European Patent Office

T 2530/19 (Hearing aid's gain model/SONOVA) of 25.10.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T253019.20221025
Date of decision
25 October 2022
Case number
T 2530/19
Online on
23 December 2022
Petition for review of
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Application number
10752598.2
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user
Applicant name
Sonova AG
Opponent name
Oticon A/S / Widex A/S / GN Hearing A/S
Board
3.5.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - main request and first auxiliary request (no), second auxiliary request (yes)
Sufficient disclosure - second auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with

the order to maintain the patent in the following version:

- Claims 1 to 11 of the second auxiliary request as filed with letter dated 5 March 2020;

- Description, pages 2 and 4 to 6 of the patent specification, page 3 as filed during the oral proceedings before the Board;

- Drawings, figures 1 to 6 of the patent specification.