T 0707/17 (Inductive receiver for hearing aid / Oticon) of 21.01.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T070717.20220121
- Date of decision
- 21 January 2022
- Case number
- T 0707/17
- Online on
- 6 April 2022
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11165050.3
- 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
- Receiver and method for retrieving an information signal from a magnetic induction signal
- Applicant name
- Oticon A/S
- Opponent name
- Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)
- Keywords
- Late-filed facts - submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal
Late-filed facts - considered (yes)
Auxiliary Request - submitted with the reply to the statement of grounds of appeal - considered (yes)
Auxiliary Request - inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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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 5 submitted with the reply to the appeal, the drawings of the patent specification, and the description amended as necessary.