European Patent Office

T 1567/17 du 13.02.2018

Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T156717.20180213
Date de la décision
13 février 2018
Numéro de l'affaire
T 1567/17
Requête en révision de
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Numéro de la demande
11159199.6
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
Apparatus and method of offset correction for video coding
Nom du demandeur
HFI Innovation Inc.
Nom de l'opposant
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Chambre
3.5.04
Sommaire
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Mots-clés
Admissibility of appeal - notice of appeal
Admissibility of appeal - request defining subject of appeal (yes)
Right to be heard - opportunity to comment (no)
Right to be heard - appealed decision sufficiently reasoned (no)
Remittal to the department of first instance and reimbursement of the appeal fee
Remittal to the department of first instance - fundamental deficiency in first instance proceedings (yes)
Exergue
The applicant's remark in a response under Rule 71(6) EPC that an amended feature "can also be omitted if regarded as violating Article 123(2) EPC" cannot be construed as waiving its right to be heard and its right to a reasoned decision in case the application were to be refused. Rather, this remark merely intimates that the applicant would accept the issue of a new communication under Rule 71(3) EPC on the basis of the amended set of claims without said feature (Reasons,
points
2.1 to 2.3.1).
Affaires citantes
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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 department of first instance for further prosecution.

3. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.