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Overall Decisions
overall citations
1.G 0009/91424
2.G 0010/91393
3.G 0002/88211
4.G 0001/93178
5.G 0001/03174
6.G 0009/92167
7.G 0002/98165
8.T 1002/92151
9.T 0939/92148
10.G 0005/83147
11.T 0301/87141
12.T 0153/85125
13.G 0010/93121
14.T 0409/91120
15.G 0004/92110
16.T 0219/83102
17.G 0001/9995
18.G 0004/9393
19.T 0201/8392
20.G 0001/8991
citations/year
1.G 0001/0329.37
2.J 0010/0727.79
3.G 0010/9123.18
4.G 0009/9120.53
5.G 0002/9818.79
6.T 0641/0011.53
7.G 0001/0511.47
8.G 0001/9910.62
9.T 0258/039.85
10.T 0039/038.99
11.G 0001/068.51
12.T 0507/998.41
13.G 0001/938.2
14.T 0939/928.11
15.G 0002/037.6
16.G 0001/047.56
17.G 0010/937.44
18.T 0409/917.06
19.G 0004/926.28
20.G 0002/046.26
most recent
1.T 1895/062010-01-20
2.T 1933/072010-01-20
3.T 0796/072010-01-18
4.T 2197/082010-01-14
5.T 0879/092010-01-14
6.T 0671/092010-01-13
7.T 0897/092010-01-12
8.T 0950/092010-01-12
9.T 0147/072010-01-12
10.T 1228/072010-01-12
11.T 1583/092010-01-11
12.T 0712/092010-01-11
13.T 1546/092010-01-11
14.T 0700/082009-12-23
15.T 1550/072009-12-21
16.T 1687/092009-12-21
17.T 0161/082009-12-18
18.T 0478/052009-12-18
19.T 1577/092009-12-17
20.T 1123/092009-12-17
G-Decisions
overall citations
1.G 0009/91424
2.G 0010/91393
3.G 0002/88211
4.G 0001/93178
5.G 0001/03174
6.G 0009/92167
7.G 0002/98165
8.G 0005/83147
9.G 0010/93121
10.G 0004/92110
11.G 0001/9995
12.G 0004/9393
13.G 0001/8991
14.G 0007/9572
15.G 0003/8970
16.G 0001/9269
17.G 0001/9569
18.G 0004/8868
19.G 0001/9764
20.G 0008/9163
citations/year
1.G 0001/0329.37
2.G 0010/9123.18
3.G 0009/9120.53
4.G 0002/9818.79
5.G 0001/0511.47
6.G 0001/9910.62
7.G 0001/068.51
8.G 0001/938.2
9.G 0002/037.6
10.G 0001/047.56
11.G 0010/937.44
12.G 0004/926.28
13.G 0002/046.26
14.G 0001/976.24
15.G 0004/935.94
16.G 0005/835.74
17.G 0007/955.27
18.G 0002/885.25
19.G 0001/954.96
20.G 0003/034.69
most recent
1.G 0001/052007-06-28
2.G 0001/062007-06-28
3.G 0002/062006-12-05
4.G 0001/042005-12-16
5.G 0003/042005-08-22
6.G 0002/042005-05-25
7.G 0003/032005-01-28
8.G 0003/022004-04-26
9.G 0002/022004-04-26
10.G 0002/032004-04-08
11.G 0001/032004-04-08
12.G 0001/022003-01-22
13.G 0003/992002-02-18
14.G 0002/982001-05-31
15.G 0001/992001-04-02
16.G 0004/982000-11-27
17.G 0002/992000-07-12
18.G 0003/982000-07-12
19.G 0002/082000-04-04
20.G 0001/981999-12-20
J-Decisions
overall citations
1.J 0005/8054
2.J 0010/0754
3.J 0002/8649
4.J 0003/8639
5.J 0007/8232
6.J 0003/8731
7.J 0011/9129
8.J 0022/8629
9.J 0027/9425
10.J 0006/9125
11.J 0027/9024
12.J 0010/8723
13.J 0016/9123
14.J 0032/9521
15.J 0008/8121
16.J 0012/8521
17.J 0015/8520
18.J 0008/8018
19.J 0013/9018
20.J 0001/8918
citations/year
1.J 0010/0727.79
2.J 0003/063.14
3.J 0002/861.99
4.J 0002/011.97
5.J 0032/951.91
6.J 0015/041.85
7.J 0005/801.79
8.J 0011/061.73
9.J 0003/861.58
10.J 0011/911.54
11.J 0003/011.42
12.J 0009/981.37
13.J 0010/981.37
14.J 0022/951.34
15.J 0019/041.29
16.J 0003/871.26
17.J 0016/911.22
18.J 0014/041.2
19.J 0022/861.2
20.J 0027/941.17
most recent
1.J 0010/082009-11-16
2.J 0001/092009-10-06
3.J 0001/082009-09-28
4.J 0016/082009-08-31
5.J 0015/082009-08-18
6.J 0004/092009-07-28
7.J 0014/082009-07-17
8.J 0006/082009-05-27
9.J 0018/082009-04-03
10.J 0008/072008-12-08
11.J 0004/072008-07-07
12.J 0009/072008-06-30
13.J 0010/072008-03-31
14.J 0003/062007-12-17
15.J 0007/072007-12-12
16.J 0006/072007-12-10
17.J 0015/062007-11-30
18.J 0018/062007-11-30
19.J 0009/062007-10-24
20.J 0016/062007-10-19
T-Decisions
overall citations
1.T 1002/92151
2.T 0939/92148
3.T 0301/87141
4.T 0153/85125
5.T 0409/91120
6.T 0219/83102
7.T 0201/8392
8.T 0020/8190
9.T 0641/0086
10.T 0002/8385
11.T 0012/8182
12.T 0019/9078
13.T 0435/9177
14.T 0181/8273
15.T 0666/8971
16.T 0220/8366
17.T 0472/9265
18.T 0292/8562
19.T 0198/8460
20.T 0258/0358
citations/year
1.T 0641/0011.53
2.T 0258/039.85
3.T 0039/038.99
4.T 0507/998.41
5.T 0939/928.11
6.T 0409/917.06
7.T 0190/995.77
8.T 0153/855.41
9.T 1173/974.87
10.T 0435/914.81
11.T 0931/954.73
12.T 0301/874.67
13.T 0323/974.6
14.T 0219/834.22
15.T 1067/974.13
16.T 1409/053.78
17.T 1002/923.75
18.T 0201/833.54
19.T 0633/973.52
20.T 0797/023.48
most recent
1.T 1895/062010-01-20
2.T 1933/072010-01-20
3.T 0796/072010-01-18
4.T 2197/082010-01-14
5.T 0879/092010-01-14
6.T 0671/092010-01-13
7.T 0897/092010-01-12
8.T 0950/092010-01-12
9.T 0147/072010-01-12
10.T 1228/072010-01-12
11.T 1583/092010-01-11
12.T 0712/092010-01-11
13.T 1546/092010-01-11
14.T 0700/082009-12-23
15.T 1550/072009-12-21
16.T 1687/092009-12-21
17.T 0161/082009-12-18
18.T 0478/052009-12-18
19.T 1577/092009-12-17
20.T 1123/092009-12-17
W-Decisions
overall citations
1.W 0003/9328
2.W 0006/9019
3.W 0004/9318
4.W 0013/8715
5.W 0011/8915
6.W 0011/9912
7.W 0003/9412
8.W 0004/8511
9.W 0020/0611
10.W 0006/9710
citations/year
1.W 0016/084.69
2.W 0020/063.74
3.W 0040/072.26
4.W 0001/071.85
5.W 0024/061.84
6.W 0003/931.58
7.W 0018/071.43
8.W 0020/071.42
9.W 0011/991.15
10.W 0017/031.1
most recent
1.W 0009/092009-11-16
2.W 0003/092009-10-26
3.W 0007/092009-09-15
4.W 0031/072009-09-14
5.W 0008/092009-09-14
6.W 0040/082009-09-02
7.W 0020/082009-09-02
8.W 0035/082009-08-06
9.W 0028/072009-07-23
10.W 0005/092009-07-07


This information is based on all decisions of the EPO boards of appeal available from the EPO-website since 30 April 1999 and most relevant older decisions that have been cited and a total of 14984 decisions are present in the current dataset. "overall citations" stands for the overall number of other decisions citing this particular decision. "citations/year" stands fro the number of times that this particular decision was cited per year in other decisions. The time in days since the decision date until today is used for calculation. This information may not be complete or correct. Please read the disclaimer below.