R 0018/23 (Petition for review) of 15.04.2026
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2026:R001823.20260415
- Date of decision
- 15 April 2026
- Case number
- R 0018/23
- Online on
- 26 August 2026
- Petition for review of
- T 0522/21 (Modulation signalling in HSDPA/NOKIA) of 05.07.2023
- Application number
- 07825547.8
- IPC class
- H04L 1/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- 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
- ADDITIONAL MODULATION INFORMATION SIGNALING FOR HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS
- Applicant name
- Nokia Technologies Oy
- Opponent name
- TomTom International B.V.
Continental Automotive GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH
Oppo Mobile UK Ltd.
OROPE Germany GmbH - Board
- EBA
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 112a(2)(c)European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention R 102(g)European Patent Convention R 106
- Keywords
- Petition for review (unallowable)
Right to be heard - violation (yes)
Fundamental procedural violation within the meaning of Article 112a(2)(c) EPC (no) - no causal link between procedural violation and decision - Catchword
- Where a finding rests on two independent lines of reasoning and only one is tainted by a violation of the right to be heard, there is no causal link between the violation and the decision. Whether the two lines of reasoning are independent is to be ascertained from the perspective of the relevant Board, through an analysis of the words it chose to use and without any review of the technical merits of the case (points 4.3.3-4.3.5).
- Cited cases
- G 0004/92G 0001/15R 0001/08R 0019/09R 0022/10R 0015/12R 0016/13R 0008/15R 0010/18R 0010/20R 0012/22R 0012/23T 0171/84
- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The petition for review is rejected as unallowable.