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„Disclaimer“ case law of the technical Board of Appeal (G2/10)

24. April 2015

A disclaimer refers to a single or multiple features in a claim, which typically excludes certain embodiments or parts of a general feature....

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Admissibility of an appeal and necessary content of the appeal substantiation before the European Patent Office regarding T 2532/11 of October 14, 2013

12. February 2015

According to previous decisions two different possibilities were available for the complainant in an appeal before...

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„Liposuction device“ BPatG judgment to an inadmissible broadening of a European Patent

10. February 2015

The German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) has decided in the nullity action “Liposuction device” (4 Ni 34/12(EP)), that a nullity action supported by...

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Abandonment of the action of nullity at the appeal stage

10. February 2015

Generally an appeal can be abandoned as long as the appeals procedure has not been completed...

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