T 1888/08 (Smart card/FRANCE TELECOM) of 29.04.2010
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T188808.20100429
- Date of decision
- 29 April 2010
- Case number
- T 1888/08
- Online on
- 16 August 2010
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97902443.7
- IPC class
- H04Q /32
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Smart card with internal data compression
- Applicant name
- France Télécom
- Opponent name
- GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GmbH
- Board
- 3.5.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - main and first auxiliary requests (no)
Inventive step - second auxiliary request (yes) - 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 in amended form on the basis of claims 1 to 12 of the second auxiliary request, filed with the letter dated 29 March 2010 as "First Auxiliary Request", and a description still to be adapted.