T 2028/12 of 16.11.2017
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T202812.20171116
- Date of decision
- 16 November 2017
- Case number
- T 2028/12
- Online on
- 21 November 2017
- Petition for review of
- -
- Application number
- 01993837.2
- IPC class
- G02B 1/04C08G 77/04C08G 18/10
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
- 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
- ELASTICAL OPTICAL STRUCTURE
- Applicant name
- ORAFOL Americas Inc.
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
- -
- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973
- Keywords
- Inventive step - (yes)
- Catchword
- -
- 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 department of first instance with the order to grant a patent in the following version:
Description:
Pages 5 - 9 as published in the corrected version of WO 02/039148,
Pages 1, 3 and 4 filed with letter of 22 September 2017, and
Page 2 filed with letter of 10 October 2017.
Claims:
Nos. 1 - 11 of the main request filed with letter of 10 October 2017.
Drawing:
Sheet 1/1 as published in the corrected version of WO 02/039148.