European Patent Office

T 0907/08 of 28.09.2010

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2010:T090708.20100928
Date of decision
28 September 2010
Case number
T 0907/08
Online on
19 October 2010
Petition for review of
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Application number
95120185.4
IPC class
G01D 5/245
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
Incremental encoder
Applicant name
Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
Opponent name
DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH
Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
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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 maintain the patent as amended in the following version:

Description:

Pages 2, 4, 5, 6 of the patent specification,

page 3 received during the oral proceedings of 28 September 2010.

Claims:

Claim 1 of "New Claim 1" filed with letter dated 1 July 2008.

Drawings:

Figures 1 - 8 of the patent specification.