T 0914/07 (Dispersion slope equalizer/NTT CORP.) of 26.02.2009
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2009:T091407.20090226
- Date of decision
- 26 February 2009
- Case number
- T 0914/07
- Online on
- 6 March 2009
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 00309165.9
- IPC class
- H04B 10/18
- 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
- Dispersion slope equalizer
- Applicant name
- NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.5.03
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step (sole request) - yes
- 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 based on
- claim 1: pages numbered 20 and 21 filed as auxiliary request and received on 16 October 2006 and page numbered 22 received on 8 January 2009;
- claims 2-6 received on 8 January 2009 with the correction to claim 6 indicated at point 3.10 of the reasons for the present decision;
- description pages 1, 6, 8-14 as originally filed;
- description pages 2, 5, 19 as received on 13 January 2005 with the correction to page 2 indicated at point 3.10 of the reasons for the present decision;
- description pages 7, 15-18 as received on 2 December 2005;
- description pages 3, 4a filed as auxiliary request and received on 16 October 2006;
- description page 4 as received on 8 January 2009;
- drawing sheets 1/21 - 21/21 as originally filed.