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.
by Daniel X. Thomas
The candidate appealed the decision of the Examining Board allotting her only 42 marks for Paper B 2024, which meant that she has failed the EQE.
The candidate’s objection
The candidate argued that it was not clear from the Examiner’s Report how the 30 marks available according to the Examiner’s Report for establishing IS for claim 1 were to be obtained at all,
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 388 760 B1 relates to a regulation method for inverter compressors in refrigeration facilities.
Brief outline of the procedure
The OD rejected the opposition. The opponent appealed.
The board decided that claim 1 as granted lacked IS over D9=Technical manual of HEOS device “CAREL” with version number “Heos+0300078EN rel.