European Patent Office

T 0386/02 (PCB Alignment/EVERETT/CHARLES CONTACT PRODUCTS INC.) of 07.06.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T038602.20050607
Date of decision
7 June 2005
Case number
T 0386/02
Petition for review of
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Application number
91911016.3
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
Test fixture alignment apparatus and method
Applicant name
EVERETT/CHARLES CONTACT PRODUCTS INC.
Opponent name
MANIA GmbH & Co.
atg test systems GmbH
Board
3.5.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Added subject-matter of amended claims (no)
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0284/94
Citing 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 first instance with the order to maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

Claims 1, 7, 9, and 12 as filed at the oral proceedings;

Claims 2 to 6, 8, 10, 11 and 13 to 15 as granted;

Description pages 2 to 4 and 10 as filed at the oral proceedings;

Description pages 5 to 9 of the patent specification;

Drawing Figures 1 to 14 of the patent specification.