European Patent Office

T 2318/10 of 11.12.2014

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2014:T231810.20141211
Date of decision
11 December 2014
Case number
T 2318/10
Online on
16 February 2015
Petition for review of
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Application number
00307366.5
IPC class
H03M 13/41
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
Methods and apparatus for representation of branch metrics in a communication system decoder
Applicant name
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - 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 grant a patent in the following version:

- description: pages 1, 2 2a, 3 to 16 filed in the oral proceedings of 11 December 2014;

- claims: 1 to 8 of the first auxiliary request filed with letter dated 11 November 2014;

- drawings: sheets 1/5 to 5/5 as originally filed.