European Patent Office

T 2194/19 (Error correction/TERAYON) of 24.10.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T219419.20221024
Date of decision
24 October 2022
Case number
T 2194/19
Online on
3 November 2022
Petition for review of
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Application number
04720810.3
IPC class
H03M 13/00
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Error-correcting code interleaver
Applicant name
Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.03
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
EPC2000_Art_084_(2007)_Sent_2European Patent Convention Art 111(1)European Patent Convention Art 123(2)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 011
Keywords
Added subject-matter - (no, after amendment)
Support by the description - (yes, after amendment)
Adaptation of the description: objection of examining division not justified
Remittal - special reasons (yes): novelty and inventive step not decided yet
Catchword
The requirement that the claims are to be supported by the description under Article 84, second sentence, EPC does not necessarily mean that all the "embodiments" of the description of a patent application have to be covered by the (independent) claims, i.e. that all the embodiments must fall within the scope of those claims (see point 6.2.2 of the Reasons).

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 for further prosecution.