T 0572/24 (Off-head state detection in an in-ear headset/BOSE) of 16.03.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T057224.20260316
- Date of decision
- 16 March 2026
- Case number
- T 0572/24
- Online on
- 20 May 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 18701656.3
- IPC class
- H04R 1/10
- 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
- Off-head detection of in-ear headset
- Applicant name
- Bose Corporation
- Opponent name
- K/S HIMPP
- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 83European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure - auxiliary requests 1 to 4 (no): claimed invention,
construed by taking all
technically sensible interpretations
into account,
not sufficiently disclosed over the whole scope claimed
Admittance of claim requests filed on appeal - auxiliary requests 5 to 7 (no): not all issues that led to the opposition division's decision are addressed
Added subject-matter - auxiliary request 8 (yes): unallowable intermediate generalisation - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.