T 1917/15 of 23.01.2019
- European Case Law Identifier
- ECLI:EP:BA:2019:T191715.20190123
- Date of decision
- 23 January 2019
- Case number
- T 1917/15
- Online on
- 25 February 2019
- Petition for review of
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- Application number
- 06713513.7
- IPC class
- H01L 21/027G03F 7/20G02B 17/06
- 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
- PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE EQUIPMENT AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD
- Applicant name
- Nikon Corporation
- Opponent name
- Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Board
- 3.4.02
- Headnote
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- Relevant legal provisions
- European Patent Convention Art 54(1) 1973European Patent Convention Art 54(3)European Patent Convention Art 54(4) 1973European Patent Convention Art 56 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(b) 1973European Patent Convention Art 100(c) 1973
- Keywords
- Sufficiency of disclosure (yes)
Novelty: main and first auxiliary request (no), second auxiliary request (yes)
Inventive step: second auxiliary request (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 maintain the patent as amended in the following version:
Claims: 1 to 14 of the second auxiliary request filed during the oral proceedings of 23 January 2019.
Description: Pages 2, 3, 3B, 3C, 4 to 23 attached to the decision under appeal, and page 3A filed during the oral proceedings of 23 January 2019.
Drawings: Figures 1 to 13 attached to the decision under appeal.