Key points
T 0581/20
- Decision taken 21.05.2024, issued in writing on 29.04.2026.
- Claim 1: "A method in a data processing system (102, 302) for temperature weighting in energy-usage measurements ...".
- No Communication under Art. 15(9) RPBA visible in the online file.
- The case took more than 6 years from the Statement of grounds. I wonder whether, once the 24-month target is passed, the extent of any further delay still matters (to the TBA itself or the BoA management). The same question can be raised for the 3-month period of Art. 15(9) RPBA.
- I also wonder if the BoA management follows up on the (seemingly) lack of Art. 15(9) communications (see also the cases discussed below).
- T 0156/21
- Decision taken on 14.05.2024; online on 07.05.2026.
- No communication under Art. 15(9) RPBA is visible in the online file.
- The Board remits the case to the examining division for further examination (!)
- The invention relates to a combination of continuous integration (CI) of software development and change management computer systems (CMCS)."
- The Board disagrees with the examining division's application of the Comvik approach, yet does not expressly indicate which features it considers to be technical.
- "In this case, it appears that the invention should be analysed more specifically as either a further development of the revision control system of D1, by the same applicant, or a modification to the known continuous integration technique. Starting from either would then entail a precise analysis of the differences and the effect of the differences in the context leading to a statement of the problem solved."
T 0850/21
- Decision of 26.11.2024, issued on 22.04.2026.
- In the field of IT.
- No communication under Art. 15(9).
- https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t210850eu1
- T 0134/23
- Decision of 14.05.2025, online on 12.05. 2026.
- There was a Communication of the Board informing the parties about the delay, issued on 21.04.2026, almost a year after. No earlier communication under Art. 15(9) is visible in the online file.
- The decision seems a rather run-of-the-mill biotech case.
- https://www.epo.org/de/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t230134eu1
T 741/23
- Decision taken 14.05.2025, online on 29.04.2026.
- A pharma case, 8 opponents, Board 3.3.04.
- https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t230741eu1
- We will see if a petition for review will be filed.
- Two timely communications under Art. 15(9) were issued.
T 1288/23
- A case in the field of logistics. Decision on 24.10.2025, online on 29.04.2026.
- No communication under Art. 15(9) visible.
- There were two other decisions regarding patent applications by the same applicant.
- https://www.epo.org/en/boards-of-appeal/decisions/t231288eu1
There were a couple of other decisions published in the last few weeks, with the oral decision already given in October and November 2025.
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