T 0547/17 - Two, the same, partial problems

 Key points

• The claim at issue has two distinguishing features.
• The Board: “In conclusion, both distinguishing features are aimed at maximising the flux linkage but without influencing each other because the flux linkages at the pole claw roots and at their tips are independent of each other. The Board therefore agrees with the appellant, that there is no synergy. It follows that the first and second partial technical problems addressed by the two distinguishing features are both to maximise the output current.”
• “Since there is no synergy, the solutions to the partial problems can be assessed separately.”

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https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t170547eu1.html

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