Recently published decisions
All board of appeal decisions released for publication in the last three months are shown in the list below (newest first). The website checks for new decisions daily and updates the list accordingly. For full lists per year, please access the subpages.
June 2025
Beitritt des vermeintlichen Patentverletzers - im Beschwerdeverfahren
Änderungen - Erweiterung über den Inhalt der Anmeldung in der eingereichten Fassung hinaus (ja)
Zurückverweisung an die erste Instanz (ja)
Änderungen- Alle Anträge
Änderungen - zulässig (nein)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious solution
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendments - main request, auxiliary requests 1 to 14 and 29 (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - taken into account (no)
Novelty - main request (no)
Inventive step - Auxiliary request (yes)
Amendments - allowable (no)
New objections after communication - taken into account (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of novelty (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of inventive step
Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem
Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - equitable by reason of a substantial procedural violation (yes)
Remittal - fundamental deficiency in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Einspruchsgründe - mangelhafte Offenbarung (nein)
Änderung des Vorbringens - Ausübung des Ermessens
Änderung nach Ladung - außergewöhnliche Umstände (nein)
Zurückverweisung - (ja)
Basis of decision - revocation of the patent at request of the patent proprietor
Reimbursement of appeal fee - substantial procedural violation (no)