T 1444/23 of 27.02.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T144423.20250227
- Date of decision
- 27 February 2025
- Case number
- T 1444/23
- Online on
- 11 April 2025
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 18710838.6
- IPC class
- B26B 21/52
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- SHAVER HANDLE, SHAVER INCLUDING SUCH A HANDLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
- Applicant name
- BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
- Opponent name
- Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC
- Board
- 3.2.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Novelty - (yes)
Novelty - implicit disclosure (no)
Inventive step - (yes)
Inventive step - could-would approach - 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 as amended in the following version:
Claims:
nos. 1 to 11 of the main request filed as
auxiliary request 1 with letter
dated 3 March 2023;
Description:
paragraphs 1 to 4, 6,
8 to 22 and
24 to 58 of the patent specification,
paragraphs 5, 7 and 23 filed as "version 2" during the
oral proceedings before the
board on 27 February 2025
Drawings:
figures 1 to 12 of the patent specification.