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27 November 2020

T 1503/17 - Other decisions not binding

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  Key points If, say, the patent in the parent case is revoked due to legal problems with the priority claim, can you relitigate the matter ...
26 November 2020

T 1556/14 - Decision on cost apportionment

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  Key points In this post a decision of a Board of Appeal, but not on the appeal. The OD had decided to maintain the patent in amended form,...
25 November 2020

T 2620/18 - More about the SME appeal fee; debit order correction

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  Key points The appellant paid the appeal fee on 08.10.2018 at the SME rate without being an SME. The Board finds that the difference with ...
24 November 2020

T 1421/20 - Fast decision, first level of convergence

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  Key points An appeal against a refusal decision. Statement of grounds filed 21.04.2020, forwarded to the Board under Art. 109 on about 21....
23 November 2020

T 1854/19 - Implicitly overruling the Administrative Council

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  Key points This is a follow-up case to G 3/19 (Pepper). In pepper, the Enlarged Board gave a new interpretation of Article 53(b) EPC whic...
20 November 2020

T 0492/18 - No hybrid vico appeal oral proceedings yet

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  Key points " [The opponents] further request participation at the oral proceedings of a member of the opponent's patent departmen...
19 November 2020

T 0074/17 - Harmless error and much more

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Key points Today's post can be filed under ‘advanced appellate procedure’ and deals with ‘harmless error’, though that is the term in US...