European Patent Office

T 2249/12 of 08.06.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T224912.20170608
Date of decision
8 June 2017
Case number
T 2249/12
Online on
25 July 2017
Petition for review of
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Application number
02738883.4
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
Image encoder, image decoder, image encoding method, and image decoding method
Applicant name
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Claims - clarity
Claims - main request, first to fifth auxiliary requests (no)
Amendments - extension beyond the content of the application as filed
Amendments - sixth auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - amended sixth auxiliary request (no)
Inventive step - seventh 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 with the following claims and a description to be adapted thereto:

Claims No. 1 to 18 according to the Seventh Auxiliary Request filed during the oral proceedings of 8 June 2017.