European Patent Office

T 2575/22 of 23.05.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T257522.20250523
Date of decision
23 May 2025
Case number
T 2575/22
Online on
9 July 2025
Petition for review of
-
Application number
16180792.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
-
Abstracts for this decision
-
Application title
BRUSH HEAD AND ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH
Applicant name
Braun GmbH
Opponent name
Trisa Holding AG
Board
3.2.08
Headnote
-
Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)(a)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Main request - novelty - (no)
Remittal - (no)
Basis of proceedings - decision under appeal
Amendment after summons - taken into account (no)
Auxiliary request 1 - amendments - allowable (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - novelty - (yes)
Auxiliary request 1 - inventive step - (yes)
Catchword
-
Cited cases
-
Citing cases
-

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The decision under appeal is set aside. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:

Claims:

No. 1 to 15 according to the auxiliary request 1 filed with the letter of 2 February 2023