European Patent Office

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)
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
METHOD FOR MEASURING COLOR OF OBJECT AND COLOR MEASURING DEVICE
Applicant name
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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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.