T 0653/14 (Multi-stage coding III/QUALCOMM) of 13.03.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T065314.20190313
- Date of decision
- 13 March 2019
- Case number
- T 0653/14
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 10013231.5
- 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
- Multi-stage code generator and decoder for communication systems
- Applicant name
- QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.07
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 56 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 76(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 84 (2007)
- Keywords
- Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Inventive step - after amendment
Inventive step - (yes) - Catchword
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- Cited 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 on the basis of the following documents:
- Claims: claims 1 to 13 of the revised further amended set of claims labelled "ANNEX A''rev." as filed in the oral proceedings;
- Description: pages 1 to 5 and 8 to 44 as originally filed, and pages 6, 7 and 45 as filed in the oral proceedings;
- Drawings: Figures 1 to 22 as originally filed.