T 0797/95 of 22.06.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T079795.20000622
- Date of decision
- 22 June 2000
- Case number
- T 0797/95
- Online on
- 12 July 2000
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 90304043.4
- IPC class
- C23C 14/35
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Method and apparatus for sputter coating stepped wafers - case B
- Applicant name
- Tokyo Electron Limited
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.01
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- 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 documents:
Claims: No. 1 to 18 as filed with the letter dated 21 December 1999;
Description: pages 7, 7a, 11, 12, 17, 31 as filed with the letter dated 21 December 1999,
pages 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 13 to 16, 18 to 30 and 32 to 60 as originally filed;
Drawings: Sheets 1/7 to 7/7 as originally filed.