European Patent Office

T 0136/01 of 30.11.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T013601.20051130
Date of decision
30 November 2005
Case number
T 0136/01
Petition for review of
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Application number
91301416.3
IPC class
H05B 33/14
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
Distributed to board chairmen (C)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Organic electroluminescence device
Applicant name
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
Opponent name
Cambridge Display Technology Limited
Hoechst AG
Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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Keywords
Admissibility of the appeal (yes)
Main and first auxiliary request: novelty (no)
Second auxiliary request: novelty (yes), inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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ORDER

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The appeal is admissible.

2. The decision under appeal is set aside.

3. The case is remitted to the department of first instance with the order to maintain the patent with the following documents:

- Claims 1 to 12 of the second auxiliary request filed on 21 December 2001,

- a description still to be adapted,

- Figures 1 to 3 as granted.