European Patent Office

T 0328/00 of 17.09.2002

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T032800.20020917
Date of decision
17 September 2002
Case number
T 0328/00
Petition for review of
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Application number
93303351.6
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Drilling method and apparatus using variable dwell times
Applicant name
EXCELLON AUTOMATION
Opponent name
Klingelnberg Söhne Leiterplattentechnik GmbH,
Zweigniederlassung Kaufbeuren
Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Sufficiency of the substantiation of the opposition (yes)
Added subject-matter (no)
Availability to the public of an operation manual (yes)
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
-
Citing cases
T 0104/06

ORDER

For these reasons it is decided:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent in amended form with

- claims 1 to 10, filed as main request with the appellant's letter dated 3 June 2002,

- description, page 2 presented at the oral proceedings and pages 3 to 5 as granted,

- drawing sheets as granted.