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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) filed a patent application numbered 9808/DELNP/2015 that is titled TRANSCEIVER ARRANGEMENT, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM. The patent has been filed in the field of Communication. This Patent Application has been granted as Patent Number 353428. This invention relates to a transceiver arrangement comprises a receiver arranged for frequency- division duplex communication with a communication network, a transmitter arranged for frequency-division duplex communication with the communication network, a transmission port for connecting to an antenna or wire, a first filter connected between an output of the transmitter and the transmission port and arranged to pass signals at transmitter frequency and attenuate signals at receiver frequency, a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding.
During the patent examination, the Patent Examiner raised objections under Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970. The subject matter of certain claims relates to controlling a transceiver arrangement, which may be executed by a general-purpose computer by providing a definite set of instructions in the form of an algorithm or a computer program.
As a response, the Applicant submitted that there are various judicial precedents available to determine the patentability of computer-related inventions. The said claims are performed using hardware components/elements, which is clear from the perusal of the claim. The same, therefore, cannot be construed as an algorithm.
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