T 2281/17 (Balancing workload across multiple cells in cellular printing environment / Xerox) of 10.09.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T228117.20190910
- Date of decision
- 10 September 2019
- Case number
- T 2281/17
- Online on
- 14 October 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 11185865.0
- IPC class
- G06F 3/12
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- System and methods of balancing workload across multiple cells in cellular manufacturing
- Applicant name
- Xerox Corporation
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated - Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Scope of protection sought does not encompass clearly trivial cases - 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 on the basis of claims 1 to 3 of auxiliary request 1, which was submitted with the letter dated 7 August 2019, and a description and drawings to be adapted thereto.