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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.
April 2025
Inventive step - pairing an electronic code with a biometric code (no
Inventive step - no technical effect)
Inventive step - Main request, Auxiliary request 1 (no)
Inventive step - Auxiliary request 2 (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no)
Appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no)
Substantial procedural violation - (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (yes)
Remittal (yes)
Neuheit - Hauptantrag (nein)
Neuheit - Hilfsantrag (ja)
first auxiliary request, lack of essential features (no)
substantial procedural violation (no)
remittal to the examining division for further prosecution (Article 11 RPBA)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - (no)
Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Inventive step - no reasonable expectation of success
Late-filed objection - error in use of discretion at first instance (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit
Priorität
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication (yes) -Admitted (yes)
Divisional application - added subject-matter (no)
Divisional application - after amendment
Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Remittal - (yes)