European Patent Office

T 0748/24 (Auditory-communication device/HEAR-WEAR) of 15.05.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T074824.20250515
Date of decision
15 May 2025
Case number
T 0748/24
Petition for review of
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Application number
16818723.5
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Transducer modules for auditory communication devices and auditory communication devices
Applicant name
HEAR-WEAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Opponent name
K/S HIMPP
Board
3.5.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 116(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(8)
Keywords
Decision in written proceedings - (yes): proprietor did not request oral proceedings and oral proceedings neither necessary nor expedient
Added subject-matter - claim 1 as maintained by the opposition division (yes): unallowable generalisation
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 1160/19
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.