European Patent Office

T 0178/06 (Transfer of user interface information when equipment is selected/SONY) of 28.04.2009

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T017806.20090428
Date of decision
28 April 2009
Case number
T 0178/06
Petition for review of
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Application number
98102734.5
IPC class
G06F 3/00
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
Electronic equipment control apparatus, electronic equipment control method and electronic equipment
Applicant name
Sony Corporation
Opponent name
Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte e.V.
Board
3.5.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - main request, first and second auxiliary requests (no)
Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes)
Catchword
-
Cited cases
G 0007/95
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 on the basis of the claims of auxiliary request 3, filed during the oral proceedings before the Board on 28 April 2009 and a description still to be adapted.