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T 0108/12 (Key agreement and transport protocol with implicit signatures/CERTICOM) of 29.09.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T010812.20150929
Date of decision
29 September 2015
Case number
T 0108/12
Petition for review of
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Application number
07000020.3
IPC class
H04L 9/08
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Key agreement and transport protocol with implicit signatures
Applicant name
Certicom Corp.
Opponent name
Müller, Christoph
Board
3.5.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Grounds for opposition - added subject-matter (yes)
Grounds for opposition - extension of subject-matter (yes)
Amendments - intermediate generalisation
Amendments - deletion of features (yes)
Amendments - broadening of claim (yes)
Amendments - relationship between Art. 123(2) and Art. 123(3)
Amendments - inescapable trap (yes)
Catchword
See reasons, point 7, in particular point 7.4
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.