European Patent Office

T 1706/22 (Network services/VMWARE) of 13.05.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T170622.20250513
Date of decision
13 May 2025
Case number
T 1706/22
Online on
4 July 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
16719163.4
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
PROVISIONING NETWORK SERVICES IN A SOFTWARE DEFINED DATA CENTER
Applicant name
VMware LLC
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.06
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Novelty - main request (no)
Inventive step (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 2 and 3
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - exceptional circumstances (no)
Amendment after notification of Art. 15(1) RPBA communication - auxiliary request 3
Catchword
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

The appeal is dismissed.