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June 2025
Zulässigkeit der Beschwerde - Beschwerde hinreichend begründet (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (nein)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Alternative
Ermessen, Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Voraussetzungen des Art. 12 (3) VOBK 2020 erfüllt (nein)
Ermessen, Vorbringen nicht zuzulassen - Vorbringen zugelassen (nein)
Amendments - added subject-matter
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - deletion of alternative(s) in claim
Main request - claims - clarity and support in the description (no)
Auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - complexity of amendment (no) - admitted (yes)
Auxiliary requests 1 to 3 - claims - clarity and support in the description (no)
Auxiliary requests 4 to 8 - late-filed requests - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Auxiliary requests 9 and 10 - amendment after notification of communication under Article 15(1) RPBA - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Auxiliary request 9 - claims - support in the description (no)
Auxiliary request 10 - clarity and support in the description (yes) - novelty and inventive step (yes)
Claims - product-by-process claims
Clarity (no)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Activité inventive - (non)
Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée (oui)
Modification des moyens invoqués - justification pour soumettre la modification dans la procédure de recours (non)
Modification des moyens invoqués - modification admise (non)
Inventive step - (yes)
Insufficiency of disclosure (no)