European Patent Office

T 0170/02 (Controlling access/NEWS DATACOM) of 13.04.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T017002.20050413
Date of decision
13 April 2005
Case number
T 0170/02
Petition for review of
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Application number
90310131.9
IPC class
H04N 7/167
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
A system for controlling access to broadcast transmissions
Applicant name
News Datacom Ltd.
Opponent name
British Broadcasting Corporation
CCETT
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Board
3.5.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Violation of Article 123 EPC - maintained claim (no)
Novelty - maintained claim (yes)
Inventive step - all requests (no)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
T 1005/02

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.