| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T015199.20011024 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 24 October 2001 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0151/99 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 90200189.0 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | H04L 12/56 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | B | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Method for transmitting, via a plurality of asynchronously time-divided transmission channels, a flow of data cells, the state of a counter for each transmission channel being kept up to date in accordance with the number of data cells per unit of time | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | Koninklijke KPN N.V. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | (01) Italtel Società Italiana Telecomunicazioni S.P.A. (02) Siemens AG |
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| Board: | 3.5.01 | ||||||||
| Headnote: | - | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Document made available to the public (yes) Novelty (no, main and first auxiliary request) |
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In general, it would appear highly plausible that a paper submitted to obtain an academic degree (here: a master's thesis) is not confidential. This becomes a virtual certainty if the paper is referred to in published scientific work. If the reference is in a document published before the priority date of the patent in suit then it can be assumed that said paper was also made available to the public before said date. |
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Source: http://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t990151eu1.html
Date retrieved: 17 May 2021