T 0350/06 of 24.07.2007
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2007:T035006.20070724
- Date of decision
- 24 July 2007
- Case number
- T 0350/06
- Online on
- 5 October 2007
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 01128536.8
- IPC class
- H01R 24/06
- 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
- Plug
- Applicant name
- SMK Corporation
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.5.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 82 1973European Patent Convention Art 113(1) 1973European Patent Convention R 29(2)(a) 1973European Patent Convention R 30 1973European Patent Convention R 67 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - after amendment (yes)
Reimbursement of one further search fee (yes)
Refund of the appeal fee - (no) - Catchword
- see point 16 of the reasons
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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 grant a patent in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 9 received during the oral proceedings of 24 July 2007.
Description: pages 12 to 15 and 17 to 26 as originally filed, pages 1 to 5, 5a, 8 to 11, 16 and 27 filed with the letter of 9 July 2007, and page 6 received during the oral proceedings of 24 July 2007.
Drawings: figures 1 to 13 as originally filed.
3. One further search fee shall be refunded.
4. The request for reimbursement of the appeal fee is refused.