T 1002/03 of 17.01.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T100203.20070117
- Date of decision
- 17 January 2007
- Case number
- T 1002/03
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 00950334.3
- IPC class
- H04N 5/44
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- Television receiver for digital signals with offset tuning provisions
- Applicant name
- Thomson Licensing
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.04
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 96(2) 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973European Patent Convention R 70 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
Refusal after a single communication
Substantial procedural violation (no)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (no) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
- -
- Citing cases
- T 1969/07
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
- claims 1 to 7 submitted in the oral proceedings;
- description, pages 2 and 2a submitted in the oral proceedings and pages 1 and 3 to 6 as published;
- drawings, sheets 1/2 and 2/2 submitted in the oral proceedings.
3. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is refused.