T 0385/06 of 06.03.2008
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T038506.20080306
- Date of decision
- 6 March 2008
- Case number
- T 0385/06
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 94931880.2
- IPC class
- H04N 7/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Program signal identification data collector
- Applicant name
- Nielsen Media Research, Inc.
- Opponent name
- 1. ARBITRON INC.
2. Intomart GfK Group B.V.
3. Liechti AG, Elektrische Geräte
4. TNS UK Limited - Board
- 3.5.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 100(a) 1973European Patent Convention Art 101(3)(b)European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 80Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(1)(c)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - no
- Catchword
- see Reasons section 2 (amendments to a party's case) and point 3.4 (no synergistic effects of two collocated data collection portions)
- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The patent is revoked.