Just Patent Law Blog

Key points The full written decision in G2/19 was recently issued. The order was already announced during the oral proceedings: 1. A thir...

Key points The Board decides that an opposition is inadmissible because the last few pages were received after midnight of the last day o...

Key points In this examination appeal, the appellant filed only a debit order for the appeal fee (Form 1038E). The appellant requests re-...

Key points In this opposition appeal, "the patent proprietor (respondent) submitted with their rejoinder (letter of 23 August 2016) ...

Key points In this opposition appeal, the issue is inventive step of the vaccine of claim 1 over D10. "[claim 1] differs from the d...

Key points "  The Board agrees with the decision under appeal [of the examining division sion] that the subject-matter of independen...

Key points In this opposition appeal, the Board notes that if the priority date of the patent is 1997 and the opponent invokes certain al...