Patent case: Biologische Abwasserklärung, Germany

The appeal on a point of law, for which no leave was granted by the Federal Patent Court, was held admissible, because the grounds of appeal under §100 III 3 and 6 PatG were invoked. However, it was unsuccessful on the merits, since the deficiencies asserted by the patentee - namely that the decision was based on a violation of their right to be heard and lacked sufficient reasoning - were not present.

Case date: 07 May 2019

Case number: X ZB 15/17

Court: Federal Court of Justice of Germany

A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.