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.
February 2024
Late-filed evidence - admitted (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - reformulation of the technical problem
Inventive step - obvious alternative
Inventive step - main request (yes)
Inventive step - ex post facto analysis
Inventive step - problem and solution approach
Inventive step - closest prior art
Late-filed facts - error in use of discretion at first instance (yes)
Amendment to case - suitability of amendment to address issues
Novelty - availability to the public
Inventive step - suitable starting point in the prior art
Main request and auxiliary request 20 - amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (no)
Auxiliary request 15 - novelty - (no)
Ausreichende Substantiierung der Beschwerdebegründung (ja)
Entscheidung im schriftlichen Verfahren (ja)
Neuheit und erfinderische Tätigkeit (ja)
Clarity - main and auxiliary request (no)
Support by the description - main and auxiliary request (no)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hauptantrag (nein)
Erfinderische Tätigkeit - Hilfsanträge 6, 8, 10 (nein)
Änderungen - unzulässige Erweiterung
Änderungen - Hilfsanträge 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 (ja)
Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)
Änderung nach Ladung - Hilfsanträge 3a, 4a, 5a, 7a, 9a, 11a
Änderung nach Ladung - berücksichtigt (nein)