by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 2 941 163 B1 relates to a device that can be described as an oscillating handheld skin cleanser.
Brief outline of the case
The proprietor is Foreo AB of Sweden.
Beurer GmbH filed an opposition.
Prior to the OP before the OD, a first intervention under Artie 105 was filed by the intervener Geske GmbH &
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 393 687 B1 relates to a method and device for recycling metal scraps.
Brief outline of the case
The OD decided that the patent as granted lacked N over D2=WO 97/05969.
AR 1 was held to infringe Art 123(2). The patent was maintained according to AR2.
AR 1,
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 2 137 782 B1 relates to a device (claim 1) and a method (claim 11) for converting light energy into electrical energy and/or hydrogen by using a living plant for converting light energy into a feedstock for a microbial fuel cell.
The infringing device
Brief outline of the case
The patent was granted by the EPO and no opposition was filed.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 017 406 A1 filed as PCT/EP2014/064116 and published under WO 2015/000990 A1 relates to a system and method for state-transition-controlled processing of objects.
Brief outline of the case
The application was refused because the subject-matter of claim 1 was an obvious implementation of non-technical business constraints in the workflow system of D1=US 2010/0161558.
by Daniel X. Thomas
EP 3 498 115 B1 relates to a vaporizing device, in other words, an e-cigarette.
EP 3 498 115 B1 has a parent application EP 3 430 921 as well as a grandparent application EP 3 086 671
Brief outline of the case
Procedure before the EPO
The patent was opposed at the EPO.