European Patent Office

T 0661/09 vom 22.10.2013

Europäischer Rechtsprechungsidentifikator
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T066109.20131022
Datum der Entscheidung
22. Oktober 2013
Aktenzeichen
T 0661/09
Antrag auf Überprüfung von
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Anmeldenummer
97902876.8
IPC-Klasse
G02B 5/30
Verfahrenssprache
Englisch
Verteilung
An die Kammervorsitzenden verteilt (C)
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
REFLECTIVE POLARIZERS HAVING EXTENDED RED BAND EDGE FOR CONTROLLED OFF AXIS COLOR
Name des Antragstellers
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Name des Einsprechenden
Bismanns H.
Kammer
3.4.02
Leitsatz
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Relevante Rechtsnormen
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Schlagwörter
Inventive step - (no) - obvious desiderata
Orientierungssatz
The only features distinguishing the claimed device from the closest prior art express no more than a set of desiderata, without any indication of a causal link between the desired properties and the constitution of the claimed device.
Insofar as the claim does not define any concrete measures on how to ensure that the claimed properties are effectively obtained, the claimed properties remain at an abstract or conceptual level.
Accordingly, the issue of inventive step boils down to the question of whether or not the skilled person, in view of the available prior art and his/her common general knowledge, would in an obvious way have envisaged the claimed set of desiderata.
See decision, point 2.1 (and point 2.7.2).
Zitierte Akten
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Zitierende Akten
T 0248/18T 0746/22

Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal filed by the patentee is rejected as inadmissible.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The patent is revoked.