European Patent Office

T 1161/11 (INPUT DEVICES THAT USE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMER/SIEMENS) of 16.01.2015

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2015:T116111.20150116
Date of decision
16 January 2015
Case number
T 1161/11
Online on
13 February 2015
Petition for review of
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Application number
03739703.1
IPC class
G06F 3/033
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
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Application title
CONFIGURABLE INDUSTRIAL INPUT DEVICES THAT USE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMER
Applicant name
Siemens Corporation
Opponent name
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Board
3.5.05
Headnote
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Keywords
Claims - clarity after amendment (yes)
Inventive step - after amendment
Inventive step - (yes)
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 25 and description pages 4 and 4a as submitted with letter dated 20 November 2014, description pages 1 to 3 and 5 to 22 as originally filed, and drawing sheets 1/12 to 12/12 as originally filed.