European Patent Office

T 0970/00 vom 15.09.2004

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2004:T097000.20040915
Datum der Entscheidung
15. September 2004
Aktenzeichen
T 0970/00
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
96109616.1
IPC-Klasse
G02F 1/335
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden und -mitglieder verteilt (B)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
Weitere Entscheidungen für diese Akte
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
Acousto-optic deflector device
Name des Antragstellers
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.4.02
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Inventive step (yes) - ex-post facto assessment of the disclosure of the closest prior art
Orientierungssatz
Any attempt to interpret the disclosure of the closest prior art so as to distort or misrepresent, based on hindsight knowledge of the invention, the proper technical teaching of the disclosure in such a way that it artificially meets specific features recited in the claim under consideration must fail, especially as this would risk unfairly and tendentiously concealing the technical contribution of the invention and prejudice the subsequent objective determination of the technical problem solved by the claimed invention (point 4.1.2 of the Reasons).
Zitierte Akten
T 0967/97

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:

- claims 1 to 8 filed with the letter dated 1 April 2004,

- description pages 1 to 3, 3a and 4 to 13 filed with the letter dated 1 April 2004, and

- drawing sheets 1/3 to 3/3 as originally filed.