T 1906/19 (Broadband multi-strip patch antenna / Shure) du 31.05.2023
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T190619.20230531
- Date de la décision
- 31 mai 2023
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 1906/19
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 13748159.4
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Non distribuées (D)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
- Résumé de Art 13(2) RPBA 2020
- Titre de la demande
- BROADBAND MULTI-STRIP PATCH ANTENNA
- Nom du demandeur
- Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
- Nom de l'opposant
- -
- Chambre
- 3.4.01
- Sommaire
- -
- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013
- Mots-clés
- Admission - final new request of claims (yes)
Amendments - allowable (yes)
Inventive step - (yes) - Exergue
- The Board understands [the wording of Article 13(2) RPBA 2020] as laying down a basic rule but leaving some limited leeway for exceptions. The basic rule is that amendments are not considered unless there are exceptional circumstances justified by cogent reasons (by the submitting party). The leeway for deviating from this rule lies in the expression "in principle" ("en principe"; "grundsätzlich"), which the Board reads roughly as "as a rule", meaning that the provision's basic rule is not entirely without exception. This leeway, when applied, means that an amendment can be considered despite the absence of exceptional circumstances justified by cogent reasons.
- Affaires citées
- T 1294/16
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
34. The decision under appeal is set aside.
35. The case is remitted to the Examining Division with the order to grant a patent with the text of
- the final new request of claims, 1 - 15, filed at oral proceedings before the Board (at 11:27);
- the amended description pages 1 - 14, clean version, filed at oral proceedings before the Board (at 12:27);
- drawing pages 1/16 - 16/16 as published.