European Patent Office

T 1920/15 of 18.08.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T192015.20210818
Date of decision
18 August 2021
Case number
T 1920/15
Online on
21 October 2021
Petition for review of
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Application number
07838976.4
IPC class
H04N 7/173
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
MANAGEMENT OF PROFILES FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS
Applicant name
Rovi Guides, Inc.
Opponent name
Virgin Media Limited
Board
3.5.04
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step - (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 4 to 20 of the patent specification

Pages 2 and 3 filed during the oral proceedings on 18 August 2021

Claims

Nos. 1 and 2 of the "Second Auxiliary Request" (clean version) filed with the letter dated 22 July 2019

Drawings

Figures 1 to 20 of the patent specification