European Patent Office

T 0087/01 of 11.09.2003

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T008701.20030911
Date of decision
11 September 2003
Case number
T 0087/01
Petition for review of
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Application number
88112739.3
IPC class
G11B 7/09
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
Optical pickup and hologram therefor
Applicant name
NEC Corporation
Opponent name
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty - main and first auxiliary request (no)
Extension of the protection - second auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step - third auxiliary request (yes)
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 department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent on the basis of claims 1 to 5, description and drawings as granted for the designated Contracting State FR only, and to revoke the patent for the designated Contracting States DE and GB, in accordance with the third auxiliary request of the proprietor.