T 0384/15 (Earpiece/FREEBIT) of 27.4.2018

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T038415.20180427
Date of decision: 27 April 2018
Case number: T 0384/15
Petition for review: R 0010/18
Application number: 08766905.7
IPC class: H04R 1/10
Language of proceedings: EN
Distribution: C
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 417 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: IMPROVED EARPIECE
Applicant name: Freebit AS
Opponent name: Santarelli SA
Bose GmbH
Bose Limited
Board: 3.5.03
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention Art 105
European Patent Convention Art 111(1)
European Patent Convention Art 100(a)
Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
Keywords: Admissibility of opposition and interventions
Admissibility of opposition - yes (see point 1 of the reasons)
Referral to the Enlarged board of Appeal - no (see point 3 of the reasons)
Remittal - no (see point 4 of the reasons)
Novelty - patent as granted
Novelty - no (see point 5 of the reasons)
Admissibility of late-filed request - no (see point 6 of the reasons)
Reimbursement of intervener's appeal fee - yes (see point 9 of the reasons)
Catchwords:

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Cited decisions:
G 0010/91
G 0001/94
G 0003/97
G 0004/97
G 0003/99
G 0003/04
T 0305/08
Citing decisions:
T 1702/17

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