European Patent Office

T 1567/17 vom 13.02.2018

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T156717.20180213
Datum der Entscheidung
13. Februar 2018
Aktenzeichen
T 1567/17
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
11159199.6
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Apparatus and method of offset correction for video coding
Name des Antragstellers
HFI Innovation Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.5.04
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal
Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal (yes)
Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no)
Right to be heard - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no)
Remittal to the department of first instance and reimbursement of the appeal fee
Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes)
Orientierungssatz
The applicant's remark in a response under Rule 71(6) EPC that an amended feature "can also be omitted if regarded as violating Article 123(2) EPC" cannot be construed as waiving its right to be heard and its right to a reasoned decision in case the application were to be refused. Rather, this remark merely intimates that the applicant would accept the issue of a new communication under Rule 71(3) EPC on the basis of the amended set of claims without said feature (Reasons,
points
2.1 to 2.3.1).
Zitierende Akten
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance for further prosecution.

3. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.