| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T074499.20020115 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 15 January 2002 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0744/99 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 90900945.8 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H04H 1/00 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Improvements to RDS radio system | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte GmbH Schutzrechtsverwertung & Co. KG |
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| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Entitlement to claimed priority - main request (no) Inventive step - main request (no), first auxiliary request (yes) |
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For the subject-matter of a claim to be derivable "directly and unambiguously, using common general knowledge, from the previous application as a whole" in accordance with opinion G 0002/98 of the Enlarged Board of Appeal, such subject-matter must not be novel with respect to the disclosure of the priority document. The application of common general knowledge can only serve to interpret the meaning of a technical disclosure and place it in context; it cannot be used to complete an otherwise incomplete technical disclosure (see point 4 of the reasons). |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t990744eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021