T 2010/22 (Locating headphone drivers/BOSE) of 18.02.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T201022.20250218
- Date of decision
- 18 February 2025
- Case number
- T 2010/22
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 18206539.1
- IPC class
- H04R 1/26H04R 5/033H04R 1/10
- 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
- Abstract on Article 056 EPC
- Application title
- Headphone
- Applicant name
- Bose Corporation
- Opponent name
- USound GmbH
- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(2)
- Keywords
- Claim interpretation - objective claim construction vs. Plato's dialogues
Remittal to the opposition divisionRemittal - (no): Board can already decide on inventive step
Inventive step - main and auxiliary requests 1, 8 to 10 (no): alleged technical effect not credibly derivable within the meaning of G 1/19 and G 2/21
Clarity - auxiliary requests 2, 2A, 3 to 7, 11 and 12A (no)
Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 12 (yes)
Admittance of claim requests filed after Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - auxiliary requests 1mod to 7mod and 9mod to 12mod (no): no "exceptional circumstances" - Catchword
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.