T 0655/13 du 18.06.2018
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T065513.20180618
- Date de la décision
- 18 juin 2018
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 0655/13
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 06843675.7
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Distribuées aux présidents des chambres de recours (C)
- Téléchargement
- Décision en anglais
- Versions JO
- Aucun lien JO trouvé
- Autres décisions pour cet affaire
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- Résumés pour cette décision
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- Titre de la demande
- VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, DEVICE THEREOF, PROGRAM THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINS THE PROGRAM
- Nom du demandeur
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
National University Corporation Nagoya University - Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.5.04
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a)European Patent Convention R 111(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 11
- Mots-clés
- Appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no)
Remittal to the department of first instance and reimbursement of the appeal fee - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes) - Exergue
- In order for the examining division to make its reasoning on the basis of a pertinent prior-art document in a non-official EPO language comprehensible to the board, it must provide the translation used in the examination proceedings of at least the relevant sections of the document (or even of the whole document, if this is necessary for its overall understanding) into an official language of the EPO. Otherwise, the board is unable to examine the reasons for the decision, and in certain cases even whether the decision was justified or not, which amounts to a violation of the legal requirement for reasoned decisions under Rule 111(2) EPC (Reasons, point 2.4.2(d)(ii)).
Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance for further prosecution.
3. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.