T 1103/01 (Ball grid array/STMICROELECTRONICS) of 01.12.2003
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2003:T110301.20031201
- Date of decision
- 1 December 2003
- Case number
- T 1103/01
- Online on
- 16 December 2003
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 94309423.5
- IPC class
- H01L 23/492
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Ball grid array intergrated circuit package with high thermal conductivity
- Applicant name
- STMicroelectronics, Inc.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.4.03
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention R 68(2) 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step (yes) - after amendment
Claim forming basis for the decision under appeal missing from the examination file (see Reasons, item 2) - Catchword
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- Cited cases
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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 the first instance with the order to grant a patent on the basis of the documents as specified under item V above with the correction of the following obvious errors:
- In Claim 1, penultimate line, replace "conductive" with "conduction";
- On page 4b, first paragraph, penultimate line, replace "conductive" with "conduction".