European Patent Office

T 1005/02 (Fingerprinting magnetic media/WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY) of 20.10.2005

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2005:T100502.20051020
Date of decision
20 October 2005
Case number
T 1005/02
Petition for review of
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Application number
94914101.4
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
Method and apparatus for fingerprinting and authenticating magnetic media
Applicant name
Washington University
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.01
Headnote
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Keywords
Novelty (no: main request and auxiliary requests 1 to 4)
Amendments - added subject-matter (yes: main request and auxiliary requests 2, 2A, 2B and 5)
Inventive step (yes: auxiliary request 6)
Catchword
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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 department of first instance with the order to grant a patent with the following claims and a description and drawings to be adapted:

Claims 1 to 10 filed at the oral proceedings in accordance with auxiliary request 6.