T 1170/15 (Image processing of hand gestures for issuing commands / Sony) of 23.10.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T117015.20191023
- Date of decision
- 23 October 2019
- Case number
- T 1170/15
- Online on
- 26 November 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 08252314.3
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Image processing for issuing commands
- Applicant name
- Sony Corporation
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.05
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2)European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step - auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - non-obvious modification - Catchword
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- Cited 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 examining division with the order to grant a patent based on claims 1 and 2 of the sixth auxiliary request submitted during the oral proceedings and the description and drawings to be adapted.