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28 Jul 2021, 6:00 am by Jenny Gesley
” On June 30, 2017, the FWS published its final rule and removed that DPS from the list. [read post]
22 Jul 2021, 7:26 am by Gritsforbreakfast
(To be fair, the statewide "Crime in Texas" report from DPS for 2020 hasn't been published yet; I found the 1,927 number in a DPS report on border crime.)No matter how you slice it, the statewide murder increase last year was far too big to attribute to Democrat-led cities alone. [read post]
23 Jun 2021, 12:10 am by Roel van Woudenberg
It stated that the prohibition on double patenting constitutes a principle of procedural law within the meaning of Article 125 EPC and is generally recognised in the Contracting States.The Enlarged Board further held that the prohibition on double patenting is not limited to applications directed to the same subject-matter which were filed on the same day. [read post]
29 May 2021, 5:25 pm by Michael Lowe
There are also defenses that exist in other areas of the law, as well as within case precedent, that may apply in the specific matter outside the defenses provided within the statute itself. [read post]
20 May 2021, 2:57 am by Jessica Kroeze
A few interesting topics in this decision of the Board of Appeal, wherein an appeal was filed against the decision of the Examining Division to refuse the application.If there is a prior art document D2 that has the same purpose or objective as the claimed invention, is it then possible that another document D1 that has a different purpose is chosen as the closest prior art for assessing inventive step? [read post]
27 Apr 2021, 1:53 am by Miquel Montañá (Clifford Chance)
” In the second case (Royalty Pharma), the case involved a patent that disclosed a method for lowering blood sugar levels in mammals through the administration of inhibitors of the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase (“DP IV”), which contributes to the regulation of blood sugar levels. [read post]
17 Mar 2021, 7:08 am by Roel van Woudenberg
Since this letter was indicated as being a reply to the registrar's communication on technical matters, it was not brought to the attention of the Board. [read post]
11 Mar 2021, 2:07 am by Roel van Woudenberg
In this case, European patent application relates in particular to the modelling and the simulation of movements of a pedestrian in an environment. [read post]
19 Feb 2021, 12:39 am by Roel van Woudenberg
We do not often post appeals against decisions on EQE grades, but in this decision a general principle was addressed: how does the Board of Appeal with a situation wherein a first instance comments with a positive opinion on the allowability of an auxiliary request when remitting the appeal to the Board of Appeal in view of the main request not being allowable? [read post]
15 Feb 2021, 5:59 am by James Williams
Generally speaking, the only real way to be certain on this issue is to consult with an attorney who’s up-to-date on the matter. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 1:37 am by Sander van Rijnswou
The appellant had used the the annotated version, which happened to contain impermissible added subject matter. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 1:37 am by Sander van Rijnswou
This is because the opposition division erred in finding that the subject-matter of claims 1 and 9 of the granted patent lacked novelty (see point 4.3 above). [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 11:45 pm by Roel van Woudenberg
It further held that the subject-matter of independent claims 1 and 4, and of the dependent claims, was not inventive in the sense of Article 56 EPC in view of document:D3: S. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 2:09 am by Sander van Rijnswou
ConclusionSince the European patent contains subject-matter extend­ing beyond the content of the parent application as filed (main request and first to third auxiliary requests) and does not disclose the inven­tion in a manner suffi­ciently clear and complete for it to be carried out by a person skilled in the art (fourth to seventh auxil­iary requests), the patent has to be revoked (Article 101(3)(b) EPC and Article 111(1) EPC 1973).OrderFor these reasons it is decided… [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 3:21 am by Sander van Rijnswou
Therefore, the board recognised "exceptional circumstances" within the meaning of Article 13(2) RPBA 2020 that could lead the board to consider the proposed amendments.The board noted in the oral proceedings that the clarity and added subject-matter issues raised with respect to claim 1 of previous second auxiliary request had been addressed by filing claim 1 of present main request. [read post]