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24 December 2025

T 0855/96 - On legal peace

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Key points T 855/96 in translation:  "It serves to ensure legal peace  [Rechtsfrieden]  and the acceptance of the decisions of the Boar...
22 December 2025

T 0724/23 - Reformatio in peius, claims and objections

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Key points The OD maintains the patent in amended form. The proprietor appeals (only). The Board sees an issue under Article 123(2) with cla...
19 December 2025

R 0016/22 - No petitions for review against interlocutory decisions

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Key points This decision concerns a 'submarine' petition for review, in the sense that nothing about the petition was visible in the...
17 December 2025

T 1671/23 - A carry-over request with broader claims

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Key points The proprietor presented amended claims as its main request before the OD. The OD found these claims to be allowable. The opponen...
15 December 2025

T 1975/23 - Splitting the independent claim in opposition

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Key points The Board, in translation: "It was argued [by the opponent] that [auxiliary request 3 ] did not meet the requirements of Ru...
12 December 2025

T 2377/22 - Multiple independent claims in opposition

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Key points The Board, in translation: " auxiliary request 2 contains - in contrast to the granted patent, which contains only a single ...
10 December 2025

T 2049/23 - Watermelons and discoveries

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Key points The opponents include "Keine Patente auf Saatgut! e.V.". The patent concerns a conventionally-bred watermelon. The oppo...