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T 1747/22 - Sufficiency and claim interpretation

by Daniel X. Thomas

10 Apr. 2025 0 comments 3 minutes CASELAW-EPO

EP 3 121 274 B1 relates to a method for predicting responsiveness to the treatment of cancer with a compound inhibiting p300.

Brief outline of the case

The patent was revoked for lack of sufficiency for the patent as granted as well as for AR1-7.

Collapse Art 83 / Claim interpretation / sufficiency

by Daniel X. Thomas

26 Dec. 2023 4 comments 5 minutes CASELAW-EPO

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.