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)
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- Decision in English
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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
- -
- 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.