European Patent Office

T 1242/23 of 09.04.2025

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2025:T124223.20250409
Date of decision
9 April 2025
Case number
T 1242/23
Online on
17 June 2025
Petition for review of
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Application number
18186016.4
IPC class
H04N 21/235
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE DEVICES
Applicant name
Adeia Guides Inc.
Opponent name
RTL Deutschland GmbH
Board
3.5.04
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 111(2)European Patent Convention R 106Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 12(4)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Appealed decision - sufficiently reasoned (yes)
Amendment to case - complexity of amendment (no)
Amendment to case - admitted (yes)
Inventive step - main request (no)
Inventive step - auxiliary requests 1, 3-5, 7 (no)
New arguments submitted after notification of communication under Article 15(1) RPBA - taken into account (no)
Objection under Rule 106 EPC - dismissed
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The patent is revoked.