European Patent Office

T 0873/09 of 10.10.2013

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2013:T087309.20131010
Date of decision
10 October 2013
Case number
T 0873/09
Online on
15 October 2013
Petition for review of
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Application number
98310071.0
IPC class
H01L 21/302
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
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
Semiconductor wafer processing method
Applicant name
Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.03
Headnote
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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 grant a patent in the following version:

Description:

pages 1, 2, 5, 13-16, 18, 26-29 as originally filed,

page 3, 3A filed at the oral proceedings of 2 October 2007,

page 3B, 4, 17, 33 filed with letter dated 1 October 2013,

pages 6, 11-12, 19, 30, 34 filed with letter dated 23 August 2007,

pages 7-10, 20-25, 31-32 deleted

Claims:

1-6 filed with letter dated 11 September 2013,

Drawings:

figures 1-6 as originally filed,

figures 7-10 deleted.