Headnotes and Catchwords of EPO Board of Appeal Decisions

Published March 20, 2026 | Version v4

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Headnotes and Catchwords of EPO Board of Appeal Decisions

Extracted from a bulk dataset released by the European Patent Office

✅ 5,068 headnotes and catchwords available in three languages: 2,565 in English, 1,031 in French, and 1.472 in German

✅ Includes headnotes from G-, J-, T-, D-, W-, and R-decisions

✅ Coverage: Decisions from 1979 onwards

✅ #OpenSource #OpenAccess – freely available for all

✅ Available in multiple formats: CSV, XLSX, DOCX, TXT, and MD

Source:

14.6 EPO Boards of Appeal decisions - BoA decisions March 2026; https://publication-bdds.apps.epo.org/raw-data/products/public/product/21 (available as a bulk dataset for direct download)

GitHub: https://github.com/xi2pi/epo_decisions

Statistical Overview of Decision Types and Languages (Figures indicate the number of headnotes):

Structure of references: D YY NNNN L T S

	Data	Value
D	Decision type	T technical board of appeal J legal board of appeal W PCT protest case D disciplinary board of appeal G enlarged board of appeal R petitions for review under Art. 112a
YY	Case year	e.g. 90 for 1990, 04 for 2004
NNNN	Case number	e.g. 0005
L	Decision language	E English F French D German
T	Decision publication type	U unpublished (distributed, not distributed) X published in OJ P translated and published in OJ
S	Decision publication serial number	e.g. 1, 2, 3

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