T 0770/01 of 13.11.2002
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2002:T077001.20021113
- Date of decision
- 13 November 2002
- Case number
- T 0770/01
- Online on
- 21 November 2002
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 96305593.4
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Application title
- Surface position detecting method and apparatus and scanning exposure method and apparatus
- Applicant name
- CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Main request - novelty (yes, after amendment)
Main request - inventive step (yes) - Catchword
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ORDER
For these reasons it is decided:
1. The decision under appeal is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the examining division with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the following application documents:
- claim 1 (first part) on page 35 and claim 2 according to the main request as filed with the letter dated 25. September 2002, and claim 1 (second part) on page 36. as filed with the letter dated 4 November 2002;
- description pages 1 to 34 as filed with the letter dated 25 September 2002; and
- drawing sheets 1/10 to 10/10 as originally filed.