European Patent Office

T 0879/02 of 22.04.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T087902.20050422
Date of decision
22 April 2005
Case number
T 0879/02
Online on
13 May 2005
Petition for review of
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Application number
95103672.2
IPC class
G02B 27/64
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Optical system capable of correcting image position
Applicant name
Nikon Corporation
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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Citing cases
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following application documents:

- claim 1 as annexed to the communication of the Board dated 27 January 2005 and dependent claims 2 to 7 filed with the letter dated 28 August 1998,

- description pages 1, 1b, 2, 17 and 24 filed with the letter dated 11 August 1997, description pages 1a, 2a, 2b and 26 as annexed to the communication of the Board dated 27 January 2005 and description pages 3 to 16, 18 to 23, 25 and 27 as originally filed, and

- drawing sheets 1/9 to 9/9 as originally filed.