T 0676/09 of 11.07.2011
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2011:T067609.20110711
- Date of decision
- 11 July 2011
- Case number
- T 0676/09
- Online on
- 15 July 2011
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 02728328.2
- IPC class
- G02B 6/44
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Other decisions for this case
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- OPTICAL FIBER CABLE
- Applicant name
- AFL Telecommunications LLC
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56
- Keywords
- Inventive step
- Catchword
- Claim 1 (main request) - inventive step (yes)
- Cited cases
- -
- 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 first instance with the order to grant a patent based on the following documents:
Description
Pages 1-3, 5-12, and 14 as published,
Pages 4, 4a and 13 of the main request filed with the letter of 10 March 2009,
Claims
No. 1-11 of the main request filed with the letter of 10 March 2009,
Drawings
Sheets 1/3-3/3 as published.