Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the refusal of unentgeltliche Rechtspflege was unlawful because the patent claims were assessed as hopeless.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The refusal was upheld because the claims, assessed at the time of the legal-aid request, had no sufficient prospects of success.
Extrahierte Begründung
The lower courts applied the correct standard: legal aid depends on the prospects at the time of filing, not on later claim limitations. The patent claims were found not patentable in the asserted scope, and the applicant did not show concrete limitation options that would have made them viable.