by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 243 073 B1 relates to a “Method for controlling continuous chromatography and multi-column chromatography assembly”.
Brief outline of the case
The OD decided maintenance in amended form.
Opponent 1 withdrew its opposition, but Opponent 2 appealed the decision.
The board decided revocation of the patent for lack of clarity.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 071 219 B1 relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing antibody-mediated rejection in organ transplant patients using a C1-esterase inhibitor.
Brief outline of the case
After having decided that the MR and AR1-3 had problems under Art 123(2), the OD decided maintenance according to AR4.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 2 986 679 A1 relates to a composition for the thermal insulation of building wall surfaces and application process thereof.
Brief outline of the case
The application was refused and the applicant appealed.
The board held that the ED committed a SPV by not respecting the protection of the applicant’s legitimate expectations of the applicant.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 488 948 B1 relates to a method for analysing causes of errors in continuous casting.
Brief outline of the case
The board confirmed that claim 1 as granted lacked N over D7 not mentioned on the ESR.
The opponent filed a document D10= “Thermal mapping of a continuous casting plant for large round formats and verification of the model results”,
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 518 116 relates to a relates to a “layer-based file access” by a virtualisation instance.
Brief outline of the case
The application was refused by the ED and the applicant appealed.
During appeal, the applicant filed several requests. Eventually the board confirmed the refusal.
The MR was filed in response to the board’s communication.