T 1564/18 (Programmable memory repair scheme/RAMBUS INC.) du 17.09.2021
- Identifiant européen de la jurisprudence
- ECLI:EP:BA:2021:T156418.20210917
- Date de la décision
- 17 septembre 2021
- Numéro de l'affaire
- T 1564/18
- Requête en révision de
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- Numéro de la demande
- 09730954.6
- Classe de la CIB
- G11C 29/00
- Langue de la procédure
- Anglais
- Distribution
- Non distribuées (D)
- 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
- Programmable memory repair scheme
- Nom du demandeur
- Rambus Inc.
- Nom de l'opposant
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- Chambre
- 3.5.07
- Sommaire
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- Dispositions juridiques pertinentes
- European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 113(1)European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011
- Mots-clés
- Right to be heard - substantial procedural violation (yes)
- Exergue
- Since neither the annex to the summons nor any of the previous communications of the examining division contained the essential legal and factual reasons leading to the finding in the appealed decision that claim 1 of the main request lacked novelty over the prior-art device considered for the first time in the novelty assessment of the refusal, and since no reason was given why the amendments made in advance of the oral proceedings held in absentia justified the change to this new closest prior art, the decision was issued in violation of the right to be heard even though the prior-art device on which the refusal was based was disclosed in the same document as a closest prior art considered previously in the examination procedure.
- 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 in full.