European Patent Office

T 0409/21 (Activating a storage's "power up in standby mode" depending on the host's power savings mode / WD) of 04.05.2023

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2023:T040921.20230504
Date of decision
4 May 2023
Case number
T 0409/21
Petition for review of
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Application number
14838194.0
IPC class
G06F 3/06
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
STORAGE DEVICE SUPPORTING PERIODIC WRITES WHILE IN A LOW POWER MODE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Applicant name
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.05
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 84Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 013(1)Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal Art 13(2)
Keywords
Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)
Inventive step - after amendment
Inventive step - (yes)
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 on the basis of the following documents:

Description:

Page 1 as submitted by the appellant during the oral proceedings before the board,

pages 2 to 7 as published,

page 8 as filed with the appellant's letter dated 10 August 2017;

Claims: 1 to 14 of main request A as submitted with the appellant's letter dated 4 May 2023;

Drawings: Sheets 1/3 to 3/3 as published.