T 0047/04 of 06.03.2006
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T004704.20060306
- Date of decision
- 6 March 2006
- Case number
- T 0047/04
- Online on
- 21 March 2006
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 95943982.9
- IPC class
- G08C 21/00
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
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- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- Absolute optical position determination
- Applicant name
- Anoto AB
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 121 1973European Patent Convention R 51(6) 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973
- Keywords
- Right to submit observations not respected by examining division
Procedural violation (yes)
Reimbursement of appeal fee
Further processing of application - admissible - 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 first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Claims 1 to 17; Description, pages 1 to 10; and drawings, sheets 1/4 to 4/4 as enclosed in the communication under Rule 51(4) EPC dated 22 November 2002.
3. The appeal fee is to be reimbursed.