T 0229/85 (Etching process) of 27.10.1986

European Case Law Identifier: ECLI:EP:BA:1986:T022985.19861027
Date of decision: 27 October 1986
Case number: T 0229/85
Petition for review of: -
Application number: 81109230.3
IPC class: C23F 1/00
Language of proceedings: German
Distribution: Published in the EPO's Official Journal (A)
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Other decisions for this case: -
Abstracts for this decision: -
Application title: -
Applicant name: Schmid
Opponent name: -
Board: 3.3.01
Headnote: The technical problem to be solved by an invention must be so formulated as not to contain pointers to the solution.
Relevant legal provisions: European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
Keywords: Inventive step
Simplicity of the solution
Return to a concept regarded as superseded
Catchword: -
Cited cases: -
Citing cases: T 0029/87 T 0414/87 T 0335/88 T 0363/88 T 0037/89 T 0187/89 T 0526/89 T 0584/89 T 0247/90 T 0339/90 T 0360/90 T 0385/90 T 0910/90 T 0095/91 T 0116/91 T 0220/91 T 0287/91 T 0502/91 T 0586/91 T 0588/91 T 0851/91 T 0049/92 T 0068/92 T 0393/92 T 0412/92 T 0712/92 T 0787/92 T 0913/92 T 0957/92 T 0978/92 T 1023/92 T 0039/93 T 0325/93 T 0422/93 T 0753/93 T 0853/93 T 0876/93 T 0955/93 T 0107/94 T 0248/94 T 0726/94 T 0073/95 T 0551/95 T 0574/95 T 0726/95 T 1003/95 T 0059/96 T 0065/96 T 0327/96 T 0422/96 T 0475/96 T 0489/96 T 0840/96 T 0986/96 T 1018/96 T 0313/97 T 0508/97 T 0644/97 T 0841/97 T 0900/97 T 0164/98 T 0925/98 T 0606/99 T 0184/00 T 0408/00 T 1143/00 T 0177/01 T 1025/01 T 0504/02 T 0647/02 T 0799/02 T 1143/02 T 0714/03 T 1053/03 T 1163/03 T 1248/03 T 0293/06 T 1633/06 T 1614/07 T 0116/08 T 0229/08 T 0881/09 T 0793/11 T 2050/14 T 0686/18 T 2316/19

ORDER

For these reasons, it is decided that:

1. The decision of the Examining Division of the European Patent Office is set aside.

2. The matter is referred back to the Examiming Division for a patent to be granted on the basis of the application as originally filed.