by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to safety triple glazing for building facades.
Brief outline of the case
The opponent appealed the OD’s decision of maintenance according to AR1.
The subject matter of claim 1 as upheld by the OD is essentially based on the combination of claims 1, 2, 4 and 9 as filed,
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to a packaged detergent composition comprising a container that at least partly disintegrates in an aqueous environment.
Brief outline of the case
The opposition was rejected and the opponent appealed.
The board held that claim 1 as granted lacked IS over D1=EP 0 132 726 which was the first A document in the ISR established by the EPO.
Tuesday was the e-EQE D Exam (D1-1: 0930-1105 CET – 95 mins, D1-2: 1135-1315 CET – 100 mins, D2: 1400-1645 CET – 165 mins). If you want to try yourself, see here for three files in English: D1-1 (2023), D1-2 (2023) and D2 (2023). The text was extracted from my answers (sorry,
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent provides novel polynucleotides encoding PCSK9b and PCSK9c polypeptides, fragments and homologues thereof.
Brief outline of the case
The proprietor and the opponents 1 and 2 appealed the decision of maintenance by the OD according to AR1.
The MR in opposition corresponds to the claims as granted with claims 8 and 11 deleted.
by Daniel X. Thomas
Those two decisions have taken place on 22.11.2022 (T1158/20) and on 13.12.2022 (T 1624/20), but have only been published recently.
Both cases are interesting in the way they dealt with the requests for OP of the parties.
T 1158/20
The patent relates to “a method of controlling mass flow in the form of multi-layer stream of rod-shaped articles,
