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Overall Decisions
overall citations
1.G 0009/91365
2.G 0010/91346
3.G 0002/88183
4.G 0001/93153
5.G 0002/98147
6.G 0009/92140
7.G 0001/03139
8.T 1002/92129
9.T 0939/92127
10.T 0301/87126
11.G 0005/83124
12.T 0153/85116
13.G 0004/92106
14.G 0010/93103
15.T 0409/91102
16.T 0219/83100
17.G 0001/8982
18.G 0001/9982
19.T 0020/8182
20.T 0201/8380
citations/year
1.G 0001/0332.75
2.G 0009/9123.9
3.G 0010/9122.65
4.G 0002/9820.7
5.T 0507/9915.84
6.G 0001/9911.29
7.G 0001/0510.79
8.G 0001/9310.6
9.T 0939/929.9
10.G 0002/889.85
11.G 0002/039.66
12.G 0009/929.3
13.T 1002/929.21
14.T 0641/009
15.G 0001/068.83
16.T 0258/037.84
17.G 0010/937.57
18.G 0004/927.21
19.G 0002/046.74
20.T 0409/916.66
most recent
1.T 1528/052008-07-11
2.T 0275/072008-07-08
3.T 1792/072008-05-27
4.T 1839/072008-05-21
5.T 1068/052008-05-16
6.T 1106/072008-05-16
7.T 1401/072008-05-15
8.T 1899/072008-05-13
9.T 1465/072008-05-09
10.T 0422/042008-05-08
11.T 1690/072008-05-07
12.T 1643/062008-05-06
13.T 0909/062008-05-06
14.T 0141/072008-05-06
15.T 0676/062008-05-05
16.T 0640/052008-04-29
17.T 1007/072008-04-29
18.T 1455/072008-04-25
19.T 0004/062008-04-25
20.T 0446/072008-04-25
G-Decisions
overall citations
1.G 0009/91365
2.G 0010/91346
3.G 0002/88183
4.G 0001/93153
5.G 0002/98147
6.G 0009/92140
7.G 0001/03139
8.G 0005/83124
9.G 0004/92106
10.G 0010/93103
11.G 0001/8982
12.G 0001/9982
13.G 0004/9377
14.G 0003/8967
15.G 0001/9264
16.G 0007/9563
17.G 0008/9158
18.G 0004/8858
19.G 0001/9757
20.G 0001/9555
citations/year
1.G 0001/0332.75
2.G 0009/9123.9
3.G 0010/9122.65
4.G 0002/9820.7
5.G 0001/9911.29
6.G 0001/0510.79
7.G 0001/9310.6
8.G 0002/889.85
9.G 0002/039.66
10.G 0009/929.3
11.G 0001/068.83
12.G 0010/937.57
13.G 0004/927.21
14.G 0002/046.74
15.G 0001/046.66
16.G 0001/976.65
17.G 0003/035.82
18.G 0004/935.51
19.G 0007/955.26
20.G 0005/835.25
most recent
1.G 0001/052007-06-28
2.G 0001/062007-06-28
3.G 0001/042005-12-16
4.G 0003/042005-08-22
5.G 0002/042005-05-25
6.G 0003/032005-01-28
7.G 0003/022004-04-26
8.G 0002/022004-04-26
9.G 0002/032004-04-08
10.G 0001/032004-04-08
11.G 0001/022003-01-22
12.G 0003/992002-02-18
13.G 0002/982001-05-31
14.G 0001/992001-04-02
15.G 0004/982000-11-27
16.G 0002/992000-07-12
17.G 0003/982000-07-12
18.G 0001/981999-12-20
19.G 0001/971999-12-10
20.G 0004/971999-01-21
J-Decisions
overall citations
1.J 0002/8646
2.J 0005/8045
3.J 0003/8637
4.J 0007/8230
5.J 0003/8728
6.J 0022/8625
7.J 0027/9424
8.J 0011/9123
9.J 0027/9023
10.J 0006/9123
11.J 0010/8720
12.J 0016/9120
13.J 0012/8520
14.J 0008/8119
15.J 0032/9518
16.J 0002/8717
17.J 0001/8917
18.J 0016/8217
19.J 0022/9516
20.J 0028/9416
citations/year
1.J 0011/063.29
2.J 0002/862.12
3.J 0032/951.94
4.J 0003/061.82
5.J 0027/941.8
6.J 0009/981.79
7.J 0010/981.79
8.J 0003/861.7
9.J 0019/041.68
10.J 0005/801.67
11.J 0014/041.51
12.J 0003/011.49
13.J 0006/911.47
14.J 0022/951.45
15.J 0011/911.44
16.J 0012/031.44
17.J 0003/871.36
18.J 0027/901.35
19.J 0016/911.26
20.J 0025/031.25
most recent
1.J 0003/062007-12-17
2.J 0007/072007-12-12
3.J 0006/072007-12-10
4.J 0015/062007-11-30
5.J 0018/062007-11-30
6.J 0009/062007-10-24
7.J 0016/062007-10-19
8.J 0020/052007-09-06
9.J 0001/072007-07-25
10.J 0002/072007-07-25
11.J 0003/072007-07-25
12.J 0007/052007-07-12
13.J 0012/062007-05-14
14.J 0007/062007-04-26
15.J 0008/062007-04-26
16.J 0011/062007-04-18
17.J 0017/062007-01-30
18.J 0015/052007-01-29
19.J 0009/052006-12-21
20.J 0018/052006-12-21
T-Decisions
overall citations
1.T 1002/92129
2.T 0939/92127
3.T 0301/87126
4.T 0153/85116
5.T 0409/91102
6.T 0219/83100
7.T 0020/8182
8.T 0201/8380
9.T 0002/8378
10.T 0012/8178
11.T 0435/9165
12.T 0181/8265
13.T 0666/8963
14.T 0019/9062
15.T 0292/8560
16.T 0472/9257
17.T 0220/8357
18.T 0170/8755
19.T 0068/8554
20.T 0198/8453
citations/year
1.T 0507/9915.84
2.T 0939/929.9
3.T 1002/929.21
4.T 0641/009
5.T 0258/037.84
6.T 0409/916.66
7.T 0301/876.5
8.T 0323/975.59
9.T 0190/995.59
10.T 0153/855.38
11.T 1173/974.99
12.T 0991/044.92
13.T 0435/914.53
14.T 0219/834.42
15.T 0451/994.31
16.T 0351/984.17
17.T 1409/054.14
18.T 0633/973.89
19.T 0608/963.75
20.T 0666/893.74
most recent
1.T 1528/052008-07-11
2.T 0275/072008-07-08
3.T 1792/072008-05-27
4.T 1839/072008-05-21
5.T 1068/052008-05-16
6.T 1106/072008-05-16
7.T 1401/072008-05-15
8.T 1899/072008-05-13
9.T 1465/072008-05-09
10.T 0422/042008-05-08
11.T 1690/072008-05-07
12.T 1643/062008-05-06
13.T 0909/062008-05-06
14.T 0141/072008-05-06
15.T 0676/062008-05-05
16.T 0640/052008-04-29
17.T 1007/072008-04-29
18.T 1455/072008-04-25
19.T 0004/062008-04-25
20.T 0446/072008-04-25
W-Decisions
overall citations
1.W 0003/9326
2.W 0004/9318
3.W 0011/8915
4.W 0006/9013
5.W 0013/8712
6.W 0011/9912
7.W 0003/9411
8.W 0004/8510
9.W 0006/9710
10.W 0004/949
citations/year
1.W 0020/065.58
2.W 0024/063.85
3.W 0026/062.97
4.W 0001/072.93
5.W 0003/931.77
6.W 0017/031.58
7.W 0002/071.47
8.W 0009/061.4
9.W 0011/991.38
10.W 0001/061.33
most recent
1.W 0018/072008-02-01
2.W 0020/072008-01-31
3.W 0015/062008-01-18
4.W 0005/072007-11-13
5.W 0016/062007-11-07
6.W 0025/062007-11-06
7.W 0026/072007-11-05
8.W 0027/072007-11-05
9.W 0009/062007-10-17
10.W 0021/072007-10-16


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 12633 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.