T 0471/96 of 29.02.2000
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2000:T047196.20000229
- Date of decision
- 29 February 2000
- Case number
- T 0471/96
- Online on
- 17 July 2000
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 88303404.3
- IPC class
- H01L 39/24
- 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
- Superconducting ceramic film and a method of manufacturing the same
- Applicant name
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Opponent name
- Siemens AG
- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 83 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Amendments by way of a generalisation (allowed) - clear basis in the application as filed
Novelty - (yes) - ion-implantation damage - interpreted in the generally accepted sense of the expression
Inventive step (yes) - no reasonable expectation of success in transferring a measure known in the art to newly discovered high-Tc ceramic superconductors - 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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:
Claims: 1 to 18 of the main request filed during the oral proceedings of 29 February 2000
Description: column 1, (lines 1 to 26), column 2 (lines 49 to 55) of the patent as granted;
pages 2, 3, 4 and 4a filed during the oral proceedings of 29 February 2000; column 3
to 7 of the patent as granted;
Drawings: Sheets 1/2 to 2/2 of the patent as granted.