Decisions in 2020

All board of appeal decisions released for publication in 2020 are shown in the list below by month.

Available months in 2020

December 2020

T 1622/16 () of 14.12.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/02 F01N3/021	Application no. 04747403.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162216.20201214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 247 KB)
T 0063/17 (Stable Plasmodium vivax protein/BHARAT) of 4.3.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K14/445 C07K1/14 C07K1/22 A61K39/00 A61K39/002 A61K39/015	Application no. 09787605.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) non-obvious alternative				Application title Stable immunogenic protein having multiple cysteine molecules, process therefore and composition thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T006317.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2851/18 (Lixisenatide for treating obese type 2 diabetics/SANOFI) of 17.12.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/26 A61K38/22 A61P3/10	Application no. 10747854.7
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text of the patent as granted withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Use of AVE0010 for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Diabetes mellitus Type 2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T285118.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0845/19 (Anti-PCSK9 antibodies/AMGEN) of 29.10.2020
Online on 23.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/40 A61P3/06 A61K39/395 A61K45/06 A61K31/22 A61K31/366 A61K31/40 A61K31/405 A61K31/44 A61K31/47 A61K31/505 A61K31/66 A61K39/00 C12N15/113	Application no. 08798550.3
Keywords Main Request - Maintenence in amended form (yes)				Application title Antigen binding proteins to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084519.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 2277/15 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/145 A61M31/00	Application no. 08851580.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title POWER INJECTOR WITH STATUS MESSAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227715.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 760 KB)
T 1076/16 () of 23.9.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H26/08	Application no. 11156967.9
Keywords Neuheit (ja: Hauptantrag) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein: Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I; ja: Hilfsantrag III) Zulassung von Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja: Hilfsantrag III) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja: Hilfsantrag II)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Kontrolle von Spulen mit aufgewickeltem Folienmaterial
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107616.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 533 KB)
T 1783/16 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C45/16 H01H33/66	Application no. 10015327.9
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title A push rod of a vacuum interrupter and method of manufacturing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T178316.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1180/18 (Therapeutic human albumin solutions / GRIFOLS, S.A.) of 26.10.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K51/08	Application no. 05380116.3
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Late-filed evidence - admittance of documents filed in appeal proceedings (Late-filed) Requests - admittance in appeal proceedings Amendments - main request, auxiliary requests 1-21 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - auxiliary requests 22-31 Amendments - extension of protection (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 32 (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request 32 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 32 (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:2020:T118018.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 667 KB)
T 2656/18 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 3.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184226.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Touch event model programming interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T265618.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1893/19 () of 16.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F1/86 G01M15/10 G01F1/00 G01N1/22 G01F1/74 G01N33/00	Application no. 12864266.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) - after amendment				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE MASS FLOW BY MEANS OF DILUTION OF AN EXHAUST GAS FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189319.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2040/19 (Touch-screen device providing touch control of web pages) of 3.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048 G06F17/30	Application no. 11184222.5
Keywords Enabling disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Touch event model programming interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204019.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0333/20 () of 17.12.2020
Online on 22.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C49/12 B29C49/58 B29K67/00 B29C49/06 B29C49/36 B29C49/64	Application no. 04762730.2
Keywords Rücknahme der Beschwerde - Einstellung der Verfahrens (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) da der volle Gebührenbetrag nicht rechtzeitig entrichtet				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BLASFORMUNG VON BEHÄLTERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033320.20201217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 297 KB)
R 0010/18 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 17.12.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 17.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R1/10	Application no. 08766905.7
Keywords Decision sufficiently reasoned for purposes of the right to be heard (yes) Petition allowable (no) no violation of petitioner's right to be heard				Application title Improved earpiece
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R001018.20201217				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2155/17 () of 18.11.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/10	Application no. 10722727.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Main request Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - Auxiliary request 1 Late filed objection - admitted - (no) Document submitted with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted - (yes) - response to findings of decision				Application title MACHINE DIRECTION ORIENTED FILM FOR LABELS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215517.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0545/18 (Metal scavenging polymers/NALCO) of 3.11.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F1/58 C08F20/10 C08F20/56 C08L33/06 C08L33/26 C02F1/68 B01D53/64 C02F1/56 C02F103/18 C02F103/36	Application no. 11766567.9
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no) Right to be heard - examination procedure Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METAL SCAVENGING POLYMERS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054518.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1627/18 (Liposomes with lipids having an advantageous pKa-value for RNA … of 16.12.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/127 A61K39/00 C12N15/86	Application no. 11736500.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal - special reasons for remittal				Application title LIPOSOMES WITH LIPIDS HAVING AN ADVANTAGEOUS PKA-VALUE FOR RNA DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162718.20201216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1812/19 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 21.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C49/06 B29C49/12 B29C49/36 B29C49/42 B29C49/48 B29C49/56 B29C49/78	Application no. 13817852.0
Keywords Rücknahme der Beschwerde - Einstellung der Verfahrens (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) da der volle Gebührenbetrag nicht rechtzeitig entrichtet				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR BLASFORMUNG VON BEHÄLTERN MIT EINER ANTRIEBSEINRICHTUNG UND MIT GEKOPPELTEN BEWEGUNGSABLÄUFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181219.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1726/15 (Heterologous FPPS/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA) of 13.8.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/15	Application no. 05775484.8
Keywords Main request - extended scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - admission into the proceedings (yes) Added matter (yes)				Application title GENETICALLY MODIFIED HOST CELLS AND USE OF SAME FOR PRODUCING ISOPRENOID COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172615.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 1483/16 (Compositions with a surfactant system/SYMRISE) of 12.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/22 A23L2/44 A23L2/56 A23D9/00 A23L2/52 A23L2/58	Application no. 10151491.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Admission of late filed experiments - (no)				Application title Compositions with a surfactant system comprising saponins, and lecithin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148316.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1818/16 () of 15.12.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61M5/172 A61B5/15 B01L3/00 B01J19/00	Application no. 10179887.4
Keywords Admissibility of all requests (no) - primary object of appeal proceedings to review decision - appeal case directed to requests on which decision was based (no)				Application title Analyte monitoring and drug delivery
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181816.20201215				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1904/16 (Assay for toxinogenic C. difficile strains/KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS) of 20.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68	Application no. 10713524.6
Keywords Admission of new evidence and a new line of argument submitted at oral proceedings due to a change of representative - (no) Auxiliary request 2 - requirements of the EPC met - (no)				Application title Method for the detection and characterization of a toxinogenic Clostridium difficile strain
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190416.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 524 KB)
T 0135/17 (Tinnitus alleviation/OTICON) of 24.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 11168755.4
Keywords Novelty - Art. 54(3) EPC Novelty - main and first auxiliary request (no) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes, after amendment) Inventive step - no attacks invoked by appellant-opponent Admittance - fresh ground for opposition under Art. 53(c) EPC - (no): no approval of proprietor Admittance - auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings - (yes): exceptional circumstances and no fresh case				Application title A hearing device for diminishing loudness of tinnitus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013517.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2388/17 (Predictive search results/Google) of 4.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 11751746.6
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Predictive query completion and predictive search results
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238817.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0428/18 (Predictive search results II/Google) of 4.11.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 11752020.5
Keywords Amendments - first to third auxiliary requests Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendment after summons - main request and fourth auxiliary request Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)				Application title Predictive query completion and predictive search results
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T042818.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1778/18 (G-CSF Flüssigformulierung/BIOCEUTICALS) of 3.6.2020
Online on 18.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K38/18 A61K9/06	Application no. 09158328.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 (nein)				Application title G-CSF Flüssigformulierung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177818.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
R 0002/19 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 6.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C55/28	Application no. 05791246.1
Keywords Petition for review - admissible (yes) Petition for review - obligation to raise objection (no) Petition for review - review of substantive law excluded Petition for review - fundamental violation of the right to be heard (no) Petition for review - clearly unallowable				Application title POLYLACTIC ACID BLOWN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:R000219.20201006				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 1715/14 (Optoelektronischer Sensor / Sick) of 2.12.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S17/93	Application no. 09179696.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171514.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 2279/15 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q9/16 H01Q21/10 H01Q5/00 H01Q1/24 H01Q9/04 H01Q21/24	Application no. 10831783.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INSTALLATION METHOD OF RADIATING ELEMENTS DISPOSED ON DIFFERENT PLANES AND ANTENNA USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227915.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1979/16 (Triggering retransmissions/QUALCOMM) of 29.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W72/04 H04L1/18 H04L5/00 H04L1/06 H04W72/14	Application no. 11730835.3
Keywords Oral proceedings - held by videoconference upon request Inventive step - (no)				Application title Demodulation reference signals (DM-RS) for PHICH or PDCCH based retransmission in LTE-A wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197916.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1538/17 (Real time database replica/ORACLE INTERNATIONAL) of 1.10.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 06826229.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)- main and auxiliary requests Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no)				Application title Apparatus and method for creating a real time database replica
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153817.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1861/17 (Rückkopplungsunterdrückung/SIVANTOS) of 12.11.2020
Online on 17.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 10187394.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 (nein): "subjektive Aufgabe" wird nicht glaubhaft gelöst Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Parametereinstellungen Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsantrag 4 (ja)				Application title Hörgerät mit Frequenzverschiebung und zugehöriges Verfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186117.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 0232/14 (Method and apparatus for identifying, authenticating, tracking and … of 6.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 09722519.7
Keywords Inventive step - determining ranges of unit identifiers (no Inventive step - not technical and obvious) Inventive step - technical effect of saving storage (no Inventive step - bonus effect) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING, AUTHENTICATING, TRACKING AND TRACING MANUFACTURED ITEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T023214.20201006				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0610/15 (Combined dual-mode and bandwidth extension decoding / SAMSUNG) of 9.11.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L21/02 G10L19/14	Application no. 07851633.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter in auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - choice of closest prior art Inventive step - (no) Admission of new requests - (no)				Application title METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR BANDWIDTH EXTENSION ENCODING AND DECODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061015.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0492/16 (Peptides for pain treatment/NONO) of 10.12.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/08 A61P29/00	Application no. 09812187.4
Keywords Main request - clarity of dependent claims (yes), novelty (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Agents and methods for treatment of pain
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049216.20201210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1387/16 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C7/08 F24C15/10 A47L15/42 D06F39/00	Application no. 08105876.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Hausgerät mit einer Steuereinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138716.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 2028/16 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H5/26	Application no. 08785694.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title ABSENKBARE OPTIKAUFNAHME INSBESONDERE FÜR EIN MIT EINER WAFFE AUSGERÜSTETES KAMPFFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202816.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 585 KB)
T 2314/16 (Distributing rewards by assigning users to partial advertisement … of 7.9.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q50/00 G06Q30/00 G06Q30/02	Application no. 11800813.5
Keywords Technical effect - reduced computational load (no - technical, but no embodiment to enable verification) Inventive step - distributing rewards by assigning users to partial areas of an advertisement banner (yes Inventive step - involves technical considerations of the web page system)				Application title INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROCESSING REWARD PAYMENT, REWARD PAYMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH REWARD PAYMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THERON
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231416.20200907				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2071/17 () of 3.12.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B51/02	Application no. 11161167.9
Keywords Inventive step main request Inventive step - (no) Statement of grounds of appeal - auxiliairy requests not substantiated				Application title A cutting head comprising a drill tip and a drill having such a cutting head
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207117.20201203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2394/18 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 16.12.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24C7/08 F24C15/10 A47L15/42 D06F39/00	Application no. 11180226.0
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Hausgerät mit einer Steuereinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T239418.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2295/15 () of 12.11.2020
Online on 15.12.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/26 H04N13/00	Application no. 09820314.4
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title SHARING OF MOTION VECTOR IN 3D VIDEO CODING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229515.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2049/16 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 15.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D25/29 B42D25/328 G09F3/02 B41M3/14 G02B5/18 G02B27/42 G09F3/03	Application no. 07831864.9
Keywords Inadmissible extension (yes: main request) Exclusion of document D20 (no) Novelty (no: auxiliary request 1) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 2 to 16 (no)				Application title Display and Information-Printed Matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204916.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2380/15 () of 26.11.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04N5/913	Application no. 06723851.9
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1: Klarheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 2: erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND EINRICHTUNG ZUM WEITERÜBERTRAGEN SOWIE ZUM BEARBEITEN UND/ODER WIEDERGEBEN UND/ODER SPEICHERN VON TON- UND/ODER BILDINHALTEN SOWIE GERÄT ZUM BEARBEITEN UND/ODER WIEDERGEBEN UND/ODER SPEICHERN VON TON- UND/ODER BILDINHALTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238015.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1322/16 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/022	Application no. 05003570.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Blood pressure measuring device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132216.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 262 KB)
T 1241/17 (Circuit for compressing data/MOVIDIUS) of 17.11.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M7/30	Application no. 08717870.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no after amendment) Claims - clarity (yes after amendment) Inventive step - (yes over the prior art on file) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes after amendment)				Application title A circuit for compressing data and a processor employing same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124117.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1575/17 (Céramique mate/COMADUR) of 10.9.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C04B41/91 G04B37/22	Application no. 11172580.0
Keywords Statut légal de la requérante Recevabilité du recours - recours suffisamment motivé (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (non) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Requête produite tardivement - recevable (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Activité inventive - analyse a posteriori Activité inventive - effet supplémentaire (oui) Activité inventive - état de la technique le plus proche				Application title Procédé de fabrication d'une céramique mate non marquante
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T157517.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0122/18 (Beschichtungsmasse/STO) of 27.11.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B28/02 C04B26/02 C09D1/04 E04F13/00 C09D5/02 C04B28/10	Application no. 10152699.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Verhältnis von Art. 83 zu Art. 84 EPÜ Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Priorität - Grundlage im Prioritätsdokument (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title VISKOSE, KORNHALTIGE AUSHÄRTENDE BESCHICHTUNGSMASSE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012218.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0669/18 (Multimedia object presentation/VODAFONE) of 22.10.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 11182757.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Presentation of multimedia objects at user devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066918.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2021/18 (Nicotine-Containing Pharmaceutical Composition / MODORAL) of 1.12.2020
Online on 14.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/20 A61K31/465	Application no. 12769823.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2-6 (no)				Application title NICOTINE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202118.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0929/15 (Identifying a user issuing a voice request/ACCENTURE) of 17.11.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G10L15/26 G06F3/048 H04L29/08	Application no. 11425055.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes)				Application title Client and server system for natural language-based control of a digital network of devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T092915.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 2154/15 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M3/156	Application no. 08008268.8
Keywords Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title D. c. converter, speaker apparatus and d. c. converter control method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215415.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0104/16 (Meningococcal serogroup Y/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 2.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095	Application no. 05733998.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Immunising against meningococcal serogroup Y using proteins
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010416.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1195/16 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N3/28 F01N13/14 F01N13/18 F01N1/24	Application no. 05850238.6
Keywords -				Application title GEHÄUSE FÜR EIN BAUTEIL EINER ABGASANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T119516.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1604/16 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61G3/06 B60P1/43 B60R3/02	Application no. 09775807.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Review of a finding of fact of the department of first instance - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title FOLDABLE RAMP ALLOWING AN INVALID WHEELCHAIR PASSENGER ENTER INTO A VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160416.20201207				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 2903/18 () of 7.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H1/4382 B32B5/14 B32B5/26 B32B27/02 D04H13/00 D04H1/42	Application no. 08868572.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title COMPOSITE NONWOVEN FIBROUS WEBS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T290318.20201207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 2034/19 (Formulierungen enthaltend Triazinone und Eisen / BAYER) of 17.9.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K47/10 A61K47/12 A61K9/00 A61K31/53 A61K33/26 A61K45/06 A61P7/06 A61P33/02	Application no. 08758648.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title FORMULIERUNGEN ENTHALTEND TRIAZINONE UND EISEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203419.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 838 KB)
T 0265/20 (Deemed approval to the text intended for grant) of 26.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G16H40/00 G16H40/40 G16H40/60 G16H40/67	Application no. 11820257.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appellant adversely affected despite decision to grant a patent Approval by paying fee for grant and publishing and filing translations - binding effect				Application title SYSTEM FOR ENABLING TEST DATA FROM A CLINICAL ANALYTIC DEVICE TO BE COMMUNICATED TO AN ELECTRONIC PATIENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026520.20201026				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0755/20 (Implicit authentication in an NGN system using the line ID / Telekom) of 29.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/24 H04L12/28 H04L29/08 H04L29/06	Application no. 11729565.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Remittal - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT USE OF A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075520.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0900/20 (Implicit authentication in an NGN system using the line ID / Telekom) of 29.10.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/24 H04L12/28 H04L29/08 H04L29/06	Application no. 11729563.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (no) Remittal - (no) Amendment to appeal case - amendment overcomes issues raised (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT USE OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090020.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1686/20 () of 8.12.2020
Online on 11.12.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L21/336 H01L21/00 H01L27/01 H01L29/76	Application no. 06773179.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title SHORT CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168620.20201208				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255 KB)
T 2708/16 (Digital-to-analog converter using a chopper voltage reference for a … of 11.9.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M3/00	Application no. 09740614.4
Keywords Claims - independent claims of sole request Claims - after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Multi-level feed-back digital-to-analog converter using a chopper voltage reference for a switched capacitor sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270816.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 497 KB)
T 1243/17 (Procédé de pilotage/NAILLON) of 4.12.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F9/44	Application no. 99400939.7
Keywords Activité inventive - (non) Stagnation de la procédure d'examen sans explication - (oui) Obligation de la requérante de raccourcir la procédure autant que possible remplie - (non) Violation de l'article 6(1) CEDH - (non)				Application title Procédé de pilotage d'un processus décisionnel lors de la poursuite d'un but dans un domaine d'application déterminé, tel qu'économique, technique organisationnel ou analogue et système pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124317.20201204				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 371 KB)
T 1102/18 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B11/00 G06T5/00 G06T7/00	Application no. 15002762.1
Keywords Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG EINER KALIBRIERUNG MEHRERER UMGEBUNGSSENSOREN EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS UND KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110218.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1166/18 (Nasswäscher/CFT) of 20.11.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D47/06 E21C35/22 B01D46/52 B01D46/00 E21F5/20	Application no. 12722276.8
Keywords Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (ja) Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung				Application title NASSWÄSCHER MIT REDUZIERTEN ENERGIEBEDARF ERFORDERNDEM KOMPAKTDEMISTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116618.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 2805/19 (Procédé de pilotage/NAILLON) of 4.12.2020
Online on 10.12.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06N5/04	Application no. 00402875.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non), Stagnation de la procédure d'examen sans explication - (oui) Obligation de la requérante de raccourcir la procédure autant que possible remplie - (non) Violation de l'article 6(1) CEDH - (non)				Application title Procédé de pilotage de processus décisionnel lors de la poursuite d'un but dans un domaine d'application déterminé, tel qu'économique, technique, organisationnel ou analogue
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T280519.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0676/16 (Mutual authentication/QUALCOMM) of 1.12.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W12/06	Application no. 13169907.6
Keywords Oral proceedings - postponement (no): request not filed as soon as possible Right to be heard - (yes) Added subject-matter - all requests (yes) Clarity - all requests (no)				Application title Mutual authentication with modified message authentication code
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067616.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2530/16 () of 4.12.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J61/44 C09K11/78 C09K11/64 C09K11/81	Application no. 09792200.9
Keywords Inventive step - (main request, no, effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim) Amendments - added subject-matter (auxiliary request, yes)				Application title ENHANCED COLOR CONTRAST LIGHT SOURCE AT ELEVATED COLOR TEMPERATURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253016.20201204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1778/17 () of 25.11.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G69/46	Application no. 11749194.4
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - zugelassen (ja: Hauptantrag b und Hilfsanträge 1b bis 5b) Einspruchsgründe - Erweiterung von Patentansprüchen (ja: Hauptantrag b und Hilfsanträge 1b bis 4b) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja: Hilfsantrag 5b)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON VERARBEITUNGSSTABILEM POLYAMID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177817.20201125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 494 KB)
T 1025/18 (Pharmaceutical compositions containing Formoterol/MYLAN) of 22.10.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/12 A61K9/72 A61K9/08 A61P11/08 A61K31/167	Application no. 02709742.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1-11 - Inventive step (No) Admission of auxiliary requests 12-25 into the proceedings (No)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FORMOTEROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102518.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 569 KB)
T 1798/18 (Structured polycyclic peptide / BICYCLERD) of 19.11.2020
Online on 09.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K47/48 G01N33/68	Application no. 10703808.5
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Priority - basis in priority document (no) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title STRUCTURED POLYCYCLIC PEPTIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179818.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0517/16 (Quellcodeerzeugung/ALLGEIER) of 18.11.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 18.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F9/44 G06F11/36	Application no. 05008903.6
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren und System zum Erzeugen eines Quellcodes für ein Computerprogramm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051716.20201118				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 2271/16 (Book-binding application/CANON) of 23.9.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/21	Application no. 05008167.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Document processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227116.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1762/17 (Different combinations in the same area/NEC) of 10.11.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/041 G06F3/023 G06F3/048 H03M11/04 H04M1/00 H04M1/02 G06F3/0488 H04M1/23 G06F3/0484	Application no. 12782531.3
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - all requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - clarity of disclosure (no)				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176217.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0578/18 () of 6.11.2020
Online on 08.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/02 F03D11/00	Application no. 12166371.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Methods and apparatus for controlling wind turbine thrust
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057818.20201106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0378/16 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/20 A61M5/32	Application no. 01270353.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title AUTO-INJECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037816.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 0833/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F19/00	Application no. 05735388.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title APPARATUS FOR PREVENTION OF READING OF MAGNETIC CARDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T083316.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0948/16 (Hearing aid with occlusion reduction I/SIVANTOS) of 2.12.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 07821151.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of oral proceedings following respondent's announcement of non-attendance Added subject-matter - main request (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation Admittance of requests - auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no)				Application title Hearing aid having an occlusion reduction unit, and method for occlusion reduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094816.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0952/16 (Hearing aid with occlusion reduction II/SIVANTOS) of 2.12.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 07821154.7
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of oral proceedings following respondent's announcement of non-attendance Added subject-matter - all requests (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation Clarity - auxiliary request 7 (no)				Application title Hearing aid having an occlusion reduction unit, and method for occlusion reduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095216.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0483/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C19/38 F03D11/04 F16C33/36 F16C35/063	Application no. 12175578.9
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Novelty - public prior use (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Retainer segment of roller bearing for supporting main shaft of wind-power generator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048317.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1837/17 () of 23.11.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B5/124 G01V8/22 G06F3/042	Application no. 09702040.8
Keywords Added subect-matter (no, amended claims) Inventive step (yes, amended claims)				Application title RETROREFLECTOR FOR USE IN TOUCH SCREEN APPLICATIONS AND POSITION SENSING SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183717.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2852/18 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B88/04 E05F5/00 E05F5/02	Application no. 13172385.0
Keywords -				Application title Einzugvorrichtung für Möbel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T285218.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0392/20 () of 2.12.2020
Online on 07.12.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 2.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N25/48 G01N21/84 G01N33/558	Application no. 13706780.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title THERMAL CONTRAST ASSAY AND READER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039220.20201202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0127/14 (DNA SEQUENCING BY OLIGONUCLEOTIDE EXTENSION/SOLEXA) of 1.12.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 1.12.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H21/04 C12P19/34 C12Q1/68	Application no. 96912800.8
Keywords Main request - Novelty (no) First and second auxiliary requests - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no) Third auxiliary request - Novelty (no) Fourth auxiliary request - meets all requirements of the EPC (yes)				Application title DNA SEQUENCING BY PARALLEL OLIGONUCLEOTIDE EXTENSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012714.20201201				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 491 KB)
T 1214/15 (Abasic site/ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE) of 24.11.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68	Application no. 10011728.2
Keywords Admission of new evidence - (no) Main request - inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no)				Application title Preparation of templates for nucleic acid sequencing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121415.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1291/16 (Focusing on audio scenes/NOKIA) of 4.9.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/00 H04S7/00	Application no. 13161611.2
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - held by videoconference upon request Admittance of claim requests filed shortly before the oral proceedings - (no): amendments do not overcome objections raised under Art. 84 EPC				Application title Focusing on a portion of an audio scene for an audio signal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129116.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1974/16 (Multiple subscriber profiles/THALES) of 30.11.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 11749378.3
Keywords Decision in written proceedings: no oral proceedings necessary Novelty - main request (no) Admittance of new requests - all auxiliary requests (no): should have been filed earlier				Application title System and method for securely using multiple subscriber profiles with a security component and a mobile telecommunications device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197416.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0108/18 () of 26.11.2020
Online on 04.12.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F15/34	Application no. 11002919.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Dokument zugelassen (nein)				Application title Auswuchtgewicht mit Haltefeder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010818.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 592 KB)
T 0709/16 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12 H04N7/26	Application no. 04712388.0
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary request I - admitted (no) Auxiliary Request II (request for remittal) - granted (no)				Application title PICTURE CODING METHOD AND PICTURE DECODING METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070916.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1363/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/04	Application no. 04753283.3
Keywords Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (no) Claims - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 (yes) Amendments - auxiliary request 4 (no)				Application title ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136316.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0631/17 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 07723681.8
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title ROTORBLATT EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063117.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1799/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L15/23 A47L15/42	Application no. 02781329.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title UMSTEUEREINRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR EINE GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179917.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0557/18 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01B21/08 A01B49/02 A01B5/08	Application no. 11831819.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein)				Application title BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055718.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1185/18 (Coated detergent composition and manufacture process/Dalli-Werke GmbH … of 27.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D17/00 C11D1/66 C11D3/20 C11D3/22 C11D3/37 C11D3/38	Application no. 07018340.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - Termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Coated detergent composition and manufacture process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118518.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 0666/20 () of 30.11.2020
Online on 03.12.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61G1/013 A61G1/044 A61G1/01	Application no. 15775450.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit Patentansprüche - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title RETTUNGSTRAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066620.20201130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 2257/15 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D5/36 C09D5/03 C09D11/02 C09C1/00	Application no. 06734845.8
Keywords Amendments Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title MULTILAYER EFFECT PIGMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225715.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2160/16 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C51/41 C07C57/04 B01J14/00 C08F20/06 C08F220/06	Application no. 06793091.7
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Argumente Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title NEUTRALISATIONSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216016.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 469 KB)
T 2602/17 (Metadata for graph-based computations/Ab Initio) of 26.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 26.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F9/44	Application no. 06785623.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Managing metadata for graph-based computations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T260217.20201126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 574 KB)
T 1097/18 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D15/00 B42D25/00	Application no. 10703800.2
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit gegenüber der Druckschrift E1 (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz zur weiteren Entscheidung				Application title Optisch variables Sicherheitselement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109718.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 641 KB)
T 1298/18 () of 27.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B13/00 A47C15/00	Application no. 12748337.8
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title FURNITURE HAVING LOAD-BEARING OR NON-LOAD BEARING STRUCTURES FOR STORAGE OF WATER OR OTHER MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129818.20201127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2534/18 (COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES … of 24.11.2020
Online on 02.12.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/18 A61K38/44 A61K9/08 A61K9/14 A61K9/06 A61P27/02	Application no. 13768403.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDATIVE STRESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253418.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0461/17 (Encapsulated aerosol generating agent/BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO) of 22.9.2020
Online on 01.12.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B15/16 A24B15/28 A24F47/00	Application no. 10768538.0
Keywords Main request - novelty - (no) Auxiliary requests - admitted Auxiliary request 1 - novelty - (no) Auxiliary request 2 - allowable				Application title CONTROL OF PUFF PROFILE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046117.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0188/18 (Preparation of hydrolysed whole grain flour/QUAKER OATS) of 18.9.2020
Online on 01.12.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A21D2/26 A21D6/00 A23L1/00 A23L1/03 A23L1/10 A23L1/105 A23L1/187	Application no. 10727309.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (no)				Application title METHOD OF PREPARING HIGHLY DISPERSIBLE WHOLE GRAIN FLOUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018818.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)

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T 1879/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H3/04 C07H3/06	Application no. 09715865.3
Keywords Priority - partial priority (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OLIGOSACCHARIDE INGREDIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187915.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 1151/16 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C4/10	Application no. 03784932.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title PLASMA SPHEROIDIZED CERAMIC POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115116.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0969/19 (SHELLAC BASED SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN/Mantrose-Haeuser Co. Inc.) of 23.11.2020
Online on 30.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/00	Application no. 12831671.8
Keywords Amendments (Yes) Consisting of - Disclaimer (No) Remittal to Examining Division				Application title SHELLAC BASED SPRAYABLE SUNSCREEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096919.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0943/14 (Digitales Signieren/GIESECKE+DEVRIENT) of 23.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F21/00	Application no. 07009498.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum digitalen Signieren und/oder Verschlüsseln einer auf einer Datenverarbeitungseinheit gespeicherten Datei
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094314.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1928/14 (Risk management of sports-associated businesses) of 23.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 23.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00 G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00	Application no. 09835790.8
Keywords Further processing - request admissible (yes) Further processing - omitted act completed within the period for making the request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Admission of request into appeal proceedings (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK MANAGEMENT OF SPORTS-ASSOCIATED BUSINESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192814.20201123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 1730/16 (Risedronate dosage regime/ALLERGAN) of 28.10.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/663 A61P19/10	Application no. 02795891.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% Reimbursement of appeal fee - withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings				Application title METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF BONE DISORDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173016.20201028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1962/16 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09J7/02 B32B7/06 B32B7/12	Application no. 07788353.6
Keywords Änderungen - neue Ansprüche im Beschwerdeverfahren Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title HAFTKLEBESTREIFEN FÜR FEUCHTIGKEITSUNEMPFINDLICHE WIEDERABLÖSBARE VERKLEBUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196216.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
T 2116/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B17/107 G08B29/04	Application no. 10186854.5
Keywords Änderungen - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Rauchmelder mit Ultraschall-Abdecküberwachung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211616.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 2504/16 (Hydrophilic diagnostic devices/ADHESIVES RESEARCH) of 10.9.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/53 G01N33/543 G01N33/537 B01L3/00	Application no. 10158529.7
Keywords Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - change of category Amendments - allowable (yes) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Hydrophilic diagnostic devices for use in the assaying of biological fluids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T250416.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0457/17 () of 19.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L15/04	Application no. 10015538.1
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Threaded joint for steel pipes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045717.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1929/17 () of 24.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/22 B60C1/00 C08K3/04 C08L21/00 C08L21/02	Application no. 10753524.7
Keywords -				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RUBBER-WET MASTERBATCH, RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192917.20201124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0670/19 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 27.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A45D44/00	Application no. 09760368.2
Keywords Patentable invention - technical character of the invention (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title CLINICAL ASSESSMENT SCALES AND METHODS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067019.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0777/15 (Crystalline form of aripiprazole/OTSUKA) of 17.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/496 C07D215/22 A61P25/18	Application no. 02782507.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked Appellant-opponent 5: Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds (not filed) Appellant-opponent 5: partial reimbursement (no) Appellant-opponent 2: partial reimbursement of appeal fee (yes) - 25%				Application title LOW HYGROSCOPIC ARIPIPRAZOLE DRUG SUBSTANCE AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077715.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1730/15 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 G06F17/30	Application no. 03772570.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title METHOD OF ANNOUNCING SESSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173015.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0099/17 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00	Application no. 11152368.4
Keywords Amendments				Application title Ink set, ink container, inkjet recording method, recording device, and recorded matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009917.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2046/18 (Lapse of patent) of 19.11.2020
Online on 26.11.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28 H04W52/02 H04W84/18	Application no. 11754505.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title AUTOMATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204618.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2099/15 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D487/04 A61K31/437 A61P29/00	Application no. 06825074.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - amendments Admissibility of appeal Late-filed evidence - documents not admitted in first instance proceedings Inventive step				Application title FUSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS KINASE MODULATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209915.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1882/16 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60L11/18 H02J7/00 H02J7/02	Application no. 10730480.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur induktiven Übertragung elektrischer Energie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188216.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1981/16 (Random access procedure/ERICSSON) of 17.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/26 H04J3/06 H04W56/00 H04W74/08	Application no. 06828846.3
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (no) Remittal to the opposition division for further prosecution Remittal - (yes): opposition proceedings may be continued even if the oppositions are withdrawn				Application title Technique for performing a random access procedure over a radio interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198116.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2024/16 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H33/70	Application no. 05405049.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Hauptantrag - Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Vortrag in der Beschwerdeschrift nicht ausreichend substantiiert - zugelassen (nein) Neuer Einwand unter Artikel 56 EPÜ erstmals in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Düsenbefestigung für elektrisches Schaltgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202416.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 483 KB)
T 1642/17 (Anti-CXCR7 Ig variable domains/ABLYNX) of 16.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/28	Application no. 12713656.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title Bispecific anti-CXCR7 immunoglobulin single variable domains
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T164217.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 2891/19 () of 20.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C7/02 A47C7/18	Application no. 05789301.8
Keywords Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes) Novelty - (yes) Remittal - (yes)				Application title A SEAT PORTION FOR A SEAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T289119.20201120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0646/20 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 25.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/02 F03D1/06	Application no. 07747361.9
Keywords Further processing - time limit for requesting further processing Further processing - request admissible (no) Admissibility of appeal - party adversely affected by decision (no)				Application title WIND TURBINE WITH SLENDER BLADE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064620.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1057/15 (Datenträger für einen Straßenfertiger/VÖGELE) of 29.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/042 G06F9/445 G07C5/08 E01C19/48	Application no. 05017896.1
Keywords Offenkundige Vorbenutzung - glaubhaft (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag I (nein) Zulassung ins Beschwerdeverfahren - Hilfsanträge II und III (nein): hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können				Application title Baumaschine und Verfahren zum Installieren von Anwendungs-Software in einer Baumaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105715.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2480/16 () of 7.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R4/68 H02G15/34 H01B12/16	Application no. 13306075.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum elektrisch leitenden Verbinden von zwei supraleitfähigen Kabeln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248016.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 308 KB)
T 0612/17 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 05766902.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title INTERNAL CONNECTION DENTAL IMPLANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061217.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 268 KB)
T 2134/17 (Composition cosmétique capillaire coiffante/ L'OREAL) of 19.11.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/86 A61K8/39 A61K8/81 A61Q5/06	Application no. 07290051.7
Keywords -				Application title Composition cosmétique capillaire coiffante comprenant un polymère fixant non ionique particulier et un ester de polyethylèneglycol et d'acide gras, procédé de fixation de la coiffure et utilisations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T213417.20201119				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0588/18 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00	Application no. 11177753.8
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation				Application title Ink set, ink container, inkjet recording method, recording device, and recorded matter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058818.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2620/18 (Ermäßigte Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.9.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L1/047 F16H53/02 F01L1/344	Application no. 13783579.9
Keywords Beschwerdegebühr (nicht vollständig entrichtet) - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt ermäßigte Beschwerdegebühr - fehlende Berechtigung Korrektur des Abbuchungsauftrags (nein) Grundsatz des Vertrauensschutzes (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer (nein)				Application title NOCKENWELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T262018.20200916				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 498 KB)
T 2728/18 (COMPOSITION COMPRENANT UN COLORANT NATUREL /L'OREAL) of 11.11.2020
Online on 24.11.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q5/06 A61K8/34 A61K8/49 A61K8/97 A61Q5/10 A61K8/41	Application no. 10710088.5
Keywords Extinction du brevet dans tous les Etats contractants - clôture de la procédure de recours,				Application title COMPOSITION COMPRENANT UN COLORANT NATUREL ET UN ALCOOL MONOHYDROXYLE ALIPHATIQUE, COLORATION DE FIBRES KERATINIQUES LA METTANT EN OEUVRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272818.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0971/16 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/06	Application no. 13185438.2
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Methods and devices for threading sutures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097116.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1963/18 (Nutritional composition comprising indigestible oligosaccharides/ … of 12.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/42 A61K31/702 A61K31/202 A61K35/74 A61P11/00 A61P31/00 A23L1/30	Application no. 10180272.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Nutritional composition comprising indigestible oligosaccharides
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196318.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1421/20 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 23.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G5/36 H04N5/00 H04N5/44 G06T1/20	Application no. 03023968.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Auxiliary Requests - amendment to a party's case - raising new issues - undue burden - not admitted				Application title Network environment for video processing modules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142120.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
T 0886/14 (Lottery game/Al-Ziyoud, Aiman H.) of 16.11.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 04731698.9
Keywords Inventive step - implementing progressive jackpot lottery game (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical game rules)				Application title LOTTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH REAL-TIME PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088614.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1864/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N21/845 H04N21/2343 H04N21/442 H04N21/658 H04N21/858 H04L29/06	Application no. 09824007.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186415.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1914/15 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D251/26 C07D251/34	Application no. 10780474.2
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition Amendments Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty Late allegation of fact Inventive step				Application title Method for storing triallyl isocyanurate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191415.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 669 KB)
T 1416/16 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00	Application no. 09743702.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request, 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - not admitted				Application title PAYMENT PROCESSING PLATFORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141616.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1564/16 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M5/24 B42D15/10 G06K19/02	Application no. 07814639.6
Keywords Added matter (yes)				Application title Laser Marking of Pigment Layers on Documents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156416.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0083/18 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F9/075 B66F9/08	Application no. 08004305.2
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Schwingungskompensation am Hubgerüst eines Flurförderzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008318.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 427 KB)
T 0849/18 (Hearing-aid antenna/STARKEY) of 17.11.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 09250303.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Decision in written proceedings: cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following the respondent's announcement of non-attendance				Application title Antenna used in conjunction with the conductors for an audio transducer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084918.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0995/18 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H1/00	Application no. 11776719.4
Keywords Hauptantrag - Zulassung (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Zulassung (Ja) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Zulassung (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title FAHRZEUG MIT EINER KLIMAANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099518.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2670/18 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B17/042 F16L15/00 F16L15/04	Application no. 13872310.1
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title SCREW COUPLING FOR STEEL PIPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267018.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2208/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N19/154 H04N19/186 H04N19/117 H04N19/17 H04N19/59 H04N19/172 H04N19/61 H04N19/136	Application no. 07829308.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Claims - clarity (no) Claims - missing essential features				Application title Method and apparatus for improving the interpolation accuracy of chrominance signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220815.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0570/16 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N13/00 G06F1/16 H04N13/02 H04N13/04	Application no. 11164284.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Hand-held electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057016.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1905/16 (Immune molecules/KYOWA KIRIN) of 16.11.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/09	Application no. 08002266.8
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of the appeal proceedings				Application title Method of modulating the activity of functional immune molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190516.20201116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 2039/16 (Range of aseptically produced infant foods/Nestlé) of 17.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L5/20 A23L13/00 A23L15/00 A23L17/00 A23L19/00 A23L3/16	Application no. 08801858.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title RANGE OF ASEPTICALLY PRODUCED INFANT FOODS HAVING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF UNDESIRED BY-PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203916.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0468/18 () of 5.11.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D41/24 F02D41/14 F02D41/00	Application no. 11151817.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds indicating the reasons for setting aside the impugned decision (no)				Application title A method of controlling a diesel engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046818.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1246/18 (Dünnschichtige Heizestrickonstruktion/Knauf) of 29.9.2020
Online on 19.11.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B28/14 F24D3/14 C04B14/00	Application no. 09179498.2
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Dünnschichtige Heizestrichkonstruktion auf Trenn- und Dämmschicht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124618.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0886/15 (Power supply circuit board with radiation plate / Murata … of 1.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q1/50 G06K19/07 G06K19/077 H05K1/16 B42D15/10 G09F3/00 H01Q1/44	Application no. 07741395.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation added feature not the deliberate result of technical considerations				Application title ARTICLE PROVIDED WITH FEED CIRCUIT BOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088615.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2108/15 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61J1/05	Application no. 05010458.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Behälter für die Bereitstellung medizinischer Flüssigkeiten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T210815.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 759 KB)
T 1381/16 () of 17.11.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E05B37/00 E05B67/24 E05B35/10 E05B37/10	Application no. 12179284.0
Keywords -				Application title Method of improving airline luggage inspection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138116.20201117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2379/16 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 09000216.3
Keywords Patentierbare Erfindung - technische und nichttechnische Merkmale Patentierbare Erfindung - technischer Charakter der Erfindung Patentierbare Erfindung - computerimplementierte Erfindung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz				Application title Verfahren zur Ermittlung einer Vergleichbarkeit von Dienstleistungsangeboten oder Produkten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T237916.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1095/17 (Anti-LOR-1 antibody for use in treating fibrosis/TECHNION) of 10.6.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/40 C12N9/06 C12N15/53 A61P35/00 G01N33/574 C12Q1/68	Application no. 08020752.5
Keywords Main (sole) request - inventive step (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions and methods useful for modulating angiogenesis, inhibiting metastasis and tumor fibrosis, and assessing the malignancy of colon cancer tumors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109517.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0187/18 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C9/02 F16C33/10 F16C17/02	Application no. 12196480.3
Keywords Amendment to appellant's case - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Main bearing for crankshaft for internal combustion engine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018718.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0210/18 (Bewegt-Bett-Vergaser) of 23.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C10J3/32 B01J8/10	Application no. 09799493.3
Keywords Änderung - zulässig (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG IN FORM EINES BEWEGT-BETT-VERGASERS UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINES SOLCHEN IN EINER ANORDNUNG ZUR THERMISCHEN ZERSETZUNG VON ABPRODUKTEN UND ABFALLSTOFFEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021018.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0492/18 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 12156864.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Participation in oral proceedings by way of private video connection (no)				Application title Arrangement to reduce noise originated by a wind turbine blade
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049218.20201012				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1752/18 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 18.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T17/02 F04B35/04 F04B49/02	Application no. 12184115.9
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Amendments - main and auxiliary requests 1, 1A Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Inventive step - auxiliary request 2				Application title Compressed air system for a motor vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175218.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 644 KB)
T 0436/15 (User Interface Modification/CORIZON) of 12.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 12.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/44	Application no. 05759370.9
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE MODIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043615.20201112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1984/16 (Substitute milk product/ARLA FOODS) of 28.9.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C11/04 A23C17/00	Application no. 11702852.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SUBSTITUTE MILK PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198416.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1539/18 (ISOPENTYLESTER / EVONIK) of 10.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61Q1/00	Application no. 12710517.9
Keywords Neuheit - Auswahlerfindung (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (nein) , wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (ja)				Application title ISOPENTYLESTER ZUR VERWENDUNG IN KOSMETISCHEN, DERMATOLOGISCHEN ODER PHARMAZEUTISCHEN KOMPOSITIONEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153918.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0123/20 () of 11.11.2020
Online on 17.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K6/48 B60K6/543 B60L11/14 B60W10/02 B60W20/00 F16H61/12 F16H61/662	Application no. 14806922.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND MALFUNCTION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012320.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2200/15 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68 A61D19/00 G01N15/14 C12N5/00	Application no. 10184282.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for providing sex-sorted animal sperm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220015.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 2265/15 () of 10.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 10.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61D19/00 C12N5/00 G01N15/14	Application no. 10184018.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Apparatus and methods for providing sex-sorted animal sperm
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226515.20201110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2727/16 (Coffee process/Zürcher Hochschule Für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Laux … of 14.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F5/02 A23F5/04 A23F5/08 A23F5/26 A23F5/28 A23F5/32 A23F5/36 A23F5/48 A23F5/50 A61K36/74	Application no. 09805827.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title COFFEE PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272716.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0478/17 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 405/06 A61K 31/4025 A61P 35/00	Application no. 10785289.9
Keywords Inventive step Amendments - admittance of the objection				Application title AN AMORPHOUS AND A CRYSTALLINE FORM OF GENZ 112638 HEMITARTRATE AS INHIBITOR OF GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047817.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 0649/17 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F37/26	Application no. 09756708.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 4 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 3 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - auxiliary request 11 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title A HORIZONTAL AXIS WASHING MACHINE WITH RECESS IN THE TUB TO ACCOMODATE DRUM SEAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064917.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 1036/17 () of 29.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/18	Application no. 06761928.8
Keywords Continuation of the appeal procedure after withdrawal of the opposition Amendments - Main request Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Inventive step - Main request (yes)				Application title Wind farm power control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103617.20201029				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1310/17 (Anwendungen auf SIM-Karten/TELEKOM) of 11.11.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04L29/08 H04W8/18	Application no. 10190259.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Unterschied betrifft administrative (nicht-technische) Aspekte Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): mündliche Verhandlung nicht erforderlich				Application title Verfahren und System zur Provisionierung von Anwendungen auf SIM-Karten eines mobilen Endgerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131017.20201111				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1622/17 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C7/04	Application no. 12162080.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Seeding machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162217.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2457/17 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E05F11/38 B60J1/17	Application no. 07822988.7
Keywords -				Application title IMPROVED CLAMP AND BASE FOR SECURING GLASS TO A DEVICE INTENDED FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WINDOWS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245717.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 2788/17 (Prebiotic formulation of human milk oligosaccharides) of 27.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/30 A23L1/308 A23L1/09	Application no. 12707135.5
Keywords Main request: Subject-matter excluded from patentability - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MODULATION OF GROWTH OF BIFIDOBACTERIA USING A COMBINATION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES FOUND IN HUMAN MILK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T278817.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0395/18 (Oligosaccharides for preventing allergic reactions in infants) of 11.9.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C9/20	Application no. 12703533.5
Keywords Main request: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 to 6: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Auxiliary request 7: added matter - (no); sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Admissibility of late filed submissions - (yes) Violation of the right to be heard - (no) Serious doubts that a therapeutic effect is achieved - (yes) Oral proceedings by videoconference				Application title MATERNAL SUPPLEMENT TO ENHANCE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF AN INFANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039518.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 0225/19 (Berechtigung zur Zahlung der ermäßigten Beschwerdegebühr) of 16.10.2020
Online on 16.11.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C67/00	Application no. 11779556.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdegebühr (nicht vollständig entrichtet) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen eines dreidimensionalen Bauteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022519.20201016				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0426/16 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00 G06Q10/00 G06Q50/00	Application no. 08807366.3
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title WATER AS COMMODITY FOR FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T042616.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 0950/16 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/088 A61M25/04 A61F2/24	Application no. 09820051.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed document - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title MEDICAL DEVICES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERING MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095016.20200925				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1110/16 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07F9/6574	Application no. 08744593.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure Novelty Inventive step				Application title ISOTHERMAL PROCESS FOR PHOSPHOROMONOCHLORIDITE SYNTHESIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111016.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 2364/16 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01H1/04 E01H1/05	Application no. 06002096.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title Kehrmaschine zum Reinigen von Wegen, Straßen o. dgl. Nutzflächen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236416.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 686 KB)
T 2457/16 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N57/20	Application no. 10010490.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Unvollständiger Sachvortrag in der Beschwerdebegründung, Nichtzulassung von Anträgen				Application title Herbizide Mittel für tolerante oder resistente Maiskulturen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245716.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2610/16 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H33/66 H01H33/14 H01H33/666	Application no. 04820595.9
Keywords Hauptantrag - unzulässige Zwischenverallgemeinerung (ja) Neue Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 nach Zustellung der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung - Vorliegen außergewöhnlicher Umstände (nein)				Application title Schaltgerät für den Mittel- und Hochspannungsbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261016.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 373 KB)
T 2703/16 (Bi-directional drive current/GE) of 18.8.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B11/01	Application no. 11166788.7
Keywords Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Admittance of requests filed shortly before oral proceedings - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 3, 4 (no): no exceptional circumstances, fresh case and not clearly allowable				Application title Systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling bi-directional servo actuator with PWM control
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270316.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 0149/17 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B49/24	Application no. 07765559.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR INCLUDING EQUIPMENT FOR CONTINUOUS REGULATION OF THE FLOW RATE IN THE SAID COMPRESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014917.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 0417/17 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C7/00 A61C7/08	Application no. 10010227.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for fabricating a plurality of dental incremental position adjustment appliances
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041717.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1638/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C21/00	Application no. 08723862.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - Auxiliary request (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CARCASS PART OF SLAUGHTERED POULTRY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163817.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 1764/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A62B17/04	Application no. 08855060.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title RESPIRATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING REMOVABLE HEAD SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176417.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0113/18 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G15/02 C08G65/18 C08L71/03 G03G15/00 G03G15/08 G03G15/16 C08G65/333	Application no. 12765709.6
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - alleged anticipatory disclosure does not disclose claimed subject matter and is not prior art partial priority being acknowledged				Application title CONDUCTIVE MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011318.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0540/18 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B29/04 B23B27/10 B23B27/08	Application no. 12197927.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - intermediate generalisation (no) Novelty patent as maintained by the examining division Novelty - (yes) Inventive step patent as maintained by the opposition division Inventive step - (yes) Late filed requests - could have been filed in the first instance proceedings (yes) Late filed facts - could have been submitted in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Coupling for a cooling system in a cutting tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054018.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 566 KB)
T 1189/18 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23K37/08 D21F5/02 D21F5/18	Application no. 12724883.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINES YANKEEZYLINDERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118918.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2940/18 () of 4.11.2020
Online on 13.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S8/00	Application no. 07846754.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja)				Application title OPERATIONS- ODER UNTERSUCHUNGSLEUCHTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T294018.20201104				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0712/14 (Portable acoustic monitor/Arbitron Inc.) of 26.6.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 05734009.3
Keywords Inventive step - indicating usage of a publication using a piezoelectric transducer and an acoustic transmitter (yes Inventive step - non-obvious solution)				Application title GATHERING DATA CONCERNING PUBLICATION USAGE AND EXPOSURE TO PRODUCTS AND/OR PRESENCE IN COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071214.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1759/14 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F7/20	Application no. 05803386.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Converging versions of claims - auxiliary request 2 (no) Justification for late filing - auxiliary request 3 (no)				Application title A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING PERIODIC AND/OR QUASI-PERIODIC PATTERN ON A SAMPLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175914.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 2077/14 () of 6.11.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12	Application no. 06850301.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title VIDEO ENCODING FOR SEAMLESS SPLICING BETWEEN ENCODED VIDEO STREAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207714.20201106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2088/15 (Maskierungsmodul für Videoüberwachunssystem / Robert Bosch) of 22.9.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K9/00 G08B13/196 H04N7/18	Application no. 08871630.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Aufgabe-Lösungs-Ansatz Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title MASKIERUNGSMODUL FÜR EIN VIDEOÜBERWACHUNGSSYSTEM, VERFAHREN ZUR MASKIERUNG VON SELEKTIERTEN OBJEKTEN SOWIE COMPUTERPROGRAMM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208815.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 395 KB)
T 0764/16 (Bewegungsprofil/BOSCH) of 27.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/19 G05B19/416	Application no. 10724704.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Zulassung von nach der Ladung eingereichten Anspruchssätzen - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 (nein): eine von der Einschätzung der Einspruchsabteilung abweichende vorläufige Meinung ist kein "außergewöhnlicher Umstand"				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Generierung eines variablen Bewegungsprofils für eine Antriebseinheit einer Maschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076416.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0383/17 () of 9.11.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02G5/06	Application no. 08860626.4
Keywords Änderungen Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Schottisolator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038317.20201109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1801/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M35/10 F02M35/104	Application no. 08721880.6
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed argument - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T180117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0373/18 (Phosphordiesterase 1B inhibitors in the treatment of psychotic … of 15.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/495 A61K31/519	Application no. 10775209.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure for further medical use Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no) Main request A, first and second auxiliary request A - not admitted				Application title ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037318.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1490/19 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 12.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/4458 A61K9/50	Application no. 09164379.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Methylphenidate modified release formulations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149019.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1556/14 (nab-Paclitaxel combinations/ABRAXIS) of 15.10.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/337 A61K31/555 A61K38/22 A61K31/7068 A61P35/00	Application no. 06735710.3
Keywords Apportionement of costs - admissibility (no)				Application title COMBINATIONS AND MODES OF ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND COMBINATION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155614.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 254 KB)
T 0371/16 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H47/00	Application no. 10158367.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Sichere Schalteinrichtung und modulares fehlersicheres Steuerungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037116.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 2646/16 (Raumklangsimulation/SHURE) of 23.10.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04S7/00	Application no. 12822957.2
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren - (ja): Ankündigung der Nichtteilnahme an der anberaumten mündlichen Verhandlung Unzulässige Erweiterung - alle Anträge (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Raumklangsimulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T264616.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1503/17 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C7/00	Application no. 11720984.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title 3D-FOOD PRODUCT FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150317.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 2582/17 (Combinations of HKI-272 and vinorelbine / WYETH) of 11.8.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/436 A61K31/4745 A61P35/00	Application no. 13169077.8
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure over entire scope of the claim (yes) Main request - inventive step - non-obvious alternative (yes)				Application title Antineoplastic combinations containing HKI-272 and vinorelbine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T258217.20200811				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 404 KB)
T 0171/18 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J5/007 A01J5/04 F04B37/14 F04B41/06 F04B49/02 G05D16/20	Application no. 05754093.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CONTROLLABLE VACUUM SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017118.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 0305/18 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01C7/04	Application no. 11779702.7
Keywords Novelty Amendments Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests				Application title SEED DISTRIBUTION ELEMENT FOR PRECISION SEED DRILLS, SEED DRILL INCLUDING SAID ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030518.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0894/20 (Target-image detection in a digital camera/OMRON) of 5.11.2020
Online on 11.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00 G06K9/32 H04N5/232 H04N5/77 H04N5/907 H04N9/804	Application no. 14154828.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Target-image detecting device, control method and control program thereof, recording medium, and digital camera
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089420.20201105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1870/15 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10	Application no. 11719488.6
Keywords Late-filed main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1, 2, and 3 - admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1B - admitted (no) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1A, 1, 2, and 3 (no)				Application title PERSONALIZATION DATA PROVIDING UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187015.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 1908/15 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B5/00 A61N1/36 A61N1/372 A61N1/05 A61N1/08 A61B5/08	Application no. 09161958.5
Keywords Main request - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Auxiliary request 1 - prohibition of reformatio in peius (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 4 - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Obstructive sleep apnea treatment device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190815.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2184/16 (Ethanol production/SEKAB E-TECHNOLOGY) of 31.8.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P7/06 C12P19/00 C12M1/36	Application no. 09710344.4
Keywords Admission of new evidence filed in appeal (no); Main request - meets all requirements of the EPC (yes);				Application title METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM TWO DIFFERENT STARTING MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218416.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 579 KB)
T 0302/17 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/10 C08L23/12	Application no. 10709235.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title POLYOLEFIN MASTERBATCH AND COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR INJECTION MOLDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030217.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0916/17 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P3/22	Application no. 09781916.3
Keywords Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 2 und 4 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 - Änderungen zulässig (nein)				Application title Umrichter mit verteilten Bremswiderständen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091617.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 2086/17 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G59/50 C09D163/00	Application no. 12183423.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Härtbare Zusammensetzungen auf der Basis von Epoxidharzen ohne Benzylalkohol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208617.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 2573/17 (Linking objects in databases/AVEVA) of 4.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 14157283.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes Inventive step - over document D1) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title Linking objects in databases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T257317.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0711/20 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 10.11.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J9/16 B25J13/00 B65G47/90 G05B19/418	Application no. 15183816.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PICKING WORKPIECE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071120.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1813/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/08	Application no. 11191742.3
Keywords Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Remittal to the department of first instance on the basis of auxiliary request 2				Application title Patient interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181315.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 673 KB)
T 0464/17 (Composition for the Transdermal Delivery of Fentanyl / 3M) of 16.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/70 A61K31/4468	Application no. 09176388.8
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Composition for the Transdermal Delivery of Fentanyl
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046417.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1768/17 () of 21.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G65/00	Application no. 09740326.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary requests dealt with in the contested decision Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1-3 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title HIGH PURITY DIPHENYL SULFONE, PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF FOR THE PREPARATION OF A POLY(ARYLETHERKETONE)
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176817.20201021				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 992 KB)
T 2638/17 () of 3.11.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.11.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/66 C08G18/24 C08J9/00 C08G18/48	Application no. 10005107.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1-4 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hilfsantrag 5				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Polyurethan-Weichschaumstoffen mit niedriger Emission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263817.20201103				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 647 KB)
T 2799/17 () of 28.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D15/24 E06B9/17 E06B7/23	Application no. 10012416.3
Keywords -				Application title Tor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T279917.20201028				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 756 KB)
T 0316/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D11/00	Application no. 09753562.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title A WIND TURBINE ROTOR, A WIND TURBINE AND USE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031618.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2487/19 (Nitrile adsorption/ExxonMobil) of 1.10.2020
Online on 09.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J20/00 B01J21/04 B01J29/70 B01J29/90 C07C2/12 C07C7/12	Application no. 12729489.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title INTEGRATED NITRILE POISON ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248719.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1833/16 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/42 A61F13/84	Application no. 07805137.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLES INCLUDING A MONITORING SYSTEM POWERED BY AMBIENT ENERGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183316.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 0084/17 (Fabric treatment with probiotics /UNILEVER) of 22.9.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/38 C11D3/386 A61Q19/00	Application no. 08804202.3
Keywords Novelty (granted claims) Novelty - no Late-filed requests (Auxiliary Requests 1 to 4) Late-filed request - not admitted				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008417.20200922				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0517/17 (Event notification system/HTC) of 27.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M1/725 H04M19/04 G06Q10/06	Application no. 12150583.8
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes) Decision in written proceedings - (yes): cancellation of arranged oral proceedings following announcement of non-attendance Reimbursement of appeal fee at 100% Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no): appeal not allowable Partial reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% - (yes): timely withdrawal of request for oral proceedings; T 0073/17 not followed				Application title Event notification method and portable apparatus with event notification function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051717.20201027				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0640/17 (Use of PIBSI as a fuel antioxidant / INNOSPEC) of 30.9.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10L1/14 C10L1/224 C10L1/22	Application no. 10196654.7
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title Use of additives for improving oxidation stability of a fuel oil composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064017.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1182/17 (Black-plate/Nippon Steel) of 22.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B15/09 B05D7/14 B05D7/24 C09D5/08 C09D7/12 C09D133/00 C09D167/00 C09D175/04 C09D175/06	Application no. 10780680.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title CHROMATE-FREE BLACK COATED METAL PLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118217.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0844/18 (CRISPR-Cas/BROAD INSTITUTE) of 16.1.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63	Application no. 13818570.7
Keywords Priority - main request (no) Novelty - main request (no)				Application title Engineering of systems, methods and optimized guide compositions for sequence manipulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084418.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 785 KB)
T 1048/18 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G02B5/30 B42D25/29 B42D25/355	Application no. 05742370.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title FOLIE MIT POLYMERSCHICHT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104818.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1737/19 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F21V8/00 G02B6/00	Application no. 09750141.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIGHT-GUIDE APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173719.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1525/20 () of 2.11.2020
Online on 06.11.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.11.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 14763303.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE AND DISCOVERY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152520.20201102				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 1715/17 () of 16.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/38 C08F8/00 C08G81/02	Application no. 08170049.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request- admitted (no)				Application title Method For Making Polymers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171517.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 447 KB)
T 2057/17 () of 30.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K3/04 H01L21/48	Application no. 09722883.7
Keywords Admittance of the main request, the 1st and 2nd auxiliary requests (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - All requests Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title HEATSINKS OF THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PLASTIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T205717.20201030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1854/19 (Capsicum plants with powdery mildew resistance/SEMINIS) of 27.10.2020
Online on 05.11.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68 C12N15/82	Application no. 12827559.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for producing Capsicum plants with powdery mildew resistance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185419.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1422/15 () of 26.10.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 26.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S7/493 H01L27/148	Application no. 05785265.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states				Application title A range image sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142215.20201026				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 2192/15 () of 30.10.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 A47B67/00 G06F19/00	Application no. 08853918.4
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ACTIVE TAG-BASED DISPENSING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T219215.20201030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0922/17 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 04.11.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M3/335 H02J5/00	Application no. 04704453.2
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - third auxiliary request Inventive step - obvious alternatives				Application title Adaptive inductive power supply
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T092217.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0596/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 03.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173 H04N5/44 H04N5/445 H04N21/434 H04N21/435 H04N21/4782 H04N21/61 H04N21/858 H04N5/50 H04N21/235 H04N21/438	Application no. 15158232.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of connecting to internet via broadcast receiving device and apparatus for the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059619.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
G 0001/18 (Formation du recours) of 18.7.2019
Online on 02.11.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Recours réputé formé Recours recevable Taxe de recours - remboursement				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 134 KB)
T 0584/14 (Isolator instances/RED BEND SOFTWARE) of 14.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/455	Application no. 07857090.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MULTIPLE EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS TO SHARE A DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058414.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1029/15 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/173	Application no. 06812274.6
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD OF CONNECTING TO INTERNET VIA BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102915.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0361/17 (Gerätebeschreibungen für Feldgeräte/ENDRESS) of 9.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/04 G06F9/445 H04L29/06 H04L12/40 G05B19/042 H04L12/24	Application no. 03766223.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja): Beschwerde hinreichend begründet Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): naheliegende Lösungen von zwei Teilaufgaben				Application title Verfahren zum Aktualisieren von Gerätebeschreibungen für Feldgeräte der Prozessautomatisierungstechnik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036117.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0601/17 () of 27.10.2020
Online on 02.11.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 27.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F13/02 F24F13/14 F24C15/20	Application no. 10005732.2
Keywords Allgemeine Grundsätze - Vertrauensschutz Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title Dunstabzugshaube mit einer Umleiteinrichtung zum Umleiten eines Luftstroms
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060117.20201027				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)

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T 1155/16 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/03 G06T11/00	Application no. 08012420.9
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title X-ray computed tomography apparatus, reconstruction processing apparatus and image processing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115516.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1217/17 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/18	Application no. 08160816.8
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Substantiierung nicht ausreichend Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringes Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Rechtliches Gehör - mündliche Verhandlung vor der Beschwerdekammer				Application title Vorrichtung zum Aufbringen von Aromastoffen auf einen Tabakstrang, Zigarettenpapier oder Filter von Zigaretten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121717.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 621 KB)
T 0482/19 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 30.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A43B13/04 A43B13/12 A43B13/16 A43B13/18 B29D35/12 A43B13/02 A43B13/38 A43B1/00 B29D35/14	Application no. 13151596.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Grounds for opposition - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4-11 Novelty (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 Inventive step (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Soles for sports shoes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048219.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 0778/18 (Sustained release of antiinfectives/Insmed Incorporated) of 2.9.2020
Online on 29.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/127 A61K31/7036 A61P11/00	Application no. 11159754.8
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 2 - Inventive step (No) Frequency of a dose administration - Inventive (No) Auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - Not admitted into the proceedings				Application title Sustained release of antiinfectives
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077818.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1020/17 () of 22.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F2/42 C08F10/02	Application no. 10795345.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - not substantiated - not admitted				Application title METHOD FOR REPLACING INCOMPATIBLE ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102017.20201022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2524/17 () of 15.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D1/184 B62D1/19	Application no. 10779470.3
Keywords Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title LENKSÄULE FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T252417.20201015				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0005/18 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J10/02	Application no. 09749539.4
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hauptantrag (JA) - Hilfsantrag (NEIN) Mangelnde Klarheit - Hilfsantrag (NEIN) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (JA)				Application title PROFILELEMENT ZUM VERBINDEN EINER FAHRZEUGSCHEIBE MIT EINEM WASSERKASTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000518.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0100/18 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F15/00 E05F3/22	Application no. 08849006.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title TÜRANTRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010018.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0538/18 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60H1/32 F17C7/04	Application no. 11718969.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title REFRIGERATION VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR COOLING ITS REFRIGERATION SPACE USING A LOW-TEMPERATURE-LIQUEFIED COMBUSTIBLE GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053818.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 0257/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E01C15/00	Application no. 09840447.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF A WORLD STANDARD RAINBOW HIGHWAY MADE OF RAINBOW COLORS AND METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025719.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1642/20 () of 23.10.2020
Online on 28.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K35/30 B23K35/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/08 C22C38/12	Application no. 16193999.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title HIGH STRENGTH WELDING CONSUMABLE BASED ON A 10% NICKEL STEEL METALLURGICAL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T164220.20201023				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 1721/13 (Enabling a device through a wireless interface/CANON) of 15.9.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/445	Application no. 04253586.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Device and method for enabling the use of a device through a wireless interface.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172113.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0943/15 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M37/00 B05B1/14 B05C5/00 B41J2/175 B67D5/00	Application no. 08797151.1
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary request 1 Claims - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - admitted (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 3 Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094315.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 0534/17 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01B5/008 G01B5/20 G01B21/04	Application no. 12169307.1
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Cross-sectional profile measuring method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053417.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 465 KB)
T 1483/17 (Ti-MWW Zeolite/Lyondell) of 12.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J29/89	Application no. 11788621.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - Claim interpreted in the light of the description				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING TITANIUM-MWW ZEOLITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148317.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1891/18 (Glycosyl hydrolase and grease cleaning polymer / PROCTER & GAMBLE … of 6.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/37	Application no. 08870461.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) : unexpected improvement shown Inventive step - burden of proof on the respondents/opponents				Application title A laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189118.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1897/18 (Glycosyl hydrolase and random graft copolymer /PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 6.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D3/37	Application no. 10178151.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) : unexpected improvement shown Inventive step - burden of proof on the respondents/opponents				Application title A laundry detergent composition comprising glycosyl hydrolase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T189718.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2753/18 (Verfahren zum Behandeln von kunststoffhaltigen Abfällen/Fraunhofer- … of 20.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J11/08 B29B17/02	Application no. 10800702.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BEHANDELN VON KUNSTSTOFFHALTIGEN ABFÄLLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T275318.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1218/19 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 27.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/02 A61K8/36 A61K8/49 A61K8/97	Application no. 13708808.4
Keywords -				Application title A PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121819.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 1369/16 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 01962728.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ECHTHEITSPRÜFUNG VON DOKUMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136916.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1856/16 (Antibodies with variant Fc regions/MACROGENICS) of 24.8.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 24.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 C07K16/28	Application no. 04701279.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Identification and engineering antibodies with variant Fc regions and methods of using same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185616.20200824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1055/17 (Exhaust system/Johnson Matthey) of 28.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D53/94 F01N3/08 F01N3/035	Application no. 11709786.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPRISING A NOX STORAGE CATALYST AND CATALYSED SOOT FILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105517.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0306/18 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A01G3/037	Application no. 13166553.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête auxiliaire 2' (non) Activité inventive - requête auxiliaire 1" (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Répartition des frais - (non)				Application title Outil électroportatif
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030618.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0758/18 (Augmented reality using KBS database/INHA) of 28.8.2020
Online on 26.10.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/00 G06F17/00	Application no. 13833994.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title INTERACTION METHOD AND INTERACTION DEVICE FOR INTEGRATING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY AND BULK DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075818.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 0330/15 (Hochfrequenzfilter / Ericsson) of 16.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01P1/202 H01P1/20	Application no. 10728135.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja nach Änderung)				Application title HOCHFREQUENZFILTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033015.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0081/16 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H7/04 F41H11/16 F41H7/02	Application no. 07765117.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (nein) Änderungen - zulässig Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - zulässig Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title GEPANZERTES UNTERSTÜTZUNGSFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008116.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0358/16 (Water absorbing agent/NIPPON SHOKUBAI) of 15.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J3/12 A61L15/60 B01J20/26 C08J3/24 B01J20/28 B01J20/30	Application no. 06713923.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) auxiliary request 2 - allowable (yes)				Application title WATER ABSORBING AGENT, WATER ABSORBING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF WATER ABSORBING AGENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035816.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0802/16 () of 20.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07D1/00 G07D11/00	Application no. 06823337.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title BILL HANDLING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080216.20201020				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1233/16 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D07B1/16 C08J5/10	Application no. 08797931.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Use of a friction stabilizer in a polymer jacket material of a cord and corresponding method of making a cord assembly comprising a jacket
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123316.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 2414/16 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B27/10	Application no. 09713367.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 3 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM UNLÖSBAREN VERBINDEN VON WERKSTÜCKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241416.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 431 KB)
T 0091/17 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F27B11/00 F27D17/00 C21D9/667	Application no. 11719752.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM VORWÄRMEN VON GLÜHGUT IN EINER HAUBENGLÜHANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009117.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1207/17 (Konversionsschicht/Hydro) of 20.8.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C25D11/04 C25D17/00 C23C22/76 B05B5/14	Application no. 08105723.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Erzeugen einer Konversionsschicht
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120717.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1592/17 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C27/48	Application no. 10400058.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Blade to rotor hub joint
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159217.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0311/18 (Tetrafluoropropene compositions/Chemours) of 15.9.2020
Online on 23.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A62D1/00 C08J9/14 C09K3/30 C09K5/04	Application no. 09756626.9
Keywords Main and third aux. requests - Novelty (no) First and fourth aux. requests - Disclaimer - allowable (no) second and fifth to twelfth aux. requests - inventive step (no) thirteenth aux. request - allowable (yes)				Application title TETRAFLUOROPROPENE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031118.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1521/15 () of 5.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/03 A61B5/113 A61N5/10	Application no. 04703444.2
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - claim 1 Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - claims 1 and 6 Added subject-matter (no)				Application title COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152115.20201005				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 0853/17 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G64/20 C08G64/40 B29C47/76	Application no. 10726422.8
Keywords Versuche - zugelassen Hauptantrag - naheliegende weitere Vorrichtung zur Hestellung von Polycarbonat Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 - zugelassen Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 - naheliegende weitere Vorrichtungen zur Herstellung von Polycarbonat Hilfsanträge 6 und 7 - zugelassen Hilfsantrag 6 - Polycarbonat definiert durch Reinheitsgrad - ausführbar aber naheliegend Hilfsantrag 7 - Polycarbonat definiert durch Reinheitsgrad - naheliegend				Application title POLYCARBONATE MIT EXTREM HOHER REINHEIT UND GUTER EIGENFARBE UND THERMISCHER BESTÄNDIGKEIT SOWIE EINE VORRICHTUNG UND EIN VERFAHREN ZU IHRER HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085317.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 658 KB)
T 1176/17 (Keramischer Versatz/Refractory Intellectual Property) of 14.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B35/626 C04B35/043	Application no. 12172161.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Feuerfester keramischer Versatz und daraus gebildeter Stein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117617.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0131/18 () of 2.10.2020
Online on 22.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J27/14 F24C14/00 B08B9/093	Application no. 12795745.4
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG EINES TIEGELS SOWIE GARGERÄT MIT EINEM TIEGEL UND EINER REINIGUNGSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013118.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 455 KB)
T 1554/16 () of 29.7.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B37/72 B21B37/44	Application no. 08734984.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht kurz vor der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR BEEINFLUSSUNG DER TEMPERATURVERTEILUNG ÜBER DER BREITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155416.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0074/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D11/00 F03D1/06 F03D7/02	Application no. 06761975.9
Keywords Durch die Einreichung eines neuen Hauptantrags ersetzter und implizit zurückgenommener Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichter Antrag - vor der Einspruchsabteilung zurückgenommenen Antrag				Application title WINDKRAFTANLAGE MIT EINER ROTORBLATTLAGERUNG SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM BETRIEB EINER DERARTIGEN WINDKRAFTANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007417.20200916				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 568 KB)
T 1121/17 (Oral Care Whitening Compositions / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 16.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/22 A61K8/81 A61K8/891 A61Q11/00	Application no. 12809970.2
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title ORAL CARE WHITENING COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T112117.20201016				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1774/17 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B37/04 F16B19/10 F16B33/00	Application no. 10012461.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments to a party's case Amendments - admitted (yes) / (no)				Application title METHOD FOR USING AN EXPANDABLE COLLET ANCHOR SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177417.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1874/17 () of 7.9.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J7/04	Application no. 09752529.9
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Method and device for automatically bringing a fluid into contact with the teats of an animal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187417.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 0335/18 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47F5/08 A47B77/00 A47B88/20	Application no. 13000834.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - besondere Gründe für Zurückverweisung (ja)				Application title Einrichtungssystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033518.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 2984/19 () of 16.10.2020
Online on 21.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H57/04 F16D23/06	Application no. 15803195.5
Keywords Inventive step - amended claims (yes)				Application title ARRANGEMENT IN A GEARBOX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T298419.20201016				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 1877/14 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/32 H04N5/217 H01L27/146 H04N3/15	Application no. 06254480.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Image sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187714.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 2323/14 (Multi-mode device/QUALCOMM) of 6.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F1/32 G06F15/78	Application no. 11166665.7
Keywords Inventive step (no) Inventive step - both requests				Application title Dual processor architecture for multi mode device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232314.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0689/15 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N1/00	Application no. 03749490.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY PVR FUNCTIONS IN A BROADCAST ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068915.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 0484/16 (Hybridantriebssteuerung/MTU) of 13.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B61L25/02	Application no. 09777481.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES HYBRIDANTRIEBS IN EINEM SCHIENENFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048416.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0947/16 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01F1/84	Application no. 02757284.1
Keywords Amended claims submitted during oral proceedings: Admittance (no) Remittal for further prosecution (no)				Application title CORIOLIS FLOW METER WITH EXCITATION OPTIMIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094716.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0109/17 () of 15.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F10/00	Application no. 03014975.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja)				Application title Markise mit Infrarotstrahler und/oder Lautsprecher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010917.20200715				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 504 KB)
T 0756/17 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M25/06 A61M5/32	Application no. 10709132.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title NEEDLE-TIP SHIELDING MECHANISM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075617.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0978/17 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F13/06 A61F13/08	Application no. 13001669.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Staatsangehörigkeit der Einsprechenden Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - juristische Personen Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag XVII (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsanträge I bis III (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - D85 hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag XVII (nein)				Application title STÜTZBANDAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097817.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1631/17 () of 31.7.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 31.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C13/20 A61C5/10	Application no. 06754370.2
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - implizite Verfahrensschritte				Application title VERFAHREN UND MATERIALSATZ ZUM HERSTELLEN VON ZAHNERSATZTEILEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163117.20200731				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2221/17 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21D28/24 B21D28/28 B21D53/88 B60R19/00	Application no. 14163019.4
Keywords -				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines Energieabsorptionsprofils für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T222117.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2337/19 () of 14.10.2020
Online on 20.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C19/045	Application no. 13747655.2
Keywords -				Application title BESTIMMEN DER LAGE DER KONDYLEN-GELENKACHSE ZUM ERSTELLEN EINES VIRTUELLEN ARTIKULATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233719.20201014				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 1439/16 () of 2.9.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G23/08 H02K7/10	Application no. 09169230.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Late-filed argument - amendments at the oral proceedings Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed argument - procedural economy Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Motorized roller and motor unit for motorized roller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143916.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2415/16 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25B27/10	Application no. 13158294.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Rücknahme der Beschwerde während der mündlichen Verhandlung vor Verkündung der Entscheidung Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - anteilig (ja)				Application title PRESSWERKZEUG SOWIE AUFSATZ FÜR EIN PRESSWERKZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241516.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0174/17 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B11/00 B60R25/02 H01F7/18 H01H47/10	Application no. 12705129.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SPERRANORDNUNG FÜR MINDESTENS EIN SPERRSTÜCK UND ZUGEHÖRIGES ZÜNDSCHLOSS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017417.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2092/18 () of 25.8.2020
Online on 19.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B66D1/74 B66D1/50 B66D1/52	Application no. 12714090.3
Keywords Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - Main request and auxiliary requests I-IV, VII and IX Amendment occasioned by ground for opposition - (no) Amendments - Auxiliary request V Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - Auxiliary request VI Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A DEVICE FOR TIGHTENING ROPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1756/15 () of 30.7.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B18/18 A61B18/22 A61F9/011 A61M25/01 A61B18/24	Application no. 04758955.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DIRECTIONAL LASER PROBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175615.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1032/16 (Onions with high soluble solids content and low pungency/NUNHEMS) of 4.3.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 09703613.1
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no); auxiliary requests 1 to 4 - admitted (no)				Application title Onions with high storage ability, high soluble solids content and/or low pungency
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103216.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1255/17 () of 13.10.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F26B5/14 B30B9/26	Application no. 08008475.9
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel erstinstanzlich zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum Entwässern von schütt- oder fließfähigem Aufgabegut durch dessen Verdichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125517.20201013				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1489/17 () of 2.9.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A22C21/02 A22C21/04	Application no. 02012165.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Vorbereitung von geschlachtetem Geflügel auf das Rupfen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148917.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2114/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01N3/28	Application no. 12178935.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Einschieben eines Monolithen mit Lagerungsmatte in ein Gehäuse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211417.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0561/18 (Spinach plant resistant to Peronospora farinosa/ENZA ZADEN BEHEER) of 21.7.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N9/02 A01H5/08	Application no. 12155885.2
Keywords Main request - insufficiency of disclosure (yes); auxiliary request I - added subject-matter (yes); Form of decision - abridged form in respect of one or more issues				Application title Disease resistant plants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056118.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 0560/20 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 16.10.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C65/00	Application no. 12821396.4
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)				Application title Polymer blend membranes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056020.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 1610/15 () of 9.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D15/10	Application no. 06707555.6
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (ja) Rechtliches Gehör - Verletzung (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Datenseite zur Einbindung in ein Passbuch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161015.20201009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 1360/16 () of 12.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/08 G06Q50/22 B65G1/00	Application no. 10736923.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PORTABLE INVENTORY TRACKING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136016.20201012				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1338/17 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L1/352	Application no. 06003222.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 3 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 4 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Linearspannsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133817.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 529 KB)
T 2484/17 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T13/68 B60T17/00 B60T17/02 F04B49/02 F04B49/22	Application no. 11711777.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title EINRICHTUNG, VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR DRUCKLUFTSTEUERUNG UND DRUCKLUFTVERSORGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248417.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 0214/18 (Phenylephrine composition with PEG/PFIZER) of 3.9.2020
Online on 15.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/137	Application no. 07836046.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Enhanced stability phenylephrine liquid compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021418.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0890/15 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 14.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/44 H04N5/445	Application no. 09807081.6
Keywords main request and auxiliary request - inventive step (no)				Application title USING A/V DEVICE TO SEND CONTROLLED DEVICE COMMUNICATION-RELATED PARAMETERS TO PROGRAM REMOTE CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089015.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0632/16 () of 2.12.2019
Online on 14.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/485 A61P25/04 A61K9/20 A61K9/70	Application no. 07802995.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - held inadmissible (yes)				Application title BUPRENORPHINE WAFER FOR DRUG SUBSTITUTION THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T063216.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 533 KB)
T 0421/14 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/44	Application no. 05732613.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - after amendment Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Evidence submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Evidence - inadmissible (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHODS OF USING SUSTAINED RELEASE AMINOPYRIDINE COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T042114.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 776 KB)
T 1288/15 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/24 H04H60/68	Application no. 10713450.4
Keywords Inventive step - main request and second auxiliary request (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title TRANSMISSION SCHEME FOR TEXT-BASED INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T128815.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 1549/15 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/775	Application no. 09157981.3
Keywords main request - inventive step (no) auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Input Detection Device For Lower Stand-By Power Consumption
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154915.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0294/16 (Taste masking compositions of praziquantel/LAVET.) of 10.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16	Application no. 13002434.2
Keywords Main request - Novelty (Yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title Taste masking compositions of praziquantel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029416.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0799/16 () of 4.9.2019
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/44	Application no. 11160247.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Methods of Using Sustained Release Aminopyridine Compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T079916.20190904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 689 KB)
T 1467/16 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/532 A61F13/536 A61F13/15 A61F13/53 A61F13/539	Application no. 10182065.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Absorbent core for an absorbent article
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T146716.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 1953/16 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K1/24 H02K1/32	Application no. 10726133.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Synchronous reluctance machine using rotor flux barriers as cooling channels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195316.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0039/17 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/48 F03D9/00 F03D7/02	Application no. 11701227.8
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Partial reimbursement of the appeal fee - withdrawal more than one month after summons (no)				Application title Arrangement for Generating a Control Signal for Controlling a Power Output of a Power Generation System
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003917.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 389 KB)
T 0344/17 () of 6.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P6/16 H02P27/08 H02M1/14	Application no. 11152387.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Steuersystem zum Ansteuern eines bürstenlosen Elektromotors
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034417.20200806				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 1711/17 () of 8.10.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C35/21	Application no. 10170500.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A selective synthesis of organophosphites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171117.20201008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 2299/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J27/08 A47J27/092	Application no. 13190721.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Abbau des Druckes im Garraum eines Druckgargerätes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229917.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2682/17 () of 13.7.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C19/00 E01C19/48 E01C23/088 E01C23/01 E01C23/07	Application no. 11715663.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - mangelnde Klarheit kein Einspruchsgrund Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title ÜBERWACHUNGSVORRICHTUNG FÜR EINE BODENBEARBEITUNGSMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T268217.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 432 KB)
T 2690/17 () of 18.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D7/14	Application no. 06754924.6
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title LENKVORRICHTUNG, INSBESONDERE FÜR EINE HINTERRADLENKUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T269017.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0487/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L15/20 A61F13/15 A61L9/00 A61L15/22 C08J3/20 C08K11/00 A61L15/46 A61L15/60 C08J3/24	Application no. 09749072.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048718.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1597/18 (Gestrichene dreilagige Faserstoffbahn /VOITH PATENT) of 10.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC D21H27/30 D21H19/36 D21F11/04 D21H23/48 D21F3/02 D21F5/04 D21F9/00 D21G1/00 D21G9/00	Application no. 11721321.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Verfahrensmodifikation				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung einer gestrichenen, mehrlagigen Faserstoffbahn
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159718.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2584/18 (Controlled Release 25-Hydroxyvitamin D/Opko Ireland Global Holdings, … of 28.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/48 A61K31/593 A61K47/06 A61K47/14 A61K47/44	Application no. 14166756.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Controlled Release 25-Hydroxyvitamin D
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T258418.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2922/18 () of 25.8.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W20/00 B60W10/06 B60W10/08 B60W20/10 B60K6/48	Application no. 13862482.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title TORQUE DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR ENGINE AND MOTOR OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T292218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0244/19 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R13/08	Application no. 05806451.0
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja)				Application title AKUSTIK-VERKLEIDUNGSTEIL FÜR EIN FAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024419.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1091/19 (Irplast/Sealing-Temperature) of 16.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/32 B32B27/08 B32B7/02	Application no. 12166536.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Multilayer films
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109119.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 1850/19 (Sicherheitsmodul/MAHLTIG) of 1.9.2020
Online on 13.10.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F21/56 G06F21/60	Application no. 05782466.6
Keywords Einspruch gilt als eingelegt - (ja) Priorität - Wirksamkeit eines Prioritätstags (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSMODUL UND VERFAHREN ZUM STEUERN UND KONTROLLIEREN EINES DATENVERKEHRS EINES PERSONALCOMPUTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185019.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 0917/16 (Conjugate vaccine/PFIZER) of 8.10.2019
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095 A61K39/102 A61K39/116 A61P31/04	Application no. 06762248.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Immunogenic composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T091716.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0607/17 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C3/00 G01C11/02 G01C11/06 G01S7/481 G01S11/12 G01S17/02 G01S17/42 G01S17/89 G06T7/00	Application no. 07018458.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Surveying method, surveying system and surveying data processing program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060717.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 2312/17 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L3/02 C08J5/18	Application no. 08843316.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title POLYMERES MATERIAL UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231217.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 506 KB)
T 0042/18 () of 4.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D11/00 B41M5/52	Application no. 08878797.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title SURFACE COATING COMPOSITION FOR INKJET MEDIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004218.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 0241/18 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F4/649 C08F10/06 C08F4/646 C08F110/06	Application no. 04784378.4
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no)- construction of new case on appeal (D9, D10) Late-filed objection - admitted (no) raised after issue of the summons to oral proceedings; had been raised in opposition but was not invoked in the statement of grounds Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SELF LIMITING CATALYST COMPOSITION AND PROPYLENE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024118.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0645/18 (Polysaccharide-protein conjugate/WYETH) of 18.9.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61K39/02 A61K39/09	Application no. 07865465.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064518.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 2067/18 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B63H20/02 B63H20/06 B63H20/08 B63H20/36 B63B7/08	Application no. 10737118.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Claims - clarity Claims - not open to examination				Application title APPARATUS FOR MOVING AN OUTBOARD MOTOR INSTALLED ON A BOAT AND BOAT WITH FOLDAWAY OUTBOARD MOTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206718.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 2422/18 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B17/29	Application no. 12008531.1
Keywords Reduzierte Beschwerdegebühr Vertrauensschutz (nein) Geringfügiger Fehlbetrag (nein) Beschwerde gilt als nicht eingelegt				Application title Medizinisches Instrument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242218.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0883/20 () of 7.10.2020
Online on 12.10.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/02	Application no. 12189192.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Recommendation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088320.20201007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1657/15 () of 6.10.2020
Online on 11.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05D7/14	Application no. 05002160.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Metal plate coated with polyester resin, and can using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165715.20201006				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0512/16 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 11.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D33/00 A47G21/00	Application no. 11002622.6
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Papierbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051216.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1363/17 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B5/18 B42D15/00 G09F3/02	Application no. 07831863.1
Keywords Amendments (Main request, Auxiliary Request Main A, Auxiliary requests 1, 2, 3, 4, 6) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) (Auxiliary Request 5) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title INDICATION BODY AND LABELED ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136317.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1957/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08K5/00 C08K5/17 C08K5/3465	Application no. 09755877.9
Keywords Neuheit - (Hauptantrag: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag: nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VULKANISIERBARE KAUTSCHUKMISCHUNG, INSBESONDERE AUF BASIS ACM ODER AEM, UND VULKANISAT, INSBESONDERE EIN SCHLAUCHMATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195717.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0323/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B62L3/02	Application no. 05076711.0
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure of the invention defined in claim 1 (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Master cylinder lever for a hydraulic disc brake having on the fly dead-band adjustment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032318.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0958/19 (Onion plant/SEMINIS) of 2.10.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 06787541.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Low pungency, long day onion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095819.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0959/19 (Onion seed/SEMINIS) of 2.10.2020
Online on 09.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/06 A01H5/10	Application no. 11186853.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Low pungency, long day onion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095919.20201002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0976/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B35/04 B21B37/46	Application no. 09748284.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Nacharbeitbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM EINSTELLEN EINER ANTRIEBSLAST FÜR EINE MEHRZAHL AN ANTRIEBEN EINER WALZSTRASSE ZUM WALZEN VON WALZGUT, STEUER- UND/ODER REGELEINRICHTUNG, SPEICHERMEDIUM, PROGRAMMCODE UND WALZANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T097616.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1444/16 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B37/26	Application no. 09736931.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR EINSTELLUNG EINER AUSLAUFDICKE EINES EINE MEHRGERÜSTIGE WALZSTRASSE DURCHLAUFENDEN WALZGUTS, STEUER- UND/ODER REGELEINRICHTUNG UND WALZANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144416.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0042/17 () of 14.7.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01M15/10 F02B77/08	Application no. 11010203.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Exhaust gas analyzing system and exhaust gas analyzing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004217.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0604/20 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 08.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/02 A61L15/58 A61L26/00 C09J7/02	Application no. 11157972.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Adhesive laminates and applications thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060420.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 309 KB)
T 0350/17 (CASALE/UREA-MELAMINE) of 4.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J19/24 C07C273/16 C07D251/62 C07C273/12	Application no. 07818806.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR UREA AND MELAMINE PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035017.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 489 KB)
T 0516/18 () of 23.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23B27/14 B23B51/00 B23C5/16 C23C16/30	Application no. 05795484.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Interpretation of unclear claims in the light of the description in order to asses compliance with Article 123(2) EPC No added subject-matter (combination of range ends) Remittal to the department of first instance for further prosecution				Application title EDGE REPLACEMENT TYPE CUTTING TIP AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051618.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0801/18 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60G17/018 B62K25/00 B62K25/04	Application no. 11153607.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests 1 and 3 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - adaption of description (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for suspension adjustment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080118.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 627 KB)
T 0099/19 (BH4 for Phenylketonuria / BIOMARIN) of 7.7.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P3/00 A61K31/519 C07D475/04	Application no. 04819152.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - technical prejudice or disincentive in the art (no)				Application title TREATMENT OF PHENYLKETONURIA WITH BH4
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009919.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 536 KB)
T 0175/19 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 07.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/73 A61Q19/08	Application no. 10726573.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title A FLUID COMPOSITION COMPRISING A HYALURONAN POLYMER AND MANNITOL FOR IMPROVING SKIN CONDITION.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017519.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1635/15 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B61/24 B65B9/10 B65D5/40 B65D5/74 B65D5/06 B65B9/20	Application no. 01954369.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PAPER PACKAGING CONTAINER, PAPER PACKAGING CONTAINER AND WEB-SHAPED PACKAGING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163515.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0481/16 () of 1.10.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.10.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B1/22 B65B5/06 B65D77/00	Application no. 09744697.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PACKAGING POTATO CRISPS, AS WELL AS THE PACKAGE OBTAINED
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048116.20201001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0597/16 () of 10.8.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B13/196 H04N7/18 G06T15/20	Application no. 13153773.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Second auxiliary request insufficiently substantiated - admitted (no) Third to fifth auxiliary requests filed after notification of the summons - admitted (no)				Application title System and method of optimal video camera placement and configuration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059716.20200810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0786/16 (Linking ACK resources/QUALCOMM) of 24.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W4/00	Application no. 07865065.2
Keywords Clarity - main request and 1st to 5th auxiliary requests (no) Admittance of late-filed request - "5th auxiliary request revised" (no) Remittal to the examining division (no)				Application title Acknowledgement of control messages in a wireless communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078616.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1013/17 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/28 C08L23/02 C08L23/08 C08L101/00	Application no. 07806259.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late submitted material - document admitted (no)- D18, D19, D20, D21 Late submitted material - document admitted (yes) D16, D17				Application title RESIN COMPOSITION FOR DAMPING MATERIAL AND DAMPING MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101317.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1712/17 (Pharmaceutical Formulations Containing Methylnaltrexone / PROGENICS) of 22.9.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/08 A61K45/06 A61K47/12 A61K47/18 A61K9/19 A61K31/047 A61K31/195 A61K31/485	Application no. 04759349.6
Keywords Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING METHYLNALTREXONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171217.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1718/18 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 06.10.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C19/06 A61K9/00 A61K9/70	Application no. 11706973.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request and auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title DENTAL STRIP FOR ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL TREATMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171818.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1053/15 (Abschirmung gegen Strahlen / Alishahi) of 25.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N1/16 E04H9/12	Application no. 01925178.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUM ABSCHIRMEN GEGEN STRAHLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105315.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1833/15 () of 30.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M7/48 H02J3/38 F03D7/04	Application no. 04739904.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 2, 4 und 6 (nein) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - Hilfsanträge 1, 3 und 5 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1a, 3a, 5a und 6a Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - bedingter Antrag auf Zulassung prozessual unwirksam Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Windenergieanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183315.20200930				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1836/15 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 05.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K1/27	Application no. 07010082.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title Magnet retaining arrangement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183615.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0381/15 (Solid milk and method of production the same/MEIJI) of 23.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 23.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C9/18 A23C9/16	Application no. 05757958.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SOLID MILK AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038115.20200923				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1054/15 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 H04L12/58	Application no. 08006061.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title System and method for generating a graphical user interface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105415.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 0860/16 (Sublingual immunotherapy/ALK-ABELLÓ) of 12.11.2019
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/35 A61K39/36	Application no. 09730293.9
Keywords Main (sole) request - inventive step (no)				Application title Mucosomal allergen-specific immunotherapy with initial dosing after start of pollen season
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T086016.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1188/16 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/00 A61M1/00	Application no. 09755801.9
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title SUPER-ABSORBENT, REDUCED-PRESSURE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118816.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1329/16 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/02 F01N3/18 F02D45/00	Application no. 07850903.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title CONTROL METHOD OF EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132916.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2219/16 (Hose-Plasticizer/FITT) of 14.7.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/22 B32B1/08	Application no. 07815095.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title FLEXIBLE HOSE WITH NON-PHTHALATE PLASTICIZERS ADDITIVES FOR TRANSPORTING FOOD LIQUIDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221916.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2245/18 () of 14.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G3/06 A01G23/02 A01G31/00 A01G9/10	Application no. 07862903.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF ACCELERATING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TREES VIA ENHANCED ROOT DEVELOPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224518.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 281 KB)
T 2571/18 (Abiraterone and prednisone combination against prostate cancer/ … of 14.8.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 14.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61P35/00 A61K31/58 A61K45/06	Application no. 12160586.9
Keywords Priority - basis in priority document (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Methods and compositions for treating cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T257118.20200814				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2908/18 (Produit alimentaire multicouche/NESTLE) of 15.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A23L5/00 A23L9/10 A23L19/00 A23P20/00 A23C9/13 A23G3/34 A23G3/28 A23C9/133 A23C9/154 A23G3/20 B65B1/04	Application no. 06794237.5
Keywords Requête principale - Suffisance de l'exposé (oui) Renvoi de l'affaire (oui) Remboursement partiel de la taxe de recours (oui)				Application title PRODUIT ALIMENTAIRE MULTICOUCHE ET PROCÉDÉ POUR SA PRÉPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T290818.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0177/19 () of 29.9.2020
Online on 02.10.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 29.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61Q19/08 A61K8/46 A61K8/67 A61K8/73 A61K8/44 A61K8/49 A61K8/65	Application no. 08785671.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title INJECTABLE DERMATOLOGICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF WRINKLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017719.20200929				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1080/15 () of 28.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00 G06T3/00 G06F3/048	Application no. 10760099.1
Keywords Main request - novelty (no) First, third, fifth, sixth auxiliary request, auxiliary request IIIb - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests IIa and VII - admitted (no)				Application title GENERATING COMPOSITE MEDICAL IMAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108015.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 540 KB)
T 2329/15 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B8/14	Application no. 04754059.6
Keywords Novelty (no) Admissibility of a new auxiliary request filed at oral proceedings (no)				Application title SUBCUTANEOUS BIOPSY CAVITY MARKER DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232915.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0178/16 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M7/5387 H02M1/32	Application no. 04724628.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - late-filed ground for opposition (not admitted) Grounds for opposition - discretion of Opposition Division not to admit was correctly exercised Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Configuration and Method for Protecting Converter Means
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017816.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1184/17 (Handhabung wässriger Methansulfonsäurelösungen/BASF) of 4.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C38/44 C22C38/50 C07C309/00	Application no. 10768963.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HANDHABUNG VON WÄSSRIGEN METHANSULFONSÄURELÖSUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118417.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1482/17 (Henkel/Pulverkomponente) of 18.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D17/04 B65B9/04 B65D65/46	Application no. 05776193.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Zulassung von Hilfsanträgen eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - Ausnahmsweise zugelassen				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG PORTIONIERTER WASCH- ODER REINIGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148217.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2160/17 () of 28.9.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F19/00	Application no. 08252742.5
Keywords Added subject matter - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Self-service terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216017.20200928				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0639/19 (Ulipristal acetate contraception/HRA) of 28.8.2020
Online on 01.10.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/56 A61K31/57 A61K9/20 A61K9/06	Application no. 10717084.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all requests Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR ON-DEMAND CONTRACEPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063919.20200828				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)

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T 1496/15 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/20 G01V8/22	Application no. 08018504.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Mehrstrahliges Reflexionslichtgitter und Verfahren zum Ausrichten eines mehrstrahligen Reflexionslichtgitters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149615.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1820/16 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/04	Application no. 13178377.1
Keywords Patentable invention - (no) Patentable invention - mathematical method Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Method for solving multidimensional optimization problems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182016.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 0030/17 (Signalling control information/ERICSSON) of 21.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/06 H04B7/04	Application no. 08836979.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes): feature taken with its ordinary meaning not originally disclosed (no need to invoke Art. 69(1) EPC)				Application title Method and arrangements for signaling control information in a communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003017.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 0260/17 (Aqueous mineral materials / OMYA INTERNATIONAL) of 15.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09C1/02 C09C3/04 D21H17/00 C09C1/04 D21H17/69	Application no. 09796366.4
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - (no) : improvement not shown over the closest prior art				Application title Process for manufacturing aqueous suspensions of mineral materials or dried mineral materials, the obtained products, as well as uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026017.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0593/17 (Medizinisches Instrument / Ferton) of 16.6.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N7/00 A61H23/00	Application no. 04026391.5
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag (Hilfsantrag XI) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Medizinisches Instrument zur Behandlung von biologischem Gewebe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059317.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 2085/17 () of 25.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/04	Application no. 14739834.1
Keywords Patentable invention - (yes) Patentable invention - technical character of the invention Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR SOLVING MULTIDIMENSIONAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208517.20200925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0130/18 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D11/00 F03D1/06	Application no. 10839557.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)				Application title ROTARY BLADE OF WINDMILL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTARY BLADE OF WINDMILL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013018.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2618/19 (Everolimus solid brain tumour/NOVARTIS) of 18.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/436 A61P35/00	Application no. 14164565.5
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Treatment of solid brain tumours with a rapamycin derivative
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261819.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0863/20 () of 24.9.2020
Online on 30.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 24.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R29/18 G01R31/02	Application no. 09178807.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Meter phase identification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086320.20200924				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 226 KB)
T 0114/16 () of 11.8.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 11.8.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H03K17/955	Application no. 04103172.5
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Clarté - première et troisième requêtes subsidiaires (non) Extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée - requêtes subsidiaires (oui)				Application title Procédé de commande d'un dispositif de détection de présence d'un utilisateur pour véhicule automobile
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011416.20200811				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0833/17 (Cosmetic and pharmaceutical foam /FOAMIX) of 21.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/12	Application no. 03772600.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title COSMETIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL FOAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T083317.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2082/17 (PROCESS FOR PREPARING METAL HYDROXIDES, HYDROXYL ORGANOMETALS AND … of 22.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/00 A61K33/24 A61K33/44 C01B31/00 C01B31/02 C01B31/08	Application no. 10759993.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING METAL HYDROXIDES, HYDROXYL ORGANOMETALS AND WHITE CARBON SUITABLE FOR USE IN AYURVEDIC MEDICINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208217.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 2663/17 (Dishwashing detergent composition / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 18.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386	Application no. 08164650.7
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Automatic dishwashing detergent composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266317.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 1396/18 (ORAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING TOOTH SENSITIVITY/ COLGATE) of 31.8.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/25	Application no. 10712276.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title ORAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING TOOTH SENSITIVITY AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139618.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2723/18 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 29.09.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C23/01 E01C19/48 G01J5/00	Application no. 14182526.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title System für Straßenfertiger mit einer Temperaturmessvorrichtung, Verfahren zur Bestimmung eines Abkühlverhaltens eines von einem Straßenfertiger eingebauten Belages und computerlesbares Speichermedium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272318.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0002/16 (Sicherheitselement/L Kurz Stiftung) of 27.8.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B29/00 D21H21/44	Application no. 08707598.2
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000216.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0188/16 (Strassenmautsystem /Kapsch TrafficCom) of 25.6.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 09450193.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erster Hilfsantrag - Klarheit (nein) Zweiter Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Fahrzeuggerät für ein Strassenmautsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T018816.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 442 KB)
T 0404/16 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M1/36	Application no. 06838361.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CITRATE ANTICOAGULATION SYSTEM FOR EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040416.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 605 KB)
T 1170/16 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/514 A61F13/53 A61F13/15 A61F13/532 A61F13/535 B05C1/08 B05C11/10 B05C19/04 B32B37/00 G06F17/50	Application no. 05016289.0
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Process for producing sandwich structures with particulate material pattern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117016.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1797/16 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B41J2/165	Application no. 09005738.1
Keywords Zulassung der Hilfsanträge 1 und 2, eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung (ja) Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund (ja) Neuheit (Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1: nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (Hilfsantrag 2: nein) Klarheit (Hilfsantrag 2: ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hilfsantrag 2: ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Reinigung von Wischelementen für einen Tintendruckkopf
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179716.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0264/17 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L27/18 A61L27/54 C08L71/02	Application no. 12794927.9
Keywords Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) medizinische Verwendung Neuheit - Stoff oder Stoffgemisch im Sinne von Artikel 54(4) bzw. 54(5) EPÜ				Application title SYNTHETISCHES SCHMIERMITTEL ZUR VERWENDUNG ALS SYNOVIALFLÜSSIGKEITSERSATZ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026417.20200922				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1004/18 () of 15.9.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60K11/04	Application no. 08011494.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Verspätet eingereichte Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 - Zugelassen (nein)				Application title Frontendmodul für Fahrzeuge
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100418.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2562/18 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M1/36	Application no. 11153847.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 and 2 (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the original application and the parent application as filed - auxiliary request 1 (yes) - auxiliary request 2 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2 (yes)				Application title Citrate anticoagulation system for extracorporeal blood treatments
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T256218.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 727 KB)
T 0777/19 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 28.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/122 A61B17/128 A61B17/00 A61B17/12	Application no. 15158361.4
Keywords Subject-matter extends beyond content of original or earlier application - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4B (yes) - auxiliary request 5 (no) Claims - clarity and support in the description Claims - auxiliary request 5 (yes) Amendments - extension of the scope of protection of the patent (no) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 5 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 5 (yes)				Application title MEDICAL DEVICE FOR CAUSING HEMOSTASIS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077719.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 724 KB)
T 1568/15 (Phase cut dimmer / Tridonic) of 10.6.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B33/08	Application no. 10766043.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title PHASE CUT DIMMING OF LEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156815.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0752/16 (Relatives Extinktions-Minimum) of 27.8.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05D21/02	Application no. 08801762.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein): Umformulierung der objektiven Aufgabe Zulassung von nach der Ladung zur mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Anspruchssätzen - Hilfsanträge 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3 (nein): keine "außergewöhnlichen Umstände"				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur kontinuierlichen Aufbereitung belasteter Fluide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075216.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2778/17 () of 16.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01L1/12 G01L3/10 G01L5/10 G01M5/00	Application no. 12854092.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title STRESS MONITORING DEVICE OF MAGNETO-ELASTIC AND MAGNETO-ELECTRIC EFFECT TYPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T277817.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0534/18 (Liquid nicotine formulation / McNeil AB) of 18.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K31/465	Application no. 09002569.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title A liquid pharmaceutical formulation comprising nicotine for the administration to the oral cavity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053418.20200918				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0702/18 (VOC-reduzierte Reinigungslösung und Konzentrat / CHEMISCHE WERKE … of 1.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D3/43 C09D9/00 C09D9/04	Application no. 11727630.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 1A und 2A : (ja) Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus - Hauptantrag sowie Hilfsanträge 1 und 1A : (ja) Mangelnde Klarheit - Hilfsantrag 2 : (ja) Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus - Hilfsantrag 2A : (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2A : (ja)				Application title VOC-reduzierte, mildalkalische wässrige Reinigungslösung mit nichtionischen Tensiden sowie dessen Konzentrat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070218.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 433 KB)
T 1430/19 (High amylose durum wheat grains/BARILLA) of 2.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 2.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A21D2/18 C08B30/00	Application no. 08425721.1
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title High amylose durum wheat grains, meal and starch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143019.20200902				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 2873/19 () of 22.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B39/00 A61M39/00 F16L11/04 A61M25/00 A61M5/00 A61J1/20 F16L11/10 B65B3/04 A61M39/08 A61M39/12 B65B3/00	Application no. 16197448.0
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Einheitlichkeit der Erfindung - Rückerstattung der zusätzlich entrichteten Recherchengebühr (nein)				Application title SCHLAUCHSET UND ABFÜLLNADEL ZUR VERWENDUNG IN EINEM SCHLAUCHSET ZUM ABFÜLLEN EINES FLIESSFÄHIGEN MEDIUMS, INSBESONDERE EINES PHARMAZEUTIKUMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T287319.20200922				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 365 KB)
T 3279/19 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 25.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N21/95	Application no. 10751799.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR DETEKTION VON RISSEN IN HALBLEITERSUBSTRATEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T327919.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 236 KB)
T 2044/15 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 05722457.8
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title APPLICATION-BASED VALUE BILLING IN A WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204415.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0822/16 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/12 B42D15/00	Application no. 02790486.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 1 und 2 (nein) Reformatio in peius				Application title WERTDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082216.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2351/17 () of 21.9.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 21.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B27B31/06 B27G1/00 B27M1/08	Application no. 10177849.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Ausrichten von Werkstücken
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235117.20200921				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0686/18 (Geschäumte Polymermasse/TESA) of 14.7.2020
Online on 24.09.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J9/32 C09J7/00 C09J7/02 C09J5/08 C08K7/22 B29C44/22 C08K5/00	Application no. 11188670.1
Keywords Hauptantrag: Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Hauptantrag: Neuheit - (ja) Hauptantrag: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) (rückschauende Betrachtungsweise) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung schäumbarer Polymermassen, Verfahren zur Herstellung geschäumter Polymermassen daraus, geschäumte Polymermassen und Klebeband damit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068618.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 401 KB)
T 0595/16 (Kontrollbedüftiges Fahrzeug/TOLLCOLLECT) of 14.9.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 01273553.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title KONTROLLVERFAHREN ZUR STRASSENGEBÜHRENERFASSUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059516.20200914				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0911/16 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G49/04 B01J35/10 B01J23/85	Application no. 03785754.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title HYDROPROCESSING OF HYDROCARBON USING A MIXTURE OF CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091116.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1609/16 (Process to reduce acidity of crude oil/Saudi Arabian Oil Company et … of 9.9.2020
Online on 23.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G31/08 B01J21/06 C10G75/00	Application no. 08858300.0
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS TO REDUCE ACIDITY OF CRUDE OIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160916.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0602/15 () of 17.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/10	Application no. 05016032.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Optischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060215.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0984/15 (Configuring proximity indication/HTC) of 8.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W36/14	Application no. 11000052.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes): no direct and unambiguous link between separate sections of a technical specification Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (no): obvious improvement of a technical specification				Application title Methods and system to configure proximity indication in wireless communication systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098415.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0012/16 (Animal models/KYMAB) of 15.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 15.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K67/027 C07K16/00 C07K16/46 C12N15/85	Application no. 10734546.4
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Animal Models and Therapeutic Molecules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001216.20200915				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 1376/17 () of 3.6.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D1/06	Application no. 03814464.8
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title WINDTURBINENROTORBLATT MIT VERRINGERTER SCHALLEMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137617.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2402/17 () of 8.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01B5/008 G01B21/04	Application no. 11717500.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit: Hauptantrag (nein), Hilfsantrag (ja) Anspruch: Relation zwischen relativen Begriffen - Klarheit (ja)				Application title BETRIEB EINER KOORDINATENMESSMASCHINE ODER EINER WERKZEUGMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240217.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0490/18 (Multi-language input with accents on touch screen / Samsung) of 16.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/0488	Application no. 14191284.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Multi-language input method and multi-language input apparatus using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049018.20200916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1322/18 (Re-establishment of rights/Mignon Belle) of 17.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 17.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M21/02 A61G7/05 A61M21/00 A61N5/06	Application no. 10835717.9
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing notice of appeal Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Appeal deemed not to have been filed				Application title SLEEP INDUCTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132218.20200917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 2288/18 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 22.09.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60P3/20 H04L12/24 H04B5/00 H04B7/00 B60H1/00 B60H1/32 F25D29/00 B65D88/74 H04L29/08 H04W4/02	Application no. 10797532.8
Keywords Late-filed request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PERFORMANCE AND POSITION MONITORING OF A MOBILE HVAC&R UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228818.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0344/15 (Gapmer antisense compound/IONIS) of 11.9.2020
Online on 21.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/113	Application no. 07811872.6
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034415.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 261 KB)
T 0452/14 (Integrating charts in documents / MICROSOFT) of 13.2.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00 G06F17/00 G06F17/21	Application no. 06802783.8
Keywords Inventive step - handling user action with non-visible instance of spreadsheet (no Inventive step - obvious)				Application title INTEGRATING CHARTS IN DOCUMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045214.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2110/14 (Optimizing translation lookaside buffer entries / QUALCOMM … of 4.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F12/10	Application no. 06739038.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (yes Inventive step - after amendment) Inventive step - contiguity check of individual entries at each TLB miss (yes Inventive step - non-obvious modification)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER ENTRIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211014.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 0770/15 (RFID Tag / Sato Holdings) of 18.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K7/14	Application no. 04077912.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title A method for applying a RFID tag carrying label on an object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077015.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0848/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00	Application no. 06700549.6
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RISK OF LOSSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084815.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 1154/16 () of 13.8.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D21F3/02 C08G18/10 C08G18/48 C08G18/76	Application no. 08777456.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)				Application title SHOE PRESS BELT FOR PAPER MAKING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115416.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0996/17 () of 26.8.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01D21/00	Application no. 07016524.6
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum drahtlosen Austausch von Daten und Funksystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099617.20200826				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 622 KB)
T 1547/17 () of 11.9.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02B57/00 F02B41/10 F02M25/07 F02D23/02 F02B37/24 F02D41/00 F02D41/14	Application no. 08705768.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title METHOD FOR REDUCING DIESEL ENGINE EMISSIONS, AND DIESEL ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154717.20200911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1230/18 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D65/10 B01D69/02 G01N15/08	Application no. 10171837.7
Keywords Claims - all requests Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method for improved scaling of filters
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123018.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1449/18 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 16.09.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N15/02 B01D45/04 B01D45/12 B01D21/00 B01D21/26 B01L3/00	Application no. 12156921.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Claims - essential features				Application title Systems and methods for particle focusing in microchannels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144918.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2214/14 (New onset diabetes/UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH) of 8.9.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 8.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/11	Application no. 07813820.3
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met				Application title MICROSPHERE-BASED COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND/OR REVERSING NEW-ONSET AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221414.20200908				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2022/15 () of 20.8.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/32 H03M7/36	Application no. 06798249.6
Keywords All requests - inventive step (no)				Application title DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202215.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1769/16 (Adaptive directional audio signals/CIRRUS) of 30.7.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/00 H04R1/40 H04R25/00	Application no. 04761108.2
Keywords Added subject-matter - (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for producing adaptive directional signals
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T176916.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0243/17 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C07D223/16 C07B37/10 C07B43/06	Application no. 09290466.3
Keywords Recevabilité du recours Document produit tardivement Activité inventive Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention				Application title Procédé de synthèse de la 7,8-diméthoxy-1,3-dihydro-2H-3-benzazépin-2-one, et son application à la synthèse de l'ivabradine et de ses sels d'addition avec un acide pharmaceutiquement acceptable
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024317.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 638 KB)
T 0487/17 () of 10.9.2020
Online on 15.09.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16F7/09 D06F37/22 D06F37/20	Application no. 09786334.4
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition proceedings Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FRICTION SHOCK ABSORBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048717.20200910				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 1832/16 () of 3.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/20	Application no. 07736086.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title LEG CUT-OUT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183216.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 254 KB)
T 2493/16 (HIV-1 primers/BIOMERIEUX) of 7.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/70	Application no. 10183902.5
Keywords Auxiliary request 2 upheld at first instance (sole request) - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Nucleic acid sequences that can be used as primers and probes in the amplification and detection of all subtypes of HIV-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249316.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 399 KB)
T 2721/16 (HIV-1 primers/BIOMERIEUX) of 7.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/70	Application no. 04077617.1
Keywords Auxiliary request 1 upheld at first instance (sole request) - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method for using nucleic acid sequences as primers and probes in the amplification and detection of all subtypes of HIV-1
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272116.20200907				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1255/18 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K3/22 C08K3/34 C08K9/04 C09D5/08 C09D7/12	Application no. 12003913.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject matter extends beyond the content of the earlier application (yes) (all requests) Auxiliary requests 4 to 7 submitted after notification of the summons to oral proceedings - admitted into the proceedings (yes) - exceptional circumstances				Application title Coating compositions exhibiting corrosion resistance properties, related coated substrates, and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125518.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 1353/19 () of 9.9.2020
Online on 14.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.9.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C08G83/00 C08G69/26 C08G69/08 C08G69/14 C08L101/00 C08L77/02 C08L77/06	Application no. 11711914.9
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title COMPOSITION POLYAMIDE DE HAUTE VISCOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135319.20200909				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 335 KB)
T 2362/13 (Logistics central station/SCHNEIDER LOGISTICS) of 1.9.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/60	Application no. 01977530.3
Keywords Inventive step - providing different user interfaces and functions to different classes of users Inventive step - (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of non-technical requirements)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A SHIPPING SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236213.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0020/16 (OspC-Dimere/EUROIMMUN) of 11.2.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K14/20 G01N33/569	Application no. 08021660.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsäntrage 6 und 7Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 8 (nein) Hilfsantrag 10 - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrang 11Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Polypeptide und Verfahren zur spezifischen Detektion von Antikörpern bei Patienten mit einer Borrelieninfektion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002016.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0967/16 (Oxcarbazepine Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ACADEMIA SINICA PHARMIGENE) of 4.8.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q1/68	Application no. 07797432.7
Keywords Main request (claims as granted) - inventive step (no); Auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - withdrawn; Auxiliary request 8 - admission in appeal (no);				Application title METHOD FOR PREDICTING A RISK OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS BY DETERMINATION OF HLA-B 1502
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096716.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0746/18 (Cinacalcet formulations / K.H.S. PHARMA HOLDING GMBH) of 4.9.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/16 A61K9/20 A61K31/137	Application no. 12007638.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Immediate release formulations of cinacalcet
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074618.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 283 KB)
T 2352/18 ("La Jurisprudence des Chambres de recours", Neuvième é … of 25.8.2020
Online on 11.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 25.8.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B61L25/02	Application no. 15161677.8
Keywords Nouveauté (non) Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - irrecevables				Application title Procédé de calcul d'un intervalle de positions d'un véhicule ferroviaire sur une voie ferrée et dispositif associé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235218.20200825				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 488 KB)
T 1168/15 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M5/32 A61M5/315 A61M5/145	Application no. 05799659.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title INJECTION DEVICE WITH A PROCESSOR FOR COLLECTING EJECTION INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116815.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 608 KB)
T 0681/16 (Radio head device/ALCATEL) of 4.9.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B1/04 H03G3/30 H04B1/18	Application no. 11290161.6
Keywords Decision in written proceedings - (yes): no request for oral proceedings Added subject-matter - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (no): no substantiation				Application title Radio head device and method of operating a radio head device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068116.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 1030/19 (Tetraploid corn salad/NUNHEMS) of 30.8.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H1/08 A01H5/12	Application no. 10793168.5
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (no)				Application title Tetraploid corn salad
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103019.20200830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 282 KB)
T 1341/19 (High amylose durum wheat grains/BARILLA) of 3.9.2020
Online on 10.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A21D2/18 C08B30/04 A23L1/16	Application no. 12195780.7
Keywords Sole claim request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title High amylose durum wheat grains, meal and starch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T134119.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0763/16 (Buffer state reports/NOKIA) of 3.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 3.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W4/00 H04L12/56	Application no. 07705514.3
Keywords Clarity - main request (no) Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no)				Application title Apparatus, method and computer program product providing threshold-based buffer state reports from user equipment to a wireless network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076316.20200903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1487/17 (Danisco/enzyme-substrate) of 29.7.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D17/00	Application no. 09756878.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Admissibility of appeal Inventive step - non-obvious combination of known features Inventive step - could-would approach Late filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CO-FORMULATED ENZYME AND SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148717.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1247/18 (Search-based application development framework/ORACLE INTERNATIONAL) of 4.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 07759453.9
Keywords Inventive step - (decision under appeal provides no suitable basis for assessing inventive step) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Search-based application development framework
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124718.20200904				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 3142/19 (Analyzing Cytological Specimens/HOLOGIC) of 1.9.2020
Online on 09.09.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/00	Application no. 14722003.2
Keywords Amendments - combination of optional features Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVIEWING AND ANALYZING CYTOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T314219.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1452/14 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/16 H04N7/24	Application no. 09720027.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T145214.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1875/16 (Secured synchronisation message/ABB) of 28.7.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 10165325.1
Keywords Novelty - main and sixth auxiliary requests (no) Inventive step - first to fifth auxiliary requests (no) Prohibition of reformatio in peius: seventh auxiliary request not to be challenged				Application title Secure clock synchronization
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187516.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2337/16 (Steuerelektronik/PHOENIX) of 15.6.2020
Online on 08.09.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B19/05	Application no. 08707499.3
Keywords Bindungswirkung der vorangegangenen Beschwerdekammer-Entscheidung - (nein): keine abschließende Entscheidung zur erfinderischen Tätigkeit und neuer Sachverhalt Berücksichtigung von durch die Einspruchsabteilung zugelassenen Beweismittel - Dokumente ED1 und ED2 (ja): Nicht-Berücksichtigung würde Art. 12(2) VOBK 2020 entgegenstehen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein): Juxtaposition				Application title Steuer- und/oder Datenübertragungsmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233716.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0349/17 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B7/32 C09D7/14 C09D175/04	Application no. 06803385.1
Keywords Late submitted material - document admitted by first instance (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instantce - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COATING COMPOSITIONS WITH CUSTOMIZABLE PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034917.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 1436/17 (Hot formed steel part/Tata) of 1.7.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D8/00 C21D8/02 C22C38/22 C22C38/28 C22C38/38 C22C38/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/12 C22C38/14 C21D1/673 C21D9/48 C21D9/46	Application no. 11772882.4
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF HOT FORMING A STEEL BLANK AND THE HOT FORMED PART
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143617.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0165/18 (Verfahren zur Bildung einer Filtermatte/HYDAC FILTERTECHNIK) of 9.7.2020
Online on 07.09.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D29/11 B29C65/08 B29C65/16	Application no. 10781621.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BILDUNG EINER FILTERMATTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T016518.20200709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0870/14 (Meningococcal Hib vaccine/GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 20.7.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/095 A61K39/102 A61K39/09	Application no. 08075538.2
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 8: inventive step - (no)				Application title Combined meningitis vaccines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T087014.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1399/16 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B41N1/08 B41N3/03	Application no. 10188553.1
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Lithoband für die elektrochemische Aufrauung sowie Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139916.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 643 KB)
T 1935/17 (Pool of storage/DELL) of 12.8.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/06 G06F11/14	Application no. 10010835.6
Keywords Divisional application - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Virtual disk drive system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193517.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2432/17 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B02C25/00 B02C2/00	Application no. 05803668.2
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without oral proceedings - (yes) Novelty - (no)				Application title A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CRUSHER AND A CRUSHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243217.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0601/19 () of 1.9.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.9.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05D5/00 C23C14/00 C09D5/28	Application no. 14730738.3
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title GLANZGRADEINSTELLUNG VON KUNSTSTOFFSUBSTRATEN MIT METALLISCHEM FINISH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060119.20200901				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2839/19 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 04.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L5/00 C08L3/00 C03C25/32 C07H5/04 C08F251/02 C08L51/02 C09D105/00 E04B1/78 E04B1/84 B29C70/68 C03C17/28 F16L59/02 F16L59/14 C09D167/04	Application no. 12198249.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Binders and materials made therewith
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T283919.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 252 KB)
T 0460/17 () of 24.7.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/40 C08G18/62 C08G18/79 C09D175/04	Application no. 10152208.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Two-component polyurethane clear coat kit system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046017.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1602/17 () of 31.8.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 31.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D04H1/64 C03C25/32 C08B37/00 C08L5/00 C09J179/00 D04H3/12	Application no. 11009802.7
Keywords Priority - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Article 100(c)- validly invoked as gorund of opposition - no Interpretation of the claims - unduly broad (Appellant); unduly narrow (Respondent)				Application title Improved spunbond polyester mat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160217.20200831				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 495 KB)
T 3218/19 (Light emitting devices/PRINCETON) of 20.8.2020
Online on 03.09.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L21/00 C09K11/06 H05B33/14 H01L51/50 H01L51/30	Application no. 10180580.2
Keywords Main request: added subject-matter - no Remittal to opposition division for further prosecution - yes				Application title Very high efficiency organic light emitting devices based on electrophosphorescence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T321819.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1338/16 (Contention-free parallel LDPC decoder/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.09.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M13/11 H03M13/00	Application no. 09832102.9
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - not admitted Amendments - added subject-matter (yes Amendments - auxiliary request 4) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 4 (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes after amendment Remittal to the department of first instance - auxiliary request 5)				Application title Contention-free parallel processing multimode LDPC decoder
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133816.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1636/17 (Optimal flight/BOEING) of 17.8.2020
Online on 02.09.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G5/00 G01C21/20 G06Q10/04	Application no. 13182817.0
Keywords Main request - Novelty - (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests 3 to 5 - Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Optimized flight plan management system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163617.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0344/15 (Gapmer antisense compound/IONIS) of 26.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/113	Application no. 07811872.6
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T034415.20200826				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 255 KB)
T 1353/15 () of 27.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 01916492.0
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING PET FOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135315.20200827				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1031/16 (Myoblasts for treating the urinary sphincter muscle / UNIVERSITY OF … of 24.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K35/34 C12N5/0775 A61P13/02	Application no. 08169379.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - all requests (yes)				Application title Use of myoblasts in the manufacture of a medicament for treating stress urinary incontinence
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103116.20200824				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 604 KB)
T 1817/16 () of 4.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B7/02 E21B19/083 E21B19/14 E21B19/15	Application no. 06821780.1
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes)				Application title WELL DRILLING MACHINE WITH NEW DRILL PIPE LOADER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181716.20200804				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2461/16 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25B15/10 F25B27/00	Application no. 09785156.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title MODULAR COOLING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T246116.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0650/17 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D5/08 F02C7/18 F01D11/02	Application no. 03751268.8
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title GAS TURBINE SEALING AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065017.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0292/20 (Combination for treating HCV patients / ABBVIE) of 13.8.2020
Online on 01.09.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/454 A61K31/4985 A61K31/7056 A61P31/22	Application no. 14725812.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title COMBINATION OF DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL AGENTS AND RIBAVIRIN FOR TREATING HCV PATIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029220.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)

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T 2090/16 (Programmable control of a hearing aid/STARKEY) of 30.6.2020
Online on 28.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 11250440.2
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 4 (no) Admission of late-filed requests - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 2', 3 and 5 (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title System for programming special function buttons for hearing assistance device applications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209016.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0277/17 (Cyanocobalamin/PAR) of 20.8.2020
Online on 26.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/714 A61K9/08 A61K47/10	Application no. 06785533.8
Keywords Clarity - main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 4 (no) Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 3 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 5 and 6 (no) Partial reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) - late withdrawal of the request for oral proceedings				Application title CYANOCOBALAMIN LOW VISCOSITY AQUEOUS FORMULATIONS FOR INTRANASAL DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027717.20200820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0617/16 (Multi-mode base station/QUALCOMM) of 10.7.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B7/26 H04W52/02	Application no. 11174472.8
Keywords Admissibility of prior-art document admitted by the opposition division - (yes): denial would contravene Art. 12(2) RPBA 2020 Inventive step - all requests (no): juxtaposition of obvious features				Application title Multi-mode base station method and apparatus for use in a wireless communications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061716.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 480 KB)
T 0670/16 (Gebührenguthaben/KAPSCH) of 17.8.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B15/00	Application no. 01988918.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Verspätet eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ERHEBUNG VON NUTZUNGSGEBÜHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067016.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 2210/16 (Verringern des Mikrofonrauschens/SIVANTOS) of 25.6.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 12190794.3
Keywords Ausführbarkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (nein): im Anspruch angegebener technischer Effekt nicht für alle unter den Schutzbereich fallenden und technisch sinnvollen Ausführungsarten erzielbar				Application title Hörvorrichtung mit einer Einrichtung zum Verringern eines Mikrofonrauschens und Verfahren zum Verringern eines Mikrofonrauschens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221016.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2072/17 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 24.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D11/00 G01N25/72	Application no. 12182635.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur thermischen Überprüfung des Bauzustandes von Windkraftanlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T207217.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0533/15 (Transmitter arrangement / Philips) of 13.7.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R33/34 G01R33/3415 G01R33/561	Application no. 08737988.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD AND RF TRANSMITTER ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING RF FIELDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053315.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0891/15 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/00 H04N5/222	Application no. 04780741.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089115.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1504/15 () of 29.5.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 29.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/445 H04N5/781	Application no. 11162898.8
Keywords Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) First and second auxiliary requests - mixture of technical and non-technical features (yes), inventive step (no)				Application title A receiving device and method for presenting information about available programming
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150415.20200529				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 527 KB)
T 1826/15 () of 18.8.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 18.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N1/60	Application no. 07808525.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING AT LEAST ONE FIRST-SPECTRUM IMAGE INTO A SECOND-SPECTRUM IMAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182615.20200818				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1267/16 (diabetes/EPSHTEIN) of 6.12.2019
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K41/00 C07K16/28 C07K16/40	Application no. 11773314.7
Keywords All claim requests - clarity (no) Postponement of oral proceedings (no) Right to be heard - violation (no)				Application title A combination pharmaceutical composition and methods of treating diabetes and metabolic disorders
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T126716.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 505 KB)
T 2294/16 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C25/138	Application no. 09173532.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - common general knowledge (admitted) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Extension of scope of protection - interpretation of claims as granted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Tyre-changing machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229416.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1504/17 () of 17.8.2020
Online on 21.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F13/211 A63F13/40	Application no. 11176961.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150417.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0623/16 () of 17.8.2020
Online on 20.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J1/62 H01J63/04 C09K11/06 H01J29/32 H05B33/14 H01J1/74	Application no. 02734378.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - support by the description (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - reproducibility (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - completeness of disclosure Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Essential features				Application title HIGH EFFICIENCY MULTI-COLOR ELECTRO-PHOSPHORESCENT OLEDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062316.20200817				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1050/19 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 20.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S8/00 F21V21/40 F21V23/04 F21W131/205	Application no. 10181051.3
Keywords Antrag auf mündliche Verhandlung - nicht verspätet Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel erstinstanzlich zugelassen (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (nein) Verspätetes Vorbringen - nicht zugelassen Teile der Entscheidung in gekürzter Form (Zustimmung der Beteiligten) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Operationsleuchte mit steriler Bedieneinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105019.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
J 0012/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/08 A61B5/087 G01F1/68	Application no. 17195173.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title CONDUIT CONNECTOR FOR A PATIENT BREATHING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001218.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
J 0013/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/08	Application no. 17179765.7
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title PATIENT INTERFACE AND ASPECTS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001318.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
J 0014/18 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A61M16/00 A61M16/08	Application no. 16174992.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title INTERFACE COMPRISING A ROLLING NASAL BRIDGE PORTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001418.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
J 0007/19 (Withdrawal of application/Nitto Denko) of 15.1.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C03C17/34 G09F9/30 B32B17/06 B32B7/12 G02F1/1333 H01L51/50 H05B33/02 H05B33/10	Application no. 09734244.8
Keywords "Request for correction of a withdrawal of an application (not allowed)"				Application title TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000719.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
J 0010/19 (Unterbrechung des Verfahrens wegen Insolvenz des Patentinhabers) of 13.7.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 13.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L31/18 H01L31/0216 H01L31/068	Application no. 08850615.9
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN EINER SOLARZELLE MIT EINER OBERFLÄCHENPASSIVIERENDEN DIELEKTRIKUMDOPPELSCHICHT UND ENTSPRECHENDE SOLARZELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J001019.20200713				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 347 KB)
J 0003/20 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/10 A61M16/20 A61M16/08	Application no. 18183683.4
Keywords Divisional application - designation of contracting states Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLYING GASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000320.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1224/15 (Structure multicouche a base de polyamide / ARKEMA FRANCE) of 21.7.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B27/34 C08K5/20 B29C45/16	Application no. 05775238.8
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Recevabilité des requêtes subsidiaires (requêtes subsidiaires 3 et 6 - oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1, 2, 4 et 5 Modifications - oui) (requête subsidiaire 6 Modifications - non) Nouveauté (requête subsidiairie 3 Nouveauté - non) (requête subsidiaire 6 Nouveauté - oui) Renvoi à la première instance - (oui)				Application title STRUCTURE MULTICOUCHE A BASE DE POLYAMIDE POUR RECOUVRIR DES SUBSTRATS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T122415.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2098/16 () of 5.8.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 5.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C13/00	Application no. 04000286.7
Keywords Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Patentansprüche - Merkmal des erteilten Anspruchs Patentansprüche - nicht zu prüfen Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zahnersatz
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209816.20200805				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1877/19 () of 13.8.2020
Online on 19.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B3/091 A47C4/04 A47C11/00	Application no. 14001369.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Klappgestell für Bänke oder Tische
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187719.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1503/16 () of 12.8.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02J3/28 F03D7/02 F03D1/06 H02J3/38	Application no. 07722543.1
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes) Reply to the appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title Wind turbine with a protection system for an electric generator and use thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150316.20200812				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1412/17 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/54	Application no. 11727180.9
Keywords Novelty - Main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title ADVANCED HEATING DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141217.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 2472/17 (Non-invasive collection of colorectal mucocellular layer/DIAGNODUS) of 13.8.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/50 G01N33/574	Application no. 12730009.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVE COLLECTION OF COLORECTAL MUCOCELLULAR LAYER AND DISEASE DETECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T247217.20200813				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0892/18 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 18.08.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F13/06 G07F17/32	Application no. 06786488.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS GAMING WITH LOCATION DETERMINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089218.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 0633/16 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03H1/18 G09F3/02 B31D1/02	Application no. 04747491.1
Keywords documents E6 to E10 filed with statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Wikipedia extracts cited by appellant - admitted (no) appellant's new line of attack - alleged lack novelty based on E3 - admitted (yes) appellant's new line of arguments - admitted (yes) main request - claim 1 - novelty (yes) main request - claim 1 - inventive step (no) auxiliary requests 1 and 1a - claim 1 - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1b filed after oral proceedings have been arranged - admitted (yes) auxiliary request 1b - claims 1 and 6 - inventive step (yes)				Application title FORGERY PREVENTING LABEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063316.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 1689/16 () of 29.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F6/20 A61B17/12 A61N1/36	Application no. 09822269.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes)				Application title AN APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARY MALE CONTRACEPTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168916.20200729				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2253/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60M1/30	Application no. 10152165.6
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Definition des Anspruchsgegenstandes durch Bezugnahme auf weiteren Gegenstand Beschwerdevorbringen - im Verfahren berücksichtigt (nein) - nicht ausreichend substantiiert Änderung des Beschwerdevorbringens - unberücksichtigt geblieben (ja) - keine außergewöhnlichen Umstände				Application title Stromschiene
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225316.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 439 KB)
T 0206/17 () of 7.8.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 7.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K5/16 C08L75/08 C09J175/08 C08L101/10 C09J201/10 C08K5/57 C09K3/10	Application no. 12183144.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step (no)- effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - obvious alternative Auxiliary requests not properly substantiated - not be taken into account				Application title Curable composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020617.20200807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 618 KB)
T 2530/17 () of 22.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C08F10/02 C08F2/00	Application no. 12707885.5
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Faits produits tardivement - recevable (non)				Application title POLYMERISATION RADICALAIRE DE L'ETHYLENE AMORCEE PAR DES PEROXYDES ORGANIQUES A HAUTE PRODUCTIVITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253017.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 456 KB)
T 1400/19 () of 14.7.2020
Online on 17.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B63B35/12 B63H1/20	Application no. 11807145.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A PROPULSION UNIT FOR A MARINE VESSEL AND A MARINE VESSEL HAVING A PROPULSION UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140019.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 2158/15 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 14.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G08B25/06 G08B29/06 G08B29/08 G01R31/02	Application no. 09700171.3
Keywords Beschwerdebegründung - vollständiger Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten Beschwerdebegründung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge I bis VIII (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge I bis VIII (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge Ia und Va Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zulässig (nein)				Application title Überwachungsvorrichtung für ein Meldesystem, Meldesystem und Verfahren zur Überwachung des Meldesystems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215815.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0942/17 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 14.08.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F214/26 C08F2/24 C08J9/00	Application no. 10828382.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title AQUEOUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE EMULSION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AQUEOUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE DISPERSION OBTAINED USING THE EMULSION, POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FINE POWDER, AND STRETCH-EXPANDED BODY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094217.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 575 KB)
T 2232/16 () of 10.8.2020
Online on 13.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L25/07 H01L23/373	Application no. 09790134.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title GROUNDING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T223216.20200810				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1503/18 (Electronic device using pen input device, determining tilt / Samsung) of 30.7.2020
Online on 13.08.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/0354 G06F3/0488	Application no. 13175799.9
Keywords Time limits - interruption in the delivery of mail Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - obvious combination of known features				Application title Input method and electronic device using pen input device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150318.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 2214/15 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B25/04 G01R11/00 G01R21/00	Application no. 09729412.8
Keywords Lack of support - main, first and second auxiliary request - (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests - second auxiliary request (yes) - third auxiliary request (no)				Application title Device State Detecting Device, Device State Detecting Method, Device State Detecting Server, Device State Detecting System, Liver Abnormality Detecting Device, Liver Abnormality Detecting System, Liver Abnormality Detecting Method, and Device State Database Maintaining Server
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221415.20200721				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 0492/17 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A01N25/02 A01N25/30 A01N43/56 A01N43/80 A01P13/00	Application no. 09783537.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit Änderungen				Application title ZUSAMMENSETZUNG ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER WIRKSAMKEIT VON HERBIZIDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049217.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0201/18 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 11.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/506 A61P35/00	Application no. 09704256.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES MEDIATED BY THE TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR KIT WITH IMATINIB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020118.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0796/15 () of 3.8.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.8.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M1/00	Application no. 08846963.0
Keywords Rücknahme des Patents im Beschwerdeverfahren - nicht möglich Auslegung des Antrags Antrag auf Widerruf des Patents durch den Patentinhaber				Application title PRÜFEINHEIT FÜR WUNDDRAINAGEAUFLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T079615.20200803				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 246 KB)
T 2101/15 () of 22.8.2019
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 22.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/155 A61K31/40 A61P3/10 A61K9/20 A61K9/48 A61K31/4439	Application no. 06815305.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request, auxiliary request 1 Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 2				Application title FORMULATION COMPRISING METFORMIN AND VILDAGLIPTIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T210115.20190822				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 2149/15 () of 19.6.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01V8/12	Application no. 09100159.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Optoelektronischer Sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214915.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1613/16 (Multilayer structure/A. Schulman, Inc.) of 24.7.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B27/08 B32B27/32 B29C51/14	Application no. 12171722.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - all claim requests Claims - clarity (no) Claims - auyiliary request I				Application title Multilayer structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161316.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1650/19 () of 5.8.2020
Online on 10.08.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.8.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B25J5/00 B25J9/00 B25J9/16 B25J11/00 G05D1/02	Application no. 13151003.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Beacon collision avoidance method for a mobile robot system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165019.20200805				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0769/15 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B17/30	Application no. 05798826.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Electric bushing and a method of manufacturing an electric bushing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076915.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1135/15 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G07B17/02	Application no. 04292729.3
Keywords Requête produite tardivement - requête aurait pu être produite en première instance (non) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (oui) Décision sur le recours - renvoi à la première instance (oui)				Application title Procédé d'impression pour machine à affranchir compacte et machine à affranchir associée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T113515.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 363 KB)
T 2042/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B6/00	Application no. 06781500.1
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title METHOD OF CONTROLLING X-RAY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204215.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 0289/16 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B17/00	Application no. 09305638.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Continuation of the appeal procedure after withdrawal of the opposition				Application title Postal indicia generating system and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028916.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0400/16 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/04	Application no. 05750101.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes) Admissibility of a late-filed document (no)				Application title SUTURE DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T040016.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0014/20 () of 24.7.2020
Online on 06.08.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B31/02 B65B59/04	Application no. 16164932.2
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben eines Beteiligten Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERPACKUNG VON LEBENSMITTELN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001420.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1734/14 (Quiescent current diagnostics device / Rosemount Inc.) of 9.1.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R31/28 G08C19/02	Application no. 04757422.3
Keywords Amendments - main request, sixth and eighth auxiliary request Amendments - allowable (no) Late-filed first, second and third auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Claims - clarity Claims - fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth auxiliary request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - sixth auxiliary request (no)				Application title PROCESS DEVICE WITH QUIESCENT CURRENT DIAGNOSTICS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173414.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0694/15 (Visualisation / Counterflo) of 4.6.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R19/145 G01R13/02 G02B6/44 H05B33/12 G01R13/40 H01B7/36 H01R13/66 H01R13/717	Application no. 06716969.8
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Inventive step - problem and solution				Application title VISUALISATION ARRANGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069415.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1842/15 (FVIII/vWF for the treatment of a bleeding event/CSL BEHRING) of 10.10.2019
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 38/37 A61P 7/04	Application no. 09777111.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 11 - sufficiency of disclosure (no) auxiliary request 12 - novelty (yes), sufficiency of disclosure (no) auxiliary request 12A - inventive step (yes)				Application title Von Willebrand Factor or Factor VIII and von Willebrand Factor for the treatment of coagulopathy induced by inhibitors of thrombocytes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T184215.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 694 KB)
T 1418/17 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23P19/06 F16B37/06	Application no. 09008497.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag zugelassen Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Entscheidung teilweise in gekürzter Form Öffentliche Zugänglichkeit einer offenkundigen Vorbenutzung				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Einpressen von Befestigungselementen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141817.20200717				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 495 KB)
T 0452/19 (Brassica oleracea plants with improved nutritional value/SEMINIS … of 22.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 22.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/10 A01H1/04 C12Q1/68 C12N15/11	Application no. 13184376.5
Keywords Sole claim request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Brassica oleracea plants with improved nutritional value
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045219.20200722				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1028/19 (Plants with an intense fruit phenotype/NUNHEMS) of 27.7.2020
Online on 05.08.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/08 C07K14/415 C12Q1/68	Application no. 14766735.6
Keywords Main request - exceptions to patentability (no); remittal to the examining division (yes)				Application title Plants with an intense fruit phenotype
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102819.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1961/14 (Main counter ions/AJINOMOTO) of 30.7.2020
Online on 04.08.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P13/08	Application no. 01120248.8
Keywords Main request (patent as granted) - sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the opposition division - (yes)				Application title Method for producing basic amino acid
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196114.20200730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0115/17 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 04.08.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24F7/06 F24F11/00 F24F11/02 F24F11/04	Application no. 12172716.8
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Rücknahme des Einspruchs Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Steuerung des Volumenstroms eines Ventilators
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011517.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 350 KB)
T 0170/19 (Shampoo Containing A Gel Network / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 24.7.2020
Online on 03.08.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 24.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/86 A61Q5/02 A61K8/36 A61K8/04	Application no. 08856247.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case				Application title SHAMPOO CONTAINING A GEL NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017019.20200724				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)

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T 1994/16 () of 28.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65H69/00 B65H63/06	Application no. 09775790.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und zweiter Hilfsantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Kombination technischer und nicht-technischer Merkmale Änderung veranlasst durch Einspruchsgrund - erster Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title QUALITÄTSUBERWACHUNG VON SPLEISSEN IN EINEM LÄNGLICHEN TEXTILEN PRÜFGUT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199416.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0568/17 (Database transactions/OPEN TEXT SOFTWARE) of 28.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 28.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 09755851.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - not rendered obvious by document D1 Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Method for performing transactions on data and a transactional database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056817.20200728				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0882/18 (Glasbauelement/SIKA) of 3.7.2020
Online on 31.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C17/30 C03C27/04 E04F13/14 C09D183/04 C08G77/16	Application no. 13710340.4
Keywords -				Application title GLASBAUELEMENT UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088218.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 0915/15 (Sicherheitsdokument/LEONHARD KURZ) of 26.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B29/00 D21H21/44	Application no. 08707586.7
Keywords Hauptantrag - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 1 bis 12 - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 13 und 14 - Zulassung (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSDOKUMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091515.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 1041/15 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B7/00	Application no. 08019720.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Koordination und/oder Durchführung von Unterrichtzwecken dienenden Lehreinheiten mit optischen und/oder akustischen Lehrinhalten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104115.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 1561/15 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M16/00 A61M16/12 G09B23/28 A61H31/00	Application no. 07400032.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Abgabe von Sauerstoff im Rahmen einer Reanimation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156115.20200624				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 463 KB)
T 1994/15 () of 27.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 27.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J1/15 G05D23/27	Application no. 10737667.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEATING A TIP APEX OF A CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199415.20200727				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0891/16 () of 26.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F17/32	Application no. 04765712.7
Keywords main request - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1 - added subject-matter (yes) late-filed auxiliary request 1a - admitted (no) - article 13(1) RPBA 2020 in combination with article 25(1) RPBA 2020				Application title DOORFRAME FOR GAMING MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089116.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1372/16 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D183/04 C04B41/49 C08J3/03	Application no. 05850021.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title HIGH-VISCOSITY AQUEOUS EMULSIONS OF FUNCTIONAL ALKOXYSILANES, CONDENSED OLIGOMERS THEREOF, ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES, THEIR PREPARATION AND USE FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137216.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 496 KB)
T 1504/16 (System for manufacturing frozen edible products/GRAM) of 17.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G9/14 A23G9/16 A23G9/20 A23C3/00	Application no. 05772325.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Auxiliary requests - admission (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FROZEN EDIBLE PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150416.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0717/19 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 30.07.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L15/04 C10M103/06 C10M169/02 C25D5/26 C25D7/00 C10N10/12 C10N40/00 C10N50/08 C10N50/10	Application no. 06797658.9
Keywords Withdrawal of the approval of the text of the patent				Application title Threaded joint for steel pipes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071719.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0949/13 (Taxol to avoid restenosis/BOSTON SCIENTIFIC) of 19.12.2019
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/535	Application no. 94907364.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary requests (no) Summons to oral proceedings - continuation of proceedings without duly summoned parties				Application title THERAPEUTIC INHIBITORS OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T094913.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0552/16 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03F3/20 H03F3/21 H03F1/02 H03F1/56 H03F1/07 H03F3/195 H03F1/42	Application no. 08793032.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Broadband power amplifier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055216.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 1987/16 (Controlling gene expression/BASF) of 17.6.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N15/85 C12N15/79 A01H5/00	Application no. 06754739.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title Improved methods controlling gene expression
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198716.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0193/17 (Electrode surface coating/SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS) of 1.7.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C25D3/50 A61N1/05	Application no. 06815176.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title PLATINUM ELECTRODE SURFACE COATING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019317.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0354/17 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 29.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C1/00 C08C19/20 C08C19/25 C08C19/44 C08F2/26 C08F36/06 C08F2/38	Application no. 12193785.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Interpretation of the claims - explicit wording thereof - no reason to construe differently				Application title Functionalized polymer, rubber composition with such a polymer and pneumatic tire
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035417.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1678/17 (TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE / Kyocera) of 30.6.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/041 G09G3/00	Application no. 11800338.3
Keywords Time limits - interruption in the delivery of mail Novelty - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - common general knowledge Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T167817.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2421/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47K3/022	Application no. 06450099.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Schaffung einer Einstiegsöffnung in bestehende Badewannen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 310 KB)
T 2514/19 () of 7.7.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B62K25/20 B62K25/28	Application no. 14723175.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title BICYCLE REAR SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T251419.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 3269/19 () of 23.7.2020
Online on 28.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S4/22 F21V23/00 F21Y115/10	Application no. 15003605.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title BELEUCHTUNGSLEISTE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T326919.20200723				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1888/14 () of 15.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/24	Application no. 09729744.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request and auxiliary requests (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - fourth and fifth auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT REPLACEMENT IN LIVE PRODUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188814.20200715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 1355/18 (Belitzement/HeidelbergCement AG) of 9.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 9.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B111/00 C04B7/345	Application no. 12004620.6
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Anlass zu neuen Einwänden Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Belitzements mit hoher Reaktivitaet und geringem Calcium/Silicat-Verhaeltnis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135518.20200709				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2329/18 () of 17.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B1/80 E04C2/16	Application no. 07090044.4
Keywords Entscheidung nach Aktenlage Angefochtene Entscheidung ausreichend begründet (nein) Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) Änderungen zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Dämmstoffplatte bzw. -matte aus einem Holzwerkstoff-Bindemittel-Gemisch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232918.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 516 KB)
T 2457/18 () of 16.7.2020
Online on 27.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03F5/04 E03C1/22 E03C1/20	Application no. 08103885.3
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Ablaufgarnitur für Duschen oder Badewannen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245718.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 1111/14 (Human hepatocytes/OREGON UNIVERSITY) of 21.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/85	Application no. 08770211.4
Keywords Main request - added matter - (no) Claims - support in the description (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Exception to patentability - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD OF EXPANDING HUMAN HEPATOCYTES IN VIVO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111114.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 488 KB)
T 2087/15 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09B7/00	Application no. 07834775.4
Keywords Inventive step - claim 8 of sole request (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF COMPUTER GENERATED EXAMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208715.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 435 KB)
T 1003/16 () of 21.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/04	Application no. 08758982.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SICHERHEITSELEMENT ZUR ABSICHERUNG VON WERTDOKUMENTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100316.20200721				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1957/16 () of 15.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E04C2/04	Application no. 03739044.0
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title ANTIMICROBIAL WALLBOARD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195716.20200715				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2431/16 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F25D23/06 F25D25/02	Application no. 11738202.8
Keywords Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KÄLTEGERÄT MIT EINER TRAGSCHIENE FÜR EINEN FACHBODEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243116.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2039/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G27/00	Application no. 13173479.0
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Modulartig aufgebauter Treppengerüstturm und Treppengerüstmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203917.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 2088/18 (Credentials for a connected thermostat/HONEYWELL) of 29.6.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W12/06 H04L12/24	Application no. 12175131.7
Keywords Oral proceedings - held as a videoconference in accordance with appellant's request Inventive step - all requests (no): juxtaposition of obvious features				Application title Provisioning credentials for embedded wireless devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208818.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 3196/19 (Anti-PD-1 antibody/DANA-FARBER GENETICS INSTITUTE) of 15.5.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/12 C07K14/705 C12N5/10 A61K38/17 A61K39/395 G01N33/50 C07K16/28	Application no. 10075561.0
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 7 - added subject-matter (yes); Auxiliary requests 8 to 14 - admitted into the appeal proceedings (no); Appellant's right to be heard - violation (no);				Application title Assays for screening anti-pd-1 antibodies and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T319619.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 585 KB)
T 1214/20 (Re-establishment of rights) of 16.7.2020
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B33/08 G09G3/20 H03K7/00	Application no. 14750518.4
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal fee (not paid) Admissibility of appeal - appeal deemed not to have been filed Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - filed within time limit (no) Re-establishment of rights - time limit for filing notice of appeal Re-establishment of rights - (no) Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Re-establishment of rights - system for monitoring time limits Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the professional representative Re-establishment of rights - principle of proportionality				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LED LIGHTING BY DISTRIBUTED PWM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121420.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
W 0024/03 () of 15.1.2004
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.1.2004	Proc. language FR	IPC A61C 8/00 A61C 1/14 A61B 17/16	Application no. -
Keywords Unité d'invention				Application title Outil de préparation osseuse utilisable notamment en médecine dentaire et dispositif pour sa mise en oeuvre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2004:W002403.20040115				Distribution	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 433 KB)
W 0030/04 (Piperazines/UCB) of 29.11.2004
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 29.11.2004	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D295/14	Application no. -
Keywords Lack of unity 'a posteriori' (no)				Application title New piperazine derivatives and their use as synthesis intermediates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2004:W003004.20041129				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
W 0023/07 (Nahrungsergänzungsmittel/CHEM. FABRIK BUDENHEIM KG) of 11.11.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 11.11.2008	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K33/06	Application no. -
Keywords Uneinheitlichkeit (ja): Einzige allgemeine Idee nicht neu				Application title Nahrungsergänzungsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W002307.20081111				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 527 KB)
W 0039/07 (Isoxazoles and oxadiazoles/NOVARTIS) of 6.8.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.8.2008	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D261/08	Application no. -
Keywords Misleading form inviting the applicant to pay the protest fee although his limited protest was allowed by the review panel - Refund of the protest fee				Application title 3,5-Di(aryl or heteroaryl)isoxazoles and 1,2,4-oxadiazoles as S1PI receptor agonists, immunosuppresive and anti-inflammatory agents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W003907.20080806				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
W 0002/08 () of 22.8.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.8.2008	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B1/02 B65B65/00	Application no. -
Keywords Mangelnde Einheitlichkeit a posteriori - ja				Application title FORM-, FILL-, SEALMASCHINE SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN, BEFÜLLEN UND SCHLIEßEN VON SÄCKEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W000208.20080822				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 972 KB)
W 0026/08 (Sélection de cellules/CELOGOS) of 11.8.2008
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.8.2008	Proc. language FR	IPC C12N5/06	Application no. -
Keywords Unité d'invention (non)				Application title Méthode d'extraction et de sélection de cellules
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2008:W002608.20080811				Distribution	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 647 KB)
W 0001/82 () of 9.3.1982
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 9.3.1982	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1982:W000182.19820309				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 114 KB)
W 0001/83 () of 12.7.1983
Online on 24.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.7.1983	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:1983:W000183.19830712				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 2612/17 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 23.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A63F1/10	Application no. 08827627.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title TABLE WITH INDICATORS AND SMART CARD HOLDER FOR AUTOMATED GAMING SYSTEM AND GAMING CARDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261217.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2312/18 () of 20.7.2020
Online on 23.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D471/10 A61K31/438 A61P1/08	Application no. 07774640.2
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title HYDROCHLORIDE SALT OF 8-[{1-(3,5-BIS-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL) PHENYL) -ETHOXY}-METHYL]-8-PHENYL-1,7-DIAZA-SPIRO[4.5]DECAN-2-ONE AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREFOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231218.20200720				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 235 KB)
T 0578/16 (Negotiating SDP versions/HUAWEI) of 14.7.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 07816566.9
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (no) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes): "special reasons" Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no): change in composition of opposition division per se not a procedural violation				Application title A method and system for negotiating the session description protocol version
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T057816.20200714				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0901/16 (Estimation of synthetic audio prototypes/BOSE) of 16.7.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04S3/02	Application no. 11776678.2
Keywords Late-filed request admissible Late-filed request - (yes) Clarity - (yes, after amendment) Added subject-matter - (no, after amendment) Novelty - (yes, after amendment) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Estimation of synthetic audio prototypes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090116.20200716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0922/16 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 09780856.2
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR PRÜFUNG DER ECHTHEIT EINES DOKUMENTS, COMPUTERPROGRAMMPRODUKT, PRÜFGERÄT UND DATENVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T092216.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2112/17 (Dipositif d'affichage par guides d'ondes/LUO) of 17.7.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F3/023 G09F13/18 H01H9/18 H01H13/83	Application no. 09740737.3
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Modifications - extension de l'objet de la demande (non)				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ D'AFFICHAGE ET UN CLAVIER LES METTANT EN OEUVRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211217.20200717				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 309 KB)
T 2735/18 (NFC-based multimedia distribution/SONY ERICSSON) of 30.6.2020
Online on 22.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M1/725	Application no. 07841506.4
Keywords Admission into the appeal proceedings - main and first auxiliary request (no): "fresh case" Added subject-matter - second and third auxiliary requests (yes)				Application title Multimedia distribution using a near field communication capable wireless communication device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273518.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0740/18 (Fabric laundering method / UNILEVER) of 16.4.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/00 C11D3/37 C11D3/386	Application no. 12707100.9
Keywords Inventive step (main request and auxiliary requests 1, 2 and 5) : (no) Admissibility of auxiliary requests 3 and 4 : (no)				Application title Method of laundering fabric
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T074018.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 1414/18 (Refund of a further search fee/HTC) of 15.7.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 15.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W72/04	Application no. 14178323.3
Keywords Unity of invention - (yes): single invention Refund of further search fee - (yes) Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes) Reimbursement of the appeal fee - (yes): ex officio				Application title Method for configuring timing resource in device to device communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T141418.20200715				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1843/18 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F1/16 E05F5/00 E05F5/02	Application no. 09761739.3
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja): Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1; unzulässige Erweiterung (nein): Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title SCHIEBETÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184318.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2406/18 (Composite oxide catalyst / MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL) of 16.6.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J27/228 B01J37/00 C07C51/235 C07C57/055 C07B61/00 B01J23/887 B01J23/888	Application no. 04773122.9
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) : no Inventive step - no effect convincingly shown over the closest prior art				Application title Process for producing composite oxide and composite oxide catalyst
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240618.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2640/18 (Parallel chromatography) of 18.5.2020
Online on 21.07.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J47/14 B01D15/18 G01N30/28 G01N30/46	Application no. 11763151.5
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no) Late-filed request - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title A PARALLEL SEPARATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T264018.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1069/15 () of 17.6.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41A21/44 F41A25/06	Application no. 08017594.6
Keywords Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Klein- oder mittelkalibrige Maschinenkanone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106915.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 653 KB)
T 0704/16 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B22F1/00 C22C38/54	Application no. 11757707.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESSABLE HIGH THERMAL NEUTRON ABSORBING FE-BASE ALLOYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070416.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2017/16 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25D21/08 F25D17/06	Application no. 10720591.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title A COOLING DEVICE HEATED TO PREVENT FROSTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201716.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 408 KB)
T 2182/17 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08B11/193 A23L11/00 C08B11/20 C08L1/28 A23L29/219	Application no. 12728340.6
Keywords Documents not admitted by opposition division - not admitted - discretion exercised in appropriate manner New document submitted on appeal - not admitted - lack of justification New document submitted on appeal - admitted - legitimate and direct submission Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CELLULOSE ETHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218217.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 496 KB)
T 2987/19 () of 10.7.2020
Online on 20.07.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 10.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F15/16 H04N21/2662 H04N21/24 H04N21/2385 H04L29/06 H04L12/825 H04N21/845	Application no. 11765154.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title MANAGING STREAMING BANDWIDTH FOR MULTIPLE CLIENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T298719.20200710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227 KB)
T 1317/14 (Prüfverfahren für eine Integrität eines Quelltextes/BECKHOFF … of 18.6.2020
Online on 17.07.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F11/28 G06F21/00	Application no. 11776752.5
Keywords Patentansprüche - Allgemeine Auswahl der Prüfsummenverfahren und Bildung einer prädizierten Prüfsumme Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 2 - Zulassung (nein)				Application title PRÜFVERFAHREN FÜR EINE INTEGRITÄT EINES QUELLTEXTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131714.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0315/16 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 17.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B13/18	Application no. 09775573.0
Keywords Ermessensfehler - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - eindeutig gewährbar (nein) - zugelassen (nein)				Application title SPEICHERVORRICHTUNG FÜR BINDEDRAHT EINER SCHNÜRMASCHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031516.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1406/16 () of 26.5.2020
Online on 17.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D11/043	Application no. 09784060.7
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - öffentliche Zugänglichmachung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND STRANGGIESSANLAGE ZUM HERSTELLEN VON DICKEN BRAMMEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140616.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0514/17 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 16.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/381 A61K31/4162 A61K31/502 A61K31/5517 A61P25/28	Application no. 10763011.3
Keywords Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no)				Application title COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS IN DOWN SYNDROM SUBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T051417.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 744 KB)
T 1335/17 (Onalespib combinations/ASTEX) of 30.6.2020
Online on 16.07.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/403	Application no. 07824118.9
Keywords Main request - admitted (yes) - added subject-matter (no) - novelty (yes) - remittal (yes)				Application title PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133517.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 0111/20 (Admissibility/Bayer CropScience LP) of 18.6.2020
Online on 16.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N25/24 A01N43/40 A01N47/40 A01N51/00 A01N25/26 A01N25/30 A01N25/28	Application no. 14733396.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title COMPOSITIONS, ADDITIVES, AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING OR CONTROLLING SEED DUST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011120.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0437/17 () of 8.7.2020
Online on 15.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B02C1/02 E02F3/36 E02F3/40	Application no. 08829092.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - deletion of features (yes) Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Oral proceedings - before board of appeal Oral proceedings - postponement (no) Oral proceedings - non-attendance of party The mere general reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and health risks with travel in Germany to and from the Boards of Appeal does not amount to serious reasons justifying the fixing of a new date for oral proceedings.				Application title BUCKET TYPE JAW CRUSHER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043717.20200708				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1174/15 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 14.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B1/12 A61L2/18	Application no. 09158261.9
Keywords -				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Behandeln und Analysieren von Kanälen in Instrumenten, insbesondere in Endoskopen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117415.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 392 KB)
T 2127/16 (Anti-ADDL antibodies/MERCK) of 9.6.2020
Online on 14.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/18 G01N33/50 G01N33/68	Application no. 05820737.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Anti-ADDL antibodies and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212716.20200609				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 1971/17 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 14.07.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K7/23	Application no. 10720343.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF DEGARELIX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197117.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1834/16 (compositions comprenant un colorant fluorescent/L'OREAL) of 7.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/44 A61Q5/10 A61Q19/02 A61K8/49	Application no. 04290864.0
Keywords Requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 2 et 4 : Activité inventive -(non) Requêtes subsidiaires 1,3 et 5 produites avec les motifs du recours: non fondées requête subsidiaire 6: Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Utilisation de compositions comprenant un colorant fluorescent et un tensioactif amphotère ou non ionique particuliers pour colorer avec un effet eclaircissant des matières kératiniques humaines
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183416.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 486 KB)
T 0449/17 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H3/00 A61L9/12	Application no. 09002431.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Zuführung von Geruchsstoffen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T044917.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1091/17 (Clinical statistics/PHILIPS) of 4.6.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 08868858.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Features relating to presentation of information Presentation of information in diagnostic tasks				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFINING SIMILAR CASE SEARCH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T109117.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2371/17 (Animated 3D-GUI/SAMSUNG) of 7.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 7.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/048	Application no. 06122715.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Three-dimensional motion graphical user interface and apparatus and method of providing same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T237117.20200707				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0633/18 (High-strength pressed member/JFE) of 22.6.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00 B21D22/20 C21D1/18 C21D9/00 C22C38/60 C21D9/46 C21D8/02 C21D1/22 C22C38/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/06	Application no. 11752999.0
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH PRESSED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063318.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0197/20 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00 G06Q10/04 G06Q10/06 G01S19/19	Application no. 12765793.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PROVIDING REAL-TIME SEGMENT PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019720.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0917/20 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 13.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/12	Application no. 11788747.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ACTIVATION CODE PROVIDED WITH DISCRETE INCREMENT OF PAPER SUBSTRATE FOR ACTIVATING REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE PRINTER CONTROLLER SOFTWARE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091720.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
D 0003/19 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000319.20200701				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 194 KB)
T 2295/14 (Remote method invocation/BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE) of 1.7.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/54	Application no. 11008415.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Transparent distribution and decoupling of modules using asynchronous communication and scopes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T229514.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0102/15 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q10/00 H04M1/57	Application no. 06777650.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 2 bis 4 Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM ÜBERTRAGEN EINER ADRESSE IN EIN ELEKTRONISCHES FORMULAR FÜR EINEN TEILNEHMER EINER KOMMUNIKATIONSVERBINDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010215.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0138/16 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F23N1/02 F23N5/00 F23N5/12	Application no. 03000375.0
Keywords Einspruchsgrund - mangelnde erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Regelung eines Gasbrenners
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013816.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0943/16 (Tier assignments/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 25.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F17/00 G06F9/50	Application no. 08868759.5
Keywords Inventive step - claimed subject-matter not rendered obvious by D1 Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case (yes)				Application title Determining quality of tier assignments
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094316.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0110/18 (Zinced Steel sheet/Nippon Steel) of 12.6.2020
Online on 10.07.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00 C23C2/06 C22C38/02 C22C38/04 C22C38/06 C21D9/46 C23C2/28 C23C2/02 C22C18/04 C22C18/00	Application no. 06782398.9
Keywords Correction of error - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) -25%				Application title HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP ZINCED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN MOLDABILITY AND SUITABILITY FOR PLATING, HIGH-STRENGTH ALLOYED HOT-DIP ZINCED STEEL SHEET, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THESE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011018.20200612				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1501/15 (Chipkarte/GIESECKE) of 29.6.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K19/07 G06K7/00	Application no. 10011624.3
Keywords -				Application title Chipkarte
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150115.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2360/15 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B8/00 G09B23/00	Application no. 07826255.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - common general knowledge				Application title MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH COMPREHENSIVE REPORT SIMULATION FEATURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236015.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1250/16 (Alkaline phosphatase/ALLOKSYS LIFE SCIENCE) of 29.11.2019
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/46 A61P29/00 A61P37/04 A61P41/00 A61P1/00 A61P11/00 A61P17/00 A61P9/00 A61P1/16 A61P39/00	Application no. 09715588.1
Keywords Main request - added subject-matter (yes) Late filed auxiliary request - admitted into proceedings (no)				Application title Alkaline phosphatase for increasing the activity of the immune system of a mammal at risk of inflammatory diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T125016.20191129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2609/16 () of 6.7.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.7.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H01H33/66	Application no. 08011061.2
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande antérieure telle qu'elle a été déposée (oui)				Application title Appareillage électrique de coupure multipolaire muni d'un mécanisme d'entraînement et de modules de coupure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T260916.20200706				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 269 KB)
T 1037/19 (PCV2 immunogenic compositions/BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM) of 3.7.2020
Online on 09.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K14/01 A61K39/12	Application no. 10174465.4
Keywords Agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor - appeal dismissed				Application title PCV2 immunogenic compositions for use in a method of preventing PCV2 infection
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T103719.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 259 KB)
T 0140/17 () of 3.7.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.7.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B26D7/08	Application no. 07003846.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Dokumente sowie darauf gestützte Argumentationslinien - zugelassen (nein) korrekte Ermessensausübung (ja) - im Beschwerdeverfahren zugelassen (nein) Spät vorgebrachte Argumentationslinien - zugelassen (nein) Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Neuheit (ja) Hilfsantrag 2 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Anteilige Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) - 25 % der gezahlten Beschwerdegebühr				Application title Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten von Werkstücken mittels Ultraschall sowie Verfahren zum Betreiben einer derartigen Vorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014017.20200703				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0218/17 () of 7.4.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C13/00 B32B1/08 B32B27/20 B32B5/18	Application no. 06021304.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes)				Application title Food casings capable of transferring a functional additive from a porous inner layer onto an encased food product
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021817.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0477/17 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16G3/02 F16G3/09	Application no. 11745958.6
Keywords -				Application title STAHLSEILFÖRDERGURT MIT EINEM VERBINDUNGSSCHARNIER ZUM KOPPELN ZWEIER GURTENDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047717.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 2152/17 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 08.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D3/64 F16F15/124	Application no. 12007229.3
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Elastische Wellenkupplung mit adaptiver Charakteristik
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215217.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 240 KB)
T 2153/14 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T7/00	Application no. 08762935.8
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE SERIES OF BIOLOGICAL IMAGES OBTAINED FROM A PATIENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215314.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1879/16 (Pressure compensation apparatus/NOKIA) of 17.6.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R1/22	Application no. 09804590.9
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - held by videoconference Added subject-matter - all requests (yes)				Application title Apparatus incorporating an adsorbent material, and methods of making same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187916.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1109/17 () of 2.7.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B13/14 B21B29/00	Application no. 12184124.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Cold-rolling mill, tandem rolling system, reversing rolling system, modification method of rolling system, and operating method of cold-rolling mill
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T110917.20200702				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 1316/17 () of 20.5.2020
Online on 07.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/12 C08G18/62 C08G18/40 C09J175/04	Application no. 04753154.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Main request and auxiliary requests I-III Amendments - allowable (no) Auxiliary requests IV-VII				Application title MOISTURE CURING REACTIVE POLYURETHANE HOT MELT ADHESIVES MODIFIED WITH ACRYLIC POLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131617.20200520				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1990/15 (Value holding apparatus/PANASONIC) of 18.6.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B15/00 G07F7/08	Application no. 04732017.1
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - could-would approach				Application title VALUE HOLDING SYSTEM, VALUE HOLDING METHOD, VALUE HOLDING PROGRAM, AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199015.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1378/16 (Internet connection through a NAT or firewall/NOKIA) of 8.5.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06 H04L29/12	Application no. 06765540.7
Keywords Oral proceedings before the board Oral proceedings - converted into a videoconference with the appellant's consent Inventive step - (no)				Application title System, terminal, method and computer program product or establishing a transport-level connection with a server located behind a network address translator and/or firewall
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137816.20200508				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2300/17 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M37/22 F02M37/00 B62K11/00 B62J37/00 B01D35/00	Application no. 14188294.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Saddle riding type vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230017.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0942/18 () of 1.7.2020
Online on 06.07.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.7.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B19/38	Application no. 11158576.6
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision reasoned (no)				Application title Electric shaver
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T094218.20200701				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 0776/16 (Reducing mannose content/AMGEN) of 30.10.2019
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P21/00	Application no. 07717002.5
Keywords Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Admission of auxiliary requests I, II, IIa, III and IIIa into the proceedings (yes) All auxiliary requests - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR MODULATING MANNOSE CONTENT OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077616.20191030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 2328/16 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02M51/06 F02M61/16 F02M63/00	Application no. 11196257.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Änderungen nach Anberaumung der mündlichen Verhandlung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Kraftstoffeinspritzkomponente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232816.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1203/17 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C19/26 E01C19/28 F01P5/02 F01P3/18 E02D3/026 E02D3/032 E02D3/046 E02D3/02 F02B29/04 F02M25/07	Application no. 12708810.2
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)-implizierte Offenbarung Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title BODENVERDICHTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120317.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 0498/19 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C23/88 B66C23/90 B66C15/06	Application no. 13820710.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR MELDUNG VON KIPPGEFAHR EINES KRANS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T049819.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 281 KB)
T 1365/20 () of 30.6.2020
Online on 03.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03G15/08 G03G21/18	Application no. 18166572.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T136520.20200630				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 2258/15 (PTK7 antibodies/SQUIBB) of 16.1.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/30 C07K16/40 A61P35/00	Application no. 06848508.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Human monoclonal antibodies to protein tyrosine kinase 7 (PTK7) and their use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225815.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 2164/16 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B7/23	Application no. 09007167.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Tor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216416.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 514 KB)
T 1351/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/32 C08G18/36 C08G18/48 C09J175/04	Application no. 11807904.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title KLEBSTOFF FÜR ROTORBLÄTTER FÜR WINDKRAFTANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T135117.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 2724/17 () of 29.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G18/67 C08G18/75 C08F222/10 C09D175/16 C08F220/18	Application no. 10731499.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title BINDEMITTEL ZUR HERSTELLUNG SCHNELL ÜBERROLLBARER FAHRBAHNMARKIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272417.20200629				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0674/20 () of 25.6.2020
Online on 02.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F9/24 B66F9/075	Application no. 17174238.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STEUERUNG EINES FLURFÖRDERZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067420.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2039/14 (Certificate-stamp identifying system / NEC) of 19.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K9/66 G07D7/00	Application no. 07023162.6
Keywords Claims - clarity (no) Amendments - main request Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Certificate stamp identifying system and certificate stamp identifying method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203914.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1142/15 () of 26.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00	Application no. 11250498.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - not admitted				Application title Method and device for conducting trusted remote payment transactions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T114215.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1294/15 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/02	Application no. 10799779.3
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests (no)				Application title AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT DEVICE, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT SYSTEM, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT METHOD, AFFILIATION APPORTIONMENT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129415.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2366/15 () of 26.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F17/12 G06Q10/00	Application no. 02736449.6
Keywords Main Requst - not admissible (reformatio in peius) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DELIVERY AND RETURN SERVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236615.20200626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 2044/16 () of 24.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 24.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C5/24 A24D3/02	Application no. 10173019.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Bilden eines Filterstrangs der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204416.20200624				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 1744/18 (THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INGENOL-3-ANGELATE/LEO … of 25.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/06 A61K9/107 A61K47/10 A61P35/00	Application no. 06820561.6
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INGENOL-3-ANGELATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174418.20200625				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 2282/18 () of 19.6.2020
Online on 01.07.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24D3/14 A24D3/18 A24B15/28 A24D3/06 A24D3/04	Application no. 13717982.6
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious solution				Application title SMOKING ARTICLE MOUTHPIECE WITH COOLING AGENT INCLUSION COMPLEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228218.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)

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T 0738/15 (Gene silencing/CSIRO) of 30.10.2019
Online on 30.06.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/82 C12N15/11	Application no. 99910592.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Industrial application - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no)				Application title Methods and Means for Obtaining Modified Phenotypes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T073815.20191030				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 715 KB)
T 1845/18 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 30.06.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K8/38 B01F17/00 C09K8/518 C09K8/528 C09K8/536 C09K8/54 C09K8/584 C09K8/594 C09K8/70 C09K8/94 C11D1/00 C23F11/00	Application no. 15194729.8
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title MULTIFUNCTIONAL FOAMING COMPOSITION WITH WETTABILITY MODIFYING, CORROSION INHIBITORY AND MINERAL SCALE INHIBITORY/DISPERSANTS PROPERTIES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND ULTRA HIGH SALINITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184518.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0320/20 (Missing statement of grounds) of 15.6.2020
Online on 30.06.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K49/10	Application no. 16194654.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION OF CONTRAST AGENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032020.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0680/16 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B22F1/00 C22C1/04 C22C24/00 H01M10/052 H01M4/04	Application no. 11767963.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Hauptantag - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Neuheit der Verwendung Neuheit - zweite (bzw. weitere) nicht medizinische Verwendung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title STABILISIERTES, REINES LITHIUMMETALLPULVER UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068016.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 294 KB)
T 1501/17 (Lapse of patent) of 23.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D215/48 A61K31/282 A61K31/47 A61P35/00 A61K45/06	Application no. 08846814.5
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title COMBINATION OF ANTI-ANGIOGENIC SUBSTANCE AND ANTI-TUMOR PLATINUM COMPLEX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150117.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 2038/17 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F41H7/04 F41H7/02 F41H5/007 B60R21/013	Application no. 11001197.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Patentansprüche - Deutlichkeit (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Schutzsystem für ein Fahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203817.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 542 KB)
T 2830/18 (Aluminiumlegierung/AMAG) of 16.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F1/05 C22C21/08	Application no. 01890265.0
Keywords Beschränkungsverfahren - Beschränkung des Europäischen Patents Beschränkungsverfahren - (ja) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Ausscheidungshärten einer Aluminiumlegierung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T283018.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 3029/18 (Wiedereinsetzung in die Beschwerdefrist) of 3.6.2020
Online on 29.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02D9/04 F02D9/10 F02D11/06 F02D11/10 F16K1/22	Application no. 09003474.5
Keywords Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - (ja) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - Sorgfaltspflicht bei Einsatz von Hilfspersonen Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - alle gebotene Sorgfalt (ja) Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand - einmaliges Versehen in einem zuverlässigen System zur Fristenüberwachung				Application title Abgasklappenantrieb für ein Kraftfahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T302918.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1612/14 () of 18.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 18.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H03K3/00 H04L25/02	Application no. 10016003.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schaltungsanordnung zur Übertragung von Signalen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161214.20200618				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1426/15 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07D7/00	Application no. 05019772.2
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 2, 3, 4: Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Hilfsanträge 1, 2a: Neuheit - (nein) Hilfsanträge 3a, 4a: Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsanträge 2b, 2c: spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Sicherheitselement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142615.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 482 KB)
T 1632/15 () of 23.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/335 H04N3/15	Application no. 06251681.0
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Identifying a photoelectric sensor array size
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T163215.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0876/16 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C70/08 B32B1/08 F16L9/12 B29C65/48 C09J5/06 F16L11/08 F16L9/133 B29K27/18 B29L23/00	Application no. 07009577.3
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Kostenverteilung - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Rotationssymmetrischen Hohlkörpers aus einer faserverstärkten Kunststoffarmierung und einer mit PVE modifizierten PTFE-Auskleidung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T087616.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 474 KB)
T 2884/18 (Kumulativ darzulegenden Tatsachen) of 28.5.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60J10/50 B60J10/74 B60J10/763 B60J10/27	Application no. 13814538.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (nein)				Application title DICHTUNGSPROFIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T288418.20200528				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 446 KB)
T 3286/19 (Recours irrecevable/INRIA) of 23.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 23.6.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K9/64 G06T7/00 A61N2/02 A61B5/05	Application no. 10703314.4
Keywords -				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ D'AIDE À LA LOCALISATION CÉRÉBRALE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T328619.20200623				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0126/20 (Appeal inadmissible/TEXAS INSTRUMENTS) of 17.6.2020
Online on 26.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 17.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/48	Application no. 09155494.9
Keywords -				Application title Interrupt- related circuits, systems and processes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012620.20200617				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0989/15 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F31/02 B41F31/26 B41N7/06 B23K26/08	Application no. 08836787.5
Keywords Late-filed requests filed after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (main request, first to third auxiliary requests: no; fourth auxiliary request: yes) Amendments - allowable (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title A method for printing a substrate using an anilox roll, an anilox roll for a printing method and a printing apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098915.20200305				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 0344/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F13/00 B41K3/10 B41K3/12	Application no. 10168523.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (main request Amendments - yes, auxiliary request Amendments - no)				Application title Numbering device for typographic numbering having a releasable indexing mechanism
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T034416.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0682/16 (Non-human organism/INTREXON) of 5.6.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63 C12N15/85 C12N15/12 C12N15/62 C07K14/705 C07K14/72 A01H5/00 C12Q1/68 G01N33/68	Application no. 02714955.8
Keywords Admission joint opposition and appeal (yes); Main request - admission in appeal (yes); Main request - overcomes all grounds of opposition (yes); Main request - remittal to the first instance (yes);				Application title NOVEL ECDYSONE RECEPTOR/INVERTEBRATE RETINOID X RECEPTOR-BASED INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T068216.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 0789/16 (Non-human organism/INTREXON) of 5.6.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/63 C12N15/85 C12N15/12 C12N15/62 C07K14/705 C07K14/72 A01H5/00 C12Q1/68 G01N33/68	Application no. 02714990.5
Keywords Admission joint opposition and appeal (yes); Main request - admission in appeal (yes); Main request - overcomes all grounds of opposition (yes); Main request - remittal to the first instance (yes);				Application title CHIMERIC RETINOID X RECEPTORS AND THEIR USE IN A NOVEL ECDYSONE RECEPTOR-BASED INDUCIBLE GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078916.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 1713/17 () of 29.5.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F2/00 C08F2/06 C08F2/18 C08F2/22	Application no. 12729029.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein: alle Anträge)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR KONTINUIERLICHEN HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171317.20200529				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0123/18 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F13/00 B41K3/12 B41K3/10 B41F33/00	Application no. 12185299.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (main request, auxiliary requests I, II, III, IIIa Amendments - yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (auxiliary request IIIb Amendments - no) Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Numbering device for typographic numbering having independent driving means
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012318.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 0249/18 () of 22.6.2020
Online on 25.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N27/327	Application no. 12183629.0
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Multi-electrode biosensor system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024918.20200622				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1151/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R1/00	Application no. 13151456.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung der Erfindung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (NEIN) Zulassung in das Verfahren - Hilfsantrag - (NEIN)				Application title Sichtsystem für Nutzfahrzeuge zur Darstellung von gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Sichtfeldern eines Hauptspiegels und eines Weitwinkelspiegels
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115117.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0132/19 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 24.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B60K6/48 B60K6/547 B60W20/00 B60W40/12	Application no. 15185799.2
Keywords Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION DU MODE CINÉMATIQUE D'UNE TRANSMISSION HYBRIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013219.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 318 KB)
T 3221/19 (Appeal inadmissible/NXP) of 19.6.2020
Online on 24.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/06 G06F9/44 G06F11/08 G06F11/10	Application no. 12874768.0
Keywords -				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA IN A CALL STACK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T322119.20200619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 234 KB)
T 1012/15 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 23.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B44C3/02 B44F9/02	Application no. 08008164.9
Keywords Withdrawal of the approval of the text of the patent				Application title Floor panel, method for manufacturing floor panels and transfer foil
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101215.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 249 KB)
T 0005/16 (Anti TNF antibody for use in adjunctive therapy to methotrexate in … of 21.11.2019
Online on 23.06.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61K31/505 A61P19/02 A61P37/06 A61K38/17 C07K14/705	Application no. 08005013.1
Keywords Main request, auxiliary request I: amendments - allowable (no) auxiliary request II - admitted (no)				Application title TNF antagonists for use in adjunctive therapy to methotrexate in the treatment of autoimmune diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T000516.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 499 KB)
T 0800/16 (Cardiac troponin as biomarker for heart disease/ROCHE) of 3.3.2020
Online on 23.06.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/68	Application no. 07114174.1
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of party Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Cardiac troponin as an indicator of advanced coronary artery disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080016.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1684/15 () of 3.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/46 B65D85/62 B65D81/05	Application no. 12738200.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title METHOD AND PACKAGE FOR FLAT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168415.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1216/16 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M1/00 A61M27/00	Application no. 07794746.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICE FOR WOUND THERAPY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T121616.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2141/16 (Reduction of risk of obesity/NESTLE) of 16.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L1/30 A61K35/74 A61P3/04	Application no. 08716883.7
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Main request - inventive step (yes) Decision in written proceedings after withdrawal of request for oral proceedings by both parties Reimbursement of appeal fee at 25% (yes)				Application title PROBIOTICS FOR REDUCTION OF RISK OF OBESITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214116.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 0954/17 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N23/083	Application no. 10162321.3
Keywords Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed objection - admitted (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Late-filed evidence - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - after amendment Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title X-ray inspection device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095417.20200310				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 500 KB)
T 1082/17 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 22.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01R25/14	Application no. 09757635.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings Lapse of patent in all designated states - Patent proprietor sole appellant				Application title Connectors with brushes and pins which slide along electrical guides for home, business or industrial installations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108217.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 251 KB)
T 1150/13 (Linking data/TRA) of 26.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q30/00	Application no. 09157878.1
Keywords Inventive step - protection of privacy by linking customer data with a key instead of personally identifiable information (no Inventive step - not technical) Postponement of oral proceedings - representative unable to identify authorised person (no - reason in sphere of appellant) Exclusion from file inspection - details of arrangements for providing instructions to a representative (no - not prejudicial to appellant's legitimate interest)				Application title Analyzing return on investment of advertising campaigns using cross-correlation of multiple data sources
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115013.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0698/14 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L21/04 H01L29/06 H01L29/417 H01L33/38	Application no. 10182703.8
Keywords Added subject matter beyond the content of parent application - after amendment - (no) Claims - Support in the description Claims - after amendment Claims - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Silicon carbide dimpled substrate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069814.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 2280/15 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G53/30 B65G53/14 B22F9/08	Application no. 09770482.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Main request -Novelty (yes) Main request - Inventive step (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUT OF GRANULATE FROM THE BOTTOM OF A TANK THAT IN ADDITION TO GRANULATE HOLDS LIQUID
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228015.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0073/17 () of 15.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25J9/16 G05B19/423	Application no. 11741080.3
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Anteilige Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja) - 25 % der gezahlten Beschwerdegebühr Voraussetzungen nach Regel 103 (4) a) EPÜ i.d.F. ab 01.04.2020 erfüllt (ja) - Rücknahme der Beschwerde in der Entscheidungsphase Voraussetzungen nach Regel 103 (4) c) EPÜ i.d.F. ab 01.04.2020 erfüllt (nein) - keine ausdrückliche Rücknahme des Antrages auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM PROGRAMMIEREN ODER VORGEBEN VON BEWEGUNGEN ODER ABLÄUFEN EINES INDUSTRIEROBOTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007317.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 563 KB)
T 0565/17 (Cross-system analytics/SAP) of 15.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F19/28	Application no. 14183888.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Cross system analytics for in memory data warehouse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T056517.20200615				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1963/17 (Layered catalyst composite / BASF) of 28.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J23/46 B01J23/44 B01J37/02 B01D53/94	Application no. 12736476.8
Keywords Replacement of the original description: not allowable Compliance with the requirements of Article 84 EPC (all requests): no - Wording "substantially simultaneoulsy" unclear				Application title Three-way conversion catalyst with alumina-free rhodium layer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196317.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 1770/18 (Lithiumsilikat Glaskeramik Restauration/Ivoclar) of 25.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C3/095 C03C10/12 A61K6/027 A61K6/02	Application no. 13179985.0
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Lithiumsilikat-Glaskeramik und -Glas mit Gehalt an ZrO2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177018.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2063/18 (Lithiumsilikat Glaskeramik/Ivoclar) of 25.5.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C03C10/12 A61K6/027 A61K6/02 C03C3/095	Application no. 13179987.6
Keywords Teilanmeldung - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Lithiumsilikat-Glaskeramik und -Glas mit Gehalt an ZrO2
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206318.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2636/18 (Herstellung von Lyocellfasern/List Technology) of 10.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC D01D5/06 D01D13/02	Application no. 13722303.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON FORMKÖRPERN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263618.20200610				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2986/18 () of 16.6.2020
Online on 19.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D65/46 B65D1/26 B65D3/22 B65D1/28 B65D25/36 B65D81/38	Application no. 11177853.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title Verpackungsbehälter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T298618.20200616				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 2133/14 (Implant revision/CODMAN) of 3.6.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F9/445 A61N1/372	Application no. 09250414.1
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step (no)				Application title Implant revision recognition by exchanging the revision data during transmission
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T213314.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2262/16 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J31/52	Application no. 10748090.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title BEVERAGE MACHINE FOR A NETWORK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T226216.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0846/17 (Unit dose detergent/ DIVERSEY) of 4.6.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D17/00 C11D17/04 C11D7/54	Application no. 06110656.3
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Unit dose detergent for cleaning a coffee machine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084617.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 236 KB)
T 2519/17 (ORAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF/Colgate-Palmolive Company) of 15.5.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/25 A61Q11/00	Application no. 09747658.4
Keywords Main request - Sufficiency of disclosure (Yes) Main request - Clarity (Yes) Remittal to the examining division				Application title ORAL COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T251917.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0161/18 (Äquivalenter Aortendruck/ARC SEIBERSDORF) of 12.5.2020
Online on 18.06.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 06804383.5
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES HERZZEITVOLUMENS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T016118.20200512				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1304/19 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 17.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B21/04	Application no. 11782526.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (no)				Application title The localization and activation of alarm of persons in danger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T130419.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1075/15 (Error management in a safety unit/OMRON) of 26.5.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B19/05	Application no. 06007864.9
Keywords Added subject-matter - all requests (yes)				Application title Input device of a safety unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107515.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 2688/16 (REINIGUNGSMITTEL / Henkel AG & Co. KGaA) of 10.3.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D3/33 C11D3/37	Application no. 07847823.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise				Application title REINIGUNGSMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T268816.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 2444/17 () of 5.6.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N27/16	Application no. 09151052.9
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Temperature and humidity compensated single element pellistor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T244417.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2796/17 (Adsorptionsmittelgranulat/Chemiewerk Bad Köstritz GmbH) of 12.3.2020
Online on 16.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J20/18 B01D53/04	Application no. 09717626.7
Keywords Erst mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung eingereichter 1. Hilfsantrag - zugelassen (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen (erstmals während der mündlichen Verhandlung geltend gemacht) zugelassen (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - kein zulässiger Einwand erhoben				Application title ADSORPTIONSMITTELGRANULAT UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T279617.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 404 KB)
T 2330/15 (Tunable multichannel headphone/PAN) of 8.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R3/00 H04R3/06 H04R1/28 H04S3/00	Application no. 12185789.0
Keywords Added subject-matter - main request (no, after amendments) Clarity - main request (yes, after amendments) Remittal to the examining division - (yes): "special reasons" (ruling on novelty and inventive step for the first time on appeal would constitute an undue burden)				Application title Tunable multichannel headphone and method for assembling the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233015.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2272/16 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N27/87	Application no. 06775800.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde (nein) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde nicht ausreichend begründet				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ZERSTÖRUNGSFREIEN PRÜFUNG VON ROHREN AUF OBERFLÄCHENFEHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227216.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2411/16 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N29/46 G01N29/04	Application no. 06775801.1
Keywords Beschwerde zulässig (nein) - Beschwerde nicht ausreichend begründet				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ZERSTÖRUNGSFREIEN PRÜFUNG VON ROHREN AUF OBERFLÄCHENFEHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241116.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 0410/17 () of 29.5.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F220/06 A61L15/60 A61L15/22 C08F2/01 B01J19/00 C07C51/41	Application no. 09780113.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041017.20200529				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 423 KB)
T 1822/17 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62K21/12 B62K21/26	Application no. 11178302.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 3b Berücksichtigung - (nein) - Hilfsanträge 4, 5, 6a, 7 bis 10				Application title Fahrradgriff
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182217.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1847/17 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E04B2/74 A47G5/00 F16M11/20	Application no. 11772315.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AN ARRANGEMENT WITH A BASE PLATE AND A COVERING HOOD FOR A SCREEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184717.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1278/18 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 15.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F25C1/24 F25C1/04	Application no. 07108409.9
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Water spillage management for in the door ice maker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T127818.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1241/14 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02P7/00 H02P7/29 H02P7/28 B25F5/00	Application no. 08773840.7
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Ansteuervorrichtung für einen Elektromotor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T124114.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 274 KB)
T 1717/15 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D201/04 C07D201/06	Application no. 03000846.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Procsess for producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171715.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2131/15 () of 13.3.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 13.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B13/24	Application no. 03724161.9
Keywords Amendments - main request and first and second auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title System and method for managing assets using a portable combined electronic article surveillance system and barcode scanner
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T213115.20200313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 2253/15 () of 8.6.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G3/34 G09G3/20	Application no. 04781635.0
Keywords Novelty - after amendment (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225315.20200608				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 0411/17 (Automatic adaptation to acoustic environments in a hearing aid/SONOVA … of 19.5.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 06120253.7
Keywords Novelty - main and first auxiliary requests (no) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Admission of second auxiliary request not admitted by the opposition division - (yes): sufficient time for the opponent to deal with the request Remittal to opposition division - (yes): "special reasons" (ruling on inventive step for the first time on appeal would constitute an undue burden) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Hearing device and method of operating a hearing device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041117.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1160/17 (Soluble unit dose articles comprising a cationic polymer / The … of 5.6.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/22 C11D3/37 C11D10/04 C11D17/00 C11D17/04 C11D1/04 C11D3/20	Application no. 10167234.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Soluble unit dose articles comprising a cationic polymer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116017.20200605				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 574 KB)
T 0908/19 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 12.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G1/04 C05F9/04	Application no. 12002101.9
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Inventive step - (yes) Late submitted material - justification for late filing (no)				Application title A METHOD OF TRANSPORTING COMPOST
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090819.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2279/16 () of 3.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L29/78 H01L29/739 H01L29/872 H01L29/06 H01L29/40	Application no. 11756731.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title TRENCH DMOS DEVICE WITH IMPROVED TERMINATION STRUCTURE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227916.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 2355/16 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16H3/66 B60K6/547	Application no. 15187090.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (nein)				Application title GETRIEBE FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG, SOWIE ANTRIEBSSTRANG FÜR EIN KRAFTFAHRZEUG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235516.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0418/17 (Therapeutic Oral Composition / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K6/00 A61K8/25 A61K8/44 A61K9/00 A61Q11/00	Application no. 10727321.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title THERAPEUTIC ORAL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041817.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0438/17 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B7/16 C23C4/06 C23C4/12 C23C24/04 C23C24/08 B05B7/14	Application no. 12002884.0
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum thermischen Spritzen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043817.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 234 KB)
T 0244/20 () of 4.6.2020
Online on 09.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65G63/00 B65G67/60 B66C13/48 B66C19/00 G06Q10/08	Application no. 13169146.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Method and system for predicting working progress of a gantry crane
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024420.20200604				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 228 KB)
T 1750/13 (Scheduling opportunity previewer/Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC) of 1.10.2019
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 09755574.2
Keywords Inventive step - previewing a scheduling opportunity in a mini-calendar format (no Inventive step - presentation of information)				Application title SCHEDULING OPPORTUNITY PREVIEWER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T175013.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 1798/13 (Forecasting the value of a structured financial product/SWISS … of 25.5.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q40/00	Application no. 05796344.9
Keywords Inventive step - improving a weather forecast (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title A METHOD AND A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING THE VALUE OF A STRUCTURED FINANCIAL PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T179813.20200525				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 1005/15 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K1/34 C07K1/36 A61M1/02 A61M1/00	Application no. 09731947.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Two-stage ultrafiltration/diafiltration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100515.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 671 KB)
T 2177/15 () of 27.5.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 27.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B05B5/04	Application no. 03722683.4
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Revendications - fondement sur la description (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Modifications - extension de la protection (non) Arguments produits tardivement - recevable (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Requêtes subsidiaires 1, 2, 4 et 7 produites tardivement - économie de procédure Activité inventive - requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 3, 5 et 6 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 8 (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF DE PULVERISATION DE PRODUIT DE REVETEMENT LIQUIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217715.20200527				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 730 KB)
T 0630/16 (Détection simultanée d'un antigène et d'un anticorps/BIO-RAD) of 26.11.2019
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G01N33/576 G01N33/569 C07K16/10 C07K16/42 C07K14/005	Application no. 03749938.1
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - acte et mémoire de recours Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête principale (non), requête auxiliaire 2 (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée Modifications - requête auxiliare 1 (oui) Activité inventive - requête auxilaire 2 (non) Requêtes auxiliaires produites tardivement - recevable (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE DETECTION SIMULTANEE D'UN ANTIGENE ET D'UN ANTICORPS D'UN MICROORGANISME INFECTIEUX
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T063016.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 557 KB)
T 1402/17 (galvanische Abscheidung/Enthone) of 3.6.2020
Online on 08.06.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.6.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C25D3/58 C25D3/60	Application no. 02022718.7
Keywords Vor der Einspruchsabteilung zurückgenommenen Antrag - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Elektrolyt zur galvanischen Abscheidung von Bronzen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140217.20200603				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0097/14 (Asynchronous web service/ORACLE) of 25.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F15/16	Application no. 02756343.6
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Substantial procedural violation - opportunity to comment (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes Appeal decision - the Board cannot decide the case on the merits because the search was not complete)				Application title WEB SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM FOR ASYNCHRONOUS WEB SERVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T009714.20200525				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1702/14 () of 25.9.2019
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C57/06 B29C57/00 F16L9/12 B29C61/02	Application no. 03077403.8
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Apparatus and method for post-forming thermoplastic ducts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T170214.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 428 KB)
T 1703/16 () of 7.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B1/00	Application no. 08769222.4
Keywords -				Application title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND RETENTION OF CATHETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T170316.20200507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1867/17 (Stylet pour mesure de pression/INGENICO) of 14.2.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F3/033 G06F3/0354	Application no. 13730278.2
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Revendications - clarté (oui) Modifications - admises (oui) Requête produite tardivement - justification du retard (oui) Renvoi à la première instance				Application title STYLET DE SAISIE DE DONNÉES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186717.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2012/17 (Customised application/INTELLIPOCKET) of 2.6.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.6.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06F21/00 H04L29/08 G06Q30/02 G07F7/10	Application no. 11849211.5
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - violation of the right to be heard (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes)				Application title Providing a customized application to a user terminal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201217.20200602				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2327/17 (Authenticated encryption of audio data/BOSCH) of 21.2.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L9/00	Application no. 10713889.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1 and 5 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 3 and 4 (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 2 - request identical to request not admitted in first instance proceedings				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATED ENCRYPTION OF AUDIO
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232717.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 2382/17 () of 7.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E02F5/12 E02F5/10 B63B35/03	Application no. 04740592.3
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRENCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238217.20200507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 430 KB)
T 0367/18 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04G5/04	Application no. 12181171.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Gerüstverankerung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036718.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 372 KB)
T 2936/19 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 05.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G7/04	Application no. 13766682.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title LIGHTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING HORTICULTURE LIGHT AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING HORTICULTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T293619.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1986/16 () of 28.5.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 28.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47J31/36 A47J31/44 A47J31/52	Application no. 12171460.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Brüheinrichtung eines Kaffeeautomatens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198616.20200528				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2113/16 (Chipmischung/ZWEIFEL) of 20.5.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A23B7/02 A23B7/03 A23L1/216 A23L1/217 A23L1/31 A23L1/325 A23L1/212 A23B4/03	Application no. 10015938.3
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr in Höhe von 25% Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja)				Application title Chipmischung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211316.20200520				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1011/17 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/4709 A61K31/496 A61P35/02	Application no. 12160638.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Treatment of imatinib resistant leukemia using 4-amino-quinoline-3-carbonitriles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101117.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2675/17 () of 26.5.2020
Online on 03.06.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 26.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D29/00 A01G23/08 B60W10/06	Application no. 06820104.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER SOURCE OF A FORESTRY MACHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267517.20200526				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1684/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D215/54 A61K31/4709	Application no. 06774184.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - amendments New allegation of facts Inventive step				Application title CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 4-[(2,4-DICHLORO-5-METHOXYPHENYL)AMINO]-6-METHOXY-7-[3-(4-METHYL-1-PIPERAZINYL)PROPOXY]-3-QUINOLINECARB-ONITRILE AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168416.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 472 KB)
T 1059/18 (Cell changing in heterogeneous networks/HUAWEI) of 27.5.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 27.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W36/04 H04W36/32 H04W36/00 H04W48/12 H04W48/20 H04W24/02 H04W84/04	Application no. 12800854.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method and device for cell changing in heterogeneous network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105918.20200527				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0036/19 (Entering free form information in URL address/SPRING VENTURES) of 13.9.2019
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 13.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 10000433.2
Keywords Application pending for more than 20 years - legitimate interest of applicant in grant decision (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Third auxiliary request - inventive step over documents discussed in appeal proceedings (yes) - remittal to department of first instance (yes)				Application title WWW addressing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003619.20190913				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 514 KB)
T 0648/19 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S45/60 F21S45/49 F21S45/10 F21S41/19 F21S41/147 F21S41/16 F21S41/14 F21S45/43	Application no. 13714533.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title FAHRZEUGSCHEINWERFER MIT LASERLICHTQUELLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064819.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 0989/19 (Fehlende Unterschrift auf Entscheidungs-Formblatt) of 25.5.2020
Online on 02.06.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R25/00	Application no. 16159081.5
Keywords Form der Entscheidung - fehlende Unterschrift eines zuständigen Bediensteten auf Formblatt 2048.2 Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (ja) Rechtliches Gehör: Notwendigkeit einer beantragten mündlichen Verhandlung Rechtliches Gehör - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung, System und Verfahren zum Trocknen von Hörhilfegeräten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098919.20200525				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)

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T 1850/16 (An antibody which is monovalent for CD40L/DOMANTIS) of 18.2.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/28 A61K39/395 A61P37/06	Application no. 05784064.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests I to VI - extension of subject-matter (yes)				Application title Compositions monovalent for CD40L binding and methods of use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T185016.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1900/16 () of 17.4.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07B17/00	Application no. 08001906.0
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Method and system for mitigating errors when processing print stream data
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190016.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0025/17 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F2/01 A61L15/60 B01J19/26 C08F2/04 C08F2/44 A61L15/24 C08K5/00	Application no. 06793089.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Verfahren - nicht naheligende Alternative Vorrichtung - naheliegende Alternative				Application title POLYMERISATIONSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002517.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 449 KB)
T 1232/17 (Polling by using non-acknowledged packets /INNOVATIVE SONIC) of 6.2.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/64	Application no. 06008830.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Priority - same invention (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Method and apparatus for polling transmission status in a wireless communication system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123217.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1967/17 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F220/06 C08F2/38	Application no. 12708775.7
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title NIEDERMOLEKULARE PHOSPHORHALTIGE POLYACRYLSÄUREN UND DEREN VERWENDUNG ALS DISPERGIERMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196717.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0615/19 (Composition à réductibilité élevée / RHODIA) of 6.3.2020
Online on 29.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B01J37/03 B01J37/08 B01J21/06 B01J23/10 B01J23/63 B01J35/10 B01J37/00 B01D53/94 C01G25/00	Application no. 07727063.5
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Activité inventive : (oui)				Application title Composition à base d'oxyde de zirconium et de cérium à réductibilité élevée et à surface spécifique stable, procédé de préparation et utilisation dans le traitement des gaz d'échappement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T061519.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 396 KB)
D 0004/18 () of 5.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 5.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000418.20200505				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
T 1956/15 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G01V5/00	Application no. 09772762.2
Keywords Procédure orale - déclaration de non-comparution considérée comme retrait de la requête tendant à recourir à une procédure orale Revendications - clarté Revendications - requête subsidiaire 1 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 1 (non) Requêtes subsidiaires 2 et 3 non prises en considération par la Chambre - article 12(4) RPCR 2007 en combinaison avec l'article 12(2) RPCR 2007 et l'article 25(2) RPCR 2020				Application title PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF POUR DÉTECTER LA PRÉSENCE, DANS UNE CHARGE, D'OBJETS SUSPECTS RENFERMANT AU MOINS UN MATÉRIAU À POIDS ATOMIQUE DONNÉ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195615.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 418 KB)
T 1531/16 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65B5/12 B65B21/06 B65G61/00 B65B65/00 B65G47/08	Application no. 11181230.1
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren ohne mündliche Verhandlung (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Zusammenstellen eines Gebindes aus befüllten Behältern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153116.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0869/17 () of 25.5.2020
Online on 28.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65F1/06 B32B27/08 B32B27/32	Application no. 11166232.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title Waste packaging device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086917.20200525				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 0958/14 () of 27.9.2019
Online on 27.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C49/04 B29C69/00 B29C47/16 B29C47/22 B29C51/02 B29C47/06 B29C51/12 B29C49/20	Application no. 07820890.7
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Process for manufacturing a plastic hollow body from a parison
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T095814.20190927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0112/16 () of 8.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L23/38 H01L35/28	Application no. 05856066.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title MICROELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY WITH BUILT-IN THERMOELECTRIC COOLER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011216.20200508				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0635/18 (Viable blood/HAEMONETICS) of 13.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F19/00	Application no. 10012933.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Method for ensuring the viability of blood to be transfused
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063518.20200513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1916/19 () of 19.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/31 A61K8/34 A61K8/35 A61K8/37 A61K8/49 A61K8/81 A61K8/86 A61Q17/00	Application no. 11719581.8
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - (no) Amendments - undisclosed disclaimer Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SKIN TREATMENT COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191619.20200519				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2592/19 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 26.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M26/32 F28D21/00 F28F1/40 F28D7/16 F28F3/02	Application no. 12769434.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (no) Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title HEAT EXCHANGER FOR GASES, ESPECIALLY ENGINE EXHAUST GASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259219.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0005/17 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/06 A61K33/12 A61P17/00	Application no. 09781176.4
Keywords Claims - clarity (no)				Application title COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF DERMATOLOGICAL/MUCOSAL DISEASES, AND USES THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000517.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 0385/17 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B19/38	Application no. 12160136.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Electric hair grooming appliance including touchscreen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038517.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 0251/18 (PS-Schaumstoffe mit geringem Metallgehalt/BASF) of 14.5.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J9/00	Application no. 09738211.3
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Rücknahme der Anträge auf mündliche Verhandlung durch beide Parteien Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title PS-SCHAUMSTOFFE MIT GERINGEM METALLGEHALT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025118.20200514				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 2202/19 () of 18.5.2020
Online on 25.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D85/816	Application no. 12808853.1
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without holding oral proceedings Remittal to the department of first instance (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case (no)				Application title CAPSULE FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220219.20200518				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0784/16 () of 15.5.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F01P3/08	Application no. 03356125.9
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title Gicleur a projections multiples pour refroidissement de moteur, et moteurs equipés de tels gicleurs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078416.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 279 KB)
T 2169/16 () of 28.2.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/557 A61K31/7072 A23L1/30 A23L1/304 A23L1/302 A61P25/28	Application no. 08766834.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Improving memory in subjects with mini-mental state examination of 24-26
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216916.20200228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 439 KB)
T 0902/17 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/20 B32B25/04 B32B25/14 B32B27/12 B32B27/32 C08J5/18 C08L23/16 B32B25/10	Application no. 09703318.7
Keywords Main request - novelty (yes) (ex post facto analysis) - sufficiency (yes) - inventive step (no) (obvious alternative) Auxiliary requests I to IV - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests V - extension beyond the scope of application as filed (yes)				Application title ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T090217.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)
T 0314/18 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C27/06 A47C27/07	Application no. 12198084.1
Keywords Alleged public prior use - witness offered but not heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title Backfolded pocket mattress
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031418.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 3170/19 () of 15.5.2020
Online on 20.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D65/40 B32B27/32	Application no. 14176477.9
Keywords Decision in written proceedings without holding oral proceedings				Application title Thin film for waste packing cassettes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T317019.20200515				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 0655/14 (Process for preparing recombinant polypeptides/SANDOZ AG) of 11.5.2020
Online on 19.05.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 11.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N1/21 C12P21/02	Application no. 04764305.1
Keywords Basis for a decision on the appeal (no) - revocation of the patent				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065514.20200511				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 1718/14 () of 13.5.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 13.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/26 H04N7/50	Application no. 06815754.4
Keywords Admissission into appeal proceedings - main request - (no) Admission into appeal proceedings - auxiliary requests II-B and II-C - (no) Substantial procedural violation - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests I, II-A and II-C (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed- auxiliary requests I, II-A and II-D- (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title REDUNDANT DATA ENCODING METHODS AND DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171814.20200513				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2694/16 () of 8.5.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.5.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C49/46 B29C49/68 B29C49/06 B29C49/64 A61L2/20	Application no. 11726373.1
Keywords Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Procédé de recyclage d'air comportant un agent stérilisant et installation de fabrication de récipients comportant un circuit de recyclage d'air
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T269416.20200508				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 934 KB)
T 2710/16 (Speichereffizientes Suchen eines Anfragedatenelementes/SIEMENS) of 10.2.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F17/30	Application no. 09010241.9
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum speichereffizienten Suchen mindestens eines Anfragedatenelementes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T271016.20200210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0910/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C49/78 B29C49/12 B29C49/06	Application no. 09716999.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und erster Hilfsantrag (nein) Neuheit - zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - zweiter Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - zweiter Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Blasformung von Behältern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091017.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1505/17 (Transposition gestures/HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES) of 17.2.2020
Online on 18.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/24	Application no. 12742291.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 2 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 and 3 (no)				Application title Method and device for graphical management of form
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150517.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
G 0003/19 (Pepper (follow-up to Tomatoes II and Broccoli II)) of 14.5.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 14.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords referred point of law re-phrased yes admissibility of referral by the President of the European Patent Office yes, after re-phrasing uniform application of the law - yes point of law of fundamental importance - yes different decisions by two Boards of Appeal yes application of Article 112(1)(b) EPC by analogy - no rules of interpretation hierachy of norms conflicting provisions - no of laws dynamic interpretation of Article 53(b) EPC yes impact of Rule 28(2) EPC on interpretation of Article 53(b) EPC yes exception to patentability of product claims or product-by-process claims directed to plants, plant material or animals, if the claimed product is exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process or if the claimed process features define an essentially biological process yes applicability of the exception to European patents granted before 1 July 2017 and pending European patent applications filed before that day no				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:G000319.20200514				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 612 KB)
T 2147/15 () of 12.5.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.5.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D19/40 B65D77/04	Application no. 12161093.5
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren ohne mündliche Verhandlung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Eckfusses für ein palettenartiges Untergestell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214715.20200512				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 361 KB)
T 0283/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F27B1/00 F27D17/00 C04B7/44	Application no. 09781767.0
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title VERFAHREN UND SCHACHTOFEN ZUM BRENNEN VON STÜCKIGEM MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028316.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 447 KB)
T 0009/17 (Zubereitung mit Fliessgrenze / BEIERSDORF) of 19.2.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K8/44 A61K8/46 A61K8/81 A61Q19/10	Application no. 04765528.7
Keywords Mangelnde Klarheit (alle Anträge) : (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (alle Anträge) : (ja)				Application title Schäumende Zubereitungen mit Fliessgrenze
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000917.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0847/17 (HEAVY FEED HYDROPROCESSING/ Albemarle) of 21.2.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J23/24 B01J35/10 C10G49/04	Application no. 03782317.6
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title HEAVY FEED HYDROPROCESSING USING A MIXTURE OF CATALYSTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T084717.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 1539/17 () of 29.4.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B96/06 A47B57/42 A47G29/02 A47B57/16 A47F5/08	Application no. 11752750.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title A RACK SYSTEM AND BRACKET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153917.20200429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 271 KB)
T 1545/18 (CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR HAIR/Kao Germany GmbH) of 6.5.2020
Online on 15.05.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 6.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K8/898 A61Q5/02 A61Q5/12	Application no. 10795245.9
Keywords Main request (former auxiliary request) - Novel and inventive				Application title CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR HAIR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154518.20200506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1606/14 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H02K5/22 F04D13/06 H02K3/52	Application no. 06010873.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag V (nein) Klarheit - Hilfsanträge I, VII, VIII, IX (nein) Änderungen - zulässig Änderungen - Hilfsantrag II (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge III, IV, VI hätten bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Pumpenaggregat
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160614.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 491 KB)
T 2162/15 (Urine progenitor cells/WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY) of 4.2.2020
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K35/22 C12N5/08 C12N5/06	Application no. 08754571.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title PROGENITOR CELLS FROM URINE AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216215.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1872/16 (IL-13 antibodies for the treatment of severe asthma/GLAXO) of 23.7.2019
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 23.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/24 A61P37/02 A61P37/08	Application no. 11181891.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure of further medical use Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4, 5 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 3 (no)				Application title Chimeric and humanised monoclonal antibodies against interleukin-13
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T187216.20190723				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 519 KB)
T 1914/16 (Ciclesonide/COVIS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/57 A61K31/58 A61K9/00	Application no. 04766791.0
Keywords main request - allowable				Application title USE OF CICLESONIDE FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191416.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0608/19 (Bewegliche Führung eines Stuhls/GORACON ENGINEERING GMBH) of 17.3.2020
Online on 14.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 17.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47C9/02 A47C1/023	Application no. 13003584.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdebegründung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fristgerecht eingelegt (nein) Wiedereinsetzung - erforderliche Sorgfalt - (nein) Ausnahme von der Akteneinsicht Kostenerstattung - (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Abstützung und zur beweglichen Führung eines Stuhles
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060819.20200317				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
D 0009/18 () of 7.5.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000918.20200507				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 207 KB)
T 1584/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16C29/00 G01B3/00 G01B7/00 G01D5/347 F16C29/06	Application no. 08015177.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Führungsschiene mit absoluter Massverkörperung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T158416.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1825/16 (Process for preparing granules/NOVOZYMES A/S) of 7.5.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 7.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N9/98 C11D3/386 A23K1/165	Application no. 00943685.8
Keywords Main and auxiliary request 1 - Article 123(2) - (no) Auxiliary requests 2 to 6 - admitted (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 6 - Article 123(2) (no) Auxiliary requests 7 and 8 - admitted (no)				Application title A PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ENZYME CONTAINING GRANULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182516.20200507				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0584/17 () of 10.2.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N29/024 G01N29/32 G01F1/66	Application no. 07765679.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Dokumente - zugelassen (ja) Hauptantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 1 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 2 - Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag 3 - zugelassen (ja) - Neuheit und erfindersiche Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verwendung einer Vorrichtung in einer Anlage zur Erzeugung von Biogas und Verfahren zur Ultraschallbestimmung der Konzentrationen von Komponenten eines Biogasgemisches
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058417.20200210				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 553 KB)
T 1177/17 (Fucosyllactose for treating and/or preventing viral infections / … of 13.2.2020
Online on 13.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/702 A23L1/29 A23L1/09 A23L1/30 A61P31/12 A61P31/16 A61P31/18 A61P31/22	Application no. 10734570.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Fucosyllactose as breast milk identical non-digestible oligosaccharide for treating and/or preventing viral infections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117717.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0622/14 (Keramikprallkörper / Storz Medical AG) of 6.11.2019
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61N7/00 A61B17/22 A61H1/00 B06B1/18	Application no. 08003840.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Behandlung biologischer Körpersubstanzen mit mechanischen Druckwellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T062214.20191106				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 1650/14 (Rotation parameter/SIEMENS GAMESA) of 17.2.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01P3/22 G01P3/44 F03D7/04 G01P15/18	Application no. 08009630.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)				Application title Wind turbine and method determining at least one rotation parameter of a wind turbine rotor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165014.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 619 KB)
T 0372/15 () of 4.5.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 4.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03F7/095 B41C1/10 G03F7/34 G03F7/36 G03F7/09 G03F7/11 G03F1/00	Application no. 02251567.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - reasonable expectation of success (no) Inventive step - technical prejudice in the art (yes)				Application title A process for making a flexographic printing plate and a photosensitive element for use in the process
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037215.20200504				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2024/15 () of 6.5.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/16 G06F21/00	Application no. 10152534.3
Keywords Inventive step - closest prior art Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Preventing the use of modified receiver firmware in receivers of a conditional access system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202415.20200506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0890/17 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 12.05.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F13/15 A61F13/20 B32B25/04 B32B25/14 B32B27/12 B32B27/32 C08J5/18 C08L23/16 B32B25/10	Application no. 13155905.6
Keywords Novelty (yes) Novelty - multiple selections Novelty - objection based on hindsight knowledge of the patent in suit Inventive step (yes) objection not substantiated				Application title Elastomeric materials
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089017.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0938/14 (Ex vivo human skin model/SYMRISE AG, CUTECH SRL) of 30.1.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N5/07	Application no. 08157036.8
Keywords New main and auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Auxiliary request 2 - admitted (yes) Auxiliary request 2 - inventive step - (no) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Ex vivo human skin model
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T093814.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 481 KB)
T 1071/17 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C49/00 B29K105/00	Application no. 11774024.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (main request Amendments - no) Inventive step (main request Inventive step - no, auxiliary request III Inventive step - yes) Reformatio in peius (auxiliary requests I and II - yes)				Application title Process for producing injection stretch blow molded polyolefin containers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107117.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1912/17 (FREE SPACE POINTING DEVICES WITH TILT COMPENSATION / IDHL) of 31.1.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/01 G06F3/033	Application no. 05744089.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - closest prior art discloses features in combination				Application title FREE SPACE POINTING DEVICES WITH TILT COMPENSATION AND IMPROVED USABILITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191217.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2496/17 (Accessing spreadsheet objects/PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES) of 6.5.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/24 G06F17/27	Application no. 12179096.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title System and method for accessing rich objects via spreadsheets
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249617.20200506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0509/18 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60K28/06 B60W50/14 A61B5/18 G06K9/00	Application no. 12765209.7
Keywords sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DRIVER ALERTNESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T050918.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 3074/19 (Missing statement of grounds/INTEL) of 5.5.2020
Online on 11.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 5.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G11C16/34 G11C16/30	Application no. 14774103.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Auto-suspend and auto-resume operations for a multi-die NAND memory device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T307419.20200505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 227 KB)
T 0369/15 () of 2.10.2019
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B32B29/06 B41M5/50 D21H17/20 D21H17/33 D21H19/76 D21H19/84	Application no. 08716179.0
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Hilfsantrag 1 Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja, siehe Punkt 3.1) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Rüge nach Regel 106 EPÜ - (zurückgewiesen, siehe Punkt 4)				Application title Verfahren zum Herstellen eines flächigen, bedruckten Bauteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T036915.20191002				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 665 KB)
T 0487/16 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01M13/04 B04B5/08 B04B9/10 B01D45/14	Application no. 03736402.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Late filed inventive step objection - could have been filed before the opposition division (yes) - objection admitted (no) Document admitted by the opposition division upon which the decision was based - not to be excluded from appeal proceedings				Application title A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CLEANING OF CRANKCASE GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048716.20200430				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0695/16 () of 5.5.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.5.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D83/22	Application no. 12164862.0
Keywords Claims - support in the description (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Sprayhead for a spray device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069516.20200505				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 2256/16 (SURFACE ACTIVE BLEACH/The Procter & Gamble Company) of 7.2.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D3/386 C11D1/74 C11D1/66 C11D3/20 C11D3/22	Application no. 07751097.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious modification				Application title SURFACE ACTIVE BLEACH AT DYNAMIC PH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225616.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 2368/16 (Ionic liquid supported catalyst/IONIQA) of 7.2.2020
Online on 08.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J31/18 C08J11/28 B01J31/16	Application no. 14753318.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - multiple selections from lists of converging alternatives Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title POLYMER DEGRADATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236816.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0786/15 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D143/04 B05D7/24 C09D5/16 C09D7/12	Application no. 07832304.5
Keywords Appealed decision - substantial procedural violation (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title STAIN-PROOF COATING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE COMPOSITION, STAIN-PROOF COATING FILM FORMED BY USING THE COMPOSITION, COATED ARTICLE HAVING THE COATING FILM ON THE SURFACE, AND STAIN-PROOFING TREATMENT METHOD FOR FORMING THE COATING FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078615.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 520 KB)
T 1601/15 () of 4.12.2019
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B29C45/28	Application no. 06829241.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein: Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1; ja: Hilfsantrag 2)				Application title Betätigungsvorrichtung für Verschlussnadeln in Spritzgießvorrichtungen mit Nadelverschlussdüsen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160115.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 810 KB)
T 0446/16 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L2/00	Application no. 03003632.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel				Application title Verfahren zur Abtrennung von Viren aus einer Proteinlösung durch Nanofiltration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T044616.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0756/16 (Anti-IL-23 antibodies/JANSSEN) of 28.2.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 G01N33/567 C07H21/04 C12P21/06 C07K16/24	Application no. 06800000.9
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Anti-IL-23 antibodies, compositions, methods and uses
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075616.20200228				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2114/16 (Paper Furnish/UPM-Kymmene Corporation) of 11.2.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H17/67 D21H11/18	Application no. 10719950.7
Keywords Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - main request Novelty - (yes) Novelty - main request Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - main request				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING FURNISH, FURNISH AND PAPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211416.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 0629/18 () of 28.4.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 28.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16H15/38	Application no. 13700991.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TOROIDAL TRANSMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062918.20200428				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1616/18 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61G5/06 A61G5/10	Application no. 13800671.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title DEVICES FOR ENABLING MOVEMENT OF A WHEELCHAIR ON STAIRS AND A WHEELCHAIR INCLUDING THE DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161618.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 3032/19 () of 30.4.2020
Online on 07.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G5/00	Application no. 15196868.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds Request for oral proceedings only for discussion on the merits, not admissibility				Application title Systems and Method for Wirelessly and Securely Updating a Terrain Awareness Warning System Database
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T303219.20200430				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 0986/14 (Textilinformationsträger / ASTRA) of 8.1.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F3/02 G06K19/00 G06K19/077 H04B5/00	Application no. 07012087.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift (fehlerhaft) Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Verfahrensökonomie				Application title Informationsträger für Textilien
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098614.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1676/14 (Befestigung einer Dachantenne / Hirschmann) of 28.1.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q1/32 H01Q1/12	Application no. 06742554.6
Keywords Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Bergriffe				Application title BEFESTIGUNG EINER DACHANTENNE EINES FAHRZEUGES MIT EINEM KLEMMTEIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T167614.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1749/14 (MOBILE PERSONAL POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL/MAXIM) of 3.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q20/00 G07F7/08	Application no. 09810380.7
Keywords Inventive step - personalized mobile POS terminal Inventive step - distinguishing features provide for a technical contribution Inventive step - no mere automation of constraints imposed by business related aspects Inventive step - structural and functional modifications of the closest prior art required Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title MOBILE PERSONAL POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174914.20200403				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0700/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42C11/04	Application no. 05405604.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - (nicht zugelassen) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 3, 3a (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 4 (nicht zulässig) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Einrichtung für das Anreiben einer Buchdecke an den beleimten Aussenflächen von Buchblocks mit separatem Antrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070015.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 638 KB)
T 0581/16 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F28F9/02 F16L39/00	Application no. 04029971.1
Keywords -				Application title Dispositif de raccordement entre un échangeur de chaleur et ses conduits d'admission et de sortie de liquide et son procédé de montage correspondant
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T058116.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1845/16 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B65/20 B61D19/00 E05B65/12 E05B65/22	Application no. 09727371.8
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hauptantrag (nein) Reformatio in peius - Ausnahme vom Verschlechterungsverbot - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title VERRIEGELUNG FÜR AUSSENSCHWINGTÜR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184516.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 0806/17 () of 29.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A62B33/00 A62B99/00	Application no. 06026770.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title Lawinenrettungsgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080617.20200429				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1089/17 (Ambiguous queries on online social networks/FACEBOOK) of 7.2.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06Q50/00	Application no. 13197982.5
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Structuring ambiguous structured search queries on online social networks
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108917.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 0433/18 () of 29.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C29/12 F04C2/344	Application no. 06745359.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title VACUUM PUMP FOR VEHICLE MOTORS AND A ONE-WAY VALVE FOR SAID VACUUM PUMP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043318.20200429				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2618/18 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 06.05.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B88/00 A47B88/04	Application no. 13005939.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Fehlende Klarheit durch Fremdbezug (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Einstellung eines mittels einer Führungseinheit bewegbaren Möbelteils
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261818.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 345 KB)
T 2045/16 () of 27.1.2020
Online on 05.05.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 27.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29B13/06 F26B21/12 F26B17/12 F26B9/06	Application no. 08169234.5
Keywords Admissibility of the requests on file (no)				Application title High-efficiency system for dehumidifying and/or drying plastic materials
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204516.20200127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1002/17 () of 23.4.2020
Online on 05.05.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 23.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G9/30 B01F7/00 A23G9/12 A23G9/22	Application no. 08167234.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)				Application title A machine for producing and dispensing liquid or semi-liquid consumer food products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100217.20200423				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0467/15 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 04.05.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B6/06	Application no. 08844102.7
Keywords Änderungen - Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag 2 Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 2 Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (nein) Kostenverteilung - unbillig hohe Anzahl von Hilfsanträgen Kostenverteilung - (nein) Anordnung der Kostenverteilung - aufgehoben				Application title Kochvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046715.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 1443/15 (Lenalidomide polymorph/CELGENE) of 5.3.2020
Online on 04.05.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/445 C07D401/04	Application no. 04783095.5
Keywords Main request - admitted (yes) - added subject-matter (no) - remitted (yes) Late-filed objections - admitted (no)				Application title POLYMORPHIC FORMS OF 3-(4-AMINO-1-OXO-1,3 DIHYDRO-ISOINDOL-2-YL)-PIPERIDINE-2,6-DIONE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144315.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 1004/17 () of 28.4.2020
Online on 04.05.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B24B53/075 B24B53/12	Application no. 09000293.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Mündliche Verhandlung - Rücknahme des Antrags auf mündliche Verhandlung				Application title Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Prototypen- und Kleinserienfertigung von Zahnrädern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100417.20200428				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 339 KB)

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T 1653/14 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12 H04N7/26 H04N7/30 G06T3/40 G06T9/00 H04N7/50	Application no. 12160433.4
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application Divisional application - main request and auxiliary request I (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request and auxliliary request I (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request II (no)				Application title Method for improving compressed image chroma information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165314.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1654/14 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/12 H04N7/26 H04N7/30 G06T3/40 G06T9/00 H04N7/50	Application no. 12161254.3
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes)				Application title Method and system for improving compressed image chroma information including extended quantization parameter range function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165414.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 0547/15 () of 22.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/06 A62B9/06	Application no. 06704770.4
Keywords clarity (yes) novelty (yes) inventive step (yes)				Application title RESPIRATORY MASKS WITH GUSSETED CUSHIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054715.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 2350/15 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/04 A61B17/062	Application no. 02761831.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step (no) Apportionment of costs - (yes)				Application title SUTURING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T235015.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0750/16 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16L5/10 E04G15/06	Application no. 11002284.5
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Durchführung zum Einbau in ein Wand- oder Bodenelement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075016.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 380 KB)
T 0819/16 (Cucumis/NUNHEMS) of 19.11.2019
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01H5/00	Application no. 03078990.3
Keywords Main request (patent as granted) - added subject-matter (yes) Auxiliary request - admitted in proceedings (no)				Application title Resistance to powdery mildew infection and absence of necrosis in cucumber, Cucumis sativus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T081916.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2526/16 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B61G5/02	Application no. 06290690.4
Keywords Nouveauté (oui) Activité inventive (oui)				Application title Rame de train articulée et voiture permettant de constituer une telle rame
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T252616.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 336 KB)
T 2617/16 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B63/20 E05B63/00	Application no. 11151046.7
Keywords Änderungen - Hauptantrag Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Verriegelungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T261716.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 411 KB)
T 2676/16 (Cyclic shift and sequence hopping/NOKIA) of 24.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 24.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04J11/00 H04L27/26	Application no. 08736378.4
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Remittal to the first instance for further prosecution - (yes)				Application title Coordinated cyclic shift and sequence hopping for Zadoff-Chu, modified Zadoff-Chu, and block-wise spreading sequences
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T267616.20200424				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 294 KB)
T 0151/17 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L23/20 B60C1/00 C08L53/00 C08L53/02 B60C5/14	Application no. 11004001.1
Keywords Inventive step - Main request and auxiliary requests 1-7 (no) Amendments - Auxiliary request 8 Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title Polymer sheet for inner liner and pneumatic tire using the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015117.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1112/17 () of 9.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C8/00	Application no. 10161786.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Dental superstructure, and a method of manufacture thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111217.20200409				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 0076/18 (Cement admixtures/Nippon Shokubai) of 3.4.2020
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C04B24/26 C04B24/32 C08L51/00 C08L71/02 C08F216/14 C08F290/06 C08G65/26	Application no. 00125128.9
Keywords Requests and evidence filed with statement of grounds - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Cement admixtures and its use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007618.20200403				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 0363/18 (Treatment of hematologic malignancies/BIOGEN) of 30.7.2019
Online on 30.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 A61P35/02	Application no. 09002504.0
Keywords All requests - claim 1 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Treatment of hematologic malignancies associated with circulating tumor cells using chimeric anti-CD20 antibody
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T036318.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 1930/14 (Antibody Purification/HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 28.11.2019
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K39/395 C07K16/00 G01N30/34 C07K1/18	Application no. 06753791.0
Keywords Novelty - main and auxiliary request 1 (no) Auxiliary requests 2 and 4 to 6 - Admission (no) Auxiliary request 3 - clarity (no) Auxiliary request 7 - allowable (yes)				Application title Method for the purification of Antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T193014.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 635 KB)
T 0898/15 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04B2/02 E04B2/14	Application no. 04716513.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM VERBINDEN VON BAUSTEINEN ZUR BILDUNG EINES BAUSTEINVERBUNDES SOWIE BAUSTEINVERBUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T089815.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 419 KB)
T 1615/15 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D15/10 B42D15/00	Application no. 07789183.6
Keywords Inventive step (no)				Application title Photonic crystal security device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161515.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0129/16 (Multicast method in optical networks/ZTE) of 22.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q11/00 H04L12/18	Application no. 09847264.0
Keywords Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings Added subject-matter - main and first auxiliary requests (yes): intermediate generalisation Inventive step - second auxiliary request (no)				Application title Multicast processing method and apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012916.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 2595/16 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F25B43/00	Application no. 10151858.7
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui) Document produit tardivement - modifications après fixation de la date de la procédure orale				Application title Dispositif de stockage présentant un moyen destiné à provoquer des turbulences.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259516.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 498 KB)
T 0229/17 (Stable Phenylephrine compositions) of 5.8.2019
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/137 A61P11/02	Application no. 07735602.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - implicit disclosure (no) Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - improvement not credible				Application title COMPOSITIONS AND KITS OF PHENYLEPHRINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T022917.20190805				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 494 KB)
T 1077/17 (Immunoglobulin purification/Hoffmann-La Roche) of 26.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/00 C07K16/24 C07K16/32	Application no. 08758815.8
Keywords Late-filed evidence - justification for late filing (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title IMMUNOGLOBULIN PURIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T107717.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 464 KB)
T 1625/17 () of 22.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G18/38 C08L63/00 C08L63/02 C08L75/00 C09D163/00 C09D163/02 C09D175/02 C09D175/04	Application no. 09749928.9
Keywords New evidence admitted on appeal - direct and appropriate response to the contested decision Handout of slides made available during presentation - availability to the public (yes) Inventive step (no) (main request, 5th and 10 th auxiliary requests) Unsubstantiated 1st to 4th, 6th to 9th and 11th to 14th auxiliary requests - not admitted into the proceedings				Application title NOVEL FAST CURING ULTRA HIGH SOLIDS LOW VOC COATING SYSTEM FOR AGGRESSIVE CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162517.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 508 KB)
T 0641/18 (Dihydroimidazolones for treating dogs / BOEHRINGER) of 24.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/5377 A61K31/515 A61P25/08 A61P25/22	Application no. 14191084.4
Keywords Main request - Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Use of dihydroimidazolones for the treatment of dogs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064118.20200224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 1831/18 (Polymeric compositions comprising therapeutic agents in crystalline … of 16.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K9/00 A61K47/48 A61K31/196 A61K31/337 A61K31/427 A61K31/454 A61K31/4745 A61K31/485 A61K31/565 A61K31/65 A61L27/54 A61L31/16 A61L33/00 A61K9/50	Application no. 06256581.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal by opponent Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1, 2, 4-6 (no) Amendments - added subject-matter, auxiliary requests 3, 7 (yes) Amendments - broadening of claim, auxiliary requests 4-7 (yes)				Application title Polymeric compositions comprising therapeutic agents in crystalline phases, and methods of forming the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T183118.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 1060/19 (Incorrect appeal fee/DASSAULT) of 11.2.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06G7/50 G06F17/50	Application no. 12855099.3
Keywords Payment of the appropriate fee for appeal in time (no) Re-establishment of rights (no) Payment of the appropriate fee for appeal in time (no) Re-establishment of rights (no)				Application title COMPUTER SIMULATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106019.20200211				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 598 KB)
T 3041/19 (ERK inhibitors/MERCK) of 16.4.2020
Online on 29.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/415 C07D401/14 C07D405/14 C07D413/14 C07D409/14 C07D417/14 C07D471/04 A61K31/444 A61K31/454 A61K31/4545 A61K31/5377 A61K45/06	Application no. 11836905.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title NOVEL COMPOUNDS THAT ARE ERK INHIBITORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T304119.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 230 KB)
T 1376/15 () of 21.4.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N3/15	Application no. 09735547.3
Keywords Clarity - main request and auxiliary request (no) Extension beyond the content of the application as filed - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title IR DETECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137615.20200421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1602/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F9/06 B41F9/02 B41F11/02 B41F15/42	Application no. 07020523.2
Keywords Compliance with the requirements of the EPC (not contested)				Application title Liquid supply apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T160215.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0072/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B29C53/56 F16L59/02 F16L59/14	Application no. 09749542.8
Keywords Public availability of prior use proven (no) Public prior use - (at least) implicit obligation to maintain secrecy (yes)				Application title Pipe section and method for its production
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T007216.20200220				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 553 KB)
T 0102/16 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B22D11/10 B22D11/117 B22D21/00	Application no. 10707100.3
Keywords Modifications - admises (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Nouveauté - requête subsidiaire (oui) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire (oui)				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE COULÉE POUR ALLIAGES D'ALUMINIUM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010216.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 749 KB)
T 0852/16 () of 10.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23G1/12 C23G1/22 C23G5/02 B41N1/08 B41N3/03	Application no. 06725588.5
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (yes) Grounds for opposition - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title CONDITIONING OF A LITHO STRIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085216.20200210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1480/16 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B61B9/00 B61B12/12 B61B13/12	Application no. 11450110.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 (nein) Zulassung des in der mündlichen Verhandlung eingereichten Hilfsantrags 5 - (ja) Änderung des Vorbringens durch Streichung der Verfahrensansprüche - (nein) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 5 Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 5 (ja)				Application title Anlage zur Beförderung von Personen und Verfahren zum Betrieb dieser Anlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148016.20200205				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1530/16 () of 7.4.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23G5/04 B23G5/10	Application no. 98105579.1
Keywords -				Application title Schneidkopf
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153016.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1550/17 () of 22.4.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 22.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N27/407	Application no. 08250632.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Gas sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155017.20200422				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1621/17 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 28.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01F25/20	Application no. 04100532.3
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method and apparatus for removing a quantity of fodder from a stock thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162117.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
R 0011/18 () of 26.11.2019
Online on 24.04.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L33/00	Application no. 02013075.3
Keywords Petition for review inadmissible Violation of right to be heard (no) Objection under Rule 106 raised (no)				Application title A III nitride film and III nitride multilayer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:R001118.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 273 KB)
T 2302/14 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/24 H03M7/40 H04N7/34 H03M13/07 H03M13/35	Application no. 09152752.3
Keywords Novelty - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed second and third auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Image encoding method and apparatus thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230214.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 0275/15 () of 20.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B1/00 A61B5/00 A61B5/15	Application no. 01950550.2
Keywords -				Application title ANALYTE MONITOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027515.20200420				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0513/15 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D133/06	Application no. 07774203.9
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title FOOD CANS COATED WITH A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ACRYLIC POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T051315.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 0955/15 () of 21.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M16/10 A61M16/20	Application no. 05775780.9
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)				Application title OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095515.20200421				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 1007/15 () of 21.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 21.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06T7/00 G01N21/956	Application no. 05742834.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BEURTEILUNG EINER QUALITÄT EINER VON EINER DRUCKMASCHINE PRODUZIERTEN DRUCKSACHE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100715.20200421				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 1083/15 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N7/32 H04N7/26 H04N7/36 H04N7/46 H04N7/50	Application no. 09171879.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Filtering strength determination method, moving picture coding and decoding method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T108315.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1663/15 (Yeast display systems/NOVARTIS) of 28.10.2019
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 28.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N15/10 C12N15/81 C40B40/08	Application no. 09774904.8
Keywords "Main Request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)"				Application title YEAST DISPLAY SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T166315.20191028				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 474 KB)
T 1959/15 (Inhibitors of epoxide hydrolase for cardiomyopathy/THE REGENTS OF THE … of 2.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/185 A61K31/336 C12N15/113 A61K45/06	Application no. 06772386.6
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title USE OF CIS-EPOXYEICOSATRIENOIC ACIDS AND INHIBITORS OF SOLUBLE EPOXIDE HYDROLASE TO REDUCE CARDIOMYOPATHY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T195915.20200402				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0149/16 (Adhesives for bonding composites/IPS) of 10.3.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J4/06	Application no. 02797024.3
Keywords Sole request by respondent consisting only of claim 1 held allowable by the opposition division - no objections by appellant (allowable: yes)				Application title ADHESIVES FOR BONDING COMPOSITES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014916.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 232 KB)
T 0982/16 (Sensor array/OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES) of 24.1.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N33/487	Application no. 10716404.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of party				Application title LIPID BILAYER SENSOR ARRAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098216.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1020/16 (Smokeless Tobacco/REYNOLDS) of 28.1.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B15/28 A24B13/00 A24B3/04	Application no. 10152287.8
Keywords Main request: Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests 1, 2 to 4 - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1a - admitted (no)				Application title Smokeless Tobacco Compositions And Methods For Treating Tobacco For Use Therein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102016.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 479 KB)
T 2112/16 () of 17.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N3/00 F01N3/24 F01N13/00 F02D35/00	Application no. 08827129.1
Keywords Oral proceedings - withdrawal of request for oral proceedings Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 1 Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed requests Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 2, 3 and 5 to 14 Late-filed request - procedural economy Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 1A and 4 Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed request - auxiliary requests 1A and 4 Late-filed request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211216.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 2121/16 () of 20.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H03K17/082	Application no. 10192542.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schaltungsanordnung für Leistungshalbleiterbauelemente
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212116.20200420				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0658/17 (Method for manufacturing an electrical steel sheet/JFE) of 6.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C38/00 B23K15/00 B23K26/00 C21D8/12 C22C38/04 C22C38/60 H01F1/16	Application no. 11814305.6
Keywords Claims - clarity after amendment (yes) Amendments - allowable (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)				Application title GRAIN-ORIENTED MAGNETIC STEEL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065817.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1061/17 (SYSTEM TIMEOUT RESET BASED ON AUDIO VIDEO MEDIA DETECTION / Google) of 19.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/14 G06F1/32 G09G5/00	Application no. 11811495.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious alternative				Application title SYSTEM TIMEOUT RESET BASED ON MEDIA DETECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106117.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 1395/17 (Compositions contenant un dérivé de triazine / L'OREAL) of 14.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.4.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q17/04 A61K8/37 A61K8/49	Application no. 05291121.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Compositions contenant un dérivé de triazine et un dérivé arylalkyl benzoate; utilisation en cosmétique
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139517.20200414				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 620 KB)
T 1490/17 (Al alloy for lithographic sheet/NOVELIS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C21/00 C22C21/10 B41N1/08	Application no. 02758588.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title AI ALLOY FOR LITHOGRAPHIC SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149017.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1969/17 (High-strength steel sheet/JFE) of 14.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D8/00 C21D6/00 C21D8/02 C21D9/46 C22C38/00 C22C38/02 C22C38/06 C21D1/22 C22C38/04	Application no. 11752998.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (yes) Novelty - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196917.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 2146/17 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L15/32 A61L15/38 A61L26/00 A61L24/10	Application no. 11192607.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request and first to fourth auxiliary requests Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - fifth auxiliary request				Application title Gelatin-transglutaminase hemostatic dressings and sealants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214617.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0310/18 () of 10.2.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B37/04	Application no. 11723741.2
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)				Application title FASTENING UNIT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031018.20200210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 1739/18 (Services in virtual network/WMware) of 17.4.2020
Online on 24.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L12/28 H04L9/00 G06F9/455 G06F9/50	Application no. 13832887.7
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A FRAMEWORK FOR NETWORKING AND SECURITY SERVICES IN VIRTUAL NETWORKS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173918.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0864/15 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/76 G11B27/10 H04N7/24 H04N9/82	Application no. 10717339.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER RECORDING AND RENDERING PROGRAMS FORMED FROM SPLICED SEGMENTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086415.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 367 KB)
T 0605/17 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16F15/12 F16F15/131	Application no. 09154686.1
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen				Application title Torsionsschwingungsdämpfer, insbesondere für den Antriebsstrang eines Fahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060517.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 452 KB)
T 0919/17 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F2/95	Application no. 03012920.9
Keywords -				Application title Controlled deployment delivery system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091917.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 0467/18 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 23.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C9/00 A61K6/00 A61K6/10	Application no. 03006052.9
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur chirurgischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - Kategoriewechsel Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung des Schutzbereichs (nein)				Application title Dentalset für die Sulkus-Retraktion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T046718.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1680/16 (Multimedia session call/HUAWEI) of 16.4.2020
Online on 22.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/06	Application no. 08846806.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title A multimedia session call control method and the application server thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168016.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 244 KB)
T 0256/17 () of 17.4.2020
Online on 22.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 17.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C03B17/06 G02F1/1333	Application no. 08739654.5
Keywords Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings Late-filed line of attack - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS PLATE AND GLASS PLATE PRODUCING EQUIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025617.20200417				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0677/17 (Augmented reality, detecting position of apparatus / Sony) of 13.2.2020
Online on 22.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/01 A63F13/12 G06T19/00	Application no. 10818085.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - enabling disclosure (no)				Application title INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T067717.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 1396/15 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B5/12 H04R25/00	Application no. 11154032.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Hörtestverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T139615.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0914/16 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G03H1/04	Application no. 03705133.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request Novelty - yes Inventive step - main request Inventive step - yes				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOLOGRAM BY PICOSECOND LASER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T091416.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1065/17 (Combining structured XPS documents comprising print settings / Canon) of 6.3.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F3/12	Application no. 09851660.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Inventive step - obvious modification				Application title DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T106517.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1323/17 () of 16.4.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L9/00 C08K3/04 C08K3/34 C08K3/36 B60C1/00 C08L7/02 C08K3/22 C08K3/00	Application no. 10767129.9
Keywords Novelty - implicit disclosure Novelty - no Inventive step - (no) Auxiliary requests - not substantiated - not admitted				Application title RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132317.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 2342/17 () of 16.4.2020
Online on 21.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D7/02	Application no. 10706992.4
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (nein)				Application title WINDENERGIEANLAGE UND ENERGIEÜBERTRAGUNGSEINRICHTUNG FÜR EINE WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T234217.20200416				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 406 KB)
T 2310/15 (Controlled energy distribution / GOJI Ltd.) of 8.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B6/68 A61M1/36	Application no. 09793619.9
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231015.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0450/16 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L29/423 H01L29/778 H01L29/40 H01L29/417	Application no. 06821723.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SINGLE VOLTAGE SUPPLY PSEUDOMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (PHEMT) POWER DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045016.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 0953/16 (Secure provisioning of a wireless device/BLACKBERRY) of 14.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W12/08 H04W12/02 H04Q3/00 H04L29/06	Application no. 10165524.9
Keywords Inventive step - main and first auxiliary request (no): juxtaposition of well-known features Admission of auxiliary requests filed after notification of summons - (no): no exceptional circumstances				Application title Method and system for secure provisioning of a wireless device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095316.20200414				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1828/16 () of 15.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 15.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B61/02 B41M1/04 B41M1/30 C11D17/04	Application no. 10720971.0
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A METHOD FOR PRINTING WATER-SOLUBLE FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182816.20200415				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 0304/17 (Antibody that binds IL-17A/F and inhibits induction of IL-8 and IL-6/ … of 10.1.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K14/54 C12N15/24 C07K16/24 A61K38/20 A61K39/395 G01N33/53	Application no. 04754234.5
Keywords Intervention of the assumed infringer - admissible (yes) Main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3: amendments - allowable (no)				Application title IL-17 A/F heterologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030417.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 562 KB)
T 0480/17 (Wärmebehandlungsverfahren/General Electric) of 3.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F1/10 C22C19/05	Application no. 07114884.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur Wärmebehandlung von Nickel-Basis-Superlegierungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048017.20200403				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0625/17 () of 8.4.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M105/14 C10M105/40 C10M125/16 C10M129/08 C10M129/74 C10M177/00 C10N30/06 C10N40/12 C10N40/25 C10N50/00 C10N70/00 C10N80/00	Application no. 07742613.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LOW-FRICTION LUBRICATION ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T062517.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1173/17 (Diesel particulate filter/BASF) of 4.2.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D53/94 F01N3/08 F01N3/10 F01N3/022 F01N3/035	Application no. 06844299.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments - auxiliary requests 2, 5, 8, 11-14 Amendments - allowable (no) Clarity - auxiliary requests 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTERS HAVING ULTRA-THIN CATALYZED OXIDATION COATINGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117317.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 462 KB)
T 1746/17 (Content protection/QUALCOMM) of 4.3.2020
Online on 20.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06K9/00 H04L9/00	Application no. 04781683.0
Keywords Basis of decision - interpretation of the appellant's requests Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request 2 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 (no)				Application title Methods and apparatus for content protection in a wireless network
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174617.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 0731/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B25G3/38 A47L13/258	Application no. 09013656.5
Keywords Verspätet eingereichte Entgegenhaltung - Zugelassen (nein) Verspätet eingereichter Hilfsantrag 6 - Zugelassen (ja) Hilfsantrag 6 - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Gelenkanordnung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T073116.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2173/16 (UTILISATION DE COLORANTS NATURELS / L'OREAL) of 8.1.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K8/34 A61K8/35 A61K8/49 A61Q5/06	Application no. 07858616.1
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title UTILISATION DE COLORANTS NATURELS POUR LA COLORATION DES CHEVEUX HUMAINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217316.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2541/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C17/25 C07C21/18 C07B61/00 C07B39/00	Application no. 08852480.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING OLEFIN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T254116.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1432/17 (Fc variants/ XENCOR) of 13.12.2019
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/00 A61K39/00 C07K16/32 C07K16/28	Application no. 11188573.7
Keywords All requests - admitted into the proceedings (no)				Application title Optimized Fc variants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T143217.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0292/18 (OPTIMUM PARTICLE SIZED HYBRID COMPOSITE/Kerr Corporation) of 7.4.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K6/083	Application no. 99925867.6
Keywords All requests - Sufficiency of disclosure (No)				Application title OPTIMUM PARTICLE SIZED HYBRID COMPOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029218.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2214/18 (Treatment of inflammation / KOMINOX) of 8.4.2020
Online on 17.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K33/36 A61P35/00 A61P29/00	Application no. 14166070.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Sodium meta arsenite for use in the treatment of pain and/or inflammation associated with cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T221418.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 276 KB)
T 2319/14 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C201/08 C07C205/06	Application no. 09011636.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Vergleichsversuche Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Bonuseffekt (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur kontinuierlichen Herstellung von Nitrobenzol
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T231914.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 396 KB)
T 0557/15 () of 24.1.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC H05B3/86 H05B3/84	Application no. 07766117.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 1 et 2 (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 4 (oui) Requête produite tardivement - requête subsidiaire 3 aurait pu être produite en première instance (oui) Document produit tardivement - justification du retard (non)				Application title Dispositif pour déposer un mince fil métallique sur une surface
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055715.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1540/15 () of 8.4.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L25/065 H01L23/538	Application no. 02745704.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Clarity (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title SINGLE PACKAGE CONTAINING MULTIPLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154015.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0285/16 (Process of co-producing HFC-1225YE and HFC-1234YF / Honeywell) of 5.3.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C17/23 C07C17/354 C07C17/38 C07C17/25 C07C21/18	Application no. 09155177.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Process of co-producing HFC-1225YE and HFC-1234YF via 4-step reactions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028516.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 1264/16 (Notch filter/STMICROELECTRONICS) of 22.1.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M7/00	Application no. 07301367.4
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for notch filtering a digital signal, and corresponding electronic device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T126416.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2668/16 () of 8.4.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B3/56	Application no. 08861800.4
Keywords -				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR BEFESTIGUNG EINER PLATTE ODER GLASSCHEIBE IN EINEM RAHMENELEMENT SOWIE DICHTUNGSELEMENT ZUR VERWENDUNG IN EINEM SOLCHEN VERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266816.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 245 KB)
T 2439/17 () of 9.4.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 9.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L27/00 A61L31/14 A61B17/68 A61B17/04 A61F2/44	Application no. 09777806.2
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs (ja) Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Existenz des Einsprechenden als juristische Person Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Neuformulierung der technischen Aufgabe Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title IMPLANTAT AUS MAGNESIUM UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T243917.20200409				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 332 KB)
T 2743/17 (Protofibril specific antibodies/BIOARCTIC NEUROSCIENCE) of 9.1.2020
Online on 16.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K16/18 A61K39/395 A61P25/28 C07K14/47	Application no. 05753672.4
Keywords Main request - grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no)				Application title Antibodies specific for soluble amyloid beta peptide protofibrils and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T274317.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 1656/14 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N13/00	Application no. 09153591.4
Keywords Main request, first to third auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Fourth auxiliary request - inventive step (no) Fifth auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Methods and systems for converting 2D motion pictures for stereoscopic 3D exhibition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165614.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 390 KB)
T 2495/16 (Commande de store par souris/SOMFY) of 8.4.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 8.4.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06F3/048 G06F3/033 E06B9/30	Application no. 11804573.1
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Modifications - admises (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE D'UN ÉCRAN MOBILE A LAMES ORIENTABLES MOTORISÉ
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249516.20200408				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 305 KB)
T 0247/17 () of 11.2.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L31/00	Application no. 03815251.8
Keywords Admittance of documents (yes) Novelty - Main Request (no) Amendments - First and second auxiliary requests Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as originally filed (yes)				Application title POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024717.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1021/18 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 15.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01S3/109 H01S3/108 H01S3/13 H01S3/136 H01S3/081 H01S3/107 H01S3/0941 H01S3/16 H01S3/08 H01S3/06	Application no. 13177766.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Control of relaxation oscillations in intracavity optical parametric oscillators
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T102118.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0720/15 () of 13.3.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 13.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B17/00 A61B17/12	Application no. 08250524.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - main request (yes), auxiliary request 1 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1 - admitted (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (yes)				Application title Percutaneous catheter directed intravascular occlusion devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T072015.20200313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 503 KB)
T 2169/15 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F7/10	Application no. 12157590.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Personal identification number distribution device and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T216915.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0019/16 (DHA supplementation/NESTLE) of 9.12.2019
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K31/202 A61P3/04	Application no. 07729358.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes)				Application title MATERNAL SUPPLEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T001916.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 452 KB)
T 2085/16 () of 7.4.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 7.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D25/06 F04D25/08 F04D29/68 F04F5/16 F04F5/46	Application no. 08788450.8
Keywords Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor				Application title A FAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208516.20200407				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 237 KB)
T 2497/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01D5/08 F01D5/30 F01D11/00 F01D25/12	Application no. 08425486.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Sealing element for a gas turbine, a gas turbine including said sealing element and method for cooling said sealing element
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249716.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 450 KB)
T 0318/17 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 14.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L9/14	Application no. 09160485.0
Keywords -				Application title Filterbeutel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031817.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2035/13 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N25/04 A01N31/14	Application no. 04714772.3
Keywords -				Application title PESTICIDES FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T203513.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 0968/14 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N5/232	Application no. 02025035.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Programmable and reconfigurable camera control unit for video systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096814.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 1159/15 () of 6.4.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 6.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q10/00	Application no. 10007106.7
Keywords Mixture of technical and non-technical features Features - technical (yes) - notorious (no) Prior art search should have been carried out Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case (yes)				Application title Model determination system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T115915.20200406				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1715/15 (Arrays on surfaces/ILLUMINA) of 27.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 27.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P19/34 C12Q1/68	Application no. 09774581.4
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes) Request for reimbursement of appeal fee (refused)				Application title USING POPULATIONS OF BEADS FOR THE FABRICATION OF ARRAYS ON SURFACES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171515.20200227				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 1222/16 () of 6.4.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B15/12	Application no. 08784920.4
Keywords Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Aufhebung der mündlichen Verhandlung Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Ermessen der Einspruchsabteilung Neuheit - (nein) Hilfanträge - nicht zugelassen (unbegründet)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ABSCHEIDEN VON OVERSPRAY EINES FLÜSSIGEN BESCHICHTUNGSMATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T122216.20200406				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 2129/16 (Sterol separation from tall oil pitch/RAISIO NUTRITION) of 29.1.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11B13/00 C11B3/12 C07J9/00 C07B63/00	Application no. 09716095.6
Keywords Admissibility of the appeal: yes Admissibility of auxiliary request 5b: yes Added subject-matter (auxiliary request 5b) : no Inventive step (auxiliary request 5b): yes				Application title Process for separating sterols and acids from tall oil pitch
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T212916.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 2591/16 (FIBER MADE FROM PP IMPACT COPOLYMER/EXXON) of 24.1.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D01F6/30 C08L23/12	Application no. 01903387.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown				Application title FIBERS AND FABRICS PREPARED WITH PROPYLENE IMPACT COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T259116.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1818/17 (Plaque de plâtre/SINIAT) of 5.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B32B13/14 E04C2/04 E04B1/94	Application no. 01954089.7
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Requête produite tardivement - peu avant la procédure orale Requête produite tardivement - recevable (oui) Objection d'activité inventive produite pour la première fois en procédure orale - non recevable				Application title PLAQUE DE PLÂTRE ET SA PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T181817.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0552/18 (Alpha-alumina powder/SUMITOMO) of 11.2.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C01F7/44 C30B29/20 C01F7/02	Application no. 07807447.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Obligation to raise objections - objection dismissed Minutes of oral proceedings - request to record statement in the minutes				Application title ALPHA-ALUMINA POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055218.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 492 KB)
T 0827/18 (Remote sensor monitoring/SIPCO) of 10.3.2020
Online on 09.04.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B25/00 H04L29/08 H04L12/26 H04Q9/00	Application no. 01959658.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Referral of questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no): conditions for referral not fulfilled				Application title Wireless communication networks for providing remote monitoring of devices
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082718.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1551/15 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 163/00	Application no. 08832886.9
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title TITANIUM COMPOUNDS AND COMPLEXES AS ADDITIVES IN LUBRICANTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T155115.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0041/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 213/81 A61K 31/44 A61P 35/00	Application no. 05797740.7
Keywords Inventive step				Application title THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE FORM OF BAY 43-9006 TOSYLATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004117.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 445 KB)
T 0144/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R5/04 B62D25/08	Application no. 11425131.7
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Trunk of a motor vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014417.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0177/17 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D7/04	Application no. 09776199.3
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONTROL OF WIND PARK NOISE EMISSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017717.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 1900/17 (Fabric Conditioners/Unilever) of 17.1.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D1/835 C11D3/00	Application no. 11773710.6
Keywords Late-filed evidence - (partly) admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FABRIC CONDITIONERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190017.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 402 KB)
T 1928/17 (Superabsorbierende Zusammensetzung mit Tanninen/EVONIK) of 6.3.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08J 7/14 C08F 220/06 A61L 15/00	Application no. 08802558.0
Keywords Verstoß gegen den Grundsatz des rechtlichen Gehörs Unzureichende Begründung				Application title SUPERABSORBIERENDE ZUSAMMENSETZUNG MIT TANNINEN ZUR GERUCHSKONTROLLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T192817.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 313 KB)
T 0753/18 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 08.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61Q5/04 A61K8/46 A45D7/02	Application no. 05300250.7
Keywords Admission des essais comparatifs (oui) Activité inventive - Requête principale (non) Activité inventive - Requête subsidiare 1 (non) Requête subsidiaire 2 - Admissible (oui) Activité inventive - Requête subsidiaire 2 (oui)-				Application title Procédé de traitement capillaire et utilisation dudit procédé
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T075318.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 363 KB)
D 0014/19 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001419.20200205				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1585/15 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80	Application no. 04255358.6
Keywords Amendments				Application title Synergistic microbicidal combinations
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T158515.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1685/15 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 43/80	Application no. 04257945.8
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Synergistic microbicidal combination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168515.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 0154/16 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B04B 9/12 B04B 9/14	Application no. 10726451.7
Keywords Spät vorgebrachte Argumentationslinie - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title ZENTRIFUGE MIT EINEM SCHMIERMITTELSYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015416.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0502/16 () of 2.4.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.4.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65B 11/32 B65B 19/22 B65B 51/10	Application no. 10732423.8
Keywords Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings Main request - Novelty (yes) Main request - Inventive step (yes)				Application title WRAPPING METHOD AND UNIT FOR FOLDING A SHEET OF WRAPPING MATERIAL ABOUT A GROUP OF CIGARETTES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T050216.20200402				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0555/16 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B24B 5/42 B24B 21/02 B24B 35/00 B24B 41/00 B24B 41/04	Application no. 12152051.4
Keywords Hilfsantrag 2 - Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge 2A, 2B, 2C Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Anträge eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Hilfsanträge 2A, 2B, 2C - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zur Feinbearbeitung einer bezogen auf eine Werkstückachse eines Werkstücks exzentrisch angeordneten Werkstückumfangsfläche
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T055516.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1203/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 79/00	Application no. 09752342.7
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN EASY OPEN CAN END
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120316.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 1375/16 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/514 A61F 13/539	Application no. 10724174.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary requests 5 to 7 (yes)				Application title ATTACHMENT AREAS FOR WEARABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137516.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2555/16 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B61C 3/00 B61C 17/04 B61D 1/06	Application no. 08786529.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge				Application title SCHIENENFAHRZEUG MIT EINER ANTRIEBSEINRICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T255516.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287 KB)
T 2682/16 (Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittel mit optischem Aufheller und Farbü … of 12.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 3/42	Application no. 08786371.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit der mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichten Vergleichsversuche : (ja) Zulässigkeit eines mit der Beschwerdeerwiderung eingereichten Dokuments : (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Hauptantrag) : (nein) Zulässigkeit der Hilfsanträge 1 bis 9 : (nein)				Application title Farbschützendes Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittel mit optischem Aufheller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T268216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2735/16 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16D 65/46 F16D 65/18 F16D 55/224 F16D 66/02 B60T 11/04 B62K 23/02 B62L 1/00 B62L 3/00 F16C 1/10	Application no. 01924728.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (yes) Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal Grounds for opposition - discretion of opposition division Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition, Article 100(b) EPC(yes) Inventive step - Main request (No) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Amendments - res iudicata Claims - clarity (yes) Claims - support in the description (no) Claims - remittal				Application title BALL BEARING MECHANICAL DISC BRAKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T273516.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0643/17 () of 2.4.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 2.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 77/04 B65D 77/06	Application no. 12195586.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren nach Aufhebung des Termins zur mündlichen Verhandlung - (ja)				Application title Transport- und Lagerbehälter für Flüssigkeiten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064317.20200402				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0886/17 (Displaying review information in priority order/Rakuten) of 6.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06Q30/02	Application no. 12802228.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed request - all requests Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title Information processing device, information processing method, information processing program, and storage medium having information processing program stored thereon
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T088617.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1270/17 () of 1.4.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 1.4.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B05B 15/12	Application no. 06806005.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM ABTRENNEN VON NASSLACK-OVERSPRAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T127017.20200401				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 321 KB)
T 1984/17 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 16/03 B62D 25/20	Application no. 12306023.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title Anordnung zur Stromversorgung von in einem Kraftfahrzeug angeordneten elektrischen Verbrauchern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198417.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0193/20 () of 13.3.2020
Online on 07.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 13.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 67/00 B01D 69/12 H01M 8/10	Application no. 13181664.7
Keywords Withdrawal of appeal Reimbursement of appeal fee in full Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - partial reimbursement (yes)				Application title A method for preparing a composite membrane
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019320.20200313				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 279 KB)
T 0375/15 (Peptide sequences/PEPTCELL) of 16.7.2019
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 16.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/11 A61K 39/145	Application no. 07712678.7
Keywords Main request, auxiliary requests I to V, VIB, VII-IX, XIV: extension of subject-matter (yes) auxiliary request XV: extension of scope (yes) auxiliary requests X to XIII, XVIA, XVIB: admitted (no)				Application title Peptide sequences and compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T037515.20190716				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 640 KB)
T 1161/15 () of 31.1.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 47/00	Application no. 05731057.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag BE1 (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag BE3 (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag BE2 Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag BE3 (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title Meldegerät für eine Sicherheitsschaltung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116115.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 0300/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23F 5/40 A23C 11/00	Application no. 07821936.7
Keywords Admission of late-filed documents (no) Main and auxiliary requests : inventive step (no)				Application title SOLUBLE FOAMING BEVERAGE POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030016.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1666/16 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 14/22 B29B 9/12 B29C 45/00 B29K 27/12	Application no. 05795766.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Novelty (yes) Parametric condition not shown to be fulfilled by prior art - no reversal of the burden of proof Prior use - ability of the skilled person to analyse and reproduce the product whose sale is invoked not demonstrated New prior art and accompanying evidence in order to demonstrate lack of novelty submitted with statement of grounds for appeal- not addmited in the absence of appropriate justification Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - objection based on unrealistic closest prior art (ex post facto analysis)				Application title POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN POWDER FOR MELT MOLDING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MOLDING FROM THE RESIN POWDER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T166616.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 2398/16 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A44B 18/00 A61F 13/62	Application no. 02706055.7
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed request - change of subject-matter				Application title DIRECT HOOK ENGAGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T239816.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 1209/17 (Magnesium alloy/Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials) of 20.2.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 23/02 B22D 21/04	Application no. 11842453.0
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)				Application title MAGNESIUM ALLOY HAVING EXCELLENT IGNITION RESISTANCE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T120917.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 2493/17 () of 31.3.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 31.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02G 5/02 F01K 23/06 F01N 3/04 F01N 5/02 F28D 7/16	Application no. 11733642.0
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title SYSTEM ZUR NUTZUNG VON ABWÄRME EINES VERBRENNUNGSMOTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T249317.20200331				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 367 KB)
T 2603/18 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 06.04.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01L 1/047	Application no. 13154654.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Antrag auf Nichtzulassung einer Entgegenhaltung				Application title Verstellbare Nockenwelle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T260318.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 405 KB)
T 0485/14 (Hall sensor/MELEXIS) of 11.10.2019
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01R 33/06 G01R 33/07 G01R 33/00	Application no. 08021165.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes)				Application title Hall sensor array
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T048514.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 509 KB)
T 2340/15 (Soluble oat flour/QUAKER OATS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/00 A23L 1/10 A23L 1/164 A23L 2/52 A23P 1/12 A23L 1/105	Application no. 09740225.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Auxiliary request - allowable (yes)				Application title SOLUBLE OAT OR BARLEY FLOUR AND METHOD OF MAKING UTILIZING ENZYMES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T234015.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 371 KB)
T 0956/16 (Process for foil ripening of cheese/DSM IP) of 3.3.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23C 19/16	Application no. 08837198.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity in opposition proceedings Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR FOIL RIPENING OF CHEESE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T095616.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1012/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 61/06 B01D 61/10	Application no. 09764573.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title OPTIMIZED WORK EXCHANGER SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101216.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 1327/16 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 263/20 C07C 265/14	Application no. 06781144.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method for concentrating and treating polyisocyanate residues
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T132716.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 2342/16 (Stable protein formulations/BMS) of 11.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 38/00 A61K 47/26 C07K 14/705	Application no. 06846683.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title STABLE PROTEIN FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T234216.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0412/17 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01S 3/109 H01S 3/108 H01S 3/082 H01S 3/081 H01S 3/107 G02F 1/39	Application no. 09784820.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title CONTROL OF RELAXATION OSCILLATIONS IN INTRACAVITY OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041217.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2511/17 () of 31.3.2020
Online on 03.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F21S 8/02 B60Q 3/02 F21V 21/04 F21V 21/30	Application no. 13783541.9
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Fresh grounds for opposition in appeal proceedings - not admitted				Application title RECESSED LIGHTING FIXTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T251117.20200331				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
D 0002/19 () of 30.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 30.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000219.20200330				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0707/15 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02B 1/20 H02B 11/04 H01H 33/66	Application no. 02726482.9
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Late-filed evidence - colour copy of D4 Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed fact - D5 not admitted in first instance proceedings - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Vacuum Switch Unit and Switch Gear
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070715.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1173/15 (LDPC encoding/SATURN LICENSING) of 12.2.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/19	Application no. 06745483.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first to third auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Encoding apparatus and encoding method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1266/15 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08B 1/08 B60Q 1/00	Application no. 04795574.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Monitoring system for a mobile storage tank
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T126615.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 2057/15 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 39/64	Application no. 09778446.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren nicht zugelassen Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Schleifringeinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T205715.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 0029/17 () of 27.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B64F 1/30	Application no. 13004629.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Fluggastbrücke oder -treppe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002917.20200327				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 0811/17 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/702 A61P 1/06 A61P 1/14	Application no. 10751504.1
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - (yes)				Application title PREBIOTIC OLIGOSACCHARIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T081117.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2428/17 (DESIGN OF RE-TARGETED TOXIN CONJUGATES/Ipsen Bioinnovation Limited) of 19.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 19.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/48	Application no. 04768450.1
Keywords All requests - Novelty (No) Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Exceptions to patentability - Auxiliary requests 1 and 3				Application title DESIGN OF RE-TARGETED TOXIN CONJUGATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T242817.20200319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0205/18 (Highly-stable fertilizer/SADEPAN) of 5.3.2020
Online on 02.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C05G 3/00 C05C 9/02	Application no. 01124513.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)				Application title Method for making a highly-stable liquid nitrogenous fertilizer for controllably releasing nitrogen and the fertilizer made thereby
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020518.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 292 KB)
T 1359/13 (Parallel processing at an Internet site/SRC LABS) of 19.9.2019
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 19.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 15/173	Application no. 02731698.3
Keywords Admissibility of requests filed with grounds of appeal (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB SERVER WITH A RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR OPERATING UNDER SINGLE OPERATION SYSTEM IMAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T135913.20190919				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1435/13 (Interrupt controller/MICROCHIP) of 16.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 13/24	Application no. 07872357.4
Keywords Inventive step - adding a conventional group interrupt controller to one using coalescing (no Inventive step - routine design) Inventive step - adding additional group interrupt controllers using coalescing with different time windows (yes Inventive step - not obvious over D1)				Application title INTERRUPT CONTROLLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143513.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 2318/13 (Method for obtaining cash at cardless teller machines, using a … of 26.9.2019
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G07F 19/00	Application no. 04742050.0
Keywords Inventive step - providing central module to process requests between different banking entities (no Inventive step - part of business requirements)				Application title METHOD FOR OBTAINING CASH AT CARDLESS TELLER MACHINES, USING A PAYMENT ORDER VIA SMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T231813.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 1041/14 (Providing a license for accessing protected content on a user device/ … of 5.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 21/00	Application no. 09004727.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Method, system, license server for providing a license to a user for accessing a protected content on a user device and software module
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104114.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1426/14 (Re-establishment of rights/CODIGITAL) of 21.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 10732735.5
Keywords Re-establishment of rights - time limit for paying the renewal fee Re-establishment of rights - all due care (no) Competence of the Board of Appeal to decide				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COLLABORATIVE CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T142614.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0337/16 () of 26.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 26.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07B 15/00 B60R 25/00	Application no. 09450094.9
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Fortsetzung des Beschwerdeverfahrens (nein)				Application title Verfahren zur nutzungsspezifischen Initialisierung von Fahrzeuggeräten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033716.20200326				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 235 KB)
T 2242/16 (Alkalilegierung/Nano-X) of 21.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22C 1/00 C22C 24/00 B01J 23/02 B01J 23/04 B01J 35/00 B01J 37/02 B01J 21/06	Application no. 10714562.5
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ALKALI- UND ERDALKALILEGIERUNGEN UND VERWENDUNG DER ALKALI- UND ERDALKALILEGIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224216.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 375 KB)
T 2483/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/20 H01L 21/02 C30B 25/02 C30B 29/52 H01L 21/8238	Application no. 10183272.3
Keywords Claims - support in the description (no)				Application title Semiconductor heterostructures having reduced dislocation pile-ups and related methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T248316.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0016/17 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F26B 21/00 F26B 3/28 F26B 15/12	Application no. 08019768.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Coating film drying method and coating film drying apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T001617.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 456 KB)
T 0146/17 (Procter&Gamble/Pouches) of 8.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/04 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/43	Application no. 05028022.1
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title Dishwashing method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014617.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 410 KB)
T 0702/17 () of 26.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 26.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/00 G06K 19/07 G01R 27/02	Application no. 11801238.4
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no) Remittal to the department of first instance Remittal - (yes)				Application title FIELD-PORTABLE IMPEDANCE READER AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATING PARAMETERS IN AN ENVIRONMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070217.20200326				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0710/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC F16F 15/131	Application no. 09803825.0
Keywords Citation à une procédure orale - continuation de la procédure en l'absence de la partie régulièrement citée Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - alternative évidente				Application title DOUBLE VOLANT AMORTISSEUR A LIMITEUR DE BASCULEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T071017.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 269 KB)
T 2450/17 (Spachtelmasse mit Leichtzuschlag/HENKEL) of 10.1.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C04B 28/02 C04B 111/40	Application no. 06706787.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Patentansprüche - Auslegung mehrdeutiger Bergriffe Spät eingereichter Antrag - geänderte Passage in der Beschreibung Spät eingereichter Antrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen in der Beschreibung bzgl. Standes der Technik Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz Zurückverweisung - (ja)				Application title SPACHTELMASSE MIT LEICHTZUSCHLAG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245017.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436 KB)
T 2712/17 (Verfahren für Aluminiumband/Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH) of 11.3.2020
Online on 01.04.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C22F 1/04 C22F 1/047 C22C 21/06 C22C 21/00 B41N 1/08	Application no. 07023245.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Aluminiumband für lithografische Druckplattenträger und dessen Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T271217.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)

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T 1877/16 (Cheese and method for its manufacturing/VALIO) of 13.2.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/304 A23C 19/02 A23C 19/05 A23C 19/068 A23C 19/09	Application no. 10773642.3
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title CHEESE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187716.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 0433/17 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16B 15/00	Application no. 12002061.5
Keywords -				Application title Klammerstab zur Befestigung von Dämmplatten an Holzständern
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T043317.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 1965/17 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 220/28	Application no. 13195047.9
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Late submitted ground of opposition - admitted (no) - not prima facie highly relevant Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - closest state of the art Inventive step - none of teachings invoked suitable Inventive step - main request Late filed ground - not admitted - correct exercise of discretion - (yes)				Application title UV-curable composition and pressure sensitive adhesive having breathability derived therefrom, as well as method for manufacturing the same
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196517.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 0770/18 () of 25.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.3.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC B23B 27/00 B23B 29/02 B23C 5/00	Application no. 11305810.1
Keywords Revendications - clarté après modification (oui) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Nouveauté - après modification Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Porte-outil tel que tête à aléser, mandrin à pince ou porte-fraise intégrant un dispositif d'amortissement
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077018.20200325				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 354 KB)
T 1050/18 () of 11.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60N 2/235	Application no. 09807790.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DISC RECLINER WITH REDUCED BACKLASH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105018.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 1374/19 () of 25.3.2020
Online on 31.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 25.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/425	Application no. 10181264.2
Keywords Revocation of the patent in opposition appeal proceedings at the request of the patent proprietor				Application title SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM COMPRISING AN HIV PROTEASE INHIBITOR SOLID DISPERSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137419.20200325				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 239 KB)
T 0401/14 (Reversible cell staining/IBA GmbH) of 20.12.2019
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/50 C12N 5/06	Application no. 01986941.1
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title REVERSIBLE MHC MULTIMER STAINING FOR FUNCTIONAL PURIFICATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T040114.20191220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 1657/14 (SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY/DEUTA) of 18.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 18.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 11/00 G06F 11/07	Application no. 10730168.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - the narrow concept of novelty under the EPC excludes equivalents of features which are explicitly disclosed Inventive step - main request (yes) Grounds for opposition - extent of opposition Grounds for opposition - withdrawal of oppositions				Application title METHOD FOR REPRESENTATION OF SAFETY-RELEVANT INFORMATION ON A DISPLAY AND APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T165714.20200318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0143/16 (Enhancing ability to learn in a puppy/IAMS) of 16.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/18 A23K 1/16	Application no. 04789251.8
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to VII - Extension of protection (yes) Auxiliary request VIII - Non patentable subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHODS AND KITS FOR ENHANCING ABILITY TO LEARN IN A PUPPY OR KITTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014316.20200316				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 0693/16 (VLANs configuration in an automation system/ABB) of 14.11.2019
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/24 G05B 19/418 H04L 12/46	Application no. 08105067.6
Keywords Main request- amendments - deletion of features (yes) Document - implicit obligation to maintain secrecy (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title Configuration of a process control system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069316.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0020/17 () of 13.2.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/04 C08K 7/00	Application no. 08804922.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1-4 Auxiliary reuqest filed during oral proceedings - admitted- no - opponents not in position to address issues raised Admittance of documents by opposition division - discretionary decision - taken according to correct principles				Application title HEAT-PROCESSABLE THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002017.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 635 KB)
T 1486/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01J 1/00 G01B 9/00 G02B 17/06 G02B 27/02 G02B 27/30	Application no. 03731448.1
Keywords Clarity and support by the description (no) Added subject-matter (yes)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING AND ANALYZING A WAVEFRONT OF AN OPTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148617.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1823/17 (Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori … of 3.2.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/24 A61K 31/315 A61K 31/4164 A61K 31/43 A61K 31/4439 A61K 31/549 A61K 31/7048 A61K 45/06 A61P 1/04 A61P 31/04	Application no. 12008098.1
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to IV - Inventive step (no) Auxiliary request V - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori associated diseases
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182317.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 0765/18 (Cemented carbide-metallic alloy composites/KENNAMETAL) of 28.1.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 29/08	Application no. 13172168.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious alternative Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title Cemented carbide-metallic alloy composites
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T076518.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0867/18 (Predetermined standard/KYOCERA) of 5.3.2020
Online on 30.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/041 G06F 3/01	Application no. 10811447.1
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title INPUT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T086718.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1031/14 (Electronic vouchers/I-MOVO) of 3.12.2019
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 06808671.9
Keywords Inventive step - cash voucher string comprising a non-cash value related number, issuer id and a pos id (no Inventive step - cognitive data)				Application title ELECTRONIC VOUCHERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T103114.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1803/14 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/268	Application no. 08794515.0
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title MULTI-PREVIEW CAPABILITY FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T180314.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1863/14 (Electronic vouchers/I-MOVO) of 3.12.2019
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 10011926.2
Keywords Inventive step - voucher redemption request comprising an alphanumeric string having a cash value, issuer id and a redemption message (no Inventive step - cognitive data)				Application title Electronic vouchers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T186314.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1136/15 () of 23.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 23.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01B 3/52 C08K 3/36 C08K 3/38	Application no. 08705506.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Insulating Tape having a Multi-layered Platelet Structure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T113615.20200323				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0194/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/49 A61F 13/56	Application no. 04771892.9
Keywords Amendments - main request Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed requests 1, 2 and 3 Late-filed request - diverging versions of claims				Application title DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T019416.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 0482/16 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C10G 45/08 B01J 23/85 B01J 35/10	Application no. 07729938.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)				Application title CATALYTIC HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF AN OXYGENATE FEEDSTOCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048216.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1443/16 (Azelastine-mometasone/CIPLA) of 17.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/55 A61K 31/56 A61K 31/57 A61K 31/58 A61K 9/00 A61P 37/08 A61P 27/14 A61P 11/06	Application no. 09075101.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests III, V, VI (no) Admission - auxiliary requests I, II, IV (no)				Application title Combination of azelastine and mometasone
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144316.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 1936/16 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62D 21/15 B62D 29/00	Application no. 09814121.1
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Zulassung neuer Angriffslinie in mündl. Verhandlung - (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (nein)				Application title VERSTÄRKTE STRUKTUR EINES FAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193616.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 595 KB)
T 1993/16 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/02 F01N 3/10 F01N 3/20 F01N 3/24 B01D 53/94 B01J 29/74	Application no. 05790571.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 19 (yes)				Application title METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST EMISSION FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T199316.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 2538/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B62K 3/00 B62J 1/00 B62K 9/02	Application no. 11009298.8
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Kleinkind-Roller
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253816.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 333 KB)
T 0452/17 (Catalytic secondary reforming/Casale) of 23.1.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01F 5/00 B01F 5/04 B01J 8/02 C01B 3/38 B01J 8/04	Application no. 04790745.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (no) Inventive step - neighbouring field Inventive step - obvious combination of known features Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title CATALYTIC SECONDARY REFORMING PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR SAID PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045217.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 379 KB)
T 3216/19 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/48 H01L 25/065	Application no. 07784074.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PACKAGED SYSTEM OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS HAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTERPOSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T321619.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 3262/19 () of 24.3.2020
Online on 27.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/528 H01L 23/485 H01L 21/60	Application no. 06814056.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD FOR FABRICATING LOW RESISTANCE, LOW INDUCTANCE INTERCONNECTIONS IN HIGH CURRENT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T326219.20200324				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0141/15 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 08016170.6
Keywords Exception to patentability - therapeutic and surgical treatment (yes)				Application title Method to determine the Kt/V parameter in kidney substitution treatments based on a non-linear fitting procedure
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014115.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 348 KB)
T 1548/15 (Crystalline taxol/BOSTON) of 10.3.2020
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/335 A61L 31/16 A61P 7/00 A61F 2/06 A61K 31/337 A61K 31/4035 A61K 31/407 A61L 31/14 A61K 31/04 A61K 31/131 A61K 31/135 A61K 31/165 A61K 31/17 A61K 31/365 A61K 31/40 A61K 31/4025 A61K 31/519 A61K 31/551 A61K 31/704 A61K 47/48	Application no. 09004768.9
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - continuation of appeal proceedings (no)				Application title Implantable device comprising taxol in crystalline form for the inhibition or prevention of restenosis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154815.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 0308/17 (Methods for refolding of recombinant antibodies/AMGEN) of 11.9.2019
Online on 26.03.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 1/113 C07K 16/28	Application no. 05811874.6
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary requests I to IX, XI and XII (no) Admissibility of requests - auxiliary requests X, XIa, XIIa and XIII to XIX (no) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title Methods for refolding of recombinant antibodies
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030817.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 507 KB)
D 0010/19 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001019.20200205				Distribution	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 204 KB)
D 0012/19 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D001219.20200218				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 193 KB)
G 0001/18 (Einlegung der Beschwerde) of 18.7.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Als eingelegt geltende Beschwerde Zulässige Beschwerde Beschwerdegebühr Rückzahlung				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
G 0001/18 (Filing an appeal) of 18.7.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 18.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Appeal deemed filed Appeal admissible Appeal fee reimbursement				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:G000118.20190718				Distribution A	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0140/15 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/00 A61B 5/026	Application no. 08749811.9
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein); Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung ins Verfahren von Hilfsantrag 1 (ja) Zulassung ins Verfahren von verspätetem Einwand (nein)				Application title VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR TRANSKUTANEN BESTIMMUNG VON BLUTGASEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T014015.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 465 KB)
T 0476/15 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16K 27/02 F16K 37/00 F16K 1/22 B64D 37/32	Application no. 06253009.2
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Shrouded valve apparatus and related methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T047615.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 962 KB)
T 1285/15 () of 18.11.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41M 3/14	Application no. 03772406.9
Keywords Admission of late filed documents (yes) Admission of a late filed attack (no) Remittal (no) Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Added matter (yes: main request A; no: auxiliary request 0A) Novelty (yes: auxiliary request 0A) Inventive step (yes: auxiliary request 0A)				Application title Security Device and its Production Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T128515.20191118				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1389/15 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H01R 13/66 H02H 7/22 H02H 11/00 G01R 27/20	Application no. 10803074.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 5 (ja)				Application title Selbstüberwachende Anschlussleitung und Betriebsmittel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138915.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0297/16 (SIP conferencing system/HUAWEI) of 23.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 29/08 H04M 3/56 H04L 12/18 H04L 29/12 H04L 29/06	Application no. 07721649.7
Keywords Added subject-matter (yes) - all requests				Application title A method, device and system for implementing the session service
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029716.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0330/16 () of 10.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC D06F 39/04 D06F 37/42 D06F 35/00	Application no. 06011421.2
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title Method for operating a domestic appliance, especially a home dryer or a washing machine, and domestic appliance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T033016.20200310				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2453/16 (Synchronizing user revisions to a shared object/MICROSOFT LLC) of 31.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 05112294.3
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Method and system for synchronizing multiple user revisions to a shared object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245316.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0002/17 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B41F 13/00 B41F 33/00 B41K 3/12	Application no. 07789741.1
Keywords Late-filed evidence - resubmitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (admitted) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary request I (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request II (yes)				Application title Numbering device for typographic numbering
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T000217.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656 KB)
T 0305/17 (Methods of vaccine administration/ZOETIS SERVICES) of 12.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 39/02 A61K 39/175 A61K 39/10 A61K 39/23 A61K 39/12 A61K 39/295 A61K 39/155	Application no. 07825750.8
Keywords Basis of decision - agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Methods of vaccine administration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T030517.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260 KB)
T 0787/17 () of 11.10.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00 G02B 5/18 G02B 27/22 G02B 3/00	Application no. 10728614.8
Keywords Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein: Hauptantrag; ja: Hilfsantrag 1)				Application title Mehrschichtkörper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T078717.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0800/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/017	Application no. 12715731.1
Keywords Amendments of application Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no)				Application title HUMAN ASSISTED MILKING ROBOT AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T080017.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0905/17 () of 16.9.2019
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 11/14 F16L 11/16 F16L 11/04 F16L 11/08	Application no. 01974060.4
Keywords Inventive step (yes)				Application title Armoured, flexible pipe
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T090517.20190916				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 864 KB)
T 1014/17 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 83/06	Application no. 12713120.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein: D27-D31) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - Erweiterung von Patentansprüchen (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Spät vorgebrachte Einwände - zugelassen (nein)				Application title WÄSSRIGE DISPERSIONEN VON ORGANOSILICIUMVERBINDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T101417.20200320				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 468 KB)
T 1000/19 () of 20.3.2020
Online on 25.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 20/06 C08L 33/04 C08K 3/34 D21H 17/19 C08F 220/06 C08F 222/02 C08F 222/04 C08F 2/38	Application no. 11848633.1
Keywords Correction of error - form for payment of opposition fee (yes)				Application title STABLE POLYACRYLIC ACIDS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND THEIR USE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100019.20200320				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 327 KB)
T 0038/15 () of 16.10.2019
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 16.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16P 3/10	Application no. 08786151.4
Keywords Mit der Beschwerdebegründung eingereichte Beweismittel (zugelassen) Beweismittel - Begutachtung durch Sachverständigen (nicht erforderlich) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Schutz von Personen bei ihrer Arbeit an einer Servopresse sowie Servopresse mit Personenschutzeinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003815.20191016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 539 KB)
T 0247/15 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02703183.0
Keywords Mixture of technical and non-technical features Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING ONLINE TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024715.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1525/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B31F 1/07	Application no. 00940748.7
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added matter (no) Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Embossing method for the production of multi-ply web material, and product made in this way
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T152515.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 677 KB)
T 0252/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC E21B 17/01 F16L 11/08	Application no. 04786274.3
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en oeuvre (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Méthode d'évacuation des gaz de perméation d'une conduite tubulaire flexible et conduite adaptée à sa mise en ½uvre
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T025216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1059/16 (Sub-carriers numbers signalling/AVAGO) of 16.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00	Application no. 12002702.4
Keywords Late-filed request - change of subject-matter Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Downclocking with adaptive sub-carriers for single user, multiple user, multiple access and/or MIMO wireless communication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T105916.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 257 KB)
T 1627/16 (Volatile memory in hearing aids/OTICON) of 21.2.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 09172644.8
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Admission of late-filed auxiliary requests - (no): not convergent and/or not clearly allowable Admission of auxiliary request filed during oral proceedings - (no): returning to previous claims and not clearly allowable				Application title A listening system comprising a charging station with a data memory
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162716.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 395 KB)
T 1721/16 () of 19.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/3065 H01L 21/00	Application no. 06117783.8
Keywords Clarity - after amendment (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - (yes)				Application title Etching method and etching apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172116.20200319				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0023/17 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08L 77/02 C08L 77/06 B29C 67/00	Application no. 11714254.7
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen - Beweismittel zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge				Application title POLYMERPULVER AUF DER BASIS VON POLYAMIDEN, VERWENDUNG IN EINEM FORMGEBENDEN VERFAHREN UND FORMKÖRPER, HERGESTELLT AUS DIESEM POLYMERPULVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T002317.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 402 KB)
T 0280/17 (PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CROSS-LINKED GELATIN MICROBEADLETS/BASF … of 5.3.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/16	Application no. 04721495.2
Keywords Appeal admissible - Yes Amended main request admissible - No				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CROSS-LINKED GELATIN MICROBEADLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T028017.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 0397/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 24.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60J 7/02 B60J 7/043	Application no. 11176299.3
Keywords Clarity (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Roof system for a vehicle
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039717.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0325/15 (Diagnosis of stroke/BIO-RAD) of 12.12.2019
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68 G01N 33/74 C07K 14/58	Application no. 09781380.2
Keywords Oral proceedings - held in absence of appellant Novelty - (main request: no) Inventive step - (auxiliary request: no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF STROKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T032515.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2202/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B05B 13/04 B41J 3/407	Application no. 05788705.1
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING IMAGES TO A SURFACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T220215.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 591 KB)
T 0175/16 (Circuit-switched fallback in LTE/ERICSSON) of 18.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 36/14	Application no. 11192773.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary request III (no) Admission into appeal proceedings - auxiliary requests I, II and IV (no): fresh case				Application title Circuit switched fallback in evolved packet system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017516.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 0320/16 () of 18.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 21/38 B26B 21/52	Application no. 05797884.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - request could have been filed in first instance proceedings (yes) Decision in written proceedings after cancellation of oral proceedings				Application title VIBRATING WET SHAVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T032016.20200318				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0828/16 (Verarbeitung von Terahertzwellen/TELEKOM) of 16.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 16.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04B 10/12	Application no. 09732829.8
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Haupt- und Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verarbeitung von Terahertzwellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082816.20200316				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 299 KB)
T 1169/16 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F03D 11/00 F03D 11/04 E04H 12/08 E04H 12/34 F03D 1/00 B66B 9/00	Application no. 09012887.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes) Novelty - (yes)				Application title A wind turbine tower elevator and a method for assembling a wind turbine tower
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T116916.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1258/16 (Abiraterone prednisone combination for treatment of prostate cancer/ … of 6.2.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 A61P 35/00 A61K 31/58 A61K 45/06	Application no. 07837326.3
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Compositions for treating cancer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T125816.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 270 KB)
T 1450/16 (Acoustic port of a hearing device/SHURE) of 17.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04R 1/10	Application no. 11193846.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and second auxiliary request (no): selection of closest prior art to be made by the deciding body (T 855/15 followed) Admission of late-filed first auxiliary request - (no): not clearly allowable				Application title Earphone for sound reproduction
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T145016.20200117				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 2020/16 () of 11.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 25/08 B60K 15/035 F02D 41/00 B60W 20/00 B60K 6/20	Application no. 08012618.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - combination invention (no) Late-filed request - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title Evaporative emission control in battery powered vehicle with gasoline engine powered generator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T202016.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0546/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/00	Application no. 10734669.4
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title VORRICHTUNG ZUR UNTERDRUCKTHERAPIE VON WUNDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054617.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 242 KB)
T 0662/17 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03B 7/08	Application no. 13750562.4
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag I und II (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - -Hilfsantrag IIIa (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title ANORDNUNG ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG EINER HYGIENESPÜLUNG IN EINER WASSERINSTALLATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066217.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 828 KB)
T 2704/18 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 23.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 13/58 B60T 13/74	Application no. 14787200.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (nein)				Application title ELEKTROMECHANISCH UND HYDRAULISCH BETÄTIGBARE KRAFTFAHRZEUGBREMSE MIT WAHLWEISER SELBSTHEMMUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T270418.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 0209/15 () of 31.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/34	Application no. 06121820.2
Keywords Late filed ground for opposition - admitted (no) Late filed document - admitted (no) Discretionary decision - revised (no) Late filed line of argument of lack of inventive step - admitted (no) Late filed line of argument of lack of novelty - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes)				Application title A needle mount and use of the needle mount for mounting a needle assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T020915.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 833 KB)
T 1546/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 27/14 E21B 33/038	Application no. 08164976.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Pressure compensator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154615.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1485/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 37/00	Application no. 13773343.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title SIGNAL CAPTURE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRIC SIGNALS IN LIQUIDS AND BIOLOGICAL MATTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T148517.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1518/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/12 C08F 297/08	Application no. 11734139.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no) (all requests) Multiple documents as closest state of the art- need to show inventive step with respect to each Late submitted material - document admitted (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted Late-filed auxiliary requests - (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - response to findings of decision (auxiliary request I)				Application title PROPYLENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T151817.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 1964/17 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 20.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 297/08 C08L 23/14	Application no. 10715556.6
Keywords Late-filed objection - admitted (no) Late-filed facts or evidence Late-filed facts - held inadmissible (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title PROPYLENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196417.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 460 KB)
J 0006/19 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C02F 1/46 C02F 1/76 C02F 1/50	Application no. 15848194.5
Keywords Withdrawal of an application - Correction of error after publication (No) - Telephone call - Protection of legitimate expectations (No)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OXIDATION OF AMMONIA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:J000619.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 368 KB)
T 0136/16 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 1/14 B66B 1/18	Application no. 04106222.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelnde Patentierbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Beförderung von Personen in einem Gebäude
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013616.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 476 KB)
T 0939/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B29B 9/16 B29B 9/06 C08G 63/00 C08G 63/90	Application no. 06791670.0
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 7: nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (D8: nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - erneut eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (Hilfsanträge 1-3: ja) Spät eingereichter Hilfsantrag - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (Hilfsantrag 8: nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERRINGERUNG DES ACETALDEHYDGEHALTES VON POLYESTERGRANULAT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T093916.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 619 KB)
T 1010/16 (Sounding reference signal triggering/ERICSSON) of 5.12.2019
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 5/00 H04L 27/26	Application no. 10774301.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR DYNAMICALLY TRIGGERING THE TRANSMISSION OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T101016.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1880/16 (Ammonia synthesis gas/thyssenkrupp) of 8.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C01B 3/02 C01B 3/38 C01B 3/48 C01C 1/04	Application no. 08853299.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AMMONIA SYNTHESIS GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T188016.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0223/18 (Product insert update/BIO-RAD) of 18.2.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 G06Q 10/00	Application no. 11778166.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED PRODUCT INSERTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022318.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 0113/19 (Composition a base d'oxyde de zirconium/Rhodia) of 17.1.2020
Online on 19.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC C01G 25/00 B01D 53/94 B01J 23/10 B01J 21/00	Application no. 03761645.5
Keywords Modifications - admises (oui) Modifications - nouvelle plage Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - plage sans limite supérieure Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title COMPOSITION A BASE D OXYDE DE ZIRCONIUM ET D OXYDES DE CERIUM, DE LANTHANE ET D UNE AUTRE TERRE RARE, SON PROCEDE D E PREPARATION ET SON UTILISATION COMME CATALYSEUR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T011319.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0418/15 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B07C 3/08	Application no. 07150496.3
Keywords Inventive step - seventh auxiliary request (yes) New ground for opposition in appeal proceedings - no consent of the patent proprietor				Application title Mail sorting and sequencing system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T041815.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1533/15 (COATING OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE CANS) of 10.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 151/08 B65D 17/00	Application no. 05825629.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed items of evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR CANS AND METHODS OF COATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153315.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 656 KB)
T 1566/15 (Random access in a telecommunications system/ERICSSON) of 20.2.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 74/08	Application no. 08874734.0
Keywords Novelty - patent as granted (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2A, 5A and 6 (no) Admissibility of late-filed auxiliary request 7 (no): divergent and not clearly allowable				Application title Methods and apparatuses for performing random access in a telecommunications system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T156615.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 2281/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60H 1/00	Application no. 11725362.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERBESSERTE KLIMAANLAGENSTEUERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T228116.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 269 KB)
T 0272/17 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B63G 7/02	Application no. 12195733.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag I (ja) Zulassung des Hilfsantrags I - mit Beschwerdeerwiderung als Hilfsantrag IV eingereicht (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag I (ja)				Application title Kampfmittelräumgerät zum Räumen von Kampfmitteln, wie Seeminen, unter Wasser, Kampfmittelräumkombination mit unbemanntem Unterwasserfahrzeug und derartigem Kampfmittelräumgerät sowie Verfahren hierzu
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T027217.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 546 KB)
T 1336/17 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 163/00	Application no. 04012885.2
Keywords Main request and first to third auxiliary requests - Inventive step (no) Fourth auxiliary request - Prohibition of reformatio in peius				Application title Epoxy adhesive composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T133617.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 414 KB)
T 2069/17 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/05 G01N 21/64 G02B 21/00	Application no. 09743421.1
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Late-filed first auxiliary request - admitted (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - justification for late filing (yes) - admitted (yes) - inventive step (no)				Application title COMPENSATOR FOR MULTIPLE SURFACE IMAGING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206917.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 2140/17 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16B 13/08	Application no. 06721687.9
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title ANCHOR ASSEMBLY FOR FASTENER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T214017.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 277 KB)
T 2383/17 () of 5.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 5.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/48 F01P 11/10 F01P 5/06	Application no. 12007422.4
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik muss gattungsgemäß sein				Application title Baumaschine mit Maschinenkomponenten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T238317.20200305				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 371 KB)
T 2659/17 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 18.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B23D 47/04 B25B 5/06	Application no. 09000326.0
Keywords Zulässigkeit des Einspruchs - Substantiierung des Einspruchs (ja) Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Beweismittel - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Beweismittel - Zeugenvernehmung Beweismittel - schriftliche Erklärung an Eides statt Beweismittel - Maßstab bei der Beweiswürdigung Wesentlicher Verfahrensmangel - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (ja) Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung (nein) Neuheit - nicht ausreichend bewiesen Neuheit - offenkundige Vorbenutzung Neuheit - stillschweigende Geheimhaltungsverpflichtung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Plattenaufteilanlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T265917.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0278/15 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H02M 1/12 H02M 1/44	Application no. 03737935.1
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja) Spät eingereichte Anträge - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Stromkompensierte Drossel und Schaltungsanordnung mit der stromkompensierten Drossel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027815.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0394/15 () of 26.2.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 26.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 5/20 A61M 5/32	Application no. 08848709.5
Keywords Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of parties Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no) Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - first auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - first auxiliary request (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title AUTO INJECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC NEEDLE RETRACTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039415.20200226				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1088/15 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 5/00 C08F 8/00 C23C 22/00	Application no. 06724403.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR STROMFREIEN APPLIKATION VON LACKSCHICHTBILDENDEM KORROSIONSSCHUTZMITTEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108815.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1727/15 (PBX mobility system with multiple call legs/BLACKBERRY) of 11.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04M 3/58	Application no. 09153698.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Admissibility - auxiliary requests (no): should have been filed before the first instance or not clearly allowable				Application title PBX mobility system with multiple call legs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172715.20200311				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2111/15 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/36	Application no. 11000919.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Display apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T211115.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0641/17 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B65D 77/02 B65D 77/30 B65D 85/10	Application no. 10732286.9
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title ZIGARETTENPACKUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM HERSTELLEN VON ZIGARETTENPACKUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T064117.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 275 KB)
T 0781/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 11/06 C07D 519/00 H01L 51/50	Application no. 10835884.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIAL AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T078117.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2014/19 () of 12.3.2020
Online on 17.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 12.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 43/02 B65D 43/16	Application no. 14306112.5
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor Basis of decision - patent revoked				Application title Container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T201419.20200312				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 245 KB)
T 2305/14 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38	Application no. 07113031.4
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - invention to be performed over whole range claimed Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Control system for positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230514.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 0043/15 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38	Application no. 07113039.7
Keywords Amendments - generalization of a specific feature Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title Control system for positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1191/15 () of 21.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 1/16	Application no. 10004110.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes)				Application title Dialysis apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T119115.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1471/16 (Hyaluronidase/HALOZYME) of 24.1.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/26	Application no. 13184202.3
Keywords Main request - admission (yes); Main request - fulfils all requirements of the EPC (yes);				Application title Large-scale production of soluble hyaluronidase
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T147116.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1982/16 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01V 1/38 B63B 21/66	Application no. 07113028.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the parent application as filed (yes)				Application title Control system for the positioning of marine seismic streamers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T198216.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0851/18 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 25/10 F16D 25/12 F16D 25/0638	Application no. 12759630.2
Keywords Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title STATOR FÜR EINE REIBUNGSKUPPLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T085118.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 2554/18 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47B 88/02	Application no. 13005922.3
Keywords Neuheit - (ja)				Application title Vorrichtung zur lösbaren Kopplung einer Innenlade an einer Außenlade eines Möbels sowie Möbel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T255418.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 3003/18 () of 12.2.2020
Online on 16.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 6/38	Application no. 14166143.9
Keywords Admission of amended request filed during oral proceedings (yes) Added subject-matter (no) Amendments - Clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Compliance of amendments to the description with Rule 80, under consideration of Article 101(3) EPC (yes) Novelty and inventive step (amended claims, yes)				Application title Fiber optic plug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T300318.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 572 KB)
T 0466/15 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/01	Application no. 04776021.0
Keywords Amendments extending beyond the content of the application documents as filed (yes) Admittance of late filed auxiliary request (no) - does not overcome all problems, introduces new problems				Application title System and Method for Evaluating Vehicle and Operator Performance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T046615.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1379/15 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02K 3/34 F04C 29/00 F04C 18/356 H02K 3/52	Application no. 08711458.3
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Insulator for Motor, Stator, Motor and Compressor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T137915.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 311 KB)
T 1942/15 (Automatische Bestimmung des Hörerwunsches/SIVANTOS) of 30.1.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04R 25/00	Application no. 07117099.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja): glaubhafter technischer Effekt Zulassung ins Verfahren - spät eingereichter Stand der Technik (nein): keine angemessene Reaktion und nicht prima facie relevant				Application title Verfahren zum zeitgesteuerten Einstellen einer Hörvorrichtung und entsprechende Hörvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T194215.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 417 KB)
T 1735/16 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G09G 3/20 G09G 5/10 G09G 3/34	Application no. 09730656.7
Keywords Added subject matter - no Clarity - after amendment (yes) Novelty and inventive step Novelty - after amendment (yes)				Application title METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T173516.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2240/17 (Patching system/COMMSCOPE) of 9.3.2020
Online on 13.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 1/14	Application no. 05853191.4
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title Telecommunications patching system that utilizes RFID tags to detect and identify patch cord interconnections
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T224017.20200309				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 2289/13 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01S 17/46 G01S 7/486	Application no. 01127862.9
Keywords Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title Method and device for detection of an object, with background elimination
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T228913.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 358 KB)
T 1062/15 (OFDM pilot subcarriers transmission/TOSHIBA) of 17.7.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 17.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04L 25/02 H04B 7/10 H04L 5/02	Application no. 05251501.2
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title OFDM Signal transmission method and apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T106215.20190717				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 442 KB)
T 1430/15 () of 24.2.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 24.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02N 11/00	Application no. 10700896.3
Keywords Main request - insufficient disclosure Auxiliary request - added subject-matter				Application title Energy Transducer and Method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143015.20200224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 1523/16 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00 A61C 1/00	Application no. 99125490.5
Keywords Hauptantrag - Neuheit - (nein) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Zulassung in das Verfahren (ja) Hilfsantrag c' - Neuheit - (ja) Hilfsantrag c' - Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Herstellung von Zahnersatz und dentalen Hilfsteilen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152316.20191216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1915/16 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05F 15/00 E05F 15/20 E05F 15/14	Application no. 07113038.9
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Betrieb einer automatischen Schiebetüranlage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T191516.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 389 KB)
T 2412/16 () of 6.3.2020
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 6.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01F 23/296	Application no. 05858608.2
Keywords Klarheit und Stützung der Ansprüche durch die Beschreibung (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR AUSWERTUNG UND KORREKTUR VON MESSSIGNALEN EINES NACH DEM LAUFZEITVERFAHREN ARBEITENDEN FÜLLSTANDSMESSGERÄTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T241216.20200306				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 311 KB)
T 2445/16 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 12.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B 17/042 F16L 15/00	Application no. 09176859.8
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Threaded joint sealed to [ultra high] internal and external pressures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T244516.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 233 KB)
T 1549/16 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03C 1/046	Application no. 11007130.5
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Verfahren zur therapeutischen Behandlung Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Verfahren zur Applikation eines Wirkstoffs in Duschwasser
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T154916.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 399 KB)
T 1988/16 (Matériau en feuille avec fenêtre / OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE) of 12.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC D21H 27/30 D21H 21/42 D21H 21/44 D21H 27/32 D21F 11/08 D21H 21/40	Application no. 08827310.7
Keywords Admissibilité d'un élément de preuve tardif (no) - appartenance à l'etat de la technique pas supporté Activité inventive (oui) Activité inventive - pas d'objection soulevée par la requérante				Application title PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN MATÉRIAU EN FEUILLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T198816.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2639/16 () of 19.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/00 A47J 31/40	Application no. 12151548.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Claims - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Chocolate beverage
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T263916.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 321 KB)
T 0266/17 () of 17.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 31/00 A01K 45/00	Application no. 09787794.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - lack of clarity no ground for opposition Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title TRANSPORTING UNIT FOR LIVE POULTRY ON BOARD OF A TRUCK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026617.20200217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0297/17 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C23C 26/00	Application no. 01944809.1
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COATING SYSTEM FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STAINLESS STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T029717.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 1297/17 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B61K 9/12 G01M 17/10 G01H 1/00 B61L 23/00	Application no. 01985425.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung der Erfindung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM ÜBERWACHEN DES FAHRVERHALTENS VON SCHIENENFAHRZEUGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T129717.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 287 KB)
T 2208/17 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E04D 12/00 B32B 27/40 B32B 27/12 B32B 5/02 B32B 5/08 B32B 3/06 B32B 3/08	Application no. 11188793.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)				Application title Wasserdichte Unterdeckbahn für ein geneigtes Dach
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T220817.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 317 KB)
T 2475/17 () of 9.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/00	Application no. 03740215.3
Keywords Vorliegen wesentlicher Verfahrensfehler (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr (ja)				Application title Verfahren zum Erzeugen eines Gitterbildes, Gitterbild und Sicherheitsdokument
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T247517.20200309				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0667/18 (Common vital sign/PHILIPS) of 20.2.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05799470.9
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title MESSAGE INTEGRITY FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION OF WIRELESS MEDICAL DEVICES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T066718.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 280 KB)
T 1534/18 () of 3.3.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B81C 1/00	Application no. 09761542.1
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN FÜR EIN MIKROMECHANISCHES BAUELEMENT BESTEHEND AUS EINEM TRÄGER UND EINEM HALBLEITERCHIP
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T153418.20200303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2069/18 (Berührungsempfindlicher Bildschirm, der zwei gleichzeitige Berü … of 21.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 3/038	Application no. 05025836.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Rückzahlung von Jahresgebühren (nein) Vorlage an die Große Beschwerdekammer - (nein)				Application title Berührungsempfindlicher Bildschirm, der zwei gleichzeitige Berührungspunkte erkennt
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T206918.20200121				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 2864/18 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E04H 6/18 E04H 6/24 E04H 6/30 E04H 6/36	Application no. 15732380.9
Keywords Correction of errors in decisions Correction of error - grant decision				Application title TRANSFERRING CARRIAGE OF VEHICLES FOR AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL PARKING SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T286418.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 288 KB)
T 0522/19 (Katalytisch beschichteter Partikelfilter/Umicore) of 3.3.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 3.3.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/94 B01D 46/24 F01N 3/035 B01J 37/02 B01J 23/40 B01J 23/42 B01J 23/44	Application no. 05774993.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung				Application title KATALYTISCH BESCHICHTETES PARTIKELFILTER UND VERFAHREN ZU SEINER HERSTELLUNG SOWIE SEINE VERWENDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052219.20190303				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2277/19 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 11.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 17/00 A61B 17/04 A61B 17/064 A61B 17/06 A61B 17/08 A61B 17/10	Application no. 12739909.5
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appellant not adversely affected by decision to grant a patent				Application title SYSTEMS FOR SEALING A TISSUE WALL PUNCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T227719.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1313/14 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 13/00 G02B 21/22	Application no. 06018707.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) First auxiliary request - sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Second auxiliary request - extension of conferred scope of protection (yes)				Application title Medical stereo observation system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T131314.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1745/14 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/10 C07C 253/34 C07C 255/07	Application no. 05701203.1
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON 3-PENTENNITRIL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T174514.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 358 KB)
T 0532/15 () of 7.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06T 7/00 G06K 9/20 H04N 5/272	Application no. 10186448.6
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title An automated test method including transparent black regions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T053215.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1932/15 (Low-fat food/AJINOMOTO) of 6.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/305 A23C 9/152 A23D 9/007 A23L 1/22 A23L 1/24 A23L 1/227 A23L 1/228	Application no. 08752255.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 3 - clarity (no) Auxiliary requests 1 and 2 - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title LOW-FAT FOOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193215.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 0388/16 (Pet food composition/HILL'S) of 31.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23K 1/00 A23K 1/16 A23K 1/18	Application no. 04758686.2
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PET FOOD COMPOSITION AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T038816.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 364 KB)
T 0986/16 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01K 1/00	Application no. 07252552.0
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title Method and apparatus for cooling an animal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098616.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1050/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 5/44	Application no. 05722177.2
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance as main request Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for not remitting the case Amendments - auxiliary requests 1, 3 and 10 Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 2 and 4 (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title A PANT-TYPE ABSORBENT ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T105016.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1274/16 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B61G 11/16	Application no. 03703244.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title TRAIN PROVIDED WITH ENERGY ABSORBING STRUCTURE BETWEEN VEHICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T127416.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1384/16 () of 24.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/22 A23L 1/236 A23L 1/308 A23G 3/42 A23G 1/40	Application no. 08748937.3
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request 1 - Sufficiency of disclosure (no) Auxiliary request 8 - Extension of the scope of protection (yes) Auxiliary requests 2 to 7 and 9 to 17 - Admission into the appeal proceedings (no)				Application title REDUCING THE SENSORY COOLING EFFECT OF POLYOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138416.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 1867/16 (Co-Processed Carbohydrate System / SPI PHARMA) of 18.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/20 A61K 9/14 A61K 9/16 A61K 9/50	Application no. 02787055.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title CO-PROCESSED CARBOHYDRATE SYSTEM AS A QUICK-DISSOLVE MATRIX FOR SOLID DOSAGE FORMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T186716.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1908/16 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 15/00	Application no. 09012518.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method and system for weighing products
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190816.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 2255/16 (COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES / MALVERN … of 21.2.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/02 A61K 8/14 A61K 8/55 A61K 8/97 A61Q 19/00 A61K 9/107 G01N 33/68 A61K 47/48	Application no. 07824940.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES OF LIPID AND SURFACTANT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T225516.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1677/17 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E03F 5/04	Application no. 08020387.0
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Ablaufvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T167717.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2406/17 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 10.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B66F 9/20 B66F 9/22 B66F 9/075	Application no. 13157621.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 3 (nein)				Application title Hubvorrichtung eines Flurförderzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T240617.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 376 KB)
T 2172/15 (Sequencing/ILLUMINA) of 5.2.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/11 C40B 40/06	Application no. 10770456.1
Keywords Main request - sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Remittal to the opposition division				Application title Sequencing methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T217215.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0123/16 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/06 G02B 21/32 G02B 21/00	Application no. 07009066.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no)				Application title Illuminating device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012316.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0184/16 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 19/06	Application no. 04771314.4
Keywords Inventive step Sufficiency of disclosure Objection under Rule 106 EPC				Application title NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AGAINST SODIUM-DEPENDANT TRANSPORTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T018416.20191212				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 529 KB)
T 1902/16 (Triggered release/Unilever) of 9.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386 C11D 17/00	Application no. 09726019.4
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title DETERGENT COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ENZYME TRIGGERED RELEASE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T190216.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 380 KB)
T 2690/16 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 110/06 C08F 2/06 C08F 4/6592	Application no. 08873769.7
Keywords Inventive step - (no)- main request, auxiliary request Admittance of documents to proceedings - yes Incorrect application of problem solution approach - elements of solution in definition of problem				Application title ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCED FROM SUPERCRITICAL POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T269016.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2306/18 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15	Application no. 13713055.5
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING ABSORBENT ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T230618.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 534 KB)
T 3247/19 () of 4.3.2020
Online on 09.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/355 B65B 57/10 B65B 61/00 B65B 5/02 B65D 5/28	Application no. 16190898.3
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PACKAGING ITEMS VARYING IN SIZE AND NUMBER FOR SHIPMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T324719.20200304				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
D 0007/19 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board DBA	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords -				Application title -
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:D000719.20200218				Distribution	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 249 KB)
T 1921/13 (Authentication of products / INEXTO) of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06K 17/00	Application no. 05792643.8
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Grounds for opposition - invention not sufficiently disclosed over whole breadth of claim Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MARKING, TRACKING AND AUTHENTICATION OF PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T192113.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1609/15 () of 5.12.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B67C 3/00	Application no. 08701033.6
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - Verlegung der mündlichen Verhandlung wäre erforderlich gewesen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REINIGUNG VON GETRÄNKEABFÜLLANLAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160915.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 316 KB)
T 1751/15 (Steam-to-carbon ratio control/MICRO MOTION) of 13.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G05D11/02 G01F1/84 C01B3/34	Application no. 02737293.7
Keywords Admitting of main request filed at oral proceedings - (no): returning to an earlier version Added subject-matter - all other requests (yes)				Application title Steam to carbon ratio control in steam reforming of hydrocarbons
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175115.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2183/15 (Selection and sorting of services/NOKIA) of 12.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 12.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04Q 7/20 H04H 1/00	Application no. 04794208.1
Keywords Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVICE SELECTION AND SORTING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T218315.20200212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 312 KB)
T 0779/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04C 29/12	Application no. 09781015.4
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung des Patentanspruchs (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title VAKUUMPUMPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077916.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 368 KB)
T 1178/16 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A01J 5/08 A01J 7/04 A01J 7/02 B08B 9/00 F16K 7/17	Application no. 07103689.1
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title Milking equipment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117816.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1815/16 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F04C 18/08 F04C 18/16	Application no. 10747261.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title DRY SCREW DRIVER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T181516.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 453 KB)
T 0101/17 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 13/20 A47L 13/16 A47L 13/24	Application no. 10171437.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title Cleaning element and cleaning tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T010117.20200129				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 1386/18 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/22 B03C 3/40 B03C 3/38	Application no. 10840300.7
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METAL BELT-PLATE STRUCTURE REACTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T138618.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 2931/19 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 06.03.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/0488 A61B 5/0492 A61M 16/04 A61N 1/05 A61B 5/00 A61M 16/08 A61M 39/08	Application no. 13812262.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title ENDOBRONCHIAL TUBE APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T293119.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1236/15 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08J 5/18 C08L 29/04 C11D 17/04	Application no. 03025704.2
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) Auxiliary requests - admissibility (no)				Application title Water-soluble film
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123615.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 0284/16 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/56	Application no. 06713261.3
Keywords -				Application title FILM FORMING COMPOSITION AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T028416.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 454 KB)
T 0036/17 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B23C 5/20 B23C 5/22	Application no. 11177659.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Indexable, double-sided cutting insert and cutting tool including such an insert
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003617.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 0609/17 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 23/10 C09J 123/10 B32B 27/32	Application no. 04755558.6
Keywords Inventive step - (all requests: no)				Application title TACKIFIED AMORPHOUS-POLY-ALPHA-OLEFIN-BONDED STRUCTURES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060917.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 441 KB)
T 0991/17 () of 4.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60G 17/052 F16K 31/06	Application no. 11787798.5
Keywords Zulassung eines verspätet eingereichten Dokuments - (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title DRUCKLUFTVERSORGUNGSANLAGE UND PNEUMATISCHES SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T099117.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 481 KB)
T 1047/17 (TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS WITH HIGH DOSE CHONDROITIN SULFATE … of 17.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/08 A61K 31/737 A61P 13/10 A61K 33/14 A61K 9/00	Application no. 04711966.4
Keywords Admission of documents (yes) Admission of requests (yes) Main request - Novelty (Yes) All requests - Inventive step (No)				Application title TREATMENT OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS WITH HIGH DOSE CHONDROITIN SULFATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104717.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 449 KB)
T 0756/18 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B65B 3/00 B65B 31/02	Application no. 11711610.3
Keywords Droit d'être entendu - vice substantiel de procédure (oui) Remboursement de la taxe de recours - équitable en raison d'un vice substantiel de procédure Renvoi à la première instance - vice majeur dans la procédure de première instance (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET UNITE D'EMPLISSAGE STERILE D'UN CONTENEUR ELEMENTAIRE FINAL AVEC UN CONTENU DESTINE AU DOMAINE BIOPHARMACEUTIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T075618.20191216				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1977/19 () of 2.3.2020
Online on 05.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.3.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47C 7/50	Application no. 15173027.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Footrest device for armchairs or sofas
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T197719.20200302				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 1524/15 (Sequencing method/ILLUMINA) of 5.12.2019
Online on 04.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 07705178.7
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - added subject-matter - (yes) Auxiliary requests 4 and 5 - inventive step - (no) Auxiliary request 7 - requirements of the EPC met - (yes)				Application title Method for sequencing a polynucleotide template
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152415.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 653 KB)
T 1049/17 (Method of converting NOx/JOHNSON MATTHEY) of 4.12.2019
Online on 04.03.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 53/94 B01J 23/72 B01J 29/072 B01J 29/76	Application no. 09737470.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - pointer to the claimed selection (no) Amendments - main and first auxiliary requets Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - second auxiliary request Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - second auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes)				Application title A METHOD OF CONVERTING NITROGEN OXIDES WITH TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING ALUMINOSILICATE ZEOLITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104917.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 422 KB)
T 0395/15 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 27/327 C12Q 1/00 G01N 33/487	Application no. 04813255.9
Keywords Added subject-matter (main request: yes) Consideration of an auxiliary request submitted during first-instance proceedings (first auxiliary request: yes) Clarity of claims (first and second auxiliary requests: no) Admission of amended claims filed during oral proceedings (third auxiliary request: no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYTE SENSORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T039515.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1296/15 () of 6.2.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 6.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09K 11/79 C09K 11/67	Application no. 10803059.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag und erster Hilfsantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - unzumutbarer Aufwand (ja) Zweiter Hilfsantrag - Änderungen - zulässig (nein)				Application title SICHERHEITSMERKMAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T129615.20200206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 340 KB)
T 0057/17 (BIOLOGICAL TISSUE/Edwards Lifesciences) of 28.1.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/36 A61L 27/50 A01N 1/02 A61F 2/24	Application no. 07871218.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)				Application title BIOLOGICAL TISSUE FOR SURGICAL IMPLANTATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T005717.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 2087/17 (Multi-code signalling/SISVEL) of 5.2.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04B 1/707 H04J 11/00 H04B 7/26 H04J 13/00	Application no. 02024039.6
Keywords Priority - "same invention" (no) Inventive step - main and 1st to 4th auxiliary requests (no) Admission of late-filed requests - 5th to 7th auxiliary requests (no): not clearly allowable Admission of request filed during oral proceedings - 8th auxiliary request (no): fresh case and against procedural economy				Application title Method for compact representation of multi-code signaling in communication systems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T208717.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 0513/18 (Überwachung einer Werkzeugmaschine/SCHWÄBISCHE WERKZEUGMASCHINEN) of 10.12.2019
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/4063	Application no. 13163801.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein)				Application title Verfahren zum Überwachen mindestens einer Werkzeugmaschine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T051318.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 1872/18 () of 14.2.2020
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02B 21/36 G02B 21/16 H04N 5/225 H04N 5/915 H04N 1/21 G11B 27/031 G02B 21/00 H04N 5/262	Application no. 07828091.4
Keywords Main and auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings - prima facie clearly allowable (no) - admitted (no)				Application title MICROSCOPE DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187218.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 366 KB)
T 2646/18 () of 4.12.2019
Online on 03.03.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 9/008 A61F 9/01 B23K 26/06 B23K 26/00 A61F 9/009	Application no. 10010955.2
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hilfsantrag (nein)				Application title Vorrichtung zum präzisen Bearbeiten von Material
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T264618.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 422 KB)
T 1003/13 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC G06T 7/00	Application no. 08775590.6
Keywords Activité inventive - alternative évidente Requêtes subsidiaires produites tardivement - report de la procédure orale aurait été nécessaire (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE DETERMINATION DE LA POSE D'UN OBJET TRIDIMENSIONNEL DANS UNE IMAGE ET PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE CREATION D'AU MOINS UNE IMAGE CLE POUR LE SUIVI D'OBJETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T100313.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 400 KB)
T 2148/13 (Urine assay device/ALERE) of 31.10.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 31.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/543 G01N 33/52 G01N 31/22	Application no. 03700843.0
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title LIQUID SAMPLE ASSAY DEVICE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T214813.20191031				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1714/14 (Cladding tubes / Westinghouse) of 27.11.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G21C 3/07 G21C 21/02 C22F 1/18	Application no. 03809908.1
Keywords Novelty Use established by way of the terms employed to define a physical entity Use not novel despite the absence of evidence that actual use ever took place Apportionment of costs - (no) malicious intention not established General principles - protection of legitimate expectations				Application title METHOD, USE AND DEVICE CONCERNING CLADDING TUBES FOR NUCLEAR FUEL AND A FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR A NUCLEAR PRESSURE WATER REACTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171414.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0825/15 (Degummed fatty acid alkyl esters/NOVOZYMES) of 24.2.2020
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12P 7/62	Application no. 06753304.2
Keywords Main request - requirements of the EPC met (yes)				Application title ENZYMATIC PRODUCTION OF DEGUMMED FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T082515.20200224				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0983/15 (Mobilitätsverwaltung von Endgeräten in Mobilfunknetzen/SBB) of 28.1.2020
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC H04W 4/00	Application no. 07113889.5
Keywords Ausführbarkeit der beanspruchten Erfindung - (nein)				Application title Verfahren für die Mobilitätsverwaltung von Endgeräten in Mobilfunknetzen, Mobilfunknetz und Mobilendgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T098315.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 919 KB)
T 0709/17 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 403/06 A61K 31/506 A61P 31/10	Application no. 10737869.7
Keywords Insufficiency of disclosure Novelty Inventive step				Application title A 1-(1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-1-YL)BUTAN-2-OL DERIVATIVE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL USE, AND THE USE OF A 1-(1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-1-YL)BUTAN-2-OL DERIVATE WITH SUBSTANTIALLY UNDEFINED CRYSTAL SHAPE FOR PREPARING SAID 1-(1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-1-YL)BUTAN-2-OL DERIVATIVE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T070917.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0924/17 () of 11.10.2019
Online on 02.03.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B62D 15/02 B60W 50/08 B60W 30/095 B60W 50/14 B60Q 9/00 B60R 21/01 B62D 1/00 B60W 30/08 B60W 10/18 B60R 25/104	Application no. 10177323.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal (yes) Inventive step (main request, auxiliary request 2 and 3: no) Admissibility of late filed request (no)				Application title Method for an automotive hazardous detection and information system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T092417.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)

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T 0384/16 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 7/00	Application no. 01650041.5
Keywords Amendments Claims - clarity Late-filed auxiliary requests Late-filed facts				Application title Rheological additives and paint and coating compositions containing such additives exhibiting improved intercoat adhesion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T038416.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 413 KB)
T 0775/16 (Triple combination for brain health/NUTRICIA) of 21.11.2019
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/7072 A61K 31/202 A61K 31/355 A61K 45/06 A61K 9/48 A61P 25/28	Application no. 08844952.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - all requests				Application title UNIT DOSAGE FOR BRAIN HEALTH
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077516.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 377 KB)
T 0908/17 (Ni(0) enthaltendes Katalysatorsystem für Hydrocyanierung/BASF) of 4.12.2019
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 4.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01J 31/18 B01J 31/24 C07C 253/10	Application no. 02791454.8
Keywords Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja, D4 und D5; nein, D1a und D1b) Spät eingereichter, neuer Hauptantrag - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - neuer Hauptantrag Änderungen - (formal) gewährbar (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - neuer Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Ni(0) ENTHALTENDES KATALYSATORSYSTEM FÜR HYDROCYANIERUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T090817.20191204				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 471 KB)
T 2720/17 (Dry powder formulation of glycopyrrolate / VECTURA) of 21.2.2020
Online on 28.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/00 A61K 47/12 A61K 31/40	Application no. 11190637.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Dry powder compositions of glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T272017.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 398 KB)
T 0041/15 () of 25.10.2019
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 25.10.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC H02K 7/08	Application no. 08170130.2
Keywords Activité inventive - (non)				Application title Couronne d'orientation motorisée
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T004115.20191025				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1714/15 (Low-temperature impact-resistant poylamide-based stretch-oriented … of 20.1.2020
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 27/34 B29C 71/02	Application no. 01941175.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) (Main request) Sufficiency of disclosure - enablement over the whole lifetime of the patent Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request (no)				Application title LOW-TEMPERATURE IMPACT-RESISTANT POLYAMIDE-BASED STRETCH-ORIENTED MULTILAYER FILM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T171415.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0164/16 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/532 A61F 13/536 A61F 13/42	Application no. 10714522.9
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title ABSORBENT ARTICLES COMPRISING WETNESS INDICATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T016416.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 2383/16 (Method for moving interface object / Huawei) of 13.12.2019
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/0481 G06F 3/0486 G06F 17/21	Application no. 13194556.0
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (no)				Application title Method for moving interface object and apparatus for supporting movement of interface object
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T238316.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 1494/18 () of 22.10.2019
Online on 27.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A45C5/03	Application no. 15189148.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SCHALENKOFFER, INSBESONDERE HARTSCHALENKOFFER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T149418.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2455/13 (Überwachung von Kapitalunterlegungshöhen bei Risikoereignissen/SWISS … of 29.1.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 40/00	Application no. 05762958.6
Keywords Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - kein Vorliegen besonderer Gründe Erfinderische Tätigkeit (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Mischung technischer und nichttechnischer Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Technische Merkmale aus dem Stand der Technik vorbekannt Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Naheliegende Implementierung der nicht-technischen geschäftsbezogenen Unterschiede				Application title SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR RÜCKGEKOPPELTEN, DYNAMISCHEN ÜBERWACHUNG VON UNTERLEGUNGSHÖHEN BEI RISIKOEREIGNISSEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T245513.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 390 KB)
T 0094/14 (Muscle Stimulator / Mainstay Medical) of 13.11.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61N 1/00	Application no. 08726632.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes)				Application title MUSCLE STIMULATOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T009414.20191113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1015/14 (Abstandsmessung mittels modulierten Lichtstrahlen / FARO Technologies … of 13.12.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01S 17/10 G01S 17/36	Application no. 09706836.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM BESTIMMEN EINER ENTFERNUNG ZU EINEM OBJEKT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T101514.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0213/15 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 163/00 C10M 101/02 C10M 129/54 C10M 135/36 C10M 137/04 C10M 159/22 C10M 141/10 C10N 40/04	Application no. 06782833.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed documents Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed allegation of fact - admitted (no) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title LUBRICANT OIL COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T021315.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 475 KB)
T 1265/15 (Processor address generation unit/ERICSSON) of 19.2.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.5.06	Decision date 19.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 9/34 G06F 9/38	Application no. 03717501.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Special reasons for remittal - (yes)				Application title AN ADDRESS GENERATION UNIT FOR A PROCESSOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T126515.20200219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 0350/16 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 3/04	Application no. 06776149.4
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein)				Application title PLATTENELEMENT FÜR EINEN PLATTENKÜHLER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035016.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 352 KB)
T 0673/16 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 9/05 C11D 17/00 C11D 3/50	Application no. 11156537.0
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title Reinigungs- und Beduftungsmittel für den Sanitärbereich
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T067316.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 336 KB)
T 1171/16 () of 21.2.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 21.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/53	Application no. 05255736.0
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - undue burden (yes)				Application title Drapeable sanitary absorbent napkin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T117116.20200221				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 1997/16 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 6/00	Application no. 10760727.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR NACHBEFEUCHTUNG OBERFLÄCHENNACHVERNETZTER WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T199716.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 374 KB)
T 2443/16 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 9/02 C08K 5/098 C08K 9/00 C09K 3/10 F16G 1/06	Application no. 07767413.3
Keywords Novelty- main request Novelty - (yes) Novelty - product-by-process feature makes structural contribution Inventive step - main request Inventive step - (yes)				Application title NITRILE RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKABLE NITRILE RUBBER COMPOSITION AND CROSSLINKED RUBBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T244316.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 548 KB)
T 0178/17 () of 20.2.2020
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 20.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 22/02	Application no. 11723598.6
Keywords Claims: clarity and support in the description (all requests: no)				Application title RF REFLECTION FOR INSPECTING CARBON FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T017817.20200220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2465/17 () of 17.10.2019
Online on 26.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60Q 1/32 B60Q 1/26	Application no. 11195987.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 2 Zulassung in das Verfahren - (nein) - Hilfsantrag 1 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3, 4, 4.1, 4.2				Application title Außenliegendes Montagebauteil für ein Fahrzeug mit einem Lichtmodul
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T246517.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 362 KB)
T 1902/13 (Assessing competence levels/SWISS RE) of 4.7.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 4.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00	Application no. 05706524.5
Keywords Inventive step - assessing the competence of an organisation by processing score data (no Inventive step - obvious implementation of a business method)				Application title COMPUTER-BASED METHOD FOR ASSESSING COMPETENCE OF AN ORGANIZATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T190213.20190704				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0168/15 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 31/0216	Application no. 11006399.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 2 Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request 3 - admitted (no)				Application title Solar cell
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T016815.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0053/16 (Non-tobacco moist snuff/SWEDISH MATCH) of 18.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A24B 15/18 A24B 15/16 A24D 1/18	Application no. 07748070.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed facts - admitted (no)				Application title A MOIST SNUFF NON-TOBACCO COMPOSITION AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T005316.20191118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0664/16 (Gegen Missbrauch gesicherte Darreichungsform / GRÜNENTHAL) of 21.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/22 A61K 31/135	Application no. 05769988.6
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - eingereicht in der mündlichen Verhandlung - zugelassen (ja) Hauptantrag - Priorität - Erste Anmeldung (nein) Hauptantrag - Neuheit (nein) Hilfsantrag - Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Hilfsantrag - Änderungen - Klarheit (ja) Hilfsantrag - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Hilfsantrag - Neuheit (ja) Hilfsantrag - Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title GEGEN MISSBRAUCH GESICHERTE, ORALE DARREICHUNGSFORM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T066416.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 558 KB)
T 0845/16 (Sequencing method/ILLUMINA) of 22.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12Q 1/68	Application no. 07824052.0
Keywords Claims as granted Claims - requirements of the EPC met Claims - (yes)				Application title Method for sequencing a polynucleotide template
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T084516.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0889/16 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G07C 5/08 H04L 29/08	Application no. 08787140.6
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - alle Anträge Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title DIAGNOSEVERFAHREN FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T088916.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 391 KB)
T 1892/16 () of 8.11.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B63C 9/00 B65D 25/42 F16K 15/20 F16K 41/08	Application no. 05717964.0
Keywords inventive step (auxiliary request 3 : yes) main request (novelty : no)				Application title FLUID FLOW CONNECTOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T189216.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 0458/17 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/48	Application no. 09014845.3
Keywords Neuheit - implizite Offenbarung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemeines Fachwissen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren zur Leistungsregelung eines Straßenfertigers oder Beschickers und Straßenfertiger oder Beschicker
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T045817.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1508/17 () of 31.1.2020
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 31.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 35/00 B64C 3/56	Application no. 10786579.2
Keywords Claims - clarity (yes) Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title WINGTIP AND SPONSON INTERACTION ON AN AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T150817.20200131				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1557/17 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 13/14 B21B 27/02	Application no. 10775807.0
Keywords Neuheit - (nein)				Application title WALZGERÜST ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON WALZBAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T155717.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273 KB)
T 0155/18 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60C 23/00 B60C 15/024	Application no. 07721824.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (yes) Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)				Application title A CHAMBER OF A PERISTALTIC PUMP FOR TIRE PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015518.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2800/18 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 25.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E06B 3/663	Application no. 09010884.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Late-filed document - admitted (yes)				Application title Spacer profile for a spacer frame for an insulating window unit and insulating window unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T280018.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0084/15 () of 8.1.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 231/44	Application no. 06744557.7
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FIPRONIL, AN INSECTICIDE, AND RELATED PYRAZOLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T008415.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0969/15 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C09D 175/04 C09C 1/00 C09C 1/64 C09D 5/36	Application no. 08758569.1
Keywords Neuheit Beschwerdebegründung - unsubstantiierter Sachvortrag eines Beteiligten				Application title WÄSSRIGE, PIGMENTIERTE BESCHICHTUNGSMITTEL, VERFAHREN ZU DEREN HERSTELLUNG UND DEREN VERWENDUNG ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON MEHRSCHICHTLACKIERUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T096915.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 509 KB)
T 1232/15 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G09B 21/00	Application no. 08161184.0
Keywords Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - Diagnostizierverfahren Ausnahmen von der Patentierbarkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Haptikstreifen und daraus hergestelltes taktiles Orientierungs- und Koordinatensystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T123215.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 1552/15 () of 5.12.2019
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H01L 27/146	Application no. 11006012.6
Keywords Neuheit - nach Änderung Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nach Änderung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Halbleiterstruktur zur Photonendetektion
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T155215.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2063/15 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B66B 5/00	Application no. 08758980.0
Keywords Novelty - Main request and auxiliary request 2 (no) Clarity - auxiliary request 1 (no) Amendments occasioned by a ground for opposition Amendments - auxiliary request 2 (yes), auxiliary request 3 (no) Remittal - auxiliary request 4 (yes)				Application title SINGLE BRAKESHOE TEST (ELECTRICAL) FOR ELEVATORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T206315.20191212				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 482 KB)
T 0363/16 () of 18.2.2020
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 18.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC E02D 7/26 E02D 7/28	Application no. 03723499.4
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING AT LEAST ONE FOUNDATION ELEMENT IN THE GROUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036316.20200218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0097/17 (Galvanising method/Tata) of 27.11.2019
Online on 24.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/52 C21D 9/56 C23C 2/02 C23C 2/06 C23C 2/40 F27B 9/06	Application no. 10193219.2
Keywords Main request - inventive step (no) First auxiliary request - admissible (yes), allowable (yes)				Application title Method of galvanising a steel strip in a continuous hot dip galvanising line
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T009717.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 451 KB)
T 1744/14 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 487/04 A61K 31/519 A61P 7/02 A61P 9/10	Application no. 04015299.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Priority - basis in priority document (yes)				Application title New crystalline and amorphous form of a triazolo(4,5-D)pyrimidine compound
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174414.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 438 KB)
T 0304/15 () of 2.12.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H05B 6/12 H05B 6/06	Application no. 07115692.1
Keywords Late-filed requests not admitted Late-filed request - no convincing justification for late filing, detrimental to procedural economy				Application title An Improved Induction Cooking Appliance and a Method for Checking the Cooking Capabilities of a Piece of Cookware
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030415.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 2029/15 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 41/187 C04B 35/475 H01L 41/43	Application no. 09816590.5
Keywords Late-filed main request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - all requests Inventive step - (no)				Application title NBT BASED LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T202915.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 2153/15 () of 27.1.2020
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 27.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M 7/493	Application no. 10774240.5
Keywords Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no)				Application title Control method for arranging DC/AC converters in parallel
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215315.20200127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 350 KB)
T 2269/15 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01N 1/00	Application no. 04763576.8
Keywords Inventive step Late-filed request Late-filed document Sufficiency of disclosure				Application title ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T226915.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 370 KB)
T 1434/16 () of 29.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 29.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05B 65/12	Application no. 11001070.9
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Klarheit im Einspruchsbeschwerdeverfahren Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichtes Dokument - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Kraftfahrzeugschließsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T143416.20191129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 460 KB)
T 2246/16 (PROCESS TO ENRICH A CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOSITION/ Grupo Petromex) of 10.12.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/42 C07C 63/26	Application no. 06851350.6
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title A PROCESS TO ENRICH A CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T224616.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1303/17 () of 26.11.2019
Online on 21.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47B 47/04 A47B 96/20 F16B 12/26 B27N 3/02 B32B 21/00	Application no. 09807461.0
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Late-filed argument - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COMPOSED ELEMENT, MULTI-LAYERED BOARD AND PANEL-SHAPED ELEMENT FOR FORMING THIS COMPOSED ELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T130317.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1001/13 (Expressionshemmung/ALNYLAM) of 9.1.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.1.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C12N 15/11	Application no. 02702247.4
Keywords Hauptantrag (Patent in der erteilten Fassung) - hinreichende Offenbarung (nein) 1. Hilfsantrag - hinreichende Offenbarung (nein) 2. und 3. Hilfsantrag - Zulassung ins Verfahren (nein) 4. Hilfsantrag - hinreichende Offenbarung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HEMMUNG DER EXPRESSION EINES ZIELGENS UND MEDIKAMENT ZUR THERAPIE EINER TUMORERKRANKUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T100113.20190109				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 496 KB)
T 0086/14 (Antennenmodul / CONTINENTAL) of 8.11.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q 1/08 H01Q 1/32 H01Q 1/42 H01Q 21/28 H01Q 23/00 H01Q 1/12	Application no. 07010729.7
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Antennenmodul, insbesondere als zentrales Sende- und/oder Empfangsmodul für ein Fahrzeug, mit mehreren Antennen und mehreren Sende- und/oder Empfangseinrichtungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T008614.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0012/15 (Compositions comprising PUFAs, B Vitamins and uridine or cytidine to … of 20.8.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 20.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/202 A61K 31/4415 A61K 31/519 A61K 31/714 A61P 25/00	Application no. 02780164.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - improvement not credible Inventive step - obvious alternative Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed request - admitted (yes)				Application title PREPARATION FOR IMPROVING THE ACTION OF RECEPTORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T001215.20190820				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 972 KB)
T 0263/15 () of 9.12.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 5/20 B65D 5/42 B65D 5/56	Application no. 07804082.1
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD OF PREPARING WEB MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF RECEPTACLES FOR FOOD OR OTHER PRODUCTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T026315.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0774/15 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 61/28 H01J 61/70 H01J 61/52	Application no. 07705734.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Novelty - "main request b" (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title LOW-PRESSURE MERCURY VAPOR DISCHARGE LAMP WITH AMALGAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077415.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 416 KB)
T 0234/16 () of 26.11.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01J 61/28 H01J 61/70 H01J 61/52	Application no. 12152823.6
Keywords Claims - clarity in opposition appeal proceedings Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition Grounds for opposition - not admitted into appeal proceedings Late-filed novelty objection - admitted (no) New inventive step objections - admitted (no)				Application title Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp with amalgam, lamp system, water treatment system, use of a lamp system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T023416.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 354 KB)
T 0278/17 (Air Filter/Donaldson) of 13.2.2020
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 46/52 F02M 35/024	Application no. 10167077.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Late-filed request - justification for late filing (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Air filter arrangement, assembly, and methods
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T027817.20200213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0296/17 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 2/08 A61F 2/06 B65B 55/02	Application no. 11195520.9
Keywords Admissibility of opposition - (no)				Application title Reduced temperature sterilization of stents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T029617.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 1599/17 (Cell ID acquisition in wireless FDMA system/QUALCOMM) of 14.2.2020
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 14.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04Q 7/32 H04J 13/00	Application no. 07841291.3
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title ACQUISITION IN FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEMS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159917.20200214				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 275 KB)
T 2523/17 (Probengefäßmatrix/PerkinElmer) of 6.12.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01L 3/00	Application no. 10787020.6
Keywords Klarheit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title PROBENGEFÄSSMATRIX UND DEREN HERSTELLUNGSVERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T252317.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 335 KB)
T 1695/18 (Hypoglycaemia/LÜCK) of 26.9.2019
Online on 20.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/47 A61P 13/00	Application no. 09797440.6
Keywords Transfer of opponent status (yes) Novelty - main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 7 (no) Novelty - non-limiting, non-therapeutic use Admission of late filed requests - auxiliary requests 16 to 23 (no)				Application title SUPPLEMENTATION OF PROPANE-1,2,3-TRIOL AND WATER IN FASTING SUBJECTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169518.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 553 KB)
T 2180/15 () of 15.11.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC F25J 3/04	Application no. 04722884.6
Keywords Exposé insuffisant - (non) Motifs d'opposition - extension de l'objet du brevet (oui) Motifs d'opposition - nouveau motif d'opposition (oui) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET INSTALLATION DE SEPARATION D'AIR PAR DISTILLATION CRYOGENIQUE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T218015.20191115				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 350 KB)
T 1340/16 (IgA secretion due to probiotics/NESTLE) of 11.12.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 35/74 A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30	Application no. 09800034.2
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests 1 and 3 - inventive step (no) Late-filed request auxiliary request 2 Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title PROBIOTICS TO INCREASE IGA SECRETION IN INFANTS BORN BY CAESAREAN SECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T134016.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 353 KB)
T 2041/16 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01C 21/34	Application no. 11735998.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM ERMITTELN DER REICHWEITE EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T204116.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2669/16 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04B 23/00 F04D 13/16	Application no. 10000378.9
Keywords Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsantrag (ja) Änderungen - Offenbarung durch Zeichnung				Application title Pumpeinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266916.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 0155/17 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C08G 65/26 C08G 65/00	Application no. 11719029.8
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON POLYETHERCARBONATPOLYOLEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T015517.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 1543/17 () of 29.11.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 29.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 236/12 C08F 2/22 C08L 13/02 A61B 19/04	Application no. 03707139.6
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal (admitted: yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title DIP-FORMING LATEX, DIP-FORMING COMPOSITION AND DIP-FORMED ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T154317.20191129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 427 KB)
T 2717/17 (Buprenorphine/ HEXAL) of 28.11.2019
Online on 19.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 47/12 A61K 47/14 A61K 31/485 A61K 9/70	Application no. 11784951.3
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Late-filed attack on inventive step - admitted (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM COMPRISING BUPRENORPHINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T271717.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 448 KB)
T 0079/14 (Antennenmodul / CONTINENTAL) of 8.11.2019
Online on 18.02.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H01Q 1/08 H01Q 1/12 H01Q 1/32 H01Q 1/42 H01Q 21/28 H01Q 23/00	Application no. 07010730.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein)				Application title Antennenmodul, insbesondere als zentrales Sende- und/oder Empfangsmodul für ein Fahrzeug, mit mehreren Antennen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T007914.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0447/16 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 18.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 9/00 H02J 3/36 H02J 3/38	Application no. 01811203.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Windenenergiesystem sowie Verfahren zum Betrieb eines solchen Windenenergiesystems
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T044716.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0560/16 (TDK/magnetic material) of 19.11.2019
Online on 18.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01F 1/11 H01F 1/113 C04B 35/26 H01K 1/02 G11B 5/706 C01G 49/00	Application no. 04013256.5
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes) Auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1-4 (no) Clarity - auxiliary requests 5-9 (no)				Application title Oxide magnetic material, ferrite particle, sintered magnet, bonded magnet, magnetic recording medium and motor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T056016.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 411 KB)
T 2063/14 (Procalcitonin in diabetes/BRAHMS) of 28.11.2019
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68 G01N 33/74	Application no. 10188289.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes) Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (yes)				Application title Use of procalcitonin (PCT) in risk stratification and prognosis of patients with a primary, non-infectious disease
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T206314.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 298 KB)
T 2367/15 (Process for producing glass/resin composite/AGC) of 16.1.2020
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B32B 17/10 B29C 47/06 C03B 17/06	Application no. 09703567.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS/RESIN COMPOSITE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T236715.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0918/16 (Pioglitazone and metformin/TAKEDA) of 7.11.2019
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/06 A61K 31/41 A61K 31/13	Application no. 03751344.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (no)				Application title SOLID PREPARATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T091816.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 531 KB)
T 1627/17 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 210/06 C08F 210/16	Application no. 05853858.8
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - main request (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title ARTICLES HAVING IMPROVED CLARITY, PREPARED FROM PROPYLENE-ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162717.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 391 KB)
T 0031/18 (HIGH DRUG LOAD TABLET/Novartis AG, Novartis Pharma GmbH) of 26.11.2019
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 26.11.2019	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 Admission of late filed documents (No) All requests - Inventive step (no) Experiments submitted after the filing date as evidence for inventive step - Taken in consideration (yes)				Application title HIGH DRUG LOAD TABLET
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T003118.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 455 KB)
T 0313/18 () of 11.2.2020
Online on 17.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 11.2.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 31/22 A61K 31/225 A61Q 3/00 A61P 31/10 A61K 47/10 A61K 9/00	Application no. 08734983.3
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerdeschrift Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Name und Anschrift des Beschwerdeführers				Application title TOPISCH ANWENDBARE FUNGIZIDE MITTEL ZUR NAGELBEHANDLUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T031318.20200211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 238 KB)
R 0001/19 (Fundamental violation of the right to be heard) of 17.10.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/573 A61K 31/593 A61K 9/00 A61K 9/06 A61K 47/06 A61K 47/10 A61P 17/06	Application no. 11196067.0
Keywords Petition admissible (yes) - obligation to raise objection (no) Right to be heard - violation (no) no obligation for a Board to inform a party that it deems a particular argument relevant				Application title Pharmaceutical composition for dermal use comprising calcipotriol and betamethasone for treating psoriasis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:R000119.20191017				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 0358/14 () of 23.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445	Application no. 00308714.5
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - first and second auxiliary requests (no) Claims - clarity Claims - first and second auxiliary requests (no)				Application title Improvements relating to an electronic programme guide
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T035814.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 0777/14 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC C07C 253/10 C07C 253/30	Application no. 05701177.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Alternative				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON ADIPODINITRIL DURCH HYDROCYANIERUNG VON 1,3-BUTADIEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T077714.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 1187/15 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61B 5/02 A61B 5/024 A61B 5/087 A61B 5/0205 A61B 5/0404	Application no. 05786636.0
Keywords Main request and auxiliary requests I to X - added subject-matter (yes) Late filed auxiliary request XI - admitted (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND PRESENTATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T118715.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 1458/15 () of 10.10.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/56	Application no. 03812298.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure Grounds for opposition - main request (yes), auxiliary request 1 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title DISPOSABLE DIAPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145815.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 2288/15 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/58	Application no. 04751815.4
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Claims - clarity (no) Procedural economy - Reasons 5.1.1 to 5.1.7				Application title FASTENING FILM SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FASTENING FILM SYSTEM AND A SUBSTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T228815.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 432 KB)
T 0653/16 () of 24.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F02B 63/04 H02K 7/18	Application no. 08803818.7
Keywords Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Kategoriewechsel Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - rückschauende Betrachtungsweise Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Could-would approach				Application title SCHWIMMFÄHIGE HAFENSTROMVERSORGUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T065316.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 421 KB)
T 1082/16 () of 21.11.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 13/58	Application no. 04002150.3
Keywords Verspätetes Vorbringen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title Reibungskupplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108216.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 478 KB)
T 1597/16 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E04F 15/00 B05D 7/08 B05D 3/06	Application no. 05746316.8
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title PANEEL AUS HOLZWERKSTOFF MIT OBERFLÄCHENBESCHICHTUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T159716.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 312 KB)
T 2619/16 () of 20.11.2019
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 20.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08F 12/08 C08F 4/34	Application no. 10712412.5
Keywords Inventive step - (main request: no) Auxiliary requests submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal - admitted (no)				Application title AQUEOUS SOLID DIACYL PEROXIDE SUSPENSION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T261916.20191120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 0600/18 (Storm Emma) of 4.2.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B64C 13/46	Application no. 10765486.5
Keywords Re-establishment of rights (no) Re-establishment of rights - no conclusive case presented in request Re-establishment of rights - due care on the part of the professional representative (no)				Application title TACTILE CUEING APPARATUS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T060018.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 302 KB)
T 2274/18 (Method For Treating Human Perspiration /L'ORÉAL) of 7.2.2020
Online on 14.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 7.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/96 A61K 8/02 A61K 8/26 A61K 8/25 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/28 A61Q 15/00	Application no. 09737000.1
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title COSMETIC METHOD FOR TREATING HUMAN PERSPIRATION USING PARTICLES OF AN EXPANDED AMORPHOUS MINERAL MATERIAL; COMPOSITIONS.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T227418.20200207				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 290 KB)
T 2248/14 (DNA polymerases/ILLUMINA) of 26.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 9/12	Application no. 10180445.8
Keywords Main request - admission (yes); added-subject-matter (yes);				Application title Modified DNA polymerases for improved incorporation of nucleotide analogues
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T224814.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 386 KB)
T 0134/15 (Echtzeitsteuerverfahren für eine Steuerungseinrichtung/SIEMENS) of 21.1.2020
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G05B 19/05	Application no. 04019104.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Unzulässige Erweiterung - Hilfsanträge 2 und 3 (ja) Zulassung - Hilfsantrag 4 (nein): verspätet und nicht konvergent				Application title Echtzeitsteuerverfahren für eine Steuerungseinrichtung eines industriellen technischen Prozesses und Echtzeitbetriebsverfahren für eine Recheneinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T013415.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 363 KB)
T 1331/15 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778 H01L 21/60 H01L 23/36	Application no. 03800265.5
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title GROUP III NITRIDE BASED FLIP-CHIP INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T133115.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 1025/17 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E05D 5/02 E05D 5/04 E05D 7/04	Application no. 08020799.6
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - (nein)				Application title Scharnierbeschlag zur schwenkbaren Befestigung des Rahmens eines Fensterladens
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T102517.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 541 KB)
T 1665/18 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08H 8/00 C10G 1/00 C10L 1/02 C10L 5/44 C08L 1/02 C08L 97/02 C08J 3/28 C10G 3/00 C10G 15/00 C10G 32/00 C10G 49/12 C12M 1/00 C12P 3/00 C12P 5/00 C12P 7/04 C12P 7/10 C12P 7/16 C12P 7/02	Application no. 11007752.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Method of preparation of alcohols, organic acids, proteins, sugars, hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof from biomass
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T166518.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1854/18 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 13.02.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08H 8/00 C10G 1/00 C10L 1/02 C10L 5/44 C08L 1/02 C08L 97/02 C08J 3/28 C10G 3/00 C10G 15/00 C10G 32/00 C10G 49/12 C12M 1/00 C12P 3/00 C12P 5/00 C12P 7/04 C12P 7/10 C12P 7/16 C12P 7/02	Application no. 11007747.6
Keywords Divisional application - subject-matter extends beyond content of earlier application (no, after amendment) Divisional application - added subject-matter (no) Divisional application - after amendment Remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Method for generating energy
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T185418.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0233/15 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H05B 6/06	Application no. 06742762.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Anordnung zur Leistungsversorgung mehrerer Induktionsspulen bei einem Induktionsgerät
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T023315.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 415 KB)
T 1875/15 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C10M 141/10 C10M 161/00	Application no. 03709392.9
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed objections - admitted (no)				Application title LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS WITH GOOD THERMAL STABILITY AND DEMULSIBILITY PROPERTIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T187515.20191203				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 604 KB)
T 2259/15 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B07B 1/46	Application no. 07820480.7
Keywords Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM KLASSIEREN WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T225915.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 459 KB)
T 1181/16 (DD Washer/Valmet) of 11.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 11.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D21C 9/06	Application no. 06747848.7
Keywords Novelty - public prior use (no) Novelty - insufficient substantiation/ evidence Inventive step - (yes)				Application title ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CELLULOSE PULP IN A WASHING APPARATUS ARRANGED WITH A REINFORCING FRAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T118116.20191111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 2155/16 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47L 15/42 D06F 39/00	Application no. 09015603.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Dishwasher
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T215516.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 461 KB)
T 2350/16 () of 18.10.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 18.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 15/10	Application no. 05778617.0
Keywords Übertragung der Einsprechendenstellung (nein) Zulassung der Vergleichsversuche (ja) Neuheit (nein: Hauptantrag; ja: Hilfsantrag I) Zulässigkeit des Disclaimers (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja: Hilfsantrag I)				Application title METALLISIERTES SICHERHEITSELEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T235016.20191018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 2633/16 (UTILISATION D'ACIDES BENZOÏQUES HALOGENES / TOTAL) of 28.11.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C09K 8/58 E21B 47/10	Application no. 11720588.0
Keywords Activité inventive - (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - auraient pu être produites en première instance (non)				Application title UTILISATION D'ACIDES BENZOÏQUES HALOGENES POUR LE MARQUAGE D'EAU D'INJECTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T263316.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 388 KB)
T 1449/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60C 5/04 B60C 29/04	Application no. 12170727.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Schlauchsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T144917.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1497/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60C 5/04 B60C 29/04	Application no. 12170728.5
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein) Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Schlauchsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T149717.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 293 KB)
T 0372/18 () of 30.1.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 30.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 16/027	Application no. 14306297.4
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Anordnung für in einem Kraftfahrzeug montierte elektrische Leitungen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T037218.20200130				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 273 KB)
T 1085/18 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B66C 19/00 B66C 13/22	Application no. 10763602.9
Keywords Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - Antrag hätte bereits im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren vorgebracht werden können (nein)				Application title PORTALHUBWAGEN ZUM EINSATZ IN CONTAINERTERMINALS UND FÜR ALLGEMEINE TRANSPORTZWECKE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T108518.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1841/19 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 12.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61C 7/00 A61C 7/08	Application no. 09746147.9
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title DENTAL APPLIANCE REINFORCEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T184119.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 220 KB)
T 2227/15 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B26B 19/06 B26B 19/20 B26B 19/38	Application no. 09251666.5
Keywords Late-filed lines of attack - admitted (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Novelty - (yes) RPBA 2020 - applicability and transitional provisions Form of decision - abridged form in respect of one or more issues				Application title Blade assembly
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T222715.20200129				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 0044/16 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/15 A61F 13/511 A61F 13/84 A61F 13/514	Application no. 11155400.2
Keywords Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features				Application title Disposable diapers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T004416.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1524/16 (Functional antibodies/GENENCOR) of 29.1.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 29.1.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 16/00 C07K 16/46 C12N 15/63 C12N 15/64 C12N 15/80 C12N 1/15 A61K 39/395	Application no. 03719861.1
Keywords Main request and aux. requests 3 and 6 - inventive step (no) Aux. requests 1, 4, 5 and 7 to 10 - clarity (no) Aux.requests 1a, 2a, 4a, 5a and 7a to 10a - added subject-matter (yes)				Application title Production of functional antibodies in filamentous fungi
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152416.20190129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 560 KB)
T 1591/16 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F02D 9/10 F02D 11/10	Application no. 04006975.9
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal				Application title Motor driving type throttle apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T159116.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1621/16 (Hand dishwashing/Procter&Gamble) of 14.10.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 17/00 C11D 3/33 C11D 3/36 C11D 1/83 C11D 1/94	Application no. 09163237.2
Keywords Amendments - mutliple selections from lists of converging alternatives Amendments - allowable (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Liquid hand dishwashing detergent composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T162116.20191014				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 467 KB)
T 1672/16 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F24D 19/10 G05D 7/06 E03B 7/00 E03B 7/08 E03B 7/07	Application no. 08874783.7
Keywords Grounds for opposition - fresh ground for opposition (no) Inventive step Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T167216.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 525 KB)
T 1741/16 () of 19.12.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61J 3/10	Application no. 09786382.3
Keywords Novelty - main request, auxiliary requests 2 and 9 (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 7 (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests 12 and 13 Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (no)				Application title TABLET PRODUCTION MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF TABLETS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174116.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 2093/16 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/00 A47L 15/46	Application no. 04804765.8
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja)				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT ZWISCHENPUMPBETRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T209316.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 364 KB)
T 2133/16 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21B 1/46	Application no. 08801838.7
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag Neuheit - (nein) Hilfsantrag 3 - mangelnde Substantiierung - zugelassen (nein) Hilfsanträge 4 und 5 - zugelassen (ja) Beschwerdeentscheidung - Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 4 und 5 (nein)				Application title KOMPAKTE FLEXIBLE CSP-ANLAGE FÜR ENDLOS-, SEMI-ENDLOS- UND BATCHBETRIEB
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T213316.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348 KB)
T 2420/16 (Content access across devices/QUALCOMM) of 7.10.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 7.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07871635.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title Preserving a user experience with content across multiple computing devices using location information
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T242016.20191007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 2741/16 (Haptic feedback assisted text manipulation / Immersion) of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01 G06F 3/048 G06F 17/24	Application no. 11191507.0
Keywords Inventive step - obvious modification Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - diverging versions of claims Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title Haptic feedback assisted text manipulation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T274116.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2746/16 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F03D 1/06 F03D 7/02 F03D 7/04 F03D 9/00 H02J 3/04 H02J 3/24 H02J 3/38 H02P 9/00 H02P 9/10	Application no. 10710316.0
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN EINER WINDENERGIEANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T274616.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 394 KB)
T 0163/17 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16C 19/16 F16C 19/55 F16C 33/58 F16C 35/067 F16C 35/04	Application no. 08012058.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Statement of grounds of appeal and the reply thereto Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case				Application title Assembling method of bearing unit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T016317.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 332 KB)
T 0645/17 (Curable polymer separator/UC & UMD) of 28.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01L 3/00 G01N 33/49	Application no. 14190681.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) -main and first to sixth auxiliary requests Amendments - allowable (yes) -seventh auxiliary request Claims - clarity (yes) -seventh auxiliary request Remittal to the examining division				Application title Curable polymer separator
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T064517.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1169/17 (Process for making a detergent base composition/Procter & Gamble) of 21.11.2019
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 11/04 C11D 1/37	Application no. 11715377.5
Keywords Late-filed documents Late-filed document - not admissible Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step (yes) Inventive step - non-obvious alternative				Application title PROCESS FOR MAKING A DETERGENT BASE COMPOSITION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116917.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 459 KB)
T 1724/17 () of 5.2.2020
Online on 11.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 5.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/40	Application no. 09827899.7
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title BEVERAGE MAKER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172417.20200205				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 229 KB)
T 2199/14 () of 21.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 21/00 H01L 25/16 H01L 27/15 H01L 33/00 H01L 25/075	Application no. 03724539.6
Keywords Priority - identity of invention (no) Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLID-STATE LIGHT SOURCE AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T219914.20191121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 418 KB)
T 0702/15 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C09K 5/04 C10M 171/00	Application no. 04817445.2
Keywords Apportionment of costs - (no)				Application title FLUORINATED ALKENE REFRIGERANT COMPOSITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T070215.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 260 KB)
T 1940/15 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 29/778 H01L 29/20 H01L 29/207 H01L 29/423	Application no. 06734062.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title GROUP III NITRIDE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (FETS) CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING HIGH TEMPERATURE REVERSE BIAS TEST CONDITIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T194015.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 400 KB)
T 0026/16 () of 24.9.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 24.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E01H 4/02 F16P 3/14 G08G 1/16	Application no. 11153413.7
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Pistenpflegefahrzeug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T002616.20190924				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0261/16 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC F16F 1/38 B64D 41/00	Application no. 08843213.3
Keywords Inventive step - after amendment Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH ELASTOMERIC MEMBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T026116.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 289 KB)
T 0302/16 () of 17.10.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F28G 1/16	Application no. 02009244.1
Keywords Zulassung eines neuen Einspruchsgrunds - (nein) Zulassung spät vorgebrachter Einwände - (nein) Zulassung einer spät vorgebrachten offenkundigen Vorbenutzung - (nein) Zulassung spät eingereichter Beweismittel - (nein) Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Online-Kesselreinigung von Abfallverbrennungsanlagen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T030216.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 550 KB)
T 0361/16 () of 29.1.2020
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F24H 3/04 F24H 9/18 H05B 3/24 B60H 1/22	Application no. 09012038.7
Keywords Erlöschen des Patents in allen benannten Vertragsstaaten - Beendigung des Beschwerdeverfahrens				Application title Elektrische Heizvorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T036116.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 227 KB)
T 0414/16 () of 12.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A45D 27/46 B26B 19/38	Application no. 04710801.4
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Patentansprüche - Klarheit nach Änderung (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title SYSTEM AUS EINEM ELEKTRISCHEN TROCKENRASIERAPPARAT UND EINEM DIESEM ZU GEORDNETEN ELEKTRISCHEN REINIGUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T041416.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0471/16 () of 3.9.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 3.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E02F 3/92 E02F 9/28	Application no. 10728679.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title CUTTER HEAD FOR DREDGING GROUND, CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER PROVIDED WITH SUCH A CUTTER HEAD AND USE OF THE CUTTER HEAD FOR DREDGING GROUND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T047116.20190903				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 1161/16 (COBALT-NICKEL-CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS/ATI) of 18.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 19/00	Application no. 04752617.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Novelty - availability to the public Novelty - multiple selection Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - unexpected improvement shown Late-filed document - justification for late filing (no) Late-filed document - admitted (no)				Application title COBALT-NICKEL-CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS WITH REDUCED LEVEL OF TITANIUM NITRIDE INCLUSIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116116.20191118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 381 KB)
T 1366/16 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 9/15	Application no. 12187784.9
Keywords Neuheit				Application title Rollladen mit einer Mehrzahl parallel angeordneter und gelenkig verbundener Rollladenstäbe aus einwandigem, dünnem Metallblech
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T136616.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 259 KB)
T 1690/16 () of 5.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 5.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B21B 45/02	Application no. 06832688.3
Keywords Late-filed evidence - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed evidence - submitted during oral proceedings Late-filed evidence - admitted (no) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title COOLING APPARATUS FOR HOT ROLLED STEEL BAND AND METHOD OF COOLING THE STEEL BAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169016.20191105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 405 KB)
T 2734/16 (Zulassung neuer Angriffslinie - Verspätetes Einreichen … of 15.10.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 23/088 E01C 19/00	Application no. 08157838.7
Keywords Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Änderung Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Verspätetes Vorbringen - Rechtfertigung der Verspätung (ja) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein)				Application title Selbstfahrende Großfräse
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T273416.20191015				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 599 KB)
T 0598/17 (Continuous annealing/TATA) of 22.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/26 C21D 9/46 C21D 9/52 C21D 6/00 C22C 38/04	Application no. 11703586.5
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE HEAT TREATMENT OF METAL STRIP MATERIAL, AND STRIP MATERIAL PRODUCED IN THAT WAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T059817.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 297 KB)
T 2643/17 () of 13.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 13.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F28D 9/00 F28F 3/04	Application no. 11003326.3
Keywords Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes) Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)				Application title Heat exchanger
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T264317.20191113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 263 KB)
T 0087/18 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B62L 3/02 B60T 7/10 B60T 11/16	Application no. 07001857.7
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed facts - admitted (yes)				Application title Bicycle hydraulic brake actuation device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T008718.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 333 KB)
T 1640/19 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 10.02.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B21H 1/06	Application no. 12735873.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - fehlende Beschwerdebegründung				Application title WALZE FÜR EIN RINGWALZWERK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T164019.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 226 KB)
T 2184/14 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B65D 35/10 B65D 47/08	Application no. 08017038.4
Keywords Recevabilité du recours - (oui) Procédure orale - en l'absence des requérantes 2 et 4 et de l'intimée Requête principale et requête subsidiaire 2 produites tardivement - recevables (non) Activité inventive - requête subsidiaire 1 (non)				Application title Tubes souples en matière plastique et leur procédé de fabrication
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T218414.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 439 KB)
T 1405/15 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G08G 1/095	Application no. 05852940.5
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Power supply for LED signal
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T140515.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 1604/15 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 41/34	Application no. 08701348.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A TAMPER EVIDENT CLOSURE CAP AND A COMBINATION OF THE CAP AND A CONTAINER NECK
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T160415.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 287 KB)
T 0032/16 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61F 13/02	Application no. 10724890.8
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (yes) - special circumstances of the case				Application title HYDROGEL WOUND DRESSING FOR USE WITH SUCTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T003216.20200114				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0243/16 () of 4.2.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 4.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 77/04	Application no. 09398009.2
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Pallet container for liquids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T024316.20200204				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1166/16 (LYOPHILIZED RECOMBINANT VWF FORMULATIONS/Baxalta Incorporated and … of 3.12.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/19 A61K 38/36 A61K 9/08 A61K 47/12 A61K 47/18 A61K 47/26 A61K 48/00 A61K 38/16	Application no. 09740822.3
Keywords Main request - Inventive step (No) Auxiliary request - Admission into the proceedings (No)				Application title LYOPHILIZED RECOMBINANT VWF FORMULATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T116616.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 365 KB)
T 1714/16 (Procter&Gamble/Aminosilicones) of 27.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 1/02 C11D 1/37 C11D 1/65 A61K 8/81 A61K 8/895 A61Q 5/00 A61Q 19/00 C11D 1/88 C11D 1/94 C11D 3/22 C11D 11/00 C11D 17/00	Application no. 10731679.6
Keywords Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem Inventive step - obvious modification Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title AMINOSILICONE CONTAINING DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171416.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 374 KB)
T 1720/16 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G07F 7/02 B60S 5/02 B67D 5/14 G06F 3/033 G07F 13/02	Application no. 03022730.0
Keywords Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Claims - clarity (no)				Application title Secure controller of outdoor payment terminals in compliance with EMV specifications
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T172016.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 1520/17 () of 12.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 27/26 A61L 27/52 A61L 27/58 C08L 5/08 C08B 37/00	Application no. 10750046.4
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3 Amendment of the appellant's case. Admitted (no)				Application title VISCOELASTIC GELS AS NOVEL FILLERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T152017.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1690/17 () of 22.11.2019
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 75/58 B65D 77/00	Application no. 10181886.2
Keywords Novelty - after amendment Inventive step - after amendment				Application title Resealable Food Container
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T169017.20191122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 250 KB)
T 1612/19 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 07.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C21D 1/25 C21D 8/02 C21D 8/04	Application no. 11743330.0
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCT, AND A HOT-ROLLED STEEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T161219.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 224 KB)
T 0083/15 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00	Application no. 07024538.6
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T008315.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 444 KB)
T 0396/15 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B24D 13/08	Application no. 07731681.8
Keywords Faits produits tardivement - recevable (oui) Activité inventive - (non)				Application title MEULE D'EBARBAGE FINE, UTILISATION DE CETTE MEULE ET PROCEDE POUR LA FABRIQUER.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T039615.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 506 KB)
T 1279/15 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 85/804 A47J 31/36	Application no. 09796130.4
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title CAPSULE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A CAPSULE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T127915.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 436 KB)
T 1591/15 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B24B 13/005 B29D 11/00 C08F 290/08 C09D 175/16 C09J 151/00	Application no. 07013158.6
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Method for blocking a lens blank, adhesive composition and use of the latter in lens blocking
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T159115.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 372 KB)
T 1937/15 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G01G 11/00	Application no. 10015400.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Spät vorgebrachte Argumente - zugelassen (ja)				Application title Wägevorrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T193715.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 331 KB)
T 0690/16 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00	Application no. 11001190.5
Keywords -				Application title Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T069016.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 1029/16 (Content metadata processing/SONY) of 27.9.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 27.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 03778956.7
Keywords Inventive step - main, first and second auxiliary requests (no) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - third auxiliary request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - third auxiliary request (yes) Substantial procedural violation - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes) Remittal to department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T102916.20190927				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
T 1100/16 (Procédé d'oxydation/Primetals) of 12.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C21D 1/76 C21D 9/48 C21D 9/52 C21D 9/56 C23C 2/02 C23C 2/40 F27B 9/06 C21D 9/00	Application no. 08829848.4
Keywords Invention brevetable - (oui)				Application title PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF D'OXYDATION/REDUCTION CONTROLEE DE LA SURFACE D'UNE BANDE D'ACIER EN DEFILEMENT CONTINU DANS UN FOUR A TUBES RADIANTS EN VUE DE SA GALVANISATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T110016.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 261 KB)
T 1238/16 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47J 31/44	Application no. 05826001.9
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed request - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED AND STEAMED MILK FROM MILK CONCENTRATE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T123816.20191216				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 1455/16 (Image search to obtain shooting spot/RAKUTEN) of 20.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 20.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 11775122.2
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Information providing device, method of providing information, information providing processing program, and recording medium on which an information providing processing program is recorded
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145516.20191120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1754/16 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F04B 43/00 F04B 49/06	Application no. 10001643.5
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Stützung durch die Beschreibung (ja) Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title Dosierpumpenaggregat sowie Verfahren zur Steuerung eines Dosierpumpenaggregates
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T175416.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 429 KB)
T 2385/16 (Encoding and decoding apparatus/NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE … of 8.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30 G06F 12/00 G06F 5/00 G06F 17/21	Application no. 07860476.6
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed second auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title Encoding and decoding apparatus, method, and program, and recording medium
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T238516.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 2628/16 () of 13.12.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A22C 11/12 A22C 15/00 B65H 75/44	Application no. 10194964.2
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Clip supply
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T262816.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0696/17 () of 3.2.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 3.2.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G02F 1/1333 G02F 1/13357	Application no. 14171255.4
Keywords Subject-matter extending beyond the earlier application as filed (no, amended claims) Novelty and inventive step (yes)				Application title Liquid crystal display apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T069617.20200203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 274 KB)
T 0880/17 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09D 11/00	Application no. 10016140.5
Keywords Novelty - (no) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Pigment dispersion, ink composition, inkset, and recording device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T088017.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 482 KB)
T 1248/17 (Water-absorbing agent / NIPPON SHOKUBAI) of 7.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 20/26 G01N 5/00 A61L 15/60 A61F 13/15 C08F 20/00	Application no. 05108718.7
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Amendments - clarity (no) Amendments - all requests				Application title Water-absorbing agent, its production process and use
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124817.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1633/17 () of 20.11.2019
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 7/04 B60T 15/14	Application no. 11794460.3
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title BETRIEBSBREMSVENTIL MIT WENIGSTENS EINEM UNMITTELBAR DURCH EINEN RELAISKOLBEN BETÄTIGBAREN ELEKTRISCHEN SCHALTER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T163317.20191120				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1879/17 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01C 23/00 B60R 1/00	Application no. 05851654.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Amendments - main request Claims - clarity (no) Claims - first auxiliary request Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title IMPROVED IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTROL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T187917.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 485 KB)
T 1045/18 () of 21.1.2020
Online on 06.02.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 21.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 11/20 A47L 11/40 A47L 11/30	Application no. 10766222.3
Keywords Änderungen der Anmeldung Änderungen - Fehlerhafte Ausübung des Ermessens der Prüfungsabteilung Rechtliches Gehör - Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme (ja) Zurückverweisung an die Prüfungsabteilung				Application title HANDGEFÜHRTES BODENBEARBEITUNGSGERÄT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T104518.20200121				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 338 KB)
T 0547/14 (Verfahren zur Vorhersage von Schimmelpilzbildung/FRAUNHOFER) of 29.1.2020
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 29.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02794505.4
Keywords Patentierbare Erfindung - "Bestimmung physikalischer Grössen zur Vorhersage von Schimmelpilzbildung" (Verfahren für gedankliche Tätigkeiten Patentierbare Erfindung - nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - "Bestimmung physikalischer Grössen zur Vorhersage von Schimmelpilzbildung" (nicht-technisch oder allgemeines Fachwissen Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - technische und nicht-technische Merkmale Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Unterschiedsmerkmale sind nicht notorisch Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR VORHERSAGE VON SCHIMMELPILZBILDUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054714.20200129				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 366 KB)
T 1023/15 () of 9.7.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B41J 11/00	Application no. 09290092.7
Keywords Admissibility of the appellant's requests (no)				Application title Ultraviolet curing-type inkjet printer and printing method used in Ultraviolet curing-type inkjet printer
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T102315.20190709				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 301 KB)
T 2003/15 () of 25.7.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B29D 99/00 B64C 1/06 B64C 1/12 B64C 1/00 B61D 17/04 B63B 3/28 B63B 3/36 B64C 3/26 B64C 3/18	Application no. 05788068.4
Keywords Novelty (yes) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Structural panels for use in aircraft fuselages and other structures
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T200315.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 2 MB)
T 1217/16 () of 18.9.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B61C 17/04 B60K 37/00	Application no. 09090012.7
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja) Beweisaufnahme - Zeugenvernehmung				Application title Führerstand eines spurgebundenen Fahrzeuges, Insbesondere eines Schienenfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T121716.20190918				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 285 KB)
T 1672/17 () of 11.9.2019
Online on 05.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 11.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B42D 25/00	Application no. 13152894.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes: main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 3) Added matter (yes: auxiliary requests 1, 3, 5) Remittal to the depart of first instance (yes)				Application title Optically variable security device and method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T167217.20190911				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 406 KB)
T 1447/15 (Method for designing an addendum/AUTOFORM) of 14.11.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/4099	Application no. 01927551.0
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Extension of protection (no)				Application title METHOD FOR THE DESIGNING OF TOOLS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T144715.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1931/15 (Transdermales therapeutisches System / LTS LOHMANN) of 5.12.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 5.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61K 9/70 A61P 5/24 A61P 15/08 A61P 15/12 A61P 5/18	Application no. 02762444.4
Keywords Hauptantrag - eingereicht mit Beschwerdebegründung - zugelassen (ja) Hauptantrag - Neuheit - (nein)				Application title TRANSDERMALES THERAPEUTISCHES SYSTEM AUF DER BASIS VON POLYACRYLAT-HAFTKLEBERN OHNE FUNKTIONELLE GRUPPEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T193115.20191205				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 314 KB)
T 0117/16 () of 7.11.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B22D 11/128	Application no. 06755231.5
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR REGELUNG EINES ANSTELLSEGMENTES IN EINER STRANGGIEßANLAGE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T011716.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0634/16 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A41B 11/12 A61F 13/08	Application no. 09745991.1
Keywords Procédure orale - présentation orale par un assistant (non) Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (oui) Requêtes subsidiaires - modification des moyens invoqués aprés dépôt des motifs de recours - recevables de prime abord (non)				Application title BANDE AUTO-FIXANTE DE MAINTIEN ET DE CONTENTION NOTAMMENT POUR BAS DE CONTENTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T063416.20200110				Distribution C	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 434 KB)
T 1874/16 () of 2.10.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 2.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00	Application no. 01974254.3
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag, Hilfsantrag 1 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 2 Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 3 Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja)				Application title DRUCKLUFTAUFBEREITUNGSEINRICHTUNG FÜR KRAFTFAHRZEUGE UND VERFAHREN ZUR REGENERATION DES TROCKNUNGSMITTELS EINES LUFTTROCKNERS EINER LUFTDRUCKVERSORGUNGSANLAGE EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T187416.20191002				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 355 KB)
T 2500/16 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F01P 5/12 F16D 35/02	Application no. 05003510.4
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hauptantrag (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - Hilfsanträge 1 bis 9 (nein)				Application title Kühlmittelpumpe für ein Kraftfahrzeug, mit regelbarem Antrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T250016.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0217/17 (Ester liquide ramifié/ L'OREAL) of 20.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language FR	IPC A61K 8/38 A61K 8/19 A61K 8/23 A61K 8/37	Application no. 08100319.6
Keywords Motifs d'opposition - exposé insuffisant (non) Activité inventive - (oui)				Application title Composition pour la décoloration des cheveux comprenant un ester liquide ramifié non volatile d'acide carboxylique à point de solidification inférieur à 4°c
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021717.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 305 KB)
T 1826/17 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC B60T 17/00 B60T 15/04	Application no. 06010659.8
Keywords Rückzahlung der Beschwerdegebühr - Verletzung des rechtlichen Gehörs (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung Änderungen - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1 (ja)				Application title Druckluftversorgungseinrichtung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182617.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 482 KB)
T 2664/17 (Oral Care Product / COLGATE-PALMOLIVE) of 23.1.2020
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 8/03 A61K 8/34 A61K 8/36 A61K 8/368 A61K 8/49 A61Q 11/00	Application no. 10779423.2
Keywords Exceptions to patentability - method for treatment by therapy Amendments - allowable (no)				Application title ORAL CARE PRODUCT AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T266417.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 267 KB)
T 0528/18 (Method for producing a stabilised antibody/CHUGAI) of 12.7.2019
Online on 04.02.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 12.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07K 14/705 C07K 16/00 C07K 1/107 C07K 16/36	Application no. 02792048.7
Keywords Main request, first to fifth auxiliary request: sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Method of stabilizing protein
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052818.20190712				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 359 KB)
T 0128/15 () of 9.12.2019
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B31B 1/90 B31B 19/90 B65B 61/06 B65B 61/18 B65B 61/20	Application no. 09000746.9
Keywords Spät eingereichte Tatsachen - zugelassen (nein) Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Tabak-Beuteln
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012815.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 431 KB)
T 1623/15 () of 14.1.2020
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC G07C 5/08 G08G 1/16	Application no. 08774004.9
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein)				Application title FAHRZEUGSTEUERSYSTEM FÜR EINEN KRAFTWAGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T162315.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 329 KB)
T 1798/16 () of 30.7.2019
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B29C 57/04 B21D 41/02	Application no. 11160491.4
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention (non)				Application title Dispositif d'outil à expansion pour pince ou machine à réaliser des emboîtures aux extrémités de tuyaux en matière plastique ou composite
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T179816.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 351 KB)
T 2363/16 (URL based email filtering/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 6.12.2019
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04103338.2
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title URL based filtering of electronic communications and web pages
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T236316.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0484/17 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23K 26/12 B23K 26/16 B23K 26/36 B23K 26/06	Application no. 10171819.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Gas-assisted laser ablation
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T048417.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 378 KB)
T 1773/19 () of 28.1.2020
Online on 03.02.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 28.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 20/00 G06Q 30/00	Application no. 10702844.1
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title PAYMENT SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T177319.20200128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)

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T 0713/15 (Vasculitis/CHUGAI) of 2.10.2019
Online on 31.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 2.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 45/00 A61K 39/395 A61P 29/00 A61P 9/00	Application no. 04807818.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 1 - admitted (no)				Application title Remedy for vasculitis
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T071315.20191002				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 343 KB)
T 1754/15 (Storage Virtualisation System/INFORTREND) of 23.1.2020
Online on 31.01.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 23.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/06 G06F 11/20	Application no. 06121790.7
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance				Application title Pool spares for data storage virtualization subsystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T175415.20200123				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 278 KB)
T 1043/16 () of 2.12.2019
Online on 31.01.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/56 A61F 13/58	Application no. 04814528.8
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no)				Application title GECKO-LIKE FASTENERS FOR DISPOSABLE ARTICLES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T104316.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 264 KB)
T 2492/13 (Personalisieren von Chipkarten / Giesecke+Devrient) of 22.10.2019
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G06K 17/00	Application no. 01902418.1
Keywords Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Patentansprüche - Klarheit Patentansprüche - Hilfsantrag 1 (nein) Änderungen Hilfsanträge 1 bis 5 Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM PERSONALISIEREN VON CHIPKARTEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T249213.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 385 KB)
T 0596/15 (DSRNA-mediated regulation/SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS) of 24.1.2020
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 24.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 15/63	Application no. 04030122.8
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title DSRNA-mediated regulation of gene expression in plants
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T059615.20200124				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 243 KB)
T 1385/15 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61L 2/18 A61B 19/00 C11D 3/04 C11D 3/06 C11D 3/30 B08B 3/08	Application no. 06724082.0
Keywords Neuheit einer zweiten (bzw. weiteren) nicht medizinischen Verwendung Neuheit - Kombination von Dokumenten				Application title MASCHINELLE DESINFEKTION VON GEGENSTÄNDEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T138515.20191203				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1907/15 (Enhancing continuous packet connectivity/INNOVATIVE SONIC) of 9.1.2020
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H04W 76/04 H04L 1/18	Application no. 07023252.5
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (yes): meaning of "when" is context-dependent				Application title Method of enhancing continuous packet connectivity in a wireless communications system and related apparatus
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T190715.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 0055/16 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 81/26 B29C 45/16 B01J 20/28 C08J 9/26 F26B 21/08	Application no. 99924541.8
Keywords Withdrawal of approval of any text for maintainance of the patent - Revocation of the patent				Application title MODIFIED POLYMERS HAVING CONTROLLED TRANSMISSION RATES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T005516.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 241 KB)
T 0548/16 (Sustained analgesia with buprenorphine / EURO-CELTIQUE) of 17.1.2020
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61F 13/00 A61K 31/485 A61K 9/70 A61P 25/04	Application no. 06118876.9
Keywords Basis of decision - text or agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Sustained analgesia achieved with transdermal delivery of buprenorphine
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T054816.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 238 KB)
T 0840/16 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC A23L 1/29 A23L 1/30 A23L 1/305	Application no. 09745999.4
Keywords Extension de l'objet revendiqué: non (revendications 9 à 11) Suffisance de description: oui Nouveauté: oui Activité inventive: oui				Application title ALIMENT INFANTILE À BASE DE MATIÈRE GRASSE D'ORIGINE LAITIÈRE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T084016.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 423 KB)
T 1781/16 (Liver tissue/UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL) of 26.6.2019
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 26.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 5/071 C12N 5/074	Application no. 01903136.8
Keywords Right to be heard - violation (no) Remittal to the department of first instance (no) Main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 5 - added subject matter (yes)				Application title Liver tissue source
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T178116.20190626				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 397 KB)
T 2573/16 (OLAP-cube specification/ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES) of 6.11.2019
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 6.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 10008570.3
Keywords Inventive step - main request and first and third auxiliary requests (no) Late-filed request - second auxiliary request (not admitted)				Application title Flexible cube data warehousing
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T257316.20191106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 412 KB)
T 2111/17 (Filtermodul/Mann + Hummel) of 8.11.2019
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 46/00 B01D 46/10 B01D 46/52	Application no. 07857207.0
Keywords Spät eingereichter Antrag - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (nein) Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Änderungen - Berichtigung von Mängeln (ja) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Lösung				Application title FILTERMODUL MIT EINEM KOMPRESSIBLEN UND SELBSTAUSDEHNENDEN FILTERELEMENT, HALTERUNG UND VERFAHREN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T211117.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 353 KB)
T 0961/18 (Positionsmesseinrichtung II/HEIDENHAIN) of 10.7.2019
Online on 30.01.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 10.7.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H03M 1/10 G01D 5/244 G01D 18/00	Application no. 05010374.6
Keywords Bindungswirkung einer ersten Entscheidung der Beschwerdekammer - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Positionsmesseinrichtung und Verfahren zur Positionsmessung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T096118.20190710				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 432 KB)
T 2470/16 () of 17.1.2020
Online on 29.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/4412 A61P 11/00	Application no. 11001414.9
Keywords Agreement to text withdrawn by patent proprietor				Application title Pirfenidone treatment for patients with atypical liver function
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T247016.20200117				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)
T 1455/17 (Winding structure/BALDWIN) of 6.11.2019
Online on 29.01.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 6.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01D 29/48	Application no. 07865206.2
Keywords Amendments - broadening of claim (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A FILTER ELEMENT WITH A WINDING STRUCTURE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T145517.20191106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 355 KB)
T 0349/15 () of 12.11.2019
Online on 28.01.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 295/08 A61K 31/495 A61P 25/24 A61P 25/28 A61P 25/18 A61P 25/22 A61P 25/32 A61P 25/34 A61P 25/36	Application no. 07764495.3
Keywords -				Application title 1-[2-(2,4-DIMETHYLPHENYLSULFANYL)-PHENYL]PIPERAZINE AS A COMPOUND WITH COMBINED SEROTONIN REUPTAKE, 5-HT3 AND 5-HT1A ACTIVITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T034915.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 320 KB)
T 1801/15 () of 28.11.2019
Online on 28.01.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 28.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 161/24	Application no. 06799568.8
Keywords Late-filed technical evidence (admitted) Inventive step (no) Inventive step - none of the requests				Application title LOW EMISSION ADHESIVE SYSTEM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T180115.20191128				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 516 KB)
T 0795/16 (Carrier system/KOREA INSTITUTE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) of 9.12.2019
Online on 28.01.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 9.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07H 21/00 C12N 15/87	Application no. 10775037.4
Keywords Main request and auxiliary request - admission (yes) Main request and auxiliary request - added-subject matter (yes)				Application title METHOD FOR POLYMERIZING A SMALL OLIGONUCLEOTIDE, AND USE OF A HIGH-MOLECULAR OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PREPARED BY THE POLYMERIZATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T079516.20191209				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 317 KB)
T 1728/16 (Solid pharmaceutical dosage form comprising ritonavir / ABBOTT) of 15.11.2019
Online on 28.01.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 15.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 9/14 A61K 9/20 A61K 31/425	Application no. 04816820.7
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM COMPRISING RITONAVIR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T172816.20191115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 2514/16 () of 13.12.2019
Online on 28.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 8/00 C08J 3/24 C08F 8/42	Application no. 10710301.2
Keywords Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus Änderungen - Hauptantrag (nein) Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG OBERFLÄCHENNACHVERNETZTER WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T251416.20191213				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 451 KB)
T 2069/15 () of 10.12.2019
Online on 27.01.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 10.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B66B 5/02 B66B 13/22 B66B 5/00	Application no. 10008399.7
Keywords Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Antrag eindeutig gewährbar (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Elektronisches Sicherheitsystem für einen Aufzug
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T206915.20191210				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 384 KB)
T 1114/17 () of 22.1.2020
Online on 27.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 22.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B23Q 16/10 G01B 11/00 G01B 11/24 G01S 17/02	Application no. 13888136.2
Keywords Inventive step - non-obvious alternative Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title LASER SENSOR WITH A BUILT-IN ROTARY MECHANISM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T111417.20200122				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 310 KB)
T 1221/14 (Clostridial assays/ALLERGAN) of 9.5.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 9.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/573 G01N 33/53 G01N 33/58 G01N 33/60 C07K 1/00 C07K 5/00 C07K 7/00 C07K 14/00 C07K 16/00 C07K 17/00 C08H 1/00 A61K 38/04	Application no. 02807745.1
Keywords Late-filed requests, filed with statement of grounds of appeal Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (main request, first and second auxiliary requests Amendments - no; third auxiliary request Amendments - yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the opposition division (yes)				Application title FRET PROTEASE ASSAYS FOR CLOSTRIDIAL TOXINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T122114.20190509				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1329/14 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B3/18 A61B3/10 A61B3/107	Application no. 99963480.1
Keywords Patentansprüche - Klarheit (nein)				Application title ANORDNUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR BERÜHRUNGSLOSEN MESSUNG DER ACHSLÄNGE UND/ODER DER HORNHAUTKRÜMMUNG UND/ODER DER VORDERKAMMERTIEFE DES AUGES, VORZUGSWEISE ZUR IOL-BERECHNUNG
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T132914.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 238 KB)
T 1398/14 (Detection of therapeutic antibody/HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE) of 18.6.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 18.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/68	Application no. 05824356.9
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title DETECTION OF A THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T139814.20190618				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 347 KB)
T 1491/14 (Vortioxetine/LUNDBECK) of 30.7.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 30.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/495 A61P 25/00	Application no. 08850935.1
Keywords Novelty - main request (yes) Novelty - new group of patients Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (yes) Inventive step - no one-way-street situation Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 1 (yes)				Application title THERAPEUTIC USES OF COMPOUNDS HAVING COMBINED SERT, 5-HT3 AND 5-HT1A ACTIVITY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T149114.20190730				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 517 KB)
T 1785/14 (System and method for predicting physiological state of animal/LATTEC … of 7.8.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 7.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/04 G01N 21/35 A01J 5/013 G05B 13/04 G05B 17/02 G05B 23/02	Application no. 03787739.6
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR OBSERVING AND PREDICTING PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE OF AN ANIMAL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T178514.20190807				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 2332/14 (Diagnosis and treatment of epithelial-derived cancers/UCB PHARMA) of 8.1.2020
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 33/574	Application no. 02779771.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings				Application title METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF EPITHELIAL-DERIVED CANCERS, SUCH AS COLORECTAL CANCERS AND KIDNEY CANCERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T233214.20200108				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 0572/15 (Locating web-based social network members/FACEBOOK) of 11.12.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L29/08	Application no. 07752069.0
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCATING WEB-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK MEMBERS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T057215.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 1249/15 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G02F1/35 H04L9/08	Application no. 11706294.3
Keywords Requêtes produites tardivement - requêtes clairement admissible (non) Quatrième requête subsidiaire produite tardivement - requête clairement admissible (oui)				Application title SOURCE DE PAIRES DE PHOTONS INTRIQUÉS EN POLARISATION ET SON PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124915.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 545 KB)
T 0109/16 (Fentanyl for nasal administration/TAKEDA) of 8.10.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/435 A61P 25/04	Application no. 05078002.2
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Fentanyl salt composition for nasal administration
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T010916.20191008				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 329 KB)
T 0182/16 () of 17.10.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.01	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K 31/215 A61K 31/22 A61P 3/04	Application no. 10193040.2
Keywords Late-filed requests Late-filed request - justification for late filing (no) Novelty - (no) Requests filed pursuant to Article 12 RPBA - not held inadmissible				Application title Metabolic imprinting effects of structured lipids
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T018216.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 419 KB)
T 0217/16 () of 20.1.2020
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H02M1/42	Application no. 08854373.1
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Control system and method for controlling a bridgeless boost converter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T021716.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 393 KB)
T 0946/16 () of 23.10.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 23.10.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C08F210/02 C08F218/00 C08L23/08 C08L35/00 C09J123/08 C09J135/00 C08J5/18	Application no. 09768173.8
Keywords Requête principale - motivation produite tardivement - requête non admise dans la procédure Requête subsidiaire produite tardivement - argument que celle-ci n'est pas de prime abord conforme aux dispositions de la règle 80 CBE non convaincant - admise dans la procédure Requête subsidiaire - défaut d'activité inventive (oui) - amélioration (non retenue) - modifications évidentes Requêtes subsidiaires additionnelles tardives qui nécessiteraient un report de la procédure orale - non admises dans la procédure				Application title FABRICATION DE COPOLYMERES ETHYLENE/ESTER VINYLIQUE D'ACIDE CARBOXYLIQUE A PARTIR DE MATIERES RENOUVELABLES, COPOLYMERES OBTENUS ET UTILISATIONS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T094616.20191023				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 608 KB)
T 1744/16 (Silk Fibroin Hydrogels/ALLERGAN) of 6.5.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 6.5.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K38/17 A61L27/52 A61L27/22 A61K9/06 A61K47/42	Application no. 10726700.7
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Silk Fibroin Hydrogels and uses thereof
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174416.20190506				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 486 KB)
T 2695/16 () of 13.11.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 13.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L27/16 C08J3/24 C08K5/00	Application no. 02011786.7
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title Curable Fluoroelastomers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T269516.20191113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 295 KB)
T 0094/17 (Dental-care-related device/PLANMECA) of 2.12.2019
Online on 24.01.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F17/30 G06Q10/00	Application no. 05730928.8
Keywords Inventive step - both requests (no)				Application title Data arrangement, method, dental-care-related device and software product for dental-care quality assurance
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T009417.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0242/13 (Tamper-resistant RFID label / Mikoh) of 6.9.2019
Online on 23.01.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 6.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01Q 1/36 B65D 5/42 G06K 19/073 G06K 19/077 G08B 13/24	Application no. 01926396.1
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title A TAMPER INDICATING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION LABEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T024213.20190906				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 308 KB)
T 1651/14 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 23.01.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61F 13/02 A61F 13/00 A61F 5/445	Application no. 03727455.2
Keywords Grundlage der Entscheidung - Rücknahme der Zustimmung zur vorgelegten oder gebilligten Fassung des Patents Grundlage der Entscheidung - Widerruf des Patents				Application title ABSORPTIONSKÖRPER ZUM ANSCHLUSS AN DEN MENSCHLICHEN KÖRPER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T165114.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 242 KB)
T 1966/16 (HDAC Modulators / GLAXOSMITHKLINE) of 20.1.2020
Online on 23.01.2020	Board 3.3.07	Decision date 20.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A61K47/48	Application no. 09714148.5
Keywords Inventive step - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - special reasons for remitting the case				Application title INTRACELLULAR ENZYME AND RECEPTOR MODULATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T196616.20200120				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 346 KB)
T 2185/16 (Displaying multimedia contents/SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS) of 18.11.2019
Online on 23.01.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 07100788.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Apparatus and method for displaying multimedia contents
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T218516.20191118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 409 KB)
T 1918/17 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 23.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B60W40/09 B60W50/14 G07C5/08 G07C5/00 B60R16/023	Application no. 12716774.0
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no) Claims - clarity (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE OPERATOR TRAINING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T191817.20200109				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 254 KB)
T 2769/17 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 23.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 19/18 B60R 19/02	Application no. 12700928.0
Keywords Added subject-matter (no) Insufficiency of disclosure (no) Novelty - (yes) Late-filed inventive step objections - admitted (no)				Application title TUBULAR BEAM OF AN AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURE HAVING AN IMPROVED IMPACT BEHAVIOR
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T276917.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 342 KB)
T 0128/18 () of 20.9.2019
Online on 23.01.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 20.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC E21B19/10	Application no. 02782021.6
Keywords -				Application title A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PREVENTING PIPESKIDDING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012818.20190920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1968/14 () of 16.12.2019
Online on 22.01.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 16.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61B 5/11	Application no. 07722204.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - (nein) Klarheit - (nein)				Application title TRAGBARES DIAGNOSTISCHES SYSTEM FÜR GLEICHGEWICHTSFUNKTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T196814.20191216				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 326 KB)
T 0757/15 () of 18.11.2019
Online on 22.01.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61M 16/00 A61M 16/10	Application no. 08396014.6
Keywords Admittance of a document filed with the statement of grounds of appeal (yes) Novelty - main request (no) Admittance of first auxiliary request (no)				Application title Arrangement for detecting a leak in anesthesia system
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T075715.20191118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 339 KB)
T 0817/15 () of 14.11.2019
Online on 22.01.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 14.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C12M 1/00 G01N 35/04 B65G 1/04 G01N 35/00 G01N 35/02 B65G 1/137	Application no. 04000422.8
Keywords Rechtliches Gehör - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Automatisches Lagersystem und Klimaschrank mit automatischem Lagersystem
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T081715.20191114				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 318 KB)
T 0379/16 (EPICHLORHYDRIN PRODUCTION/TECHNIP) of 19.11.2019
Online on 22.01.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 303/08 C08G 59/04	Application no. 06121391.4
Keywords Inventive step - all requests (no)				Application title Process for producing epichlorhydrin
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T037916.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 369 KB)
T 0832/16 () of 7.11.2019
Online on 22.01.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/08 F01N 3/20 B01D 53/94	Application no. 04714777.2
Keywords Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request 3 - request clearly allowable (no) Amendments - auxiliary request 4 Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary request 4 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - auxiliary request 4 (yes)				Application title EXHAUST-GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION OF NITROGEN OXIDES IN THE LEAN EXHAUST GAS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES AND METHOD OF EXHAUST-GAS PURIFICATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083216.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 349 KB)
T 2138/14 () of 6.11.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 6.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/44 H04N 5/445 G06F 3/048	Application no. 09826393.2
Keywords Substantial procedural violation - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Inventive step - main and first auxiliary request (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Techniques for implementing a cursor for televisions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T213814.20191106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 425 KB)
T 0054/16 () of 16.10.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A24C 5/34 A24D 1/02	Application no. 10158697.2
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag (ja) Ausreichende Offenbarung - (ja) Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - eingereicht mit der Beschwerdebegründung Spät eingereichte Beweismittel - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge				Application title Verfahren zur optischen Kontrolle eines Umhüllungspapierstreifens der Tabak verarbeitenden Industrie
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T005416.20191016				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 560 KB)
T 0228/16 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC A45C 11/00 A61L 12/04 A61L 12/08	Application no. 04765064.3
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title METHOD AND CONTAINER FOR STERILIZING AND STORING SOFT CONTACT LENSES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T022816.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 285 KB)
T 0970/16 (Soil release benefits / PROCTER & GAMBLE) of 22.10.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/386	Application no. 08869755.2
Keywords Admissibility of opponent 1' appeal (no) - missing statement of grounds Sufficiency of the disclosure (all requests) : (no)				Application title USE OF A CELLULASE TO IMPART SOIL RELEASE BENEFITS TO COTTON DURING A SUBSEQUENT LAUNDERING PROCESS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T097016.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 382 KB)
T 1054/16 () of 27.11.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 27.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F04D 19/04 F04D 29/66 F16F 15/02	Application no. 11155766.6
Keywords Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no) Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Vibration damper for vacuum pumps
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T105416.20191127				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 373 KB)
T 1487/16 (HÖCHSTDISPERGIERBARE SILICAS/EVONIK DEGUSSA) of 12.6.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 12.6.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B82Y30/00 C01B33/193 C08K3/36	Application no. 04700701.8
Keywords Priorität - dieselbe Erfindung (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - unerwartete Verbesserung				Application title HÖCHSTDISPERGIERBARE SILICAS FÜR GUMMIANWENDUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T148716.20190612				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 420 KB)
T 1643/16 () of 2.12.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A47L 15/48	Application no. 05819348.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title GESCHIRRSPÜLMASCHINE MIT EINER SORPTIONSTROCKENVORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BETREIBEN DERSELBEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T164316.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0122/17 () of 16.1.2020
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 16.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC F04D 29/28	Application no. 10003653.2
Keywords Änderungen - zulässig (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title Lüfterrad
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T012217.20200116				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 359 KB)
T 1196/17 () of 15.1.2020
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01D 18/00	Application no. 13190334.6
Keywords Main request - admissibility - sufficiently substantiated (no) Auxiliary request - added subject-matter (yes) - clarity (no) - sufficiency of disclosure (no)				Application title Variable scale sensor
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T119617.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 1311/17 () of 11.10.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A22B 3/08	Application no. 08742803.3
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - statement of grounds Amendments - allowable (yes)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STUNNING POULTRY WITH GAS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T131117.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 338 KB)
T 2242/17 (Calcium carbonate/FP-Pigments Oy) of 13.11.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 13.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C01F 11/18 C09C 1/02 B82Y 30/00	Application no. 05763248.1
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING OF A CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T224217.20191113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1090/18 () of 22.10.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 17/00	Application no. 07703226.6
Keywords Right to be heard - opposition procedure Right to be heard - change of composition of the opposition division Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title CAN END FOR A CAN AND SUCH CAN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T109018.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 345 KB)
T 2948/18 (Plant maintenance/SIEMENS) of 25.11.2019
Online on 21.01.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/00	Application no. 01957609.9
Keywords Remittal to the department of first instance - (no) Reimbursement of international search fee - (board not competent) Inventive step - (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Plant maintenance technology architecture
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T294818.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 325 KB)
T 1599/14 (Dispositif de sécurisation / Oberthur) of 4.10.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.4.01	Decision date 4.10.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC G06K 19/073	Application no. 06778867.9
Keywords Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - exposé de l'invention permettant sa mise en uvre (oui) État de la technique le plus proche				Application title DISPOSITIF DE SECURISATION ACTIVE POUR DISPOSITIF ELECTRONIQUE SANS CONTACT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T159914.20191004				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 380 KB)
T 1818/14 (User interface for appliance/ELECTROLUX) of 2.12.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.5.03	Decision date 2.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G05B 19/042	Application no. 10009869.8
Keywords Document D4 made available to the public (yes) Inventive step (no) Inventive step - main request Admissibility of auxiliary requests (no) - either not substantiated or prima facie not allowable				Application title User interface and appliance of household or industrial type
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T181814.20191202				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 344 KB)
T 0132/15 () of 6.12.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.5.02	Decision date 6.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC H01H 85/00	Application no. 10164150.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Stromwandlereinheit
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T013215.20191206				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 434 KB)
T 2240/15 () of 22.10.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.2.03	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B22D 11/00 C22C 21/08 C22F 1/04	Application no. 05791238.8
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title Method for producing plural panel automotive members
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T224015.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 383 KB)
T 1332/16 () of 24.10.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 24.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC E06B 5/16 E04B 1/94 A62C 2/06	Application no. 04025822.0
Keywords Änderungen Neuheit Erfinderische Tätigkeit				Application title Feuerabschlusselement und Verfahren zur Herstellung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T133216.20191024				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 348 KB)
T 2119/16 () of 18.12.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 18.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G01G 13/24 G01G 13/02 B65G 33/32	Application no. 06706101.0
Keywords Inventive step (main request: no) Admission of amended requests filed during appeal proceedings (auxiliary requests: no)				Application title WEIGHING ARRANGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T211916.20191218				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 361 KB)
T 2693/16 () of 25.10.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 25.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C08F 220/06 C08F 6/06 C08J 3/28	Application no. 09768037.5
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Hauptantrag				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR ABTRENNUNG METALLISCHER VERUNREINIGUNGEN
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T269316.20191025				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 300 KB)
T 0731/17 (Object persistence/MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING) of 15.1.2020
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 15.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/30	Application no. 04779551.3
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title Object persistence in a database store
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T073117.20200115				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 356 KB)
T 0574/18 (Catalytic oxychlorination/Albermarle) of 17.10.2019
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 17.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B01J 27/122 C07C 17/156 B01J 27/138 C07C 19/045	Application no. 06792834.1
Keywords Late-filed new main request - admissible - yes - filed in reaction to the Board's communication Amendments - added subject-matter (no) Claims - clarity (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - (yes)				Application title CATALYTIC OXYCHLORINATION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T057418.20191017				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 291 KB)
T 2538/18 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 20.01.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC G01N 21/88	Application no. 05027593.2
Keywords Substantial procedural violation (yes) Remittal of the case and reimbursement of the appeal fee (yes)				Application title Enhanced video metrology tool
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T253818.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 315 KB)
T 1214/14 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.5.04	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04N 5/445 H04H 60/43	Application no. 09170818.0
Keywords Inventive step - main and auxiliary request (no)				Application title Channel registering apparatus and channel registering method
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T121414.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 307 KB)
T 1262/15 () of 7.11.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 1/28	Application no. 06763730.6
Keywords Unzulässige Verallgemeinerung (nein) Stand der Technik - Öffentliche Zugänglichkeit einer Bedienungsanleitung (ja) Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR LASER-MIKRODISSEKTION MIT EINER KONTINUIERLICHEN VERÄNDERUNG DER SCHNITTPARAMETER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T126215.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 454 KB)
T 1618/15 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.4.02	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G01N 1/28	Application no. 04791269.6
Keywords Neuheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (Alle Anträge: nein)				Application title VERFAHREN ZUR AUTOMATISCHEN ERZEUGUNG VON LASER-SCHNITTLINIEN IN DER LASER-MIKRODISSEKTION
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T161815.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 424 KB)
T 1442/16 (Cabrera ECG/PHILIPS) of 30.8.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 30.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00	Application no. 05777582.7
Keywords Inventive step - main request and auxiliary requests I, II, III and IVa (no) Inventive step - mixture of technical and non-technical features Amendments - auxiliary requests IV, V , VI and Va Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance - auxiliary request VIa (yes)				Application title METHOD OF MEDICAL MONITORING
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T144216.20190830				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 376 KB)
T 0680/17 (Trend notification/LIFESCAN) of 12.11.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 19/00 A61B 5/00 A61B 5/145	Application no. 13151120.6
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter (yes) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Analyte testing method and system with high and low blood glucose trends notification
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T068017.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 387 KB)
T 2144/17 (Hard surface cleaning composition/The Procter & Gamble Company) of 24.10.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 24.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 1/825 C11D 3/20 C11D 3/36 C11D 3/37 C11D 3/43 C11D 17/04	Application no. 06124062.8
Keywords Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Liquid hard surface cleaning compositions
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T214417.20191024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 334 KB)
T 2789/17 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC B60S 1/48	Application no. 11794697.0
Keywords Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (non) Revendications - clarté (oui) Possibilité d'exécuter l'invention - (oui) Nouveauté - (oui) Activité inventive - (oui) Preuves produites tardivement - recevable (oui)				Application title DISPOSITIF D'ESSUIE-GLACE ET DE LAVE-GLACE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T278917.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 312 KB)
T 1076/18 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F21S 4/00 F21V 19/00 F21V 29/00 F21V 17/16 F21Y 101/02 F21Y 103/00	Application no. 11764521.8
Keywords Änderungen - Zwischenverallgemeinerung				Application title LEUCHTMODULANORDNUNG MIT EINER LED AUF EINER PLATINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T107618.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 357 KB)
T 0071/19 () of 11.12.2019
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B60R 1/00	Application no. 14198300.7
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der früheren Anmeldung hinaus (ja)				Application title Anzeigeeinrichtung für Sichtfelder eines Nutzfahrzeugs
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T007119.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 260 KB)
T 2322/19 (Missing statement of grounds/GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS … of 14.1.2020
Online on 17.01.2020	Board 3.5.07	Decision date 14.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC H03M 13/23	Application no. 08844265.2
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - missing statement of grounds				Application title Optimum distance spectrum feedforward tail-biting convolutional codes
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T232219.20200114				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 222 KB)
T 1713/13 () of 28.10.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 28.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 1/10	Application no. 07785682.1
Keywords Unzureichende substantiierung in der Beschwerdebegründung - (ja) Spät vorgebrachter Einwand - zugelassen (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)				Application title BLUTPUMPE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171313.20191028				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 856 KB)
T 1511/14 () of 20.9.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.2.02	Decision date 20.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61M 21/02 H05B 37/02	Application no. 07108143.4
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja) Zulässigkeit verspäteter Einwände und Beweismittel (nein)				Application title Leuchte mit "Melatonin-schonender" Wirkung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T151114.20190920				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 426 KB)
T 0101/15 (PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIZING PEROXIDES / Arkema) of 7.11.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 409/24 C07C 409/34 C07C 409/38 C07C 409/04 C07C 409/10 C07C 409/22	Application no. 07728595.5
Keywords Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes) Late-filed auxiliary request - request clearly allowable (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIZING SELECTED ORGANIC PEROXIDES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T010115.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 336 KB)
T 0998/15 () of 13.1.2020
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 13.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B08B 3/02 B08B 3/08	Application no. 10425291.1
Keywords Lapse of patent in all designated states - termination of appeal proceedings Patent proprietor sole appellant				Application title Multi-purpose truck for re-establishment of safe and practicable road conditions, after car accidents, through cleaning of the road platform
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T099815.20200113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 231 KB)
T 1919/15 () of 12.11.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC F01D 5/14	Application no. 09718837.9
Keywords Activité inventive - requête principale (non) Activité inventive - requêtes subsidiaires 1 Activité inventive - 3 (non) Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée Modifications - requête subsidiaire 4 (oui)				Application title AUBE AVEC PLATEFORME 3D COMPORTANT UN BULBE INTERAUBES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T191915.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 467 KB)
T 0390/16 (PROCEDE DE FABRICATION DE L'HEXAMETHYLENE DIAMINE/Rhodia Opé … of 24.9.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 24.9.2019	Proc. language FR	IPC C07C 209/48 C07C 211/12	Application no. 07788893.1
Keywords Nouveauté - requête principale (non) Modifications - requêtes subsidiaires: extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)				Application title PROCEDE DE FABRICATION DE L'HÈXAMÈTHYLÈNE DIAMINE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T039016.20190924				Distribution D	Decision Texte de la décision en FR (PDF, 340 KB)
T 1502/16 (Hot work steel/Rovalma) of 15.10.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 38/44	Application no. 09382044.7
Keywords Transfer of opposition - (yes) Admissibility of appeal - (yes) Late-filed document - admitted (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Appeal decision - remittal to the department of first instance (yes)				Application title Hot work tool steel with outstanding toughness and thermal conductivity
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T150216.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 0298/17 () of 17.9.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 17.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 407/00 C07C 409/00 C08F 4/34 C08F 4/38	Application no. 10737342.5
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - all requests				Application title STORAGE STABLE AND SAFE PEROXIDE EMULSIONS WITH A HIGH ACTIVE OXYGEN CONTENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T029817.20190917				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 322 KB)
T 1687/17 () of 9.1.2020
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 9.1.2020	Proc. language DE	IPC E01C 19/20 E01C 21/00 E01C 23/06	Application no. 10000332.6
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (nein) Neuheit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Form der Entscheidung - gekürzte Form				Application title Stabilisierer oder Recycler
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T168717.20200109				Distribution C	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 250 KB)
T 1723/17 () of 26.11.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 26.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A61L 9/12 A61L 9/03	Application no. 10766370.0
Keywords Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title METHODS OF EMITTING A VOLATILE MATERIAL FROM A DIFFUSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T172317.20191126				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 328 KB)
T 1965/18 () of 11.11.2019
Online on 16.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 11.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 9/048 B60R 9/10	Application no. 14165400.4
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title A tensioning device for a bicycle support assembly or a load carrier
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T196518.20191111				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 293 KB)
T 2186/15 () of 8.11.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 8.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B07B 1/46	Application no. 07820483.1
Keywords Spät eingereichte Anträge - zugelassen (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Mündliche Verhandlung - Fernbleiben von der mündlichen Verhandlung				Application title VERFAHREN ZUM KLASSIEREN WASSERABSORBIERENDER POLYMERPARTIKEL
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T218615.20191108				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 330 KB)
T 0423/16 () of 19.11.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 7/04 D03D 13/00 D03D 15/00	Application no. 10187787.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title High abrasion resistance tape
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T042316.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 319 KB)
T 0957/16 () of 13.11.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 13.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A01G 9/24	Application no. 07810937.8
Keywords Amendments - added subject-matter (main request : yes) Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (auxiliary request : yes) Late submitted material - prior use Late submitted material - evidence admitted Late submitted material - (no) Novelty - auxiliary request (yes) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title GREENHOUSE AND FORCED GREENHOUSE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T095716.20191113				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 511 KB)
T 1212/16 (Surface treatment of paper / BLANKOPHOR) of 10.10.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 10.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D21H 17/07 D21H 17/09 D21H 17/51 C07D 251/00 C09K 11/06 D21H 21/30	Application no. 10171451.7
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - (no)				Application title Composition and process for whitening paper
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T121216.20191010				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 396 KB)
T 1540/16 () of 18.10.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 18.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F02M 35/024 F02M 35/08 B23D 45/16	Application no. 08159684.3
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title Power cutter
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T154016.20191018				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 326 KB)
T 1821/16 () of 10.1.2020
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.07	Decision date 10.1.2020	Proc. language EN	IPC B67D 1/00	Application no. 08799131.1
Keywords -				Application title SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PORTION CONTROL PROGRAMMING IN A PRODUCT FORMING DISPENSER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T182116.20200110				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 304 KB)
T 2068/16 () of 25.11.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.04	Decision date 25.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A24C 5/47 A24D 1/02 A24D 3/04	Application no. 10717644.8
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed request - adjournment of oral proceedings would have been required (yes) Late-filed request - admitted (no)				Application title SMOKING ARTICLE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T206816.20191125				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 352 KB)
T 2095/16 () of 15.10.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 15.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 273/16 B01D 53/94	Application no. 06732932.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no)				Application title PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A UREA-COMPRISING AQUEOUS STREAM
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T209516.20191015				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 0123/17 () of 22.10.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 22.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A47G 23/06	Application no. 09776408.8
Keywords Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no) Late-filed request - admitted (no) Admissibility of appeal - (yes)				Application title COMBINATION OF TRAYS, IN PARTICULAR FOR CATERING PURPOSES ONBOARD AIRCRAFTS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T012317.20191022				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 324 KB)
T 0734/17 () of 20.9.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 20.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60R 21/272 B60R 21/274	Application no. 12161507.4
Keywords Novelty - main request (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 1 (no) Novelty - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 1a (yes) Amendments - added subject-matter Amendments - auxiliary request 2 (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Remittal to the department of first instance for inventive step of auxiliary request 2 (no) for adaptation of the description (yes) Inventive Step - auxiliary request 2 (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)				Application title Gas generator for inflating a gas bag of a vehicle occupant restraint system and method of inflating a gas bag
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T073417.20190920				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 466 KB)
T 1744/17 () of 14.10.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C09J 153/00 C09J 153/02	Application no. 07844895.8
Keywords Claims - clarity Claims - main request (no) Claims - clarity Claims - auxiliary requests 1 to 5 (no)				Application title BLENDS OF BLOCK COPOLYMER AND ACRYLIC ADHESIVES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T174417.20191014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 337 KB)
T 1926/19 () of 18.11.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 18.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A45B 25/00 A45B 25/14 A45B 25/16	Application no. 05783984.7
Keywords Novelty - (no)				Application title A SWITCH USED FOR AN UMBRELLA CAPABLE OF OPERATION BY ONE HAND
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T192619.20191118				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 306 KB)
T 2105/19 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 15.01.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23G 1/02 A23L 1/30 A23G 1/00	Application no. 01944475.1
Keywords Inadmissible appeal - Missing statement of grounds				Application title AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR EXTRACTING COCOA PROCYANIDINS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T210519.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 221 KB)
T 0343/16 () of 12.11.2019
Online on 14.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 12.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B65D 41/04 C08K 5/00 C08L 23/10	Application no. 07253139.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Admissibility of appeal- Yes Admissibility of appeal - reference to statement of grounds of other appellant permissible				Application title Article comprising polypropylene composition
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T034316.20191112				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 392 KB)
T 0834/16 () of 21.10.2019
Online on 14.01.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 21.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16D 23/06	Application no. 09155959.1
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja) Einspruchsgründe - Hauptantrag Spät eingereichtes Dokument - Wechsel des Gegenstandes Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - Rechtfertigung für späte Vorlage (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (ja) Neuheit - (ja) Neuheit - Hilfsantrag 1a Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsantrag 1a				Application title Rastanordnung für eine Getriebe-Schaltkupplung
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T083416.20191021				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 463 KB)
T 0544/15 () of 5.11.2019
Online on 13.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 5.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F04B 43/00	Application no. 05758995.4
Keywords Statement of grounds of appeal - party's complete case Late-filed requests (main and first auxiliary request) Late-filed request - change of subject-matter Inventive step yes (second auxiliary request) Inventive step - ex post facto analysis				Application title PERISTALTIC PUMP TUBE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T054415.20191105				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 351 KB)
T 0231/16 (ACIDIC CLEANING COMPOSITION / Colgate-Palmolive) of 25.9.2019
Online on 13.01.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 25.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C11D 3/37 C11D 1/00	Application no. 06801588.2
Keywords Inventive step (all requests) Inventive step - obvious solution				Application title ACIDIC CLEANING COMPOSITION CONTAINING A HYDROPHILIZING POLYMER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T023116.20190925				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1346/16 (PULP FLOW SPLITTER/ANDRITZ) of 7.10.2019
Online on 13.01.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 7.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC D21C 7/06 D21C 9/02 D21C 9/10 D21C 5/02 D21F 1/06	Application no. 06725884.8
Keywords Late-filed auxiliary requests - amendments after arrangement of oral proceedings Late-filed auxiliary requests - admitted (yes) Inventive step - (yes)				Application title AN APPARATUS FOR DISTRUIBUTING A PULP FLOW
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T134616.20191007				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1952/16 () of 1.10.2019
Online on 13.01.2020	Board 3.3.10	Decision date 1.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07C 51/09 C07C 67/327 C07C 51/50	Application no. 02254650.1
Keywords -				Application title Method for decomposition of Michael type adduct
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T195216.20191001				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 341 KB)
T 0409/17 (Perlglanzpigmente/Eckart GmbH) of 18.10.2019
Online on 13.01.2020	Board 3.3.06	Decision date 18.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C09C 1/00	Application no. 08007357.0
Keywords Ausreichende Offenbarung - Ausführbarkeit (ja) Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz - (ja)				Application title Perlglanzpigmente auf Basis von feinen und dünnen Substraten
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T040917.20191018				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 428 KB)
T 0524/17 (Brass and Goss textures/ARCONIC) of 11.10.2019
Online on 13.01.2020	Board 3.3.05	Decision date 11.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C22C 21/00 C22F 1/04	Application no. 08797870.6
Keywords Amendments - allowable (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)				Application title RECRYSTALLIZED ALUMINUM ALLOYS WITH BRASS TEXTURE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T052417.20191011				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 407 KB)
T 1039/13 (Updating information/EQUIFAX) of 11.12.2019
Online on 10.01.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 11.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60	Application no. 02792279.8
Keywords Inventive step - information supplier receiving and updating information buyer's database (no Inventive step - non technical requirement)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND UPDATING INFORMATION RELATING TO ECONOMIC ENTITIES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T103913.20191211				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 360 KB)
T 1102/15 (ROTIERENDE ADSORPTIONSVORRICHTUNG) of 24.9.2019
Online on 10.01.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 24.9.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B01D 53/06 B01D 53/26	Application no. 09177948.8
Keywords Neuheit - (nein) Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Adsorptionstrocknungsvorrichtung sowie Adsorptionstrocknungsverfahren
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T110215.20190924				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 620 KB)
T 1732/16 () of 26.9.2019
Online on 10.01.2020	Board 3.3.02	Decision date 26.9.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C07D 211/90	Application no. 07788151.4
Keywords Inventive step Late-filed facts Late-filed auxiliary requests				Application title PROCESS FOR PREPARING AMORPHOUS LERCANIDIPINE HYDROCHLORIDE
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T173216.20190926				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 469 KB)
T 2405/16 () of 6.11.2019
Online on 10.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 6.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08C 19/02 C08F 236/12 C08L 15/00 C08K 5/14	Application no. 09770243.5
Keywords Late-filed document - admitted (no) Novelty - (yes: all requests) Inventive step - (no: all requests)				Application title NITRILE GROUP-CONTAINING HIGHLY SATURATED COPOLYMER RUBBER
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T240516.20191106				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 490 KB)
J 0008/19 () of 29.11.2019
Online on 09.01.2020	Board 3.1.01	Decision date 29.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC -	Application no. -
Keywords Correction of error - form for payment of appeal fee (yes) Divisional application - pending earlier European patent application (no)				Application title N.N.
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:J000819.20191129				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 440 KB)
T 1657/16 () of 14.10.2019
Online on 09.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08G 63/12 C08G 63/78 C08L 67/00	Application no. 06732230.5
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Novelty - main request Inventive step - (no) Inventive step - main request Auxiliary requests filed with rejoinder to statements of grounds of appeal but not motivated - admittance - no				Application title BIOMASS-RESOURCE-DERIVED POLYESTER AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T165716.20191014				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 403 KB)
T 0805/17 () of 9.10.2019
Online on 09.01.2020	Board 3.2.08	Decision date 9.10.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC A61C 13/00	Application no. 04725595.5
Keywords Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (ja)				Application title Rohling zur Herstellung zahnmedizinischer Rekonstruktionen und Herstellungsverfahren desselben
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T080517.20191009				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 563 KB)
T 1711/16 () of 9.10.2019
Online on 08.01.2020	Board 3.3.03	Decision date 9.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08K 3/26 C08L 63/02 C08K 9/04	Application no. 09806065.0
Keywords Documents admitted - discretionary decision of the opposition division overturned Document admitted - legitimate and timely reaction Main request - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Auxiliary request - novelty (yes) Inventive step (no) Inventive step - comparative examples suitable starting point for assessing inventive step Admittance second to nineteenth auxiliary requests (no) - absence of / late substantiation				Application title NANOCALCITE COMPOSITES
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T171116.20191009				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 518 KB)
R 0008/18 () of 14.10.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board EBA	Decision date 14.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C08L 101/14 C08K 3/10 A61F 13/53 A61L 15/60	Application no. 04746711.3
Keywords Obligation to raise objections - objection raised (no) Petition for review - fundamental violation of the right to be heard (no) Petition for review - clearly unallowable				Application title WATER ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:R000818.20191014				Distribution B	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 446 KB)
T 1776/13 (Improving personalization of advertising/SAMSUNG) of 25.7.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 25.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 30/00	Application no. 09179420.6
Keywords Inventive step - improved personalisation of advertisements based on ratings of peers (no Inventive step - not technical) Inventive step - reduction of network traffic (no Inventive step - speculative and bonus effect)				Application title Method and system for improving personalization of advertising for mobile devices using peer rating
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T177613.20190725				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 1960/13 (Manipulationssicherheit eines Endgerätes / GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE … of 7.11.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 7.11.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC G06Q 20/00 G06F 21/00	Application no. 09015883.3
Keywords Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag Erfinderische Tätigkeit - portabler Datenträger (nein Erfinderische Tätigkeit - allgemein bekannt) Änderungen - Hilfsantrag Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung (ja)				Application title Manipulationssicherheit eines Endgeräts
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T196013.20191107				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 320 KB)
T 2437/13 (Coronavirus/AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE) of 19.6.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.3.08	Decision date 19.6.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC C12N 7/00 C07K 14/165 A61K 39/215 C12Q 1/68 G01N 33/569 C07K 16/10	Application no. 04077342.6
Keywords New main request - admission into the proceedings (yes) Admission of documents D12 and D49 to D51 (no) Amendments - allowable (yes) Claims - clarity (yes) Exceptions to patentability - (no) Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes) Priority - (yes) Novelty - main request (yes) Inventive step - main request (yes)				Application title Coronavirus, nucleic acid, protein and methods for the generation of vaccine, medicaments and diagnostics
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T243713.20190619				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 584 KB)
T 1862/15 () of 24.10.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 24.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 51/50	Application no. 06785389.5
Keywords Amendments - allowable (no) Inventive step - (no) arbitrary selection				Application title BROADBAND LIGHT TANDEM OLED DISPLAY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T186215.20191024				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 443 KB)
T 0141/16 () of 3.12.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 3.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B62M 25/04	Application no. 05291019.7
Keywords Admissibility of appeal - appeal sufficiently substantiated (yes) Inventive step - main request (no) Late-filed request - admitted (yes) Amendments - intermediate generalisation Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes)				Application title Bicycle shift operating device
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T014116.20191203				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 463 KB)
T 0151/16 () of 17.12.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.3.09	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC A23L 1/236	Application no. 07864591.8
Keywords Late-filed requests: admitted (no) Late-filed request - none				Application title CONFECTIONERY COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING AN ELASTOMERIC COMPONENT AND A SACCHARIDE COMPONENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T015116.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 323 KB)
T 0166/17 (HAPTIC MONITORING SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE SENSORS / Immersion) of 19.12.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 3/01	Application no. 09802061.3
Keywords Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (yes) Summons to oral proceedings - non-attendance of party announced Summons to oral proceedings - oral proceedings cancelled				Application title METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A HAPTIC MONITORING SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE SENSORS
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T016617.20191219				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 286 KB)
T 0775/17 (Transportprotein/IPSEN) of 10.5.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.3.04	Decision date 10.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC C07K14/195 C07K14/33 A61K38/00	Application no. 10011509.6
Keywords Hauptantrag, Hilfsanträge 1 bis 4 - Gegenstand geht über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der ursprünglich eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)				Application title Carrier zum Targeting von Nervenzellen
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T077517.20190510				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 437 KB)
T 0515/19 (Business impact management/BMC SOFTWARE) of 12.12.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06F 17/60 H04L 12/24 G06F 11/34	Application no. 01965508.3
Keywords Clarity - both requests (no)				Application title SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS IMPACT MANAGEMENT
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T051519.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 300 KB)
T 1215/19 (Missing grounds of appeal) of 20.12.2019
Online on 07.01.2020	Board 3.4.03	Decision date 20.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H01L 23/498 H05K 1/11	Application no. 00307694.0
Keywords -				Application title Method for increasing device reliability of a BGA package
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T121519.20191220				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 223 KB)
T 1308/13 (Customised shared environment/DISNEY) of 17.12.2019
Online on 03.01.2020	Board 3.5.01	Decision date 17.12.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC G06Q 10/00 G06T 11/00	Application no. 10000283.1
Keywords Inventive step - customising a shared enviornment Inventive step - translation of interaction data (no Inventive step - not technical)				Application title System and method for customized experiences in a shared online environment
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T130813.20191217				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1249/14 () of 12.12.2019
Online on 03.01.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 12.12.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC B42D 25/00 B42D 25/29 B42D 25/324	Application no. 05735248.6
Keywords Vorliegen einer unzulässigen Erweiterung (ja) Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - nicht eindeutig gewährbar Spät eingereichte Hilfsanträge - zugelassen (nein)				Application title Sicherheitselement in Form eines mehrschichtigen Folienkörpers
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124914.20191212				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 1 MB)
T 0701/15 () of 2.5.2019
Online on 03.01.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 2.5.2019	Proc. language DE	IPC F16K 31/06 H01F 7/14	Application no. 07723761.8
Keywords Zulässigkeit (ja) Unzulässige Erweiterung (nein) Klarheit (ja) Erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)				Application title Ventil mit einem elektromagnetischen Antrieb
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T070115.20190502				Distribution D	Decision Text der Entscheidung in DE (PDF, 483 KB)
T 1362/15 () of 8.10.2019
Online on 03.01.2020	Board 3.2.06	Decision date 8.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F01N 3/28 F01N 11/00 F01N 3/08 F01N 13/00 F01N 13/18	Application no. 05773234.9
Keywords Inventive step - main request (no) Inventive step - auxiliary request 1 (no) Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - admissibility (no) Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed Amendments - auxiliary requests 2 to 4 (no)				Application title CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF ASSEMBLY
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T136215.20191008				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 401 KB)
T 1943/15 () of 21.10.2019
Online on 03.01.2020	Board 3.2.05	Decision date 21.10.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC F16L 15/00 F16L 15/06 E21B 17/042	Application no. 09796619.6
Keywords Sufficiency of disclosure (yes) Sufficiency of disclosure - open-ended range (point 2.5) Novelty (yes) Novelty - dimensions from drawings (point 4) Inventive step (yes)				Application title Tubular connection with self locking threading used in the oil industry
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T194315.20191021				Distribution C	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 1 MB)
T 1249/16 (MPLS network routing policy/HUAWEI) of 19.11.2019
Online on 03.01.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 19.11.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 12/723	Application no. 06817845.8
Keywords Novelty - (yes) Inventive step - (yes) Amendments - allowable (yes) Late-filed evidence - admitted (no)				Application title A STRATEGIC ROUTING DEVICE AND METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T124916.20191119				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 331 KB)
T 1473/15 (OFDM frame power control/HUAWEI) of 29.8.2019
Online on 02.01.2020	Board 3.5.05	Decision date 29.8.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC H04L 27/26 H04B 7/04	Application no. 09804964.6
Keywords Inventive step - (no) Late-filed auxiliary request - admitted (no)				Application title RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T147315.20190829				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 296 KB)
T 1624/16 () of 10.7.2019
Online on 02.01.2020	Board 3.2.01	Decision date 10.7.2019	Proc. language EN	IPC B60T 13/74 B60T 17/22	Application no. 07123489.2
Keywords Novelty - (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - request clearly allowable (no) Late-filed auxiliary requests - justification for late filing (no) Appealed decision sufficiently reasoned Appealed decision - (yes) Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (no) Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)				Application title Method and device for controlling the intervention of the electric parking brake of a vehicle, in condition of dynamic functioning
European Case Law Identifier ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T162416.20190710				Distribution D	Decision Decision text in EN (PDF, 483 KB)

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