T 2738/18 (Touch screen display adjacent to a physical keyboard) of 26.03.2021
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T273818.20210326
- Date of decision
- 26 March 2021
- Case number
- T 2738/18
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 15702935.6
- 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
- VIRTUAL COMPUTER KEYBOARD
- Applicant name
- Apple Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
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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 department of first instance with an order to grant a patent based on:
- claims 1 to 19 of the main request filed with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal,
- the description and drawings as published to be adapted.