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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.
March 2025
Neuheit - Hauptantrag (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (ja)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - nicht naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after summons - Exceptional circumstances (yes)
Inventive step - Main request (yes)
Inventive step - Auxiliary requests (yes)
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (no)
Grounds for opposition - insufficiency of disclosure (no)
Inventive step (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no)
Modifications - extension au-delà du contenu de la demande telle que déposée
Modifications - requête principale et requêtes subsidiaires 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 et 22 (oui)
Modifications - extension de la protection accordée
Modifications - requêtes subsidiaires 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 et 23 (oui)
Requête soumise tardivement - aurait dû être soumise en première instance
Requête soumise tardivement - requêtes subsidiaires 24 à 47 (oui)
Inventive step - (yes)
Sufficiency of disclosure - (yes)
Industrial application - (yes)
Appeal decision - appeal allowable (no)
Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes)
Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (no)
Remittal - special reasons for remittal (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee - (yes)