European Patent Office

T 1906/19 (Broadband multi-strip patch antenna / Shure) vom 31.05.2023

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T190619.20230531
Datum der Entscheidung
31. Mai 2023
Aktenzeichen
T 1906/19
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
13748159.4
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
Nicht verteilt (D)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
Zusammenfassung von Art 13(2) RPBA 2020
Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
BROADBAND MULTI-STRIP PATCH ANTENNA
Name des Antragstellers
Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.4.01
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013
Schlagwörter
Admission - final new request of claims (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Orientierungssatz
The Board understands [the wording of Article 13(2) RPBA 2020] as laying down a basic rule but leaving some limited leeway for exceptions. The basic rule is that amendments are not considered unless there are exceptional circumstances justified by cogent reasons (by the submitting party). The leeway for deviating from this rule lies in the expression "in principle" ("en principe"; "grundsätzlich"), which the Board reads roughly as "as a rule", meaning that the provision's basic rule is not entirely without exception. This leeway, when applied, means that an amendment can be considered despite the absence of exceptional circumstances justified by cogent reasons.
Zitierte Akten
T 1294/16
Zitierende Akten
T 1623/20T 0951/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

34. The decision under appeal is set aside.

35. The case is remitted to the Examining Division with the order to grant a patent with the text of

- the final new request of claims, 1 - 15, filed at oral proceedings before the Board (at 11:27);

- the amended description pages 1 - 14, clean version, filed at oral proceedings before the Board (at 12:27);

- drawing pages 1/16 - 16/16 as published.