by Daniel X. Thomas
The application relates to a viscoelastic plastic interlayer for vibroacoustic damping between two sheets of glass to form a laminated pane.
Brief outline of the case
The ED refused the application for lack of sufficiency.
The applicant appealed the decision.
The board decided that sufficiency was given and remitted to the ED for further processing.
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to a method of processing a signal in a hearing instrument, and to a hearing instrument, in particular a hearing aid.
Brief outline of the case
The opposition was rejected and the opponent appealed.
The board of appeal considered that the invention could not be enabled over the whole range claimed.
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent relates to a method of processing a signal in a hearing aid, and to a a hearing aid.
Brief outline of the case
The opposition was rejected and the opponent appealed.
The board of appeal considered that the invention in claim 1 as granted could not be enabled over the whole range claimed.
by Daniel X. Thomas
The patent concerns the use of dyes in laundry compositions, in particular a laundry composition comprising alkoxylated bis azo-dyes.
Brief outline of the case
The proprietor appealed the decision of the OD to revoke the patent for lack of sufficiency.
The OD concluded that a “process for preparation of the bis-azo dyes falling in the scope of claim 1 has not been disclosed in a manner sufficiently clear and complete that it can be carried out by the skilled person in the art”.
by Daniel X. Thomas
The application relates to biometric authentication using vein patterns of e.g. a palm or a finger. The positions of the vein pattern for matching are normally defined in respect of the outline of the considered region, which requires the acquisition of the entire region. For speed reasons it is desired to perform vein authentication using partial patterns.