European Patent Office

T 1402/20 (Shared key exchange using proxy/NTT) of 21.09.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T140220.20220921
Date of decision
21 September 2022
Case number
T 1402/20
Online on
2 December 2022
Petition for review of
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Application number
16737330.7
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
KEY-EXCHANGE METHOD, KEY-EXCHANGE SYSTEM, KEY DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
Applicant name
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
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 examining division with the order to grant a patent in the following version.

Claims:

No. 1-8 as submitted with the statement of grounds of appeal

Description:

Pages 1, 2, 5 to 24, 26 to 33, 35 to 48, 51 to 59, 61 to 68 and 70 to 80 as originally filed

Pages 3, 4, 4a, 4b, 25, 34, 60 and 69 filed with the letter of 11 September 2018

Pages 49 and 50 filed with the letter of 1 March 2019

Drawings:

Sheets 1/13 to 13/13 as originally filed