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EPO – Elarged Board Decides in G 1/25 (“Hydroponics”)

03 Sep 2026

Press Communiqué of 3 September 2026 concerning decision G 1/25(“Hydroponics”) of the Enlarged Board of Appeal

The Enlarged Board of Appeal today issued its decision in case G 1/25. It concluded that an inconsistency between the claims and the description requires adaptation of the description where, because of that inconsistency, a requirement of the EPC is not complied with.

The entire Press Communiqué can be read here.