T 0039/03 of 09.07.2008
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2008:T003903.20080709
- Date of decision
- 9 July 2008
- Case number
- T 0039/03
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 99100131.4
- IPC class
- H01L 31/18
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- Distributed to board chairmen (C)
- Download
- Decision in English
- OJ versions
- No OJ links found
- Other decisions for this case
- T 0039/03 Teilanmeldung/ASTROPOWER 2005-08-26T 0039/03 Demande divisionnaire/ASTROPOWER 2005-08-26T 0039/03 2005-08-26T 0039/03 Divisional application/ASTROPOWER 2005-08-26
- Abstracts for this decision
- -
- Application title
- Improved columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell and process of manufacture
- Applicant name
- ASTROPOWER Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 123(2) 1973European Patent Convention Art 52(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 76(1) 1973
- Keywords
- Amended claims: no extension beyond the divisional and parent application as originally filed
Novelty and inventive step: yes - Catchword
- -
- Cited cases
- G 0001/05
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
1. The decision of the examining division is set aside.
2. The case is remitted to the first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Description: Pages 1-3, 6-12, and 14-16 filed on 14 March 2008;
Pages 4, 5 and 13 filed during the oral proceedings on 9 July 2008;
Claims: Nos. 1-5 filed on 4 July 2008;
Drawings: 1 sheet as originally filed.