European Patent Office

T 1598/18 (Multispectral skin imaging / HID 3) of 23.06.2021

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T159818.20210623
Date of decision
23 June 2021
Case number
T 1598/18
Petition for review of
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Application number
05857436.9
IPC class
G06K 9/00
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
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING BIOMETRICS
Applicant name
HID Global Corporation
Opponent name
Idemia Identity & Security France
Board
3.5.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 123(3)European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Amendments - added subject-matter (no)
Amendment after summons - exceptional circumstances (yes)
Catchword
A new definition or the re-defining of a known term does not add subject matter, if there is pertinent disclosure in the application as a whole (point 18).
Cited cases
T 1294/16

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 for further prosecution on the basis of the claims according to the third auxiliary request and the description and drawings of the patent as granted with the modification of paragraph 57 on page 7 of the description as filed on 12 February 2016.