Headnotes and Catchwords of EPO Board of Appeal Decisions

Headnotes and Catchwords of EPO Board of Appeal Decisions Extracted from a bulk dataset released by the European Patent Office ✅ 5,026 headnotes and catchwords available in three languages: 2,531 in English, 1,029 in French, and 1.466 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 September 2025; 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): Decision Type D G J R T W Language DE 40 103 206 8 1062 47 EN 41 122 287 22 2015 44 FR 40 98 185 3 674 29 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04 for 2004 NNNN Case number e.g. 0005 L Decision language E English F French D German T Decision publication type U unpublished (distributed, not distributed) X published in OJ P translated and published in OJ S Decision publication serial number e.g. 1, 2, 3 Update based on version 2 adapted to September 2025 release R-decisions were included in docs