by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 483 299 A1 relates to a steel material for hot stamp forming with ultra-fine grains and a process of making the same, a hot stamp forming process and a hot stamp formed member. It has been published in accordance with Art. 153(4) and goes back to the application PCT/CN2016/098411 published as WO 2018/006490.
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
In a recent blog dealing with T 803/17 and T 882/17, I commented on the problem of the hierarchy of legal norms in the EPC system. It is worth noting that in T 882/17 we find a mention of J 14/19, see below.
In recent decisions, some of them, e.g.