European Patent Office

T 0712/07 of 19.01.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T071207.20100119
Date of decision
19 January 2010
Case number
T 0712/07
Online on
11 March 2010
Petition for review of
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Application number
98301195.8
IPC class
H04N 1/32
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Data communication apparatus and method
Applicant name
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
Catchword
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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 first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:

Description:

Pages 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18 to 21 as originally filed.

Pages 1 to 3, 6, 10, 13, 14, 17 filed with the letter of 25 September 2003.

Pages 4, 7, 8, 9, 22, 23 received during oral proceedings of 19 January 2010.

Claims:

No. 1 to 10 received during oral proceedings of 19 January 2010.

Drawings:

Sheets 1/5 to 5/5 as originally filed.