European Patent Office

T 0165/03 (Antenna system/SONY) of 01.12.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T016503.20051201
Date of decision
1 December 2005
Case number
T 0165/03
Online on
16 January 2006
Petition for review of
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Application number
92306174.1
IPC class
H04H 1/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Antenna system for receiving broadcast or communication signals from satellite
Applicant name
SONY CORPORATION
Opponent name
Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte GmbH Schutzrechtsverwertung & Co. KG
Board
3.5.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no), auxiliary request (yes)
Different apportionment of costs (no)
Late filed document - admitted (no)
Catchword
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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 case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with claims 1 to 3 as granted, claim 4 of "Request E" as filed with letter of 24 October 2005, description columns 1 and 2 as filed in the course of the oral proceedings before the board, and columns 3 to 5 and Figures 1 to 3 as granted.

3. The respondent's request for apportionment of costs is refused.