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Key points Quotes from machine translation. " The Respondent [opponent] asserts that the commercial PSU polymers Ultrason® S 3010 and U...

Key points  The Board refers the following question to the Enlarged Board: "1. Is a product put on the market before the date of filing...

Key points In this appeal against a refusal decision, the applicant files new auxiliary requests in appeal. The Board summons for oral proce...

Key points Claim 1 is directed to a class of compounds ("A chemical compound having formula I"). The Board finds that claim 1 of t...

Key points  "The allegedly required amendment to paragraph [0017] does not relate to any amendment to the claims during opposition proc...

Key points  The Board, on the selection of the closest prior art: "t is established case law that the closest prior art should ideally ...

Key points  The appellants [opponents] argued that the method of claim 1 lacked novelty over the disclosure of the parent application (docum...