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)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- -
- 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.