T 1645/19 (Selective haptic feedback/APPLE) of 26.01.2022
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T164519.20220126
- Date of decision
- 26 January 2022
- Case number
- T 1645/19
- Online on
- 9 March 2022
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 13795392.3
- IPC class
- G06F 3/041G06F 3/01G06F 3/0488
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORGOING GENERATION OF TACTILE OUTPUT FOR A MULTI-CONTACT GESTURE
- Applicant name
- Apple Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main request (yes)
- Catchword
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- 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 examining division with the order to grant a patent based on claims 1 to 12 of the main request submitted with the statement setting out the grounds of appeal, description pages 1 to 97 submitted with the letter of 7 September 2017 and drawings sheets 1/58 to 58/58 as originally filed.