T 2194/21 (Selecting a spreading factor/NOKIA) of 12.03.2024
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2024:T219421.20240312
- Date of decision
- 12 March 2024
- Case number
- T 2194/21
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 14173589.4
- IPC class
- H04B 1/707H04J 13/20
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- A method and a telecommunication device for selecting a number of code channels and an associated spreading factor for a CDMA transmission
- Applicant name
- Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Opponent name
- TomTom Sales B.V. ("opponent 1")
Robert Bosch GmbH ("opponent 2")
Bury GmbH & Co. KG ("opponent 3")
Continental Automotive GmbH ("opponent 4")
Daimler AG ("opponent 5" until 7 June 2021) - Board
- 3.5.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 112(1)(a)European Patent Convention Art 123(3) 1973Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(6)
- Keywords
- Extension of protection conferred - main request (yes): claim 1 as amended corresponds to an aliud
Admittance of claim amendments filed after board's communication - auxiliary request A (no): no exceptional circumstances + no prima facie allowability
Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal - (no): questions regarding Art. 123(3) EPC not relevant to the present decision - Catchword
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is dismissed.