T 2047/23 (Hearing-aid antenna and planes/GN HEARING) of 23.10.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T204723.20251023
- Date of decision
- 23 October 2025
- Case number
- T 2047/23
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14181151.3
- IPC class
- H01Q 1/27H04R 25/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A hearing aid with an antenna
- Applicant name
- GN Hearing A/S
- Opponent name
- Oticon A/S
- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 54Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Claim construction: "plane" not restricted to a physical plane
Novelty - main request, 2nd and 13th auxiliary requests (no)
Admittance - 1st, 3rd and 8th to 12th auxiliary requests (no): amendments should have been submitted earlier
Added subject-matter - 4th and 5th auxiliary requests (yes)
Admittance - 6th and 7th auxiliary requests (no): no erroneous exercise of discretion by the opposition division
Admittance - 14th auxiliary request (no): amendment does not overcome the issues raised + gives rise to new objections - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.