European Patent Office

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
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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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
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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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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.