European Patent Office

T 0603/04 vom 25.09.2006

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T060304.20060925
Datum der Entscheidung
25. September 2006
Aktenzeichen
T 0603/04
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
96305828.4
IPC-Klasse
G01B 11/06
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
Amtsblattfassungen
Keine AB-Links gefunden
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Zusammenfassungen für diese Entscheidung
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Bezeichnung der Anmeldung
System for determining the thickness and index of refraction of a film
Name des Antragstellers
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Name des Einsprechenden
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Kammer
3.4.02
Leitsatz
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Schlagwörter
Inventive step (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee (no: no substantial procedural violation) - refusal decision following re-opening and continuation of proceedings after interlocutory revision of a previous refusal decision tainted by a substantial procedural violation and reimbursement of the appeal fee; decision raising essentially the same substantive issues as the previous decision: ultra vires (no)
Orientierungssatz
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Zitierende Akten
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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 application documents:

- claims 1 to 8 as filed with the letter dated 13 July 2006,

- description pages 6 and 7 as originally filed, pages 3A and 9 as filed with the letter dated 24 August 2001, and pages 1 to 3, 3B, 4, 5 and 8 as filed with the letter dated 5 July 2006, and

- drawing sheets 1/5 to 5/5 as originally filed.

3. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is refused.