T 0070/96 of 29.05.2001
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2001:T007096.20010529
- Date of decision
- 29 May 2001
- Case number
- T 0070/96
- Online on
- 9 July 2001
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 90830428.0
- IPC class
- H01L 21/90
- 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
- Formation of contact plugs by blanket CVD deposition and etchback
- Applicant name
- STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973
- 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 the first instance with the order to grant the patent on the basis of the documents listed in paragraph III of this decision.