T 0744/99 (RDS radio system/BBC) of 15.1.2002

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T074499.20020115
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
Download and more information:
Decision text in EN (PDF, 38 KB)
Documentation of the appeal procedure can be found in the Register
Bibliographic information is available in: EN
Versions: Unpublished
Title of application: Improvements to RDS radio system
Applicant name: BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Opponent name: Interessengemeinschaft für Rundfunkschutzrechte GmbH
Schutzrechtsverwertung & Co. KG
Board: 3.5.01
Headnote: -
Relevant legal provisions:
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 52
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 56
European Patent Convention 1973 Art 87(1)
Keywords: Entitlement to claimed priority - main request (no)
Inventive step - main request (no), first auxiliary request (yes)
Catchwords:

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).

Cited decisions:
G 0002/98
T 0339/89
Citing decisions:
T 1150/00
T 0030/01

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