T 0399/86 of 15.09.1988
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:1988:T039986.19880915
- Date of decision
- 15 September 1988
- Case number
- T 0399/86
- Online on
- 5 October 1988
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 83902032.8
- IPC class
- -
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and system for remote reporting, particularly for pay television billing
- Applicant name
- TELEASE, Inc. (US)
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty and inventive step (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- 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 first instance with the order to grant a European patent on the basis of the following documents:
2.1. Pages 1, 1a, 6 filed on 23.10.86,
Pages 2, 3, 7 to 9, 12 to 15 and 17 to 37 as originally filed,
Pages 4, 5, 5a, 10, 11, 16 and 38 filed on 28 July 1988, subject to the following amendments of clerical errors:
Page 2, line 33: replace "groups" by "group";
Page 9, line 32: correct: "transmitting";
Page 11, line 33: correct: "WO-82/01109";
Page 12, line 19: delete: "application";
Page 15, line 12: replace: "34" by "54"; (see Fig.1) ;
Page 16, line 28: replace "modulator 44" by "remodulator 44"; (see Fig.1) ;
Page 23, line 1: replace "82" by "124"; (see Fig.4) ;
Page 35, line 23: delete "a".
2.2. Claims 1 to 12, filed on 28 July 1988, subject to the following amendment of a clerical error:
Claim 5, line 2: delete "a".