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
Claims - clarity
Claims - main request, fifth to eighth auxiliary requests (no)
Amendment to appeal case - first to fourth auxiliary requests
Amendment to appeal case - taken into account (no)
Amendment after summons - fifth to eighth auxiliary requests
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Late filed evidence - admitted (no)
Inventive step - (no)
Claims - clarity (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - over the only document relied upon in the decision
Remittal to the department of first instance
Amendments - allowable (no)
Amendment to case - amendment within meaning of Art. 12(4) RPBA 2020 (yes)
Amendment to case - reasons for submitting amendment in appeal proceedings (no)
Grounds for opposition - lack of patentability (yes)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - cogent reasons (no)
Late-filed request - admitted in first-instance proceedings (no) - admitted (yes)
Novelty - (yes)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - naheliegende Kombination bekannter Merkmale
Spät eingereichter Antrag - im erstinstanzlichen Verfahren zugelassen (nein)
Spät eingereichter Antrag - Ermessensfehler in erster Instanz (nein)
Spät eingereichter Antrag - zugelassen (nein)
Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - (ja)