T 0504/01 (Optical recording method/HITACHI) of 18.03.2005
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T050401.20050318
- Date of decision
- 18 March 2005
- Case number
- T 0504/01
- Online on
- 4 April 2005
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 97105700.5
- IPC class
- G11B 7/125
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Optical recording method
- Applicant name
- Hitachi, Ltd.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 76(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes) after amendment
- 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 first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following documents:
- Claims 1 and 2 as submitted on 13 December 2004.
- Description pages 1, 3 and 3a as submitted on 13. December 2004.
- Description pages 2, 4-85 as originally filed.
- Figures sheets 1-40 as originally filed.