T 1155/11 (Allocating defect management areas/LG ELECTRONICS) of 25.03.2015
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T115511.20150325
- Date of decision
- 25 March 2015
- Case number
- T 1155/11
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 09165318.8
- IPC class
- G11B 7/007G11B 20/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- 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
- Write-once optical disc, and method and apparatus for allocating spare area on write-once optical disc
- Applicant name
- LG Electronics Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 153(5)European Patent Convention Art 54(2)European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 87European Patent Convention Art 88(3)European Patent Convention Art 89
- Keywords
- Priority - multiple priorities
Priority - validity of priority
Novelty - after amendment (yes)
Inventive step - after amendment (yes)
Related and divisional applications - double patenting (no) - Catchword
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- Citing cases
- T 2563/11
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 on the basis of the following documents:
- Description: pages 1 to 3 as originally filed, and pages 4 to 18 as submitted during the oral proceedings;
- Claims: 1 to 6 as submitted during the oral proceedings;
- Drawings: Figures 1 to 8 as originally filed.