T 0272/06 of 17.10.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T027206.20071017
- Date of decision
- 17 October 2007
- Case number
- T 0272/06
- Online on
- 23 October 2007
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 99310470.2
- IPC class
- G02F 1/1335
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Application title
- Illumination apparatus and projection apparatus
- Applicant name
- CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Novelty and inventive step (yes - amended claims)
- Catchword
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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 (part) on page 38 filed with the letter dated 6 September 2007, claim 1 (part) on page 39 labelled "auxiliary request" filed with the letter dated 16 February 2006, claim 1 (part) together with claims 2 and 3 and claim 4 (part) on page 40 labelled "auxiliary request" filed with the letter dated 6 September 2007, and claim 4 (part) together with claims 5 to 7 on page 41 labelled "auxiliary request" filed with the letter dated 16 February 2006;
- description pages 2 to 4, 18 to 21, 23, 24, 26 to 30, 32 and 34 to 37 as originally filed, pages 1, 5, 6, 17, 22, 25 and 31 filed with the letter dated 17 August 2005, pages 6a, 6b, 7 and 16 labelled "auxiliary request" filed with the letter dated 16 February 2006, and page 33 filed with the letter dated 6 September 2007, pages 8 to 15 as originally filed being cancelled; and
- drawing sheets 1/11 to 11/11 as originally filed.