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
Novelty - (yes)
Novelty - implicit disclosure (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - could-would approach
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - deletion of claims
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - taken into account (yes)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed (no)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Late-filed objection - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nächstliegender Stand der Technik
Novelty - (no)
Late-filed request - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed request - circumstances of appeal case justify admittance (no)
Novelty - (no)
Inventive step - (no)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Neuheit - Hauptantrag und Hilfsanträge 1 bis 9 (nein)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 10 bis 32 (nein)
Grounds for opposition - Novelty (yes)
Grounds for opposition - inventive step
Grounds for opposition - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no)
Novelty - (no)
Inventive step - effect not made credible within the whole scope of claim