T 0129/83 of 13.06.1989
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1989:T012983.19890613
- Date of decision
- 13 June 1989
- Case number
- T 0129/83
- Online on
- 4 July 1989
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 79301137.0
- IPC class
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- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method of processing image data
- Applicant name
- Xerox
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
- 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 case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the following documents:
2.1. Pages 1 and 1a filed on 28 February 1989 and pages 2-10 as originally filed, with the following amendments:
Page 1, line 3, replace "in to" by "into"; Page 1, last but one line and page 1a, delete the reference numbers and brackets; Page 3, deletion of the sentence starting at line 21; Page 7, line 2, replace the reference (70) by (74); Page 7, line 12, replace the reference (73) by (75); Page 10, at the end of line 30, add the sentence "In our copending EP-A-0 006 351 there is described and claimed a method of processing image data in pixels in which entire lines of pixels are interpolated between existing lines."
2.2. Claims 1 and 2 received on 28 February 1989;
2.3. Drawings, sheets 1/6 to 6/6 as originally filed with the following amendments to Figure 4:
delete the reference number (72) related to the lead connecting resistor (73) and output of amplifier (60); on the graphic representing the output (37) of the circuit, replace the reference numbers (70, 73) by (74) and (75), respectively.