European Patent Office

T 1869/17 (Synchronising PDCP operations II/HTC) of 13.07.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T186917.20210713
Date of decision
13 July 2021
Case number
T 1869/17
Petition for review of
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Application number
11008366.4
IPC class
H04W 76/02
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
Methods for synchronizing PDCP operations after RRC connection re-establishment in a wireless communication system and related apparatuses thereof
Applicant name
HTC Corporation
Opponent name
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
Board
3.5.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 116 (2007)European Patent Convention Art 123(3) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 76(1) (2007)European Patent Convention Art 87(1) (2007)European Patent Convention R 106 (2007)European Patent Convention R 115(1) (2007)RPBA 2020 Art 15a(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 10(2) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(1) (2020)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 15(2)(a) (2020)
Keywords
Postponement of the arranged oral proceedings - (no): not requested as soon as possible and not allowable
Objection under Rule 106 EPC - dismissed: no bar to holding two oral proceedings on the same day
Added subject-matter - main request (yes) : intermediate generalisation
Admittance - auxiliary requests (no): not prima facie allowable under Art. 76(1), 123(3) and/or 56 EPC
Catchword
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Citing cases
T 2700/18

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The objection under Rule 106 EPC is dismissed.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The patent is revoked.