European Patent Office

T 1455/10 (Foldable telephone/SHARP) of 16.03.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T145510.20120316
Date of decision
16 March 2012
Case number
T 1455/10
Online on
2 May 2012
Petition for review of
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Application number
05014707.3
IPC class
H04M 1/02
Language of proceedings
English
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Application title
Foldable device with a 3d hinge having a displaced vertical axis
Applicant name
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
(Applicant)
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
22-22, Nagaike-cho
Abeno-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8522 (JP)
Opponent name
Müller - Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte
Innere Wiener Strasse 17
D-81667 München (DE)
Decision under appeal:
Decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office posted 15 February 2010 refusing European patent application No. 05014707.3 pursuant to Article 97(2) EPC.
Composition of the Board:
Board
3.5.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - no
Case Number: T 1455/10 - 3.5.03
DECISION
of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.03
of 16 March 2012
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.