T 1689/08 of 19.10.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T168908.20111019
- Date of decision
- 19 October 2011
- Case number
- T 1689/08
- Online on
- 25 November 2011
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 03776327.3
- IPC class
- G01S 7/521A61B 8/00
- 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
- High frequency high frame-rate ultrasound imaging system
- Applicant name
- Visualsonics Inc.
- Opponent name
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- Board
- 3.2.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
- Keywords
- Inventive step (main request, auxiliary requests 1 and 2: no; auxiliary request 3a: yes)
Added subject-matter (auxiliary request 3: yes; auxiliary request 3a: no) - Catchword
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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 on the basis of claims 1 to 15 and description pages 1 to 32 filed during the oral proceedings on 19 October 2011; and drawing sheets 1/21 to 21/21 as originally filed.