04F 15/02 C09J 7/02 B65H 37/00 A47G 27/04	Application no. 05812737.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLOOR COVERING INSTALLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T147913.20160603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1844/13 () of 31.5.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 3/00	Application no. 03713243.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR CHOCOLATE COATING OF SOFT CONFECTIONERY CENTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T184413.20160531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2349/14 () of 28.6.2016
Online on 12.07.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/02 A61K 31/4375 A61K 31/47 A61K 31/538	Application no. 09793326.1
Keywords Amendments - appeal proceedings Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Appeal decision - remittal (yes)				Application title AEROSOL FLUOROQUINOLONE FORMULATIONS FOR IMPROVED PHARMACOKINETICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234914.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 2584/11 () of 14.6.2016
Online on 11.07.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/515 A61F 13/15	Application no. 00308504.0
Keywords Admittance - New Main Request - change of case - (no) Auxiliary Requests 3 to 6 - not allowable Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary Request 7 - not admitted				Application title Laminated absorbent article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T258411.20160614				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1376/12 () of 28.6.2016
Online on 11.07.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B21D 51/38 B65D 8/20	Application no. 03722438.3
Keywords Novelty (no)				Application title CAN END
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137612.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0401/13 (Verringerung des Dioxingehalts einer Bleicherde/CLARIANT) of 9.11.2015
Online on 11.07.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.11.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 20/12 C01B 33/38 C01B 33/40 C01B 33/42	Application no. 05715830.5
Keywords Spät eingereichte Entgegenhaltungen - zulässig (teils ja, teils nein) In der mündlichen Verhandlung geändertes Vorbringen - Zulässigkeit neuer Einwände (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VERRINGERUNG DES DIOXINGEHALTES EINER BLEICHERDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T040113.20151109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0422/13 () of 15.6.2016
Online on 11.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 15.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 67/02 C08J 5/18	Application no. 02777112.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title TRANSPARENT POLYESTER RESINS AND ARTICLES THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T042213.20160615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2171/14 () of 31.5.2016
Online on 11.07.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/02 F01N 3/029 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/36	Application no. 07729977.4
Keywords Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests VII new, IX new and X new Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) VIII new Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title ENGINE EXHAUST GAS ADDITIVE STORAGE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217114.20160531				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 639 KB)
T 2433/10 () of 10.6.2016
Online on 08.07.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 3/12 H05B 3/22 H05B 1/02 B60H 1/22	Application no. 04016205.9
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)- Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 2a Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 0 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 0, 1a Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Spät eingereichte Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein) - Hilfsantrag 6				Application title Elektrische Heizeinrichtung, insbesondere für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T243310.20160610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1210/11 (Amyloid beta-protein/POTTER) of 12.1.2016
Online on 08.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/47 C07K 14/775 A61K 38/17 G01N 33/68	Application no. 01202212.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Compounds and methods for inhibiting amyloid beta-protein filament formation and neurotoxicity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T121011.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0251/12 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 08.07.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A62C 2/12 F24F 13/10	Application no. 03005858.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Kanalförmiges Gehäuse für eine Absperrvorrichtung in Lüftungsleitungen, Absperrvorrichtung mit demselben und Verfahren zur Herstellung desselben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025112.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1677/12 () of 11.12.2015
Online on 08.07.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/32	Application no. 05824835.2
Keywords Admission of new request Inventive step - (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AZELASTINE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T167712.20151211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2248/12 (Functional Apo-2 ligand variants suitable for PEGylation/GENENTECH) of 29.10.2015
Online on 08.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/52 A61K 38/19 C07H 21/04 C12N 15/63 C12N 1/21 C12N 1/11 C12N 5/16 C12N 15/12 C07K 14/705	Application no. 02766436.6
Keywords Unity of invention - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the examining divsion (yes)				Application title Apo-2 ligand variants and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T224812.20151029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1929/11 () of 10.5.2016
Online on 07.07.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B23K 9/173	Application no. 01402199.2
Keywords Activité inventive				Application title Procédé de soudage MIG du nickel et des alliages de nickel avec gaz de protection à base d'argon et de CO2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T192911.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0119/13 () of 16.6.2016
Online on 07.07.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 9/00	Application no. 05019383.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Wärmetauscher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T011913.20160616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0409/13 () of 12.1.2016
Online on 07.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 3/00	Application no. 01935205.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Main request and auxiliary requests 1-5, 7-11, 13-16, 18-21 Amendments - Extension of protection conferred by the European patent (yes) Auxiliary requests 6, 12, 17, 22				Application title HIGHLY FLEXIBLE STARCH-BASED FILMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T040913.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1988/13 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 07.07.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C 13/08	Application no. 00990130.7
Keywords -				Application title ARTIFICIAL TURF INCLUDING DAMPING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T198813.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0783/14 () of 10.5.2016
Online on 07.07.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/14	Application no. 08020700.4
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step (yes) Apportionment of costs (no)				Application title Compositions containing fluorine-substituted olefins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T078314.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 487 KB)
T 2341/14 () of 14.6.2016
Online on 07.07.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B21B 31/10	Application no. 06842034.8
Keywords -				Application title PROCEDE DE GESTION DES CYLINDRES DANS UN ATELIER DE LAMINAGE ET INSTALLATION POUR SA MISE OEUVRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234114.20160614				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 224 KB)
T 0266/15 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 07.07.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 15/46 A61L 15/18 B32B 15/14 A61F 13/15	Application no. 04739725.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - main request Novelty - (no) Novelty - main request Novelty - (yes) Novelty - first auxiliary request Clarity - first auxiliary request - not open to examination in opposition appeal Sufficiency of disclosure - not part of appeal proceedings Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request				Application title ANTIMICROBIAL WOUNDDRESSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T026615.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1955/14 (Modulation repression reduction inhibition expression target gene/ … of 13.5.2016
Online on 06.07.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/113 A61K 48/00 A01K 67/027 C12N 5/10	Application no. 04015041.9
Keywords -				Application title Synthetic genes and genetic constructs comprising the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T195514.20160513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0777/11 () of 28.6.2016
Online on 05.07.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01J 3/44 G01J 3/10 G01N 21/65 H01S 5/0625	Application no. 06763667.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG UND DETEKTION EINES RAMAN-SPEKTRUMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T077711.20160628				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1759/11 (Automated information retrieval/HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT) of 20.4.2016
Online on 05.07.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 20.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 97922333.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title System and method for automated retrieval of information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T175911.20160420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0481/14 () of 7.4.2016
Online on 05.07.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/98 A61Q 5/12	Application no. 03027985.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Conditioning and cleansing composition for hair
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T048114.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0764/14 (Silver catalyst / SD) of 11.11.2015
Online on 05.07.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/50 B01J 23/66 C07D 301/10	Application no. 03718116.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title ETHYLENE OXIDE CATALYST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T076414.20151111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 634 KB)
T 1431/14 (Vorsterilisiertes Filtrationssystem / SARTORIUS STEDIM) of 21.6.2016
Online on 05.07.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 61/18 A61M 1/10 A61M 1/36 A61M 39/22	Application no. 09723090.8
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) - Hauptantrag Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Vorsterilisiertes Filtrationssystem zum Einmalgebrauch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T143114.20160621				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1954/14 () of 13.5.2016
Online on 05.07.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 13.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B31B 19/64 B31B 19/84 B31B 23/00	Application no. 06015494.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (nein) Entscheidung über eine Beweisaufnahme - beschwerdefähige Entscheidung (nein) Angefochtene Mitteilung der Einspruchsabteilung als Entscheidung zu werten und gesondert anfechtbar (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung von Kunststoffbeuteln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T195414.20160513				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0879/15 () of 1.6.2016
Online on 05.07.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 5/04	Application no. 08009788.4
Keywords Zulassung in das Verfahren (einziger Antrag) NEIN				Application title Abdeckanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087915.20160601				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 270 KB)
J 0011/12 (Anspruchsgebühren / CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY) of 29.6.2015
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 29.6.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B 21/00 G02B 21/10 G01N 21/64	Application no. 09709871.9
Keywords Anspruchsgebühren - Nachzahlung für zusätzliche Ansprüche, die unter Regel 161(1) EPÜ eingereicht werden, wenn die Anspruchsgebühren nach Regel 162(1) innerhalb der Frist von Regel 159(1) EPÜ entrichtet wurden und keine Mitteilung nach Regel 162(1) Satz 2 ergangen ist (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM RÄUMLICHEN HOCHAUFLÖSENDEN ABBILDEN EINER STRUKTUR EINER PROBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:J001112.20150629				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2351/09 (Electrochromic device / BASF SE) of 24.3.2016
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/15 C09K 9/02 G03C 1/815	Application no. 05774137.3
Keywords Main request: inventive step (yes)				Application title STABILIZED ELECTROCHROMIC MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T235109.20160324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1451/12 () of 1.6.2016
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 1/06 B67D 1/14 B67D 1/08	Application no. 04076806.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - all requests (yes)				Application title Drink dispenser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T145112.20160601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1708/12 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B82Y 30/00	Application no. 04750548.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title WATER DISPERSIBLE POLYTHIOPHENES MADE WITH POLYMERIC ACID COLLOIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T170812.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 2314/12 () of 14.10.2015
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 33/20 C08L 65/00 C09D 5/24 H01B 1/12 H01G 9/00	Application no. 08017549.0
Keywords Late filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Conductive composition, and their production method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T231412.20151014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 0939/13 (Personalisierungssystem/BUNDESDRUCKEREI) of 15.6.2016
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 9/00 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 07803214.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja, nach Änderungen)				Application title Verfahren zur Personalisierung von Dokumenten, kryptographisches System, Personalisierungssystem und Dokument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T093913.20160615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2052/14 (Offenbarung relativer Maße in Zeichnungen (siehe Punkt 1.3)) of 24.6.2016
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L 11/15	Application no. 10173724.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verbundwellrohr
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T205214.20160624				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1508/15 () of 29.4.2016
Online on 04.07.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B61C 9/12	Application no. 09002919.0
Keywords Ausführbarkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Antriebsstrang für ein Kraftfahrzeug mit zwei gleichwertigen Fahrtrichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T150815.20160429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
R 0002/14 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 22.4.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 22.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/10 C12N 1/12 C12N 9/00 C12N 15/06 C12N 15/09 C12N 15/12 C12N 15/30	Application no. 99965105.2
Keywords Petition admissible (yes) obligation to raise objection (no) Petition allowable (yes) remaining doubts as to whether the petitioners right to be heard was observed to be solved to the affected partys benefit Decision under review set aside (yes) Re-opening of proceedings (yes) Replacement of members of the Board of Appeal (no) not requested and no ex officio exception from the general principle				Application title Desaturases and methods of using them for synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000214.20160422				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 79 KB)
T 0305/11 (Parallel decoding/SONY) of 26.4.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/11	Application no. 04728245.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Amendments - all requests (not allowable)				Application title Decoding method, decoding device, and program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T030511.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481 KB)
T 0435/11 (Data export and import/SAP) of 13.5.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 13.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04733534.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Data importation and exportation for computing devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043511.20160513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1020/11 (PCV2 combination vaccine/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 7.4.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/295 A61K 39/04 A61K 39/12	Application no. 06848471.6
Keywords Main request Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title Multivalent PCV2 immunogenic compositions and methods of producing such compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T102011.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1317/11 () of 6.5.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61G 10/02 F24F 11/00	Application no. 03780104.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerden, ausreichende Substantiierung (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title AUFENTHALTSRAUM UND VERFAHREN ZUM EINSTELLEN DER RAUMATMOSPHÄRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T131711.20160506				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1473/12 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 45/50	Application no. 03005275.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed request - change of subject-matter Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed request - procedural economy				Application title Injection molding machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T147312.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 560 KB)
T 1730/12 () of 8.6.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 33/36 B41J 33/54	Application no. 07012470.6
Keywords Admissibility of amendments (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Tape drive and printing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173012.20160608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1917/12 () of 22.4.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 15/00	Application no. 01967182.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Pipe Integral Threaded Joint
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T191712.20160422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 0470/13 () of 20.4.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N 2/12 B60N 2/235	Application no. 05005758.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Vehicle seat position adjusting device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T047013.20160420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 0356/14 (Exhaust gas purifying catalyst/CATALER) of 23.6.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 35/04 B01D 53/94 B01J 23/58 B01J 23/63 B01J 37/02 F01N 3/10	Application no. 06781505.0
Keywords Late filed claim requests - change of subject-matter - admitted (no)				Application title EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T035614.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1524/14 () of 9.5.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 06700276.6
Keywords More than one independent claim in the same category - no (main request) Novelty - no (auxiliary request 1) Pursuing abandoned claims in the examination appeal proceedings - no (auxiliary request 2)				Application title Document and method of manufacturing same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T152414.20160509				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0581/15 (Herstellung von Schalenkatalysatoren mittels Washcoatsuspension/SÜD- … of 14.6.2016
Online on 01.07.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 37/02 B01J 23/22 B01J 23/881 B01J 23/888	Application no. 08758963.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - endeutig zulässig (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Klarheit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM AUFTRAGEN EINER WASHCOATSUSPENSION AUF EINE TRÄGERSTRUKTUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T058115.20160614				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)

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D 0004/15 () of 4.4.2016
Online on 30.06.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 4.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000415.20160404				Distribution	Decision No PDF available
D 0004/15 () of 4.4.2016
Online on 30.06.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 4.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000415.20160404				Distribution	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 27 KB)
T 0924/11 (Medical article /3M Innovative Properties Company) of 1.10.2015
Online on 30.06.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 15/22 A61L 15/42 A61L 15/58	Application no. 00959228.8
Keywords Main request: Novelty - (no) Auxiliary Request 1: amendments allowable (yes) - insufficiency of disclosure (no) - novelty (yes) - inventive step (yes)				Application title FOAM/FILM COMPOSITE MEDICAL ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T092411.20151001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2197/11 (Size-reduced L-carnitine acid fumarate/SIGMA-TAU) of 17.2.2016
Online on 30.06.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/205 A61K 9/14 A23L 1/305	Application no. 00961529.5
Keywords Requests and documents filed with the statement of grounds of appeal: admitted (yes) Document admitted by opposition division: discretion correctly exercised (yes) Oral submission by inventor (yes) Main request and first to third auxiliary requests: Novelty (yes) Main request and first to third auxiliary requests: Inventive step (no) - obvious modification Fourth to sixth auxiliary requests: Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Seventh auxiliary request: admitted (no)				Application title ULTRAFINE L-CARNITINE, METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME, COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T219711.20160217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 547 KB)
T 0803/12 (Automated thrust-based roll guidance limiting/BOEING) of 11.5.2016
Online on 30.06.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D 1/08	Application no. 99203494.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (all requests) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Objection under Rule 106 EPC - (dismissed) Request for correction of minutes before opposition division - (rejected)				Application title Method of automated thrust-based roll guidance limiting
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T080312.20160511				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0860/12 (Fluorine substituted olefins / Honeywell International Inc.) of 22.9.2015
Online on 30.06.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C09K 3/30 C08J 9/14	Application no. 05744161.0
Keywords All requests: grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FLUORINE SUBSTITUTED OLEFINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T086012.20150922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1734/12 () of 20.4.2016
Online on 30.06.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C 47/40 B29C 47/60 B29C 47/64 B29B 7/42	Application no. 03019034.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung (zugelassen) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Schneckenmaschine mit Misch- und Knet-Scheiben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173412.20160420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 2341/12 () of 11.2.2016
Online on 30.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/72 A61K 9/14	Application no. 07120591.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Formulations for use in inhaler devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234112.20160211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0368/15 () of 24.5.2016
Online on 30.06.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B42C 1/12 B65H 45/30	Application no. 08150986.1
Keywords Admissibility of the main request (no) Admissibility of the amendments of the auxiliary request (yes) Clarity of the auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Sheet folding and creasing apparatus allowing intermittent relative movement between the sheets and the creasing unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T036815.20160524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2374/11 (Instruction emulation/NORTHROP) of 23.6.2016
Online on 29.06.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/455	Application no. 04002677.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Emulation of microprocessor instructions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T237411.20160623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0039/12 () of 24.6.2016
Online on 29.06.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 1/70 D04H 1/00 D04H 13/00	Application no. 02796696.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - no link between statement of grounds of appeal and decision under appeal				Application title MINERAL FIBRE BATTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T003912.20160624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1357/10 (Selecting a font/MICROSOFT LICENSING) of 16.3.2016
Online on 28.06.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 16.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21	Application no. 03003931.7
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for selecting a font
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T135710.20160316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1209/11 (Antivirus product/COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK) of 15.6.2016
Online on 28.06.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/22	Application no. 05749520.2
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT USING IN-KERNEL CACHE OF FILE STATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T120911.20160615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1376/11 (Paprika plants with orange fruits exhibiting high zeaxanthin … of 26.1.2016
Online on 28.06.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/047 A61K 31/015 A61K 31/381 A01H 5/00	Application no. 06734837.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - of all requests (no)				Application title A Capsicum variety exhibiting a hyper-accumulation of zeaxanthin and products derived therefrom
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137611.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0723/10 () of 15.3.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36 G06F 17/50	Application no. 01113266.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for configuring a blood circuit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T072310.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0035/11 () of 16.3.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36 G06F 17/50	Application no. 05019001.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for configuring a blood circuit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T003511.20160316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2329/11 () of 3.6.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 9/095 G05B 19/414	Application no. 99947082.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja)				Application title REGELVORRICHTUNG FÜR EIN SCHWEISSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T232911.20160603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0051/12 () of 22.6.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 99924486.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title TEAR RESISTANT POROUS EXTENSIBLE WEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005112.20160622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227 KB)
T 0277/12 () of 24.5.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A62B 7/14	Application no. 03739569.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no)				Application title METHOD OF OPERATING A LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T027712.20160524				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 2089/12 () of 18.5.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/07 B66F 9/075 B66F 9/24	Application no. 04000186.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title Stapler mit Memory-Einheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T208912.20160518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0473/13 () of 11.5.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J 3/36	Application no. 98103916.7
Keywords Intervention of assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed prior use allegation - admittance (yes) Prior use - public availability (no)				Application title A plant for transmitting electric power
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T047313.20160511				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1355/13 () of 10.5.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 13/00 A01K 15/00 A01K 15/02 A01K 27/00 A01K 29/00	Application no. 05742165.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title DEVICE FOR PREVENTING CRIBBING OR SUCKING IN HORSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T135513.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258 KB)
T 1544/13 () of 14.4.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16	Application no. 02727944.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - entitlement to appeal Inventive step - (no)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF DISPERSIONS OF DRUGS AND NEUTRAL POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T154413.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1678/14 () of 22.6.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/84 B29C 65/78 G02B 5/30 G02F 1/13 G02F 1/1335 B32B 38/00 B32B 41/00	Application no. 11182532.9
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Method and system for laminating optical elements
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T167814.20160622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2236/14 () of 12.5.2016
Online on 27.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/28 A61K 31/565	Application no. 08462008.7
Keywords Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Method for preparing film-coated tablets containing drospirenone as active agent
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T223614.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2099/11 () of 27.4.2016
Online on 24.06.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 02078833.7
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Security document with a perforation pattern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T209911.20160427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1911/12 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 24.06.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/14	Application no. 05006961.6
Keywords Inadmissible extension (no) Clarity (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Inkjet head
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T191112.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 2092/12 () of 7.6.2016
Online on 24.06.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/56	Application no. 99931594.8
Keywords Novelty (no) Novelty - main and first auxiliary request Second and third auxiliary request not admitted				Application title MOULD, ENCAPSULATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF ENCAPSULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T209212.20160607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0874/13 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 24.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 31/585 A61K 31/567 A61K 31/525 A61P 15/18	Application no. 07764936.6
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Amendments - claim 1: added subject-matter (no) Claim 1 - clarity (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING A TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087413.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1731/10 (Hierarchical mapping / SAP) of 7.6.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 7.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/50 G06F 9/48	Application no. 06023720.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Hierarchical, multi-tiered mapping and monitoring architecture for service-to-device re-mapping smart items
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173110.20160607				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1043/11 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/235	Application no. 08005827.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, exposure control method, and program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T104311.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1253/11 () of 12.5.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 33/00	Application no. 00976836.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - unclear characterization by parameters Right to be heard - non-attendance at oral proceedings				Application title PARTICLE BEAM PROCESSING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T125311.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1663/11 () of 17.6.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.6.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G01P 13/00 E06B 9/82 E04F 10/06 H04B 1/16	Application no. 01949809.6
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE DETECTION DE MOUVEMENT ET DISPOSITIF DE SECURITE POUR STORE A BRAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T166311.20160617				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2024/11 (Etheric oils/D & W TRADING) of 21.4.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/78	Application no. 96920051.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer: clarity (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, BASED ON ETHERIC OILS OBTAINED FROM PLANTS FOR USE IN THE HUMAN AND VETERINARY MEDICAL FIELD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T202411.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2514/11 () of 19.1.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/32 A24D 3/02	Application no. 05090268.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit Dokument (nein) Neuheit u Erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Übergabe stabförmiger Artikel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T251411.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 0906/12 (Communication system/KINETO) of 28.4.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/00	Application no. 03776436.2
Keywords Admissibility of late-filed requests (no) - prima facie infringement of Article 123(2) EPC (all requests)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING THE COVERAGE AREA OF A LICENSED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING AN UNLICENSED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T090612.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2181/12 (System for analyzing biological samples/ROCHE) of 4.5.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 09159499.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Analysis system for analyzing biological samples, data processing method and computer program product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T218112.20160504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2311/12 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D 41/30	Application no. 06119474.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Steuern des Einspritzsystems während des Übergangs von einem HCCI zu einem SI Verbrennungsmodus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T231112.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0199/14 () of 2.6.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20	Application no. 02760523.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR TREATING PRIMARY INSOMNIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T019914.20160602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1716/14 (DICLOFENAC FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USE/APR Applied Pharma … of 25.2.2016
Online on 23.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 9/14 A61K 9/08 A61K 31/196	Application no. 06743167.6
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DICLOFENAC FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T171614.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0882/11 () of 1.6.2016
Online on 22.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 1.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/54	Application no. 04770304.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T088211.20160601				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1088/11 () of 17.6.2016
Online on 22.06.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/495 H01L 25/07	Application no. 01305966.2
Keywords Composition of the opposition division Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Fundamental procedural defect - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Competence of the boards of appeal - composition of the board of appeal				Application title Semiconductor device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T108811.20160617				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 1242/11 (Vaccine compositions/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 1.12.2015
Online on 22.06.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/385 A61K 39/116 A61K 39/295 A61K 39/00 A61P 31/00	Application no. 00203772.9
Keywords Inventive Step of all requests - (no)				Application title Vaccines comprising a polysaccharide antigen-carrier protein conjugate and free carrier protein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T124211.20151201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1270/11 () of 25.4.2016
Online on 22.06.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 25.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173	Application no. 05711648.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SWITCHING FROM BROADCAST MEDIA TO STREAMING MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127011.20160425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0224/12 () of 2.2.2016
Online on 22.06.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08F 210/06	Application no. 02751077.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Party adversely affected Late filed ground not admitted- correct exercise of discretion by the opposition division Late-filed argument - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Main request - maintenance in amended form - yes				Application title PROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T022412.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0114/15 () of 28.4.2016
Online on 22.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70 A61K 31/485	Application no. 04763497.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title TRANSDERMAL FORMULATION COMPRISING AN OPIOID ANALGESIC AND AN ALOE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T011415.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0690/11 () of 1.3.2016
Online on 21.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16 G06F 19/00 A61M 1/36	Application no. 03736716.6
Keywords Patentable invention - technical character of some features of the invention - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DIALYSIS SYSTEM COMPRISING A DISPLAY DEVICE, A WEB BROWSER AND A WEB SERVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069011.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 0450/12 (Voltage converter/WIDEX) of 29.4.2016
Online on 21.06.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 01900102.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) main request and fifth auxiliary request Inventive step - (no) second auxiliary request Claims - clarity (no) fourth auxiliary request Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) first, third and sixth auxiliary requests				Application title A DIGITAL HEARING AID WITH A VOLTAGE CONVERTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T045012.20160429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1093/12 (Database encryption/PROTEGRITY) of 10.5.2016
Online on 21.06.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 1/00	Application no. 01126387.8
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) (all requests)				Application title A method for altering encryption status in a relation database in a continuous process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T109312.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1840/12 () of 24.3.2016
Online on 21.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/0285	Application no. 03746093.8
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Right to priority (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSESSMENT OF AROUSAL, PAIN AND STRESS DURING ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T184012.20160324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1379/13 (Automation of room allocations/STORZ) of 13.4.2016
Online on 21.06.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 08019690.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests 1 to 5 and 8 (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 6 (no) Allowable amendments - auxiliary request 7 (no)				Application title Method and system for management of operating-room resources
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137913.20160413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2292/14 () of 2.3.2016
Online on 21.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16 G06F 19/00 A61M 1/28	Application no. 10075546.1
Keywords Late-submitted material - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal, justification for late filing (yes), admitted (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Novelty - main request (no), auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2, 3 and 4 (no)				Application title Dialysis system comprising a display device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T229214.20160302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523 KB)
D 0008/15 () of 17.6.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 17.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000815.20160617				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 20 KB)
T 1025/11 () of 28.7.2015
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.7.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 49/04 A61M 25/10 A61F 2/06	Application no. 06001040.2
Keywords Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 und 4; (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 5 Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (nein) - Hilfsantrag 5 Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein) Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3; (ja) Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 5				Application title Zubereitung für Restenoseprophylaxe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T102511.20150728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 560 KB)
T 1066/11 () of 29.7.2015
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 29.7.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 49/04 A61M 25/10 A61F 2/06	Application no. 06001042.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (ja)				Application title Zubereitung für Restenoseprophylaxe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T106611.20150729				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 553 KB)
T 1390/11 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/36	Application no. 03748488.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title CONNECTION LEAD FOR AN ELECTRICAL ACCESSORY DEVICE OF AN MRI SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T139011.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0580/12 () of 19.4.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/20	Application no. 01926281.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request and 1st auxiliary request Inventive step - no Inventive step - 2nd auxiliary request Inventive step - yes				Application title MILLING TOOL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T058012.20160419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0644/12 (Antenatal screening/WALD) of 2.5.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 2.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68 A61B 8/08	Application no. 99918188.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ANTENATAL SCREENING FOR DOWN'S SYNDROME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T064412.20160502				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 471 KB)
T 0180/13 () of 2.6.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 31/485	Application no. 03718677.2
Keywords Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title FORMOTEROL SUPERFINE FORMULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T018013.20160602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1733/13 () of 26.1.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47G 19/22 B67D 1/04	Application no. 07706011.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title DRINKING VESSEL FILLABLE FROM THE BOTTOM AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A BEVERAGE THEREIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173313.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1818/13 () of 12.5.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16G 3/04	Application no. 05808291.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja)				Application title BAND ODER GURT MIT EINEM AN SEINEM ENDE ANGEBRACHTEN DRAHTHAKENVERBINDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T181813.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0915/14 () of 13.5.2016
Online on 20.06.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 13/02 B64D 13/06	Application no. 07874271.5
Keywords Extension beyond the content of the application as originally filed- Main Request and Auxiliary Requests 2 to 12 (yes) Amendment-Broadening of scope of protection-Auxiliary Request 1 (yes)				Application title CABIN AIR AND HEAT EXCHANGER RAM AIR INLETS FOR AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T091514.20160513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1941/11 (Multiple concurrent pipelines / QUALCOMM) of 22.10.2015
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 22.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/00	Application no. 05732166.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title MULTITHREADED PROCESSOR WITH MULTIPLE CONCURRENT PIPELINES PER THREAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T194111.20151022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2593/11 () of 30.5.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/00 A61F 2/01 A61B 17/12	Application no. 98946804.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER DIRECTED OCCLUSION DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T259311.20160530				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0200/12 () of 27.4.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03K 19/003 H03K 19/094	Application no. 09163916.1
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Single-event-effect tolerant SOI-based logic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T020012.20160427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260 KB)
T 2054/12 () of 6.4.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/46 G01R 33/561	Application no. 06825858.1
Keywords - claim to priority (not valid; main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4) - novelty (no; main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4) - late-filed request (not admitted: prima facie not inventive; auxiliary request 5)				Application title FREQUENCY SWEPT EXCITATION FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T205412.20160406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 2453/12 () of 24.5.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/04 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/81 A61Q 5/06	Application no. 02026711.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerden Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Beschwerdeberechtigung - Identität der Einsprechenden - (ja) Einspruchsberechtigung - Identität der Einsprechenden - (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Rechtsübergang - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Haarfestiger mit kationischer Substanz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245312.20160524				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1402/13 (Appeal fee/GBC METALS) of 31.5.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C25D 3/56 C25D 3/22 H05K 3/38 C23C 22/40	Application no. 04782625.0
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title CHROMIUM-FREE ANTITARNISH ADHESION PROMOTING TREATMENT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140213.20160531				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1439/13 (Non-adaptive retransmissions/SONIC) of 30.3.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/18	Application no. 09010508.1
Keywords Inventive step - all claim requests (no)				Application title Method and apparatus of handling TTI bundling retransmission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T143913.20160330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 2313/13 (Sequential display switching/SONY) of 20.4.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/16 G11B 27/00	Application no. 09016035.9
Keywords Intermediate generalisation - main request (yes) Intermediate generalisation - auxiliary request (no, after amendment) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Playback apparatus and playback method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T231313.20160420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1592/14 () of 14.3.2016
Online on 17.06.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64F 1/305	Application no. 05700480.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title BOARDING BRIDGE AND METHOD OF IMPROVING THE STABILITY OF A BOARDING BRIDGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T159214.20160314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0757/11 () of 10.6.2016
Online on 16.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 13/88 G01S 7/03 G01F 23/284	Application no. 01967276.5
Keywords Stützung der Ansprüche durch die Beschreibung (verneint)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES FÜLLSTANDS EINES FÜLLGUTS IN EINEM BEHÄLTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075711.20160610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1484/11 (Thermotolerant phytase/AB ENZYMES) of 11.12.2015
Online on 16.06.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/46	Application no. 02799344.3
Keywords "Main request and auxiliary request I - admission into the proceedings (no) Auxiliary request II - inventive step (no)				Application title MICROBIALLY-EXPRESSED THERMOTOLERANT PHYTASE FOR ANIMAL FEED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T148411.20151211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0380/13 () of 3.6.2016
Online on 16.06.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B24D 5/16 B24D 7/16	Application no. 06790247.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja)				Application title TRÄGERKÖRPER FÜR EIN ROTIERENDES SCHLEIF- BZW. SCHNEIDWERKZEUG SOWIE DARAUS HERGESTELLTES SCHLEIF- BZW. SCHNEIDWERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T038013.20160603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0973/13 () of 8.6.2016
Online on 16.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 33/30 A61K 33/24 A61K 33/00 A61P 15/14 A61P 31/04 A61K 45/06	Application no. 07868403.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INTRA-MAMMARY TEAT SEALANT FORMULATION AND METHOD OF USING SAME TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE VISUAL DEFECTS IN AGED CHEESES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T097313.20160608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1992/13 () of 19.4.2016
Online on 16.06.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47G 27/04 C09J 183/06 C08J 7/04 C08L 83/06	Application no. 06792682.4
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no) Main request: inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title ADHESIVE FOR NONCERAMIC FLOOR COVERINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T199213.20160419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0022/09 (Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts/ Sasol) of 5.2.2016
Online on 15.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 33/00 B01J 23/75 C07C 1/04 B01J 37/02	Application no. 99906328.2
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - new sole claim request filed at the oral proceedings Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - (yes) Novelty - non-medical use Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T002209.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 492 KB)
T 0963/11 () of 8.6.2016
Online on 15.06.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01H 1/00	Application no. 04735960.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MULTI-SOUND EFFECT SYSTEM INCLUDING DYNAMIC CONTROLLER FOR AN AMPLIFIED GUITAR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T096311.20160608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0996/13 (Antibody human choline transporter-like protein CTL4 prostate cancer/ … of 6.6.2016
Online on 15.06.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 6.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/12 C07K 14/705 C07K 16/28 C12Q 1/68 G01N 33/68 A61P 13/08 A61K 38/17 A61K 39/395 A01K 67/027	Application no. 06120391.5
Keywords Claim request filed with statement of Grounds of Appeal (inadmissible) Appeal dismissed				Application title 13 Transmembrane protein expressed in prostate cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T099613.20160606				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1130/11 (HPC scheduling/RAYTHEON) of 27.4.2016
Online on 14.06.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 27.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46	Application no. 05252239.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Scheduling in a high-performance computing (HPC) system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T113011.20160427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1469/12 () of 25.5.2016
Online on 14.06.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D 5/06 B05D 7/00	Application no. 04735373.5
Keywords -				Application title METHOD FOR FORMING BRILLIANT COATING FILM AND COATED ARTICLE SHOWING METALLIC EFFECT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T146912.20160525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1789/13 () of 18.5.2016
Online on 14.06.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 17/32	Application no. 09799530.2
Keywords Anspruch 1 gemäß Hauptantrag, bzw. gemäß einem der Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4 - Klarheit (nein) Anspruch 1 gemäß Hilfsantrag 1 - Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title TRANSPORTKETTE FÜR EIN TRANSPORTSYSTEM EINER BEHÄLTERBEHANDLUNGSMASCHINE SOWIE BEHÄLTERBEHANDLUNGSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178913.20160518				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0151/13 () of 17.3.2016
Online on 13.06.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 29/62 C07D 303/08	Application no. 05772361.1
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1 and 2A: amendments (no) - unallowable generalisation of value from Example Auxiliary request 2: novelty (no) - purpose of a particular reagent in a known chemical process is not a functional technical feature in the sense of G 2/88 and does not render said process novel				Application title CONVERSION OF A MULTIHYDROXYLATED-ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON OR ESTER THEREOF TO A CHLOROHYDRIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T015113.20160317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1165/13 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 13.06.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/00 C12P 13/00	Application no. 99917435.2
Keywords Main Request - novelty (no) Auxiliary Requests 1 and 2 - admissibility (no)				Application title PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE OVEREXPRESSION FOR ENHANCED PRODUCTION OF OXALOACETATE-DERIVED BIOCHEMICALS IN MICROBIAL CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T116513.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1325/15 (Location-based searches/QUALCOMM) of 7.6.2016
Online on 13.06.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07864887.0
Keywords Appealed decision - notified (yes) Time limit for filing notice of appeal - protection of legitimate expectations (no) Re-establishment of rights concerning time limit for filing notice of appeal (no) Admissibility of appeal - appeal deemed not to have been filed Admissibility of appeal - reimbursement of appeal fee Removal of a document from the public file (no)				Application title Device for saving results of location based searches
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T132515.20160607				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 526 KB)
T 2273/11 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 10.06.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D 35/00 B21D 53/88 C21D 1/673	Application no. 03807811.9
Keywords Neuheit - öffentliche Zugänglichmachung Neuheit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES PRESSGEHÄRTETEN BAUTEILS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T227311.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0989/12 () of 19.4.2016
Online on 10.06.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F04D 13/08 F04D 13/06 F04D 29/04	Application no. 05020868.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Pumpenaggregat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T098912.20160419				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0308/14 () of 22.3.2016
Online on 10.06.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 133/02 D04H 1/64 C03C 25/28 C03C 25/32 B32B 17/10	Application no. 03768889.2
Keywords Finding of fact in appeal binding in subsequently resumed opposition proceedings Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - alternative with inferior properties (no)				Application title EXTENDED POLYACRYLIC ACID BASED BINDER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T030814.20160322				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 539 KB)
T 2254/14 () of 11.1.2016
Online on 10.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61J 15/00	Application no. 05739459.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - (ja) Berichtigung des Namens der Einsprechenden - offensichtlicher Fehler (ja) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Berichtigung von Mängeln - sofort erkennbar, dass nichts anderes beabsichtigt sein konnte (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) - Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (nein)				Application title SONDE ZUR ENTERALEN ERNÄHRUNG UND SONDENSYSTEM ZUR ENTERALEN ERNÄHRUNG UND GASTRALEN DEKOMPRESSION ODER DRAINAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T225414.20160111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 544 KB)
T 2044/11 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 09.06.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 20/02 B21D 26/02	Application no. 97938239.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument				Application title DIFFUSION BONDING OF METALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T204411.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0619/13 () of 11.5.2016
Online on 09.06.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 1/46	Application no. 06829382.8
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES METALLBANDES DURCH GIESSWALZEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T061913.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
R 0004/14 () of 6.6.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 6.6.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/32	Application no. 99957131.8
Keywords Petitioners subjective surprise at Board of Appeals actions is not relevant to an objective review of its decision. Prima facie consideration of allowability when deciding on admissibility of a claim request, discretion to admit is governed by Article 13 RPBA. Petition for review - clearly unallowable				Application title COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000414.20160606				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 35 KB)
T 2290/10 (Flash memory/LEXAR MEDIA) of 4.3.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G11C 16/06	Application no. 99915037.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) all requests				Application title Flash memory rewriting architecture having no external latch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T229010.20160304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0376/11 () of 10.5.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/00	Application no. 00990337.8
Keywords Inventive step (no Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes Amendments - second auxiliary request)				Application title BROADCAST PROGRAM RECORDING OVERRUN AND UNDERRUN SCHEDULING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T037611.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 1441/11 (Memory consumption testing/RICOH) of 12.5.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 08252340.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Program determining apparatus and program determining method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T144111.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 2365/11 () of 24.2.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/20 A61M 37/00 A61M 35/00 A61N 1/30	Application no. 01977734.1
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PIERCING SKIN WITH MICROPROTRUSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T236511.20160224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1953/13 (CRUM chip/Samsung) of 9.5.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 9.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00 H04L 9/06 G06F 3/12 G06F 9/00	Application no. 09717157.3
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title UNIT USING OS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T195313.20160509				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0392/14 () of 15.4.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A23L 1/30 A61K 31/198 A61K 31/202 A23K 1/18 A23K 1/16 A61P 9/10 A61P 25/00	Application no. 06777068.5
Keywords Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING FUNCTIONAL VASCULAR INTEGRITY, CELLULAR SURVIVAL AND REDUCING APOPTOSIS AFTER AN ISCHEMIC EPISODE IN THE BRAIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T039214.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1363/14 (Verbot der vorweggenommenen Beweiswürdigung) of 30.5.2016
Online on 08.06.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B61K 3/02 B61K 13/00	Application no. 08013009.9
Keywords Offenkundige Vorbenutzung- Nichtzulassung eines rechtzeitig vorgelegten Beweisangebots durch die Einspruchsabteilung- Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title Befestigungs- und Einstellvorrichtung für ein Schienenfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T136314.20160530				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1348/11 (Multileaf lettuce/RIJK ZWAAN) of 15.1.2016
Online on 07.06.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/12	Application no. 98935398.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Observations by third parties - disregarded				Application title Multileaf lettuce
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T134811.20160115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0549/15 () of 2.6.2016
Online on 07.06.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.6.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 19/00	Application no. 04802673.6
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit des Anspruchs 1 nach Änderung (ja) Abhilfe - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title AKTORPLATTFORM ZUR FÜHRUNG VON ENDEFFEKTOREN BEI MINIMAL INVASIVEN INTERVENTIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T054915.20160602				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0384/12 () of 21.4.2016
Online on 06.06.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H05K 5/02 H01R 31/06	Application no. 03013102.3
Keywords Klarheit (nein) - Hauptantrag Neuheit (nein) Neuheit - Erster und zweiter Hilfsantrag				Application title Anschlussverbinder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T038412.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 424 KB)
T 0830/11 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01P 5/18 H03G 3/30	Application no. 98114047.8
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Mobile phone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T083011.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 1744/11 () of 28.4.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B21J 5/00 B21J 13/14 B21J 5/02 B22D 17/22	Application no. 03356082.2
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Pièces coulées forgées sans traces d'éjecteurs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T174411.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 249 KB)
T 1782/11 () of 11.5.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F17C 13/04 F17C 13/02 F17C 5/06	Application no. 98309250.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - auxiliary requests withdrawn before the opposition division (not admitted) Prohibition of reformatio in peius				Application title Gas control device and method of supplying gas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178211.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0599/12 (Dialing assistance/STAR HOME) of 20.4.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/22 H04Q 7/38 H04Q 7/24	Application no. 00311576.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) (all requests)				Application title System and methods for global access to services for mobile telephone subscribers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T059912.20160420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0884/12 () of 4.5.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23B 31/26 B23Q 5/32	Application no. 07009683.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Motorbetriebene Arbeits-Spindel für eine Werkzeug-Maschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T088412.20160504				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1160/12 () of 29.4.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C03B 5/26	Application no. 06725410.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM ÜBERFÜHREN VON GLASSCHMELZE AUF EIN FLOATBAD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T116012.20160429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1253/12 (System for controlling broadcast multimedia/QUALCOMM) of 20.5.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/185	Application no. 04704474.8
Keywords Clarity (all requests) - no				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA USING PLURAL WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T125312.20160520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1371/12 (Selective sulphur compounds removal / HALDOR TOPSØE) of 10.12.2015
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/86	Application no. 03739388.1
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes) - common general knowledge teaching away from claimed invention				Application title Process for the selective removal of sulphur compounds from synthesis gas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T137112.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 2520/12 () of 2.3.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 2.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 31/00 B01D 53/14 C01B 31/20	Application no. 06753354.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD FOR RECOVERY OF HIGH PURITY CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A GASEOUS SOURCE COMPRISING NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T252012.20160302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0239/13 (Dye storage stability / UNILEVER) of 22.9.2015
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/40 C11D 3/37 C09B 67/00	Application no. 06777186.5
Keywords Stay of the proceedings - (yes) questions on partial priority pending before the Enlarged Board				Application title Composition of enhanced stability and a process for making such a composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T023913.20150922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0912/13 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/63	Application no. 03735464.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (not substantiated) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYMER POLYOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T091213.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1196/13 () of 28.4.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60D 1/54	Application no. 07025069.1
Keywords Neuheit (ja) ; erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Ausführbarkeit (ja); unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Anhängekupplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T119613.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1613/13 () of 6.4.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC E02D 7/28 B63B 21/27	Application no. 99913750.8
Keywords -				Application title MARINE STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T161313.20160406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2365/13 (Human pluripotent progenitor stem cells /PROGENITOR LABS) of 31.5.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/06 G01N 33/50	Application no. 06808713.9
Keywords Main Request - remittal to the first instance for further prosecution				Application title METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A MODULATOR OF A CELL SIGNALLING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T236513.20160531				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 0882/14 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 03.06.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T 7/04 B60T 13/26 B60T 17/18 B60T 7/08 B60P 1/04	Application no. 09784916.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title VEHICLE FOR LAYING ROAD SURFACING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T088214.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0708/11 () of 15.4.2016
Online on 02.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/02 A61Q 5/02 A61Q 19/10	Application no. 03014575.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Modisches Kosmetikum
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T070811.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 0284/13 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 02.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/70	Application no. 05771775.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DEVICE FOR TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY OF ACTIVE PRINCIPLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T028413.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1409/13 () of 8.4.2016
Online on 02.06.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/22	Application no. 03002749.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1, 2a, 3a): NEIN Zulassung in das Verfahren (Hilfsantrag 2b): NEIN Unzulässige Erweiterung (Hilfsanträge 4 bis 6): JA				Application title Vorrichtung zum Austausch von Wärme
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140913.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
J 0019/13 (Deficiency concerning the signature on the request for grant) of 30.5.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 30.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 7/10	Application no. 10161088.9
Keywords Deficiency concerning the signature on the request for grant Application invalid ab initio - no Application of the principle of legitimate expectations - no				Application title Laser scanner with deformable lens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J001913.20160530				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1810/10 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/10	Application no. 05016123.1
Keywords added subject-matter (all requests)				Application title Particle beam therapy system and control system for particle beam therapy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T181010.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1174/11 () of 15.4.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G02B 21/36	Application no. 00977080.1
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title SYSTEM FOR OPTICALLY SECTIONING AND MAPPING SURGICALLY EXCISED TISSUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T117411.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0693/12 (Composition cosmétique à base d'un tensioactif cationique, d' … of 22.3.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.3.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/41 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/04 A61K 8/89 A61Q 5/12	Application no. 05291624.4
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Composition cosmétique à base d'un tensioactif cationique, d'une silicone aminée, d'un alcool gras et d'un agent propulseur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069312.20160322				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 454 KB)
T 1255/12 () of 12.5.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 8/50 C08F 210/02 C08F 210/16 C08K 5/14 C08L 23/08	Application no. 06813466.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title SOLID STATE PROCESS TO MODIFY THE MELT CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYETHYLENE RESINS AND PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T125512.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1262/12 () of 18.3.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 11/00 B65D 47/34	Application no. 03017881.8
Keywords Inventive step - Main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Assembly for securing and sealing a dispenser including a decorative collar to a flanged container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T126212.20160318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1649/12 (Granular detergent component/Unilever) of 23.10.2015
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/00 C11D 1/38 C11D 1/88	Application no. 01938063.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - new line of arguments presented at the oral proceedings Novelty - (yes) Novelty - Features not disclosed in claimed combination Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title GRANULAR DETERGENT COMPONENT AND PROCESS FOR ITS PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T164912.20151023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 2013/12 () of 16.3.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.3.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B65H 57/00	Application no. 06794491.8
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (oui)				Application title Gaine pour le Guidage d'un Fil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T201312.20160316				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0144/13 () of 12.5.2016
Online on 01.06.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 49/00 A61K 49/08 C07J 41/00	Application no. 08004643.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Blood pool agents for nuclear magnetic resonance diagnostics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T014413.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)

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T 2462/10 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 31.05.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/088	Application no. 03017759.6
Keywords Inventive step - no (all requests) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - refused (not required for the decision)				Application title Media online services access system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T246210.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0524/11 (Anemia treatment/AMGEN) of 16.2.2016
Online on 31.05.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/505 A61P 7/06 C12N 5/10 C12N 15/12	Application no. 99955046.0
Keywords Main request - meets requirements of EPC (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of anemia
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T052411.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2182/11 () of 12.5.2016
Online on 31.05.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 00117538.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Thin sanitary napkin allowing for controlled deformation when in use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T218211.20160512				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0558/12 () of 25.5.2016
Online on 31.05.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/467 H05K 7/20 G06F 1/20	Application no. 00980036.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ELECTRONIC DEVICE UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055812.20160525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0722/12 (Spannungsversorgung für Busgerät/SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG) of 15.4.2016
Online on 31.05.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 3/54	Application no. 04008069.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren und System zur kombinierten Spannungsversorgung für Busgeräte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T072212.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1090/13 () of 21.4.2016
Online on 31.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00 B60H 1/32 B61D 27/00	Application no. 07123254.0
Keywords Inventive step (yes) Admission of late filed documents (no)				Application title Air-conditioning device for a transport vehicle, and corresponding transport vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T109013.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 2247/10 (Descriptive data structure/INTERTRUST) of 19.4.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 98907612.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Inventive step - (no) Extension of protection - auxiliary request 3 - (yes)				Application title TECHNIQUES FOR USING DESCRIPTIVE DATA STRUCTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T224710.20160419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0019/11 (PlGF/SIEMENS) of 25.2.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/68 C07K 14/705	Application no. 03779880.8
Keywords Geänderte Ansprüche gemäss Hauptantrag - zugelassen Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title SCD40L, PAPP-A UND PLAZENTALER-WACHSTUMSFAKTOR (PLGF) ALS BIOCHEMISCHE MARKERKOMBINATIONEN BEI KARDIOVASKULÄREN ERKRANKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T001911.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0589/11 (Content manipulation/ENDECA TECHNOLOGIES) of 17.2.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03759747.3
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title System and method for manipulating content in a hierarchical data-driven search and navigation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T058911.20160217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1036/11 (Neurotoxic component/ALLERGAN) of 2.2.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/48 A61P 21/02	Application no. 04019048.0
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Neurotoxic component of botulinum toxins for treating cervical dystonia
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T103611.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1743/11 (Automated tissue engineering system/OCTANE) of 18.1.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12M 3/04	Application no. 03711758.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title AUTOMATED TISSUE ENGINEERING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T174311.20160118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1791/11 (Subtilase variants/NOVOZYMES) of 7.4.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/54 C11D 3/386	Application no. 02745188.9
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Inventive step - (no)				Application title SUBTILASE VARIANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179111.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0483/12 () of 1.3.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 3/00 C08L 33/12 E03C 1/18	Application no. 05706956.9
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - offenkundige Vorbenutzung zugelassen (nein)- Argument hinsichtlich Identität des nächstliegenden Standes der Technik zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung vor Einspruchsabteilung Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung - nicht von einer Partei berücksichtigt				Application title GIESSMASSE, INSBESONDERE FÜR DIE HERSTELLUNG VON KÜCHENSPÜLEN, SANITÄRFORMKÖRPERN, KÜCHENARBEITSPLATTEN ODER DERGLEICHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T048312.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0864/12 () of 3.12.2015
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/12 C08L 23/10 C08F 4/64 C08L 23/04	Application no. 98943014.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T086412.20151203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1402/12 () of 19.5.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/35 G07G 1/00	Application no. 09170844.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for automated product identification in point of sale applications using terahertz radiation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140212.20160519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 2154/12 () of 11.4.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/175	Application no. 06012968.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - change of subject-matter Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title Ink Cartridge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T215412.20160411				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1857/14 () of 11.3.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 29/00	Application no. 08786427.8
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - nach Änderung bejaht				Application title VERSTÄRKUNGSELEMENT ZUR VERSTÄRKUNG VON HOHLRÄUMEN VON STRUKTURELLEN BAUTEILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T185714.20160311				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273 KB)
T 1554/15 () of 20.5.2016
Online on 30.05.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D 5/28 C23C 28/00	Application no. 09179370.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title A thermal barrier coating system for enhancing heat transfer of turbine engine components
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T155415.20160520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 262 KB)
T 0732/11 () of 14.4.2016
Online on 27.05.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 25/14	Application no. 07006819.2
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title Technician communications for automated building protection systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T073211.20160414				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1172/11 () of 18.5.2016
Online on 27.05.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 5/04 G01N 33/02 G01N 33/06 G01R 33/44 G01N 24/08 G01N 22/04	Application no. 08168316.1
Keywords Clarity (amended claims - yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for rapid fat content determination using NMR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T117211.20160518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1296/11 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 27.05.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 13/115 H01R 13/504 H01R 43/24 H02K 5/22	Application no. 01102297.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag I Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag II (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag III (ja)				Application title Steckbarer Klemmenkasten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T129611.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1213/12 () of 10.5.2016
Online on 27.05.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 C30B 29/38	Application no. 02021450.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title III-nitride epitaxial substrate, epitaxial substrate for III-nitride element and III-nitride element
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T121312.20160510				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1274/13 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 27.05.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 3/16 A23L 3/22 A23L 1/01 A23L 1/212 A23L 1/29	Application no. 07017564.1
Keywords Main request - novelty (yes); inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 6 - inventive step (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 7 - admitted (no)				Application title Process for producing infant food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127413.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 492 KB)
T 1435/11 (Procédé enrobage microorganismes vivants injection substance … of 20.5.2016
Online on 25.05.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.5.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C12N 1/04 C12N 11/04 A23L 1/03 A23L 1/30 A61K 35/66	Application no. 01917167.7
Keywords Recours du titulaire du brevet contre une décision de revocation du brevet (irrecevable) objet du recours pas claire				Application title PROCEDE DE PRODUCTION DE PARTICULES CONTENANT DES MICROORGANISMES VIVANTS ENROBES.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T143511.20160520				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1563/13 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 25.05.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 161/28	Application no. 01915994.6
Keywords Admissiblity of appeal (yes) Transfer of opponent status (no) Added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Adhesive system comprising etherified amino resins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T156313.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 552 KB)
T 0261/14 () of 8.4.2016
Online on 25.05.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/32 B41M 5/40 C08J 5/18	Application no. 04807409.0
Keywords Late-filed facts Novelty - implicit disclosure of parameters Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title BIAXIALLY ORIENTED WHITE POLYPROPYLENE FILM FOR THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING AND RECEIVING SHEET FOR THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING THEREFROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T026114.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 0071/12 (Automated image document printing/OCE) of 28.4.2016
Online on 24.05.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/12 G06F 17/24	Application no. 07107758.0
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title Automated job submitter for submitting a print job to a printer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T007112.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 0379/12 (COMPOSITION POUR LA TEINTURE D'OXYDATION/ L'OREAL) of 10.3.2016
Online on 24.05.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/06 A61K 8/49 A61K 8/73	Application no. 01272053.8
Keywords Moyens de preuve - recevabilité (oui) Activité inventive -Requête principale et requête subsidiaire 1 (non) Activité inventive - solution évidente -requête subsidiaire 2: (oui) -solution non évidente				Application title COMPOSITION POUR LA TEINTURE D'OXYDATION DES FIBRES KERATINIQUES COMPRENANT UN AMINO PYRAZOLE ET UN COMPOSE CELLULOSIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T037912.20160310				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0442/12 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 24.05.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 83/04	Application no. 07113472.0
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Vernetzbare Massen auf der Basis von Organosiliciumverbindungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T044212.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 575 KB)
T 0493/12 () of 1.3.2016
Online on 24.05.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/25 C07C 57/04 F28D 7/16 B01J 12/00 B01J 19/24	Application no. 01110529.3
Keywords Main request: inventive step (no) - obvious alternative Auxiliary requests 2 and 2tris: admissibility (yes) - subject-matter restricted to that of a different category for which no negative decision had been issued Auxiliary request 2: amendments occasioned by ground for opposition (no) Auxiliary request 2tris: remittal Apportionment of costs (no) Apportionment of costs - no abuse of procedure Apportionment of future costs (no) - Board not in possession of necessary facts Request for acceleration of proceedings before the Opposition Division (no) - not in the Board's power				Application title Method for starting up reactor and reactor system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T049312.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0577/12 () of 13.11.2015
Online on 24.05.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.11.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC C08L 77/00 C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06 C08K 5/00	Application no. 03290360.1
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Objection selon la règle 106 CBE - rejetée				Application title Composition à base de polyamide pour des tuyaux flexibles contenant du pétrole ou du gaz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T057712.20151113				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0784/12 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 24.05.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/02 A61K 8/81 A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/12	Application no. 03014580.9
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - Stand der Technik lehrt nicht vom Erfindungsgegenstand weg				Application title Haarpflegeprodukt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T078412.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0572/13 () of 19.4.2016
Online on 24.05.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F 3/105	Application no. 03768447.9
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T057213.20160419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1412/11 () of 15.12.2015
Online on 23.05.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/12 D04H 13/00 A61F 13/15 C08J 5/18	Application no. 98946033.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title BREATHABLE ELASTIC FILM AND LAMINATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T141211.20151215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0412/12 () of 4.3.2016
Online on 23.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/42	Application no. 02805289.2
Keywords Änderungen - Haupt- u Hilfsanträge 1-3 (nicht zulässig), Hilfsantrag 4 (zulässig) Zulässigkeit - Hilfsantrag 0 (nein) Klarheitseinwand - Hilfsantrag 4 (nicht zulässig) Ausführbarkeit - Anspruch 1 Hilfsantrag 4 (ja) Neuheit u erfinderische Tätigkeit Neuheit - Anspruch 1 Hilfsantrag 4 (ja)				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT EINER UMSTEUEREINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T041212.20160304				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 473 KB)
T 2278/12 (GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING STRUCTURED ELECTRONIC … of 15.4.2016
Online on 23.05.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 07814690.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING STRUCTURED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T227812.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2109/14 () of 17.3.2016
Online on 23.05.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/416 G01N 33/28 E21B 47/10 G01N 27/30 G01N 27/333	Application no. 04820962.1
Keywords Added subject-matter - (main request: yes) Admissibility of amended request filed during oral proceedings - (first auxiliary request: no) Remittal for further prosecution - (second auxiliary request: yes)				Application title ELECTRO-CHEMICAL PH SENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T210914.20160317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 2320/11 () of 28.4.2016
Online on 20.05.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D06C 23/00	Application no. 02772389.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Erfinderische Tätigkeit Einspruchsgründe - (ja) Einspruchsgründe - deutliche und vollständige Offenbarung (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR FARBLOSEN, PLASTISCHEN MUSTERUNG UND VERFESTIGUNG EINER WARENBAHN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG DES VERFAHRENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T232011.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0379/13 (Fällungskieselsäure/Evonik) of 8.1.2016
Online on 20.05.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B 33/193	Application no. 04700700.0
Keywords Priorität - Identität der Erfindung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title SPEZIELL GEFÜLLTE KIESELSÄUREN FÜR GUMMIANWENDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T037913.20160108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1641/13 (Air filter/DONALDSON) of 6.4.2016
Online on 20.05.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/52	Application no. 05760294.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Air filter arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T164113.20160406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 597 KB)
T 0028/13 () of 3.5.2016
Online on 19.05.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C01B 15/023	Application no. 03742497.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON WASSERSTOFFPEROXID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T002813.20160503				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0061/14 () of 15.3.2016
Online on 19.05.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 24/00 A61L 24/06	Application no. 07710404.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) all requests				Application title POROUS INTRAVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006114.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0861/14 () of 7.4.2016
Online on 19.05.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16H 45/02	Application no. 09165960.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Hydrodynamische Kopplungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T086114.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0559/10 () of 12.11.2015
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 96914754.5
Keywords Statement not to attend oral proceedings amounts to a withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings Admissibility of requests - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Paired Optically Variable Device with Optically Variable Pigments
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T055910.20151112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0076/11 (Albumin fusion proteins/HGS) of 24.11.2015
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 1/00 C07K 14/765	Application no. 06076852.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Albumin fusion proteins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T007611.20151124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1440/11 () of 18.2.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 5/14	Application no. 07111046.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - completeness of disclosure Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method of detecting erroneous GPS ground speed on ground
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T144011.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1318/12 () of 13.1.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 21/26	Application no. 99934270.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no)				Application title ADAPTIVE OUTPUT INFLATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T131812.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 1386/12 () of 10.3.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/04	Application no. 07112880.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case				Application title Game operating device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T138612.20160310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 2405/12 () of 11.5.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 11.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 97949545.4
Keywords Withdrawal of approval of any text for maintenance of the patent				Application title HETEROGENEOUS SURGE MATERIAL FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T240512.20160511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0214/13 () of 22.4.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F27D 1/16	Application no. 02000285.3
Keywords -				Application title Spray method for monolithic refractories
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T021413.20160422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)
T 0382/13 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20	Application no. 08717753.1
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T038213.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0474/13 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D21F 3/02 D21F 3/04	Application no. 03708090.0
Keywords -				Application title GLÄTTVORRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T047413.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0582/13 (Lagerstabile Bleichmittelzusammensetzungen/HENKEL) of 21.4.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 13/02 B01J 13/04 C11D 3/50	Application no. 04739696.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title LAGERSTABILE BLEICHMITTELZUSAMMENSETZUNGEN AUF BASIS VON PEROXYCARBONSUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T058213.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0625/13 (Cu/Al oxide catalyst / BASF) of 10.3.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/72 B01D 53/86 B01J 23/00 C07C 37/16 C01B 3/58 C07C 231/06 C07C 67/40 C07C 45/29 C07C 45/00 C07C 209/16	Application no. 08155700.1
Keywords Added subject-matter (auxiliary requests 3 to 10) (yes) Admissibility of auxiliary request 11 filed during oral proceedings (no)				Application title Copper-aluminum mixed oxide catalyst, its preparation and use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062513.20160310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1335/13 () of 14.4.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 81/00 A47B 88/14	Application no. 04101739.3
Keywords -				Application title Eckschrankauszugvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T133513.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1937/13 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B61B 12/10	Application no. 00402214.1
Keywords Extension de l'objet de la demande (oui) Recevabilité des requêtes auxiliaires (non)				Application title Gare de téléphérique inclinée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T193713.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2386/13 () of 6.4.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B60S 1/38	Application no. 05728301.2
Keywords Recevabilité de la nouvelle requête (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title BALAI D'ESSUIE-GLACE DE TYPE FLAT-BLADE COMPORTANT UN DÉFLECTEUR AÉRODYNAMIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T238613.20160406				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0788/14 (Tolerogenic therapeutic antibody/ISIS) of 1.10.2015
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 C07K 19/00	Application no. 01974480.4
Keywords Main request - subject-matter extends beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Therapeutic and tolerance inducing antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T078814.20151001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0496/15 () of 11.3.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16J 9/06	Application no. 08748756.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - ja				Application title Ölabstreifring
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T049615.20160311				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1863/15 () of 28.4.2016
Online on 18.05.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/13	Application no. 07803334.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title COMBINATION VACCINE HAVING REDUCED POLIO VIRUS ANTIGEN QUANTITIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T186315.20160428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224 KB)
T 1785/15 () of 9.5.2016
Online on 17.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47K 10/34 B65H 26/08 A47K 10/36	Application no. 09756869.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - party adversely affected by decision (no) Correction of error - grant decision Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - legitimate expectation				Application title DISPENSER WITH LOW-MATERIAL SENSING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178515.20160509				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 2582/11 () of 9.5.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.5.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B21D 22/20 C22C 21/06	Application no. 04713927.4
Keywords Renvoi à la première instance - vice majeur dans la procédure de première instance (oui) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE D'EMBOUTISSAGE A TIEDE DE PIECES EN ALLIAGE Al-Mg
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T258211.20160509				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0092/12 () of 11.12.2015
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C 21/02 A22C 21/04	Application no. 02012165.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Vorbereitung von geschlachtetem Geflügel auf das Rupfen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T009212.20151211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0621/12 () of 27.4.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 27.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/64 G01N 33/58 G06F 19/00	Application no. 07874167.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - need for additional search (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title QUANTITATIVE, MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE ANALYSIS OF TISSUE SPECIMENS STAINED WITH QUANTUM DOTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062112.20160427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2184/12 () of 8.4.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/10	Application no. 07815223.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title FEATURE GAME PLAYED ON A GAMING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T218412.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2321/12 () of 21.4.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/12	Application no. 03019666.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Game system and game program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T232112.20160421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1168/13 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 37/04	Application no. 08785079.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Anspruch 1 neuer Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title DRUCKLUFTSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T116813.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1230/13 () of 24.2.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40	Application no. 06701684.0
Keywords Clarity - claim 1 of the main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title METHOD OF PREPARING A NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T123013.20160224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 0089/14 () of 22.4.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 9/02 E04C 2/292	Application no. 07873787.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF FABRICATING AN INTERNAL FINGER JOINT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T008914.20160422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1400/14 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30	Application no. 05075390.4
Keywords "All requests: Extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes)"				Application title Infant formula containing prebiotic additive
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140014.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1937/14 () of 5.2.2016
Online on 13.05.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29	Application no. 05075549.5
Keywords "All requests: Extension beyond the content of the earlier application as filed (yes)"				Application title Infant formula with improved fat composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T193714.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
D 0001/15 () of 4.5.2016
Online on 12.05.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 4.5.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000115.20160504				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 31 KB)
D 0002/15 () of 4.5.2016
Online on 12.05.2016	Board DBA	Decision date 4.5.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:D000215.20160504				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 29 KB)
T 2454/13 () of 4.4.2016
Online on 12.05.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A01G 9/02	Application no. 03740273.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Anspruch 1 (ja)				Application title PFLANZENBEHÄLTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245413.20160404				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0737/15 (Tensidkombination/HENKEL) of 27.4.2016
Online on 12.05.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 1/94 C11D 3/20 C11D 17/00	Application no. 05007381.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - alle Anträge				Application title Tensidkombination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T073715.20160427				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0104/11 (Programmable delay/FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR) of 14.1.2016
Online on 10.05.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G11C 7/22 G11C 7/00 G11C 16/32 G11C 16/26 H03K 5/13	Application no. 99118540.6
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request I (yes)				Application title Programmable delay control in a memory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T010411.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1081/11 () of 22.4.2016
Online on 10.05.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/52 H04N 5/445	Application no. 04793461.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title RECORDING MEDIUM AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHODS AND APPARATUSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T108111.20160422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 2543/11 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 10.05.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B23B 31/12	Application no. 03356152.3
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Mandrin porte-outil à système de verrouillage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T254311.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 276 KB)
T 1671/12 () of 8.4.2016
Online on 10.05.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A47C 1/13	Application no. 07785955.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title EINRICHTUNG ZUR SITZPLATZNUMERIERUNG DER EINZELNEN SITZE VON IN HALLEN, SÄLEN ODER DERGLEICHEN AUFGESTELLTEN SITZREIHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T167112.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2229/13 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 10.05.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 8/506 C09K 8/508 C09K 8/512	Application no. 07794677.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - all requests				Application title WEIGHTED ZERO SOLIDS LOSS CIRCULATION, FLUID LOSS AND INSULATING ANNULAR SPACE FLUID SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T222913.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2471/13 (Cleansing composition/UNILEVER) of 13.1.2016
Online on 10.05.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/73 A61K 8/36 A61Q 19/10	Application no. 05744764.1
Keywords Prior art document filed with the statement of grounds and objections based thereon could and should have been filed in first instance proceedings - not admitted irrespective of the potential relevance thereof Novelty - main request (yes)				Application title PERSONAL PRODUCT LIQUID CLEANSERS COMPRISING COMBINED FATTY ACID AND WATER SOLUBLE OR WATER SWELLABLE STARCH STRUCTURING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T247113.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1673/11 (Treatment of Pompe's disease/GENZYME) of 20.10.2015
Online on 06.05.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/24 A01N 37/18 A61K 38/43 A61P 3/00	Application no. 99965162.3
Keywords Article 123(3) EPC: Change from a claim under the provisions of the EPC 1973 invoking the legal fiction according to G 5/83to a claim under the provisions of Article 54(5) EPC 2000 (not allowable)				Application title TREATMENT OF POMPE'S DISEASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T167311.20151020				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0985/11 (Delta-4 desaturase/ABBOTT) of 9.9.2015
Online on 04.05.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 1/00 A01H 5/00 A23D 9/00 A61K 31/20 C07C 53/00 C07H 21/04 C12N 9/02 C12N 1/20 C12N 5/02 C12N 15/00 C12P 7/64	Application no. 02731579.5
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request 3 - inventive step (yes) Remittal (yes) Referral (no)				Application title Delta-4 desaturase genes and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T098511.20150909				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 470 KB)
T 2205/12 () of 8.4.2016
Online on 04.05.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00	Application no. 01959449.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request, second and fourth auxiliary request (no) Admissibility of first and third auxiliary request (no) - not admitted in the first-instance proceedings				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION CONCERNING CHROMOPHORES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T220512.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2266/13 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 04.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60Q 1/00 B60Q 1/28	Application no. 04014809.0
Keywords Mit der Beschwerdebegründung zitiertes Dokument- Zulassung in das Verfahren (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title Beleuchtungseinrichtung für ein Fahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T226613.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0055/11 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 03.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B 11/16	Application no. 03816138.6
Keywords Extension beyond the contents of the application as filed - no Sufficiency of disclosure - yes Inventive step - yes (after amendment) Admittance of new arguments presented for the first time during oral proceedings - yes (cf point 2)				Application title Pre-form and method of preparing a pre-form
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005511.20160216				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1908/12 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 03.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC F16L 15/00	Application no. 02804243.0
Keywords Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Joint fileté tubulaire supérieur comprenant au moins un élément fileté avec lèvre d'extrémité
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T190812.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 568 KB)
T 0222/13 () of 20.1.2016
Online on 03.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/175	Application no. 07005157.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) - all requests				Application title Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T022213.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1485/13 () of 22.2.2016
Online on 03.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B41J 3/28 B41J 3/407 B41J 3/44 B41J 11/00 B44C 5/04 H04N 1/00 B41J 2/165 B41J 2/21	Application no. 06023120.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1, 3 und 4 (nein) Geänderte Ansprüche in Widerspruch zu Regel 137 (4) EPÜ in der vom 13. Dezember 2007 bis zum 31. März 2010 geltenden Fassung - Hilfsantrag 2				Application title Vorrichtung zum Bemustern von Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T148513.20160222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1716/13 (Expression eines Gens II/ALNYLAM) of 1.10.2015
Online on 03.05.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/11 A61K 31/713	Application no. 02003683.6
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) 1. Hilfsantrag - Klarheit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung				Application title Verfahren und Medikament zur Hemmung der Expression eines vorgegebenen Gens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T171613.20151001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1145/10 (Document region protection/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 26.2.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/24 G06F 1/00 G06F 17/60	Application no. 04102462.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Method and apparatus for protecting regions of an electronic document
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T114510.20160226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2343/10 (Data matching using FPGA/IP RESERVOIR) of 23.2.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03729000.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) main request and auxiliary requests 1-9 Inventive step - (no) auxiliary requests 10 and 11				Application title Associative database searching using FPGA devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234310.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 545 KB)
T 1739/11 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 21/85 G01N 21/27 B07C 5/342	Application no. 99924971.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (geänderter Hauptantrag: ja) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR DETEKTION UND UNTERSCHEIDUNG ZWISCHEN KONTAMINATIONEN UND GUTSTOFFEN SOWIE ZWISCHEN VERSCHIEDENEN FARBEN IN FESTSTOFFPARTIKELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173911.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1777/11 () of 7.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H03K 19/09 H03K 19/21	Application no. 06022283.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein) : Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4, 10 und 11 Neuheit - (nein) : Hilfsanträge 5, 7 und 8 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) : Hilfsanträge 6, 9 und 12				Application title Einkanalige sichere Schaltung für den Ausgang eines Bus-Teilnehmers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T177711.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348 KB)
T 2466/11 (Channel estimation by interpolation of pilot symbols/OPTIS WIRELESS) of 17.2.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 25/02 H04L 27/26	Application no. 04797825.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title CHANNEL ESTIMATION BY ADAPTIVE INTERPOLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T246611.20160217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 0226/12 () of 8.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B31F 1/07	Application no. 05011455.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Mehrlagiges Flächenprodukt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T022612.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0509/12 () of 24.2.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 24.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 33/00 B41F 33/16	Application no. 01118667.3
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title Druckmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T050912.20160224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1075/12 () of 26.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/49 A61Q 5/10	Application no. 03020454.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes): restriction of a generic chemical formula Amendments - no singling out of a particular combination of features not originally disclosed				Application title Hair dye composition comprising methine dye
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T107512.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 1438/12 (GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DETERMINING COMMANDS BY APPLYING … of 8.3.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 07841984.3
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (yes) Inventive step - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DETERMINING COMMANDS BY APPLYING HEURISTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T143812.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1720/12 () of 15.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 33/36 B41J 33/54	Application no. 01965403.7
Keywords Inadmissible extension (yes: main request; no: first auxiliary request) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Tape drive and printing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T172012.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 2525/12 () of 11.2.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/01 A61M 25/00	Application no. 02748637.2
Keywords First auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Priority - basis in priority document (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A CATHETER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T252512.20160211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 561 KB)
T 0342/13 () of 4.3.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 5/04	Application no. 04009152.2
Keywords Novelty (Main Request) NO Inventive Step (First auxiliary request) YES				Application title Electric power steering apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T034213.20160304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 2175/13 (Clock recovery/ATI) of 25.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 7/033	Application no. 06787898.3
Keywords Clarity - (yes, after amendment) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Bit-deskewing input output method and system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217513.20160425				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 2194/13 () of 25.2.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 43/17 E21B 43/22 C09K 8/584 C09K 8/62	Application no. 06827569.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) - all requests				Application title METHODS FOR RECOVERING OIL FROM AN OIL RESERVOIR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T219413.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0823/14 (Touch event model/APPLE) of 17.3.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/048	Application no. 09154313.2
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - prior European application Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Touch event model
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T082314.20160317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1160/14 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/82	Application no. 03754743.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Late-filed auxiliary request				Application title STENT WITH IMPROVED FLEXIBILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T116014.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0767/15 () of 14.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/07 B66F 9/08	Application no. 09450162.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Anträge eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Regalbediengerät mit einem Mast
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T076715.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0003/16 (Pipe Calibration Of Omnidirectional Microphones/ALIPH) of 26.4.2016
Online on 02.05.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 29/00	Application no. 11760086.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Pipe calibration of omnidirectional microphones
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T000316.20160426				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220 KB)

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T 2098/10 () of 14.12.2015
Online on 29.04.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K 55/04	Application no. 02792603.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein)				Application title SCHIFFSANTRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T209810.20151214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1935/11 () of 18.4.2016
Online on 29.04.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 1/30 B66B 5/02	Application no. 06794088.2
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REGENERATIVE POWER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T193511.20160418				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2523/11 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 29.04.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D03D 11/00 D04H 3/00	Application no. 02770665.4
Keywords Amendments - correction of errors (no) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title HIGH-SPEED SPUN-BOND PRODUCTION OF NON-WOVEN FABRICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T252311.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2086/13 () of 2.2.2016
Online on 29.04.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/14 B01D 1/16 A61L 9/00	Application no. 03707697.3
Keywords Insufficiency of disclosure (yes) - all requests				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVAPORATING MULTI-COMPONENT LIQUIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T208613.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1370/14 () of 1.3.2016
Online on 29.04.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 1/02 E06B 1/32 E06B 1/56 E06B 1/60	Application no. 08425591.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Prefabricated door or window frame unit with an insulating surround
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137014.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1494/11 (Immunoglobulin concentrate/LAURIDSEN) of 8.4.2016
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 39/00 A61K 39/12 A61K 39/15 A61P 11/00	Application no. 02736484.3
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for modulating the immune system of animals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T149411.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1873/11 () of 25.2.2016
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G08C 17/02	Application no. 02776766.4
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein) - Hauptantrag Spät eingereichte Anträge - vor der Einspruchsabteilung zurückgenommene Anträge - Hilfsanträge I und II Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) - Hilfsanträge III und IV Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) - Hilfsantrag V				Application title Drahtloses Sensorsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T187311.20160225				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 522 KB)
T 2324/11 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 33/00	Application no. 05808825.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes, auxiliary requests 9-18) Inventive step - (yes, auxiliary request 20)				Application title METHODS OF COATING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS BY EVAPORATING SOLVENT FROM A SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T232411.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1588/12 (Automatic network configuration/INTEL) of 26.2.2016
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24	Application no. 04755704.6
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING AND TRANSITIONING WIRED AND WIRELESS NETWORKS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T158812.20160226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 2325/12 () of 19.4.2016
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/42	Application no. 04755980.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (no)				Application title MOUTH RINSE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING N-ACYL-ARGININE ALKYL ESTER SALTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T232512.20160419				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 2403/12 (dsRNA zur Hemmung der Genexpression/ALNYLAM) of 30.9.2015
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.9.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/11 A61K 31/713	Application no. 05002454.6
Keywords Verstoß gegen Artikel 76(1) bzw. 123(2) EPÜ (nein) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung				Application title Doppelsträngige RNA (dsRNA) zur Hemmung der Expression eines vorgegebenen Gens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T240312.20150930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0048/14 (Magnetpartikel/SIEMENS HEALTHCARE) of 16.3.2016
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H01F 1/36 C12N 15/10	Application no. 06762032.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title MAGNETPARTIKEL MIT EINER GESCHLOSSENEN, ULTRADÜNNEN SILIKASCHICHT, VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG UND VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T004814.20160316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1510/14 (Cu/Al catalyst / BASF CORP.) of 5.4.2016
Online on 28.04.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/72 C07C 209/60	Application no. 97917586.6
Keywords Main Request - added subject matter (yes) Auxiliary Request filed in the course of the appeal proceedings - not clearly allowable (not admitted)				Application title PREPARATION OF Cu/Al CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T151014.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0200/13 () of 17.3.2016
Online on 27.04.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B63H 25/38 B63H 25/52 B63B 3/40	Application no. 07023105.5
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Ruder für Schiffe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T020013.20160317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
R 0006/15 () of 25.4.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 25.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 1/02	Application no. 05735044.9
Keywords Petition for review - clearly unallowable				Application title Device for orienting the external rear-view mirrors of a vehicle to void the moment of dead angle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000615.20160425				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 27 KB)
T 0133/12 () of 18.3.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 49/04 H01J 49/40	Application no. 05813979.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)				Application title MASS SPECTROMETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T013312.20160318				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0223/12 () of 12.4.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K 37/00 B23K 9/10	Application no. 05701326.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR AUSFÜHRUNG EINES FÜGE-, TRENN- ODER OBERFLÄCHENBEHANDLUNGSVERFAHRENS, INSBESONDERE EINES SCHWEISSVERFAHRENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T022312.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0837/12 (Combining audio compression and feedback cancellation in a hearing … of 30.3.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00 H04R 3/02	Application no. 99914175.7
Keywords Main request - novelty (yes); inventive step (no) First auxiliary request (amended) - inventive step (yes)				Application title Apparatus and methods for combining audio compression and feedback cancellation in a hearing aid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T083712.20160330				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0915/12 () of 25.2.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F 5/18 F26B 21/12	Application no. 02740065.4
Keywords -				Application title A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRYING OF A WEB-FORMED MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T091512.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1276/12 (Zählerstandserfassung/EMH) of 26.1.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04Q 9/00 G01D 4/00 G08C 17/02	Application no. 05077742.4
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Patentansprüche - Befugnis zur Prüfung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1 (nein), Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Erfassen von Zählerständen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T127612.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 440 KB)
T 2152/12 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/68	Application no. 00972083.0
Keywords Continuation of the appeal proceedings after withdrawal of the opposition (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ORAL TRANSMUCOSAL DRUG DOSAGE USING SOLID SOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T215212.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0373/13 () of 15.4.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B 2/96	Application no. 00109969.6
Keywords Widerruf des Patents auf Antrag des Patentinhabers				Application title Fassadenkonstruktion mit Pfosten- sowie Riegelprofilen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T037313.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 228 KB)
T 2444/13 () of 5.4.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A45D 1/04	Application no. 09178002.3
Keywords -				Application title Haarformgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T244413.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1752/15 () of 8.4.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 23/02 B65D 1/02 C23C 16/455	Application no. 07792743.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title BOTTLE MADE OF SYNTHETIC RESIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T175215.20160408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1815/15 () of 15.4.2016
Online on 26.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC E03D 13/00	Application no. 96936998.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Violation of the principle of legitime expectations (no) Reestablishment of rights for paying the surcharge Rule 82(3) EPC (yes)				Application title HORIZONTAL-FLOW OIL-SEALANT-PRESERVING DRAIN ODOR TRAP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T181515.20160415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1597/12 () of 2.3.2016
Online on 25.04.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A21B 3/07	Application no. 02027544.2
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Backofen mit Backwagen-Fördersystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T159712.20160302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0099/13 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 25.04.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/02 A61K 47/12 A61K 47/18 A61K 39/395	Application no. 01981824.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title REDUCED-VISCOSITY CONCENTRATED PROTEIN FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T009913.20160114				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0222/15 () of 1.4.2016
Online on 25.04.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B25D 16/00	Application no. 10150410.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Elektrowerkzeug mit schaltbarem Getriebe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T022215.20160401				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 0809/15 () of 22.2.2016
Online on 25.04.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.2.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B60K 5/12 F02F 1/24	Application no. 11712908.0
Keywords Activité inventive- requêtes principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 5 (non)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE SUPPORT ET DE FIXATION D'UN MOTEUR SUR LE CHÂSSIS D'UN VEHICULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T080915.20160222				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1701/10 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 17/00	Application no. 97122695.6
Keywords Late filed requests - justification for late filing (yes; main request and first auxiliary request) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes; main request and first auxiliary request) Late filed requests - late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no; second auxiliary request)				Application title Portable shopping and order fulfillment system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T170110.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0763/11 () of 29.2.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 29.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/3415	Application no. 03778662.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title HIGH-FREQUENCY SYSTEM FOR AN MR APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMIT CHANNELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T076311.20160229				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1370/11 (On-demand property system/MICROSOFT) of 11.3.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/54	Application no. 03014099.0
Keywords Reduced execution time of a computer-implemented method - not in general a technical effect Inventive step - technical contribution (no)				Application title Extensible on-demand property system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137011.20160311				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1609/11 (Evaluation of adjuvanted vaccines/ ALK-ABELLO) of 15.3.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/551 G01N 33/50 G01N 33/68 A61K 39/00	Application no. 04739011.7
Keywords -				Application title EVALUATION OF ADJUVANTED VACCINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T160911.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0552/12 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A01B 79/00	Application no. 06110114.3
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête subsidiaire 1-3,5,6 (non) Modifications - requête subsidiaire 4 Modifications - extension de la revendication (oui) Requête subsidiaire 7 produite tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title Procédé d'optimisation de l'épandage, machine d'épandage et programme d'ordinateur correspondants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055212.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 460 KB)
T 1403/12 () of 29.1.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F25J 1/02	Application no. 06127190.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Summons to oral proceedings - continuation of proceedings without duly summoned party Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Process to obtain liquefied natural gas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140312.20160129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2412/12 () of 19.2.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 19.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F24J 3/08 F16L 9/12	Application no. 08734670.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title ROHRANORDNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T241212.20160219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0819/14 () of 23.2.2016
Online on 22.04.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 3/263 E06B 3/273	Application no. 05075676.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Thermally insulating body for a thermal break section for window and door frames or the like
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T081914.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1259/11 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 21.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 02014483.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (nein)				Application title Kalander und Verfahren zum Anordnen von Walzen in einem Walzenstapel eines Kalanders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T125911.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2464/12 () of 10.11.2015
Online on 21.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 19/04 B21B 25/00	Application no. 03777358.7
Keywords Priority - first application (yes), Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title SEAMLESS METAL TUBE PRODUCING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T246412.20151110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0820/13 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 21.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 13/08 E04F 13/14 C04B 28/02 C04B 28/10 E04F 13/00	Application no. 09009726.2
Keywords Klarheit - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Gebäudewandbekleidung mit Bekleidungsplatten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T082013.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0034/14 () of 10.3.2016
Online on 21.04.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29	Application no. 07704233.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (no) Apportionment of costs - decision of opposition decision confirmed				Application title NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T003414.20160310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0907/10 (Anti-CD3 antibody Fab fragments for the treatment of rheumatoid … of 27.10.2015
Online on 20.04.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61P 37/06 A61P 29/00 C07K 16/28	Application no. 02765050.6
Keywords Novelty of all requests - (no)				Application title Treatment of chronic joint inflammation using an antibody against the CD3 antigen complex
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T090710.20151027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0215/12 () of 22.10.2015
Online on 20.04.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/00	Application no. 05700976.3
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title DIRECT COMPRESSION FORMULATION AND PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T021512.20151022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 506 KB)
T 2080/12 (Dry fractionation / DE SMET) of 28.10.2015
Online on 20.04.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B 3/00 C11B 3/16 B01D 9/00 C11B 7/00	Application no. 01202906.2
Keywords New Main claim Request filed with the statement of grounds of appeal - admissible (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes Amendments - Main Request) 1st Auxiliary Request filed at the oral proceedings - admissible (no) - not clearly allowable				Application title Process and installation for dry fractionation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T208012.20151028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
J 0012/15 (Right to oral proceedings; substantial procedural violation (yes); re … of 14.4.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04J 13/00	Application no. 08754942.4
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (yes)				Application title COMPUTER GENERATED SEQUENCES FOR DOWNLINK AND UPLINK SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:J001215.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 0256/10 (Document delivery to portable device/ARIZAN) of 14.4.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/21	Application no. 02736515.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no) - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title Systems and methods for content delivery over a wireless communication medium to a portable computing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025610.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0568/11 () of 20.11.2015
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 265/02 C08F 257/02 C09D 151/00 C08F 2/00	Application no. 05716225.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - No combined reading of example with additional passage of the prior art Late filed novelty objection - not admitted Comparative tests not suitable to demonstrate alleged improvement - lack of inventive step (all requests)				Application title AQUEOUS VINYL OLIGOMER AND VINYL POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T056811.20151120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0614/11 () of 18.2.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/71 C08G 65/36 C08G 18/10	Application no. 99918851.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD OF BONDING A WINDOW TO A SUBSTRATE USING A SILANE FUNCTIONAL ADHESIVE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T061411.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1047/11 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D 11/00	Application no. 07786500.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEARBEITUNG VON BANKNOTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T104711.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2623/11 () of 15.3.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/10	Application no. 06113853.3
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no) Clarity - (no) Article 69(1) EPC not applicable				Application title Barrier layer for an organic electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T262311.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0371/12 () of 11.3.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 31/495	Application no. 05758582.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request 1 and auxiliary request 2 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 3 and 4 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T037112.20160311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0651/12 () of 14.4.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B 29/10 G06T 17/50 G08G 1/0969 G01C 21/00	Application no. 98919519.3
Keywords Supplementary European Search Report - no documents cited Technical subject-matter (yes) Novelty (no) - main request Remittal to examining division				Application title MAP DATABASE DEVICE, MAP DISPLAYING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING AND USING HEIGHT DATA EFFICIENTLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T065112.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0300/13 (Noro Virus/BML INC) of 17.3.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 17.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/70 C12N 15/40 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 01917524.9
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title METHOD OF DETECTING NORWALK-LIKE VIRUS (GI)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T030013.20160317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0407/13 () of 9.3.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00	Application no. 07801563.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 3 (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsanträge 1, 2, 2' (ja)				Application title DRUCKLUFTVERSORGUNGSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T040713.20160309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1036/13 (Reporter vector of CYP1A2 induction/EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT Co., … of 12.4.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/09 C12N 1/15 C12N 1/19 C12N 1/21 C12N 5/10 C12Q 1/02 G01N 33/15 G01N 33/50	Application no. 06781024.2
Keywords Main request - claim 1(a), Article 123(2) EPC (yes)				Application title REPORTER VECTOR FOR USE IN EVALUATION OF CYP1A2 INDUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T103613.20160412				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1866/13 (Distribution and use of digital works/CONTENTGUARD) of 14.4.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00 H04L 29/06 H04L 12/14	Application no. 03008707.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title System and method for controlling the distribution and use of digital works
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T186613.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0297/14 () of 13.4.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 5/315 C08K 5/3445	Application no. 02779464.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title A METHOD OF PRODUCING COLOURED PLASTICS OR COLOURED POLYMERIC PARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T029714.20160413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0010/16 () of 14.4.2016
Online on 19.04.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/167	Application no. 99950233.9
Keywords Appeal inadmissible - No statement of grounds of appeal				Application title ENCAPSULATED ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS HAVING A MONOLAYER OF CAPSULES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T001016.20160414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221 KB)
R 0019/12 (Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs/IXETIC) of 12.4.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 12.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 18/344 F04C 29/00	Application no. 99947419.0
Keywords Überprüfungsantrag nur gegen einen selbständigen Teil der angegriffenen Entscheidung (ja) Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Würdigung der Argumente der Partei in der schriftlichen Entscheidung (ausreichend)				Application title Vakuumpumpe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R001912.20160412				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 55 KB)
T 2053/10 () of 22.1.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G 11/00 F16G 13/16	Application no. 03745786.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Leitungsführungseinheit zur aktiven Führung von Leitungen, Kabeln oder dergleichen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T205310.20160122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
T 0956/11 (Einwegkassette/FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH) of 15.3.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01L 3/00 B29C 45/16	Application no. 03773609.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title EINWEGKASSETTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T095611.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1258/11 () of 13.1.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 3/26	Application no. 07291130.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method and device for calibrating an array antenna
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T125811.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2110/11 () of 31.3.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 3/12 H05B 3/18 H01C 7/02	Application no. 06022337.7
Keywords Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (ja) - Hauptantrag Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) - Hilfsantrag				Application title Wärmeerzeugendes Element für eine elektrische Heizvorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung derselben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T211011.20160331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 291 KB)
T 1103/12 (Kit for applying drug coating to a medical device/CORDIS) of 13.4.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 13.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 29/12 A61L 29/16	Application no. 05254971.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Kit for applying drug coating to a medical device with a latex emulsion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T110312.20160413				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258 KB)
T 1116/12 (Input apparatus with multi-mode switching function/ACER) of 23.3.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/033 G06F 3/023 G06F 3/048	Application no. 08155509.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Input apparatus with multi-mode switching function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T111612.20160323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2409/12 (TRACKING SCREEN UPDATES/COMPUTER ASSOCIATES) of 4.4.2016
Online on 18.04.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/14	Application no. 05754248.2
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING SCREEN UPDATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T240912.20160404				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0482/11 () of 8.12.2015
Online on 15.04.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 33/70	Application no. 02405825.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Leistungsschalter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T048211.20151208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 276 KB)
T 2227/11 () of 18.2.2016
Online on 15.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 15/00 A61B 5/117 A61M 1/02 G01N 33/48 G06F 17/40 G06F 19/00 G08B 21/00 G06K 9/62	Application no. 05714466.9
Keywords Internet citation - standard of proof Inventive step (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T222711.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 0778/13 () of 16.3.2016
Online on 15.04.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 08159123.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Admission of late filed requests (no)				Application title Automotive air conditioner
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T077813.20160316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1219/13 (Extraction/CAO PEISHENG) of 26.2.2016
Online on 15.04.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 26.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 11/02	Application no. 04716199.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title AN EXTRACTION METHOD AND THE APPARATUS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T121913.20160226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0174/11 (Flash memory controller/SONY) of 9.7.2015
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 9.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 12/02	Application no. 99111815.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Data storage, data processing system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T017411.20150709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0257/11 () of 26.1.2016
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K 19/14 B42D 15/10 G07D 7/12 B41M 3/14	Application no. 01870169.8
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Dispositif antifraude pour document
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025711.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0155/12 () of 7.4.2016
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00 G06F 17/60 G07B 15/00 G07C 9/00	Application no. 04090329.6
Keywords Clarity (no) Inventive step (no) Added subject-matter (yes)				Application title System and method for providing electronic ticket, and electronic ticket vending apparatus and mobile telephone therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T015512.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1624/12 (Beschichtungsmaterial/STO SE & Co. KGaA) of 23.2.2016
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 26/32 C04B 41/49 C08K 3/00 C09D 183/04 C04B 26/00 C04B 41/46	Application no. 99968309.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - angemessene Erfolgserwartung (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung wäre erforderlich gewesen (ja)				Application title FORM- ODER BESCHICHTUNGSMATERIAL UND DESSEN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T162412.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1073/13 (Presentation of button sequence/MICRO) of 9.3.2016
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/023	Application no. 08733047.8
Keywords Inventive step of "mixed invention" Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Allowable amendments - second auxiliary request (no)				Application title A method, computer program product, and system for preventing inadvertent configuration of electronic devices provided with infrared data association interfaces
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T107313.20160309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1948/13 () of 24.2.2016
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 24.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 11/20	Application no. 10181052.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title System and method for presentation of data streams
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T194813.20160224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0668/14 () of 9.3.2016
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/90	Application no. 03772187.5
Keywords Late-filed requests Novelty Amendments				Application title FLEXIBLE AND CONFORMABLE STENT AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T066814.20160309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 499 KB)
T 2331/15 (Ausführung von Patches mittels eines Caches/GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) of 11.4.2016
Online on 14.04.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.4.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 06026541.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung (nicht eingelegt)				Application title Ausführung von Patches mittels eines Caches
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T233115.20160411				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 221 KB)
T 1828/10 (Kit for a mixed oral and transdermal administration of an estrogen/ … of 18.9.2015
Online on 13.04.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/568 A61K 31/5685 A61K 31/565 A61K 31/566 A61K 31/57 A61P 15/00	Application no. 00939710.0
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title ADMINISTRATION OF NON-ORAL ANDROGENIC STEROIDS TO WOMEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T182810.20150918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 1738/12 (Spiroindolinepiperidines/SYNGENTA) of 4.2.2016
Online on 13.04.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 471/10 A01N 43/90 C07D 491/10 C07D 211/76 C07D 211/70	Application no. 03732685.7
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (yes): prima facie relevant evidence not admitted, triggered by summons Reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes) Remittal (no) Main request, allowable				Application title SPIROINDOLINEPIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173812.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0251/15 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 13.04.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 33/02 D06F 37/30 D06F 39/08	Application no. 08425396.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal fee (not paid) Admissibility of appeal - appeal deemed not to have been filed Re-establishment of rights - request admissible (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Pulley electric motor for a washing machine, actuation system for a washing machine and washing machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025115.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2632/11 () of 7.4.2016
Online on 12.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.4.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D 5/00	Application no. 06119249.8
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Coin detecting apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T263211.20160407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0138/12 () of 19.11.2015
Online on 12.04.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/12 C07C 51/48	Application no. 05723599.6
Keywords -				Application title REMOVAL OF PERMANGANATE REDUCING COMPOUNDS FROM METHANOL CARBONYLATION PROCESS STREAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T013812.20151119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 1575/12 (Composition /L'OREAL) of 8.12.2015
Online on 12.04.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/10	Application no. 06116143.6
Keywords Recevabilité du recours du requérant III: (non)- recours non motivé Requêtes subsidiaires 1 à 3: activité inventive (non) - pas d'amélioration dans l'ensemble de la portée de la revendication. Requête subsidiaire 4: tardive - non admise - économie de procédure				Application title Composition pour la décoloration et la coloration simultanées des fibres kératiniques comprenant un colorant anionique ou non ionique et un liquide inerte organique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T157512.20151208				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0627/15 (Composition anti-transpirante a base de microparticules … of 5.4.2016
Online on 12.04.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.4.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/04 A61K 8/26 A61Q 15/00	Application no. 09151386.1
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - absence de mémoire de recours				Application title Composition anti-transpirante a base de microparticules interferentielles ; procede de maquillage et traitement de la transpirationet/ou des odeurs corporelles en particulier axillaires
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062715.20160405				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 227 KB)
T 2237/11 () of 10.3.2016
Online on 11.04.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B 17/00	Application no. 00982665.2
Keywords Claims - clarity - main request, auxilairy request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (no)				Application title Method and Apparatus for On-Line Value-Bearing Item System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T223711.20160310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0057/14 () of 11.2.2016
Online on 11.04.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 2/56 A23L 2/02 A23L 2/38 A23L 2/395 A23C 9/156 A47G 21/18	Application no. 03724637.8
Keywords Intervention - Admissibility (yes) Public prior use - novelty (no)				Application title DRINK FLAVOURING STRAW
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005714.20160211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0442/14 () of 17.3.2016
Online on 11.04.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 08425200.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Valve prosthesis for implantation in body channels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T044214.20160317				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0729/11 () of 11.3.2016
Online on 08.04.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B 17/00 G06K 15/02	Application no. 00959608.1
Keywords Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary request - extension of the scope of protection of the claim (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title Virtual page printing of indicia, logos and graphics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T072911.20160311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1590/13 (Setting and adjusting access policies/PHILIPS) of 9.3.2016
Online on 08.04.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 9.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00 G06F 21/24	Application no. 06821334.7
Keywords Inventive step - both requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ACCESS CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T159013.20160309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1751/11 () of 23.2.2016
Online on 07.04.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC D02G 3/34 D02G 3/38 D02G 3/32	Application no. 06291014.6
Keywords Correction d'erreurs - immédiatement apparent qu'aucun texte autre n'a pu être envisagé par le demandeur (non)				Application title Fil guipé destiné à constituer au moins une partie d'un article de contention et article de contention associé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T175111.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 277 KB)
T 0336/11 () of 2.2.2016
Online on 06.04.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/34 A61M 1/16	Application no. 00114654.7
Keywords Admissibility of objections filed late due to representative's illness (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure and clarity (yes) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Hemodialysis apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T033611.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0698/12 (Protecting IC Cards against power analysis attacks/INCARD) of 18.3.2016
Online on 06.04.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/00	Application no. 06013441.8
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Inventive step (yes; following amendment)				Application title A method for protecting IC Cards against power analysis attacks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T069812.20160318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0220/11 () of 22.12.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 9/04	Application no. 06830365.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title COMPACT DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T022011.20151222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0565/11 () of 4.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B21F 3/02	Application no. 01124867.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings				Application title Method and apparatus for producing a helical spring
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T056511.20160304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 1267/11 () of 10.12.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 8/34 A61K 8/49 A61Q 17/04	Application no. 08103575.0
Keywords Änderungen (nicht zulässig) - Einschränkungen führen zu spezifischen Kombinationen, die nicht ursprünglich offenbart sind				Application title Kosmetische Zubereitung mit 1,2-Alkandiol(e) und Triazin(en)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T126711.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 280 KB)
T 1375/11 () of 31.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 31.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 17/32	Application no. 09701990.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale				Application title SPIEL- UND/ODER UNTERHALTUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137511.20160331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1657/11 () of 9.6.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 9.6.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/20 A61P 7/02 A61K 31/5377	Application no. 04797879.6
Keywords Mit Beschwerdeerwiderung eingereichte Dokumente - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Zusätzlicher Einwand - zugelassen (ja) Einwendungen Dritter - zugelassen (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER FESTEN, ORAL APPLIZIERBAREN PHARMAZEUTISCHEN ZUSAMMENSETZUNG MIT 5-Chlor-N({(5-2-oxo-3- [4-(3-oxo-4-morpholinyl)-phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}-methyl)-2-thiophencarboxamid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T165711.20150609				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 678 KB)
T 2179/11 () of 27.1.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 27.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/32	Application no. 05006983.0
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed lines of argument - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings, adjournment of oral proceedings required (yes), justification for late filing (no), admitted (no)				Application title A safety needle assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217911.20160127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 524 KB)
T 2191/11 () of 15.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 1/56 D04H 5/06 A47L 13/16 A47L 13/17	Application no. 03728469.2
Keywords No text approved Revocation requested by the patent proptietor				Application title THREE-DIMENSIONAL COFORM NONWOVEN WEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T219111.20160315				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)
T 2440/11 () of 3.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 7/10 H04L 9/32	Application no. 06753576.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - Hauptantrag				Application title TRAGBARER DATENTRÄGER MIT SICHERER DATENVERARBEITUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T244011.20160303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0153/12 (Hausgerätesteuerungssystem mit Kommunikation über ein Gebä … of 10.2.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/045 H02J 13/00 H04B 3/54	Application no. 05780396.7
Keywords -				Application title HAUSGERÄTESTEUERUNGSSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T015312.20160210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0563/12 () of 1.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A43B 9/12 A43B 7/08 A43B 7/12 B29D 35/12 B29D 35/14	Application no. 01927901.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments of auxiliary request 2 - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 3 - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BREATHABLE SHOE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T056312.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0861/12 (Verfahren zur Herstellung von Trockenpulvern eines oder mehrerer … of 2.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C09B 61/00	Application no. 05792093.6
Keywords Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung - Ersatz des verhinderten Vertreters ausgeschlossen oder unzumutbar (nein) Fehlende Beschwerdeschrift - Bezahlung der Beschwerdegebühr unzureichend für die Einlegung einer Beschwerde (ja) Beschwerde nicht innert Frist eingelegt - Rückerstattung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Trockenpulvern eines oder mehrerer Carotinoide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T086112.20160302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 526 KB)
T 0877/12 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 1/267	Application no. 08158080.5
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Clarity and support in the description (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Laryngoscope with means to restrict re-use of blades
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087712.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1256/12 () of 19.10.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 8/50	Application no. 01967318.5
Keywords Main request - Article 123(2) (no) Auxiliary request 1 - Article 123(3) (no) Auxiliary request 2 - Article 123(2) (no) Auxiliary request 3 - Withdrawn Auxiliary request 4 - Article 13(1) RPBA (no)				Application title CONTROLLED RHEOLOGY POLYPROPYLENE HETEROPHASIC COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T125612.20151019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1879/12 (Busfähige Anschluss- und Steuerungseinrichtung/ABB) of 21.1.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/28 H04L 12/66 H04L 29/06	Application no. 03025461.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Busfähige Anschluss- und Steuerungseinrichtung für einen dezentralen Einsatz in Niederspannungs-Verbraucheranlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T187912.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2592/12 (Salzhaltige Polymere/FRAUNHOFER) of 20.1.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 5/08 C23F 11/14	Application no. 04733819.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Verspätet eingereichter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title KORROSIONSSCHUTZMITTEL UND DESSEN VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T259212.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0050/13 (Cu/Al oxide catalyst / BASF CATALYSTS) of 4.8.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.8.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 23/72	Application no. 02076414.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no)				Application title Use of copper-aluminium mixed oxide catalysts in hydrogenation reactions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T005013.20150804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 0404/13 () of 28.7.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.7.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 218/04 A23C 19/16 C09D 131/02	Application no. 04008279.4
Keywords Für den Gegenstand aus einer früheren Anmeldung die nach Rechtsübertrag dieser früheren Anmeldung und vor Anmeldedatum der Prioritätsanmeldung in Besitz des Anmelders der Prioritätsanmeldung war Priorität verneint Frühere Anmeldung Stand der Technik nach Artikel 54(2) EPÜ für gemeinsamen Gegenstand - Disclaimer nicht zulässig Geänderter Anspruch zulässig im Hinblick auf Art. 123(2) und 123(3) EPÜ - Neuheit gegenüber der nicht zufälligen Offenbarung wiederhergestellt Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title Lebensmittelbeschichtungsmasse, Verfahren zu deren Herstellung und deren Verwendung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T040413.20150728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 586 KB)
T 0997/13 (Footstep gestures/SONY) of 24.2.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 24.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/00	Application no. 05252074.9
Keywords Allowable amendments - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Electronic apparatus, input device, and input method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T099713.20160224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1821/13 () of 18.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D 5/14 G01D 5/16	Application no. 04804452.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title POSITION SENSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T182113.20160318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 225 KB)
T 1883/13 () of 13.11.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 19/032 A23C 19/14	Application no. 02078597.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no, all requests)				Application title Method for preparing a half-hard or hard cheese, and cheese thus obtained
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T188313.20151113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 2230/13 (Modifying user interface elements/CORIZON) of 3.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 3.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/44 G06F 9/445	Application no. 06779109.5
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title METHODS FOR USER INTERFACE GENERATION AND APPLICATION MODIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T223013.20160303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2334/13 (Erweitertes Nutzerprofil/VODAFONE) of 10.2.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L 12/16 H04N 1/32 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 07106039.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit einer "gemischten Erfindung" - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Erzeugen von Nutzerprofilen sowie Verfahren zum Bereitstellen von Informationen über Objekte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T233413.20160210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0106/14 () of 10.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24	Application no. 07818037.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title STENT-VALVES FOR VALVE REPLACEMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SURGERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T010614.20160310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 737 KB)
T 0410/14 () of 31.3.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 31.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 23/82	Application no. 08784388.4
Keywords Abhilfe - Pflicht zur Abhilfe durch erste Instanz (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title HILFSEINRICHTUNG ZUM AUFSTELLEN DER UNTEREN UND OBEREN WIPPSTÜTZE EINES VERSTELLBAREN HILFSAUSLEGERS EINES MOBILKRANES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T041014.20160331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 247 KB)
T 1983/14 (Purchase of mobile top-up/JANUARY PATENTS LTD.) of 23.11.2015
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 23.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00	Application no. 05075144.5
Keywords Priority - basis in priority document (no) - validity of priority date (no) Novelty - public prior use (no)				Application title Electronic point of sale apparatus for mobile telephone credit purchase and other products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T198314.20151123				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2237/14 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/32 A61M 25/06 A61B 5/154 A61B 5/15	Application no. 10009582.7
Keywords Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Added subject-matter (no) Fresh ground for opposition - admitted (yes) Remittal (no) Prior use - admitted (yes) Prior use - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Needle tip guard for hypodermic needles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T223714.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 856 KB)
T 0354/15 (Increasing RON using 2,4-dialkyl anilines/CHIMEC) of 12.2.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L 1/223 C10L 1/23	Application no. 10803648.4
Keywords Inventive step - claimed process not obvious in the light of prior art invoked Remittal to the examining division				Application title HIGH OCTANE NUMBER COMPOSITION USEFUL AS FUEL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION AND CONTROLLED IGNITION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T035415.20160212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0462/15 () of 18.2.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 33/02 B60P 7/15	Application no. 08168754.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - einziger Antrag: JA				Application title Lattenhalterung für Nutzfahrzeugaufbauten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T046215.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 282 KB)
T 1347/15 () of 3.2.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08L 23/08 C08L 23/12 B32B 27/06 B32B 27/20 B32B 27/32	Application no. 05700846.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title EXTRUSION COATING POLYETHYLENE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T134715.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220 KB)
T 1791/15 () of 12.2.2016
Online on 05.04.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 27/16 C08L 27/18	Application no. 02769003.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title EXTRUDABLE FLUOROPOLYMER BLENDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T179115.20160212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 219 KB)

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R 0013/14 () of 15.1.2016
Online on 29.03.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/04	Application no. 05021885.8
Keywords Right to be heard violated [no] Requests not dealt with [no] Petition for review not allowable				Application title Polyethylene composition for injection moulding with improved stress crack/stiffness relation and impact resistance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R001314.20160115				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 172 KB)
T 1712/10 () of 2.2.2016
Online on 23.03.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C 47/00	Application no. 95305665.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal (name of appellant, request defining subject of appeal) Inventive step - no				Application title Process for modifying a polyethylene in an extruder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T171210.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0916/13 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 23.03.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 13/02 B41F 33/00	Application no. 06013301.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Zulässigkeit der Druckschriften E10 und E11 (nein) Ausführbarkeit der Erfindung (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Registerregelung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T091613.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 773 KB)
T 1169/13 () of 2.2.2016
Online on 23.03.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16 A61K 9/72 A61K 31/58 A61K 31/167 A61K 31/137	Application no. 04782768.8
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests - allowable (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A MEDICAMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T116913.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1629/13 () of 12.1.2016
Online on 23.03.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D 5/06 B05D 3/14 B42D 15/00 B42D 15/10	Application no. 10179367.7
Keywords Novelty (no; main request) Admissibility (no; auxiliary request)				Application title Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes and image obtained by said method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T162913.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1162/11 () of 20.10.2015
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 33/00 A61K 31/05 A61K 31/155 A61K 31/14 A61K 33/30 A61K 33/34 A61K 45/06 A61P 1/02	Application no. 01950570.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title ORAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T116211.20151020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1997/11 () of 17.2.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 8/14	Application no. 04707376.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRANSFER FUNCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T199711.20160217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2160/11 () of 10.3.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F01M 1/16 F01M 1/02 F01M 3/04 F16N 13/04	Application no. 06706086.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING CYLINDER SURFACES IN LARGE DIESEL ENGINES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T216011.20160310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2385/11 () of 19.1.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/16 B60W 30/08	Application no. 09151294.7
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Method and system for forward collision avoidance in an automotive vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T238511.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 0795/12 () of 19.1.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/39 A61Q 5/08 A61Q 5/10	Application no. 07001323.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Hair bleach composition and hair dye composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T079512.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1285/12 () of 3.3.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 5/20 H01L 27/32	Application no. 06256599.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Colour filter, colour filter array and organic light-emitting display device using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T128512.20160303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2151/12 (PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SIMVASTATIN AND EZETIMIBE/KRKA … of 10.12.2015
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/28 A61K 31/366 A61K 31/397	Application no. 06762303.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SIMVASTATIN AND EZETIMIBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T215112.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 2228/12 () of 25.2.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 B32B 5/02 B32B 5/26 D04H 13/00	Application no. 00972346.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) prima facie not allowable				Application title DISPOSABLE GARMENT AND ELASTIC LAMINATE EMPLOYING NONWOVEN FORMED BY BI-COMPONENT FIBERS OF ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE RANDOM COPOLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T222812.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2294/12 (Chaux partiellement pré-hydratée/CARMEUSE) of 12.1.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C02F 1/52	Application no. 05805575.7
Keywords Modifications - admises (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Droit d'être entendu - vice substantiel de procédure (oui) Renvoi à la première instance - motifs particuliers s'opposant au renvoi				Application title UTILISATION DE CHAUX PARTIELLEMENT PRE-HYDRATEE DANS LA SEPARATION D'UN MELANGE MATIERES SOLIDES/LIQUIDE, PROCEDE DE TRAITEMENT DES BOUES ET BOUES PURIFIEES OBTENUES SELON CE PROCEDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T229412.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0632/14 () of 29.2.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J 10/00	Application no. 08735323.1
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1 und 2: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 3 und 4: nein)				Application title DICHTUNGSSTRANG, INSBESONDERE ZUR ABDICHTUNG VON KLAPPEN UND TÜREN AN FAHRZEUGKAROSSERIEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T063214.20160229				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0807/14 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 273/04	Application no. 07818804.2
Keywords Lack of inventive step (yes) (main request) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) (first auxiliary request)				Application title Process for urea production and related plant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T080714.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 1529/14 () of 23.2.2016
Online on 22.03.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC A23C 9/137 A23C 19/076 A23C 9/13 A23C 19/09	Application no. 06763756.1
Keywords Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non) Revendications - clarté (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PRODUITS LAITIERS FRAIS A POUVOIR SATIETOGENE ET PROCEDES DE PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T152914.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0967/10 (Bremia resistant lettuce/RIJK ZWAAN) of 22.10.2015
Online on 21.03.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/82 A01H 5/00	Application no. 05759731.2
Keywords Claim - clarity (no)				Application title Reduced susceptibility towards pathogens, in particular comycetes, such as downy mildew in lettuce and spinach
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T096710.20151022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0053/13 (Fat composition / ADEKA) of 3.9.2015
Online on 21.03.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11C 3/00 A23D 7/00 A23D 9/00	Application no. 00929825.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - first auxiliary request (no) Amended claims - second auxiliary request - compliant with Articles 123(2) and 84 EPC (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Vegetable sterol-containing fat compositions and process for producing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T005313.20150903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 502 KB)
T 1494/10 (Multi-dimensional database/YANICKLO) of 14.3.2016
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 01914545.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) (all requests)				Application title Multi-dimensional database and integrated aggregation server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T149410.20160314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 562 KB)
T 2054/11 () of 9.10.2015
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M 25/07 F02B 37/013	Application no. 04104585.7
Keywords Einvernahme von verspätet angebotenen Zeugen (nein) Zulässigkeit verspätetes Beweismittel (nein) Klarheitseinwand Hilfsantrag (nicht zulässig) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Aufgeladene Brennkraftmaschine und Verfahren zum Betreiben einer derartigen Brennkraftmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T205411.20151009				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 449 KB)
T 0727/12 () of 17.2.2016
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J 19/00	Application no. 04025155.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Handhabungsgerät, insbesondere für die Nahrungsmittel-Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T072712.20160217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1243/12 (Treatment of autoimmune diseases/GENENTECH) of 18.6.2015
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.6.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395	Application no. 00928991.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Treatment of autoimmune diseases with antagonists which bind to B-cell surface markers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T124312.20150618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0195/13 () of 3.2.2016
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 69/46 C08G 69/14 C08G 69/16	Application no. 07703300.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF A POLYAMIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T019513.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 492 KB)
T 0243/13 (Axial durchströmbares Filterelement/DONALDSON) of 24.2.2016
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 24.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 46/52	Application no. 07107187.2
Keywords Einspruchsgrund nach Artikel 100(b) EPÜ in der Einspruchsschrift wirksam geltend gemacht - kein neuer Einspruchsgrund im Sinne von G 10/91 Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title Axial durchströmbares Filterelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T024313.20160224				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0513/14 () of 23.2.2016
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/10 F16D 21/06 F16D 25/0638 F16D 25/12	Application no. 07009775.3
Keywords Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderungen Verspätetes Vorbringen (Anträge und Einwände)				Application title Kupplungssystem mit einer nasslaufenden oder/und hydraulisch betätigbaren Mehrfach-Kupplungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T051314.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 861 KB)
T 0957/15 (Compositions comprising camptothecins in microspheres/Biocompatibles … of 14.3.2016
Online on 18.03.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 14.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16 A61K 31/4745 A61P 35/04 A61L 24/00 A61L 24/06	Application no. 10174312.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no)				Application title Compositions comprising camptothecins in microspheres
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T095715.20160314				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220 KB)
T 2016/11 (Antimibrobial and antigoagulant locking compositions/EXCELSIOR) of 20.5.2015
Online on 17.03.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.5.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 25/00	Application no. 01952563.3
Keywords Admission of requests (yes) Admission of late filed documents: discretion correctly exercised Main request, first to third auxiliary requests: novelty -(no) Fourth auxiliary request: Amendments -intermediate generalisation Remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND KITS FOR LOCKING AND DISINFECTING IMPLANTED CATHETERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T201611.20150520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0014/12 (Emulsion asymmetric PCR pre-hybridization single stranded template … of 2.3.2016
Online on 17.03.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/10 C12Q 1/68 C07H 21/00	Application no. 04706051.2
Keywords Main Request - admissibility (yes); Main Request - meets all requirements EPC (yes)				Application title BEAD EMULSION NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T001412.20160302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1284/12 () of 11.3.2016
Online on 17.03.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 5/04	Application no. 07111135.5
Keywords Claims - clarity - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Loss-on-drying instrument with a microwave source and an infrared source
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T128412.20160311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1845/11 (Asian race/MERCK SERONO) of 26.11.2015
Online on 16.03.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 26.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/21 A61P 31/14	Application no. 03755981.2
Keywords Main request: clarity (no)				Application title Treatment of hepatitis C in the Asian population with subcutaneous interferon beta
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T184511.20151126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2128/12 (DEGUSSA / AKZO NOBEL) of 22.1.2016
Online on 16.03.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 409/22	Application no. 04714758.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) - naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON LÖSUNGEN VON TRIMEREN KETON-PEROXIDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T212812.20160122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2194/12 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 16.03.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 1/11 B03C 1/01 C12N 15/10 H01F 1/00	Application no. 01938032.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title POROUS FERRO- OR FERRIMAGNETIC GLASS PARTICLES FOR ISOLATING MOLECULES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T219412.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0568/13 (Flexible touch screen/FLEXENABLE) of 27.1.2016
Online on 16.03.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 27.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/045	Application no. 06765369.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes, after amendment)				Application title Flexible touch screen display
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T056813.20160127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1011/13 () of 3.3.2016
Online on 16.03.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D03D 27/08 D04B 1/04	Application no. 05700711.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title LOOPED FABRIC COMPRISING BAMBOO LOOPS AND TERRY MADE THERE FROM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T101113.20160303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0137/14 (Dialysefilter/BRAUN AVITUM) of 20.11.2015
Online on 16.03.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 20.11.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 63/02	Application no. 05008649.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Dialysefilter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T013714.20151120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 840 KB)
T 0105/11 (Compatibility control information/LG ELECTRONICS) of 10.3.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 7/00 G11B 19/12	Application no. 05771127.7
Keywords Correction of errors in decisions Correction of error - incorrect form Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds - filed within time limit (no) Admissibility of appeal - protection of legitimate expectations (yes) Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by applicant (no) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Recording medium, method for recording control information in the recording medium, and method and apparatus for recording/reproducing data in/from the recording medium using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T010511.20160310				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0857/11 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/225	Application no. 06744874.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Content of cross-referenced document incorporated in claim				Application title OPTICAL IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE WITH SMALL HEIGHT AND HIGH RESOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T085711.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2510/11 (Polypeptidmarker für vaskuläre Erkrankungen/MOSAIQUES) of 9.3.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 9.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 06819861.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title POLYPEPTIDMARKER ZUR DIAGNOSTIK UND BEURTEILUNG VASKULÄREN ERKRANKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T251011.20160309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0366/13 () of 27.11.2015
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/10 A23L 1/164	Application no. 07111471.4
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (no) 1st auxiliary request - Clarity (no) New 1st auxiliary request - Admitted (no) 2nd auxiliary request - Added subject-matter (yes) 3rd auxiliary request - Clarity (no), added subject-matter (yes) 4th and 5th auxiliary requests - Inventive step (no)				Application title Production of whole grain-containing composite food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T036613.20151127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0675/13 (Adaptive graphic controllers/LG) of 22.1.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/14 G09G 5/36	Application no. 08159307.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of the party Admission of new claims filed prior to oral proceedings - (no): "shift of focus" and "forum shopping" Claims submitted or agreed by appellant Claims - (no)				Application title Data processing unit with multi-graphic controller and method for processing data using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T067513.20160122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0759/13 () of 1.3.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/48 A61P 7/02 A61P 43/00	Application no. 01921346.1
Keywords Novelty - novelty of use Novelty - second (or further) medical use (no)				Application title THE USE OF ANTICOAGULANT AGENTS IN THE EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075913.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0986/13 (Fuel cell filter/Donaldson) of 17.2.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/00 H01M 8/04 H01M 8/06	Application no. 01970909.6
Keywords Amendments - claims as granted (main request) Amendments - extention beyond application as filed (yes) Amendments - first auxiliary request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - extention of scope of protection (no)				Application title FILTER ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T098613.20160217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2393/13 () of 5.2.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B04B 7/04 B04B 1/10	Application no. 02747462.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung				Application title UMLENKRING FÜR EINE SELBSTAUSTRAGENDE ZENTRIFUGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T239313.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0058/14 () of 3.2.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 47/14 B29C 49/42	Application no. 08165966.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Sortieren von Vorformlingen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005814.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 1372/15 () of 3.2.2016
Online on 15.03.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K 5/00 C08K 5/04 C08K 5/10 C08K 5/101 C08K 5/103 C08K 5/105 C08K 5/107 C08K 5/20 C08K 5/34 C08K 5/3412 C08K 5/3442 C08K 5/3467 C08L 59/00 C08L 59/02 C08L 59/04	Application no. 06776407.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (nein)				Application title EMISSIONSARME, TRIBOLOGISCH MODIFIZIERTE POLYOXYMETHYLEN-FORMMASSEN UND DARAUS HERGESTELLTE FORMTEILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137215.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 221 KB)
T 1943/12 (Display interface/LG) of 13.1.2016
Online on 14.03.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/14 G09G 5/00	Application no. 07715572.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T194312.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 2244/13 () of 25.2.2016
Online on 14.03.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 7/08 A61F 7/00	Application no. 06720577.3
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title WARMING DEVICE FOR PERIOPERATIVE USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T224413.20160225				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0430/14 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 14.03.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/00 A61C 19/00 A61C 7/00	Application no. 02800394.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter, main request(yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 12 (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed, auxiliary request 12 (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL SPLINTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043014.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 433 KB)
T 0144/15 () of 26.2.2016
Online on 14.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 26.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K 35/00	Application no. 07723053.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fristgerecht eingelegt (nein) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - (nein) Weiterbehandlung - (nein)				Application title ANZEIGE- UND BEDIENSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T014415.20160226				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 249 KB)
T 2171/15 () of 3.3.2016
Online on 14.03.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.3.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 7/48	Application no. 02747354.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERWENDUNG VON CARNITIN UND/ODER EINEM ODER MEHREREN ACYL-CARNITINEN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON KOSMETISCHEN ODER DERMATOLOGISCHEN ZUBEREITUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T217115.20160303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 218 KB)
T 1554/10 (Image rendering using 2D code/SONY) of 17.12.2015
Online on 11.03.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 99305174.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T155410.20151217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0400/14 () of 8.3.2016
Online on 11.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B02C 18/22	Application no. 06724421.0
Keywords Late submitted material -documents admitted by first instance (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SCRAP SHREDDER WITH TWO PUSHERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T040014.20160308				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 1454/14 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 11.03.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC F16D 55/228 F16D 55/00	Application no. 08252387.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title A disc brake caliper body and a disc brake caliper comprising such a body
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T145414.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 2220/14 (VelocImmune mouse/REGENERON) of 9.11.2015
Online on 11.03.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/00	Application no. 02709544.7
Keywords Postponement of the oral proceedings - (no) Admission of documents (139), (161), (169) to (172) and (175) - (no) Admission of documents (156), (158) and (168) - (yes) Reopening debate - (no) Confidentiality of documents (169) to (172) - (yes) Admission of main request filed at the oral proceedings - (yes) Requirements of the EPC fulfilled - (yes)				Application title METHODS OF MODIFYING EUKARYOTIC CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T222014.20151109				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 970 KB)
T 1927/11 (Compositions photoprotectrices / L'OREAL) of 15.9.2015
Online on 10.03.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.9.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 7/42	Application no. 00400244.0
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (oui)				Application title Compositions photoprotectrices contenant un dérivé de bis-résorcinyl triazine et un composé à groupements benzoazolyle ou benzodiazolyle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T192711.20150915				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 619 KB)
T 2245/11 (Overhead reduction for control channel packets/QUALCOMM) of 19.1.2016
Online on 10.03.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/00	Application no. 07784538.6
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Methods and systems for processing overhead reduction for control channel packets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T224511.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 2428/11 (Communications nickname/ONE SMART STAR LTD.) of 8.12.2015
Online on 10.03.2016	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 06250962.5
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - administrative scheme				Application title Communicating with business customers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T242811.20151208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2534/11 () of 17.12.2015
Online on 10.03.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M 25/07	Application no. 00102114.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Abgasrückführsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T253411.20151217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2592/11 () of 29.4.2015
Online on 10.03.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.4.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC C08K 3/36 C08K 5/548 C08L 21/00 C01B 33/193 B60C 1/00	Application no. 02794788.6
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - requête principale (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - requête principale (oui)				Application title COMPOSITION DE CAOUTCHOUC DIENIQUE POUR PNEUMATIQUE COMPRENANT UNE SILICE SPECIFIQUE COMME CHARGE RENFORCANTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T259211.20150429				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0689/12 () of 6.10.2015
Online on 10.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 11/04 B62D 13/00 B62D 59/04	Application no. 05113064.9
Keywords Admission of documents filed with grounds of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests I to IV (no) Novelty - auxiliary request V (no)				Application title Auxiliary drive and vehicle provided with an auxiliary drive
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T068912.20151006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0925/15 (2-[**(18)F]-fludarabine/CEA) of 26.1.2016
Online on 10.03.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC C07D 473/04 A61K 51/00 C07B 59/00	Application no. 08869353.6
Keywords Modifications des revendications admissibles (oui) Activité inventive (oui) - solution technique ne découlant pas à l'évidence de l'état de la technique				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE PRÉPARATION D'UN DÉRIVÉ DE PURINE MARQUÉ, LEDIT DÉRIVÉ ET SES UTILISATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T092515.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1903/10 () of 3.12.2015
Online on 09.03.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 3.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/00 G06K 17/00 G06F 12/16 G06F 11/14	Application no. 97927446.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T190310.20151203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1921/10 () of 10.12.2015
Online on 09.03.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 17/00 G06K 9/68 G07C 9/00	Application no. 06405105.5
Keywords inventive step (no; main request) late-filed auxiliary requests (clearly not allowable; not admitted)				Application title Method and network-based biometric system for biometric authentication of an end user
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T192110.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 2189/11 () of 26.1.2016
Online on 09.03.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H 13/00 A61F 13/15 B32B 5/04	Application no. 00305922.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request I (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request I (no) Auxiliary requests II and III - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Auxiliary requests IV and V - not admitted Request for remittal - not applicable				Application title Elastically stretchable composite sheet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T218911.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 0100/13 () of 13.10.2015
Online on 09.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/02	Application no. 05799396.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 bis 12 - keine Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage, divergierend, nicht substantiiert - zugelassen (nein)				Application title DRUCKMITTELANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T010013.20151013				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
R 0010/14 (Antrag auf Überprüfung) of 29.5.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 29.5.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/94 F01N 3/28 B01D 45/08	Application no. 01940347.6
Keywords Antrag auf Überprüfung, unzulässig oder offensichtlich nicht begründet Verstoß gegen R 104b) (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ENTFERNEN VON RUSSPARTIKELN AUS EINEM ABGAS UND ZUGEHÖRIGES AUFFANGELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:R001014.20150529				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 28 KB)
T 1450/10 (Subtitle data/LG ELECTRONICS) of 3.2.2016
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G11B 27/10 G11B 20/12 H04N 9/79 H04N 5/76	Application no. 04748465.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T145010.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1553/10 (Bar codes for starting process execution/SONY) of 9.12.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 9.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 99306100.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title An information processing apparatus and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T155310.20151209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2095/10 (Tracking liquid food production/TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE) of 22.10.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03811173.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Clarity - third auxiliary request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)				Application title A method of tracking in production in a plant for liquid foods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T209510.20151022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2473/10 () of 2.7.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/00 G01N 33/53 G01N 33/533 G01N 33/543 C12M 1/00 C12Q 1/00	Application no. 97945249.7
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no) Basis of decision - text submitted or agreed by applicant (no)				Application title MULTI-ARRAY, MULTI-SPECIFIC ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENT TESTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T247310.20150702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0841/11 () of 8.9.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.9.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/075 B60G 17/04 B60G 9/02	Application no. 02008750.8
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung (Hauptantrag) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 4 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Flurförderzeug mit einer federnd aufgehängten Lenkachse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T084111.20150908				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0970/11 () of 3.8.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.8.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B 3/00 H01B 19/04 H02K 3/30 H01F 41/12 H01F 5/06	Application no. 05785551.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Surface Coating of Insulation Tape
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T097011.20150803				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 1599/11 (Amylase variants/NOVOZYMES) of 1.3.2016
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 21/04 C11D 3/386 C12N 1/21 C12N 9/28 C12N 9/32 C12N 15/09 C12N 15/56 C12P 21/02	Application no. 05002888.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Amylase variants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T159911.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 217 KB)
T 1670/11 () of 10.7.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/007	Application no. 05077378.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - claim 1 of the auxiliary request (yes)				Application title A method and a device for automatically milking a dairy animal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T167011.20150710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1958/11 (Amylase variants/NOVOZYMES) of 1.3.2016
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 1.3.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/28	Application no. 96900894.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Amylase variants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T195811.20160301				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 217 KB)
T 0267/12 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F 11/00 D21F 11/14 D21F 9/00	Application no. 05707801.6
Keywords -				Application title APPARATUS FOR AND PROCESS OF MATERIAL WEB FORMATION ON A STRUCTURED FABRIC IN A PAPER MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T026712.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0909/12 () of 12.6.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.6.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A63C 9/00 A63C 5/00	Application no. 05702203.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title SKI ODER DERGLEICHEN SCHNEEGLEITGERÄT MIT BINDUNGS-MONTAGEHILFE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T090912.20150612				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1385/12 () of 17.7.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F 13/00	Application no. 05109296.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Patentable invention - rules for playing games				Application title Game apparatus, storage medium storing game program, and game control method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T138512.20150717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1632/12 (High-tenacity aramid yarn/TEIJIN ARAMID) of 9.7.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F 6/80 D02G 3/04 D06M 15/285	Application no. 07856179.2
Keywords Opposition Division's decision to admit re-introduction of a previously withdrawn request - no reason to reverse Auxiliary claim request filed at the oral proceedings - admitted (yes) Novelty - (no) unambiguous disclosure in the prior art (Main request) Inventive step - (no) obvious method (Auxiliary Request)				Application title METHOD FOR OBTAINING HIGH-TENACITY ARAMID YARN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T163212.20150709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 1654/12 () of 30.6.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.6.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 53/08	Application no. 06706881.7
Keywords Antrag zugelassen von der Einspruchsabteilung - im Beschwerdeverfahren zu berücksichtigen Neuer Einspruchsgrund von der Einspruchsabteilung nicht zugelassen - nicht zugelassen im Beschwerdeverfahren Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Anpassung der Beschreibung - nicht notwendig Mündliche Ausführungen durch Begleitpersonen - (zugelassen) Aufnahme von einer Erklärung in die Niederschrift - (nein)				Application title SCHMIERSYSTEM FÜR EINE SATTELKUPPLUNG EINES ZUGFAHRZEUGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T165412.20150630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 467 KB)
T 2328/12 (Warewashing Composition/Ecolab Inc.) of 17.6.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.6.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/02	Application no. 07796963.2
Keywords New Main Request occasioned by the debate at the oral proceedings - admitted Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title WAREWASHING COMPOSITION FOR USE IN AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING MACHINES, AND METHOD FOR USING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T232812.20150617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2542/12 (Cod's syndrome, Francisella/INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV) of 23.2.2016
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 23.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/20 A61K 39/02 C12Q 1/68 C12R 1/68	Application no. 06819369.7
Keywords Main and sole request - sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title NOVEL BACTERIUM AND VACCINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T254212.20160223				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0052/13 (Shading with hydrolysed reactive dye/UNILEVER) of 12.8.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.8.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/40	Application no. 05771350.5
Keywords Late filed claim requests - admissibility (yes Late filed claim requests - main and first auxiliary requests) Remittal to the department of first instance for further prosecution (no) Right to be heard - violation (no) Amendments - extension of protection conferred (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no Amendments - first auxiliary request) Inventive step - (yes Inventive step - first auxiliary request)				Application title LAUNDRY TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T005213.20150812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 578 KB)
T 0505/14 (Microbicides/ROHM AND HAAS) of 6.8.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.8.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80 A01P 1/00 A01N 31/04 A01N 31/14 A01N 37/40	Application no. 10179157.2
Keywords Main, auxiliary request 1: added subject matter (yes), inadmissible amendment based on weight ratio disclosed only in examples Auxiliary request 2: allowable, non-obvious synergistic microbicidal compositions				Application title Microbicidal composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T050514.20150806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 749 KB)
T 0528/14 (Microbicides/ROHM AND HAAS) of 6.8.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.8.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80 A01P 1/00 A01N 37/16	Application no. 10179179.6
Keywords Inventive step (no), obvious combination of prior art teaching				Application title Microbicidal composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T052814.20150806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0992/14 (Microbicides/ROHM AND HAAS) of 6.8.2015
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.8.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80 A01P 1/00 A01N 43/90	Application no. 10179191.1
Keywords Added subject matter (yes), inadmissible amendment based on weight ratio disclosed only in examples				Application title Microbicidal composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T099214.20150806				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 597 KB)
T 1361/15 () of 12.2.2016
Online on 08.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C23F 1/18 H05K 3/38 C23C 22/68	Application no. 00992510.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD FOR ROUGHENING COPPER SURFACES FOR BONDING TO SUBSTRATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T136115.20160212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 215 KB)
T 0068/12 () of 22.2.2016
Online on 07.03.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 3/44 G01J 3/42	Application no. 01979366.0
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IR SPECTROSCOPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006812.20160222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 0817/12 () of 18.2.2016
Online on 07.03.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A43B 7/12 A43B 7/08 B29D 31/515	Application no. 05700778.3
Keywords Fortführung des Verfahrens nach Rücknahme des Einspruchs im Einspruchsverfahren und Widerruf des Patents durch die Einspruchsabteilung, Auswirkungen auf das Beschwerdeverfahren Neuheit - (ja)				Application title SCHUH MIT ATMUNGSAKTIVER SOHLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T081712.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 283 KB)
T 0233/13 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 07.03.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 3/12	Application no. 98919817.1
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - novelty (no) Auxiliary requests 2 to 5 - inventive step (no)				Application title SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS HAVING IMPROVED PROCESSABILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T023313.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0629/15 (Re-establishment of rights - payment of renewal fee) of 19.2.2016
Online on 07.03.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 8/00 C08L 53/00 C08J 3/075 C08L 51/06	Application no. 08742619.3
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for paying renewal fee Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing request for re-establishment Re-establishment of rights - two months of the removal of the cause of non-compliance				Application title SOFT AND STRONG ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITIONS FROM SEMICRYSTALLINE-AMORPHOUS POLYOLEFIN BLOCK COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062915.20160219				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
R 0008/13 () of 15.9.2015
Online on 04.03.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 15.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/485 A61K 9/20 A61P 25/04	Application no. 96102992.3
Keywords Violations of the right to be heard: no. Other procedural defects: no Petition not allowable				Application title Controlled release oxycodone compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:R000813.20150915				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 107 KB)
R 0007/14 () of 18.2.2016
Online on 04.03.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 45/00	Application no. 03000852.8
Keywords Petition for review clearly unallowable - yes				Application title A method and system for transporting live poultry
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:R000714.20160218				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 28 KB)
T 1329/11 (Use of BNP-type peptides/ROCHE) of 19.11.2015
Online on 04.03.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 05005356.0
Keywords Oral submission by accompanying person (refused) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title The use of BNP-type peptides and ANP-type peptides for assessing the risk of suffering from a cardiovascular complication as a consequence of volume overload
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T132911.20151119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2212/11 () of 25.9.2014
Online on 04.03.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.9.2014	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/04 C08L 23/08 C08F 10/02 C08F 297/08	Application no. 04026092.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 6 - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Multimodal polyethylene composition for pipes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T221211.20140925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0139/12 () of 8.1.2016
Online on 04.03.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A22B 3/00 A22C 21/00	Application no. 06007144.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title Verfahren zum tierschutzgerechten Töten von Vögeln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T013912.20160108				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0251/13 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 04.03.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 19/08	Application no. 07013333.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Neuheit - (nein)				Application title Revisionsabdeckung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T025113.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0030/15 () of 20.1.2016
Online on 04.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B65B 25/06 B65B 31/00 B65D 81/20	Application no. 08863664.2
Keywords Moyens invoqués tardivement - données expérimentales admises (non) Preuves produites tardivement - justification du retard (non) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (non)				Application title CONTENEUR RIGIDE DE DENREES ALIMENTAIRES COMPRENANT DU POISSON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T003015.20160120				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0296/15 () of 5.2.2016
Online on 04.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/17 B60T 8/172	Application no. 06721213.4
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung: NEIN Zurückverweisung in die erste Instanz zur Fortsetzung des Verfahrens				Application title ADAPTIVER GLEITSCHUTZ FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE MIT SCHLUPFREGLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T029615.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1871/09 () of 24.11.2015
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.11.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC G10L 21/02	Application no. 01925627.0
Keywords Intervention du contrefacteur présumé Nouveauté - revendication de vaste portée Documents produits tardivement - recevabilité				Application title METHODE ET DISPOSITIF D'ENRICHISSEMENT SPECTRAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T187109.20151124				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 737 KB)
T 2344/10 () of 11.2.2016
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 11.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/47 G01N 21/45 G01N 21/49 G01B 9/02	Application no. 06784541.2
Keywords Clarity and novelty - (main request: no) Added subject-matter - (auxiliary request: yes)				Application title APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PHASE-RESOLVED OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN IMAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T234410.20160211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2359/12 () of 17.11.2015
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/804 A47J 31/40	Application no. 05795017.2
Keywords Correction of error - obvious error Ground for opposition (main request) - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request Ia -request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed auxiliary request II -converging version of claims (admitted) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes) Remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Capsule with biasing sealing member
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T235912.20151117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0024/13 () of 3.2.2016
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00 B60T 15/04	Application no. 06010659.8
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Zulassung von erstmalig mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichtem Dokument (ja) Kostenverteilung - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Druckluftversorgungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T002413.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0108/13 () of 19.1.2016
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B60Q 1/14	Application no. 99942501.0
Keywords Admission of new submissions to appeal proceedings (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE HEADLAMP CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T010813.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0224/13 () of 22.1.2016
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 8/32 B60T 17/22 B60G 17/052	Application no. 07785905.6
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title PNEUMATISCHES MODUL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T022413.20160122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1300/13 () of 15.1.2016
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 65/48 B65G 53/16 B65G 53/24	Application no. 08021048.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Fördern von Schüttgut mit einem Einfülltrichter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T130013.20160115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2472/13 () of 10.12.2015
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B62K 25/02 B60B 27/02 B62H 5/00	Application no. 11150171.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Quick release bicycle wheel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T247213.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 0303/15 () of 29.1.2016
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B64D 23/00 A63G 31/00 A01K 73/02	Application no. 09165707.2
Keywords Fresh case based on new documents filed in appeal -not admitted				Application title Wind tunnel skydiving simulator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T030315.20160129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 258 KB)
T 1011/15 (Fehlen der Beschwerdebegründung) of 29.2.2016
Online on 03.03.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C12C 13/00	Application no. 10714844.7
Keywords -				Application title BRAUEREIANLAGE ZUR HERSTELLUNG UND ABFÜLLUNG VON BIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T101115.20160229				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 222 KB)
T 1609/12 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 02.03.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 1/28 C08B 11/08 C08B 11/20 C08B 15/00 C08L 1/08 C09D 101/28	Application no. 06735129.6
Keywords Late-filed arguments (Art. 123(2) EPC; Art. 83 EPC) - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BLOCKY HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, DERIVATIVES THEREOF, PROCESS OF MAKING, AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T160912.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 477 KB)
T 1736/12 () of 15.1.2016
Online on 02.03.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16	Application no. 02727770.6
Keywords Requests submitted during oral proceedings - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING GRANULAR COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T173612.20160115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 2440/12 (Fluid flow simulation/SIMCON) of 15.9.2015
Online on 02.03.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/50 B29C 45/77	Application no. 02016515.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - public prior use (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Simulation of fluid flow and structural analysis within thin walled three dimensional geometries
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T244012.20150915				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 0209/13 () of 27.1.2016
Online on 02.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 15/02 G01M 17/06	Application no. 07000088.0
Keywords Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1, Hilfsantrag 2) NEIN Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 3) NEIN Zulassung in das Verfahren (Hilfsanträge 4 und 5) NEIN				Application title Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Lenkübersetzung eines Fahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T020913.20160127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0338/13 () of 20.10.2015
Online on 02.03.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC E01B 3/34	Application no. 06829151.7
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BETONSCHWELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T033813.20151020				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0343/13 () of 24.11.2015
Online on 02.03.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.11.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 11/128 B21B 27/00 B22D 11/22	Application no. 06018638.4
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Hilfsantrag I (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM FÜHREN VON STRANGGUSSPROFILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T034313.20151124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0460/14 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 02.03.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC B63B 35/79 B64C 31/06	Application no. 08762020.9
Keywords Exposé suffisant de l'invention (oui)				Application title AILE DE TRACTION GONFLABLE EN DELTA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T046014.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1722/11 (Delivery of content/APPLE) of 18.12.2015
Online on 01.03.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06 G06Q 30/00 G06F 21/00 H04N 7/167	Application no. 08156763.8
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claim for a computer program defined by reference to a claimed method - unclear				Application title Method and system for message delivery management in broadcast networks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T172211.20151218				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1774/11 () of 22.2.2016
Online on 01.03.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G01M 3/20 G01M 3/32	Application no. 04754839.1
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request - yes) Clarity (main and first auxiliary request - no) Inventive step (amended first auxiliary request - yes)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LEAK DETECTION BY THE ACCUMULATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T177411.20160222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0231/12 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 01.03.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/17 G02B 26/00	Application no. 99937224.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Novelty - implicit disclosure				Application title LIGHT-POLARIZING PARTICLES OF IMPROVED PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T023112.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2186/12 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 01.03.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 8/02 B01J 12/00 C01B 3/38	Application no. 01906687.7
Keywords Late filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING ENHANCED PRODUCTION RATE OF THERMAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T218612.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1402/13 (Conditional withdrawal of appeal where renewal fee has not been paid … of 25.2.2016
Online on 01.03.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C25D 3/56 C25D 3/22 H05K 3/38 C23C 22/40	Application no. 04782625.0
Keywords Appeal decision - withdrawal of appeal Loss of rights - non-payment of the renewal fee Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of appeal				Application title CHROMIUM-FREE ANTITARNISH ADHESION PROMOTING TREATMENT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140213.20160225				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)
T 0638/14 () of 3.12.2015
Online on 01.03.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.12.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC E05B 7/00 E05B 3/00 E05B 65/20	Application no. 05104425.3
Keywords Demande divisionnaire - extension de l'objet de la demande (oui) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title Ensemble de support de poignée, organe de blocage et élément externe de poignée et procédé de fixation de l'élément externe dans le support de poignée.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T063814.20151203				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0736/14 (Selecting invention to be examined/QUALCOMM) of 25.2.2016
Online on 01.03.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26	Application no. 09163209.1
Keywords Competence of the Legal Board of Appeal - (no) Violation of principle of good faith - (no) Correct exercise of first-instance discretionary power - (no) Violation of right to be heard - (yes) Remittal to first instance for further prosecution - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Frequency division multiple access for wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T073614.20160225				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)

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T 0592/10 () of 10.12.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/175	Application no. 03017625.9
Keywords Inadmissible extension (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Sufficient disclosure (yes)				Application title Cartridge and recording apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T059210.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2385/10 (Watermark-enabled software/DIGIMARC) of 20.11.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 20.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 13/00 G06F 15/16 H04L 9/00	Application no. 01909242.8
Keywords Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Amendments - all requests (not allowable) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Watermark encoder and decoder enabled software and devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T238510.20151120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0246/11 () of 27.4.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 27.4.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/12	Application no. 99915547.6
Keywords Amendments - extension of protection (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 1, 3, 4 (no)				Application title IMPROVED POWDERY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR INHALATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T024611.20150427				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 423 KB)
T 0426/11 () of 14.12.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B29D 22/00	Application no. 97941636.9
Keywords Novelty - no (main request and auxiliary request 1) Amendments - allowable (auxiliary request 2) Clarity - yes (auxiliary request 2) Inventive step - yes (auxiliary request 2)				Application title Sampler device having a reinforced compartment and method of packaging sample material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T042611.20151214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1431/11 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G07F 17/32 H04N 13/00	Application no. 09015276.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Darstellung von virtuellen 3-D-Objekten mit einer in einem münzbetätigten Unterhaltungsautomaten angeordneten matrixbasierenden Anzeigeeinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T143111.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1828/11 () of 20.11.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 58/18	Application no. 03788949.0
Keywords Admissibility of a fresh ground for opposition - no Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - admissibility (no) Novelty - yes (main request) Inventive step - no (main request and first auxiliary request) Sufficiency of disclosure - yes (second auxiliary request) Inventive step - yes (second auxiliary request)				Application title Threaded pipe with surface treatment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T182811.20151120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0635/12 () of 22.12.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B41F 16/00	Application no. 05027699.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Anträge (Hauptantrag: nein; Hilfsantrag: ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Folienzuführung für Kaltfolienprägung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T063512.20151222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 478 KB)
T 0961/12 () of 25.11.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC F17C 5/06	Application no. 00922390.0
Keywords Novelty - (no) main request and first and second auxiliary requests Late-filed first and third auxiliary requests - admitted Late-filed fourth auxiliary request not clearly allowable Inventive step - obvious solution (third auxiliary request) Inventive step - unsubstantiated arguments against (ninth auxiliary request) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case Added subject-matter (yes) seventh auxilliary request				Application title Hydrogen Fuel Replenishment Process and System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T096112.20151125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 510 KB)
T 1648/12 (CO2 absorption/CO2 Solutions Inc.) of 30.7.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/14	Application no. 06705228.2
Keywords Claim requests corresponding requests not admitted by Examining Division - admitted (no) (Main and Auxiliary Requests I and II) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary Request III Inventive step - (no) obvious solution (Auxiliary Requests IV and V)				Application title AN IMPROVED CO2 ABSORPTION SOLUTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T164812.20150730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1727/12 () of 1.2.2016
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 1.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 33/36 B41J 33/54	Application no. 06076929.6
Keywords "Biogen sufficiency" (Biogen Inc. v Medeva plc [1996] UKHL 18) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) - burden of proof (see reasons 1.1) - in the whole claimed range (see reasons 1.5) Remittal to the opposition division				Application title Tape drive and printing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T172712.20160201				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 2549/12 (Composition pour la décoloration et la coloration simultanée des … of 19.11.2015
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.11.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/06 A61Q 5/08 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/22	Application no. 05292559.1
Keywords Recours recevable (oui) Moyens produits tardivement - Auraient pu être produits en première instance (oui) Répartition des frais - (oui)				Application title Composition pour la décoloration et la coloration simultanée des fibres kératiniques comprenant une ortho nitro-aniline meta substituée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T254912.20151119				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 317 KB)
T 0240/13 (Cell-specific OFDM shift/QUALCOMM) of 2.2.2016
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26	Application no. 08780900.0
Keywords Novelty - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (no)				Application title Control channel format indicator frequency mapping
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T024013.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0747/13 () of 3.2.2016
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B41J 3/407 B41J 3/28 B41J 3/44 B44C 5/04 B23Q 1/01 B23Q 1/70 B27M 1/08	Application no. 06017766.4
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Veredeln von Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T074713.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 276 KB)
T 1804/13 () of 5.2.2016
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/00	Application no. 09769163.8
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Beschwerdeverfahrens (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Erkennung des Zustandes eines Bandes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T180413.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 220 KB)
T 0333/14 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 29.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/107	Application no. 03785529.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Einsprüche Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur therapeutischen Behandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title EMULSIONSARTIGE WASSERLÖSLICHE KONZENTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T033314.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0354/12 () of 19.2.2015
Online on 26.02.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.2.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/22 C01F 5/14	Application no. 96309143.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - Main and first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - Second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Heat deterioration resistant flame retardant, resin composition and molded articles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T035412.20150219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1030/12 () of 8.12.2015
Online on 26.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 15/06	Application no. 04803472.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - intermediate generalisation (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title Improvement of Resistance to Fatigue of a Threaded Tubular Connection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T103012.20151208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1555/12 (Aripiprazole polymorph/OTSUKA) of 29.4.2015
Online on 26.02.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.4.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/496 C07D 215/22 A61P 25/18	Application no. 04002427.5
Keywords Admissibility of new documents (partly) Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes), improvement shown				Application title Low hygroscopic aripiprazole drug substance and processes for the preparation thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T155512.20150429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 2140/12 () of 15.12.2015
Online on 26.02.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/37 C11D 10/02	Application no. 02255703.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) all requests				Application title Moisturizing detergent compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T214012.20151215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1905/13 () of 18.2.2016
Online on 26.02.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H04Q 9/04 G08C 15/06 G01D 4/00	Application no. 01114959.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsverfahren Patentansprüche - Befugnis zur Prüfung				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Datenerfassung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T190513.20160218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1911/13 () of 26.11.2015
Online on 26.02.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 41/36 C07C 43/13	Application no. 08870617.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) main and first auxiliary request Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no) second auxiliary request				Application title PURIFICATION OF PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOALKYL ETHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T191113.20151126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1098/11 () of 22.12.2015
Online on 25.02.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/72	Application no. 03776746.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein)				Application title MARKNAGEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T109811.20151222				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0514/12 (Virtual sensor signal/SIEMENS) of 20.1.2016
Online on 25.02.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 23/02 G05B 13/04	Application no. 07020028.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (no)				Application title Method and device for providing at least one input sensor signal for a control and/or monitoring application and control device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T051412.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0149/13 () of 22.2.2016
Online on 25.02.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 79/00 B65D 17/50	Application no. 04740152.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the opposition division - (yes)				Application title CLOSURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T014913.20160222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 0383/13 (Compositions cosmétiques détergentes comprenant trois tensioactifs et … of 17.12.2015
Online on 25.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q 5/02 A61Q 19/10 A61K 8/37 A61K 8/39 A61K 8/44 A61K 8/46 A61K 8/73	Application no. 06110784.3
Keywords Activité inventive - non (toutes les requêtes) Toutes les requêtes - Tests comparatifs déficients Répartition des frais - non-comparution à la procédure orale Répartition des frais - non équitable				Application title Compositions cosmétiques détergentes comprenant trois tensioactifs et un ester gras et leurs utilisations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T038313.20151217				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1970/13 () of 27.11.2015
Online on 25.02.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 04718702.6
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE CHAUFFAGE-VENTILATION ET/OU CLIMATISATION DE STRUCTURE COMPACTE POUR L'HABITACLE D'UN VEHICULE AUTOMOBILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T197013.20151127				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0647/14 (Enamel frit/PEMCO BRUGGE BVBA) of 27.1.2016
Online on 25.02.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 8/02	Application no. 08103612.1
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Fish scale free enamelling of non-enamellable steel sheet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T064714.20160127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1350/11 (Orally administered immunoglobulins for the treatment of immune … of 2.7.2015
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 39/00 A61P 37/00	Application no. 02733789.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - of all requests (no)				Application title Methods and compositions for treatment of immune dysfunction disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T135011.20150702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1933/11 () of 10.3.2015
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.3.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 75/23 C08G 65/40	Application no. 01913129.1
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Main request and first to fourth auxiliary requests Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Fifth auxiliary request Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Fifth auxiliary request Novelty - (yes) Fifth auxiliary request Inventive step - (no) Fifth to ninth auxiliary requests				Application title LOW COLOR POLY(BIPHENYL ETHER SULFONE) AND IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T193311.20150310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 1489/12 () of 11.6.2015
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.6.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 18/12 C08G 18/62 C08G 18/40 C09J 175/04	Application no. 04753154.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title MOISTURE CURING REACTIVE POLYURETHANE HOT MELT ADHESIVES MODIFIED WITH ACRYLIC POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T148912.20150611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1583/12 () of 10.4.2015
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.4.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C08B 11/12 A61L 15/28	Application no. 98965627.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - verspätet eingereichter Antrag (nicht zugelassen) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title WEITGEHEND FASERFREIE CELLULOSEETHER MIT VERBESSERTER WASSERRETENTION, VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG UND IHRE VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T158312.20150410				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 386 KB)
T 2056/12 (Movable detection module/BIO-RAD LABORATORIES) of 14.1.2016
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12P 19/34	Application no. 04751790.9
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUORESCENCE DETECTION WITH A MOVABLE DETECTION MODULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T205612.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2565/12 () of 27.7.2015
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 59/18 C08L 63/00	Application no. 08717358.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title AQUEOUS EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T256512.20150727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1403/14 (Chikungunya virus vaccine/BHARAT BIOTECH) of 8.2.2016
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/12	Application no. 07827554.2
Keywords Appeal decision -remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A vaccine for Chikungunya virus infection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T140314.20160208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2096/14 () of 14.12.2015
Online on 24.02.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 63/16 C08G 63/80 C08L 67/02	Application no. 09162050.0
Keywords Ansprüche - Klarheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1: nein) Änderungen - zulässig (Hilfsantrag 2: nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polymeren mit neutralem Farbton
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T209614.20151214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0829/11 () of 16.2.2016
Online on 23.02.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/36	Application no. 03005856.4
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Beschwerdeverfahrens (nein)				Application title Anordnung zum On-Line Spülen und Befüllen oder Freispülen eines extrakorporalen Blutkreislaufs von Dialysemaschinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T082911.20160216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 223 KB)
T 2503/11 (Integrated DWDM receivers/HUAWEI) of 3.2.2016
Online on 23.02.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 10/06 G02B 6/293	Application no. 07817067.7
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Method and system for integrated DWDM receivers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T250311.20160203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2617/11 () of 30.10.2014
Online on 23.02.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.10.2014	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 2/22	Application no. 04740777.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WÄSSRIGER POLYMERISATDISPERSIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T261711.20141030				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1757/12 (Polyisocyanurat-Hartschaum/BASF SE) of 11.9.2015
Online on 23.02.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.9.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 31/02 B01J 31/22	Application no. 06792917.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON POLYISOCYANURAT HARTSCHAUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T175712.20150911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1841/11 () of 3.12.2015
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/762	Application no. 08001964.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - problem and solution approach				Application title Method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T184111.20151203				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0288/12 () of 11.2.2016
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/36 A47C 27/14	Application no. 04075149.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation				Application title Method of manufacturing a laminated foam article, foam article thus obtained and the use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T028812.20160211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 0562/12 () of 8.1.2016
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 2/06 C23C 2/26 B21D 22/02	Application no. 04729213.1
Keywords Novelty - main request and first to fourth auxiliary requests (no) Novelty - fifth auxiliary request (yes) Third auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Late-filed fifth auxiliary request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - fifth auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - fifth auxiliary request Amendments - clarity (yes) Amendments - added-subject-matter (no)				Application title HOT PRESS FORMED PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T056212.20160108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 537 KB)
T 0850/12 (Media client/SONY) of 22.1.2016
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 05764591.3
Keywords Clarity (all requests) - no Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title MEDIA CLIENT ARCHITECTURE FOR NETWORKED COMMUNICATION DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T085012.20160122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1174/12 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 5/00 G09G 5/08 G06F 1/00	Application no. 05757855.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING USERS BASED ON TREMOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T117412.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 2265/12 () of 17.2.2016
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/36 A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/67 A61Q 19/02 A61Q 19/08	Application no. 00949314.9
Keywords Right to be heard - no oral proceedings before board of appeal necessary Novelty - implicit disclosure (no)				Application title SKIN CARE COMPOSITION CONTAINING PETROSELINIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T226512.20160217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1856/13 () of 15.12.2015
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.12.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC A61F 2/06 A61B 17/22	Application no. 00949527.6
Keywords -				Application title KIT POUR LE RETRAIT D'UN FILTRE POUR VAISSEAUX SANGUINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T185613.20151215				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2451/13 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/212	Application no. 07715867.3
Keywords Review of first-instance decision to admit late-filed ground Ground for opposition under Article 100(a)/53(c) EPC Admissibility of new objection under Article 123(2) EPC Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request Admissibility of document filed in response to the statement of grounds of appeal Public availability of commercial brochure from opponent - standard of proof Kit of parts - inventive step				Application title SENSORIC IMPRINTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245113.20160114				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 0818/14 () of 20.1.2016
Online on 22.02.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language FR	IPC F16D 65/097	Application no. 00971475.9
Keywords Nouveauté Modifications - généralisation intermédiaire Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title RESSORT DE GUIDAGE D'ELEMENTS DE FRICTION ET FREIN A DISQUE COMPORTANT AU MOINS UN TEL RESSORT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T081814.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0166/11 (Hybrider optischer Datenträger/SCHREIBER) of 14.10.2015
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC G11B 7/013 G11B 7/007	Application no. 04790930.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Hybrider optischer Datenträger mit modifizierter CD-Schicht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T016611.20151014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0649/11 () of 8.2.2016
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 9/00 G06F 3/033 G06F 15/02	Application no. 08152699.8
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Divisional application - double patenting (no)				Application title Apparatus and method of input and finger print recognition on a handheld electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T064911.20160208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0884/11 () of 19.11.2015
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 21/00	Application no. 07804412.0
Keywords Claims - clarity - main request (no) Claims - clarity - auxiliary request (no) Amendments - auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T088411.20151119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 266 KB)
T 2057/11 () of 15.1.2016
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B 9/20	Application no. 02792704.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title AN ADJUSTABLE CONSTRUCTION PREFERABLY AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE AND A SQUEEZE PROTECTION AND A DRIVE UNIT THERETO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T205711.20160115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 2325/11 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 9/02 H01J 1/304 G02B 6/12 H01L 21/306 C23F 1/40	Application no. 06027111.1
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Inventive step (yes) - after amendment				Application title Group III-nitride layers with patterned surfaces
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T232511.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2458/11 (Moving network/SIEMENS) of 28.1.2016
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/06	Application no. 07015218.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method for operating a moving network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T245811.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1668/12 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47K 10/42 B65D 83/08 B65D 5/42	Application no. 01996047.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title OPTIONALLY HANGABLE CONTAINER AND DISPENSING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T166812.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1788/14 () of 15.2.2016
Online on 19.02.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/00 F24F 13/04	Application no. 05708522.7
Keywords Fehlerhafte Zusammensetzung der Einspruchsabteilung - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title EIN LUFTMISCHER FÜR EIN LÜFTUNGSSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T178814.20160215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0616/11 () of 2.2.2016
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H05K 7/20	Application no. 03076656.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Automotive electronics heat exchanger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T061611.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 1844/11 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/43 A23K 1/165	Application no. 04793705.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ALTERING ANIMAL WASTE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T184411.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 2161/12 () of 17.11.2015
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 5/02 B32B 5/18 B63B 35/79 B44C 1/00 B32B 27/32	Application no. 04004240.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Surf board
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T216112.20151117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0139/13 () of 13.1.2016
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 1/00 B65G 69/00 G01V 8/20	Application no. 06763015.2
Keywords Beweismittel eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SENSORVORRICHTUNG ZUR DETEKTION EINES ÜBERHANGS AN DER BELADUNG EINER TRÄGEREINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T013913.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 0038/14 (Manganese proteinate/DALLI) of 3.11.2015
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 3.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/38 C11D 3/02	Application no. 05715441.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title POLYMER BOUND MANGANESE COMPOUNDS IN CLEANING COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T003814.20151103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0453/14 () of 20.1.2016
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B61F 5/14	Application no. 07787379.2
Keywords Neuheit (nein)				Application title EINRICHTUNG ZUR VERÄNDERUNG DER WANKSTEIFIGKEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T045314.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1363/15 () of 22.1.2016
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B02C 18/18 B30B 9/32	Application no. 10012782.8
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - nach Änderung Beschwerdeentscheidung -Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Zusammendrücken leerer Behälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T136315.20160122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1925/15 () of 13.1.2016
Online on 18.02.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L 19/14 G10L 21/02	Application no. 09715349.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING SINGULAR POINT AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T192515.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 217 KB)
T 1679/10 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173	Application no. 06015034.9
Keywords Amended claims - relating to unsearched subject-matter (yes) Amended claims - unity of invention with original claims (yes)				Application title Systems, methods, and apparatus for trick mode
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T167910.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0394/11 (Stabile lyophilisierte Zubereitungen/ROCHE) of 7.7.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 7.7.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26	Application no. 97951238.1
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge II bis V: Änderungen-zulässig (nein) Hilfsantrag I: zugelassen (nein)				Application title Stabile lyophilisierte pharmazeutische Zubereitungen von mono- oder polyk[l]onalen Antikörpern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T039411.20150707				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0832/11 () of 6.11.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/28	Application no. 03756293.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - support in the description (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title MAGNETIC RESONANCE PROBES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T083211.20151106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 1826/11 () of 13.11.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/70 A61B 17/88	Application no. 04076440.9
Keywords late-filed requests - admitted (yes) Novelty (yes) Novelty - after amendment (auxiliary request 7) inventive step (yes) - after amendment (auxiliary request 7)				Application title System for introducing a material into a bone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T182611.20151113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 2533/11 () of 30.9.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B60S 5/04 B60C 29/06 B29C 73/16	Application no. 05702451.5
Keywords Admission of request filed at oral proceedings - (yes) Double patenting - (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title KIT FOR INFLATING AND REPAIRING INFLATABLE ARTICLES, IN PARTICULAR TYRES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T253311.20150930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2637/11 (Anti-TIRC7 monoclonal antibody/CELLACT) of 11.9.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/28	Application no. 02799751.9
Keywords Inventive step of all requests - (no)				Application title Therapeutic monoclonal anti-TIRC7 antibodies for use in immune related and other diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T263711.20150911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 2646/11 () of 16.12.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/70	Application no. 05076395.2
Keywords Late-filed counter-statement - admitted (yes) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request (no) Priority - auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - availability to the public (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Medical device having a reverse-angle thread
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T264611.20151216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0475/12 () of 11.11.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/05 A61B 1/00	Application no. 06700046.3
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy (yes) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO EXAMINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T047512.20151111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0559/12 () of 17.12.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J 9/16	Application no. 02252685.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Robot controller including bending compensation means
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T055912.20151217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1476/12 (Melamine-formaldehyde microcapsules / UNILEVER) of 11.6.2015
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.6.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 3/50 C11D 3/43 C11D 17/04	Application no. 05802405.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Admissibility of the claim request filed during oral proceedings - (yes) Inventive step (no) - obvious solution				Application title Liquid detergent compositions and their use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T147612.20150611				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523 KB)
T 2488/12 (Cas genes/DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES) of 26.1.2016
Online on 17.02.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/12 C12N 15/74 C12Q 1/68 C12N 1/21	Application no. 06802307.6
Keywords Main request and Auxiliary requests 1-5 - sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary requests 6 and 7 not admitted				Application title USE OF CRISPR ASSOCIATED GENES (CAS)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T248812.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1624/10 (Downloading software components / MICROSOFT) of 13.1.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445	Application no. 03012830.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Mechanism for downloading software components from a remote source for use by a local software application
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T162410.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0350/11 () of 12.1.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D21D 5/26 D21B 1/34	Application no. 03005019.9
Keywords -				Application title Vorrichtung zum Fördern, Entgasen und Mischen von fliessfähigen Medien
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T035011.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0432/11 (Lapse of the patent/BIOMAY) of 5.2.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/35 A61K 39/36 A61P 37/08	Application no. 00128661.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states -continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Treatment of allergies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T043211.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0620/11 () of 26.1.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 26.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 1/00 H04N 1/32 H04N 1/333 H04N 1/40 H04N 7/24	Application no. 05026765.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Transmitting image using mobile terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062011.20160126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0455/12 () of 4.12.2015
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B 31/02 B65D 81/20	Application no. 07021861.5
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Anlage zum gasdichten Verpacken von Gegenständen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T045512.20151204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0547/12 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 9/14	Application no. 99926890.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no, all requests)				Application title Phenolic foam
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T054712.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0062/13 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 88/04	Application no. 10009210.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Entscheidung nach Aktenlage - Begründungsmängel				Application title Verfahren zum Antreiben eines bewegbaren Möbelteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T006213.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0128/13 () of 8.12.2015
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 9/15 B65B 67/12	Application no. 02748973.1
Keywords Amendments (claim 1 of the main request) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Fresh ground for opposition - not introduced into the appeal proceedings in the absence of the patentee's approval Late-filed argument (inventive step) - admitted (new set of claims) Inventive step - claim 1 of the first auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title SPOOL FOR A WASTE STORAGE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T012813.20151208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0324/13 () of 12.1.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 19/05	Application no. 05254716.3
Keywords Novelty - selection invention				Application title Stable, high-temperature nickel-base superalloy and single-crystal articles utilizing the superalloy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T032413.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1108/13 (CRUM chip/SAMSUNG) of 1.12.2015
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00 H04L 9/06 G06F 3/12 G06F 9/00	Application no. 09718117.6
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title UNIT USING OS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T110813.20151201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1709/13 () of 10.11.2015
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 31/02 A61L 31/14	Application no. 07794680.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) first to tenth auxiliary requests Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) eleventh to fourteenth auxiliary requests Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) fifteenth auxiliary request				Application title DEGRADABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T170913.20151110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2256/13 () of 1.2.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/24 A61F 2/84 A61F 2/00 A61F 2/90 A61F 2/86	Application no. 09704185.9
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - violation of the right to be heard (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Minutes of oral proceedings - request to correct minutes of first instance proceedings (refused) Appealed decision - request to amend the appealed decision (refused) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INFUNDIBULAR REDUCER DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T225613.20160201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 2424/13 (Encoding method/SONY) of 5.2.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/03 H03M 13/11	Application no. 05250979.1
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Encoding method and encoding apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T242413.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 248 KB)
T 0202/15 () of 15.1.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00	Application no. 11002277.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Luftaufbereitungsanlage für ein Fahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T020215.20160115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 284 KB)
T 0406/15 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 88/04	Application no. 08011767.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Enscheidung nach Aktenlage - Begründungsmängel				Application title Anschubhilfe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T040615.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0753/15 (Ligand/DOMANTIS) of 5.2.2016
Online on 16.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 5.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/46 C12N 15/13 C12N 15/79 C12N 5/10 G01N 33/68 G01N 33/577 G01N 33/542	Application no. 09158112.4
Keywords "Missing statement of grounds"				Application title Ligand
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T075315.20160205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 215 KB)
T 2265/12 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 10.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/36 A61Q 19/00 A61K 8/67 A61Q 19/02 A61Q 19/08	Application no. 00949314.9
Keywords Right to be heard - no oral proceedings before board of appeal necessary Novelty - implicit disclosure (no)				Application title SKIN CARE COMPOSITION CONTAINING PETROSELINIC ACID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T226512.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0024/14 () of 4.2.2016
Online on 10.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/02 A61K 47/10 A61K 31/535 A61K 31/5575	Application no. 10196245.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Aqueous pharmaceutical compositions containing borate-polyol complexes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T002414.20160204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 256 KB)
T 0201/14 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 10.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/12 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/39 A61K 8/41 A61K 8/73 A61K 8/86 A61K 8/891	Application no. 05009760.9
Keywords Novelty - novelty of use Novelty - second (or further) non-medical use Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Hair conditioning composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T020114.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0392/11 () of 12.1.2016
Online on 09.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F 7/36	Application no. 01928609.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T039211.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1772/12 (Doppelsträngige Ribonukleinsäure/BASF PLANT SCIENCE) of 16.12.2015
Online on 09.02.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/11 C12N 15/82	Application no. 03712028.4
Keywords Hauptantrag - Bedingungen des EPÜ erfüllt (ja)				Application title KONSTRUKTE UND VERFAHREN ZUR REGULATION DER GENEXPRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T177212.20151216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0915/10 (Soybean event/MONSANTO) of 11.6.2015
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.6.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H 5/10 C12Q 1/68	Application no. 06771226.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Exceptions to patentability - plant varieties (no) Exceptions to patentability - essentially biological process for the production of plants (no)				Application title Soybean event MON89788 and methods for detection thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T091510.20150611				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 0958/10 (Methionin Herstellung yjeH Gen/CONSORTIUM ELEKTROCHEMISCHE) of 2.2.2016
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 1/14 C12N 1/16 C12N 1/21 C12N 15/52 C12P 13/12	Application no. 04001958.0
Keywords Beschwerde zurückgewiesen				Application title Verfahren zur fermentativen Herstellung von L-Methionin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T095810.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0460/11 (Synergistische Herbizide/BAYER CROPSCIENCE) of 27.11.2015
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.11.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N 57/20 A01N 43/50	Application no. 99942832.9
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja) Hauptantrag (nicht gewährbar) - Klarheit, erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Vorlage an die Grosse Beschwerdekammer (nein) Hilfsantrag (gewährbar)				Application title HERBIZIDE MITTEL FÜR TOLERANTE ODER RESISTENTE ZUCKERRÜBENKULTUREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T046011.20151127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1367/12 (Diabetes management system/ROCHE) of 22.1.2016
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 22.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61B 5/00 A61M 5/00	Application no. 02017012.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Diabetes management system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T136712.20160122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 1763/12 () of 26.11.2015
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 6/027 A61K 6/083 C03C 17/32	Application no. 06776521.4
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Apportionment of costs - (yes)				Application title DENTAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A SURFACE-MODIFIED FILLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T176312.20151126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0924/13 (ANTI-SENSITIVITY, ANTI-CARIES, ANTI-STAINING, ANTI-PLAQUE, ULTRA-MILD … of 29.10.2015
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 29.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 7/16 A61K 7/18 A61K 7/22	Application no. 04713361.6
Keywords Late filed requests - Admitted into the proceedings Amendments - All requests (no)				Application title ANTI-SENSITIVITY, ANTI-CARIES, ANTI-STAINING, ANTI-PLAQUE, ULTRA-MILD ORAL HYGIENE AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T092413.20151029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1533/13 () of 8.12.2015
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 3/12 C08J 3/24 C08L 101/14 A61L 15/60	Application no. 05721691.3
Keywords Admissibility of late filed claim requests (no)				Application title PARTICULATE WATER ABSORBING AGENT WITH IRREGULARLY PULVERIZED SHAPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T153313.20151208				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1584/13 (Virus monitoring/CURITEL) of 2.2.2016
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 2.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 03254057.7
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Mobile communication system and mobile terminal having function of desactivating mobile communication viruses and method thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T158413.20160202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2179/13 () of 17.9.2015
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/34 A61L 29/08 A61L 31/10 C08J 7/04 C08L 33/02 G02B 1/04 C09D 4/00	Application no. 07871278.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title SURFACE TREATMENT OF BIOMEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T217913.20150917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 582 KB)
T 1233/14 () of 20.1.2016
Online on 08.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18 A23L 1/315	Application no. 09789517.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Clarity - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POULTRY MEAT AND EGGS COMPRISING BENEFICIAL FATTY ACIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T123314.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0050/10 (BCRP/University of Maryland) of 1.2.2016
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 1.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/00 C07K 16/00 C07H 21/04 A61K 48/00 A61K 39/395 G01N 33/53	Application no. 99908097.1
Keywords Priority - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)				Application title Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) and the DNA which encodes it
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T005010.20160201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0694/10 (Behandlung von RTK-Überfunktionsbedingten Störungen/MAX-PLANCK) of 10.12.2015
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/40 C07K 14/71 C07K 16/28 C12N 15/12 C12Q 1/68 A61P 35/00	Application no. 99903669.2
Keywords Einwendungen Dritter - relevant (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title VERWENDUNG VON INHIBITOREN FÜR DIE BEHANDLUNG VON RTK-ÜBERFUNKTIONS-BEDINGTEN STÖRUNGEN, INSBESONDERE VON KREBS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T069410.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0861/11 (Relationship management/EMBRACE NETWORKS) of 20.1.2016
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/00	Application no. 01996161.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T086111.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1667/11 (Hot migration/OCE) of 1.2.2016
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.2.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/445 G06F 17/30 G06F 9/46	Application no. 02076952.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Hot migration through incremental roll-over using migration plug-ins for conversion during upgrade
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T166711.20160201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 1840/11 () of 13.11.2015
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 13.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 D04H 1/00 D04H 3/00	Application no. 02258797.6
Keywords Omission of features - allowable (no)				Application title Perforated plastically deformable sheet and method for making the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T184011.20151113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 2079/11 () of 14.12.2015
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 21/00	Application no. 06114410.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for harvesting an inner fillet from poultry
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T207911.20151214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0290/12 (Method for providing a kit/VERIGEN) of 12.1.2016
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/30 A61F 2/28	Application no. 03023272.2
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)				Application title Method for providing a kit for autologous transplantation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T029012.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 0339/13 (Interacting with virtual pets/IMMERSION) of 17.11.2015
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06G 7/48	Application no. 02804680.3
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no) Technical effect of physically interacting with a virtual pet Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK IN INTERACTING WITH VIRTUAL PETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T033913.20151117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 558 KB)
T 1019/13 () of 24.11.2015
Online on 05.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 1/08 F16L 11/04	Application no. 07766772.3
Keywords Admission of new ground of opposition Admission of late-filed claim requests Admission of late-filed documents Admission of new inventive-step attack Novelty Inventive step - selection of closest prior art Allowability of amendments				Application title FLEXIBLE HOSE OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL FREE OF LIQUID PLASTICIZER AGENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T101913.20151124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1631/10 (Magnetische Partikel/ROCHE) of 4.8.2015
Online on 04.02.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.8.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/11	Application no. 05004214.2
Keywords Verspätet eingereichte Entgegenhaltung - nicht zugelassen Geänderte Ansprüche gemäss Hauptantrag - zugelassen Verstoss gegen Artikel 76 EPÜ (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Magnetisches Pigment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T163110.20150804				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 467 KB)
T 0005/11 () of 15.12.2015
Online on 04.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 19/00 G06F 9/46	Application no. 01913300.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) main request and first auxiliary request				Application title MULTIFUNCTIONAL MOBILE BANKING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T000511.20151215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0061/12 () of 9.12.2015
Online on 04.02.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D 3/02 A24C 5/47	Application no. 06124001.6
Keywords Late submitted material				Application title A machine for manufacturing composite filters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T006112.20151209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0121/12 () of 30.9.2015
Online on 04.02.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 45/02	Application no. 01908121.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING HOT ROLLED STEEL BAND AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE HOT ROLLED STEEL BAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T012112.20150930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0885/12 () of 8.12.2015
Online on 04.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16	Application no. 03784384.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF DRUGS IN SEMI-ORDERED FORM AND POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T088512.20151208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0081/13 (Post-foaming dental mousse and methods utilizing the same/Colgate- … of 5.11.2015
Online on 04.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 11/00 A61K 8/04 A61K 8/31	Application no. 05077497.5
Keywords Main request and Auxiliary requests 1-7 - Clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 8-15 - Amendments (no) Alternative main request, alternative auxiliary requests 1-3, 8-11 - Amendments (no)				Application title Post-foaming dental mousse and methods utilizing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T008113.20151105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1371/14 () of 19.1.2016
Online on 04.02.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61J 1/00	Application no. 06762029.4
Keywords Klarheit, Stützung, wesentliche Merkmale nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title HERSTELLUNG KOLLOIDALISIERTER WIRKSTOFF- BEZIEHUNGSWEISE VITALSTOFFSPEZIES DURCH NANOSKALISCHE REAKTIVDESORPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T137114.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1734/10 (Frameshift peptide/GEMVAX) of 29.9.2015
Online on 03.02.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/435 A61K 38/17 A61P 35/00	Application no. 99940722.4
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Auxiliary request 1 to 11 - sufficiency of disclosure Auxiliary request 1 to 11 - (no) Auxiliary request 12 - requirements of the EPC met Auxiliary request 12 - (yes)				Application title Peptides that elicit T cellular immunity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T173410.20150929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 0258/11 () of 30.9.2015
Online on 03.02.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 30.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 19/077 G06K 17/00 G06K 7/00 B65G 47/49	Application no. 02751098.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SETTING AND/OR CONTROLLING OF A FOOD PRODUCT DISPENSING MACHINE USING A TAG-TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T025811.20150930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1515/11 () of 29.1.2016
Online on 03.02.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/302 H01L 21/461 B23K 26/03 B23K 26/08 B23K 26/40 H01L 21/56	Application no. 04778639.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title FAILURE ANALYSIS METHODS AND SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T151511.20160129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 1956/13 () of 6.11.2015
Online on 03.02.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 9/22	Application no. 07861281.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LINK MECHANISMS FOR GAPPED RIGID KRUEGER FLAPS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T195613.20151106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1413/14 () of 10.11.2015
Online on 03.02.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.11.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC A41D 13/02 A47G 25/90	Application no. 09761779.9
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale et subsidiaire 1 (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - surmontant les objections existantes (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - clairement recevables (non)				Application title COMBINAISON POUR SALLE BLANCHE ET ANALOGUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T141314.20151110				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 539 KB)
T 2054/10 () of 21.1.2016
Online on 02.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B43M 3/04	Application no. 03718585.7
Keywords Beitritt des vermeintlichen Patentverletzers - zulässig (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Einspruchsabteilung (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Einfüllen von Blättern in ein Kuvert
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T205410.20160121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 284 KB)
T 2504/11 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 02.02.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 41/38	Application no. 08004676.6
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title Digitale Dimmereinrichtung für Energiesparlampen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T250411.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0276/13 () of 22.10.2015
Online on 02.02.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 15/00 A61L 15/16	Application no. 06719081.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ABSORBENT STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVED WATER-ABSORBING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T027613.20151022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0709/14 () of 28.1.2016
Online on 02.02.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC D21G 1/02	Application no. 01123510.8
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Walze, insbesondere Kalanderwalze
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T070914.20160128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 221 KB)
T 1746/11 () of 8.10.2015
Online on 01.02.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 5/00	Application no. 04734202.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentierbare Erfindung - Wiedergabe von Informationen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Anträge eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR WARTUNG EINER AUFZUGS- ODER FAHRTREPPENANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T174611.20151008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0096/12 () of 25.11.2015
Online on 01.02.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 25.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/36	Application no. 96919089.1
Keywords Claims interpretation Priority - validity of priority date (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Apparatus for controlling concentrations in vivo and in tubing systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T009612.20151125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 521 KB)
T 0120/12 (Switch controller with over-voltage protection/HAMILTON) of 18.12.2015
Online on 01.02.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G05F 1/569 H02H 1/00 H02H 3/00	Application no. 07254405.9
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - main request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title Solid state power controller with lightning protection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T012012.20151218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0205/13 (Copper extractant/CYTEC) of 1.12.2015
Online on 01.02.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C22B 3/00	Application no. 04749491.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - no improvement Inventive step - obvious alternative Amendments - first to sixth auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - first to sixth auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR THE SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF METALS USING ALDOXIME OR KETOXIME EXTRACTANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T020513.20151201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1664/13 () of 17.12.2015
Online on 01.02.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18 A23K 1/00	Application no. 06749279.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title PET FOOD COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TWO COMPONENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T166413.20151217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 303 KB)
T 0245/14 () of 18.12.2015
Online on 01.02.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B44C 5/04 B44B 5/00	Application no. 03020230.3
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Dekoratives Veredeln einer Holzwerkstoffplatte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T024514.20151218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)

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T 0249/12 () of 29.10.2015
Online on 29.01.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 77/00 C08K 3/00 C08K 5/00	Application no. 06706210.9
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (not objected to) Novelty - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title HEAT STABILIZED MOULDING COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T024912.20151029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1251/12 () of 15.12.2015
Online on 29.01.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B 5/00 G01N 23/00	Application no. 04732321.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung des Anmeldungsgegenstandes Änderungen - (nein) Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs - (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title MANIPULATOR FÜR EINE PRÜFVORRICHTUNG FÜR ZERSTÖRUNGSFREIE MATERIALPRÜFUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T125112.20151215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1517/12 (Hydrophobinfusionsproteine/BASF) of 23.6.2015
Online on 29.01.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.6.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K 14/37	Application no. 06708066.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Neue Hydrophobinfusionsproteine, deren Herstellung und Verwendung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T151712.20150623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 304 KB)
T 0629/13 () of 16.12.2015
Online on 29.01.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 7/00	Application no. 07121100.7
Keywords Novelty (main request, auxiliary request 3 : no) Admission to the appeal proceedings (auxiliary requests 1, 2 :no)				Application title Open roof construction for a vehicle, as well as a sun screen for use therein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T062913.20151216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1826/13 () of 9.12.2015
Online on 29.01.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 53/00 B62D 63/06 B60P 1/64 B62B 3/02 B64F 1/32	Application no. 09167345.9
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (erteiltes Patent) Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Trailerzuganhänger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T182613.20151209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2159/13 () of 12.1.2016
Online on 29.01.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 2/04	Application no. 02756942.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title SELF-SUPPORTING METALLIC IMPLANTABLE GRAFTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T215913.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1512/10 (Digital DNA / LOGIN PEOPLE) of 29.10.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 29.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 1/00	Application no. 04368072.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method of validating a trusted computer system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T151210.20151029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1251/11 () of 16.12.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 37/00	Application no. 07712021.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Fernschalten von Straßenbeleuchtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T125111.20151216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 249 KB)
T 1506/11 () of 21.10.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 2/175	Application no. 03006870.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - justification for late filing (no)				Application title A printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T150611.20151021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 600 KB)
T 1691/11 () of 3.12.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49	Application no. 01955868.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no); clear wording of the claim cannot be interpreted differently				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING SERVO MOTORS FOR PLACING PARTS ONTO A MOVING WEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T169111.20151203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 2161/11 () of 19.11.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/00 G02B 21/36 G06T 1/00 H04N 1/191	Application no. 01920338.9
Keywords Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title FULLY AUTOMATIC RAPID MICROSCOPE SLIDE SCANNER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T216111.20151119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 2581/11 () of 9.10.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 45/02	Application no. 02760588.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title COOLING DEVICE,MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING LINE FOR HOT ROLLED STEEL BAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T258111.20151009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0626/12 () of 14.1.2016
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/00 G02B 21/26	Application no. 08152297.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Scanner arrangement and method for optically scanning an object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T062612.20160114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 2288/12 () of 6.10.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC F42B 15/04 F42B 19/01	Application no. 06425608.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Torpedo
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T228812.20151006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0403/13 () of 6.10.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 24/08	Application no. 07700163.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - inventive step (yes)				Application title LAYERED ADHESIVE CONSTRUCTION WITH ADHESIVE LAYERS HAVING DIFFERENT HYDROCOLLOID COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T040313.20151006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1442/13 () of 22.10.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC B61D 1/06 B61D 17/12	Application no. 05290291.3
Keywords Activité inventive -Requête principale et requêtes auxiliaires 1 à 4 (non) Requêtes auxiliaires 5 à 8 - Admissibilité (non)				Application title Véhicule d'extrémité de transport de passagers et/ou de fret, avec un toit dont la hauteur est étagée.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T144213.20151022				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1508/14 (Organe de commande électronique/RIFL) of 5.11.2015
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.11.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC G05B 19/042 G05B 1/01 E05B 47/00 G07C 9/00	Application no. 07290916.1
Keywords Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 2 (oui) Argument produit tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title Organe de commande électronique avec identification de l'utilisateur
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T150814.20151105				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0203/15 () of 25.1.2016
Online on 28.01.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G 15/08	Application no. 08161123.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violations (yes)				Application title Image forming apparatus and the use of a developing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T020315.20160125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 0340/12 (Repeater with variable bandwidth/ALLGON) of 3.12.2015
Online on 27.01.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 7/26 H04B 7/155	Application no. 97926327.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request and 6th auxiliary request (no) Added subject-matter - 1st to 5th auxiliary requests (yes) Admissibility - 7th auxiliary request (no) Late-filed document D36 admitted (yes) Remittal (no)				Application title Repeater with variable bandwidth
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T034012.20151203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 1651/12 (Process for preserving wood/NEW POLYMERIC COMPOUND) of 4.12.2015
Online on 27.01.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B27K 5/06 B27K 5/00	Application no. 01930323.9
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Oral proceedings - postponement (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DURABLE PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T165112.20151204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0202/13 () of 10.7.2015
Online on 27.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 15/02 E21B 19/00 E21B 7/12	Application no. 02022449.9
Keywords Late-filed requests - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no) Evaluation of evidence - standard of proof				Application title Drillship or semi-submersible and multi-activity drilling assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T020213.20150710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 723 KB)
T 0923/10 (Kit-of-parts of an anti-EP-CAM antibody with a chemotherapeutic agent … of 16.6.2015
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.6.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/395 A61K 31/00	Application no. 99938326.8
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests 1 to 6 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 7 (yes) Observations by third party - relevant (no)				Application title Combination of an anti-EP-CAM antibody with a chemotherapeutic agent
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T092310.20150616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1990/10 (Amplification poxvirus temperature range cultivation chicken embryo … of 10.12.2015
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 7/02	Application no. 02740758.4
Keywords Main Request, Auxiliary Requests 1-5 claim request upheld at first instance - - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR VIRUS PROPAGATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T199010.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0982/11 () of 19.1.2016
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F01M 11/03 F01M 13/04	Application no. 98114489.2
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Ölmodul für Brennkraftmaschinen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T098211.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0809/12 (Matchable coated articles/GUARDIAN) of 16.10.2015
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C 17/36	Application no. 07018599.6
Keywords Feature defined by the result to be achieved Result to be achieved corresponding to problem to be solved underlying the application Claims - essential features missing				Application title Low-E matchable coated articles and methods of making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T080912.20151016				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0009/13 () of 3.11.2015
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/804	Application no. 08718074.1
Keywords Priority - validity of priority date for claim 10 (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BEVERAGE INGREDIENT CAPSULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T000913.20151103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0856/13 () of 8.9.2015
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 10/00 C08F 4/651 C08F 4/649	Application no. 04758228.3
Keywords Late filed requests: admitted Amendments - allowable: no (main request), yes (auxiliary request) Claims - clarity: yes (auxiliary request) Remittal for remaining issues				Application title OLEFIN POLYMERISATION CATALYST CONTAINING A CYCLOALKANE DICARBOXYLATE AS ELECTRON DONOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T085613.20150908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1465/14 () of 30.10.2015
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B65G 49/04	Application no. 09713204.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - Klarheit (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung (nein)				Application title HÄNGEBAHNSYSTEM, TAUCHBEHANDLUNGSANLAGE MIT EINEM SOLCHEN, UND VERWENDUNG DIESES HÄNGEBAHNSYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T146514.20151030				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 2234/14 () of 2.12.2015
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C14B 1/26 C14B 1/58	Application no. 05748606.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Drying system for pelts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T223414.20151202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1071/15 () of 15.1.2016
Online on 26.01.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/00 B65D 85/804	Application no. 07106875.3
Keywords -				Application title Method for preparation of a creamy milk based beverage from a capsule and kit for such preparation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T107115.20160115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 217 KB)
T 2446/10 (Implementing security using a context barrier/ORACLE) of 11.12.2015
Online on 25.01.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/46 G06F 1/00 G07F 7/10	Application no. 00904409.0
Keywords Fundamental procedural defect - (no) Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING SECURITY ON A SMALL FOOTPRINT DEVICE USING A CONTEXT BARRIER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T244610.20151211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0348/11 (Mercury removal/CDEM HOLLAND B.V.) of 22.12.2015
Online on 25.01.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/64 B01D 53/02 B01J 20/04 B01J 20/16 B01J 20/12	Application no. 02710558.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title A METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF MERCURY FROM A GAS STREAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T034811.20151222				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0072/12 (Routing SMS messages/INTLEACHT) of 25.11.2015
Online on 25.01.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 88/18	Application no. 05792019.1
Keywords Novelty and inventive step Novelty - main request (yes)				Application title Method for routing SMS messages using an intelligent routing node
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T007212.20151125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0313/12 (Human atrial natriuretic peptide hANP O-acetylserine/DAIICHI) of 20.1.2016
Online on 25.01.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/16 C12P 21/02 C07K 14/58 C12N 1/21 C12N 15/09 C07K 1/107	Application no. 01930035.9
Keywords Main Request - admissibility (yes); Main Request - meets all requirements EPC (yes)				Application title METHOD OF INHIBITING THE FORMATION OF BY-PRODUCT IN THE PRODUCTION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED POLYPEPTIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T031312.20160120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1319/13 (Cathode material/SONY) of 12.11.2015
Online on 25.01.2016	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H01M 4/58 H01M 10/0565	Application no. 01123894.6
Keywords Late-submitted material - correct exercise of discretion (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Disclaimer - auxiliary request 2 (accepted) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Method for producing cathode active material and method for producing a non-aqueous electrolyte cell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T131913.20151112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1368/14 () of 10.12.2015
Online on 25.01.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 5/16	Application no. 04027553.9
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Geteilte Feuerschutztüreinlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T136814.20151210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 282 KB)
T 0489/10 (Skin-hair equivalent/HENKEL) of 24.9.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 24.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/38 A61L 27/24 A61L 27/60 A61F 2/10 C12N 5/06	Application no. 02804895.7
Keywords Inventive step of product-by-process - (no)				Application title SKIN/HAIR EQUIVALENT WITH RECONSTRUCTED PAPILLAE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T048910.20150924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1693/10 () of 9.7.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.7.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC G01N 1/08 G01N 33/12 A61B 10/00	Application no. 00993441.5
Keywords Objection selon la règle 106 CBE (rejetée) Recevabilité de modifications - Règle 80 CBE (requête principale Recevabilité de modifications - non) Exposé suffisant de l'invention (requête subsidiaire - non) Vice substantiel de procédure - Remboursement de la taxe de recours (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE DE PRELEVEMENT D'ECHANTILLON BIOLOGIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T169310.20150709				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 536 KB)
T 0266/11 () of 7.1.2016
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC B21J 15/24 B21J 15/28	Application no. 03767273.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title SYNCHRONIZED RIVET GUN SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T026611.20160107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0634/11 () of 17.12.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/24 B60L 7/22	Application no. 05016140.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - offenkundige Vorbenutzung zugelassen (nein)				Application title Batteriebetriebenes Flurförderzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T063411.20151217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0570/12 (PRE-METERED DRY POWDER INHALER FOR MOISTURE-SENSITIVE MEDICAMENTS/ … of 24.9.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/72 A61M 15/00 A61J 1/00 A61K 31/46 A61P 11/06 A61P 11/08	Application no. 04801711.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 2 (no) Admission into the proceedings - Auxiliary requests 1, 3-5 (no)				Application title PRE-METERED DRY POWDER INHALER FOR MOISTURE-SENSITIVE MEDICAMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T057012.20150924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0999/12 () of 1.12.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 1.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/32 B32B 3/30	Application no. 05779224.4
Keywords -				Application title MULTILAYER LAMINATED FILM FOR PACKAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T099912.20151201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1108/12 () of 17.12.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B 49/00 F16M 11/18 G08C 17/02 G08C 21/00	Application no. 08104346.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A user-friendly TV stand rotating mechanism and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T110812.20151217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1856/12 () of 15.12.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/14	Application no. 02797211.6
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all requests				Application title SELECTIVE ADSORPTION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T185612.20151215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2399/12 () of 19.1.2016
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.1.2016	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/12 A61K 31/48 A61K 9/72 A61P 25/06	Application no. 08725456.1
Keywords Right to be heard - no oral proceedings before board of appeal Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title METHOD OF THERAPEUTIC ADMINISTRATION OF DHE TO ENABLE RAPID RELIEF OF MIGRAINE WHILE MINIMIZING SIDE EFFECT PROFILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T239912.20160119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0112/13 () of 25.11.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/74	Application no. 04104029.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)				Application title Opening device for a sealed package containing a pourable food product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T011213.20151125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0487/13 () of 1.12.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 1.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C 13/00 B25H 3/00 B62B 1/14 B62B 3/16 B62B 5/08	Application no. 06101017.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Right to be heard - violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Wheeled bucket
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T048713.20151201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1101/13 () of 16.10.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC F21K 7/00 H05B 33/14	Application no. 05729912.5
Keywords -				Application title ROLL-TO-ROLL FABRICATED LIGHT SHEET AND ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T110113.20151016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0408/15 () of 4.12.2015
Online on 22.01.2016	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J 27/58	Application no. 12184891.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kochgefäßaufsatz zum Verhüten des Überkochens von Flüssigkeiten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T040815.20151204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2241/11 (Windfarm network/GENERAL ELECTRIC) of 19.10.2015
Online on 21.01.2016	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/12	Application no. 07107189.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for configuring IP addresses in a windfarm network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T224111.20151019				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0339/12 () of 7.7.2015
Online on 21.01.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 63/185 C08G 63/183 B65D 1/02	Application no. 05004711.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (main request and auxiliary request: yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - justification for late filing (yes)				Application title Polyester polymer particles having a small surface to center viscosity gradient
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T033912.20150707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1718/13 () of 8.12.2015
Online on 21.01.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 3/82 B27F 5/12	Application no. 00989770.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINES TÜRBLATTES SOWIE NACH DIESEM VERFAHREN HERSTELLBARES TÜRBLATT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T171813.20151208				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0877/10 () of 8.1.2016
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 17/68	Application no. 05019175.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Chirurgisches Verbindungselement zur Fixierung benachbart angeordneter Knochenplatten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T087710.20160108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2287/10 () of 24.11.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/66	Application no. 01935277.2
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all requests				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING SCATTEROMETRY TO PERFORM FEEDBACK AND FEED-FORWARD CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T228710.20151124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 2435/10 () of 2.12.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/232 G02B 7/10	Application no. 06252674.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Manual focusing method and system in photographing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T243510.20151202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 1133/11 () of 7.5.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.5.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/472 A61F 13/15	Application no. 02028260.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title Drapable absorbent article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T113311.20150507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1585/11 () of 16.9.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 03814592.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE UNDERGARMENT WITH A DETACHABLE CROTCH MEMBER AND METHOD FOR THE USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T158511.20150916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 1683/11 () of 3.11.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 18/14 A61M 25/10 A61M 25/09	Application no. 07001829.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Tissue ablation system including a balloon anchor wire
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T168311.20151103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2125/11 () of 23.9.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.9.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/055 A61B 5/11	Application no. 03720396.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 bis 7 - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs Änderungen - Hilfsanträge 3 bis 7 (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 2.3 - zugelassen (nein) Verschiebung der mündlichen Verhandlung (nein)				Application title PASSIVBEWEGUNG EINES PATIENTEN IN EINEM MAGNET-RESONANZ-TOMOGRAPHEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T212511.20150923				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2438/11 () of 7.10.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 19/00	Application no. 08010889.7
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung (ja)				Application title Instrumentenausrichtungsverfahren mit freier Referenz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T243811.20151007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1458/12 (Treating abnormal packets/INNOVATIVE SONIC) of 9.10.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 9.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/56 H04L 1/18	Application no. 03010042.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Admission of late-filed claim requests - (yes) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Abnormal case handling for acknowledged mode transmission and unacknowledged mode transmission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T145812.20151009				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1259/14 () of 7.10.2015
Online on 20.01.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 77/06	Application no. 07016687.1
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Mit flachen Glasfasern verstärkte Hochtemperatur-Polyamidformmassen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T125914.20151007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348 KB)
T 2356/10 () of 25.11.2015
Online on 19.01.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 25.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 7/173 H04Q 7/32	Application no. 05019372.1
Keywords Inventive step - several requests (no) Clarity and support - several requests (no) Added subject-matter - fourth auxiliary request (yes) Admission - fifth auxiliary request (no)				Application title Method and system for cellular network and integrated broadcast television (TV) downlink with intelligent service control with feedback information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T235610.20151125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0135/11 (Non-FRET probes/PHRI PROPERTIES) of 2.7.2015
Online on 19.01.2016	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 2.7.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 21/04 C12Q 1/68 C12P 19/34	Application no. 97923412.7
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary requests - admissibility (no)				Application title DETECTION PROBES, KITS AND ASSAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T013511.20150702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 0558/11 () of 13.1.2016
Online on 19.01.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC B07C 5/342	Application no. 02022206.3
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Selektierung von Kunststoffen und anderen Materialien bezüglich Farbe und Zusammensetzung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T055811.20160113				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1126/11 (Tragbarer Datenträger/GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) of 8.1.2016
Online on 19.01.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 8.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 9/48	Application no. 05012875.0
Keywords Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - (ja)				Application title Tragbarer Datenträger, System mit einem solchen Datenträger und Verfahren zum Betreiben eines solchen Datenträgers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T112611.20160108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0065/12 () of 9.9.2015
Online on 19.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 1/46 B22D 11/12 B22D 11/14	Application no. 06809087.7
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING METAL STRIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T006512.20150909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0219/12 () of 14.10.2015
Online on 19.01.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/315 A61M 5/20 A61M 5/48 A61M 15/00	Application no. 05104734.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (yes), auxiliary request 1 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Novelty, fresh ground of opposition introduced in appeal, not considered Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title Device for delivering medicament
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T021912.20151014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0418/12 () of 24.9.2015
Online on 19.01.2016	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/32 A61B 18/14	Application no. 04741728.2
Keywords Added subject-matter (yes) - all requests Reimbursement of appeal fee (no)				Application title ELECTRONIC COAGULATION SCALPEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T041812.20150924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
R 0018/14 () of 22.5.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 22.5.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 1/18	Application no. 05016910.1
Keywords Petition clearly unallowable.				Application title Enhanced SDU discard procedure for a special data segmentation in a wireless communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:R001814.20150522				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 22 KB)
T 2424/10 () of 10.11.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/34 G09G 3/36 G09G 3/18 G09G 3/30 G09G 3/32	Application no. 03013452.2
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Apparatus of driving light source for display device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T242410.20151110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1254/11 () of 17.9.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G01G 19/393	Application no. 02000191.3
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Admissibility - third auxiliary request (no) Different apportionment of costs (no)				Application title Combination weighing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T125411.20150917				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 718 KB)
T 2443/11 (ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR CONFIGURATIONS AND COMBINATIONS/VERSEON) of 25.9.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 G01N 33/48 G01N 31/00 G06G 7/58	Application no. 04795035.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity (no) Unity of invention - common special technical features (no) Unity of invention - unsearched subject-matter Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR CONFIGURATIONS AND COMBINATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T244311.20150925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2564/11 () of 1.10.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/10 A61K 9/22 A61K 9/70 A61K 47/42	Application no. 01922258.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title PROTEIN MATRIX MATERIALS, DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T256411.20151001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2566/11 () of 17.9.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/50 A61K 31/135	Application no. 02785879.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 6 (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 6 - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 7 - admitted (no)				Application title EXTENDED RELEASE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AS ACTIVE COMPOUND VENLAFAXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T256611.20150917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 523 KB)
T 0268/12 () of 27.5.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.5.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 12/08 C08J 9/20	Application no. 03291287.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (no) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no)				Application title Preparation of expandable styrene polymers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T026812.20150527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 0404/12 () of 24.11.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q 5/00 A61K 8/36 A61K 8/34	Application no. 01100036.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - novelty of use Novelty - second (or further) non-medical use Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Treatment composition for dyed hair
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T040412.20151124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 0719/12 () of 29.10.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 213/08 C07D 307/46 C07D 333/22 C07C 225/12 C07C 221/00	Application no. 03762669.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) compound disclosed by name in prior art, but not available to public as no method for its preparation available at publication date of prior art				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF N -MONOSUBSTITUTED BETA-AMINO ALCOHOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T071912.20151029				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0033/13 () of 3.11.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 9/20	Application no. 01910704.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Nutritional formulations containing prebiotic substances
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T003313.20151103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0664/13 () of 4.12.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 4/06 A23G 3/34 A23G 4/10 A23G 4/20	Application no. 05849867.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Coated chewing gum
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T066413.20151204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1720/13 () of 12.1.2016
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.1.2016	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F 9/02 F16F 9/34 E05F 5/00	Application no. 05810970.3
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung				Application title SCHIEBETÜRSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2016:T172013.20160112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2128/13 () of 18.6.2015
Online on 18.01.2016	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.6.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 31/16	Application no. 07810005.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) main request and auxiliary request 5 Inventive step - (no) auxiliary requests 1 to 4 Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) auxiliary request 6 Inventive step - (yes) auxiliary request 6				Application title METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND MODIFYING TAXANE COATINGS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T212813.20150618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0108/12 (Key agreement and transport protocol with implicit signatures/ … of 29.9.2015
Online on 15.01.2016	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 9/08	Application no. 07000020.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - relationship between Art. 123(2) and Art. 123(3) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title Key agreement and transport protocol with implicit signatures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T010812.20150929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 2400/12 (PREPARATIONS FOR DIAGNOSING INFECTION WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI/Otsuka … of 10.9.2015
Online on 15.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 51/04 A61K 9/30 A61K 47/02 A61K 9/28	Application no. 01930187.8
Keywords Inventive step - All requests (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title PREPARATIONS FOR DIAGNOSING INFECTION WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T240012.20150910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 2558/12 (Trust in a cryptographic token/HEWLETT-PACKARD) of 17.12.2015
Online on 15.01.2016	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 06019603.7
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title A digital certificate that indicates a parameter of an associated cryptographic token
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T255812.20151217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0615/14 () of 27.10.2015
Online on 15.01.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A23J 1/20 A23J 1/08 B01D 15/08	Application no. 04721828.4
Keywords Correction of error in the opponent's name				Application title METHOD FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT VOLUMES IN THE FRACTIONATION OF BIO-MOLECULES BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T061514.20151027				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2047/14 () of 11.12.2015
Online on 15.01.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 4/00	Application no. 02779227.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no)				Application title LOW MOISTURE CHEWING GUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T204714.20151211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 1851/15 () of 16.12.2015
Online on 15.01.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC H03K 19/177	Application no. 07006683.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T185115.20151216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 217 KB)
T 1436/11 () of 19.3.2015
Online on 14.01.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.3.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 53/00 C08K 3/34	Application no. 99122894.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative (alle Anträge)				Application title Talkumverstärkte Polypropylen-Formmasse mit hoher Schlagzähigkeit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T143611.20150319				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0348/13 () of 12.11.2015
Online on 13.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.11.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 31/00 B23Q 1/00	Application no. 05701187.6
Keywords Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Dokumente - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title PLATTFORM FÜR INDUSTRIEANLAGEN, INSBESONDERE FÜR HOCHDRUCKENTZUNDERER, NOTSCHEREN UND PENDELSCHEREN IN WALZSTRASSEN, O. DGL.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T034813.20151112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0356/13 () of 29.10.2015
Online on 13.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.10.2015	Proc. language FR	IPC E04B 1/74	Application no. 05798964.2
Keywords Requête produite tardivement - admise (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE DURCISSEMENT D'UN LIANT SUR DES FIBRES ISOLANTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T035613.20151029				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0611/13 () of 13.10.2015
Online on 13.01.2016	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 11/14 B22D 11/16	Application no. 05739979.2
Keywords -				Application title STRANGGIESSANLAGE MIT MINDESTENS EINEM ROBOTER UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER STRANGGIESSANLAGE UNTER EINBINDUNG VON MINDESTENS EINEM ROBOTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T061113.20151013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
R 0017/14 () of 15.12.2015
Online on 12.01.2016	Board EBA	Decision date 15.12.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC G09F 3/20 G09F 7/12	Application no. 98124740.6
Keywords Überprüfungsantrag offensichtlich unbegründet fehlende Kausalzusammenhang				Application title Adhäsionsfolie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:R001714.20151215				Distribution B	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 54 KB)
T 2397/11 (Erlotinib hydrochloride polymorph/HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 15.10.2015
Online on 11.01.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.10.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 239/94 A61K 31/517 A61P 35/00	Application no. 04710031.8
Keywords Clarity (yes) Extension of protection conferred (no) Novelty: main, auxiliary request 1 (no); auxiliary request 2 (yes) Remittal, auxiliary request 2				Application title POLYMORPH OF {6,7-BIS(2-METHOXY-ETHOXY)-QUINAZOLIN-4-YL}-(3E)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T239711.20151015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 2059/13 (Aripiprazole against bipolar disorder/OTSUKA) of 7.12.2015
Online on 11.01.2016	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/00 A61K 31/496 A61K 45/06 A61P 25/24 A61P 25/18 A61P 25/28 A61P 25/16 A61P 25/06 A61P 25/30 A61P 15/00 A61P 3/04 A61P 1/08	Application no. 06015782.3
Keywords Late-filed documents - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure of further medical use - (no)				Application title Substituted carbostyril derivatives as 5-HT 1A receptor subtype agonists for the treatment of bipolar disorder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T205913.20151207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 473 KB)
T 0793/11 () of 8.10.2015
Online on 08.01.2016	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 31/22 A61B 5/00 A61B 5/103	Application no. 01936176.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) - Formulierung der Aufgabe ohne Lösungselemente				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES PFLASTERS FÜR DIE BESTIMMUNG EINER ABNORMALEN HAUTTROCKENHEIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T079311.20151008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1649/10 () of 25.9.2015
Online on 05.01.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.9.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 5/10	Application no. 03022260.8
Keywords Admissibility of the appeal (no) requests not clearly allowable - not admitted clarity (no - auxiliary request 3)				Application title Charged particle beam apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T164910.20150925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2477/10 () of 23.10.2015
Online on 05.01.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 23.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 1/00	Application no. 07718109.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit - Hauptantrag (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BESTIMMUNG VON PROTECTION-LEVELS FÜR SATELLITENNAVIGATIONSSYSTEME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T247710.20151023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0021/11 () of 12.11.2015
Online on 05.01.2016	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 12.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G01P 15/08	Application no. 06001027.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method of manufacturing an external force detection sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T002111.20151112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0228/11 () of 5.11.2015
Online on 05.01.2016	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 5.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 26/10	Application no. 05006779.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method and device for robot-aided remote laser welding, with simplified control of focusing direction of laser beam
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T022811.20151105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0389/12 () of 12.11.2015
Online on 05.01.2016	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 12.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/34 A61K 9/20	Application no. 97931455.6
Keywords Novelty of product-by-process claim (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title HOT-MELT EXTRUDABLE PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T038912.20151112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1859/12 (Maschinelles Reinigungsverfahren/BSH) of 27.5.2015
Online on 05.01.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.5.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 17/04 C11D 3/386 D06F 39/02 D06L 3/11 A47L 15/44	Application no. 01988757.9
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Änderungen - Hauptantrag und 1. Hilfsantrag				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM MASCHINELLEN REINIGEN VON TEXTILIEN ODER FESTEN GEGENSTÄNDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T185912.20150527				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0355/13 () of 18.11.2015
Online on 05.01.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F 1/30	Application no. 00964063.2
Keywords Admissibility of partiality objections (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Right to be heard - oral proceedings before opposition division Right to be heard - oral proceedings before board of appeal Right to be heard - violation (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition (not admitted) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title An amplifier for use in a mobile phone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T035513.20151118				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 618 KB)
T 1783/10 () of 23.11.2015
Online on 04.01.2016	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R 13/627 H01R 13/639 H01R 13/703	Application no. 01400545.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Electrical connection system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T178310.20151123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 0528/11 (Selection Lactobacillus menstrual discharge administration/ELLEN) of 19.11.2015
Online on 04.01.2016	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 19.11.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 1/20 A61K 35/74	Application no. 02780211.5
Keywords Admissibility of new evidence (no) Admissibility of the Main Request (yes) Main Request added subject matter (no); sufficiency of disclosure (yes); inventive step (yes)				Application title LACTIC ACID PRODUCING BACTERIA FOR USE AS PROBIOTIC ORGANISMS IN THE HUMAN VAGINA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T052811.20151119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0823/11 (Managing patient care/CAREFUSION) of 21.12.2015
Online on 04.01.2016	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 21.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00 G06G 7/48 G06F 19/00	Application no. 96915827.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - excessive length of proceedings (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Exercise of discretion by the first instance not to admit auxiliary request filed in oral proceedings - overruled Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title System and method for collecting data and managing patient care
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T082311.20151221				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1886/12 (Composite structure / 3M) of 11.3.2015
Online on 04.01.2016	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.3.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 20/28 A62B 23/02 A62D 9/00 B01D 39/00	Application no. 96941491.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title PERMEABLE, SHAPED STRUCTURES OF ACTIVE PARTICULATE BONDED WITH PSA POLYMER MICROPARTICULATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T188612.20150311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 1964/12 () of 16.4.2015
Online on 04.01.2016	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.4.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 220/06 C08F 222/02 C11D 3/37	Application no. 99117421.0
Keywords Main request not admitted - claim intentionally restricted before the opposition division so no right to revert to claim as granted Auxiliary requests - admitted into the proceedings but lack of novelty established presumption that unusual parameters do not define a new subject-matter not displaced unallowable amendment - late filed objection admitted -				Application title Acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymer (or its salt), its production process and use, and production process for aqueous maleic salt solution with low impurity content
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T196412.20150416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 2191/13 () of 16.10.2015
Online on 04.01.2016	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.10.2015	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J 175/04 C09J 175/06 C09J 175/08 C08G 18/10 C08G 18/12 C08G 18/20 C09J 11/00	Application no. 06100723.3
Keywords Zulassung verspäteter Anträge Einspruchsgründe - Änderungen Einspruchsgründe - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Neuheit - rein gedankliches Merkmal als Unterscheidung zum Stand der Technik Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title Klebstoffsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T219113.20151016				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 492 KB)
T 1770/15 () of 18.12.2015
Online on 04.01.2016	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 18.12.2015	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 21/2747 H04N 5/445 G06F 3/00 G06F 13/00 H04N 21/472 H04N 21/4335	Application no. 10197417.8
Keywords "Missing statement of grounds"				Application title Interactive television systems with network-based digital video recording
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T177015.20151218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 215 KB)

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