T 0961/24 (Network of luminaires / Schreder) of 16.02.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:T096124.20260216
- Date of decision
- 16 February 2026
- Case number
- T 0961/24
- Online on
- 22 April 2026
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14192579.2
- IPC class
- H04W 40/24H05B 47/19
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Method for setting up and operating a network of luminaires
- Applicant name
- Schreder
- Opponent name
- Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(b)European Patent Convention Art 100(c)European Patent Convention Art 84European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 52(1)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Main Request, Auxiliary Requests 0bis, 1, 1bis - extension of subject-matter (yes)
Main Request - sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Auxiliary Requests 1, 1bis, 1ter - clarity (no)
Admittance of novelty as new ground for opposition (no)
Auxiliary Request 1quater - admittance (yes), inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the Opposition Division with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of
- the claims of auxiliary request 1quater,
- the drawings of the patent as granted and
- the description of the patent as granted, to be adapted if necessary.