T 0378/21 (Image stitching/NIKE) of 13.11.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T037821.20251113
- Date of decision
- 13 November 2025
- Case number
- T 0378/21
- Online on
- 20 November 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 16840384.8
- IPC class
- G06T 7/80G06Q 10/04G06T 7/33
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- IMAGE STITCHING FOR FOOTWEAR COMPONENT PROCESSING
- Applicant name
- Nike Innovate C.V.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (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 examining division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
- claims 1 to 11 of the main request (filed with letter of 8 January 2025)
- description pages 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12 and 14 to 17 of the main request (filed with letter of 8 January 2025)
- description pages 3, 6 to 9, 11 and 13, as published;
- figures 1 to 8 (drawing sheets 1/5 to 5/5), as published.