T 0116/24 of 16.12.2025
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T011624.20251216
- Date of decision
- 16 December 2025
- Case number
- T 0116/24
- Online on
- 19 February 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14161383.6
- IPC class
- B62M 6/55B62M 11/02
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Driving unit and electric assist bicycle
- Applicant name
- Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Opponent name
- Höhfeld, Jochen
- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
- Keywords
- Novelty - (yes)
Inventive step - (yes)
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Late-filed objection - admitted (no) - 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:
The appeal is dismissed.