T 0311/14 of 21.06.2018
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2018:T031114.20180621
- Date of decision
- 21 June 2018
- Case number
- T 0311/14
- Online on
- 11 July 2018
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 07740460.6
- IPC class
- G01J 3/46
- Language of proceedings
- English
- Distribution
- No distribution (D)
- Download
- Decision in English
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- Abstracts for this decision
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- Application title
- METHOD FOR MEASURING COLOR OF OBJECT AND COLOR MEASURING DEVICE
- Applicant name
- TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Opponent name
- -
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 84 1973European Patent Convention Art 123(2)
- Keywords
- Added subject-matter: no (amended claims)
Clarity: Main request - no
Inventive step: Auxiliary request
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:
- claim: No. 1 of the first auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings of 21 June 2018;
- description: pages 1 to 20 of the first auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings of 21 June 2018; and
- drawings: figures 1 to 8 of the European patent application as published in accordance with Article 153(4) EPC.