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Key points The OD rejects the opposition. The opponent/appellant argues as follows: "The BAOCAL plant had been made available to the pu...

Key points "Harmless error is an error by a trial judge in the conduct of a trial that an appellate court finds was not damaging enough...

Key points The patent application is directed to a second medical use.  "Claim 1 is formulated in a further-medical-use format in which...

Key points "The question is then whether the Board should give a party time to formulate questions for a potential referral in regard o...

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Key points The patent was granted in 2011. The first decision of the OD was in 2013. The decision in the first appeal was in 2018: a remitta...

Key points "3. According to the established case law, the skilled person should try, in a constructive way, to arrive at an interpretat...