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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKIntelP/2023/o020623.html
Cite as: [2023] UKIntelP o020623, [2023] UKIntelP o20623

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Patent decision

BL number
O/0206/23
Concerning rights in
GB2008679.9
Hearing Officer
Mr B Micklewright
Decision date
28 February 2023
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Sunwave Communications Co., Ltd.
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 sections 117, 14(3)
Keywords
Correction, Sufficiency
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention related to compensating for lack of gain flatness in a receiver or a transmitter by constructing a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, based on calculating gain flatness for a sequence of frequency points in a particular bandwidth and using a power of the centre frequency as a reference power. The examiner had argued that the application was insufficient because calculations were not based on the inverse of the frequency response but rather on the frequency response itself. The inverse would be needed in order to compensate for gain flatness. Following an observation by the examiner that there may be an error in one of the equations, the applicant requested that the application be corrected. The requested correction would resolve the sufficiency problem. The hearing officer decided that, taking into account a number of factors, the correction should be allowed. The sufficiency issue therefore fell away and the case was remitted to the examiner for further processing.

Full decisionO/0206/23 PDF document 430Kb


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