European Patent Office

T 0478/12 of 24.09.2012

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2012:T047812.20120924
Date of decision
24 September 2012
Case number
T 0478/12
Online on
1 October 2012
Petition for review of
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Application number
06800384.7
IPC class
G02B 6/28
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
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING SIGNALS COMMUNICATED ON FIBER OPTIC TRANSMISSION LINES
Applicant name
THE BOEING COMPANY
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Novelty and 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 first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:

Description: Pages 1, 4, 5 and 9 of the application as published as WO2007/021484 A1, and pages 2, 2a, 3 and 6 to 8 as filed with the letter of 10 September 2012,

Claims: 1 to 13 as filed with the letter of 10 September 2012, and

Drawings: Sheets 1/4 to 4/4 of the application as published as WO2007/021484 A1.