T 1435/13 (Interrupt controller/MICROCHIP) of 16.01.2020
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2020:T143513.20200116
- Date of decision
- 16 January 2020
- Case number
- T 1435/13
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 07872357.4
- IPC class
- G06F 13/24
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- INTERRUPT CONTROLLER
- Applicant name
- Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.01
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention R 103(1)(a)
- Keywords
- Inventive step - adding a conventional group interrupt controller to one using coalescing (no
Inventive step - routine design)
Inventive step - adding additional group interrupt controllers using coalescing with different time windows (yes
Inventive step - not obvious over D1) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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- Citing cases
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Order
For these reasons it is decided that:
The decision under appeal is set aside.
The case is remitted to the examining division with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Description: pages 1-8 filed during the oral proceedings on 16 January 2020
Claims 1-14 filed during the oral proceedings on 16 January 2020
Drawings: Sheets 1/4-4/4 as originally filed.
The request for the reimbursement of the appeal fee is refused.