European Patent Office

T 1118/15 of 13.09.2017

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2017:T111815.20170913
Date of decision
13 September 2017
Case number
T 1118/15
Online on
19 September 2017
Petition for review of
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Application number
08858758.9
IPC class
G02B 6/38
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
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Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
HARDENED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR COMPATIBLE WITH HARDENED AND NON-HARDENED FIBER OPTIC ADAPTERS
Applicant name
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
Opponent name
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Board
3.4.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 56
Keywords
Inventive step - (yes) - after amendment
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 on the basis of the following documents:

- Claims 1 to 14 of the main request as filed with the letter of 19 July 2017,

- Description pages 1 to 3 and 59 as filed with the letter of 6 September 2017 and pages 5 to 58 as originally filed, and

- Drawing sheets 1/82 to 82/82 as originally filed.