by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 2 931 143 B1 relates to an implant and guide for maxillofacial surgery.
Brief outline of the case
The OD decided revocation as some requests were not compliant with Art 123(2) or (3) lacked N. The proprietor appealed.
The proprietor filed new requests in appeal,
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 2 931 143 B1 relates to an implant and guide for maxillofacial surgery.
Brief outline of the case
The OD decided revocation as some requests were not compliant with Art 123(2) or (3) lacked N over D2.
The proprietor appealed.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 4 560 648 A1 relates to generating synthetic training data for training machine learning models.
Brief outline of the case
The decision under appeal is a decision according to the state of the file, which refers to the communication dated 08.12.2025 for the grounds of the decision.
by Daniel X. Thomas
In a previous blog entry of 03.08.2026, I presented this decision, T 0712/24, and my comments were rather critical.
Further thoughts about the case lead to further comments.
It is manifest that the present board showed a rather pedantic and apodictic view on the opposition procedure.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 184 453 B1 relates to a sealable container, a sealed container and process for making thereof.
Brief outline of the case
The opposition was rejected and the opponent appealed.
The board confirmed the rejection of the opposition.